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To paraphrase Mother Jones -- "why are you in prison?"

"I stole a pair of shoes, Mother."

"You should have stolen a railroad - than you would be a U.S. Senator!"

The trap is that Democrats (and some of our unions) think they can place nice and get something -- they will just get stuck in the swampy morass while the grifter-in-chief laughs all the way to the bank...

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There were no union leaders or manufacturers in the good seats at the Inauguration. I guess crypto cleptos and newly minted macho tech bros are the new “insiders”

The working class voters who are now feeling safe about the transgender bathroom and sports threat and the imaginary immigrant crime wave and the high price of eggs driven by avian flu and the evil folks at the World Health Organization——-are getting the idea that they are disposable

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Thank you for your honesty. One of the hardest things to witness is those who think they can get on the good side of a fascist - it is called selling your soul and everyone else out at the same time. Happy to subscribe.

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I’m glad I subscribed. I am SO glad to be supporting someone who can see the truth and say it clearly.

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remember this from the other hunter

“This maybe the year when we finally come face to face with ourselves; finally just lay back and say it—that we are really just a nation of 220 million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns, and no qualms at all about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable.”

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I am SO GLAD there is still your voice for sanity !!! Keep it up. Here from expat exile in San Pancho. Mexico

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"It’s still a felony to steal a billion. Might as well steal the billion."

A-fucking-MEN!

I've said it before and I'll say it again..., "Damned If You Do/ Damned If You Don't" is QUITE a freeing place to be 'in'...you can COMPLETELY stop calculating your opponent's potential reactions into your efforts...

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If you think you are a savvy NGO leader because you can massage Trump's position in the Middle East slightly more towards Israel's side and meanwhile you have to run cover for one of his most trusted lieutenants literally doing multiple Nazi/Roman Salutes at the Presidential Inauguration, you are Wrong.

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Welp, that's thomas friedman for you. Only slightly surprised that it was bret fucking stephens writing that shit.

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We are headed to dark times and — at least for the time being — there is no real organized opposition. I believe that will begin to emerge over time as MAGA voters awaken to the fact that they — like populist left supporters of Obama in the past — have been conned, played and solidly screwed over by a slick sociopath. It’s already begun. In a hint of what is to come, on his first day in office Trump shivved his voters in the back. ... ( Trump Rescinds Biden Order Aimed at Lowering Prescription Drug Prices: https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-drug-prices )

Perhaps, then, people can begin to understand the need to unite and come together as fellow Americans on the only issue that matters; the issue that all the Trumps and Musks and Wall Street freeloaders fear the most: CLASS.

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Mark. Please do not use this word 'left.' There has been no 'left' in the USA.

Greed/control is not left.

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Well, I would agree as a movement and in terms of numbers, there are not many of the American left left, but there are some -- like me -- who are still actively left, so I will continue to use the word where appropriate.

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Do you have eyes? People have been out in the streets against imperialism for 15 months and counting

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Yes. I have eyes.

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Well you might want to get them checked bc the absence of a left party doesn't mean there isn't a left

You're like one of those people who only cheers for the winning team

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I think your brain is addled.

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You’re just mad because your preferred tendency is irrelevant

Let me guess? You don’t like the fact that we didn’t shed enough tears over Israelis?

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Hey Hamilton!

I'm Zach Kahn, a 17-year-old high schooler. I wrote an article on Trump's executive order revoking Biden's actions. It's unbiased and straightforward, and I'd love your feedback.

https://open.substack.com/pub/zachkahn/p/explaining-trumps-initial-rescissions?r=43zlkt&utm_medium=ios

Thanks!

Zach Kahn

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I just upgraded my subscription to your Substack.

As a retired teacher, I'm on a fixed income but I am so very happy to support your good work.

Your clear, strong voice is needed now more than ever! All the best!

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Thank you Allie and just keep reading whether you can pay or not.

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What happens when the entire crypto ecosystem collapses? It’s completely vapor. Not a single one of these coins, BitCoin included, are being used for any purpose other than speculation.

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Well I guess because as you're completely right to say it's all based on nothing I guess all that speculative cash will just go into whatever the next scam/bubble is

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No different than when a casino closes, a big top moves on or a gypsy caravan slips away …

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Watch out for the "RUG PULLS' !

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I cannot believe we have Trump 2, or is it Trump 3? All the shoulda, coulda, woulda, and all our prayers can't help us now. Where did this guy come from, and why are we so accursed with him? I believe it started with another celebrity, Ronald Reagan, and subsequent deluded nice Democrats who felt Americans were good people. Jimmy Carter was wonderful, and now he's gone.

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The problem: while I agree with the political positions of much of the independent media, very little of it is straight reporting. It is opinion pieces, riffing off facts uncovered by actual paid reporters.

Once established local media outlets stop sending reporters to city council meetings, or having them pore through public records, who uncovers the malfeasance? A loose collective of volunteers? Underpaid independents who can't make a living off local coverage?

I don't see a way out of this hole, unfortunately.

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When this deal is completed, regardless that Ellison is said to only have $10 Billion of the 500 Billion needed for these 'DATA CENTERS' "We The People" will be in our cages .

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/09/omnipresent-ai-cameras-will-ensure-good-behavior-says-larry-ellison/

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Here in Cleveland foundations got together and started this site called "The Land" where they train and pay people to do that stuff. Of course there's an obvious conflict of interest there in that probably cant report critically of the foundations where they get their money. There are also reader supported substacks where people do investigative work and not just opinion pieces but not that many

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Excellent article. Anyone who sucks up to an asshole shouldn’t be surprised if they wind up with a mouthful of shit.

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I was wondering who thinks that trump - he of the Abraham Accords that were a direct antecedent to the current bloodbath in Palestine - could do "good things" in the Middle East. Can't say I'm surprised that it was thomas friedman writing for the NYT.

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Friedman’s an old Ziopath from waaaay back. Fuck him and the Mercedes he rode in on. ( I would never say “fuck a horse”.)

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"One thing Donald Trump is good at is taking things to extremes. His opponents get overwhelmed. It all starts to blend together. The outrages come so fast that it all gets coded as, “He is doing something bad.”

Exactly. The human nervous system can only take in so much stimuli until it shuts down to prevent itself from being overwhelmed. We must all practice taking deep breaths and not getting over-excited or overwhelmed by Trump's antics. You can't fight well if you're feeling off-balanced and overcome by stimuli. I keep my cool by not watching live broadcasts of anything Trump-related. I can read about what he said or did a minute or hour or day or week later and it doesn't get me as riled up that I cannot think straight as it would if I were experiencing his behavior live. It's one way to keep your sanity and keep your creative juices flowing during these dark days. Power to the people!

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How about actually fighting him instead of obsessing over our fucking mental state? Our mental state should fucking suck: global fascism rising just as we need massive cooperation on carbon and pandemics, et al.

It’s amazing. It’s like a gang of zombies is headed right for our kids and the parents are all like, “Oh, I feel so much better and creative and happy when I don’t look at the gang of zombies headed right for my kids.”

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