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OC375

(1,080 posts)
4. Trust, but verify.
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 03:36 PM
Wednesday

I'll take any changes of heart I can get. We will either have to get past all this, or get to killing each other eventually. We'll need plenty of disgruntled conservatives to help take out the oligarchy, rather than dying for them, in the end.

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Beware of GOP rehabilitation. [View all] yardwork Wednesday OP
Bush belongs in jail. One of the worst mass murderers of our time. Blues Heron Wednesday #1
Bush killed democracy in 2000 DemocracyForever Wednesday #28
Bush/Cheney/SCOTUS IN 2000... returnee Thursday #47
Wasn't it about 50,000 dead Iraqi civilians? wolfie001 Wednesday #30
Officially, most estimates ran about 100,000 if I remember correctly. But the more reliable estimates, which I believe LT Barclay Thursday #37
I dropped a digit wolfie001 Thursday #46
It was more than 100,000--- maybe several hundred thousand, Jack Valentino Thursday #38
Confession!!! I meant to write 500,000!!! wolfie001 Thursday #45
You're absolutely right leftstreet Wednesday #2
No worries. I don't vote repub... Wounded Bear Wednesday #3
We still have to be wary swong19104 Wednesday #19
Very true. ChazInAz Thursday #50
Trust, but verify. OC375 Wednesday #4
But will they help us to take out the oligarchy? wnylib Wednesday #17
You are right. They don't believe in democracy ... and KPN Wednesday #26
Of course. A faction in support of a white supremacist right-wing patriarchal nation has always existed in the history Fil1957 Wednesday #5
Yes, they are like locusts. KPN Wednesday #27
Whatever becomes of Trump, they will do what they always do. Pretend to "rebrand", then come out of their short-lived PR Karasu Wednesday #6
Beware is very good and timely advice. Passages Wednesday #7
Uh huh. madamesilverspurs Wednesday #8
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This sort of thing was behind Karl Popper's realization that falsification is at the heart of science. cab67 Wednesday #10
Tucker's aiming to run in 2028. OGBuzz Wednesday #11
He Might GET The Runs, But That's About It. ColoringFool Wednesday #20
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What f*cks. Joinfortmill Wednesday #12
... Solly Mack Wednesday #13
The Communist...err...Conservative...err...MAGA movement can never fail, it can only be failed. JHB Wednesday #14
Never, ever... MarcoZandrini Wednesday #15
Yup...you just summarized Tuckers presidential campaign. Volaris Wednesday #16
"GOP Rehabilitation" Is A Perfect Contradiction In Terms....... ColoringFool Wednesday #18
Never forgive but flamingdem Wednesday #21
F*** those GOPer assholes! Crowman2009 Wednesday #22
Tucker can go choke on a bow tie! Crowman2009 Wednesday #23
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Oh, I'm not fooled. Wednesdays Wednesday #29
I've voted for one... Pete McCloskey was once my congressman paulkienitz Wednesday #32
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Collaborators cannot be rehabilitated. surfered Wednesday #33
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The Good German-ing of the right wing assholes nt Javaman Wednesday #35
The current GOP standing: Aussie105 Wednesday #36
THIS ☝🏾 Six117 Thursday #39
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If... Snackshack Thursday #49
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