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paleotn

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23. Republicans have been doing that since as long as I can remember.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Fri May 8, 2026, 04:34 PM

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And when you tell them it's kind of Orwellian. You know, from his book 1984, they ask.... "Huh? Who's that? Never heard of him or his book." They've never heard of a lot of things.

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