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Good read as usual BUT lacking critical links to Indivisible.com and 50501 on reddit which are where those “pop up” demonstrations are being organized. People complaining on substack that we are only hearing about them after the fact. We can do better with better organizing!

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the mess trump and elon have created will have cost america trillions and have completely sewered their standing in the world which is priceless

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Holy hannah

Looks like an incredible few yeqrs ahead for forensic accountants to clean

up this musk mess

Ka-ching!

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Pausing to spare a thought for Corey Comperatore's widow and daughters. I suppose King Trumplethinskin would say "His fault. The sucker shoulda ducked instead of covering his family."

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I mean, I think of this every time. What must they think when they hear him say, God intervened that day...

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Thinking by cult members is not recomended (and sometimes not even an option). I mean, just look what happened to Corey when he did some of that too fast. Got that smited right out of him quick smart.

No, no, dumb and docile until riled to stampede, is the Make America Gormless Again way.

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Where did you get the dates for those actions? (In particular, the national strike. I know https://generalstrikeus.com/ doesn't have nearly enough strike cards to set a date yet.)

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Sorry, I think I noted when I first posted them that they're totally suspicious. It was, like, an Instagram post or something sketchy like that. But I think I'm going to err on the side of sharing pro-actively even if it's still unconfirmed so at least people can pencil them in. I'm hoping to get more/better info as we get closer...!

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I’ve been gettIng them in texts from numerous reliable friends.

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OK. It's fascinating — and explains a lot — that billionaires can't recognize the difference between:

$8,000,000,000.00

and

$8,000,000.00

Are we sure these guys are billionaires?

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They're dumb enough to be.

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Upcoming Action #1 --

“Hit Them In their Profits” — a day not to buy things (does this include upgrading Substack subscriptions to paid? The things we do for justice and democracy!)

Of course it does not include Substack subscriptions! Keyword here is "their" profits.

Upcoming Action #2 --

"A week of buying nothing from Amazon"

Easy peezy! I've only bought something on Amazon twice in the last year...as a last resort.

Great job, Jonathan, on delving into the "real" waste, abuse and fraud. I appreciate all you do!

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“…Democrats can make good… against Musk. They can start filibustering every new federal contract Republicans want to give his companies”

They better start soon or some of their constituents are going to explode from anger and frustration. This will reduce their base of support considerably. Who do I tell?

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I am so fucking glad that I can read the actual fucking news because the mainstream media treats us like mushrooms - they keep us in the dark and feed us bullshit. Thank you!

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Thanks, Elizabeth. Like most fast food joints, I wouldn't want to swear that I'm not serving up occasional, um, below-code content, but I WILL try to flag it after the fact if I become aware of it. Thank you.

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Amen

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Dunning-Krueger seems to have taken Schroedinger's kitty home from the shelter. Y/Ns pouring forth: Pentagon? Prepare for cuts, which somehow aren't in the actual budget. Medicaid, with cuts definitely in that budget? We're not touching that!

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I submit, in this the wholely wrong place, that the week of not buying from Amazon should be called Amazon.

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should read "Amazoff", thanks Google phone...

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I don't understand why a fighter jet would need toilet paper.

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How about why the people building a fighter jet would need toilet paper? I wondered why they’d itemise it but I guess that’s how transparency in govt contracts works?

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If I were flying a fighter jet, I know what I’d be doing in my pants.

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First time I smiled today! Thanks

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lol

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Sounds like ice needs to be dismantled next at 9 billion. That way we can stop worrying about the deportations as much. Bonus!

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1. You are not the last remaining remaining. It was obvsly staged.

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I can’t say I know it was staged, but between the near-miss, the Iwo Jima photo-op, the dead suspect, and the brave fist-pump (from the world’s biggest coward), I know one thing: it couldn’t have been staged better.

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TFN polls. America's most trusted.

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Hahahaha. I so agree about the bullet and the ear bs. Bad enough that the Trumpster endangered his Secret Service squad by pausing for over a minute under fire, to A: make one of his pathetic fat fist gestures, accompanied by an inaudible but still disgusting fighty face for his fans, and B: find his missing shoe. I mean, you can't even make this stuff up!

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Trump knew his persona would not survive public scrutiny of the lifts in his shoes. lol

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