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GREIW's avatar
Oct 5Edited

Thanks for opening the eyes of the confused and wrapping up some loose ends for others in relentless pursuit of those motivated to RISE UP -RESIST -REVOLT -RECLAIM -REBUILD W/O RACISTS or SUPREMACY of any kind! This is America the Land of Immigrants! These people are committing Treason, have admitted their declaration of war on America therefore IMO it’s time for the Military Brass to step in and remove all of these Traitors!

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Ethan Faulkner's avatar

Thank you so much for your passionate words, Greiw. It means the world to know this message is reaching people with your fire and spirit.

​You are absolutely right that they use racism and supremacy as weapons—it's one of their most powerful tools for the "Great Distraction" to keep us fighting each other while they consolidate power.

​But that leads to the most dangerous trap, the one my article is a warning against: hoping the "Military Brass" will save us. The entire purpose of the "Iron Cage" is to purge anyone who would choose the Constitution over the executive. We cannot ask the guards to free us when the warden is the one who holds their leash.

​Our solution has to come from us, from the ground up. Thank you for being one of the ones ready to build it.

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Kristin Newton's avatar

Sorry that I can’t afford to become a paid subscriber. I believe that there are many who would also like to know more but without a stable income we hit so many paywalls. That’s capitalism, alas.

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Ethan Faulkner's avatar

All of the important information will always be free. The paid articles hold the narrative techniques and behind the scenes for our workflow process.

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Kristin Newton's avatar

Thank you!

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Christina Gurchinoff's avatar

Someone put it very succinctly: The Southern problem has never been completely dealt with. 8 years in N. Carolina proved this to me. Generational racism is so deeply imbedded you’d think it was genetic! They’ll do anything to maintain their “slave mentality” These are their boots on ground. The residents in the cities are their governments little destroyers in neighborhoods wreaking havoc on white peoples who disagree with them. Violent to the point of killing people if the heat gets turned way up in their heads. They protect the state. It’s genetic, I swear! I don’t know how we’ll solve for that. It’s major re-booting of brains, I’m afraid. The little armies on the ground (the racists in the neighborhoods you don’t know are racists and they hate white people, too. If you’re not one of them forget about it. Then you’re probably —a Yankee or a person from up north or a fruit and a nut from California. — they don’t know the generals they are fighting for. They just know it’s their k job and “Fuck the Feds” is their linking up motto. So the Feds have become the enemy - let me remind people that I’m talking about white peoples. Hate crimes against us go unnoticed because it’s white on white. I’ve been a victim of several horrible hate crimes I couldn’t even wrap my head around this kind of hate! It taught me one big lesson - I know how it feels to be hated furiously and I know what this kind of racism is and how it feels and to remember that black people have lived this away, around these people with fury in their blood, full of hate and they are still way pissed off about losing the Civil War. So that is their Why. One southern guy I got in a discussion with told me that we didn’t have a right to their property (slaves - people) and I said People cannot be owned property - and basically we had to agree to disagree. When they say we violated their property rights which was owing slaves - owning people - violated property rights and they are serious 100% - baked in - it goes so deep I can’t even call it deep - genetic and baked in is as close as I can come to describing how serious this problem is. Mostly they don’t really know who it is they are protecting they just know they have to do it as they’ve watched all the previous generations do it. This same guy who told me we Yankees violated their property rights also told me he has an uncle who derserves his million dollar home because some people do. They just do. He categorized home self as one who doesn’t deserve it. The matter of fact way he said it - when I said And you don’t deserve a nice business or high paying job or a nice house like your uncle? He said emphatically “NO!” This guy is blond haired blue eyed white guy. I don’t think he’s one of the violent ones but he’s been on both ends of beatings. Most of them have. They win some lose some and it’s a truce and a pecking order in the slave mantality with white on white continues. IF they can get away with seriously maiming or killing a blacks person they will. It’s just harder now since we have laws against that. They don’t thoroughly understand who they are fighting for or why exactly anymore but know they have to. Tia lady told me once that “They do important stuff over in Raleigh” she’s talking about the state government. She doesn’t know the name of the governor but she’s heard it and wouldn’t know a senator or a house rep name - maybe Tilly’s. They do get some heroes and villains. The fight is fury red eyed hate and these people do real hate crimes. They must be in charge. They must be over you. By might and fight if you’re the “substitute slave” you are not ever invited to be one of them - not a white Yankee. No way. Never. You don’t even have to do or say anything and you’ll have chopped up animal parts all over your front yard grass. The hate and fury is aggressive, violent and silent.

That was my experience. I thought they’d kill me if they could get away with it and even though the cops hated me too and ignored the hate crimes, blew them off and would say, Oh we don’t take reports on that kind of stuff. Or Did you see them? Well no eye witness and shrug it right off. They have the residents believing that shit. Or they say Go to the Magistrate. That’s the 24/7 judge you report your case to or they determine if you have a case. If you do you tell it to them sitting behind a 3 inch thick bullet proof glass leaned back in an office chair watching judge Janine pirro. If you have “a case” they give you some forms to fill out then it goes into “a shoot” where a real judge will review it and assign you a court date that will not be sooner than 30 days and if the perp shows up you probably lose. That’s the way that hate shit works down there. I lived it. It makes me so hurt to know black people have been dealing with that shit for generations and generations! A whole fucking population of human beings in this United States. Like I said if they can get a black person they will. They plan and scheme and watch a good long while and they plan…silent little worker bees or the front line hateful armies with deadly plans. They think it’s their job. Protecting an invisible “care taker who has their back” over in Raliegh. So it’s the State. And that explains their motto of “fuck the feds” Spray painted on the roads and sidewalks in neon paint.

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Milret2@gmail.com's avatar

I am a retired Chief 4 Army warrant officer and I fully agree with what Ethan says above. Our federal military services are very good at their job … which will not be rescuing our country from the current situation it is in. That is the job of the American citizens, our civilian legal system, our journalists, our civilian law enforcement services, and our courts.

Our militaries exist to protect us not from enemies with in but instead to deal with external threats. Also, what I hear is the generals and admirals were not at all impressed with the very little and inadequate major with his stage presence who is a rather useless tool who is not that big of a problem.

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Leslie Davis's avatar

I’d really like to think that this would happen. To coin a phrase: ‘let’s see what happens.’

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GREIW's avatar

It’s up to us to make it happen! There are approximately 150 people who have chose to follow me and help make Americans aware of what our Constitution calls for when dealing with Traitors! We start with words matter! We must encourage every person with a platform to speak the truth in this regimes field of lies; tRump lost to a Black Woman; President Kamala Harris Won! Her presidency was hijacked thanks to Elon musk and his election tampering! Everything they are doing is illegal and We The People will be certain they face the justice outlined by our forefathers in our Constitution! The republicans use this tactic; short messages, repeated frequently, by everyone, on all platforms, until they convince themselves it’s truth!

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Christina Gurchinoff's avatar

I have been “dis owned” by Democrats who I floated these exact thoughts to. I resigned from the Democratic Party during trumps first campaign. When legacy media followed Trump around giving him free campaigning. The last straw was the day the cameras followed him with toilet paper stuck to his shoe. It would have been funny if it wasn’t on top of months of free advertising for a guy I knew was a sicko. I left the Dem Party and wrote to the DNC and demanded they remove my name from the data base! I wandered around in the www wilderness beside myself and I didn’t know there was an arm of the Dem party called Progressive. I finally came upon Beau of the Fifth Column and that led me to others. Since then I see some other things and I’ll talk about it a little bit to test the temperature. If it’s rejected outright I’ll persue it, like the rigged election that lost our candidate. I believed trump I election was rigged - in his favor. I thought it for a long long time before I said it. Eventually I found some other quiet believers. I’m surprised I didn’t find you! I might have but these folks slide in, leave a quick *election was rigged* kind of message, I’ll reply and I never see them again. That one has been a really hard one to have traction. There’s the guy with the law suit against everyone and everything from the voting machines to the departments of justice to idk he must name himself or maybe we the people vs 20 litigants. Are you familiar with him? Then what’s his name the black house of reps guy who has worked endlessly to have Trump impeached. For years! this man has been on his own! No Democratic support. Treat him like a radical outcast! It’s terrible! Finally we got some names into it but damn it was a hard long road to doing what had to be done - or it would lead to THIS. I really understand your frustration and anger. I finally discovered Centered America in my most recent quest for truth tellers. Thank god for them. They were pretty new only maybe 100 or so followers then I found firebrand and finally I’m here. Exhausting isn’t it! I slept a few hours earlier to night, my housemate was noisy and woke me up now I can’t get back to sleep. I’ve wanted to do my necessary reading but was sidetracked with some urgent Venezuelan reading and holy shit! Trump has had it in for that country for ever! I’ll write about that later. I finally found Ethan and this rebellion group. Best of the Best! I’m dying to be on the Council and be part of that problem solving mission. Knowing folks aren’t sitting around dreaming of a time Dems are gonna act like they give a damn…Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer - I’ve been done with them for a long time, too. I can’t get over the fact that Dems abandoned the ship a long time ago and they are not coming to the rescue! I have to believe they are part of it. I’ve concluded that Dems are up to the neck in the financial part of the maga regime and their profits in owning shares in old ways of producing dirty energy and so forth are more important than people who made and are making this nation. It really is up to us to do the job they aren’t going to do. Can you imagine being a Jasmine Crockett - on her own!!! jesus. Hard to wrap my head around the entire Democratic Party jumping ship?! Cray-zee!!!

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Schmendryck's avatar

Even Beau couldn't keep it steady under this insanity regime & had to step away. But the ideas are what's important, & what stays (along with Belle, in Beau's case) so it really is up to the People to wield the power of sanity, & of change.

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Well, there is a man who laid out a few articles about how the election was rigged … in technical terms. I knew it that day, because I’m technical, too. I just didn’t know how they pulled it off.

Most Dems are only in support of their corporate donors, not regular folks. It’s all about the money.

I left the party in 2016 as well. Fuck those spineless losers. I knew something was wrong then.

But I’ll be damned if I must pay anyone to be part of the solution. I come from the 60’s movement. Fuck capitalism to get in the fight. That’s a large part of the problem today and around here anymore.

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Stephanie Gibbs Dunlap's avatar

YES👆Kamala legitimately WON! She had three and a half MILLION MORE VOTES! Than Trump. Elon used his StarLink to switch votes to Trump. Top Political Statisticians have the Verified Facts. Musk stole the election, to put the Child Rapist, and most prolific Cheater at everything, worst pathological Liar - Trump has told more Lies in one term, than ALL the President’s combined going back to George Washington! Americans are standing up, and fighting back! Remember, America 🇺🇸 IF, We can keep it. Tis’ up to ALL of US..🗽 We start on Oct 18 🦅🧐

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KingRayVet's avatar

Oh no. Not sure I understand you correctly, but that wait & see shit got us here in this dark place. 🙄

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Mary's avatar

What are we going to do about it?

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GREIW's avatar

I’m promoting to initially “Coordinate a Simultaneous Mass Arrest” to stop the bleeding and senseless international murder of innocent fishermen! He continues to attack Venezuela hoping they will strike back then he can cancel our midterm election!

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Susie Marr's avatar

I believe that is the plan.

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GREIW's avatar

We’ll start with the current repugnifucks occupying our Oval Office then we’ll work our way backward and round up the rest of the undesirables destroying everything we value along with our Country!

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Christina Gurchinoff's avatar

Mornin friends! I’m glad you’re here. Much love and have hope 🤜🏽🤛🏻

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Christina Gurchinoff's avatar

A future War Council Member

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Pamela Geiger's avatar

I’m wondering what Kamala thinks of all this?

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E. C.'s avatar

There will come a time when military professionals will be forced to make a decision to protect the oath they took or follow a lunatic descending into his own personal hell. There is line we all have. It’s getting closer everyday but so is the lunacy of the destroyer in chief. This dangerous absurdity cannot sustain itself.

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Richard Van Atta's avatar

This dangerous absurdity started with the anointing of Donnie J. Trumphuk as the bombastic frontman with big money propelling his “victory” — and then sending in a crazed wrecking crew headed by hyped up Elon Musk. Make no mistake this has been a well-panned CABAL. Presumably they saw JD Vance as the trainee successor—but likely are disappointed in him. Perhaps they saw venom spewing Charlie Kirk as the next instantiation of their assault. Behind the scenes are the Project 2025 instigators with Vaught as a key author who is now in charge of implementing. Stevie Miller is also likely to continue in his role as the more strident and extreme policy advocate. Trumphuk is temporary — I’m sure Vought / Theil / Musk and the other CABAL maestros are planning g and scheming the succession. The post-Trump chaos will be a shit show. But they want chaos.

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E. C.'s avatar

MAGA likes the hate that Trump spews. They won’t blindly follow the others like they do the destroyer in chief. And let’s pray to god the orange monster isn’t martyred. He needs an illness to do the job.

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Milret2@gmail.com's avatar

I think you see very clearly.

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Richard Van Atta's avatar

Welllll … it’s clear to me we are in midst of a CABAL killing our democracy for personal aggrandizement and extremist hatred of anyone other than “them”…

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Joel's avatar

Yes I am waiting to see the whites of their eyes before I take out my pen and craft the most creative unappealable law with a language so lawyeristic, Even Harvard Law will find it brilliant!!!?

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Christina Gurchinoff's avatar

I’d love to read it! Are you being serious? It sounds super interesting to me and I’d love an air tight constitution based on the one we already have. It’s an excellent framework, right? I’m hopeful you say yeah! The holes trumps merry band of misfits have punched in it were (sorta) inconceivable. Twisting words and making up new definitions, especially using lefty language - this infuriates me! When they claim our words and actions as their own is freaking insanity!

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Richard Van Atta's avatar

It’s NOT the words in the Constitution that’s the problem: it’s the fact that the Supremacy Court installed by the MAGAright has freely misinterpreted and perverted its words and essentially invented entirely specious arguments making the president totally immune and in essence unimpeachable making the presidency completely unrestrained by the Congress or even the Federal Court. None of this is remotely asked on the actual Constitution. The Roberts Court has unilaterally made Trump king—despite the very intention of our Founding Fathers to prevent this.

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Gus's avatar

So true.

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E. C.'s avatar

Yes!

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Laura_Solidarity✊🏻's avatar

I read an article that stated that the Regime is using AI on all of the admirals and generals faces during Hegseth’s shameful speech to determine whether or not they can be trusted to be loyal. Unfortunately, I don’t remember the source, but, I wouldn’t put it past them considering that their plan is to implement AI anywhere they can. tRump and his Regime are obviously Domestic Terrorists and our armed forces take an oath to protect us from all terrorism, both foreign and domestic. I’ve also heard that about 60% of our armed forces support tRump which is a terrifying thought. Our National Guard has already followed unlawful orders from tRump by deploying to the areas that Trump has deemed “a war zone”, which can’t be further from the truth. The military also followed unlawful orders by bombing boats in international waters (Venezuela) while tRump claimed they are drug cartels, the families of the boaters say they were fishermen. I don’t believe a word coming from the Regime or FBI or DOJ anymore.

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Christina Gurchinoff's avatar

Lev Parnas. He has some really good insight as his role was MAGA and then a spy for trumps team who was the hunter then became the hunted. He left MAGA and has been a maga whistleblower after some time in prison when Trump turned on him. His group would be a good partner here.

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Milret2@gmail.com's avatar

Lev has a son named Aaron Parnas. He is also a young man that is well worth reading. Look him up.

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Milret2@gmail.com's avatar

Sorry LCG … right after I posted about Aaron I saw your post …oh well, two recommendations for that young man is not enough;-).

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Laura_Solidarity✊🏻's avatar

No apology necessary…😉🌹

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Laura_Solidarity✊🏻's avatar

I absolutely agree 👍🏻! Lev, Malcolm Nance, and Mike Cohen were the first 3 I followed on Substack besides MeidasTouch. Levs son Aaron Parnas is terrific as well. It’s super important to have trusted news sources now more than ever since our MSM has completely failed us. Thank you 😊 🌹

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Heather Olivier's avatar

ANTIFA means ANTI-FACIST. Trump is fascist.and the only reason trump wants it gone is BECAUSE he himself is a fascist!! He wants to be a fascist KING as he declares war on POVERTY and unleashes ICE to do his unlawful dirty-work while SOLIDIFYING HIS POWER.

I think he’s 4/5 finished with his destruction of America.

WE NEED ALL THE PEOPLE TO STAND UP AND PROTEST NO KINGS 10/18/25

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Milret2@gmail.com's avatar

Also … Antifa is just a description. It is not a group. Anyone who is “Antifa” is simply saying they are NOT a fascist and find fascism evil and unworthy.

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Teresa Rust's avatar

Ethan, thank you for the countless hours of work it takes to write these. It’s so helpful to me to have the pieces brought together for a clearer picture of what they are doing. You are appreciated!

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Sherri J (formerly SDJ)'s avatar

Thank you for making this so clear! I thought that I could not feel more sick, now I feel like I want to puke 🤢.

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Heather Olivier's avatar

This is INSANE. We the people of America need to fight the BREAKING of America by the trump administration!!!!!

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The Flensburg Files's avatar

May I share this and part 1 of your piece in my column The Flensburg Files?

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Ethan Faulkner's avatar

Yes, absolutely! Mii~ I would be honored.

​Thank you so much for helping get this signal out. It means the world that the "Iron Cage" series resonated with you, and every voice that joins the chorus makes our work more powerful. It feels like we're fighting the same fight.

​Please let me know if you need anything from my end to make it easier. Let's keep building. ⚙️

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Kristine Pyzyna's avatar

did you see stephen miller’s slip if the tongue on CNN yesterday when he said under Articje 19 if the US code the president has plenary authority to set loy the military. He then froze dead like mitch mcconnell only his eyes were blinking and he looked like a deer in headlights. They cut the interview and resigned 10 minutes later and when they posted the interview the slip of the tongue moment wasn’t posted but it’s out there. alt national parks posted the link which is where i first saw it. then i found it in you tube at watchlist tty and im told its there are clips on x but i don’t venture into that swamp

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Richard Anderson's avatar

This takeover will be done before the midterms.

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BlkGMagik's avatar

How about you stop writing the never ending articles about what the government can do when you know it’s illegal.

Thanks for never thinking about a solution for the people.

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David G's avatar

What's your solution?

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BlkGMagik's avatar

First: if white stopped acting like white privilege was going to see them through we wouldn’t be here. Either it’s we the people or not. When Black people started getting attacked you were silent: it’s not about race. You didn’t care. Now, they are in Chicago kicking down apartment doors and making every tenant exit the building without warrants for ANY AMERICAN CITIZEN. What do you think is going on in Portland? He stopped federal money from going to 16 Democratically run states. Though the funds have already been allocated by Congress.

We have to shut the country down. No workforce. We didn’t pay taxes to help an authoritarian implement his personal ideologies.

We all have to work together TODAY. There’s nothing to think about. There’s no forced labor in this country. We can’t keep the wheels rolling. If we do we’re assisting in our own demise.. He’s getting worse the more we go on like nothing’s happening!

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David G's avatar

Yes. I'm afraid of where this is going. If we revolt, whites will call it righteous. We will then be no better off than we were.

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Christina Gurchinoff's avatar

I have to agree with your idea of racism and I guess we can call it “white-ism” I’ve written a lot about it lately. I’ll write some thoughts on it tomorrow. I woke up and starting reading people’s responses here and I’m tired as hell.

I appreciate your thoughts.

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ChatterX's avatar

MIGA - Make Imperialism Great Again!

youtube.com/watch?v=H_1WIksJJ8Q

Trump’s Monroe Doctrine 2.0:

youtube.com/watch?v=UAM_HzRAx4Y

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Christina Gurchinoff's avatar

Good links. Explains a lot of international background and orange Rust who hates our march toward World Peace.

Listening for a few minutes is a truth bullet on actual US bomb that targeted a boat of 11 innocent Venezuelan fishermen. That’s a very small boat - not a warship like the one that blew the little boat to smithereens! It’s an outrage and will not be tolerated by us - the builders of a new democracy.

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ChatterX's avatar

The US has a long history of the False flags with bigger boats..

Like the USS Princeton 1844 or USS Maddox Gulf of Tonkin incident 1964..

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Christina Gurchinoff's avatar

Jesús criminy! We grow up romanticizing the USS this and USS that - war ships. They don’t teach about the one on our own Potomac carrying dignitaries for a pleasure cruise that wasn’t very pleasurable. I did make it to the explosion that never happened in 1964 but there were so many others I’ve been busy watching videos and reading old newspaper accounts of boat blasts!

Do you realize the possible rabbit hole of ships that have been blown up in just the last few years? Talking about one where a lady’s body flew through the air like Superman! Or the recent tragedy in Italy!? Yes. I’m sure you’re familiar with them. And another Venezuelan boat with 4 people on it! Holy cow! trumps merry band of misfits need to slow their gd role! War on fisherman, war on generals. Let’s not forget his war on toilets!

Thanks for the mini study session. It was a needed break from my usual consumption. And I learned some stuff, too. :)

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ChatterX's avatar

War pig Bolton bragging about organizing the Coup in Venezuela, 2022:

youtu.be/tzoJ_UVBV7w?t=81

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Christina Gurchinoff's avatar

You’re going to make me Google those? Hahaha What are you some kind of history teacher? :) Well I’m a life-long-learner! It’s true but I am joking with you. ;) and I have a few minutes so off I to 1844 and 1964. I would have been 2 years old and we would have not learned anything, still, and sent innocent unaware American boys to Vietnam Ñam.

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ChatterX's avatar

George Carlin - They want us dumb:

youtube.com/shorts/fZP74rX93Do

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Christina Gurchinoff's avatar

Im saving this one for later.

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Christina Gurchinoff's avatar

Totally sucks! I really have a hard time with unlearned lessons. I hope those bad decisions haunt them from here to eternity. If I have to live with their regret they better have felt it!

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Kristin Newton's avatar

Sorry that I can’t afford to become a paid subscriber. I believe that there are many who would also like to know more but without a stable income we hit so many paywalls. That’s capitalism, alas.

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Elysee Alexander's avatar

Time to strategize. Actually, we already did. But now we need participants. It’s called OPERATION: FLIP. 🤫. Yes. Listen to Newsom. Do exactly what they’re doing to us. Talk to them like they talk to us. Daddy DONNY DOUCHE BAG. It sucks, it’s funnier than shit, and Mr. T is flipping out. Yeah. Get online to his people do a BARBARA QUADE, “ATTACK FROM WITHIN!” Wanna play DARK PSYCH GAMES? Bring it on! PsyOPS! Get the same hats! Fuck it! You know why? Because he’s not the winner! WE ARE! Time to take the WHITE HOUSE BACK! Get in there.

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Cathy Bok's avatar

So what would happen if every (probably blue) state activated their guard for any reason so there were no guardsmen that could be activated by trump? Is that even possibly a way to stop his nonsense?

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