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Fiendish Thingy

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6. You have a theory?

Reply to EarthFirst (Reply #5)

Wed Oct 29, 2025, 12:02 PM

Wednesday

Sounds more like a hunch, but I guess we will see.

I do expect lots of ratfucking and chicanery in the lead up to the midterms, but that doesn’t negate this one absolute truth:

Trump is not omnipotent, and the states and the people are not powerless.

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