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3_Limes

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9. This is only noteworthy if you've still stuck on the idea that things should run the way they did before.

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 12:41 PM

16 hrs ago

Back when there were rules, procedures and norms. The stuff that goes with a democracy. But those days are gone, and we really need to get used to that. The safeguards are GONE. And we need to stop pretending that they're still in place and that they'll help us somehow.

(Getting some new leadership - someone under 90, who understands what we're dealing with might be a good start towards correcting this though.)

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State Department Bypasses Congress to Send Israel More Than 20,000 Bombs [View all] dalton99a 17 hrs ago OP

Why do they need more bombs? leftstreet 17 hrs ago #1

To keep Netanyahu out of prison. dalton99a 17 hrs ago #2

+1 But Trump says Iran has surrendered leftstreet 17 hrs ago #3

"Until they surrender." Igel 12 hrs ago #11

Soooo many things with Trump are an EMERGENCY!!--" the State Department declared an emergency because of the war in Iran riversedge 17 hrs ago #4

Trump will use his Iran War as an excuse for more emergencies - and Congress won't do a thing. dalton99a 16 hrs ago #5

Sadly, I agree. riversedge 16 hrs ago #8

I sure cannot wait to bypass Congress on all kinds of shit in 2028 EarthFirst 16 hrs ago #6

Emergency, everybody to get from street. C_U_L8R 16 hrs ago #7

This is only noteworthy if you've still stuck on the idea that things should run the way they did before. 3_Limes 16 hrs ago #9

The emergency is that Tehran is not being turned into rubble...fast enough! AloeVera 15 hrs ago #10