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6. We have a system that encourages the worst of us to enter politics

Reply to durablend (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 01:55 PM

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I think Michelle Obama could've saved us from Trump in 2025, but I can't blame her not wanting to subject herself and her family to the blood sport that is politics today.

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Another woman is accusing Eric Swalwell..he is a Bill Cosby level rapist [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday OP

Assuming this is true durablend Yesterday #1

That's a very long list EdmondDantes_ Yesterday #5

We have a system that encourages the worst of us to enter politics biocube Yesterday #6

Trump's very existence, who moonscape Yesterday #16

Testosterone poisoning Easterncedar Yesterday #7

assuming this is true .... rampartd Yesterday #2

Yes MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #4

I cannot believe I am reading this question nt sarisataka Yesterday #10

I feel like it should be alertable in some way. WhiskeyGrinder Yesterday #11

I'm not surprised MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #3

Handsome, famous, powerful men can get all the consensual sex they want. Irish_Dem Yesterday #8

I am not alone in never hearing or seeing reports prior to last Friday of even rumors... hlthe2b Yesterday #9

Insiders knew..there was a whisper campaign BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday #13

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You are not alone. Intractable Yesterday #17

Alleged crimes .... FarPoint Yesterday #12

I wish they'd been revealed long before the primary election... regnaD kciN Yesterday #14

Swalwell wasn't ahead of the Democratic pack. yardwork Yesterday #20

Here's the video of the survivor's press conference... PunkinPi Yesterday #18

I must be a horrible judge of character. When he was toying with the idea of running for President, my biggest Vinca Yesterday #19

I figured there is more to come. yardwork Yesterday #21