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At least it's Bezos -- as bad as that is, and NOT the ultra-evil, heinous Rupert Murdoch who single-handedly with his ownership of Fox among other things, got DT elected in 2016. His entire family is fighting over future inheritance of the old geezer's massive estate. Funny and tragic how great wealth affects people. One of my brothers-in-law "converted" my sister to be a Trumper and "forced" her to watch Tucker Carlson on Fox News nightly. My bro-in-law was a greedy but rich Repub. bec. of his own love of money and resentment and hatred of taxation. WTF? You live in a country that provides services to you (and by the way gave you great Social Security and Medicare benefits, and great freeways, national parks, etc.) and you think that all should pay for itself magically? At any rate, I'll be a true BLUE liberal and progressive and Democrat until I leave this planet. The Republicans lost all credibility when they voted Nixon into office and he pulled the criminal stunts that nearly impeached him but he chose to resign (at the urging of his fellow Repubs, who had way more spine and ethics than current day Repubs). It's been all downhill from there with that party and it's transmogrified (great word but the only one that is apt) over the years into MAGA. Unlike many others I see nothing positive in Reagan's presidency, with the POSSIBLE exception of his "Tear down the wall Mr. Gorbachev" comment regarding the wall that separated East and West Berlin. He was still a monster in my opinion and even though he uttered platitudes and was in some eyes, handsome and movie star handsome, he was beholden to big money interests who put him forward as their puppet. And then we got Gingrich and the Heritage Foundation and ultra-right wing judges, etc. It's all been a downhill slide into ultra-conservatism, despite the world moving forward and the population changing here in the U.S. and needs changing too. Now we see the ultimate manifestation of the Repub Party: MAGA president who is in the hip pocket of an ex-KGB operative who wants to see the Russian Empire expand and has no qualms about invading other countries. Pathetic little man. But President Zelenskyy is a great man and he and the Ukrainians have persevered and Putin is losing. Sorry for this absurdly long post.

Feb 27
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