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 @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.