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1. about 4 hours ago on Prickly City

   FWIW I expect they’ll have to back off their “mandate” claim, as Trump has less than 50% of the total vote (as of 2 days ago) and a very small margin over Harris (see the Nation for this info). When the final tallies are completed, that margin may shrink even futrher since the still uncounted votes are in the larger blue states.

2. 1 day ago on Non Sequitur

   I had it on an account that I am no longer using, so I’ve lost it as now Yahoo has blocked me from that account and the “recovery email account” also. I think it was the martens email that I was using for Gocomics. It’s so " secure" I can’t get into either of them at this point.

3. 2 days ago on Non Sequitur

   Covid has wreaked a bit of havoc in our life, but things are improving.

4. 3 days ago on Non Sequitur

   In fact it’s the only one I really like. I can see how it would be enticing to the point of entering the catacomb.

5. 3 days ago on Non Sequitur

   Exactly! It’ll depend on whom you voted for or something similar. In fact, it’s probably already happened to some extent in the first term.

6. 3 days ago on Non Sequitur

   Some think that the Trump deportations are likely to include naturalized citizens also, depending on what Trump and Musk decide as criteria.

7. 3 days ago on Prickly City

   And Musk will make d-mn sure he’s personally involved no matter what.

8. 4 days ago on Prickly City

   One point made by E.J. Dionne in the WashPost, “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.” Trump is coming in as a lame duck president. The GOP should recognize this and act on it if there are enough senators who still have spines to put the brakes on Trump.

9. 4 days ago on Prickly City

   I agree completely.

10. 4 days ago on Prickly City

    Programs that could be affected:

    Veterans’ health care

    Drug development and opioid addiction treatment

    State Department

    Housing assistance

    Justice Department

    Education spending

    NASA

    Health-care and student loan programs