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Oligarchs' orders. Always lie about Dems.

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Before 2016, I would have definitely drawn that distinction.After 2016, it became harder for me to separate the two (primarily because "ideologies" (and political parties)don't exist as some sort of disembodied, platonic abstraction. "ideologies" are *made of people*.

After January 6th, I can't even pretend to believe in that distinction anymore. The Republican Party itself has become an existential threat to the survival of the United Sttates. I have no problem with *former* Republicans (for the same reasons that I have no problem with *former* KKK members).

Let me ask you a serious question: if you found out that a "friend" of yours had joined the KKK, would you still consider that individual to be a "nice" person?

As I've said elsewhere: the GQP made a literal "deal with the devil" with the whole "Southern Strategy" thing, and there's really no excuse post-tRump for even pretending otherwise.

But, to answer your question directly: *preferably* the ideology (if the people involved can be reformed) - but I'm not gonna get all choked up if one 'f em ends up dead because he (or she) insisted on attending a "superspreader" event because they think Covid is a hoax.

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Didn't the Repub Senate pass a tax bill that specifically punished blue states, including California and New York?

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He is trying to ensure that his successor will be a Repub by giving the power to appoint Senators to the Kentucky Repub legislature instead of the Dem Governor. I don't think he is well. But still well enough to plot and cheat.

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It's the entitlement that is built into the current Repub party. Coupled with victimhood if they don't get their own way 100%.

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She's not his type either, except in the bank balance.

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The taint of TFG is forever.

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The flopping is some Crossfit thing. Kipping pullups.

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About those four Pinocchios - the Washington Post awarded them to President Biden for getting the precise voting hours specified in the Georgia electoral legislation wrong.Once, and McConnell and the other right-wingers jump all over it.WaPo awards Donald Trump four Pinocchios time and again - I think it was almost sixty times just in the 2016 campaign, and three Pinocchios a great many more - and the GOP takes no notice except to complain that the liberal media has it in for poor honest Trump.

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Hypocrisy may win the Triple Crown this year. It's certainly running very well in this year's field.

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Remember how much good for Anita Hill or Christine Blasey-Ford testifying did? Remember how many of Trump's accusers have filed lawsuits and sworn testimony with exactly zero results??Women are going to reporters now because they've been trying the legal route for DECADES and risking having their entire lives ruined just to achieve a whopping 2-3% overall conviction rate - you're seriously wondering why some have decided that a trial by media is the closest they'll ever get to any actual consequences for the famous men who molest them?

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O for a smoking falchion!

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With the amount of ridiculous 'exercise' videos she posts, only managing three struggle reps of actual pullups is embarrassing.

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Guess he got a call from his owners.

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Needs moar fresh lettuce. Sorry, that was a dumb insult. Fuck him, six ways from Sunday. Just an awful human being.

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Vomit libelz? Yeah, vomit's getting a bad rap here.

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