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Linda's avatar

I was standing in line at Dollar Tree (which already are raising prices) a customer complained about prices and I replied yes we are the ones paying for these tariffs…Heads nodding others quiet…Speaking the truth feels good….

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Sylvia Arrowood's avatar

And we need to make people aware and not let ignorance continue about what is happening. Thank you for doing that.

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Pat Richards's avatar

Juice last week 2.49 this week 4.69. People in mid west have dollar stores in just about every town and they depend on them because larger retailers like Walmart are about an hour away. Dollar stores merchandise comes mainly from China. People in red states will be boo hooing.

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Kate's avatar

Waah waah!! Don't wanna hear maggots whining! They voted for this!! Can't fix STUPID!!

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olderwoman's avatar

Yeah Dollar Tree will hit the wall soon and everything will start at $5.

We are phasing out the US Penny, I predict a single dollar bill won't be far behind at this rate.

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Mike's avatar

"I predict a single dollar bill won't be far behind at this rate."

When I was a kid we had Five and Dime stores all over here in NW Iowa. Every town had one. They all disappeared and were eventually replaced by all the various dollar stores. Now it looks like they will all become Five Dollar stores. When we had the Five and Dimes they were selling cheap stuff from Japan. Now it's China. I suppose it may be India that will be next up to bat.

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Deb C's avatar

Five Below stores will become Seven Below!

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Diane Ilson's avatar

Or Ten Below

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Schmendryck's avatar

As for the single dollar bill not being Behind, well it may be more economical to wipe our backsides with them at this rate.

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Marlene Susanne Tocci's avatar

Yes. I am 76. I think as talking with my 53 yr old son

He said most places do not take cash anymore. I had a stroke and don't get out. I didn't know.

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Terry's avatar

I live in a small tiny town in NW IL. Everyone takes cash here. To use a credit card, unless you're at Walmart, or the gas station (our only grocery store) or another town that has larger stores, you're charged a 3% fee because they don't have the business where the CC won't charge them a fee. I always find it weird when people say they don't carry cash. We pay in cash, we tip in cash. 🤷‍♀️

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Sarah Haynes's avatar

They don't accept cash in many places in Europe. Want to ride Metro? Tap your credit card (or phone) on the gate to enter. (No ticket booths or machines where you buy tickets. That step is eliminated.) Tap and go. Tap your credit card again when you exit station. Simple direct pay system.

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Terry's avatar

Well, since I'm not in Europe, I'm not worried how Europe does it. Thanks for the info though.

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Sarah Haynes's avatar

Just commenting on a trend. I'm not 'worried'

either.

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HL Gazes's avatar

It is all moving so fast now, isn't it? Take care, Marlene.

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Claire's avatar

Agree! We need 3 word talking points. Not this long winded BS that the dems keep trying to put up on Twitter.

How about

TARIFFS ARE TAXES

AMERICANS PAY TARIFFS

Consumers is a pretty big word!

BIG BAD BILL

TACO

ICE = NAZIS

UKRAINE HAS THE CARDS

STEPHEN MILLER SUCKS

??? more

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Sylvia Arrowood's avatar

Vance is idiotic.

Noem is disgusting

Pete Hegseth alcoholic

Musk drug addict

Leavitt brain washed

MAGA = brain washed.

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Claire's avatar

Miller is toxic

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Ryan Naylor's avatar

Pete KEGseth

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Sylvia Arrowood's avatar

Okay. That is a good one.

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Gadget 49's avatar

Not maga brainwashed!

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Sarah Haynes's avatar

Leavitt is like a Stepford Wife or AI Robot

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olderwoman's avatar

That young black man who got elected vice chair of the democratic party along with David Hogg,

Malcolm Kenyatta,

said on MSNBC it should be

MAKE LIFE BETTER

I would add my own, MAKE LIFE CHEAPER

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Rosann's avatar

Kenyatta ran in the Pa primary along with Conor Lamb in 2022 for Pat Toomey’s seat in the US Senate. Needless to say I regret my primary choice of fetterman. I thought long and hard about who could win the seat, oh well…

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Maryooch's avatar

I like the Stephen Miller Sucks one.

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Suede67's avatar

Me too, "sucks" fits Miller to a T. After all, isn't that what all vampires do? 😝

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Rosann's avatar

He looks like an ugly Colin Robinson, the energy vampire in What We Do In The Shadows (great show btw), who won’t win any beauty contests 😆

Miller is so despicable, beyond words.

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Suede67's avatar

ha ha, love the ugly Colin Robinson comparison. And you are right, Miller is despicable beyond words.

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Ester's avatar

MAGA AMERIKA SUCKS

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Claire's avatar

lol!

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HL Gazes's avatar

Miller terrifies me...he’s a bloody fascist.

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Ryan Naylor's avatar

Melt ICE

Woke patriotism

Big bloated bill

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Ryan Naylor's avatar

Mar-a-landfill

Trash Tower

MAGA - More Americans Getting Angry

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Linda  Greenleaf's avatar

Great ones!

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Terry's avatar

I have called it maralardo for what, 9 yrs going on?

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Morgan's avatar

Woke IS Patriotic!

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Ryan Naylor's avatar

American flags on trucks, 'patriot' in your business name, etc are examples of woke patriotism.

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Sarah Haynes's avatar

if you have to explain it.............

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Michael Krieg's avatar

Aristocrats don't care

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JA's avatar

Neither do OLIGARCHS!

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Bonnie Lane's avatar

Dear Claire- how about “ Medicaid not weekend golf outings for a felon in chief?”

Or “Fund Healthcare not military parade for traitor in chief?”

Difficult to keep it to three words !

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ramona j's avatar

IN TWO WEEKS!!

GIVE ME 24 HRS.

I AM TACO 🌮

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Pat Richards's avatar

DUMPY LOSER TRUMPY TACO

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Megan Rothery's avatar

Call. Write. Email. Unrelentingly.

Use/share this spreadsheet as a resource to call/email/write members of Congress, the Cabinet and news organizations. Reach out to your own reps, as well as those in other states on a specific committee important to a topic you’re sharing. Use your voice and make some “good trouble.”

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13lYafj0P-6owAJcH-5_xcpcRvMUZI7rkBPW-Ma9e7hw/edit?usp=drivesdk

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Pat Richards's avatar

When you look up reps from other states it usually states they only respond to their constituents.

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SLMontgo's avatar

"TRUMP HATES US" "WE'VE BEEN HAD" "ETTD IS REAL" "TACO IS POISON" "STOP THE PARDONS" "NO MORE LIES" "WE PAY TARIFFS" "HE DUPED VOTERS" "OUR LAWS MATTER" "STOP KIDNAPPING US" "WE ARE PISSED" "STOP BEING STUPID" I have more but this is a start. KISS-Just 3 words.

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olderwoman's avatar

STOP THE TARIFFS

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ramona j's avatar

My Deals Suck

BIG Beautiful Lies

TDS=Trumps Deals Suck

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olderwoman's avatar

Taht’s not bad Ramona

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ramona j's avatar

Hi OW ! Miss ya! Been very busy

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SLMontgo's avatar

"SOS USA SOS" "LIFE OR DEATH" "NO CRIMINAL POTUS" "MAGA IS DEATH" "IGNORANCE IS CURABLE" "DRAIN THE CONGRESS" "TREASON WON'T WORK" "NO MORE SEDITIONISTS" (yeah, big words suck as messages)

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Claire's avatar

Excellent! We need to send these to our representatives.

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Sarah Haynes's avatar

Stop the REAL Steal

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ShelbyRae Lane's avatar

You're exactly right Michael Cohen! Tim Walz already knows this. He said stop being nice. Call him what he is. Tim Walz talks to real people. Everyday working class Americans. He cusses mildly like most Americans. People relate to him. People relate to AOC and Jasmine Crockett the same way. Democrats just need to speak plainly like real people. And call TACO a LIAR, a Convicted FELON, a CRIMINAL, a COWARD, and a CON MAN picking our pockets. Tariffs ARE taxes on Americans.

Call it out plainly, simply, the way it is.

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olderwoman's avatar

I agree with you completely Shelby, Walz, AOC, Crockett and I would add Malcolm Kenyatta, he's great too. Relatable.

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Kate's avatar

Yup call him what he is!! A 34x CONVICTED FELON RAPIST! IMPEACH IMMEDIATELY!!

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susan conner's avatar

The picture of the maga hat with tag "made in China" should be blasted all over the Internet and on billboards, especially in maga country. Perhaps make the tag larger, made in china in red ink.

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Melanie Underwood's avatar

Change the words on the hat to MADE IN CHINA. Everyone knows what the red hat means.

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Sylvia Arrowood's avatar

Yes that brainwashed people wear them.

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Masha's avatar

Love that

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Marlene C's avatar

Americans pay tariffs!

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Ed Garland's avatar

Michael, thank you! You've provided the who, what, where, and how. Clarity is the stone in the slingshot. Now, if only the Dems pick it up--aim at the head and let MAGATS have it.

btw: I don't recall anyone ever advertising that all of Dump's campaign crap is made in China. You're the first, as best I can recall. Once again, Sir, thank you.

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Linda C's avatar

We should be calling this TRUMP TAXES

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olderwoman's avatar

That and also

Trump Tariffs

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Claire's avatar

Excellent!

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lynn marcus's avatar

Hey Michael Cohen. This is your best yet. Let's put our heads together and figure out a way to get these three word slogans out there, not just to people who read your posts!!! Can we all contribute to a fund to take out billboards across the country especially in TACO states???? Let's do something. I'm in.

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sbchica's avatar

Every single time I go to any store or gas station, I attach one of the nifty anti-chump tariff decals onto the product or the gasoline handle. I got these decals on-line; it just makes me feel better to do it. They're pretty funny too.

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James Seever's avatar

You are correct about the necessity to use the slogans. American voters seem to prefer slogans over details, anymore. TAT Tariffs are Taxes... I Agree 100%.

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Karin Clarke's avatar

June 14 NO KINGS! Get in the streets all over America!👍🏼💪🏼🇺🇸

Tariffs are taxes!

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Deborah Alecson's avatar

Fabulous piece, Michael. I love, "...the crystal ball turned to fog." I am part of a resistance group in my community in the Berkshires, MA, and we are having a protest at Town Hall in Great Barrington on June 14, 12-2. I have a megaphone and you bet I will be screaming, " Consumers pay taxes!" "We deserve better!" And, "Go fuck yourselves, Trump, Miller, and Vought!"

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Patricia Brady-Danzig's avatar

I just read that the GOP is out raising Democrats for new voters. Not good news!

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Kate's avatar

I'm hoping people are pissed enough to never vote gop again!! They may be out raising $$wise but voters will have the last word if we're even ALLOWED MIDTERMS!!

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Clarity…. LWest's avatar

GOP will do anything no matter how despicable they become..💯

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Theresa Hylton's avatar

I will continue to support Costco. Have cut ties with others though. Surprised to see red hats in there though.

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