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Goodness... 4+ years of this nonsense... assuming, of course, that our Constitution survives.

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The Grotesqueries is a great name for a Punk Band.

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Another alternative is that Trump is a real life Manchurian Candidate. Instead of being under China’s control, he is controlled by his handlers in Moscow. The movies there were 2 made), like Idiocracy, has become a documentary not fiction.

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It seems to me that Trump’s cabinet and add ons are simply a reality show not government. He is picking people for these posts based on loyalty and appearance. The selections have nothing to do with experience, competence, ideology, a specific goal or ability to do the job.

Like his businesses, he appears to be hell bent on destroying this country as quickly as possible.

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Friend Charlie Sykes, many thanks for keeping us informed with the truth. You’re the best.

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Just imagine what Charlie's reaction would have been if RFK Jr would have been named to head HHS. Whoops. CNBC a few minutes ago: "Vaccine maker stocks fall as Trump chooses RFK Jr to head HHS." Pass the popcorn.

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My only comfort is these people are so incompetent they won’t actually get much done (Except Gabbard, from whom there is no comfort).

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If Gabbard is an actual Russian operative, a Senate confirmation hearing should expose that. That means that Gabbard knows that there will be no hearing, or that she can not be linked, directly, to Russia. And if she is compromised and Trump still tries to ram through her nomination to be the head of DNI, that would be treasonous.

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All great, except for the gratuitous, and non-applicable, comments on Soros and Omar.

Neither of them would pose any of the threats that the other dunces actually could, and might.

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It’s worse than we thought it could be. If the senate doesn’t stand up on its hind legs and swat down Gaetz, Noem, Hepseth, Gabbard, and RFK Jr, then we are doomed.

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Another grotesquerie: RFK Jr., a fervent vaccine conspiracist, as head of Health & Human Services.

This will be the most anti-science admin ever, even if crackpots like RFK Jr. aren't confirmed.

Trump has so dumbed down the role of & understanding science in America. He still doesn't accept anthropologenic climate change even though the evidence is accepted by over 90% of the tens of thousands of climate scientists.

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His own family completely disowns him. That should be a clue.

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Those senators are wholly owned by the orange 🍊 abomination. I'm here for their downfall. Too bad. So sad.

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This was all over when the republicans refused to remove djt after the first impeachment. Children, dogs, sociopaths: begin as you plan to go on.

thune is not stupid. He knows djt has his fate in his hands. All these misfits will be installed one way or another. Is thune receiving death threats yet? Have members of djt’s militias started patrolling his home? thune knows mitt romney’s story. All the republican members of Congress are now fully and effectively under djt’s thumb.

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Just heard. The STUPID Orange Snake wants RFK Jr as the Health secretary! I don't know who's crazier - the Snake or or any MAGA Senator who would ever vote for him!

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Yes - I was wondering why Gaetz didn't just resign. Of course, being AG in two or three months would give him his next paycheck.

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