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thesquanderer

(12,732 posts)

1. Maybe one good thing can come out of this presidency...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Aug 13, 2025, 08:28 AM

Aug 13

... if it shows why some possible policies, laws, guardrails, etc. that were thought to be unnecessary are a really good idea after all, and if-and-when Dems are ever again in power, they might be motivated to make the changes to prevent such damage coming from an authoritarian administration in the future.

We just need to get to the other side of this nightmare first.