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LanternWaste

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81. Thanks for the updates... and the past 20 years, man!

Wed Jan 20, 2021, 06:03 PM

Jan 2021

You guys have really seemed tuned into keeping DU's formatting and fresh and clean, and I look forward to any changes you guys make.

Give yourselves a pat on the back for one of the web's premier discussion sites for Democrats! Great work!

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