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Tree Lady

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29. I wrote to my maga congress guy

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Sun Jul 12, 2026, 05:06 PM

23 hrs ago

Had to bite my tongue to be polite to the jerk. I always wonder if they look up if you are a democrat and delete whatever you say.

I want it to stay standard all year because I hate how late sun does down in summer and waiting till 8pm to walk dog.

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If you object to daylight time year around, and please read the finding how unhealthy it is [View all] question everything Yesterday OP

Here in AZ, we don't do daylight savings. Coventina Yesterday #1

I am jealous. Perhaps Minnesota can follow though. question everything Yesterday #2

AZ is in the middle of a zone FHRRK1 Yesterday #10

They need to pick one and leave it, end the switching of clocks sarisataka Yesterday #3

No, that doesn't make any sense Blues Heron Yesterday #7

The hours of sunlight on a given day is fixed sarisataka Yesterday #8

THANK YOU Skittles Yesterday #12

I agree. Do people not ever across into a different time zone... 3catwoman3 22 hrs ago #31

honestly Skittles 20 hrs ago #34

People fly all the time and don''t get traumatized by a time change of an hour. pnwmom Yesterday #14

I am on the extreme sarisataka Yesterday #18

What's wrong with changing the clocks a couple times a year? We in Seattle don't need pnwmom Yesterday #19

Speak for yourself. hunter 21 hrs ago #32

In December here the dawn is almost 8 am. We don't need darkness to continue to almost 9 am. nt pnwmom 20 hrs ago #36

I've got some ideas about a more natural time system. hunter 18 hrs ago #37

Mexico and Canada will have fits. LeftInTX Yesterday #4

I read that states could opt out of permanent daylight savings time dweller Yesterday #5

Thanks. Will contact Klobuchar, our next governor question everything Yesterday #6

These people act like we don't have any light but the sun Wifes husband Yesterday #9

Why? Don't you ever fly from east to west or the reverse? What's the big deal pnwmom Yesterday #20

Changing a wrist watch is one thing Wifes husband Yesterday #22

This message was self-deleted by its author pnwmom Yesterday #23

If Mercola says it... dpibel Yesterday #11

Yeah... progressoid Yesterday #15

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine question everything Yesterday #25

I don't mind the time changes, which are no worse than taking an airplane flight pnwmom Yesterday #13

Neither daylight savings time or standard time have any magical properties ToxMarz Yesterday #16

You might want to find another source. Mercola is a quack website. progressoid Yesterday #17

ewwwww Stacey Grove Yesterday #21

How about the American Academy of Sleep Medicine? question everything Yesterday #24

A 'farts field', I'd call it... (nt) GJGCA Yesterday #27

I'm sitting here snorting thru my nose. 3catwoman3 22 hrs ago #30

Daylight Saving Time is an artifical construct that should be abolished LogDog75 Yesterday #26

Thank you. Well said. Please convey these to your member of Congress. (even if a reactionary R) question everything Yesterday #28

I wrote to my maga congress guy Tree Lady 23 hrs ago #29

I could never understand why...? kentuck 21 hrs ago #33

I think we should end the changing of the clocks dsc 20 hrs ago #35