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thucythucy

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10. I'm having trouble understanding your argument.
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 01:05 PM
21 hrs ago

You started by responding to my suggestion with "So, might as well do nothing?" as if that's what I was saying.

My response was to say, essentially, the leadership can impose any conditions it wants to impose, but here's something that we can try to actually get needed results. Something to do in addition to the agenda already proposed.

Now you seem to be saying, since Trump will do whatever he wants anyway, maybe we shouldn't do anything at all? Just settle for what we can get, which you seem to suggest will be: nothing?

So what would be your plan, aside from building a time machine to undo the 2024 election? Or maybe just wait until the next election and hope Trump and the GOP will suddenly respect results they don't like?

ICE is a clear and present danger to our democracy, such as it is. Your plan for the leadership to deal with this would be: what?

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So Trump won't obey defunding DHS Progressive dog 23 hrs ago #1
If the leadership wants to impose conditions to take effect AFTER granting the funds thucythucy 22 hrs ago #3
How do yuu make a law Progressive dog 22 hrs ago #4
You can't. thucythucy 22 hrs ago #5
So Trump will keep an agreement 9f it contains more stuff? Progressive dog 22 hrs ago #7
I'm having trouble understanding your argument. thucythucy 21 hrs ago #10
You might as well do Progressive dog 17 hrs ago #11
Forget to add the words "in his role as president" dickthegrouch 17 hrs ago #12
Schumer and Jeffries, are you listening to this? leftstreet 23 hrs ago #2
Over funding ICE is moronic Johonny 22 hrs ago #6
+1 leftstreet 22 hrs ago #8
This leadership is trying to secure an empty barn. LuvLoogie 21 hrs ago #9
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