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To: S. maltophilia who wrote (539823)

10/10/2025 3:10:54 PM

From: koan

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As you know, when FDR was elected he faced exactly the same thing we face now with Trump.

Control of the country by the Republicans and their autocrats i.e. Hoover and now Trump..

This is his famous three minute speech, describing them and then saying: "They hate me, and I welcome their hate."

FDR: "And they (Trump, Bezo, Musk, etc) have come to feel that government is a mere appendage to their affairs, and we now know that government by organized money is as dangerous as government by organized mobs."

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To: S. maltophilia who wrote (539823)

10/10/2025 3:14:37 PM

From: koan

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I would bet the dems win. They have a golden issue with this health issue which they cannot defend, and more and more people are asking the Republicans about it, and they have no answer.

The longer it goes on the better for the dems, as it is also polling in the dems favor.

NBC news:

Washington Post poll conducted on Oct. 1, the first day of the shutdown, found that 47% of U.S. adults blame Trump and Republicans in Congress, while 30% blame Democrats and 23% said they're not sure.

The survey found that independents blamed Trump and Republicans over Democrats by a wide margin of 50% to 22%. And one-third of Republicans were either unsure who to blame (25%) or blamed their party (8%).

John Thune’s shutdown strategy: Wait for the Democrats to fold

The Senate majority leader hopes Democrats will soon vote to reopen the government: “It’s up to them.”

Today at 5:00 a.m. EDT

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Unfortunately, the odds are with Thune.