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The consequences are tangible.
• Is that ICE agent real?
• Am I being entrapped?
Democratic trust dies in ambiguity.
If DHS can go undercover digitally, it only emboldens real impersonators. Fake agents. Fake badges. Fake warrants.
We’re living in a dangerous fog of official mistrust.
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DHS didn’t just monitor. They pretended. Fake names. Fake stories. All to gain access to online communities — especially immigrant ones — under false pretenses. This isn’t just online espionage. When our government wears a digital mask, how do citizens distinguish real authority from scams in vests?
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This is beyond dangerous and strategically incoherent. He has:
• Zero understanding of Middle East alliance dynamics.
• No respect for international law or consultation with Congress.
• A destructive impulse to act first, then retroactively justify.
We gave a dystopian dictator the nuclear codes.
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Media is drowned out by disinformation echo chambers – supercharged biased algorithms on billionaire-owned platforms rewarding outrage vs truth.
People are tired. Afraid. Inflation, burnout, disillusionment, living in a country where gaslighting is a national sport. They’re retreating into apathy.
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The courts are slow, fractured, and in some areas compromised. Strategic appointments and delays have turned into prolonged procedural purgatories.
Congress is paralyzed. Those with a spine risk retribution or primary challenges from MAGA if they speak out. So most fall in line, or stay silent.
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donald doesn’t solve problems – he manufactures people to distract from the consequences of his own weaponized incompetence and ignorance. His detachment from the everyday realities of regular people (like the concept of groceries) is precisely why his “solutions” are making things worse.
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WMT keeps just $2.60 for every $100 in sales after covering: Labor, Logistics, Rent, Shrink, Utilities, Taxes, COGS
Telling them to just absorb it because they “made billions” is like telling us to survive rent or grocery hikes with no extra income because paychecks look big before taxes and bills.
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Under donald’s economic circus, that’s exactly where we’re headed: a nation that can no longer be trusted to honor debts without drama or run its government without egomaniacal threats. Investors and other world leaders aren’t just hedging against inflation – they’re hedging against insanity.
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It is ironic and indicative of Zuck’s $$$ for regulators to ban TikTok only to strengthen Meta’s market dominance, given that Meta itself faced antitrust scrutiny. A TikTok ban (really a removal of first amendment rights) should lead to stricter antitrust enforcement against Meta.
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With TikTok banned, Meta gets a huge advantage, consolidating a dominant position in social media markets internationally, especially the U.S. This gives Meta a quasi-monopoly on short-form video content, no others have the scale or reach to replace TikTok in the US. Fake security concerns for Zuck.
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A monopoly stifles voices and innovation, reduces choices for consumers, and leads to higher costs for businesses on Meta. Valid concerns legally?