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He IS trying to collapse the economy for his friend in Russia

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Putin's puppet, and not even trying to hide it.

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This is what I’ve thought since Inauguration Day when the destruction started. It has just accelerated from there.

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I imagine he started selling our most sacred secrets upon receiving his first briefing in 2015.

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But now Trump’s pro-Putin rampage is escalating to world destruction, without any subterfuge.

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You’re correct. He has no fear now.

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He’s deranged. I mean in the clinical sense. We have a truly severely mentally ill president and all the Republicans do is nod their heads. Do they not love their families?

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They love power and money.

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And at their levels, power and money are indistinguishable.

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And they won't let go until they're forced out.

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I have fantasies of a Rambo style assault on the White House and Capital. I seriously don’t see any other path out, as long as Republicans bow their heads in compliance. Odd how governance became the vehicle of our downfall, when it was conceived for the opposite.

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I do not see a frontal attack on the white house and the Capitol, I see people protesting in the streets nationwide.

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100% necessity at this point.

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Exactly.

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we all do -- but don't be fool enough to do it

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Yessss! That would be a beautiful thing to see 😜

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Agreed, he needs the Full Mussolini.

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Yes, I think he's totally deranged too. I believe the Canada hate on /tariff idea started because Melania made google eyes at our PM, Justin Trudeau. Trudeau is everything trump is not: attractive, handsome, intelligent, successful, respected by world leaders and YOUNG. Can't buy these attributes

By imposing the tariffs on Canada, he's created a huge tax cash cow and at the same time gets revenge on Trudeau, who he belittles and berates endlessly. There were other advantages.

Trump saw how much attention he garnered from this move and that his power and wealth could increase exponentially if he put the screws to other trading partners. He gets to bully and exert his dominance over the wealthiest countries in the world, all those leaders for whom he harbors a "deep" resentment and jealousy. He knows he's never been accepted or respected on the world stage with these 'serious' people. Trump knows he could never legitimately rise to their level of achievement or status and is sadistically enjoying watching them squirm. He's the winner now and they are all going to feel it.

Of course he hasn't thought it through because he's blinded by the $ signs and "revenge". He's left his lackeys to deal with the ensuing carnage, but there is no cleaning up the mess.

The man is out of his mind. Who knows how this will end (heavy sigh).

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I think you are exactly right! As evidenced by? Justin immediately flying down to show Trump the data debunking the claims! But seriously? Show Donald revidenced based research data? Donald "cannot read a financial spreadsheet!".

He's emotionally driven and Bullies anyone that is a conflict! He bankrupt two casinos? Ha ha. A stupid buffoon queens mob Boss!

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Trudeau DID NOT reciprocate Melania's flirt. She just like Trump are 100% corrupt and transactional. Perhaps Melania's absence is some sort of time out as well. Reports are she has been completely focused on her movie financed by the Amazon billionaire. But we see nothing of her. Nothing!

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You are right Judith, you are right.

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Yes. I agree. Trudeau and Canadians commented the goal post kept moving and even when they bent over backward Trump would like and still tariff Canada -- the moment it happened I knew it was based on that photo of Melania flirting with Trudeau who did not respond -- Trump will wait years but he never forgets once his ego is dinged which happens every day -- He also hates Macron and anyone who is bilingual -- so unfit it is an embarrassment. But you cannot cower in the face of abusive controlling types. You have to fight back. Zelensky knows this dealing with Putin for so long. Today all our allies are flipping Trump off in unison, including Zelensky. I love it!

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And FUCK YOU Marco Rubio for playing along with his madness.

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Trump stays up all Night writing his crap on his website and sleeps all day till about 3 :00 P.M. Then goes on TV for an Hour or Longer to tell his takeaway from all Americans and what Putin tells Trump what, When and why do the damage Trump has done to the USA in 73 days, and Trump still has over 3 years to stay in office unless a democrats take over Congress in Midterm, and impeach trump the first order of Business.

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Remember when they said the Dems knew Biden had dementia and weren’t doing anything about it? What do they call it now - how they are covering for Trump’s mental illness and applauding all he is doing?

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You’re right. Everyday when he speaks he doesn’t make sense. Tariffs in 2 small islands not inhabited but only penguins & seals live there. Really? How are they going to pay anything? Bring the Prez fresh fish? He doesn’t read to do research. His staff is allowing gibberish to go out. 🤷‍♀️

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Read Project 2025. Trump is a puppet. No one has read Project 2025. No one.

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No! They have no respect or love for themselves. Just an enormous heap of garbage that needs to burn.

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It's horrific.

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Most likely why he stole all those files of our confidential documents too. He made money on some & gave away secrets on some. He was reckless with them -& will do it again no doubt. Traitor to our country.

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Agreed! Donald has sold us all out numerous times! This I'm certain! Prove me wrong?

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I'm sure Putin has our nuclear codes by now.

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Ha ha yep. Bet hegseth asked JD or Steve Miller if they were right? Putin following signal? Probably still, was it Donald that said they will still use it? He knows nothing about it! JD was speaking policy on it for him! Well him and Steve were!

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They want to use signal due to it automaticallyndeletes! No archives or foia requests have no info! That's Criminal! Again!!

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Honestly, we should give him a huge spreadsheet because the codes change constantly. There is no way to give someone a code and have it mean anything.

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It is so scary. An old fashioned term. OMG!! Why do the maga cult not see what has happened? President Biden was rebuilding ~ even after having been left with the lyin' king's mess. Horrible.

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It goes deeper but hard to keep up with. The first couple of weeks after he took oath, he dropped all of the guardrails we have to protect our country (internet/voting/everything) from foreign interference according to what is already in freaking print in Project 2025. I don't know why people are surprised. It is all in plain sight and written and published.

The fact that thru a reporter we found out how lax everything is at the White House when it comes to security was the story not the fact, they are using Signal versus all the options to keep communications secure. It is the modus operandi. It is this administration's protocol to have no security!!

In their world where security is tossed out the window thru several Executive Orders that have dismantled what kept us safe the only error was including that journalist in the call. Otherwise, the freewheeling unsecured communications and protocol is no security.

They will keep that up because it is protocol to not practice secure methods (all have been tossed thru Executive Orders) but you can bet your bottom dollar they will never ever make the mistake of including a journalist in on any of those communications.

That is the bottom line.

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Like who was really signing Dutch Reagan's signature at the end?

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How 'bout on 1/20/16 when his first guests in the Oval Office were his two handlers from Russia!

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You’re right; it’s been clear since then. Shame on the Republicans for shutting down the investigation results from “Russia Russia Russia”, during Trump One. They are all traitors. It was perfectly obvious from day one.

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They're complicit; the NRA has been funneling Russian monies to the GOP since Charlton Heston raised his fist and declared to Al Gore, "From my cold dead hands!" Putin is their daddy.

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*gun

He raised his gawddamn gun!

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Remember Helsinki?

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Oh gosh yes. The warning lights were flashing all through the first term. But politically he was constrained by his “normal” cabinet. Was there a stenographer in that meeting? I know there was in one of their meetings. I always thought that poor woman’s life was probably ruined. Can you imagine how terrified she must have been and will be for the rest of her life?

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Nobody has ever mentioned the time when (during his first term)Trump went to Russia and after the public known meeting, he and Putin has a meeting of their own in secrecy with only the translators…Would love to know what was discussed secretly by those translators….

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And don’t you feel sorry for those translators? Stay away from 6th floor windows. Was that the meeting where Trump grabbed the notes from the translator as they left the room? This was all highly irregular and suspicious. And here we are, even after J6. That’s what allowing propaganda networks to thrive will give you.

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It's been even more painful for me for I saw it in 2016. I'm surprised to be still standing. It's been lonely.

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I saw it, too. Nobody listened to the warnings.

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I can hear Putin laughing in the background

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Soon he'll be laughing in public.

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Don wants to invite him to marr locco!! there's a international warrant for his arrest?

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I’m pressing the heart under each article to say I liked what you had to say and trolls/ bots are immediately erasing my likes could this be DJT or

Elon inspired?

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I’m noticing a lot of glitches. Maybe the traffic tonight is overwhelming. People are hot!

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I always start with suspecting Don Jr.! Why? Because of his history! I always wondered what Donald was flushing and Meadows was burning?? Now they just communicate on signal! Their hiding from us! They work for us folks! Or suppose to!

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I often have problems when trying to 'like" MTN posts. I've also wondered if it's because of interference. Nothing would surprise me at this point. (Disgust? Yes...surprise? No.)

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I had that happen to a page I'm not subscribed to. Restarted my phone, and everything worked fine. Got rid of the glitching, too.

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You noticed that too.

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and billionaire buds who will sweep up assets at pennies on the dollar

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That’s what’s saddest. Using the economy to enrich the billionaires who clearly don’t need anymore. How about giving back to the people now?

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It’s a nice thought. However, that’s not the plan. So, don’t count on it. We’re going to have to take it back by any means necessary.

✊🇺🇸🇺🇦😎

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This is the end game

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I think he's trying to collapse the economy for all his billionaire investment friends so they can scoop up all the low priced stocks, bankruptcies, etc. Plus they'll all get a big tax break while us regular folks see earnings go down the toilet. They don't care about us..at all.

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He hates this country because he lost in 2020 and now we all have to pay for the blow to his bloated ego. Monsters from the id, all of them.

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Exactly. Recessions are only good for the evil greedy rich and ruling class. Everyone else suffers, while we fund their luxury VIP First class lifestyles

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🤷‍♀️😥👎😅 what’s he thinking? Whose side is he on? Traitor. He’s deliberately tanking the U.S. knowing us consumers will suffer. He needs to be impeached & thrown out of the Whitehouse! ASAP. He keeps bringing up Biden too / he must be jealous of him & his accomplishments. . .

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Exactly. He hates Biden and Obama bc he couldn't con them or buy them. These former presidents were superior to him in every way, he knows it

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Exactly!

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I think Putin has some things over the Donald! Like maybe letting his oligarch neighbor use the pool side bathroom while shopping for classified docs? Or Donald with the urinating Russian Prostitudes? My guess its equivalent to high treason "like our Country has never seen before".

The real puppet masters? Steve Miller, Russel Vogt?? Putin has black mail maybe? Steve and Russel are using the Donald for aligning their 2025 plan!! Just my thoughts!

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Fascism gains control by crushing the economy and impoverishing the population; and then taking full control. Fascism = Redistribution of wealth from the working man to the oligarchs. All will be taken from us. We need to hit the streets! Pressure Burst Pipes! Hope to see everyone one of us at a 4/5 HANDS OFF! protest Saturday, April 5th being coordinated across the country and internationally by INDIVISIBLE.

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Hitting the streets April 5 is a great start.

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Don't forget the Nerd Reich bros; they're more influential than Putin so long as Musk is running algorithms through our govt. databases and feeding the illegally obtained info on all of us into his AGI investment, Grok.

Please, Meiselas Brothers, interview Gil Duran, who has been researching Peter Thiel (the man who made Shady Vance), David Sacks, Elon Musk and other players for years. He exposes their plan to destroy our democracy so they can rule the world and provides critical information on the plan behind what so many still perceive only as chaos. If you're not familiar with it, please read the New Republic article Duran wrote ("The Most Powerful Crypto Bro in Washington Has Very Weird Beliefs"); you can find it here: https://www.gilduran.com/: click on "The New Republic" link (top bullet point). Or watch his posts on The Nerd Reich YouTube channel.

This is NOT some hair-brained conspiracy theory; all these tech billionaires are on record in primary sources; they are currently lobbying Congress to allow them to turn SF's Presidio into a Network State, aka Freedom City, which will answer to no government, where the elites are white, male tech billionaires.

Crypto promotion is part of the plan to destroy our rule-of-law based economy and the Fed. They are trying to co-opt Democrats as well as MAGAworld to enable unregulated crypto markets. I will not vote for anyone—Democrat or Republican—who takes campaign money from the crypto bros. Adam Schiff did in his Democratic primary run against Katie Porter, who understood the danger and refused to take their money. So they ran relentless ads against her, propagating lies and hiding the source of these ads in condensed, fine print no one could read. I froze the video ad frame only with great difficulty to see who was sponsoring these ads; it was crypto promoters who didn't want voters to know who was behind their ads.

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He did exactly what his Oligarchs wanted. He tanked the economy, stocks tumbled in real-time.

Now sit back and watch how many cheap stocks the billionaires buy up.

When people start missing mortgage payments and business loan payments, watch them buy up the real estate and businesses as well. Whatever is left, the banks will own.

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Yep. I believe that’s 💯 the plan! Disgusting. I don’t understand how anyone can be so self centered & lack empathy so much!!

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You forgot the punchline. Then they will rebuild. This time it’s feudal

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Many of the banks will also collapse. A great deal of the required reserves are held in the form of market assets: stocks and bonds.

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Remember after the last economic recession disaster in 2008 when the banks got bailed out and the American people lost their life savings, and were left holding the bag?

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Yes a Recession under another Republican President Bush…and it took Obama 2 terms to get us back a good economy then Trump inherited that economy just to turn around and made it an inflation again…which Biden inherited but at least he kept it stable but now with Trump it will become a Recession….

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Yes, true. The reality is H& B purveyors, drug makers/dealers (legal and otherwise), banks, undertakers and gun manufacturers always win no what's going on in the economy.

Not so for the average Jane or Joe. Nosiree Bob. Even after one gains title to a home, it can go back to its "original owner" aka the bank if taxes aren't paid. So the illusion of ownership is just that--an illusion. The same goes for privacy and now amid this fresh h*ll designed by the devil's manservant--what we've known as freedom.

Surely Bibi And Putrid and licking their chops right about now. The irony is Dumpty Doo Doo will never attain the recognition or the respect he craves from his heroes--not even his loyal subjects. He is hated and despised. He's not getting what he wants and will leave this life having achieved nothing of value.

"Nothing From Nothing Leaves Nothing" --Billy Preston aka The Fifth Beatle

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His plan for Gaza is revealing of his plan for the U.S.

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How does he get stopped?

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Impeachment that’ll stick this time! He needs to go. What Musk started collapsing & ruining he’s now going to continue ruining whatever is left. Traitor. Arrest him for treason. The U.S. trusted him & he’s not helping but purposely hindering us in everything. No allies now thanks to you. Go play golf (on your dime — not the country’s money anymore). & leave the country alone.

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Mass protests (with thousands to tens of thousands of people)

A Bullet or 6

Take a page from the French Revolution and bring back the guillotine

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US the people by consistently protesting…Showing our discontent in front of the Supreme Court, the White House and Congress…till something gives…we have Freedom of Speech….

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The million (or billion?0 dollar question! I wish I knew.

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This is everything

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This is my question every day. One man doing such damage to our country.

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Australian 🇦🇺 I can’t understand how 1 man can single-handily do this to USA. Where are the congress & senate in all this?

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The Republicans are subservient and complicit. They are too afraid of the violence of the MAGA mob to cross Trump.

Also, as I understand it (not an American but I have been paying attention) the only thing that can stop an Executive Order is the courts. Congress could, I suppose, pass a law making what he did illegal and then the courts could do something? I don’t know. If it violates the constitution or any existing laws, then the courts could decide to stop it. It could take a long time, though.

I have heard that the auto plants will shut down within days—in all three countries of the USMCA—, so the damage done will not be reparable.

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Scares the holy sh-t out of me. I’ve never been rich but what I have I don’t want to loose. All so he and his cronies can have more money. You only need so much and it can’t buy you a ticket to Heaven but it can buy you a one way ticket to Hell.

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It’s easier for a rich man to thread a camel through the eye of a needle than get into heaven.

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No wonder they're all clapping and cheering, they're gonna be even richer baby! The golden age of america only for the already wealthy. Special place for the trump regime in he||

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My God I hope it happens in time

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When does bank bail-out time arrive after this mess?

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You got it!

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That’s their whole plan.🤷‍♂️😎

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AMAZING ANALYSIS AS USUAL! Thank you Ben, Brett, and Jordy. I'm 🇨🇦

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I totally agree, great report, thank you for all you do!!

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Canada here as well 🇨🇦♥️you Ben

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"Elbows in your face!!!".........you Orange F%&^in" Creep!!!

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I agree.

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He’s a Russian asset. Destroying US to set us up for takeover. Up until he came into the picture, it would’ve seemed beyond fiction. But here we are.

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Yes, and I believe someday he'll accidently fall out of a window.

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Or his McDonald’s order will be poisoned

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I’m waiting

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He never lets the facts get in the way of his story. He just goes on and on talking total nonsense. Does anyone actually believe all this crap? He's insane!!! Groceries? He is speed talking. Sounds almost manic delusional.

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He is manic and delusional, and demented, and senile, and utterly insane. He should be impeached and convicted and thrown into a padded cell. This is a nightmare and the Republican Party is completely complicit in his madness.

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He is an Adderall addict. Like Elon, the king of Ketamine and Alcoholic Hegseth, he hasn't got a clue. The stench that people complain about being near him is the stench of a short timer rotting from the inside out.

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Who's clapping for him?

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The kiss ass fools who paid for him.

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And who is laughing at his speech? WTF? So NOT FUNNY.

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I wondered the same. It sounds like a very small group

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I agree he is all that however, I think the Republicans and now chittin their pants!

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They are all terrified of him and his knuckle dragging, mouth breathing, lip reading scum. They will not move against him until they realize that they are about to lose their phony-baloney jobs (with apologies to Mel Brooks). If he tries to declare martial law they will go along with it to avoid having to run for re-election. These people are extraordinarily dangerous. I don't know how they can be stopped.

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Of course

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So, what can be done?

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Today, on April 5, there is a Hands Off protest in every state. I had to work and missed the one in my area. Maybe these will draw public attentions! That's something.

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He needs a doctor to test him mentally & physically. There’s something really going on with him that needs to be confirmed so we can toss him out of making decisions on behalf of our country. He’s not playing with a full deck!

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There’s probably a reason he didn’t turn in his medical report when he came into office. They’re all supposed to do that.

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I think you are correct. He’s still hiding his medical records and probably all of his financial records have been edited as well. He’s very shady and can’t be trusted with anything

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You’re right. He failed all the testing - especially mental aptitude. lol

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This is nothing new

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Yes actually my neighbor thinks Donald Trump walks on water, guaranteed she celebrating today...

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At least until it hits her pocketbook.

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Your neighbour is about to find out, the hard way, at the check out line.

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Liberation Day will be when we see the felon's obituary.

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The first day Orange is frying in the hottest part of hell.........a global celebration wll take place....."like nothing ever seen before.....so incredible......nobody has ever seen such a celebraion.....just like 1776.....1918.......1945......."

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Thank you for making me laugh today, despite the despicable. I appreciate the humour! 🇨🇦 🍁 ❤️

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So happy you got a laugh.......reading MAD, from around the age of 9...taught me all I really needed to know about the Orange Dicktator

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That’s a glorious day I can’t wait

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This is exactly what he wanted. He will drive the majority into poverty

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He’s a wretched disaster and a disgrace. The ends that he has gone to give billionaires a “pass” on taxes…knows no bounds.

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And WTF else do you call groceries?!?

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This man has never purchased groceries in his life, so the word is foreign to him.

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That’s exactly it. But people are too blind to see that just shows how much he doesn’t relate to the avg person & he couldn’t care less

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"Republicans, if you’re listening.

Sure, maybe you have to make it look like you are voting, but that’s not so hard. The truth is these people calling themselves Republicans no longer are. I’m guessing you know this and as much as it’s hard to admit it, you see the damage they’ve unleashed.

Our whole lives the world saw us as the good guys. We protected smaller countries from bullies. When disaster struck we sent aid. When fascists struck our troops volunteered. Many of them still rest in well-tended cemeteries of thankful nations the world over.

Two months ago that all changed. We became the bullies. We became the fascists. And though we are the richest country in the history of the world, even 1/10th of one percent of our taxes going to help those in the poorest nations treat preventable diseases and save hundreds of thousands of lives became too much “waste” for us to afford.

You know those now in control of the Republican party are sick. You know they are criminal. You know any Republicans with the moral courage to stand up to those now in charge have been purged from the party years ago.

Now it is only you who can pull your party back from the brink and by doing so keep alive the decency and the caring at the heart of America that you and I as cooks both love.

To save your party, and with it our country, you have to, for now, stop voting for your party.

You know this.

It’s time to come back to being the good guys."

Thanks for your consideration,

Bill

bill@penzeys.com

(Penzeys Spices

12001 W. Capitol Drive | Wauwatosa, WI | 53222 US)

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It’s all MAGA’s economy now.

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I want to find comfort there. But there’s no way to stop this without Republicans. We are totally screwed. Many people across the globe will die, and many right here. How could MAGA voters be so stupid? It was so freaking obvious! His rallies were deranged.

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Yep!!

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Attn all importers, if this piece of shit donald can bend the rules, then do the same and tell that motherfucker you will only impose 10% of the tariffs he has set…so for a country with a 20% tariff, tell him you will do 2%. Band together and tell him to fuck off. Your survival depends on it.

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My god. He’ll NEVER understand he’s charging US to buy from them! What a freaking idiot!

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The American people are being charged dummy. Other countries don’t pay the tariffs you are implementing. Had you been paying attention in college, you would know that.

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SCOTUS John Roberts needs to backtrack and redeem himself, after allowing Trump complete immunity, to be above the law. Because of this, Trump is now trying to impeach judges. Judge Roberts rebuked this. How long will it be before Trump runs all over Judge Roberts+, or tries to impeach him? Judge Roberts didn't think that far enough ahead about this happening.

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The Supreme Court reversed Roe vs Wade…I would hope they can reverse their decision of Trump’s immunity…

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I have said the same thing! If they can overturn Roe vs Wade, they can overturn his immunity!!!

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When I was in 3rd grade, my teacher had a psychotic episode. She began to cut off the student girl’s locks of hair and equated it to Samson losing his strength when he lost his hair.

I went home for lunch, told my mom about this, she called the principal who had the teacher removed— by people in white coats.

I think we should have Trump removed from office exactly in this way.

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OMFG! What a story! I'm sorry you witnessed that. Yep, you can't reason with crazy. 🇨🇦 🍁 ❤️

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