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snowybirdie

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3. I cannot accept

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Sat Nov 29, 2025, 03:35 PM

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any information being sent out by this administration. They lie so much that it's impossible to determine fact from propaganda. Especially when they mention former democratic candidates. Could be true, could not. Or the truth is somewhere in the middle.

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