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From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll)
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Subject: Re: (ReacTor) Five Futures Where the US Ended Not With a Bang But a
 Whimper
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2025 13:16:25 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <vu1mh9$2rqet$2@dont-email.me>,
Cryptoengineer  <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 4/19/2025 6:52 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>> Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes:
>>> On Sat, 19 Apr 2025 08:43:08 -0700, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 25 Feb 2025 08:54:48 -0000 (UTC), Charles Packer
>>>> <mailbox@cpacker.org> wrote:
>>>>>> Sometimes empires just kind of fall apart over time--no catastrophe
>>>>>> required.
>>>>>> =20
>>>>>> =
>>> https://reactormag.com/five-futures-where-the-us-ended-not-with-a-bang-
>>>>> but-a-whimper/
>>>>>
>>>>> Anybody planning to write a story about the splintering of North
>>>>> America should note where the Canadian embassy is in Washington.
>>>>> It was relocated to the foot of Capitol Hill in 1989.
>>>>
>>>> In fairness Canada and the US have been "best buddies" pretty much
>>>> since 1815 - though no question our friend in the White House has
>>>> brought Canada-US relations to a 200 year low point in no more than
>>>> three months.
>>>
>>> Buckle up! 45 months to go!
>> 
>> Or less, if congress does their constitutional duty, which
>> may not happen until after the midterms.
>
>I have a foreboding that we may not have a free and fair
>2026 midterm election. The Felon in Chief has already tried
>to overturn one election by force. There's no reason to
>think that he won't try it again.

Surely, if Democratic voters let a little thing like being herded into 
El Salvadoran concentration camps deter them from voting, that's on
them? 

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