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It's pretty clear that continuing this deliberation is a literal insurrection, the gravest existential threat to the lives of every American since the 1/6/21 genocide.

The National Guard must be dispatched immediately and martial law declared until this threat to democracy has been crushed.

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I would only suggest a correction for the second paragraph of your fine comment:

"The National Guard must be dispatched retroactively … ."

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Corrections threaten democracy with their imperialist prescriptions of white language.

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Rep. Ralph Norman said something similar at the time (see "marshall law" at Marshall's scoop) -- so while being one of the politicians this week who favored "continuing this deliberation" isn't bad by any means, rebelling against the Speaker-to-be is far from enough to make a politician trustworthy.

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I'm basically a political mastermind.

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At least give me two of those, my dog.

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Someone in my family complains about that when she tells me jokes -- I have only one "ha". And it feels insincere to go back and add more "ha"s. It flashes and it's gone. I did read your profile self-description to appreciate you better, so you can cheer up and stop taking this stuff with me so seriously.

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I especially like the part at the end where you completely misrepresent my behavior.

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