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Thank you, dear Prof. HCR, for bringing Rep. Liz Cheney's whip to the fore. We must admire her courage, yet remember that she voted for the "orange traffic cone of treason" 93% of the time as opposed to Stefanik's 78%. As the Repugnicants' latest darling, her numbers now count.

Cheney's words reverberate the cowboy's, hence Reagan's, clarion call:

“'History is watching. Our children are watching. We must be brave enough to defend the basic principles that underpin and protect our freedom and our democratic process.'”

U S. history really IS in the making at this moment in time! Prof. HCR, you must be so excited to be writing about it as it presents itself -- as you are experiencing and living it! On one side, the Repugnicants have become self- destructive, while, on the other, the Demo-cats are showing how to govern with an elder statesman at the helm: ensuring 100% of the time, that the people's best interests are at the forefront of their policies.

And finally, may I apologetically add that I believe that Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell and their ilk have made a pact with the forces of evil and should no longer be given the time of day?

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Actually Liz Cheney is far to the right of most seditionists. She has seized the moment to take a “moral” stand against overtly overturning democracy. She prefers to work quietly to undermine it. Beware of the lion in sheep’s clothes.

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What did I say above? She reverberates Reagan's Clarion call. And what does that mean?

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The clarion call you quoted:

“'History is watching. Our children are watching. We must be brave enough to defend the basic principles that underpin and protect our freedom and our democratic process.'”

is a fantastic sound bite, but, I think it means something vastly different to me than it does to Liz Cheney.

Respectfully, THIS is my concern, that she’s rebranding herself as a righteous defender of democracy when history tells a different story.

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No pi$$ing on Reagan's grave, please, til we're done dancing on it.

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we don't have to like Cheney or agree with a single other thing she does to support her in her will to call the Big Lie what it is, an attempt for a fascist takeover of the United States of America

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Oust them for obstruction of our democracy.

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Question: Isn't her pulling away a good thing in the sense that it will split (at least a portion of) the Republican party?

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The Repuglycan cannibal feast is hugely entertaining.

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