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xocetaceans

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1. That is a terrible loss to this country. And Trump is adding insult to injury by now claiming in his stump speech . . .

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Tue Jan 27, 2026, 07:31 PM

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. . . that all of those discarded government workers (scientists, etc.) love him because they now have jobs in the private sector. (That is a paraphrase of what he said in Clive, IA, late this afternoon, January 27, 2026.)

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