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marmar

(79,438 posts) Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:04 AM Jan 10

This is the USA's 250th birthday, its Semiquincentennial........

...... and it's never felt more bleak and less celebratory in my GenX lifetime.

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This is the USA's 250th birthday, its Semiquincentennial........ (Original Post) marmar Jan 10 OP

We started with quite a struggle. pandr32 Jan 10 #1

I do not intend to celebrate until or unless that malignant cancer is OUT... CousinIT Jan 10 #2

I'd call it its funeral. sinkingfeeling Jan 10 #3

Yes full circle back to rule by royal dictatorship. Irish_Dem Jan 10 #4

Or funeral . . . Johonny Jan 10 #5

pandr32

(13,931 posts)

1. We started with quite a struggle.

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Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:07 AM

Jan 10

Instead of ending with one let's make it a restart. Let's build back better.

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CousinIT

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2. I do not intend to celebrate until or unless that malignant cancer is OUT...

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Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:15 AM

Jan 10

...of MY government.

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sinkingfeeling

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3. I'd call it its funeral.

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Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:17 AM

Jan 10

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Irish_Dem

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4. Yes full circle back to rule by royal dictatorship.

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Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:22 PM

Jan 10

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Johonny

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5. Or funeral . . .

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Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:27 PM

Jan 10

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