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    11 hours ago

    Yes, let us all unite to [checks notes] ensure that Republicans retain control of the Senate and therefore continue to rubber-stamp everything Trump does and further insulate him from consequences.

    Break the Republican majority first. Feel free to turn on each other like starving dogs after.

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        8 hours ago

        You’re comparing a guy who isn’t even in the Senate yet to the single most annoying Democratic senator, when you should be comparing him against his actual opponent, Susan Collins, who thought Trump had learned his lesson.

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      10 hours ago

      the supreme court has also insulated trump from consequences when they gutted the voting rights act and the democrats have proved themselves to be as much a rubber stamp as the republicans since the last election; you seem to be pinning your hopes in the wrong place.

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        8 hours ago

        “Wanting to define the terms of the conflict” is not the same thing as “pinning hopes.”

        I have no illusions that getting a Democratic majority in Congress will solve all of our problems. I know for a fact that a Republican majority will continue to make things worse at an ever-increasing pace until the situation becomes completely untenable. At least with Democrats, there’s a conversation to be had.

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          At least with Democrats, there’s a conversation to be had.

          is there?

          the democrats refused to talk about gaza during the election and their post-mortem study won’t even mention it; yet multiple polls confirm that that was the biggest reason why they lost the last election.