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Jack Valentino

(4,381 posts)
Tue Jan 6, 2026, 10:38 PM Tuesday

"criminal organization masquerading as a government" !!

Speaker Mike Johnson spoke those words about the Venezuelan Maduro government---
but that wasn't the first government that came to MY mind with those words!!!!

(He has absolutely no sense of irony!)

The Number ONE "criminal organization masquerading as a government"
is the U.S. Republican Party, who mostly continue to support the criminal-in-chief


and seem to aspire to emulate
the German National Socialist Party of 1938--- !!


(When young Republicans were exposed by their
telegram messages praising Hitler---
that was NOT a 'glitch' !)

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CousinIT

(12,261 posts)
3. Sarah Kendzior called the Trump gov't that in his first term.
Tue Jan 6, 2026, 10:48 PM
Tuesday

He probably stole the term from her.

They LOVE to accuse others of that which they are themselves guilty. PROJECTION.

eppur_se_muova

(41,014 posts)
4. "I know you are, but what am I ?" Remember that childish taunt from elementary school ? It's just right for Trmp's GOP.
Tue Jan 6, 2026, 10:50 PM
Tuesday

Jack Valentino

(4,381 posts)
5. "It takes one to know one" was the comeback in my early years,
Tue Jan 6, 2026, 11:04 PM
Tuesday

in the late 60s to early 1970s

"I know you are, but what am I ?" still doesn't make any grammatical sense to me,
and I never heard that when I was in grade-school


Jack Valentino

(4,381 posts)
6. And I'd REALLY like to hear many Democratic candidates in 2026 using those exact words REPEATEDLY
Tue Jan 6, 2026, 11:16 PM
Tuesday

to describe the Republican Party--- because that is what they are!!!!

Justice matters.

(9,417 posts)
7. And making TERRORIST THREATS to the NATO allied countries!
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 01:41 AM
Wednesday

To steal their natural resources and keep the money for themselves!

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