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Eko

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11. With everything I have I hope you are right

Reply to reACTIONary (Reply #10)

Thu Sep 18, 2025, 12:24 AM

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And I am wrong but I don’t think I am. How would putting back in the safeguards that keep us a Democracy stop this? That a president doesn’t have the power to change constitutional amendments, that the power of the purse is Congresses, that the laws have to followed? I believe it is self evident.

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With everything I have I hope you are right Eko Thursday #11