Disconsolation has seen inflation without cessation within our nation,
\nan aberration, collaboration of groups aligned to create devastation.
\nThe new contender, Gov. Ron DeSantis, has all the charm and passion
\nof an evil praying mantis. He’s shipping immigrants to Edgartown,
\nmaking him de facto Florida’s most evil clown. He’d like to be the U.S. Czar
\nand will not stop at dirty tricks gone too far. As for his party,
\nthey’re a flock of ciphers, who emanate a general sense of dirty diapers.
\nThe country limps toward two Novembers, which in the end could see us left in embers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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