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MadameButterfly

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42. I agree: If everyone knew the truth we wouldn't be in this situation

Reply to yardwork (Reply #10)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 09:04 AM

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People aren't really for anything Trump is about. They are for the RW media myth.
The good billionaires can't seem to undo what the bad billionaires have wrought.
All for this RW billionaire fantasy that harms everybody, even the billionaires.

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