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The problem seems to be:

1. Cynically waving "TRRUUMMMMPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!" in everyone's face to increase Dem turnout for the election.

2. Setting the scene for a new and more extreme phase in FBI and other federal police's crackdown on dissent.

Which is it? How are we to know? Especially given the fact that Biden's cognitive impairment means that he probably has little or no understanding of what he's reading off the teleprompter. It's not a joke. If you comment on things on rightist sites or articles like this one and you think you are not on lists, then you are probably fooling yourself.

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"When’s the last time a president explicitly argued that all those who oppose him and his agenda are enemies of the republic?"

Lincoln?

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Maybe. Although the circumstances were sligggghtly different.

"With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan—to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations."

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Slightly different circumstance? OK. I was just trying to answer your question.

You are frustrated and burning a lot of energy because you are constantly being gas lit by these people. You are not alone. But, expending all of your energy to point out the obvious won't make them stop.

One thing noticeable, though, they may be backing off glorifying the butchering of children. The Tweet you quote about MAGAS (you know, those MAGAS!) not wanting you to have any privacy or marry who who love, etc., did not mention that MAGAS don't want you to be able to give mastectomies and hysterectomies to 16 year old girls who are trying to fit in.

Republicans need to run better candidates, and they need to support "reasonable" abortion laws, even if they do not believe an abortion should ever happen. Well, that's if they want to start winning elections outside of Wyoming and Idaho .... (and I live in Wyoming)

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Civil war in which 620,000 men died qualifies as different circumstances. Also, Lincoln is often called the "Great Conciliator." He was about unity, not subjugation. But no, I wouldn't say I'm frustrated. Annoyed, more like. I genuinely don't care which party is in charge or who's president so long as it's what's best for the country as a whole.

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I am writing a short piece revisiting the 2020 election. I accept that Biden won, but the truth is that it is nearly impossible to prove what the actual results were because the audit trails on voting were destroyed. We cannot allow that to happen again.

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