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Linda Caroll's avatar

I agree that anyone who is economically enslaved is not free. We are wage slaves. Serfs. Two paychecks from homeless, most of us. But it's not just Trump voters who take pride in the flag but don't give a damn about the average American. 77.3 million people voted for Trump. 85.9 million eligible voters stayed home. I guess they can say they didn't vote for him. But they didn't vote against him either, which means they helped create this scenario and there's more of them than Trumpers. I hope they realize that while they're lighting bbqs and fireworks tomorrow.

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Mommadillo's avatar

The idea we’re special is what put us here.

If you can sell people on complete bullshit like “American exceptionalism” you can sell them anything, including Donald Trump as POTUS. We’re special, right? What could go wrong?

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Jan Buhrmann's avatar

Very leery about what comes next for our democracy. Just can’t believe that even a few more Republicans couldn’t muster the courage to stand up to Trump… 😞

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Karen Brenchley's avatar

One of my best friends voted for Trump. I’m gobsmacked. And very sad.

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Untrickled by Michelle Teheux's avatar

Same

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Voice of Reason's avatar

As I’ve said before, I’d like to see people pledge less allegiance to the flag and more to the republic for which it stands.

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Debo Berger's avatar

I just saw this Social Security Applauds Passage of Legislation Providing Historic Tax Relief for Seniors | SSA https://share.google/vADck8A6eK5DtZZUB

A friend got it as an email, it looked like a scam but it seems to be scarily legit

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Bill Flarsheim's avatar

There’s a link to this press release at the bottom of the main social security page, ssa.gov. There is a tax break for social security income in the Big Beautiful Bill Act, though I think it’s one that ends after Trump leaves office. And the fact that SSA is praising Dear Leaders BBB in a press release is no longer surprising.

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STEVE MADISON's avatar

McDonald Trump won the ‘25 election because 15M Democrat voters, who put Biden in the White House in 2020, stayed home. Why did they do that? My hypothesis is that they didn’t stay home but regretted their vote in ‘20 and reversed their ballots to repair the damage that Biden’s Autopen politburo did when POTUS 46 lost his mind.

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Untrickled by Michelle Teheux's avatar

Mentioning Trump’s weird obsession with the autopen that all modern presidents commonly used, and your weird use of the word “politburo” doesn’t really lend gravity to your argument.

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Geoffrey Tanner's avatar

From Robin Hood to Robbing the Hood

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