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yardwork

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22. My first thought also.

Reply to tanyev (Reply #12)

Tue Jun 30, 2026, 03:09 PM

8 hrs ago

I wonder how he's voted on bills involving mental health care. But I'm not going to bother looking it up. He's part of the Republican Party and they're all guilty by association as far as I'm concerned.

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My first thought also. yardwork 8 hrs ago #22

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