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marmar

(79,316 posts) Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:04 AM Saturday

...... and it's never felt more bleak and less celebratory in my GenX lifetime.

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This is the USA's 250th birthday, its Semiquincentennial........ (Original Post) marmar Saturday OP

We started with quite a struggle. pandr32 Saturday #1

I'd call it its funeral. sinkingfeeling Saturday #3

Yes full circle back to rule by royal dictatorship. Irish_Dem Saturday #4

Or funeral . . . Johonny Saturday #5

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1. We started with quite a struggle.

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:07 AM

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Instead of ending with one let's make it a restart. Let's build back better.

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2. I do not intend to celebrate until or unless that malignant cancer is OUT...

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:15 AM

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...of MY government.

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3. I'd call it its funeral.

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:17 AM

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4. Yes full circle back to rule by royal dictatorship.

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:22 PM

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5. Or funeral . . .

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:27 PM

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