It's Your Call for Aug. 21
Donald Trump has effectively ruined the Republican Party. I'll never vote Republican again.
Never win another election
If the Democrats' only policy is to fight Trump on everything, you will never win another election. Thank you for that.
Poor planning
I just delivered a grandson to Mid-Buch school, a two-lane road that was full of traffic. So that's the day MoDOT decided to mow the road and blocked one lane. Somebody needs to wake up out there.
Pot calling kettle black
Governor Kehoe accuses the Democrats of gerrymandering. President Trump admits to gerrymandering so he can gain another seat in the house in the state of Texas.
Rejecting reality
It's time for Trump to admit that Russia invaded Ukraine, not that Ukraine invaded Russia, but then that should come right after he admits that he lost the election to Biden. His ability to reject reality is truly amazing.
Taking notes from Putin
Is it not comforting to hear that our fearless leader is taking advice on how to run elections from someone who has basically run corrupt rigged elections for years? Putin says mail in ballots are bad, his little puppet jumps to issue an executive order to ban them. Pretty sure they discussed elections more than they did the war in Ukraine while in Alaska.
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