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speak easy

(10,887 posts) Thu Jan 16, 2025, 09:52 PM 11 hrs ago

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2025: Sum up the United States in 10 words or less.

4me: "Murphy was an optimist."

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2025: Sum up the United States in 10 words or less. (Original Post) speak easy 11 hrs ago OP

Doomed under tRump. InAbLuEsTaTe 11 hrs ago #1

"Rotting from the inside out." Think. Again. 11 hrs ago #2

Circling the drain PhilosopherKing 11 hrs ago #3

What the fuck is he screwing up today? Whyisthisstillclose 10 hrs ago #4

High on her own supply, Norma Desmond lost her keys. hatrack 10 hrs ago #5

All right, Mr. DeMille. speak easy 10 hrs ago #8

Oddly enough, another suggestion came to me by way of the radio this evening . . . hatrack 10 hrs ago #16

"Fresh Hells, served fresh." n/t Hugin 10 hrs ago #6

We've turned into a television reality show audience. jalan48 10 hrs ago #7

We brought it on ourselves. Tommy Carcetti 10 hrs ago #9

The inmates are running the asylum. brer cat 10 hrs ago #10

Fool us twice, shame on us. Tommy Carcetti 10 hrs ago #11

330 million terrorized by demented rapist felon dalton99a 10 hrs ago #12

"Welp, we're fucked." sakabatou 10 hrs ago #13

Buckle up, we are so Screwn... FirstLight 10 hrs ago #14

Fucked AKwannabe 10 hrs ago #15

Dunning-Kruger effect and the end of experts Johonny 10 hrs ago #17

We Have The Best Government Money Can Buy. multigraincracker 9 hrs ago #18

Not fit for civilized society. sinkingfeeling 7 hrs ago #19

Darwin was wrong Blue Dotty 1 hr ago #20

Dying empire. roamer65 57 min ago #21

Easily conned. Emile 52 min ago #22

U.S. democracy: It was good while it lasted oasis 50 min ago #23

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,703 posts)

1. Doomed under tRump.

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Thu Jan 16, 2025, 09:56 PM

11 hrs ago

Think. Again.

(19,881 posts)

2. "Rotting from the inside out."

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Thu Jan 16, 2025, 09:57 PM

11 hrs ago

PhilosopherKing

(387 posts)

3. Circling the drain

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Thu Jan 16, 2025, 09:57 PM

11 hrs ago

Whyisthisstillclose

(91 posts)

4. What the fuck is he screwing up today?

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Thu Jan 16, 2025, 10:00 PM

10 hrs ago

hatrack

(61,387 posts)

5. High on her own supply, Norma Desmond lost her keys.

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Thu Jan 16, 2025, 10:01 PM

10 hrs ago

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speak easy

(10,887 posts)

8. All right, Mr. DeMille.

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Thu Jan 16, 2025, 10:03 PM

10 hrs ago

hatrack

(61,387 posts)

16. Oddly enough, another suggestion came to me by way of the radio this evening . . .

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Thu Jan 16, 2025, 10:22 PM

10 hrs ago

"And as things fell apart, nobody paid much attention" - Talking Heads, &quot Nothing But) Flowers)"

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Hugin

(34,989 posts)

6. "Fresh Hells, served fresh." n/t

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Thu Jan 16, 2025, 10:02 PM

10 hrs ago

jalan48

(14,575 posts)

7. We've turned into a television reality show audience.

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Thu Jan 16, 2025, 10:03 PM

10 hrs ago

Tommy Carcetti

(43,630 posts)

9. We brought it on ourselves.

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Thu Jan 16, 2025, 10:05 PM

10 hrs ago

Sad but true.

brer cat

(26,639 posts)

10. The inmates are running the asylum.

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Thu Jan 16, 2025, 10:06 PM

10 hrs ago

Tommy Carcetti

(43,630 posts)

11. Fool us twice, shame on us.

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Thu Jan 16, 2025, 10:06 PM

10 hrs ago

Or “Don’t get fooled again,” according to one former President.

dalton99a

(85,224 posts)

12. 330 million terrorized by demented rapist felon

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Thu Jan 16, 2025, 10:08 PM

10 hrs ago

sakabatou

(43,403 posts)

13. "Welp, we're fucked."

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Thu Jan 16, 2025, 10:11 PM

10 hrs ago

FirstLight

(14,368 posts)

14. Buckle up, we are so Screwn...

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Thu Jan 16, 2025, 10:13 PM

10 hrs ago

I see the Climate kicking our asses more than anything... as we humans scramble like ants in a rainstorm. It's too late to turn it back and Trump's ineptitude will only exacerbate an already fucked up planet.

AKwannabe

(6,471 posts)

15. Fucked

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Thu Jan 16, 2025, 10:14 PM

10 hrs ago

Johonny

(22,476 posts)

17. Dunning-Kruger effect and the end of experts

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Thu Jan 16, 2025, 10:32 PM

10 hrs ago

Spells doom.

multigraincracker

(34,561 posts)

18. We Have The Best Government Money Can Buy.

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Thu Jan 16, 2025, 10:59 PM

9 hrs ago

sinkingfeeling

(53,429 posts)

19. Not fit for civilized society.

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Fri Jan 17, 2025, 01:13 AM

7 hrs ago

Blue Dotty

(74 posts)

20. Darwin was wrong

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Fri Jan 17, 2025, 07:31 AM

1 hr ago

roamer65

(37,252 posts)

21. Dying empire.

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Fri Jan 17, 2025, 08:01 AM

57 min ago

Emile

(31,419 posts)

22. Easily conned.

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Fri Jan 17, 2025, 08:06 AM

52 min ago

oasis

(51,851 posts)

23. U.S. democracy: It was good while it lasted

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Fri Jan 17, 2025, 08:07 AM

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