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yellow dahlia

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3. Thank you, pat. A cogent summary.

Reply to pat_k (Original post)

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 07:12 PM

13 hrs ago

It is painful to watch it play out all day...every day.

Congress is assisting the sabotage.

I often say if this were a screenplay - it would be sent back for a rewrite.

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No writer imagining a fictional foe hellbent on sabotaging the U.S. could have come up with a plot as devastating. [View all] pat_k 13 hrs ago OP

And it is happening faster than any writer would dare suggest as a plotline Whyisthisstillclose 13 hrs ago #1

a tom clancy novel flew a 747 into the capitol rotunda. before 9/11 nt msongs 13 hrs ago #2

too bad Condi never read that one apparently Blues Heron 12 hrs ago #6

Thank you, pat. A cogent summary. yellow dahlia 13 hrs ago #3

I so agree with your listing of sabotage targets. I just think that he isn't/wasn't in control. erronis 13 hrs ago #4

Well stated but most of this is linked to the Heritage Foundation malaise 12 hrs ago #5

Well you know what they say about broken clocks... calimary 10 hrs ago #16

Their hero is Hungary's, Orban. MerryBlooms 12 hrs ago #7

It's almost as though everything he does... Orrex 11 hrs ago #8

Sadly it's not just him malaise 11 hrs ago #11

Very true, alas Orrex 11 hrs ago #13

If he didn't have them malaise 10 hrs ago #15

Thank you for sharing this, pat_k. ❤️ littlemissmartypants 11 hrs ago #9

Sabotage all progress toward replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy. Mblaze 11 hrs ago #10

Traitor Agent TACO TOFU Kid Berwyn 11 hrs ago #12

Bravo EuterpeThelo 10 hrs ago #14

It's almost as if he was the stooge of a hostile foreign power, like Russia struggle4progress 8 hrs ago #17