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Vote Republican for one-man rule

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Tim Mannello

Williamsport

In November, vote Republican if you are fine with:

Policies that make groceries, rent, homes and medicine harder to afford every year.

Tariffs that raise prices and crush small businesses.

An administration pushing rapid, unchecked growth of massive data centers.

A war that drags on long after leaders promised it wouldn't.

Foreign policy that creates more enemies than solutions.

Energy spikes brushed off while Americans pay the price at the pump.

Funding freezes, staff cuts and FEMA shake ups that weaken disaster response, food safety and public health readiness.

Essential staff slashed, agencies gutted, and core defenses for counterterrorism, public health, weather, cyber, currency and disaster response stripped away.

Cuts to rural hospitals, community programs, food stamps, basic doctor access and prescription help.

Long term care cuts and higher cost sharing for Medicaid and Medicare.

Medicaid cuts that shove poor seniors into Medicare Advantage, boosting insurer profits instead of care quality.

An administration that treats billionaires like citizens and citizens like background noise.

A President hoarding wealth while tearing down the systems that feed the hungry, heal the sick and protect democracy.

The shutdown of USAID and destruction of global lifelines that fight hunger, disease and instability.

Policies that weaken vaccination programs and slow the detection of disease outbreaks, making it easier for illnesses to spread.

Immigration enforcement that breaks families, breaks the law and breaks the Constitution.

A justice system bent by politics instead of equal treatment.

Baseless investigations and prosecutions used as weapons against political rivals.

A White House that treats oversight as a nuisance instead of a duty.

A President who treats Congress as if lawmakers exist only to approve his wishes.

A President backed by a Supreme Court that gives him the freedom to do almost anything he wants.

A government that blames everyone else when things go wrong but grabs credit when things go right.

A leadership style built on crisis, conflict and nonstop drama instead of steady problem solving.

Constantly changing presidential policies publicized in endless late night nonsense posting sprees.

Powerful people hiding their roles in the Epstein child abuse horrors and an Administration which allows them to do so.

A President taking foreign luxury gifts -- even a $400M jet -- while allies profit off public office.

A President who lets family and friends enrich themselves at taxpayer expense.

Presidential crypto deals that guarantee profits for the President while leaving ordinary investors with steep losses.

Tax breaks, criminal immunity and special treatment for the President, the First Family, all their businesses and their allies.

Compensation for $1.778B to rioters who attacked police, ransacked the Capitol, threatened the Vice President and lawmakers and tried to overturn an election -- people President Trump now calls victims.

A crisis not just of policy failure, but of a conscience gone deeply amoral.

A president hell-bent on making it harder for Democrats to vote and easier for Republicans to cheat.

One man rule replacing rule of law.

And a bloc of elected MAGA aligned Republican officials who, every time, enable all the above.

If you want this kind of one-man rule, then elect the men you can count on to support President Trump's dictatorial compulsions. The Trumps will never voluntarily give up power. If you want the above to define your children's, your grandchildren's and your permanent future, say so plainly: vote for President Trump's dependable, cowardly, sycophantic rubber stamps: Congressmen Meuser and Thompson.

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