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No's avatar

How can you say he didn’t cheat? He literally admitted in January 19th that Elon has knowledge of vote counting machines, and that made him win PA. There were bomb threats in many blue precincts on Election Day. The weird fake lottery in PA. Trump cheated, full stop.

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Jacque DeWolf's avatar

he is a Nazi freak

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William Samuel Daniel's avatar

Rick, you have once again shown us what smart discourse is about. Keep up your scholarly approach with its blade cutting to the truth.

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Tess Turbo's avatar

Call him The First Felon…never by name, and never POTUS.

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Reader/Writer's avatar

Felon 45 is a sociopath, he can’t be anything else. And a sociopath can only create chaos and diversions and hate. To expect anything else is magical thinking and impossible. We have elected a monster and must live with the monstrous results. He is a monster.👿

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Annie's avatar

I looked and found I was now following Trump and Vance on FB. I never did that. I blocked them . If you have FB search them and you’ll see you’re following them too.

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Bob McKeown's avatar

Trump pardoned nearly all of the 1.6k J6 rioters and pulled us out of the Paris climate accord.

Gloves are OFF.

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Open Letters by Mersault's avatar

Trump’s Inaugural Rant: A Cacophony of Narcissism, Fearmongering, and Plagiarizing From Hitler’s Dark Script

How Trump’s presidential address resurrected the sinister themes of Hitler’s most infamous rhetoric

https://open.substack.com/pub/patricemersault/p/trumps-inaugural-rant-a-cacophony?r=4d7sow&utm_medium=ios

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franciswhartigan@gmail.com's avatar

Great writing! Where can I get me some of that flu?

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Susan Ray's avatar

Feel better soon, Rick. I spent most of 2024 fighting to recover from mold exposure and negative side effects from prednisone. It kept me from being active in the fight. I posted online, I donated what I could, i voted. All I can say is that the Dems are weak and ineffective and have been for most of my adult life. I'm an independent and sign up for whatever party in order to vote in primaries but dislike both sides. I turned 68 in November so I'm pissed that SS and Medicare are in danger. No one is yelling loud enough to save them.

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larry gassan's avatar

Trump won enough swing-state votes to clinch the prize. All discussions of narrow margins are moot. And Elmo dropping $300M of sofa-change bought himself a fine senile rent-boy. Citizens United bore some fine fruit, exactly as planned.

Keep an eye out for 25A rumors in the next 6mo. Shady Vance has the House and Senate at his back, plus SCOTUS.

FWIW: I’ve been drinking Lincoln Project vinegar straight out of the bottle since 2019 at least.

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Victoria Brown's avatar

Thank you Rick! Excellent

essay! Take care and get

well. We need you.

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Kevin Roach's avatar

I'm sorry you are ill Rick and I hope you feel better soon. Your writing is still excellent! I always enjoy your viewpoint and the way you weave humor into some of the toughest topics before us. You have the ability to lift my spirits through some of the darkest times. That is a gift. Please rest up and come back swinging!

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Lisa Churinskas-Hulit's avatar

😟😟😟

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Sharon Heidē Ward's avatar

Please take care of yourself. Someone said something about first you gotta fly the plane. ✨🏵️💫

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