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Scrivener7

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11. I hate to say this, but this is necessary. When he was elected, I hoped things would get

Reply to RainCaster (Original post)

Mon Sep 15, 2025, 07:57 AM

Sep 15

very bad, very fast so people could finally see what a fuck-up he is and we could right the ship quickly with the smallest amount of damage. Because I knew even then that damage was inevitable.

Well, things have gotten very bad very fast, and none of the people who need to see are seeing.

They will need to become completely disastrous, and they will, and there is little we can do about it but hold on and try to ride it through the best we can.

I sincerely hope the people who voted for him get all the karma that's coming to them.

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Wow - our government is really disliked [View all] RainCaster Sep 15 OP

Excellent documentation .... Bread and Circuses Sep 15 #1

I currently don't like it. C Moon Sep 15 #2

Me, too. stage left Sep 15 #6

Please don't say NJCher Sep 15 #3

I feel the same, but I can't help noticing that as we look back in history, we seldom make that distinction Scrivener7 Sep 15 #10

This election NJCher Sep 15 #12

I've worked in Korea before James48 Sep 15 #4

This is a tough read NJCher Sep 15 #5

Trump knows exactly what he is doing. Irish_Dem Sep 15 #9

Not so fast! Aussie105 Sep 15 #7

The US status as a trade partner is damaged irrevocably. Irish_Dem Sep 15 #8

I hate to say this, but this is necessary. When he was elected, I hoped things would get Scrivener7 Sep 15 #11

This belongs to the Republican Party RainCaster Sep 15 #13

Not to mention at least half of its own citizens. Ping Tung Sep 15 #14

I looked at that link. calimary Sep 15 #15

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