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NoMoreRepugs

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11. Think I read a book somewhere that Big Oil was an early contributor.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 08:28 AM
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Oligarchs and corporate giants have always been a plague on this country IMO.

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The tea party was so obviously not grassroots UpInArms Thursday #1
Yup lonely bird Thursday #5
And we had no long term planning to deal with it? bucolic_frolic Thursday #2
As often said, the dems are always three steps behind Gum Logger Thursday #17
Of course, it was the same folks who put Ronald Reagan in the White House FakeNoose Thursday #3
Every accusation is an admission underpants Thursday #4
Talk is cheap. Show proof Gum Logger Thursday #18
Well . . . AverageOldGuy Thursday #6
well no duh. Javaman Thursday #7
Again mercuryblues Thursday #8
Birchers are very close-knit and secretive bucolic_frolic Thursday #10
Yup. Not surprised. mwmisses4289 Thursday #9
Think I read a book somewhere that Big Oil was an early contributor. NoMoreRepugs Thursday #11
Watergate never really ended. They have been constantly scheming since then. hadEnuf Thursday #12
Seems to me the "tea party" was rather useless Farmer-Rick Thursday #13
I would tend to disagree. It was a powerful movement to the extreme right that destroyed whatever centrists were left Martin68 Thursday #15
Not shocking at all. It was obvious tea baggers were manipulated by big money conservatives. Martin68 Thursday #14
NSS. But nice to have it confirmed. niyad Thursday #16
Cool hats. multigraincracker Thursday #19
At first, GOP pundit George Will was duped into believing the Tea Party was noble. John1956PA Thursday #20
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