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Really need people to stop saying that the Minnesota 15 are going to be fine, that their charges will be dropped like ours. That was four days before trial, was NOT supposed to happen, and only did because of persistent, diligent, and incredible work by our lawyers.

If Jeffrey Epstein is dead, the question doesn’t disappear with him. Predatory appetites don’t retire because one middleman is removed. Power, money, and access have always found ways to protect themselves. Until those structures are dismantled and accountability is done then nothing will change.

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Question for everyone in the #USA: If an enemy state controlled the President, and wanted to completely destroy America - turn you against each other, set state against state, wreck your economy, cut you off from allies, bog you down in forever wars... ...what, exactly, would they do differently?

DHS was created to FIGHT terrorists, not to BE terrorists. It needs to be defunded by congress in 2027, and we should select candidates who run on that platform.

What do these companies have in common? -Cigna -Comcast -General Mills -Allstate -Marriott -Hilton -Walmart -Amazon -Microsoft -Meta All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election. And all have broken that promise.

When oil and tech CEOs are in the loop about his plans to invade a sovereign nation and Congress isn’t, that’s all you need to know about the legitimacy of his actions.

Given our incredible track record of regime changes e.g. Iran (wtf to fubar), Iraq (Saddam to ISIS), Afghanistan (Taliban to Taliban), I’m sure Venezuelans feel pretty good about their prospects.

People being like, "But Venezuelans are happy about Maduro being gone!" have the memories of goldfish. IN 2003, the narrative was that Iraqis celebrated the U.S. invasion and capture of Saddam. Whether they were happy or not, invading Iraq was still the wrong thing to do.

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Iraqis Celebrate in Baghdad Streets
APRIL 9, 2003 • 12:00 AM ET
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Iraqis Rejoice at Saddam's Capture
DECEMBER 14, 2003 • 12:00 AM ET
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All of this is happening because white people got freaked out by a Black president when Obama won, and have lost their fucking minds ever since. That asshole came along and scratched their white supremacy itch, and they haven’t been able to give a shit about anything else.