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debsy

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9. Very true

Reply to Hope22 (Reply #8)

Sun Jan 18, 2026, 09:08 AM

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How did we get here? [View all] surfered 16 hrs ago OP

The bigger question: True Dough 16 hrs ago #1

I think I would rather proceed forward rather than 'return' to anything. OldBaldy1701E 15 hrs ago #6

Here's how... MarcoZandrini 14 hrs ago #19

Whenever asked how we ended up in this shitshow, I say something like this maxrandb 16 hrs ago #2

Great post malaise 15 hrs ago #3

Just one thing. OldBaldy1701E 15 hrs ago #5

I think that was the point.......nt Hope22 15 hrs ago #7

I suppose, but there are only mentions of times since 2000. OldBaldy1701E 14 hrs ago #11

Yes, folks like Rumsfeld and Cheney to name a few... Hope22 12 hrs ago #28

More than a century Clouds Passing 14 hrs ago #21

True. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E 11 hrs ago #32

With so many Americans not voting when they could or voting Republican, this is The Will of the People. betsuni 14 hrs ago #12

Was the 2024 election the will of the people? Bluewonder 2 hrs ago #40

Don't forget Newt Gingrich, delegitimizing the Clinton presidency. SharonAnn 14 hrs ago #13

As I recall, Newt led the genuinely hostile/cheating, Ayn Rand mentality in congress. JudyM 8 hrs ago #34

That was amazing, but please do a follow-up Polybius 14 hrs ago #15

You nailed it once again. llmart 14 hrs ago #18

So true. And IMO, the 2010 midterms was the most disastrous point on this timeline we now follow.... Ol Janx Spirit 13 hrs ago #23

Yes, I read a comment recently about the divisiveness of the far left. LisaM 4 hrs ago #36

There are a few crucial missing pieces in there, IMHO debsy 15 hrs ago #4

The 'Patriot Act' Hope22 15 hrs ago #8

Very true debsy 15 hrs ago #9

Very important. llmart 14 hrs ago #17

Yes to all of this. Hope22 12 hrs ago #26

I remember when I heard they named it Department of Homeland Security, MIButterfly 11 hrs ago #31

das Vaterland. nt Wednesdays 5 hrs ago #35

Man! jaymac 15 hrs ago #10

Good point- Leonard Leo, the wizard of the federalist society! debsy 14 hrs ago #14

Most Americans don't even know about him. A ton of them right wingers, too. -nt CrispyQ 12 hrs ago #27

The ONLY satisfaction I feel about this whole shit show Submariner 14 hrs ago #16

Been Sayin' For Years Mr.Bee 14 hrs ago #20

Insanity and ignorance did indeed trickle down. LiberalArkie 13 hrs ago #22

"It all began with Reagan...." Grins 13 hrs ago #24

I entirely agree. I watched my parents change from middle-of-the-road Democrats to full tilt right wing madness because Martin68 13 hrs ago #25

Two years: 1971 and 1973. valleyrogue 12 hrs ago #29

50+ years, and no one has tried to undo it n/t leftstreet 12 hrs ago #30

Ah..."good ole" Paul Weyrich. I think Thom Hartman talked about him, when... electric_blue68 4 hrs ago #37

The Powell Memorandum.... electric_blue68 4 hrs ago #38

Those were key years and figures. The funding of the think tanks included Richard Mellon Scaife too. summer_in_TX 2 hrs ago #41

And let us not forget Barry Goldwater debsy 9 hrs ago #33

Missing Newt Gingrich in the scenario. Buttoneer 2 hrs ago #39

The two party system got us here. thought crime 2 hrs ago #42

Let Robert Reich explain Bluewonder 1 hr ago #43