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SamuelAdams

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5. You would think after Covid we would have learned a lesson.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun May 10, 2026, 09:20 AM

7 hrs ago

Electing a president is about more than a couple big bills that might become law. It's about the boring day-to-day running of government to keep us safe from things like diseases. Basic competence should matter to voters more than it seems to.

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'Empty and vapid' CDC finally responds to hantavirus outbreak. But experts say it's too little, too late [View all] BumRushDaShow 9 hrs ago OP

RFK Jr should put that on his business cards. tanyev 8 hrs ago #1

I don't think I want RFK Jr leading the response either!! riversedge 8 hrs ago #2

He would definitely be the least qualified to do it BumRushDaShow 7 hrs ago #3

"Empty and vapid" describes almost everything about what passes for the US government, Ocelot II 7 hrs ago #4

You would think after Covid we would have learned a lesson. SamuelAdams 7 hrs ago #5

This administration? hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!! AZLD4Candidate 7 hrs ago #6

But that's not what this government thinks its purpose is. Ocelot II 6 hrs ago #7