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17. One hopes that he might hit the...
Sun May 17, 2026, 06:43 PM
11 hrs ago

…political book circuit in the near future, promoting his warning to America about home-grown fascism. Well, one can dream, right?

(BTW, around 1979-1980 there was a congressional bloodletting that was essentially the vanguard of the “Reagan revolution”. One of the defeated members of Congress wrote a book about the Reagan movement and its alliance with the religious right, The Fear Brokers. It seems to me that it’s high time once again for such an event).

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Nah..... Hey Joe 16 hrs ago #1
No ProfessorGAC 16 hrs ago #2
God I hope so, but my hope is limited bottomofthehill 15 hrs ago #3
He voted to convict Trump. JI7 15 hrs ago #4
Nope. Zorro 15 hrs ago #5
The fact that he is an MD and he voted for RFK senseandsensibility 15 hrs ago #6
Exactly. LisaL 13 hrs ago #10
It did wonders for Sen Tillis. surfered 13 hrs ago #7
I know Thom Tillis, and Sen. Cassidy senseandsensibility 11 hrs ago #16
We can hope malaise 13 hrs ago #8
He got about 30% of the R vote, about what Trump will soon poll. GreenWave 13 hrs ago #9
The actual headlines read TRUMP EXACTS REVENGE! Boomerproud 12 hrs ago #14
They just love narratives about how "powerful" he is senseandsensibility 11 hrs ago #19
He lost BECAUSE he had a spine for like, a day, when he voted to convict Trump. FascismIsDeath 13 hrs ago #11
Nope Rebl2 13 hrs ago #12
He did vote to impeach trump WinningAgain 12 hrs ago #13
No irisblue 12 hrs ago #15
One hopes that he might hit the... keep_left 11 hrs ago #17
He gave us rfk jr...deciding vote. spanone 11 hrs ago #18
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