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Re:Record-High 89% in U.S. Say Government Corruption Widespread by irishcoffee on Friday September 04, 2026 @08:09PM (#49571675)
Nobody does. The amount of teenage angst posted in this forum about the current admin is amusingly pathetic. None of it matters. Congress constantly gets a free pass while we focus on a figurehead largely enabled by a passive and embarrassing congressional electorate. “We found the scapegoat, blame that guy!”

It’s really embarrassing

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Re:Record-High 89% in U.S. Say Government Corruption Widespread by conception on Friday September 04, 2026 @08:27PM (#49571800)
This is greatly because most congressional elections are not competitive.
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Re:Record-High 89% in U.S. Say Government Corruption Widespread by magicalist on Friday September 04, 2026 @08:39PM (#49571877)
> “We found the scapegoat, blame that guy!”

Yeah, that's not what an scapegoat is.

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Re:Record-High 89% in U.S. Say Government Corruption Widespread by hackernud3s on Friday September 04, 2026 @10:57PM (#49572669)
What's a scapegoat then?
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Re:Record-High 89% in U.S. Say Government Corruption Widespread by bluGill on Saturday September 05, 2026 @07:09AM (#49575386)
It is from the Bible and the old testiment law. A goat were prepared for sacrifice (part of a much more complex ritual that I'm skipping), but then lead out in the wilderness and released instead of killed.
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Re:Record-High 89% in U.S. Say Government Corruption Widespread by hackernud3s on Saturday September 05, 2026 @11:35PM (#49583084)
It's someone that gets blamed despite not being responsible, Do you agree?
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Re:Record-High 89% in U.S. Say Government Corruption Widespread by ThunderSizzle on Friday September 04, 2026 @09:03PM (#49572039)
Corruption has been rampant under multiple administrations. I actually had hoped Trump might root out more corruption in his 2nd term, but two things happened: Congress wouldn't go afraid the corruption that was being found, and Charlie Kirk was assassinated in broad daylight...after 2-3 assassination attempts on Trump himself too.

It's easier to start looking the other way when bullets start flying.

Having said that, I'm not saying Trump was a saint, but it seems this board forgets we just had Obama and Biden running their corruption rings for 2 decades too...

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Re:Record-High 89% in U.S. Say Government Corruption Widespread by michaelhoney on Friday September 04, 2026 @09:40PM (#49572255)
If you really can’t see the difference between Trump’s corruption and any other recent president, you have a reality problem.
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