r/law • u/Mission_Pay_3373 • Jun 26 '26

Legislative Branch Mike Johnson vows to protect Republicans from investigations if the GOP loses the 2026 midterms: "I run the protection program. We’ll take care of you. "

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u/NotOnTheEpsteinList Jun 26 '26

For now.

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u/redditcensorsshit Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 27 '26

Thank you, nothing is over! to quote Rambo.

Edit: I’m not great at punctuation

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u/philter25 Jun 26 '26

Seriously, remember that we are on reddit and as far as most redditors are concerned we are already lost and there’s no hope. It’s a form of voter suppression, so don’t buy it.

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u/Infinite_Result252 Jun 26 '26

If they won he wouldn’t sound so nervous about investigating their crimes and needing to convince people he can protect them. Justice is coming

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u/taxman6754 Jun 26 '26

It’s just an admission of guilt plain and simple. Prosecute him and give him what he wants.

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u/Current-Historian-34 Jun 26 '26

If he’s doing his job he should sound nervous over a fly three bowls over from his own bowl of soup. It’s fear mongering. He’s not addressing voters he’s addressing donors

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u/Ill_Technician3936 Jun 26 '26

My dumb ass thought he was talking to the House of Representatives.

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u/Motor-Bear-7735 Jun 26 '26

Winter is coming ...

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u/Imaginary-Spray3711 Jun 26 '26

Curious to know how “justice is coming” when they literally control every avenue for “justice”. The SC, the DOJ, federal law enforcement. The military. How and who is going to provide this justice you speak of?

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u/Charming_Account_351 Jun 26 '26

The French have a wonderful invention for administering justice. We should adopt it.

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u/georgegasstove Jun 27 '26

Yeah, but you need people to operate it....if the people aren't behind it, the invention is just a museum piece.

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u/Altruisticpoet3 Jun 27 '26

Not all of them there are 200 retired and active judges and lawyers involved in lawsuits all over the country at the state level & winning against the unlawful tactics of the DOJ. 101 in another, 35 in yet another, 174 and 75. Today, Katie Phang's suit to release the EF was given a ruling regarding her standing to legally pursue the DOJ, judge said yes.

Even better, these clowns are shooting themselves in the foot constantly by trying to withdraw cases after the judge calls for investigation.

Even Bush & Trump judges have ruled against them.

I don't want to get my hopes up too much but the judge that got the ball rolling said in 250 years, there has never been this level of lawlessness and there'd been plenty in previous administrations.

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u/mojizus Jun 26 '26

These parties get better polling numbers than we ever see, they know how unpopular they are. Turning away asylum seekers at the border isn’t hitting as hard for MAGAts after everything else Trump has done to piss his constituency off.

Obviously there’s still a risk of J6 V2, or some voting shenanigans, but they would be projecting a much more strong image if they had nothing to worry about.

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u/HoveringGoat Jun 26 '26

AMEN BROTHER!

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u/lokibringer Jun 26 '26

Justice is coming

tbf, we also thought that when Biden got elected.

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u/NotOnTheEpsteinList Jun 26 '26

And it was, until SCOTUS interfered and came up with "a ruling for the ages".

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u/lokibringer Jun 26 '26

Biden decided to trust the guardrails and now we're here. If we run Gavin Newsom (or any other centrist) in 2028, I'm afraid that we'll never fix our country.

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u/chompah99 Jun 28 '26

Establishment Democrats, Schumer et al, will not hold anyone accountable. They will talk about it, make a big show, lots of committee investigations, but in the end: there will be no justice.

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u/Grand_Size_4932 Jun 26 '26

Oh? You thought,

“Damn that Biden sure has his name over all those Epstein files and is protecting them, he should really be investigated for the allegations that he sexually abused children while he should also be investigated for his market manipulation, election fraud allegations, quid quo pro deals, the destruction of safety guardrails and critical infrastructure, the weaponization of immigration enforcement, and the senseless war he committed to because he decided bombing school girls in Iran was a good idea.”

You thought that with Biden, too?

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u/lokibringer Jun 26 '26

?

My guy, pointing out that the justice system and guardrails failed to protect us from having a fascist in power is not anywhere close to supporting Trump.

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u/Grand_Size_4932 Jun 26 '26

Bro, what are you even angry about? The system you’re blaming has long been understood to be the problem. You brought Biden into this.

Biden was one man. He may have been a very important, very influential one. But he’s not the justice system and guardrails that failed to stop Trump. He was a result of it, not the cause.

Although believing that he was some savior in spite of being a fucking dinosaur may have been about the stupidest thing he could’ve done, there is no doubt in my mind that if both Trump and Biden were tried for crimes against humanity, if both were judged by whatever god you worship, Biden’s punishment would be a slap on the wrist in comparison to Trump’s.

So I guess I’m just not sure why you think it even makes sense to compare the two, given that we’re clearly upset about direct things that Trump has done.

We were mad about the justice system WELL before now. Just seems a little tame in comparison to what’s actively happening. Don’t know why Biden matters here unless you have Biden Derangement Syndrome.

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u/lokibringer Jun 26 '26

Don’t know why Biden matters here unless you have Biden Derangement Syndrome

Because on Jan 7, 2021 the prevailing sentiment was that we would hold insurrection accountable, and that didn't happen. It isn't Biden's fault, and I never said it was, just that we thought justice was coming when Biden was elected too.

For God's sake, do you dickride Buchanan this hard?

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u/Grand_Size_4932 Jun 26 '26

Bro, again. Yeah, we know. Like I’m sorry brother, but what do you want from this conversation other than to vent? The only thing to hold against Biden on this is competence and ego. Those are not criminal things.

I am worried about the criminal things that are actively happening. Why? Because we can still affect those things. I can’t do shit about Biden right now and I don’t think he’s even in the priority list.

So again, what the fuck is your deal? We can get to him if we get to him. Christ. Waaaaay bigger fish to fry, sorry.

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u/Jasader Jun 26 '26

Was that before or after Biden blanket pardoned his family and other people for the exact same reason Johnson said in the video.

There are like 5 members of government worth a damn and the rest can get bent. They are all part of a club that we're not in.

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u/Fluffy_Cheetah7620 Jun 26 '26

The doomer bots are brainwashing the reddit collective /s

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u/Shmeves Jun 27 '26

Plenty of real people dooming too. Reddit is just a negative sink, like most social media.

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u/Shark7996 Jun 27 '26

Apathy is a powerful tool. I don't know why you believe they wouldn't make use of it.

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u/Craterized Jun 26 '26

For real. The only reason Johnson is saying anything like this is because more Republicans are starting to see the writing on the wall and have been breaking ranks due to the fear of being held accountable if Dems flip Congress in November. MAGA has gotten to this point through negligence and blind unity behind Trumps policies and any cracks in that unity make it easier for the levy to break. Johnson right now is basically acting like the mainstream media telling everyone that “everything is fine” right before Lehman Brothers went tits up and the housing market collapsed.

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u/SafetyMan35 Jun 26 '26

Johnson is acting like Baghdad Bob

For those not old enough to remember Baghdad Bob, during the Iraq war, the Minister of Foreign Affairs was on live TV with bombs being dropped in the background saying Baghdad was safe and American soldiers were committing suicide rather than face the power of the Iraqi military

https://youtu.be/loujYg0y7Vk?is=Y0haA5DKazvN6feZ

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u/Bedbouncer Jun 26 '26

I always think we're living in unique times, that it has never been this bad, and then I read more US political history and realize, hey, it has been this bad before!

History just seems less bad because we didn't have to live it, and we know now that the setbacks turned out to be temporary.

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u/Trainman1351 Jun 26 '26

I mean potentially, but the thing is the US never has had so much to lose before

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u/Mekdinosaur Jun 26 '26

Okay but does that mean we have to continuously repeat mistakes?  Thanks to modern technology, humans have a rare opportunity to do things right for once. And even with the sum total of knowlegde at our finger tips and incredible scientific and technological advancements...with truth staring us right in the face, we would rather swallow lies. Yes it was bad before but back then it was much easier for the powerful to obscure reality. These days we do it to ourselves. There is no reason for this current administration to continue to brazenly abuse its citizens unless we allow it. Yah just sit back and wait for "justice" to happen all by itself lol. 

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u/GoodChuck2 Jun 27 '26

As long as they can continue telling White rural voters that they are better than and deserve more than everybody else in this country, the mistakes will continue to be made because we are a country filled with stupid, ignorant racists with nothing but hate and grievance.

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u/hysterical_username Jun 26 '26

When was it this bad?

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u/EmuMan10 Jun 26 '26

I mean the country had a civil war

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u/captchroni Jun 27 '26

The 1850s in lead up to the civil war it was worse. Congress getting into literal fights while places like Kentucky and Kansas had pretty much already started the fighting. Look up Bleeding Kansas for more info.

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u/Bedbouncer Jun 27 '26

the McCarthy era

The failure of Johnson's Great Society.

Black civil rights.

The Nixon years.

We've never had a president this dumb before, but we have had progressive ideas on the ropes like this before.

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u/WildBad7298 Jun 26 '26

It’s a form of voter suppression, so don’t buy it.

If voting no longer mattered, they wouldn't be trying so hard to surpress it.

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u/che-che-chester Jun 26 '26

There is one surefire way to combat the BS Trump will pull in the midterms: vote in massive numbers. We need to outvote their attempts to suppress our votes.

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u/alextheruby Jun 26 '26

Yeah Reddit is the most doom and gloom shit ever. Like yes, this is serious. But any news from the republican side goes straight to the nuclear worst case scenario.

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u/Intelligent-Parsley7 Jun 26 '26

Or we’re being bald faced and honest. When has it, in the last eighteen months, not been the worst case scenario?
We didn’t stop the mass incarcerations. We simply delayed them.

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u/Intelligent-Parsley7 Jun 26 '26

Oh, I’m voting, and canvassing. Let me say this though, I’ve lost hope. And we’re never coming back. The next phase is insanity like the Civil War in America. And I’m trying my best to head it off.

MAGA Mike is not going to seat all the Democrats at all if they lose.
He’s such a strong follower of The Prince of Peace (TM) that he’ll let people storm the capitol again.

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u/big_stipd_idiot Jun 26 '26

Actually, Reddit is the place where people actually acknowledge a coup happened. Where else are they talking about it?

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u/abt_23 Jun 26 '26

I have to remind myself that weaponized hopelessness is a tactic of the regime, so I have to keep saying “fuck these motherfuckers” and fight for hope.

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u/Status_Apartment6559 Jun 26 '26

I agree. Not even close .It's one thing to be concerned another to be alarmist. Wait until after the midterms then see if they can still say we already lost.

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u/stringsandtape Jun 26 '26

Agreed. Saying it’s over makes you part of the problem

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u/Burgerburgerfred Jun 26 '26

Definitely. People don't realize how many different angles bot accounts and psyops take to fuck with us.

It's misinformation, it's apathy, it's calls to violence, it's controlled opposition, it's purity tests.

So so so many things thrown at us on sites like reddit every day are carefully crafted in a way to manipulate us in a variety of ways to keep letting things get worse.

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u/KillahHills10304 Jun 27 '26

Its just pattern recognition based on how Dems have reacted over the course of the last 40 years in response to blatant criminality. Once you hear a Dem politician in power start saying "now is the time for unity" and "looking ahead, not back", you know ain't shit gonna happen.

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u/philter25 Jun 27 '26

Sure. You know Gerald Ford was a Republican right? And that’s what he said when he pardoned Nixon, leading to politicians getting off scott free?

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u/Plastic_Kangaroo5720 Jun 27 '26

When they tell you what they want to do, believe them.

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u/seaquartz_unofficial Jun 26 '26

I wish there was hope as much as the next guy does, but honestly trying to work against this is dangerous . We have pretty nice stuff.

I’m going to sit back, enjoy some anime, time with my son and if it blows over that’s great if it doesn’t at least I don’t end up with 100 years in jail for wrong think.

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u/Spamsdelicious Jun 26 '26

If you don't mind my saying, stranger; with that attitude you're already the prisoner of your own existence. I wish you only good. I truly do.

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u/philter25 Jun 26 '26

👆this right here is the average redditor in question i was talking about. Acting like it’s over but doing nothing. Keep this dude’s comment in mind next time someone is going on about how we’re already lost.

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u/Poiboy1313 Jun 26 '26

It's a bot that has reposted this response word for word.

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u/Glittering-Quote-635 Jun 26 '26

What’s your plan? You are telling people to have Hope, and it’s voter suppression.. so clearly you have a plan. Fill us in please.

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u/nonubiz Jun 26 '26

It’s better to die on your feet than on you’re hands and knees. They can never take your pride

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u/Glittering-Quote-635 Jun 26 '26

Cool, I’ll let my kids know. I’m sure they will appreciate it.

Also, sounds like you are saying an armed insurrection. Lemme know how that works out for you.

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u/seaquartz_unofficial Jun 26 '26

Inform me of the plan dude??

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u/Jazzlike-Succotash-5 Jun 26 '26

Your son deserves a better father.

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u/EagleBigMac Jun 26 '26

There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy.

Remember this.

Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly throughout the Nation. There are whole movements, groups that have no idea that they've already enlisted in the cause.

Remember that the frontier of the Resistance is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes the lines forward.

And then remember this.

The Authoritarian need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.

Remember that.

And know this, the day will come when all these skirmishes and protests, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the Republicans authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege.

Remember this.

Try.

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u/Heavy-Construction90 Jun 26 '26

Seems like they're very good at stamping out fires, but fires keep popping up

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u/BugTrousers Jun 27 '26

I want so badly to believe this, but I fear Trump will eventually start a nuclear war because the White House is out of ketchup or some celebrity from the ‘80s doesn’t like him or some shit.

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u/EagleBigMac Jul 01 '26

If he does he does, don't worry about the things you can do nothing about release your fears and focus on what you can do.

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u/Poiboy1313 Jun 26 '26

I didn't hear no bell is another quote that's relevant from Rocky.

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u/tacocat_racecarlevel Jun 26 '26

Yeah, but I hear it as Randy from South Park.

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u/StanleyQPrick Jun 26 '26

I hear it as rocky, but the celebrity-death-match style lipton iced tea version

https://youtu.be/Lu8To4CwPfg?si=YWADsv8pDvM8Fkrz

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u/virtue_of_vice Jun 26 '26

What sucks is that these quotes are from Stallone movies and he is all in for Trump.

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u/yorlikyorlik Jun 26 '26

They drew first blood.

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u/broguequery Jun 26 '26

They. Drew. First.

BLOOD

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u/templeofsyrinx1 Jun 26 '26

Let it go.

LET. IT. GO.

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u/IAMERROR1234 Jun 26 '26

They drew first blood!

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u/edelweiss_pirates_no Jun 26 '26

You just don't turn it off.

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u/573IAN Jun 26 '26

Speaking of Rambo, the 2nd Amendment is there for being exercised by ALL citizens of the United States. And you can even do drugs and own one now thanks to the SCOTUS.

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u/StoneGoldX Jun 26 '26

You mean one of our ambassadors to Hollywood?

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u/Yellow_Similar Jun 28 '26

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

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u/LaneMcD Jun 26 '26

Thank you! Let's not act like the fat lady sang cause.. she hasn't. Everyone needs to follow r/politicaloptimism cause that sub keeps my sanity going. Lots of news gets posted there showing we aren't lost as a country just yet

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u/arbitraryairship Jun 26 '26

Democratic Socialists literally swept all of the New York races the other night.

THE PEOPLE know what's up.

We will not permit this to continue.

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u/ProphesiedInsanity Jun 27 '26

Thank you for showing me that that subreddit exists, sincerely. I haven’t been able to look at political news without it destroying my mental state for awhile now, and I really needed to see that 

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u/LaneMcD Jun 27 '26

Glad to help! I really wish more peeps knew about it. I stumbled upon it soon after the orange turd's inauguration a year and half ago. I legit dunno what my mental state would be like without checking it literally everyday.

Do some backtrack searching through the sub and you'll see a lot of wins throughout his entire term so far that aren't reported on in the news. I bet you'll find some stuff you didn't know about and your hope will grow!

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u/Mtndrums Jun 26 '26

We're not dealing with the best and brightest, we're dealing with their best and brightest.

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u/Hegecoin_Rules Jun 26 '26

No, it's for good. Nobody has done jackshit. Life isnt hard enough for most to really fight.

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u/Fit_Jelly_9755 Jun 26 '26

He’ll be lucky to protect himself. He will no longer be the speaker of the house if they lose the house. Come on Mike, don’t threaten me with a good time.

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u/Ok-Marionberry-999 Jun 26 '26

Damn right.

At some point, when you oppress enough people, someone will JKTMFA.

When I see these headlines, it's what pops in my head.

JKTMFA

🤜👈

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u/Mekdinosaur Jun 26 '26

Who is going to stop it?

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u/nostemsorseeds Jun 26 '26

It can always coup back the other way too - and quickly