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On Substack https://ghostoftompaine.substack.com Veteran of a foreign war. Now a soldier in the one here at home. Share name w/ NY Times writer. It'd be far too confusing. Lifelong fan of Paine, so... We Have It In Our Power To Begin The World Over Again
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Chuck Schumer continues to do marvelous work for oligarchs who fund Dem campaigns. Dems & GOP may not be same party, but this funding dynamic ensures solutions only ever go so far (benefiting GOP anti-govt stance) and that any criticism of system is delivered by guy least likely to rile anyone up.

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Serious shit folks. It’s going to happen.

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Will Apple be able to build enough factories and hire enough factory workers in time to produce the iPhone 17 using 100% American-made parts that themselves are made with American-sourced raw materials? Hope those donations to Trump and turning your back on LGBTQIA+ were worth it, Tim Cook…

submitted 12 days ago • 30 comments

This must be reposted and reported everywhere. It's not casual ignorance, it's a careful plan to avoid responsibility, making sure the American people & history have no record of what they're doing.

submitted 20 days ago • 21 comments

Shutting down for a few days. Traveling & taking a short detox. 2 new posts next week on Substack re: FEMA & DOGE. In meantime, stay sane & have a nice weekend. ghostoftompaine.substack.com

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Tesla is making big bets on AI, but investors might have a reason to question where the money is going. If left unexplained, a $1.4 billion discrepancy between the firm’s capital expenditures and the valuation of the assets that cash was spent on, first reported by… news.yahoo.com/news/finance...

submitted 23 days ago • 12 comments

Premier of British Columbia has already been pushing to impose a toll on American trucks. How much more needs to happen before they lock us out altogether? Hate to be Alaskan at that point - will be pretty hard to get any goods up there. If I were Putin, I'd be drawing up attack plans just in case.

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Besides events.pol-rev.com another good organizing site is of course mobilize.us; something to save us or our democracy is happening everyday. The time has come to get involved. The time has come to step outside our comfort zone. Plan, post, or attend an event. LOOK and FIND OUT. Stand up and fight!

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

@chuckschumer.com has decided to charge a $56 (!) entry fee to hear him at his “Town Hall.” This boring useless grifter had better get a grip. It’s past time for him to RESIGN. Meanwhile, Bernie and AOC are drawing in thousands FOR FREE!! @senatedemocrats.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social

submitted 24 days ago • 34 comments

U.S. Air Force will soon have an orange fighter jet shaped like a tiny mushroom that never hits the enemy but claims 100% kill rate w/ zero proof. It'll ultimately be phased out after a few trillion wasted b/c they keep flying up tailpipe of friendly aircraft without warning or consent. rb.gy/unmpzv

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Been saying this for few days now. How many nations boycott Olympics if ICE keeps locking up tourists? For those that come, will their fans? If nations/fans threaten World Cup boycott, would FIFA pivot to alternative sites in Mexico & Canada, our co-hosts? This has makings of huge black eye for U.S.

submitted 24 days ago • 2 comments

Horrific. Zionists clearly learned 'something' from holocaust, but it wasn't the lesson we assumed, that's pretty clear at this point. El Salvador, Israel, U.S. - this is all evil. Oh, and when some MAGA tries to say he was in a hospital, not prison, here you go: www.misbar.com/en/editorial...

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

every person involved in this needs to be in prison

submitted 24 days ago • 1169 comments

U.S. Air Force will soon have an orange fighter jet shaped like a tiny mushroom that never hits the enemy but claims 100% kill rate w/ zero proof. It'll ultimately be phased out after a few trillion wasted b/c they keep flying up tailpipe of friendly aircraft without warning or consent. rb.gy/unmpzv

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My boss wasn't happy when I told him problem I'd promised to solve would never have happened in 1st place if I'd been in charge. When he asked when I'd get it done, told him it would be way worse if he'd hired someone other than me & my drug-addled assistant. He didn't like that either. #TrumpLogic

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My boss wasn't happy when I told him problem I'd promised to solve would never have happened in 1st place if I'd been in charge. When he asked when I'd get it done, told him it would be way worse if he'd hired someone other than me & my drug-addled assistant. He didn't like that either. #TrumpLogic

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Fact: They didn’t fear what breaking the Dept of Education would do to their kids. Their kids are in fancy private schools. They are dismantling the Dept of Ed so our kids have no choice but to be undereducated and work for their kids.

submitted 25 days ago • 968 comments

He’s 100% right and we need dudes who talk like this

submitted 26 days ago • 95 comments

Anyone in the travel/tourism industry needs to brace for a disastrous summer. Billions of dollars lost. Businesses going under. Tourist destinations suffering big time. It's going to be BAD. Travel to the U.S. from abroad is already plummeting & will only get worse if ICE keeps locking people up.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments