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regnaD kciN

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1. I just hope we see a "comeuppance"...

Reply to FakeNoose (Original post)

Sat Mar 29, 2025, 01:36 PM

Mar 29

...at this point, I'm not so sure (at least in my lifetime). History has shown that, absent a stronger military alliance arrayed against it, a newly-established authoritarian system generally lasts for decades before it finally collapses under its own weight.

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Steve Schmidt: The comeuppance is going to be brutal [View all] FakeNoose Mar 29 OP

I just hope we see a "comeuppance"... regnaD kciN Mar 29 #1

Mass action early, mass action often, mass action in all ways big or small. There is safety in numbers. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 29 #3

Yes, massive is safe, and consistent is successful. Magoo48 Mar 29 #9

Yeah, I don't think I will see it. birdographer Mar 29 #8

It's a "comeuppance" that needs to happen soon. lees1975 Mar 29 #2

What he is saying in this case is true. totodeinhere Mar 29 #4

He also brought the mother of the Tea Party, grandmother of MAGA, Dark n Stormy Knight Mar 30 #13

Note to "R" politicians and infamous John Roberts Court MAGA members... Trust_Reality Mar 29 #5

Schmidt phrases things as well as anybody out there. Paladin Mar 29 #6

I'll believe it when I see it. Solly Mack Mar 29 #7

Indivisible has demonstrations set for April 5, it's a Saturday. It's only a few hours. They are occurring in Linda ladeewolf Mar 29 #10

TY Kick for Steve Schmidt & you. Cha Mar 29 #11

We wil all pay the comeuppance ThoughtCriminal Mar 29 #12