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There could never have been a Rump if Shrub hadn't paved the way for him, though. With the yellow brick road of jingoism showing the way Rump managed to capitalize on the ethos "you're with us or you're with the terrorists" to widen the split that Shrub had made into a gaping chasm. I don't think the country has been this divided politically since the Great Depression, unfortunately I don't see an FDR on the horizon (Alexandria Ocasio isn't old enough to run for president yet).

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I think the rider declaring that this decision could not be used as precedent for any future court decision was a bit of a blatant admission that they knew they were doing the wrong thing. (Of course it has been used as precedent elsewhere.)

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