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applegrove

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Wed Jan 14, 2026, 07:29 PM Wednesday

"it was never a problem they had with government per se, just that it wasn't being used to harm the people they wanted"

telling the secret police they have immunity to harm & kill citizens really lays bare the hollowness of decades of right-wing GOP screeching about encroaching Big Government - it was never a problem they had with government per se, just that it wasn't being used to harm the people they wanted to

Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias.bsky.social) 2026-01-14T06:43:35.455Z
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"it was never a problem they had with government per se, just that it wasn't being used to harm the people they wanted" (Original Post) applegrove Wednesday OP
Government was helping people they hated. Irish_Dem Wednesday #1
And who elected Stephen Miller?!? Bread and Circuses Wednesday #2
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