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jalan48

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7. Also, there will still be a Congress to give the semblance of a democracy.

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Thu Apr 17, 2025, 06:41 PM

Apr 17

We will still have our Reps and Senators and committees but they will be neutered, having no real power to do anything of consequence. It will be a pretend government.

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