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It seems that many of the judges hearing Trump motions and cases are making it clear that Trump is not above the law and it's so very good see this. I think the judges hearing the Meadows appeal also made it clear that overthrowing an election is not part of the job description for Meadows, and by extension, not part of Trump's former job.

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The Ides of March came early for Julius Cheesebrain.

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Andrew Weissmann agrees:

"The courts are closing ranks to uphold the rule of law!"

Judge Pryor of the 11th Circuit Court, a conservative, holds that Meadows cannot be tried in federal court and Judge Chutkan, a liberal, holds that trump does not have absolute immunity.

https://twitter.com/AWeissmann_/status/1736918010181341371

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Wonder how DJT's delusions are holding up ? Maybe he'll finally live up to the promise that we won't hear anything more from this unpolished hunk of fecal matter.

I'd like to see him sweet - talk the survivors of people who died because he couldn't be bothered to take anything resembling action during Covid, or talk to the families of the kids at St. Jude's Children's Hospital that he ripped off.

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How Donald Trump Shifted Kids-Cancer Charity Money Into His Business

Eric was being a good son. Learning the con from his father's knee.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2017/06/06/how-donald-trump-shifted-kids-cancer-charity-money-into-his-business/

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Now I know why Eric seems so creepy.

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What perplexes me the most about Donald and I guess confirms that he has no moral compass is his unwillingness to admit that heโ€™s wrong, ever.

At least Nixon eventually said, I give up. I perpetuated a crime. Nixon also showed some respect for the Office of the President.

Trump has no concept of respect. He doesnโ€™t respect himself much less the Office of the President of the United States.

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MY DAD was a narcissist LITE. He had a HELLUVA time admitting that he could be anywhere near WRONG ( he could also be a perfectionist, but that's another story for another time ) & he could try to make life miserable for anyone calling him on it if he mucked up. He was STILL nowhere as unreasonable as DJT. But I wouldn't have wanted him in public office, or even 100 miles away from one. A narcissist in public office is a recipe for DISASTER.

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If the Earth opened up & swallowed almost every single one of those f'ked - up hateful " tributes " to adrenaline - driven non - thinking it would be NO GREAT LOSS. If 2024 started off with GOP leaders vanishing ( whatever ), I would see it as a SIGN that maybe ( a ) god / Supreme Being does exist.

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But we need something big done now, so he doesn't get on that ballot!

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Like the Colorado Supreme Court ruling that T cannot be on the Colorado primary ballot?

Now we wait again for the federal Supreme Court to decide if is off or on.

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It has to be. I don't want to leave my country.

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I don't have any relatives or other ties to Canada, Australia / NZ ( preferably a country that speaks English ), nor sufficient funds to relocate there, so I'm up Crap Creek sans paddle or motor if Donald Dingleberry does get reelected. I could always live like Timothy McVeigh sans the crazy.

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F Timothy! I am fortunate I have friends in Exeter England and BC Canada. Friends you make along life's journey and keep. I thought ahead. My SS and pension will get me through. I made sure I was debt free first. I will never live under Dump. I value my freedom too much. Of course if the orange Nazi gets in, there will be no SS and my medical MJ card will be for naught. Lots to plan yet. I wish you well!

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"Overthrowing an election os not part of (Meadows) job description." Good one!

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What's an amoral, delusional narcissistic moronic s--t - for - brains wannabe god - emperor who understands LESS THAN 2 % of anything that he's exposed to, to do ?

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When a guy like โ€˜Himselfโ€™ is cornered and it dawns on him the loss of his life as he has always known it is real, may I suggest he be placed in a very sturdy play pen in order to protect the country and its citizens. And most importantly he has to have his communication devices taken away. Itโ€™s his lies that cause the harm.

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Donald JUDAS Trump isn't really even TRYING to walk back his comment re :. being a dictator. I think that he's hoping that we'll FORGET or think that he's joking when he DOESN'T have anything remotely resembling a sense of humor, let alone how to try to be ANYTHING remotely resembling a decent, humane, human being.

His lack of anything resembling a filter or inability to police his stupidity is going to trip him up as he's standing on a precipice.

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People like Himself have a built-in ending. That finality is complete and total loss. Itโ€™ll take time and itโ€™s inevitable.

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I hope that his ending involves a disease or disorder that HASTENS his decrepitude & makes every day seem like a millennium of discomfort, pain, loss of bodily functions, & misery. I have NO sympathy when it comes to HIM, his associates, supporters, etc. I view him as a parasite or tumor & I WON'T apologize for that.

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I'm surprised that he didn't do like McArthur & refer to himself in the 3rd person. That's a sign of an inflated ego.

Make sure that DJT's play pen is surrounded by electrified barbed wire, fierce guard dogs, sharpshooters, land mines.....

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He speaks in the third person all the time! In his rallies and on his social media posts.

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...as of 2:48 pm eastern, 12/19/23

that โ€ข amo โ€ข delu โ€ข narci โ€ข s f b

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... and it's pretty damn

s c a r y i tell you the truth...

I refer you to utube TNT's brief interviews with magas at rallies revealing each to be devoid of a single concept or one civics answer--fun I would vote for him even if he murdered someone for fun โ€“ -to -- he's the 2nd coming

s c a r y

i tell you the truth

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Who left the asylum door open and let you out? Blasphemy! You are e-v-i-l.

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They may verbalize it, but they are not taking appropriate and immediate action. Talk the talk is one thing but walking the walk is the action that matches the words. Itโ€™s the old โ€œread my lipsโ€ BS.

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I have been thinking the same thing for quite a while now.

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Thank you, Mary, you work tirelessly and it is truly appreciated. I am impatient and want Judge Engoron to rule now, hoping it is a very high dollar amount.

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They've been hemming & hawing around for over 2 & 1 /2 years. BRING THE HAMMER DOWN before the cockroach skitters away, or limps....

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Life imprisonment and mental illness intervention after he pays for all the taxes used and wasted. The amount of time and expense that we the people have paid for AND reparation for causing SO MUCH DAMAGE AND EMOTIONAL SUFFERING weโ€™ve had to endure because the laws havenโ€™t been enforced by our appointed and pathetic (spineless) judges in their court proceedings. Waaaaaay, waaaaayyyy illegal and grossly unconstitutional. As of quite a while ago, the judges involved have been inept at initiating firm and immediate corrective action. They should follow right along with LDFF and be hauled off too. Since I was a child I learned right from wrong and then understood the โ€œgray areasโ€ in between. This is a good lesson in learning what is ethical and what absolutely isnโ€™t. Iโ€™m cutting myself off at this point...๐Ÿคช

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Rehabilitate Alcatraz Federal Prison for trump and all of his clique.He can pay for the gold leaf that he loves so much. Doing that will enable the building of cells with the capacity for his Secret Service protectors, also.

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Or just dump his fat delusional ass in a back alley after suing him for every scrap or shred of wealth. I'd LOVE to see him wearing several months' worth of filthy, smelly clothing proclaiming that he's the Republican god to an empty street !

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Except I really would hate to have him permanently in my home state of California , thus soiling its beauty!

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What? And give them their own Country Club in the San Francisco Bay?

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No. This is a civil case, bit who knows? Maybe a criminal care will be referred?

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*but who knows

*a criminal case

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Whatever judge that accurately follows the laws and lands LDFF and his paid and diseased elves in a brutal prison is going to be the HERO of our country โ€ผ๏ธโ€ผ๏ธ

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"LDFF" ๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ˜† priceless

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Read Jeffโ€™s substack write ups. Itโ€™s called Everybodyโ€™s welcome to my opinion

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Yes, I follow him too... heโ€™s a riot... definitely unrelenting on his bashing and cussing-out all those that deserve it. ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ˜†

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Pulitzer prize for Peace candidate right there. ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽต๐ŸŽผ

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Thank you, Mary, for keeping us informed. ๐Ÿ’™

I wish Judge Engoron would JAIL Donald.

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NO, EXILE. No contact with civilized society, including apes capable of using tools. DJT deserves NOTHING GOOD.

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he could find comfort an happiness with his buddy Putin in Russia.....

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Or in Hell with his good buddy Beelzebub, AKA Baal, Moloch, Set, Lucifer, Hades.....

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Putin wouldn't want him. He can't get anything more out of him so he's useless to Putin.

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You can't jail somebody for a civil trial...though Donnie Diaperstain seems determined to single-handedly change that!

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DJT can't keep his pudding - trough shut for over 5 minutes. His logorrhea will be what helps him into prison. He even has to bleat his plans to be an iron - fisted dictator if reelected. That's gonna cost him.

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I didn't think dementia was contagious, but between Mary's Psycho Uncle channeling a dictator he's never even read, and His Rudeness insisting He Was Right All Along to constantly defame the two (Black, Female) election workers he's paying out everything he's got forever despite that? I have to wonder about that.

Maybe they both got brain worms from too much McDonald's beef.

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I think it's emulation. Wasn't there a Roman emperor ( Caligula ? ) who was imitated by ass - kissing courtiers ?

Going back about 1,000 years further, this Egyptian pharaoh, Akhenaten, started formal worship of the sun disk, & he had court officials who went through the motions of his monotheistic cult, but made fun of him when he wasn't looking.

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There's a joke in an alternate history where somebody says, "When the Emperor farts, his courtiers shit a mountain!"

But that still makes no sense to meโ€”Giuliani could have just kept his head down and his mouth shut, and maybe the jury would have taken a LITTLE pity on him? But he's out there pulling down his pants and shaking his ass at the plaintiffs, the judge, the jury, the audience....

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Oh my god, NEXT he'll pull out his Johnson & wave it at the jury. NOBODY WANTS TO SEE THAT. I compare DJT to good old Tricky Dick & DESPITE the crap he attempted, he still comes out ahead of Donny Dungheap, because when Nixon left Washington, he pretty much stayed away.

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I would wish for him to fall down a flight or 2 of stairs, then tumble into a wood - chipper, but that's a LOT of preparation time to see a bag of crap shredded.

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But worth it.

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A chance to see a wood chipper PROJECTILE - VOMITING !

Surreal.....

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Dec 21, 2023ยทedited Dec 21, 2023

No, that would be too easy and quick an end to him. Personally, I want to see him completely destitute and then found guilty of ALL his criminal acts. Then, once found guilty, he needs to be sentenced to like 1000 years in prison (or buried under the prison to serve out his remaining sentence after he dies).

I'm talkin' behind bars, concrete cell, solitary confinement in a place like for instance ADX SuperMax in CO. He would be sitting in his lonely concrete cell 23 hours a day. No TV, NO telephones, NO Internet, NO contact with other prisoners or guards, NOTHING to look forward to but his 1 hour a day in the "yard" which is also enclosed so he cannot see outside the prison walls to any landscape whatsoever. Only part of the sky. That's it.

He can teach himself how to read and if by some chance he does earn one of those tiny black and white TV's prisoners on good behaviour earn, there are only two channels available. Both close circuit. One is an education channel and the other is religious. LOL! No Fox News, No Shawn Hannity, No Tucker. NO gold plating either. Just concrete with a foam mat for his bed and a concrete block for him to sit on.

THAT would be punishment. He can have only himself for company. And absolutely NO freedom for anything.

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I LIKE WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM !

None of that " Club Fed " BS either. He goes into a REAL prison, 1 toilet, bunkmate optional - but if he has a bunk / cellmate, it should be someone like Manson, McVeigh, Gacy, someone COMPLETELY HOMICIDAL so that Donny will sleep with on eye open lest he receive a knife in his back, guts or somewhere else.

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"...and would that be your seditious moron of an ex-President in the wood-chipper...?"

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Mary you are quite welcome. I was happy to invest the max amount to listen and read all you have to provide.

Like you I had a mother in law as cruel as djt. She blamed me for my daughter drowning, when I was out of town working and she was supposed to watch her. She told me I didnโ€™t thank my father in law enough for putting a cover over the jacuzzi where she drowned. I said I was sorry but he didnโ€™t have to help put the cover over the pool/jacuzzi, and her come back was and he didnโ€™t have to pull your baby out of the pool, but he did. I hate people that blame others for their shortcomings, or things that donโ€™t go their ways, in life!!

Your uncle is vile, creepy, repugnant and a fool. That illegal immigrant wife is a strange opportunistic bed fellow. Both deserving of each other!

Thank you again

Ceejay

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Ohmygod ๐Ÿ˜Ÿ he didn't HAVE to pull your baby out the pool but he did... Who on earth would say that... Unbelievable.

I'm sorry for you Madame. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿง˜๐ŸŒŒ

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I am so sorry, Ceejay. This is horrible.

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OMG I am truly sorry for your loss. When people feel guilty as hell they point fingers at others. As they have no Moral Compass I think. I truly believe in Karma. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป to you and your family.

DJT Will get his I have to feel this as that destoried my family with lies after lies. I have followed him for years as he played with Mafia as well as doing thing things for Russia I will always believe Russia interfered in the 2016 Election. 2024 they must watch it carefully. Heโ€™s starting now say it will be rigged if he doesnโ€™t win I find this whole thing sad for President Biden thatโ€™s really done amazing job considering what Trump left him with. DJT has no remorse for felling the American people which I donโ€™t expect crap from him but every single elected REPUBLICAN HAS NOT CONDEMND THIS MONSTER THAT SHOULD NEVER GET SECURITY, PENSION OR ANY OTHER SPECIAL Privileges. At all in fact his Burial canโ€™t happen quick enough for me. Keep eating McDs tubby DJT.

MARY If you ever come to Northern Calif to speak please post I will do my darnest to see you. As I am in the Sierra foothills.

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Dear Ceejay, I am so sorry.๐Ÿ’™

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I am incredibly sorry for your loss. Truly sorry. Please donโ€™t listen to people who project their pain and mistakes onto you. I wish you strength and peace as you hopefully heal in time.

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Holy hell, that's horrific! First off, I'm SO sorry for your loss! I can't imagine that level of pain. I'm so, so sorry.

Secondly, what an awful woman!

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She is the one who feels guilty for her negligence but she puts it on you because she can't handle the burden of it. She is soulless. You are so brave and I am sorry for the loss of your child.

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Thank you Mary! I look forward to an amazing year of your incredible insights. I hope others will do the same and buy a 1 year subscription. Happy Holidays!!!

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Frivolity is legalese for bullshit.

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Mary, what might we do to bring you to Essex County, Town of Essex, New York ... to speak before the citizens of the 23rd District of Rep. Elise Stefanik fans and many others ... in an organized way... I would need time in winter, would suggest mid January or early February - pre Christmas wonโ€™t bring a crowd. We would want a good crowd for each gathering. Use 973.379.4446 iPhone WhatsApp or SIGNAL please .. www.sblewis.com and www.sblewis.net - www.lewisfamilyfarm.com - Sandy or Salim Bonnor Lewis... not sure your name will bring a crowd. Letโ€™s talk about the best way to make this happen ... Sandy

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Mary this must be your most merry Christmas ever.

Congratulations, you are living proof that all good things come to those who wait and of course karma is a b**ch.

I am certain there is no way we can be enjoying this as much as you are...but we are certainly trying.

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With all the new words defining definitions of the differences , violations remain violations. Happy to have witnessed a Fault and what carelessness can bring forth in carving out who else is in this Republican Nightmare

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I can't really say that I will never trust a Republican again, but I'll find it extremely difficult to accept pretty much anything they say without fact - checking.

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Hey Daniel, I can say it: I will never trust a Republican again. Ever. And I encourage everyone else to do (or not do) the same. Republicans have shown that they are not to be trusted. The fact that they vote lockstep proves that they are all the same.

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How about putting :Do not trust another Republican Ever Again on a tee shirt to raise money to help some of those suffering because of Republican's policies.

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Good idea. Unfortunately I am one of the ones suffering b/c of Republicans' policies. I can't afford the startup cost. Hell, I can't even afford the price of Mary's subscription. Every spare penny goes to postage for the postcards I'm writing.

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Hi Margaret, we're in the same leaky boat!!

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I guess we'd better learn to swim, figuratively speaking. But really, I'm getting too old for this shit! :-)

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Dec 19, 2023ยทedited Dec 19, 2023

Really? Do you have any idea what it's like to live solely on Social Security? And even that might be gone if tffg gets in. I spent it all on postage. We have to win!

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Suggestion: perhaps we who can help Margaret can contribute the equivalent of a latte or whatever to pay for her subscription.

What do you all think?

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Because IRS will get involved.

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They're so indoctrinated that if you told them that BREATHING is bad for them, they would probably stop trying to breathe. These dimwits believed that shoving ultraviolet lights up their rectums & ingesting deworming paste would be a Covid - 29 remedy, they'll believe damn near anything.

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Your post made me laugh!! Hadn't heard of that Covid remedy!

On the other hand when I read about the beliefs of these dim witted as u call them I feel depressed because I taught school for many years and now n my old age can't help wondering how these folks got past the 8th grade not to even think of high school.

Scary.

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I've been around all kinds of people who believe ( d ) all manner of weird things. My cousin kept calling COVID " the flu " until one of her sons was exposed to it while serving in Germany. Then she got with the program. If I were a behavioral psychologist, I could write a couple of papers around her way of thinking.

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Any candidate at any level who is an avowed Republican will not get my vote. Being a Republican candidate indicates explicit endorsement of MAGA trends, which is disqualifying.

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Our local Republican representative comes across as a f--king MORON, & she's only ONE representative of the local GOP / Evangelical block. I want ZERO to do with them. We should drop 'em on N. Korea.

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An idea. The Evangelicans support Trump as we know. Instead of dropping them in N. Korea what if the Billionaires who received chunks of our money to build their start ups, such as Musk and Bezos, gave back by offering to transport Evangelical Christians to outer space, near where these guys plan to escape to when the Earth burns up.

The movement could be promoted as a reward for being the faithful servants of God in a world filled with unbelievers. And by being in Space they are closer to Jesus so they will be the first into Heaven before the Earthly Evangelicals who stayed behind.

What do you bet thousands would sign up for this?

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if every one put it on their Facebook page, word will get around.

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Good idea.

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Nice, BUT here comes a sticky point - Evangelicals have a strange rather ambivalent relationship with tech & avoid anything TOO unfamiliar. OFFICIALLY, they're not big fans of tech, although most of them would have a stroke if they had to give up gadgets. They'd be very suspicious of going to space & I don't think that I'm far from the mark in saying that.

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Understand. But they're totally believers in the End Times and being saved. If the eternal benefits were strong enough they might get over their aversion to space. Maybe one of their. Ministers could lead the adventure!

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I trust everyone, but cut the cards. Mark Twain.

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Trust in God ( whoever he or she may be ) but have any moles checked JUST IN CASE.

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โ€œIt was the wont of the immortal gods sometimes to grant prosperity and long impunity to men whose crimes they were minded to punish in order that a complete reverse of fortune might make them suffer more bitterly.โ€

Julius Caesar

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Yes! I am sure those close to Dump have told him this, but he is off and he continues with this behavior defying all. Because he HAS to win! he's F'k ed in the head.

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He has to win to avoid prison and pay his bills. He knows exactly what he is doing and when democrats mock him we weaken our position and the threat he poses to our country.

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He has to win to avoid prison and pay his bills. He knows exactly what he is doing and when democrats mock him we weaken our position and the threat he poses to our country.

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I think that he has tertiary syphilis, which basically turned Al Capone's brain to puree of bat guano back in the day.

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I have long said since the indictment season began, I look forward to the slow and steady decline of Donald Trump to his ultimate demise. I believe people are waking up to his tired act. The Justice system heโ€™s playing now is not the small time one heโ€™s used to. More importantly, the players are not small businesses and independent contractors that he could drown in legal fees while dragging out the process until they quit, never being paid. Some even losing their businesses. He wanted to play in the big leagues but he isnโ€™t of that caliber. Thank you Mary! Youโ€™re insight and updates are so necessary now. Our country is young but not stupid. Democracy will prevail.

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From your lips to God's ears!

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If Only the Supreme Court Justices in Colorado and Minnesota had shown some Legal Courage........

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Well, Colorado Supreme Court showed Legal courage. Now, let's hope SCOTOS does the same.

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Aloe Vera wonโ€™t cut it... they need a case of Preparation H.

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This one put a big smile on my face! I hope your uncle is sweating bricks.

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Ridiculous question: Did his 2016 opponents and Republicans who vetted him fail miserably in their research?

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The Steele Dossier was funded originally by. GOP....

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Hell Yeah, and you know that .

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Iโ€™m still disgusted that he was ever taken seriously. It seems like ethics, principles, integrity, honesty, intelligence etc. mean nothing to far too many Americans, and a huge number are hiding behind a Christian faรงade.

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What I said earlier : I don't think that any background checking is done. No checking for suspicious activity, nor for mental health issues, aspirations to start a dictatorship or theocracy, whatever. THESE people can't just dump a big bag of money or write a large check, then become a contender.

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