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rubbersole

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34. Being up against organized unlimited money that has been planning this coup for 30 years...

Reply to Magoo48 (Reply #32)

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 05:55 PM

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...an our once reliable media that respected truth, it does seem like the response isn't even close to being enough.
But on Saturday the turnout at the No Kings protest was amazing. In the normally very laid back Mayberry of the South, New Smyrna Beach FL, there were 2,700 people lining the streets. Three times the size of any of the previous protests. Very encouraging.

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