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highplainsdem

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32. Thanks! I'll never come close to your contributions to DU, though. Over 175,000 posts, as of today. Wow!

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Fri Jan 9, 2026, 08:58 PM

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I never imagined, 60,000 posts ago, that our country would be in so much trouble today. [View all] highplainsdem Jan 8 OP

Congrats on 60K! SheltieLover Jan 8 #1

Thanks, Sheltie! highplainsdem Jan 8 #9

Way to go 60,000K. applegrove Jan 8 #2

Thank you! And oh, how I love those smilies, especially the highplainsdem Jan 8 #10

Congrats!! dalton99a Jan 8 #3

Thanks! And yes, Confused and Nauseous would probably describe most of us these days. highplainsdem Jan 8 #11

Beautiful post! Thank you so much for writing and sharing! BoycottTwitter Jan 8 #4

Thanks! And yes, we definitely need a plan for recovering/repairing our democracy and society. highplainsdem Jan 8 #12

Congratulations on 60,000 posts! I've enjoyed livetohike Jan 8 #5

Thanks! I'm glad you liked the Oasis posts. That was a very significant tour for rock music. I saw so highplainsdem Jan 9 #13

Congrats on a posting milestone! Moostache Jan 8 #6

Thank you! And I agree that Cameron did a great job warning of a possible AI dystopia. Fortunately highplainsdem Jan 9 #15

Thank you! sheshe2 Jan 8 #7

Thanks, sheshe2! I nearly breezed past 60,000 yesterday without even noticing, since the tablet I use highplainsdem Jan 9 #20

" But we WILL get there..." sheshe2 Jan 9 #21

Remember the Bush/Cheney years? PJMcK Jan 8 #8

Oh, yes. And we thought they were a nightmare at the time. But we never imagined how much worse highplainsdem Jan 9 #16

Congratulations 👏🎉 MustLoveBeagles Jan 9 #14

Thanks! I'm hoping that someday - not too far off - we can all celebrate milestones on days when we're seeing highplainsdem Jan 9 #17

I hope so too 🤞 MustLoveBeagles Jan 9 #18

Wow! 60 K! Hugin Jan 9 #19

Thanks, Hugin! highplainsdem Jan 9 #28

Congrats malaise Jan 9 #22

Thank you, malaise! highplainsdem Jan 9 #29

The Bush Administration helped to lay the foundation for Trump DSandra Jan 9 #23

In some ways, yes. But Trump and his enablers are both more irrational and more extreme, and adding highplainsdem Jan 9 #30

I saw one piece of really good news on the AI front jfz9580m Jan 9 #24

I'd like to see all responsible for training LLMs illegally, on stolen intellectual property, prosecuted. highplainsdem Jan 9 #31

Well I definitely agree highplainsdem jfz9580m Jan 9 #38

This will be my last post for a long time jfz9580m Saturday #39

Congratulations on 60,000 posts LetMyPeopleVote Jan 9 #25

Thanks! I'll never come close to your contributions to DU, though. Over 175,000 posts, as of today. Wow! highplainsdem Jan 9 #32

Congratulations on 60,000 underpants Jan 9 #26

Thanks, underpants! I missed that Colbert monologue, but I can understand him saying that - mindboggling highplainsdem Jan 9 #33

💐🍸⭐ quaint Jan 9 #27

Thank you! That's so cute. And the cute rats partying there reminded me that one of the tech highplainsdem Jan 9 #35

If you had told me 15 years ago.. Initech Jan 9 #34

Trump and MAGA and the AI bros. Mustn't forget them...though you probably had at least some of highplainsdem Jan 9 #36

Don't forget the Saudis and Elon Musk, either. Initech Jan 9 #37

Goddamn every single person who voted for the crazy, maniacal, power hungry creep now in the White House Fla Dem Saturday #40