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OldBaldy1701E

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12. "Whoever thought America could turn like this?"

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 01:24 PM

Wednesday

Some of us did. Some of us saw it coming.

But, no one who needed to cared to listen.

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