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erronis

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2. It might have been planned for that reason, but I think it was because this was a pivotal point

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 12:57 PM

Jan 6

during the certification of the electoral votes where a single slip/tragedy could affect the outcome.

Seems like we would have been able to figure out the planning that went into this, but perhaps most of it was done in another country.

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On this day, January 6, 1941, Franklin Roosevelt exhorted Congress to defend the "Four Freedoms." [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jan 6 OP

That "coincidence" escaped me and leads me to conclude the J6 anniversary was planned. bucolic_frolic Jan 6 #1

It might have been planned for that reason, but I think it was because this was a pivotal point erronis Jan 6 #2

I attended a series of lectures at Springwood put on by Cornell on the Four... NNadir Jan 6 #3

I will agree with your assessment of Eleanor Roosevelt. Her husband gets the headlines but she was the purpose Deuxcents Jan 6 #4