Who’s running the country? That question became terrifyingly urgent this weekend when the President of the United States admitted he was preparing to send US military forces into an American …

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    11 hours ago

    Did you guys see that the SECDEF stated he wanted to use US ‘war torn’ cities as practice for going to war overseas for the military? They aren’t joking around.

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      11 hours ago

      Wild. I’m amazed that people can see this extreme rhetoric and act like nothing is wrong, or that things will probably be okay if we don’t “overreact”.

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        Don’t think there are many left in the middle going about their day like nothing is wrong. Red regions like what is happening, and blue regions are torn between don’t take the bait and can’t sit around doing nothing. Those who don’t like what’s happening are kind of screwed no matter what they do. There are no good options when MAGA has seized so much power and Dems are responding so meekly.