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3_Limes

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5. Ok please! Congress is beyond neutered at this point.

Reply to Bluestocking (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 08:32 AM

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They once had power. But they gave it away and it's not coming back. Not any time soon.

Things really are different now and we need to get used to that fact

(ETA: Sorry ro be so negarive but I firmly belive that the guardrails are gone and we do ourselves harm expecting them to save us from any of this.)

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OMG, sounds like Pedocon's gonna send in ground troops. [View all] mobeau69 Yesterday OP

Nukes are on the table too Bookreadingliberal53 Yesterday #1

Maybe this will get us the 67 seats in the Senate to impeach Bluestocking Yesterday #2

Ok please! Congress is beyond neutered at this point. 3_Limes Yesterday #5

All Congress does now is collect $$$ from its donors 31st Street Bridge Yesterday #6

Does Putin agree ? Care ? Tetrachloride Yesterday #3

I doubt there was ever another option. 3_Limes Yesterday #4

Read somewhere (BBC? guardian) that apparently mwmisses4289 Yesterday #7

I heard it on NPR and read it on a website. wnylib Yesterday #9

It will be a bloodbath CanonRay Yesterday #8

Where is the integrity of the military to refuse illegal orders? wnylib Yesterday #10