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Biden was wonderful —he put my mind at ease. The man isn't perfect, but he's pretty damned good, and deserves a lot of credit for his leadership and his work in office.

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Biden has always managed to be with and surrounded by hard working and smart people.

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What are you, another utterly brainwashed member of Cult 45?

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He re-posts Caitlin Johnstone, well-known as a Putin apologist and shit-stirrer. He claims to be many things that sadly try to get attention. He apparently wants to ne important for his "views". SAD.

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Hey hey hey, out of line here. Acting like a Republican.

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Well no one can ever accuse of being modest.

To bad you can't back up the checks your ego is writing.

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What's cult 45?

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45 refers to the 45th, in this case, “president.”

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Your an odd person choosing what you want to say go read your history book in 40s blame everyone but the one shooting first. Stupid is as stupid says

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So much hate in your heart, Teddy! I've seen your Pinterest, your Youtube, and Substack. Not only is your mind warped... you're pretty irrelevant.

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You want the wars to stop, voted trump out, and the Russian votes are happening now. putin is a dictator, and anyone running against him has either falling out a window, or was in a camp and died. trump is also a dictator, he knows nothing about politics, proven many times already. The problem is, trump thinks he, putin and kim can run the world. How would you feel if you had no say, you had no rights? If trump wins, you will be stuck with him the rest of your grandchildren's life. Proof, look at putin, he has made sure everyone that runs against him has died one way or another. It is time to wake up America, get rid of the ones that are killing the world, trump is one of them.

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And to prove trump is a dictator, anyone that runs against putin, has either fallen out a window or was in a camp and died, trump stated he could kill anyone on the WH lawn, and he would get away with it. A dictator stating from another dictator.

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"Genocide", a co-opted Russian Op. Comrade, you're doing Putin proud!

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I have three adult children and I'm older than your Mom. Touch grass, Sergei.

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There has not been anything going to Israel or Ukraine since November of last year, and you can thank Moscow mike johnson for that. Biden has been trying to get a cease fire for a while now, Biden can not just say stop now, that would be like me telling you to shut up, it won’t work. Keep believing in the things the republicans are posting to make Biden look bad, and you will believe anything a crook off the street would tell you. If Ukraine fails, Russia will go after NATO, and that will put all of us in a world war. The republicans will go to any length to make sure they win, even Liang to you, and they are showing it now.

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You’re a joke and I know for a fact iam older than you we have always supported our allies. Putin is the one killing 1,000s of children raping men women and children so get over yourself

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And can you prove that is not happening now? Because putin has a lot of ties with every Dictator in the world. And trump wants to be, but is a dictator. putin is asking all the dictators to support him in his wars, yes, wars, he did start the Ukraine war, but he also did start the Hamas war with the help of trump. Already proven, it was on TV. but the ones who follow trump are in denial because the know the truth, but do not want to let others know they are wrong. trump is the death of the USA.

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🙄

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First of all that wasn't the primary, it was the SOTU address.

IT was not in MICHIGAN it was at the United States Capital in Washington, DC.

I guess somebody had to take your hand and lead you to the INSURRECTION on January 6, 2021

at the Capital.

Why would all the MAGA RepubiKKKons be at the Presidential Primary.

Also, Moron Maga Mike Johnson wouldn't be there.

Drink your Kool-Aid and go to bed.

You've been watching to many speeches by your very confuesed owner, Cadet Bone Spurs. Sounds like you've caught his dementia.

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Just when are you going to bed, exactly? You have repeatedly made your point, and I do mean repeatedly (as in an over the top rant). So, PLEASE go to bed, and PLEASE DON’T POST ANY FURTHER HERE. Thank you.

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WRONG, tRump is going to lose. Many he'll move to Michigan. Then you can go there and visit him.

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Keep believing in your diaper god, no one cares, we know he will lose and big time. No one wants another J6. trump has stated he is the one who had the Roe vs Wade reversed, he even forgot his wife's name, he also thought Haley was the speaker. But you keep your hopes, that is about all you have.

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WRONG 🤬 Everyone has come to realize that all MAGATS ARE MENTALLY CHALLENGED.

Make sure all of you MAGATS each purchase a 1,000 Bibles. BLUBBER BUTT NEEDS ALL THAT MONEY TO PAY HIS LAWYERS.

To bad there won't be any money left for his sad ass campaign. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Well, Mr. Hammerhead.... who are you rooting for? Sounds like Putin to me!

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Neo-liberal??? I guess I need to look that up. Is it just me but what has the GOP party really done for the black community esp in Michigan. I must have blinked.

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Your brainwash and here to argue my lord go visit trump lie social. You give me a damn headache. You must follow Tucker crazies Carlson

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Screw u. BE VOTING 50yr in office for 10yrs you’re a troll stirring the pot.

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Perhaps a note from greater Michigan will clarify the situation...

https://miaflcio.org/sotu-2024/

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Oh my! Donald Trump in the building! What a fool you are! Get back over there with the rest of the liars!

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WAR MONGORING???? You mean Republicans don't you?

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45 doesn’t give S*** about anyone but himself. Are you helping him win. Biden cares and works hard for the country

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From your response I hope you donate to Trump's lawyers, sounds like a cult member like you would!!

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And?

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If he loses we all lose. Including you. Did you see the other guy?

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I doubt that.

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Don't hold you breath, he'll most likely either Choke on a KFC Bone or have a stroke from worrying about going to prison. 🤣

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Ha! Not likely.

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🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴

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The only thing Joe could have done to better demonstrate his vigor and fitness for office would have been to cartwheel down the aisle, kicking Marge's fucking MAGA hat off her head on the way by. He nailed it, and burned the MAGAs to the ground in the process.

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Ignoring MTG was even better. You never give bad behavior by children attention. I agree with you though!

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Better yet, he acknowledged her presence and her bullshit, and ignored it. But not after a massive viral reaction with his face saying OMFGWTF!

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Yes, he looked straight at MTG with eyebrows raised and mouth wide open in the way a parent would react to a child wearing her scary Halloween costume for the first time!

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Biden recognized how inappropriately dressed MAGA Marge was, but being the wise, "old" man he is, he decided not to engage. It wasn't worth giving her the attention she craves.

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Or perhaps turning around and slapping that pious,smug smirk from the evanidiot Mike (the dick in name and in temperament) Johnson’s face.

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Nah. It was enough that MAGA Mike had to sit thru the speech and not react with his Freedumb Caucus buddies. It must have been killing him.

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Thank you for sharing your gift of writing, Mary. Outlining this the way you do highlights just how Biden has been built not just for the moment after Covid and Donald, but for this moment as well. I was so proud of President Biden. I voted for Her and I voted for Him! We are on the right side of history. Now let’s hope Media steps up their game for if they don’t, they too become complicit in the downfall of Democracy!

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Thank you for the astute recap, Mary- I know many individuals who felt the flame of encouragement after Tuesday when it's felt like SUCH constant pushback against any potential progress.

We're still in it for the long haul, and it's heartening to see the fight for justice still alive.

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💯 Agree. So loved his speech!!!

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REMARKABLE SPEECH! it was uplifting,truthful,full of zest and he spoke directly to those in attendance,including the scotus bunch! it was childish and foolish of ms marjorie taylor greene to wear the MAGA hat and all those buttons,but then she seemingly respects no one,and although not in attendance,your uncle,mr djt,was writing on his truth social post in his usual nasty,,negative way as quickly as he could...thank you mary for keeping the light on in your uncles world of darkness!joe biden may be 81,but HE is a man whose wisdom from being in the political arena all of these years,and his knowlege shows..

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Please, stop the ageism, the last permissible “ism”! His chronological age is irrelevant. The only thing that’s relevant is his actions. Period.

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Agree completely. It’s not what is said, but what is done. Hope someone will make a marketing campaign “Deeds not Words”, once again reminding people of accomplishments (as opposed to lies and false promises).

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Periods are not your punctuations to make. They are warlike. This should be a forum for sharing and not for attacking.

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You consider punctuation “warlike”? Really??? Invading Ukraine is warlike. Dropping bombs on Gaza is warlike. But punctuation???

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I heartily disagree. Comments here should foster an intelligent discussion, and raising "age" as a notable issue is just dumb. There are millions of middle aged and millennial idiots out there and plenty of geniuses in their 90s.

In fact, the "average" American thinks at the level of a 12 year old.

Use your friggin' head, "Suzanne".

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That's a terrible post. Demonizing someone who doesn't agree with you is a warlike thing to do, along with saying "period." to show you are right. This commentary needs upleveling.

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Three periods in your post. Is that “warlike” ???

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She and Lauren are trailer trash.

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As former trailer trash, I object. Sometimes trailers are the only affordable houseing.

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I have friends that live in trailers, but they're not trash. So agree with you.

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Geat post as usual. Biden was clear headed and poignant. My personal favorite was his pinpoint focus on the SC and women’s rights. No other presidents has ever blatantly called them out as Biden did right there.. Brilliant! He certainly did breathe fire into the Democratic base, didn’t he? 💙💙💙

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The was the best comment of the night!

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Thank you Sheila 💙

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I was sure I was developing an ulcer from the knots in my stomach worrying about another Trump administration, but Joe Biden's SOTU address was like Good Medicine! I feel so much better today!

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After last night’s speech made me feel better about President Biden’s campaign for re-election.

I saw on the news that a few Republicans changed their minds about tRUMP after reading Liz Cheneys new book (I have read it and it is mind blowing)

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Sometimes it's hard to believe you are even related to him. Did you get all the smart genes?

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People... don't read or give any credence to "Thor Swayze's" comments. He's poison and we don't want him here.

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Block @ThorSwayze and move on.

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Thank you! He's scum trying to infiltrate a great group of people. When I was a kid we had a kid in the neighborhood who was named Thor. He'd get so mad if we made any fun of his name...the best comment was "Thor's so mad he can't even pith" but under these circumstances I think it's appropriate because Thor Swayze is so "pithed" about how well Biden did last night it fits him!! So THOR is so mad he can't even PITH!! 💙

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I vote otherwise. Don't act like Republicans, shutting down dissent. He has input to what we could be discussing rather than paying blind allegiance to a flawed candidate. I am posting again what Code Pink put out today: "'Israel must do its part. Israel must allow more aid into Gaza and ensure humanitarian workers aren't caught in the crossfire.' Biden's words during last night's State of the Union address mean nothing when he plays a direct role in enabling Israel's genocide campaign in Gaza."

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This is a complicated issue. This is one reason I decided I was an atheist at a young age. Religion is one of the top creators of wars and genocides.

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I'm with you there. I'd say all those God figures were mystics, humans who somehow pierced the veil of ordinary reality to see beyond it, who become our teachers but not our lords.

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I agree wished I would skipped my comments. Nothing allowing an idiot to get to you darn know better next time. Thanks

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Why don’t you move that 4 miles across the border into Canada since you seem to blame Biden for Israel’s war crimes?

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Please no! We don’t want him in Canada!

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So sorry! I’d scrub him from the whole letter but it’s not mine to do! I understand, watched the protestors at SOTU,

I know the genocide is 💔💔💔, but the history, the “homeland of the Jews” , the loss of journalists on the front, so very complex without reliable information, the Hamas hiding in concrete tunnels. Using citizens (Palestinian) as shields, murdered babies, mutilated women, all that is more than I can parse into any reasonable discussion. I don’t understand how it can be laid at the feet of Biden. It is Netanyahu. But why do we continue to send arms, etc.?

Believe because the invaders (Israel) were protecting their sovereignty, and Hamas still killing. But what do I really know? Only Joe can speak to his rational. I wish he would. Did offer some solutions last night. Suppose we are stuck with the copy and paste. Good night!

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Blah blah blah repeat repeat repeat

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That comedic take on the Republican response was right on the money. I found Katie Britt in the kitchen to be nauseating. Her whole speech was complaining about things Biden is trying to fix, but her party keeps blocking. She also claimed that Biden "defunded the police." She comes off just like trump, lying nonstop. Fact checkers were not impressed with her either.

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I sound her rebuttal to be terrifying. And I really appreciate following you Mary because I like the way you break things down and make it relevant.

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In the twisted, fever-dream spectacle of politics, where the air is thick with the stench of fear, ambition, and the decaying remnants of too many backroom betrayals, Joe Biden stalks the stage—a figure both carved by the relentless grind of the game and oddly amused by its grotesqueries.

See, this isn't a realm for the timid souls looking for a quiet spot to lay their heads. It's a savage, blood-drenched circus, unfolding under the cloak of dawn, hidden from the wide-eyed gaze of the innocents. And in this circus, Biden has been both the lion and the lion-tamer, weaving through the decades with a zeal that borders on the lunatic, admirable in its persistence if not a tad terrifying in its intensity. His style, once as unpredictable and fluid as a jazz riff, has morphed into something graver, a deliberate march rather than a frenetic dance. It's not that the mighty warhorse has lost his fire; it's just that now he burns cooler, channelling his fervor into a more measured, almost meditative display.

Before our very eyes, Biden has transformed, shedding the brash swagger of his youth for a calm, almost Zen-like assurance—a sign, perhaps, of deep internal battles fought and won.

Yet, within this new, quieter Biden, the echoes of his former self—the charismatic enchanter who could turn a room electric with his mere presence, the master of the political ballet—are unmistakable. That instinctual knack for human connection, that gut-level understanding of the American heartland's rhythm, hasn't dimmed; it has simply deepened, matured into a more complex, more potent brew.

Now, this political chameleon, prowling the power corridors with a mix of gravitas and unyielding will, might seem a world away from the jovial second fiddle to Obama or the tactile senator of history books. His voice, now tinged with the gravel of hard-earned wisdom, his movements calculated, his aura formidable.

This evolution in Biden's persona isn't just some cosmetic makeover, a mere change of attire or swapping out speechwriters. It's a profound, soul-deep realignment, a recalibration to face the grim dance of our times. Politics, after all, is a merciless theatre, and Biden, with his war chest of scars and triumphs, gets this more than most.

The game's rules are mutating, the players transforming right before our shocked eyes, and Biden, with all his ancient charm and newfound weight, stands at the heart of this maelstrom, a beacon of both hope and dread in a world teetering on the brink of madness. This isn't merely another episode in the man's epic saga; it's an entirely new act, and by God, hopefully not his last, in the grand, twisted tale of Joe Biden, American titan.

In the scorching aftermath of the State of the Union, Biden and his cadre of political gladiators are strapping in, ready to dive headlong into the tumultuous heart of America's battlegrounds. This isn't just a trip; it's a full-blown campaign-style onslaught, a frenzied, all-guns-blazing charge into the void, as the specter of the general election looms ominously large. They're not merely peddling a platform; they're hand delivering a dream, a vision, a soulful pitch to the nation, as the fight for tomorrow ignites with the intensity of a supernova. This is the dawn, the raw beginning of an all-out brawl for America's soul, a clash of DEM strategy and GOP insanity in the grand American gamble and my buck is riding on Biden.

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Very well said and astute observations. Love your comment!

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The COMMANDER IN CHIEF is ready to engage and move forward from the terrible last years behind us.

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This is the Evolution of The Scorpion into the Phoenix ..... " Speak Softly And Carry A Big Stock" - Teddy Roosevelt

There are hidden depths, yet to be plumbed in Our President Biden. 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊😎♏💯🔥

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Good grief, what a wordsmith you are!

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Romantically written, but darned accurate.

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Great points as usual Mary!! Hoping Joe puts Mar-A-Lago into a perpetual meltdown mode with incessant heat applications, known to most of us as simply exposing "the truth". That alone will implode the MAGA/GOP world faster than anything as their lies continually are destroyed...

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This chick should be on this week's SNL, Mary. I could not bear to watch whoever responded. But her? She's a character out of the Handmaid's Tale. I needed to literally flush out my eyes after a 20-sec clip!

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Or floss your brain.

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I agree that Biden "hit it out of the park" last night! That should put the crazy ageism issue to rest, at least by our mainstream, corporate media. I wonder what else they will pick on about Biden to keep the drama going. I have always planned to vote for our President, since Mary's uncle is a disgusting excuse for a human bean. I am glad he has no chance to win--again. There is only one thing I want from Joe now, and I think he will bring home progressives if he can do it. As hard as it may be, Joe, I think you need to break up with Bibi!

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Good insights, Mary. I'm glad you feel better, and I feel better too! The tide is turning for President Biden; I heard his fundraising went through the roof after his speech. I want to believe it will be smooth sailing until November, but I'm confident he can manage the ups and downs until then. The big thing that everyone is missing is that President Biden is a well-respected and connected world leader who respects all people and wants the best for everyone. Most of his life has been spent in service to our country and championing democracy in the world. I'm glad President Biden got a break last night; he so richly deserves it. Thanks for fighting the good fight, I'm with you all the way.

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