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Fiendish Thingy

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3. Your defeatist Doomerism is duly noted
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 12:35 PM
Thursday

For the record, he has failed to achieve items six and ten on Reich’s list, and only partially achieved many of the others.

Trump’s EO’s on voting and elections have been, and will continue to be, ignored by the states.

He has centralized his power over the executive branch, but outside that bubble, he has very little actual control over anything, which is why he and his administration are reduced to functioning as agents of chaos and destruction, with minimal efficiency and success in achieving their actual goals.

To quote U2 in their just released song “American Obituary”

The power of the people is stronger than the people in power


Never, ever forget this one absolute truth:

Trump is not omnipotent, and the states and the people are not powerless

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