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John Bergman's avatar

Sooo... Coke. Maybe he figures Climate Change -- the concept formerly known as Global Warming -- will make it possible to skip growing corn where we don't have to pay tariffs -- the concept formerly known as taxes -- so we can now grow sugarcane where we can't harvest it without ICE -- the concept formerly known as the gestapo -- deporting the necessary migrant labor from the pandemic bankruptcy previously known as the midwest farms. BRILLIANT.

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elizabeth lush's avatar

At last managed to subscribe, with penalty for $ payment from Blighty, so can say a HUGE "THANK YOU" for all you have done and are doing, grateful from I Love Bees onwards. Aweomse! 🤞Stay safe, love to Gal, Heidi and HiFi too xxx vvv grateful xxx

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DanMarko's avatar

Do you think Russia/Putin have any of the Epstein files and could be holding this over him?

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Active Citizen's avatar

Fascinating and brilliant

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Rickie Elizabeth's avatar

They’re desperate to find a scapegoat to rally their supporters against in order to try to alleviate the tension/dissent within the right that threatens power—especially after the Admin’s handling of the Epstein case caused more internal turmoil. This is an attempt to try bring back herd cohesion and tribal mentality, to get MAGA back under control.

We know that this is a weak point, as they’ll keep trying to throw out a new scapegoat to see what sticks. The fractures are an opportunity; if we want to stop authoritarianism, we need to keep trying to unify those they seek to divide (pitting people against each other along party lines) while maintaining dissent within the group they’re trying to unite.

There are Conservatives who are anti-Big Government, anti-elite, anti-Big Pharma, pro-democracy and pro-States Rights. They haven’t gone anywhere, but the algorithms/narratives are trying real hard to make them forget their values (the ones that are now inconvenient), outsource their critical thought, and grab a pitchfork with a more unified MAGA.

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Lorraine Grula's avatar

Hi Jim. Thanks so much for your work. I am reading a lot about the 2025 folks having their fill of Trump, so want to get rid of him via 25th amendment. What is the likelihood T would realize they are wanting to do this, so he dumps Vance and replaces him with Jr. as VP. Is that technically even possible? I tend to think Vance would be even worse than T because he would be less bombastic and vulgar, so could slip stuff under the radar better.

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john king (MY HUMBLE OPINION)'s avatar

There is only one protest sign that adequately covers our numerous grievances: YOU HAVE FUCKED UP EVERYTHING.

If all my fears needed to be expressed in the condensed format of a CNN Breaking News chyron, constantly scrolling across your screen, it would simply state in an endless loop: YOU NEED TO STRIKE AND EXERCISE YOUR 2ND AMENDMENT RIGHTS NOW WHILE YOU STILL CAN....YOU NEED TO STRIKE AND EXERCISE YOUR 2ND AMENDMENT RIGHTS NOW.................

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Madeline Taylor, PhD's avatar

We're building momentum towards more nonviolent noncooperation with this fascist regime. On AUGUST 9th, the people STRIKE! No work, no shopping, no gas, no internet, etc. Shut things down, say NO to the oligarchs and Tech Bro's who think that we and the Earth are commodities, as opposed to the spiritual source of their own well-being.

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RRG's avatar

“…former attempted comedian Rob Schneider….” 👏🏼

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Radaghast's avatar

Donald Trump is coming apart at the seams. The “Epstein Files” issue is helping to drive his disintegration but he’s been falling apart for a long while. Meanwhile the two contending “MAGA”camps, Authoritarians and Oligarchs, are trying to ride that nag over the Project 2025 finish line. At some point soon, though, they’re likely to decide that Vance will be a more viable steed and they’ll find a way to “retire” Doddering Don. They may be worried, though, that if the Epstein Affair goes much farther everyone is going to be revealed as a filthy pedophile. So my prediction is that the current standoff won’t last much longer.

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James Burnham's avatar

Jim, I looked at the crypto download. What's to prevent MAGA/Q/Musk and Co. from doing exactly that to run their Nazi takeover? Or are they doing it already?

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Jim Stewartson's avatar

They’ve been doing it for 15 years. It’s time for us to catch up.

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