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BizzyBuzz's avatar

I hope rising prices are what finally gets his devotees to turn against him. That and the burying of the Epstein files. They don’t seem to be disturbed by anything else that he does.

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Brexx Gabriel's avatar

That’s literally what I’ve been saying. Hopefully rising inflation and an eventual recession or collapse of the economy will finally wake people up.

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Diane J's avatar

Unfortunately some many are so brainwashed they'll blame the Democrats instead of the real instigators and their demented orange leader.

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Fielding Melish's avatar

get a life

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Leah Baum's avatar

sbv scammer bot has been reported and blocked. I suggest you do the same.

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MAHA=DomesticTerrorists's avatar

America is actually closer to the Trump Depression. Recession would actually be the best case scenario and we know the corpos and Dementia Don are too incompetent to fix it. While the billionaire parasites actually want a Recession because their goal is to turn America into Muscovy. (Ukrainian word for the Ruzztards). While they will hurt with a Depression.

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mark hovanec's avatar

It's insane that the Wall Street Journal is boasting that (his) tariffs are working so well !!!!!

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Leah Baum's avatar

WSJ is owned by Rubert Murdoch who owns faux noise. Not a reliable source for news.

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mark hovanec's avatar

Well that explains everything. There was a time (yes, sadly old enough to remember), when they were respected for financial credibility. I think Murdoch should be ousted from any US ventures. His influence has been far-reaching globally. He's as evil as the tRump clan.

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Leah Baum's avatar

You can thank Ronald Reagan for allowing Murdoch to lie as much as they do. In my opinion he was one of our worst POTUS.

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KCM's avatar

This was an excellent explanation of the currently economic landscape. Very easy to understand for a lay person’s perspective. We need to share it to others who are duped into thinking tariffs are good for our country. Thank you!

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The Orange Cheeto’s Blatant Plan for Election Subversion

Yesterday Cheeto unabashedly claimed that the Nazi party was gerrymandering in Texas so the Nazis would pick up 5 Texas legislative seats in the upcoming 2026 midterms(https://bit.ly/4kJXnyG) The mid decade redraw is pin ootentially illegal but being forced by Cheeto’s DOJ in order to target areas which have sizeable Latino and Black populations

The obvious mockery of the Voting Rights Act is beginning to show Nazi attempts to secure some election wins Cheeto sees the rope tightening around his neck with the Epstein file fiasco….word has it that they will release the client files in the next couple of weeks….and his highly unpopular ICE detention of immigrants in concentration camps Not to mention the loss of health care for 17m Americans and loss of food benefits for another 10m

But get ready folks This is just the beginning of how Cheeto and his Nazi sycophants are going to try to rig the 2026 midterms

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Bluesmurf's avatar

Since no significant "loss" of medical care and food benefits are slated to begin until after the Mid-terms, that needs to be added to the sneaky and underhanded way the "R's" <rubes> will try to convince their MAGA base that they are not being hurt by the Big Ugly Bill or the changes in redistricting.

Start pounding on Congress daily - also let your State legislators, AG and Governor know that you know that this is something that is going on and you will not tolerate it in your state.

Contact any orgs that have a legal team or are a legal team to start filing lawsuits regarding redistricting as soon as possible so that it can be adjudicated before the election.

Call the Capitol Building: (202) 224-3121

• Try out 5 Calls App from your App Store to Assist!

Who are my Congressional Leaders in Washington, DC?

https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

Who are my State and Local Leaders?

https://myreps.datamade.us/

Contact Hakeem Jeffries

Comments from the American People

https://democraticleader.house.gov/contact

ACLU - 1 (212) 549-2500

AARP - 1 (888) 687-2277

Contact the DNC

https://democrats.org/contact-us/

Contact the DCCC - (202) 863-1500

https://dccc.org/contact/

Pound on the Republicans!

RNC - https://gop.com/contact-us/

NRCC - https://act.nrcc.org/contact-us/

1-888-606-1023

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https://substack.com/@bluesmurf

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Protect the Vote's avatar

Excellent thanks for your important info For casual observers these are references to what the Nazis did in the 2024 election to subvert the results

Rockland County Board of Elections vs SMART Legislation to be heard Sept 2025

https://bit.ly/43Hm61y Dissent in Bloom Substack June 2025

https://bit.ly/4n3TeIr SMART Elections Substack 2.25

http://bit.ly/4kZqXAH Morningstar coverage 5.25

https://bit.ly/43BfwJJ Economic Times 6.25

https://bit.ly/4l5EAP6 Reddit article 4.25 Review of voting in Pa and NV

Greg Palast Vigilante Challenge https://bit.ly/3XUt1kr or bit.ly/43K4Gl2 have to pay to get the documentary/audio of interview bit.ly/41UelTx this is free

Election Truth Alliance(ETA) ongoing statistical analysis of precincts in swing states

website electiontruthalliance.org videos are very convincing

Russian interference https://bit.ly/4l6AlCU\

Substack resume https://bit.ly/43ZBNkO

Also what the Nazis have done since being in power

Elias timeline of DOJ antivoting strategy https://bit.ly/4lgGD36

Cheeto blatant notice to rig Texas elections https://bit.ly/4kJXnyG

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Diane Ilson's avatar

Remember some of those cuts to Medicaid & SNAP don’t take effect until AFTER the 2026 midterms, so many will not notice any change for a while. But the tax cuts for the ultra rich and corporations take effect now AND they are permanent! Remember all this when you start to complain to your newly elected Democratic (hopefully) representatives that all of a sudden they’re losing benefits and things are costing more if even available.

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Protect the Vote's avatar

good points

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Richard France, Ph.D.'s avatar

Own up, America ! Our Hitler wannabe made no secret that his return to the White House would be a "retribution tour" -- and still you voted for him. NOW REAP WHAT YOU HAVE SOWN !!!

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Chris C's avatar

Unfortunately, those of us who never voted for him will also have to reap!!!

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Pam Abernathy's avatar

Thank you for the comprehensive information.

My husband of many decades has sadly gone far right.

He denies what is happening around us (we live in Ventura County, Southern California & he commutes to LA County for work most days.)

We live 20 minutes away from where the first farmworkers were chased through the strawberry fields, violently kidnapped & disappeared.

A professor of mathematics & philosophy from the adjacent campus of California State University at Channel Islands (in Camarillo) was detained for a lengthy period because he was there as a witness when ICE raided a legal marijuana grow business (Glass House Farms) which resulted in the death of 1 person who fell 30' while trying to hide from ICE.

The professor is brown. And a citizen of what used to be the usa.

We are living in The Fourth Reich.

We, the people, are The Resistance.

Keep your courage.

Speak up. Do what you can.

We are united more than ever.

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Jennifer Cummins's avatar

I saw this on the MTN on all 60” of my mounted flat screen TV at 3 am this morning, and it had me laughing, which was a great thing, since I was up that late, or early (D/R, same coin, different sides), until the more sobering news about what is happening to our economy. Thank you; I needed that

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Linda's avatar

Dump the Frump!

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Judy Cross's avatar

I live in a small town in Michigan and I can vouch for groceries going up. In my last two trips to the grocery store, buying only essentials and no meat, I have spent a little more each time. $8 extra the first time and a little over $10 extra the second time. Gas is $3.17 today and usually it goes down to $3 or $3.03 and then jumps to $3.40 every time. Goes up by 40 cents and comes down pennies at a time. All of our gas station are always the same price. No competition. I have already found myself doing without some groceries that I wanted.

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Paul's avatar

See the corporate media is not reporting this as a "hair on fire" moment. they are treating at like a "wait and see" maybe the tariffs will have an impact maybe they won't. I mean, really??? One point they don't seem to focus on is that the tariffs haven't actually been implemented, not really? And from my observation, it is summer, people are still traveling, eating out ... restaurants are packed with long waits, people are shopping, I would like to believe everything is going to be okay and we can weather the storm until we can vote in a better administration, I don't know.

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E L Nolan's avatar

Having been part of the group of people who paid mortgage interest at 13%, I'm not having any sympathy for those have to pay 7%. And I had/have excellent credit.

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Teresa JV's avatar

Excellent information! Thanks!!

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DebPer's avatar

Im afraid to buy coffee anymore!

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Colleen McGloughlin's avatar

I buy coffee when it’s on sale. That said, in January on sale meant 6.99 for 12 ounce pkg. (Remember when we bought coffee by the pound?)

Today in the exact same store, the sale price is 8.99. It may be the one thing i buy anyway. 🤷🏻‍♀️ But i will piss and moan about it, too.

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DebPer's avatar

Vermont Coffee was $12 a bag, $10 on sale. Now its $15.

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Colleen McGloughlin's avatar

Gah! I feel your pain. Really.

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Thomas Thompson's avatar

My favorite multi-grain bread was $1.99 when Trump took office. Now it's $3.29 and I have a different favorite bread that is far inferior but much cheaper.

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Andy's avatar

🍁 Elbows UP! 🏒

The next big action for democracy happens TOMORROW:

Good Trouble Lives On

Thursday July 17th 2025

https://goodtroubleliveson.org/

Freedom Highway, written in 1965, calls out injustice, and rallies people to walk in defiance because the fight for freedom and justice is always ongoing.

Bring your voice, and take the next step with us.

The Specials - Freedom Highway

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wfSTXDOURFI

Indivisible

https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/

American Civil Liberties Union

https://www.aclu.org/action

No Kings

https://www.nokings.org/next

Women's March

https://action.womensmarch.com/calendars/free-america-weekend

50501

https://www.fiftyfifty.one/events

MoveOn

https://www.mobilize.us/moveon/

Public Citizen

https://www.mobilize.us/publiccitizeninitiative/

🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁

Juzzie Smith - SUPERHEROS Offical Video

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=37J2vb81Z8o

🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁

Here are resistance related guides from around the world:

🇺🇸 Fundamentals of physical surveillance: a guide for uniformed and plainclothes personnel

https://archive.org/details/fundamentalsofph0000silj

The RCMP has its own publications including:

🇨🇦 GCPSG-022 (2025) - Threat and Risk Assessment Guide

GCPSG-010 (2022) - Operational Physical Security Guide

🇨🇦 GCPSG-019 (2023) - Protection, Detection, Response, and Recovery Guide

https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/physec-secmat/pubs/index-eng.htm

The non-profit Electronic Frontier Foundation also has excellent guides on:

🇺🇸 Street Level Surveillance

https://sls.eff.org

🇺🇸 Surveillance Self-Defense

https://ssd.eff.org/

🇪🇺 🇸🇪⚠️ Resistance Operating Concept

https://jsou.edu/Press/PublicationDashboard/25

🇺🇦 🇺🇲 Radio Free Ukraine Resistance Manual

https://radiofreeukraine.com/3d-flip-book/resistance-manual/

⚠️ John Hopkins University:

Assessing Revolutionary And Insurgent Strategies (ARIS) Studies

This one is used a lot by ICE, so the Trump Regime keeps suppressing it. Here are alternate links as it keeps getting moved around by the good guys:

Small Wars Journal

Assessing Revolutionary and Insurgent Strategies (ARIS) Project

https://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/blog/assessing-revolutionary-and-insurgent-strategies-aris-project

Author's website:

On Resistance, Revolutions, and Insurgencies

https://zimmerer.typepad.com/resistance/

Free PDF download of the book from the original author:

Casebook on Insurgency and Revolutionary Warfare, Volume II 1962 - 2009

http://zimmerer.typepad.com/Documents/ARIS%20Casebook%20Vol%202%202012%20s.pdf

⚠️ Civilian-Based Defense: A Post-Military Weapons System

https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/resource/civilian-based-defense-a-post-military-weapons-system/

🏁 Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States Office of Strategic Services

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184?ref=404media.co

⚠️ Library of Congress

Revelations from the Russian archives: documents in English translation

https://www.loc.gov/item/96024752

🏁 Robert Reich/Resistance School

Communicating Across Difference

https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaT8gjnOmQl3dguy0_E0vVCL5ZYEyCTzu

🏁 Bernie Sanders:

https://m.youtube.com/@BernieSanders

🏁 CPJ Committee to Protect Journalists:

Safety Kit

https://cpj.org/safety-kit/

🏁 Activist Handbook:

https://activisthandbook.org/introduction

(⚠️ These are USA sponsered websites. Some publications may have been removed by the Trump regime)

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