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15. In legislating, when they start getting a lot of crossover votes, they call it a jailbreak

Tue Oct 24, 2023, 08:24 PM

Oct 2023

That expression might be a little too on the nose here

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Flannery on Ari is correct [View all] malaise Oct 2023 OP

Thanks for the heads up! nt Maru Kitteh Oct 2023 #1

What's the expression? Gradually at first, and then all at once Walleye Oct 2023 #2

Like dominoes falling ... fierywoman Oct 2023 #13

... fierywoman Oct 2023 #16

The Slobfather bucolic_frolic Oct 2023 #3

Credit Thucythucy - I just used it more often malaise Oct 2023 #6

So true malaise Oct 2023 #19

There must be severe punishment, and has to be soon Walleye Oct 2023 #20

Flannery is top notch. cachukis Oct 2023 #4

Cassidy Hutchinson is why this is happening in this way, and I mean that obamanut2012 Oct 2023 #5

By the time he is finally nailed BigmanPigman Oct 2023 #7

Well he's definitely declining with haste malaise Oct 2023 #8

not when azureblue Oct 2023 #14

Enjoy malaise Oct 2023 #10

You're not alone, Stuart G. calimary Oct 2023 #17

Is he the guy who always wears the bow tie? TSExile Oct 2023 #11

Yes malaise Oct 2023 #12