Palpatine thinks he is relevant to this.

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Or what? Is that supposed to be a threat? Seems to me that if a Republican is warning you not to investigate something then it definitely needs investigating.

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Or hell be forced to stand completely still and silent while definitely not having a seizure.

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No, those were strokes, not seizures.

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But, but, but… dehydration 🙄

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I think he’s implying that exposing the corruption will bring to light corrupt Democrats as well.

Which is such a fucking typical conservative concept, as though the party should defend the corruption within by ignoring corruption everywhere. Jokes on you, motherfucker, because we want to expose and eliminate corruption among Democrats and Republicans.

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Tbf, some Democrats don’t want it exposed, nor will resign when they are exposed. Some will run to their yacht to hide from angry constituents and not face intraparty opposition.

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This got me curious if there were actually any recent cases of this…

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This. Democrats are not in a cult. Punish everyone who is doing crimes.

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Can you imagine a congress and SCOTUS that actually acts in the interest of the people?

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Democrats are not on a cult.

“Vote Blue No Matter Who” *is textbook cultish behavior and has lead to some truly awful candidacies.

The post-Obama turn from casual social liberalism to BlueAnon party jingoism has been absolutely miserable for intra-party Democratic politics. The influx of Bill Kristol / Michael Bloomberg / Lincoln Project anti-Trump Republicans is a poison pill that’s going to do the same damage to the Dems that it did to the GOP under Bush.

I’m already seeing all the toxicity and nastiness in local Dem organizing meetings that I remember my parents complaining about as liberal Republicans during the 2000-era turn.

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And the republicans will find something minor and insignificant about a democrat and make a massive deal about it as though they are equivalent issues.

Like Biden’s classified document issue compared to Trumps. Then they say, “See? Both sides are basically the same”.

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Is that supposed to be a threat?

“You won’t like me if I get… uncivil” is the most Senate threat in the book.

Nevermind that we’ve got sitting Senators who have body-slammed journalists in recent memory.

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Palpatine thinks he is relevant to this.

He KNOWS he’s relevant, that’s why he’s threat-begging them to look the other way.

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Oh I get what you mean but I think the word is culpable LOL

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Both, actually. His culpability makes him relevant to the inquiries 🤷

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You are my kind of people 💯

You are right!

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Fuck all the way off back to Moscow, Mitch.

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He’s still alive?

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Hopefully not for long.

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I think you mean “rich asshole.” I guess if you have enough money, you really can suck the life out of other people…

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Christians are immortal.

I’m hoping you meant “immoral” and your auto correct changed it, in which case i agree.

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Sigh… yes.

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I guess it depends on your definition of “life.”

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McConnell will be dead inside of the 2024 election.

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He’s already dead inside.

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One can only hope

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He’s already apparently the walking dead.

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One can only hope so.

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