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Karen RN's avatar

And don’t forget his trips to the Super Bowl and Daytona 500 cost us, the taxpayers, an estimated 10 to 20 million.

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Fay Reid's avatar

Great contrasts, Bill. I think we should also point out that while other Presidents were also golfers, none of them profited from golfing on their own personally owned gold courses, nor profited from charging enormous rates for secret service agents to stay at their personally owned facilities.

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Bill Alstrom (MA/Maine/MA)'s avatar

Good point, Fay. The grift and graft is a circular gift for the one who has never been limited.

There was a time when CBS, NBC and ABC would have latched on to these obscene thefts and made the point. But the tentacles of fascism are squeezing tightly.

I feel like there is a "break point" coming soon. But ha ha. I felt that way several times before.

How incredibly numb the entire nation has become.

Decent people to Karma Cops: "You are late!"

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Dave Conant - MO's avatar

Women and old people will lead the way. It's not a good idea to piss off either. Well done Bill, and great graphics.

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Ellin VanLeeuwen's avatar

These messages and exposes need to be constant and LOUD. Where is the volume of outrage to match the outrageous lies (not "falsehoods" or "fabrications") being thrown at us 24/7?

An excerpt from an article titled: Hitler's Oligarchs published in THE WEEK on February 28, 2025:

"Hugenberg (a Hitler funder and director of Krupp A. G.) practiced what he called Katastrophenpolitic, the politics of catastrophe, by which he sought to polarize public opinion and the political parties with incendiary news stories, some of them Fabrikationen - entirely fabricated articles intended to cause confusion and outrage."

Sound familiar? Where are the screamers on our side? I think it is time to combat outrageous with rage.

Bill...feel free to drop me! I type too fast to stop myself sometimes!

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Bill Alstrom (MA/Maine/MA)'s avatar

Dont stop now! We need more. Say it very loud. Have you read Jess Pipers latest? A brilliant bright blue voice in a red jungle.

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Cathy Cohen's avatar

Always great posts !

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Mike Wicklein's avatar

Good post Bill.

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