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creon

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5. I am 80.

Mon Jan 12, 2026, 06:02 PM

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This has been building for a long time.

It is hard to regain it.

I think thatt Trump and the GOP want to wreck the country.

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We have to face a sobering fact: Our country is permanently broken (at least in our lifetime) [View all] Coventina Monday OP

You're not wrong, I've said the same Bread and Circuses Monday #1

There is nothing on the horizon to point to otherwise. Because we don't know what we don't know, we do not have Ninga Monday #2

Trying to stay positive and have faith in America Nictuku Monday #3

I am almost 78, I know it will be long after I am dead and gone if doc03 Monday #4

I am 80. creon Monday #5

Trumps Seeks Actively To "MONETIZE"---aka, SELL---The US!.. ColoringFool Yesterday #32

Money creon Yesterday #39

"Our country looked pretty damn broken after W. And then came Obama." J_William_Ryan Yesterday #33

Yea, it's hard to have much real optimism right now. ms liberty Monday #6

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Monday #7

Oh, it's Way Worse, imho. But; sometimes things, events, a person, etc could come out of left field... electric_blue68 Monday #14

I suspect similar things were said during the civil war. Gore1FL Monday #8

Coming from a country that was in chaos for 20+ years (Uganda) ImmigrantsWGTJD Monday #9

We have a very poor track record at accountability for right wing coup attempts and fascist politicians. paulkienitz Monday #10

I'm of the same opinion, primarily because I see very little happening on college campuses across NoMoreRepugs Monday #11

Depends on the lifetime I think. mr715 Monday #12

Constitutional Convention 2na fisherman Monday #13

The Right-Wing wants a Constitutional Convention. They want to completely rewrite it. Project 2025+? SharonAnn Monday #18

An amendment that prohibits anyone convicted of a felony from being president or from running for office... Trueblue Texan Yesterday #20

I see it as a curtain that was lifted... bsiebs Monday #15

Republicans could impeach and remove Trump in short order Jarqui Monday #16

The real problem is, was, and has always been the propagandists. Initech Yesterday #25

A lot of those people worked for Rupert Murdoch Jarqui Yesterday #36

I refuse to be so despairing. Don't underestimate our country's ability to react against Trump and highplainsdem Monday #17

I agree. Trueblue Texan Yesterday #21

I agree, too. MorbidButterflyTat Yesterday #29

NOTHING is permanent but 'CHANGE'! Jack Valentino Monday #19

Well, the organizations responsible for breaking this country are Fox and Heritage. Initech Yesterday #22

Recommended. H2O Man Yesterday #23

Oh my goodness! H2O man! Coventina Yesterday #27

It has been H2O Man Yesterday #28

I am 46 years old. If I live a typical life span, I imagine I might live to see another Obama. FascismIsDeath Yesterday #24

We can fix it if we can get them out and prosecute those that deserve it questionseverything Yesterday #26

Germany and Japan came back from worse, also Vietnam delisen Yesterday #30

"I hope I'm proved wrong, but I just don't see it." J_William_Ryan Yesterday #31

Stay laser focused on the midterms. We will take back our country! BoycottTwitter Yesterday #34

amen!!!! BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday #35

It's really humanity that's broken Buckeyeblue Yesterday #37

Yes, there's long.Is there's places like Fox News It will never heal Tribetime Yesterday #38

Long Live Cascadia!!! Aristus Yesterday #40