From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 1/18/2026 11:31 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 22:19:12 -0800, Bobbie Sellers wrote:   
   >   
   >> I have written to my legislators in regard to this matter and hope   
   >> they can make progress into treating this boil on the USA's   
   >> derriere. I hope that some Republican voters will do the same with   
   >> their representatives.   
   >   
   > That’s assuming your checks and balances still work. The ease with   
   > which this dicator and his cohorts have managed to sweep them aside   
   > does not bode well.   
      
   Its not so much that they have been swept aside as they are willing   
   flunkys.  Plus various elements have been working for this for around 50   
   years.   
      
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   dirty old man.   
      
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