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What is? 
 @6f86c8d6 
Gaetz is serious about holding  McCarthy to his word, although time consuming 
 @0af78396 

Gotcha. 

Not that I’m against this at all. I wish they’d all go after each other and all of them go down. They’re all compromised clowns. 

But it’s a distraction because they should be going after Biden and his administration. On principle alone. 

Just seems like play fighting. Like in the NBA or NFL.

 “Hold me back bruh”. 
 @6f86c8d6 
I totally get it, it does seem like play fighting... they are exhausting it though... they got to follow through or it's the last time , nobody will ever believe them or offer a 2nd chance to prove themselves. I'm sure Gaetz will be defeated  in some way and give the appearance of, well i tried. 
 @6f86c8d6 
They are showing every possible hand that could ever be played too. 
 @0af78396 

I’m all for primarying every one of them. We can play fight too. You know, as if elections still matter. 

If elections still matter, someday, we can call them “ejections”. 
 @0af78396 

What I’ve always been curious about is Trump backing McCarthy. Who couldn’t see his fraudulence a mile away? 

It’s shit like that that cause me to not take anything too seriously. How can you, really? It’s one big game of “who can fuck over the citizens most creatively”. 

Currently, it’s a 535 way tie among the selected members of congress. 
 @6f86c8d6 
I know what exactly what you mean, I felt the same way. Lately he's been coming from a different angle saying the Repubs are all talk. He may be privy to the game they're playing  and is somehow a believer in the "Timing" technique which i hate . We all become pawns in a theater when they play the timing game . I don't like it. 
 @6f86c8d6 
Plus he has to juggle all that other shit with the indictments. Even though in the long run I think he got them licked there. 
 @6f86c8d6 
i don't want to be handcuffed to another long drawn out Timing routine... I'll take a break as soon i figure thats where exactly it is going. i got things to do, lots of work and the weather is cooling off. 
 @0af78396 

I’m pretty worn down. Grinding it out day after day to stay ahead is taking its toll. When ~50% of what you make (in taxes/fees/insurance etc plus inflation) is essentially stolen and given to criminals, keeping it up has a shelf life. I see people getting pushed closer and closer to the edge all around me. There are people who will lose everything, soon. 

Maybe that is the “plan”? And they’re ALL in on it. 
 @6f86c8d6 
It does seem like it could be a plan, if so this final year will be a big push for disaster, where many like you say may fall off the edge. It never lets up, people can snap, they will snap, i can't picture anyone just riding this to there end. if it goes that way. Why should they? They acted civilized and trusted, waited, and waited too long. We'll see, there will be a breaking point or things will start to look tolerable. 
 @6f86c8d6 
more like WWF

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 @c89aa391 @6f86c8d6 
They are obsessed with Time, something about ... nothing can happen until it's time.
No wine is read y before it's time. They're on a maniacal schedule , a calendar of demonic lunar cycles or something. The system only works according to when the pieces fit. 
 @0af78396 

Speaking of “Time”. 

This is how it feels to me:

“….And you run, and you run to catch up with the sun
But it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way
But you're older
Shorter of breath, and one day closer to death”

Pink Floyd- Time 
 @6f86c8d6 
Time does seem to be moving a little faster depending on what you correlate with.
As in your own personal life it's fast,
in the nature of the political system it's slow, and painful.