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tRump claiming the Biden economy as his was no surprise, as he was referencing the soaring stock markets on the campaign as merely a reflection of how polls were forecasting a tRump win, and of course the financial community was reacting appropriately.

Well, yeah, Gaetz at Main Justice would be a shitshow by definition, but quite honestly, who among us could truthfully defend Merrick Garland's DOJ and his appallingly inept leadership? Garland and his No. 2 deMarco hardly covered themselves in pro-democracy glory, and good - bloody - riddance to that whole crowd...with the notable exception of the superb Solicitor General, Elizabeth Prolegar, who was an absolute star in her appearances at SCOTUS, arguing cases for the people.

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A lot of damage will be done, but we can take heart in the fact that the high level of incompetence guarantees they won't be too efficient at wrecking things.

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This is all so fekking depressing...people are so stupid. Like there's no conflict of interest between having Trump's personal (and incompetent) lawyers working for him at the DoJ??? Huh? The Senate has POWER what the hell, so they mean they haven't the energy for a fight with Trump... Funny how they had all kinds of energy to fight with judicial appointments under Turtleface and the like while Biden was President. Grrrr.

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But will any of this wailing and gnashing of teeth make any difference? After all this is what the country voted for.

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"WaPo: Go bags, passports, foreign assets: Preparing to be a target of Trump’s revenge"

What a crappy timeline

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AN OPEN LETTER TO PETE HEGSETH

Re: Your Nomination for Secretary of Defense — A Blatant Spectacle of Opportunism, Recklessness, and the Sinister Nexus of White Nationalism and Sex Crimes

https://open.substack.com/pub/patricemersault/p/an-open-letter-to-pete-hegseth?r=4d7sow&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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Goetz will be rejected and they'll take his personal lawyer in relief. Slick. Sick.

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Regarding a release of Gaetz's House ethics report, isn't that what leaks are for? I bet we see it soon. It won't matter to the Senate Republicans. They will vote however fpotus wants them to.

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Do not obey in advance! This

would be good for Tuberville

to do and other low energy

senators, if they only had

brains that worked. Frankly, if

he threatened me like he did

in this remark, I'd tell him to

bring it.

For nearly 249 years our

imperfect Republic has

managed to survive some

very rough and very hard

harsh times. Don't chicken

out now!

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