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Could it be possible that the elections are rigged.

This is apparently some kind of reward/compensation for the grievance because some random IRS person apparently leaked a few tax returns several years ago!

The president of the United States essentially sued the taxpayers to pay him and now because no judge would allow it, decide to drop it, and his puppet justice department is creating a taxpayer fund to write checks to his cronies and supporters. How is this actually happening?! WTAF?! I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING! We are Russia. We have a government exactly like Russia, corrupt and run by oligarchs.. there is no longer even the illusion of representative democracy. It is just corruption it's no longer hidden anymore. It's so blatant and they have so much power and people are so apathetic or supportive they don't have to hide. I can't possibly scream loud enough. But it's useless. I'm screaming into the void and the opposition AKA Democrats are pretty freaking useless. Except some people like Graham Platner but there's only one of him and we need many many more anti-corruption anti-oligarchy change makers.

I truly feel like who cares. This is all just a lost cause and then I am disgusted and outraged and I want to make noise and make a change. The corporate greed and governmental corruption and massive rolling wealth inequality is an untenable situation. But what can be done? Do we just accept this and slowly fade out of existence? What can be done? I mean revolution is what needs to happen; real serious Bastille Day revolution. There's too much division. There's too much hatred. What can be done to make a change?

Biggest grift in American history is happening in broad daylight, right in front of our eyes and republicans are just lying down and letting him get away with it.

Trump’s open corruption is a big FUCK YOU to ALL Americans!

The Trump administration wanting the Justice Department to pay out the violent Capitol rioters is one of the most corrupt, dangerous, and disgusting things this country has seen in a long fucking time. They’re basically telling MAGA: “If you lose the midterms, go ahead and storm the Capitol again. Smash shit, attack cops, threaten lawmakers, spread chaos…and don’t worry, we got your back.” This isn’t about “justice” or “fairness.” It’s a fucking reward system for political violence.

And the timing is not a coincidence either. Right before the midterms? Give me a fucking break. They know exactly what they’re doing. They’re pouring gasoline all over the same rage and conspiracy bullshit that led to January 6 in the first place. Imagine if any other group violently attacked the Capitol and then expected taxpayers to fucking compensate them afterward. Conservatives would lose their goddamn minds. But because it’s MAGA, suddenly violence becomes “patriotism” and accountability becomes “persecution.” This is how democracies rot…when political leaders encourage mobs to act like rabid fucking animals every time elections don’t go their way.

But let’s not get fooled by Trump and his family either. Majority of this money they’re asking for will probably end up being pocketed by Trump and the people around him one way or another. That family has turned politics into one giant fucking business scam for years. They exploit outrage, fear, and blind loyalty like it’s a cash machine. MAGA supporters keep getting played over and over again while the people at the top keep getting richer and richer off the chaos they create.

Please know that I say this as an agrarian rural American myself and that I know there are a thousand exceptions for every generalization.

The notion that rural & southern peoples are largely a bunch of inbred, ignorant, uneducated hicks- one that I’ve aggressively pushed back on my whole life as an oppressive & classist ignorance in its own right- I no longer feel right disputing.

Once, within memory of my lifetime, education deprivation was an absolute, irrefutable causation that rural peoples were disproportionately affected by, not unlike the even more aggressive and intentional education/voting accesses deprived of black Americans since, well, always. It still is, there is no doubt about that.

However, I cannot contribute to the modern plague of general truth denial and turn my head away from the reality that formal education is as inconsequential to one’s capacity for knowledge as it ever has been, and I say this as a man who completed only a semester of highschool.

What have white rural Americans done with the gift of the world’s collective knowledge, histories, and data within the palms of our hands? What have we done with the opportunities presented by internet network expansion subsidies and vital, generously funded private philanthropic programs to fight illiteracy?

We vote to have those opportunities stripped and rolled back. Every single fucking time. It doesn’t seem to be that access is much of an issue these days, as white rural “influencers” will have time to build a strong online following & film themselves shooting a black man at a courthouse after deploying hate slurs, or your PeePaw who sits around posting racist “memes” he made but still can’t deploy proper grammar for, calling people libtards on Facebook all goddam day, and thinking he’s just the most clever fucking person alive for doing so while he pays $6+ for diesel.

We will bitch and demoan the rapid development of data centers in our own backyards, proclaiming them to be for government mass servailance or UFO research, but tomorrow without hesitation would go vote for a 3rd term for the Man who’s sponsoring their appearances. But we won’t do 5 minutes of very basic, 4th-grade level paper research to understand basic facts about them, or fucking anything.

White rural Americans are so fucking stupid and aggressively self-destructive that the only conceivable cause of this that I can reasonably arrive at is an abundance of intergenerational cousin-fucking. I seldom leave my own land much these days because the ignorance and racism that has kept these fucking people in their own prisons of poverty is so fucking enraging I just can’t deal with it.

Go read a fucking book. For fuck’s sake.

The audacity of Donald Trump and his entire fucking family is unreal. They’re out here doing fraud, corruption, grifting, and shady bullshit right in front of the entire country like we’re all too dumb to notice. They don’t even try to hide it anymore because they genuinely think people are fucking stupid and powerless. As long as they keep getting richer, they don’t give a single fuck who suffers, who loses money, who loses healthcare, or who can’t afford food. It’s always about them, their greed, their ego, and stuffing more money into their pockets while regular people drown.

And honestly? Trump probably doesn’t even care anymore that his approval ratings are garbage in his second term. In his first term, he cared because he wanted reelection so he could keep the scam going. Now that he got what he wanted, he’s going all out with the corruption because there’s nothing left to pretend about. Fuck everyone else as long as he and his family get richer. That’s the whole game. That’s why he ran again. And the saddest part is millions of working-class MAGA supporters got completely played by a billionaire con man who never gave a fuck about them. Now people are struggling to survive, can’t afford groceries, can’t afford healthcare, and are getting crushed while these rich corrupt fuckers laugh all the way to the bank. But people are not blind, Trump. A lot of us see exactly what the hell is happening, and we’re sick and tired of these corrupt criminals acting like they’re above the law.

Bill Cassidy learned how to vote “No” against Donald’s horrible policies after he lost his primary.

Why is the former and current Attorney General TRUMPS PRIOR PERSONAL ATTORNEYS???

FUCKING CORRUPT TRAITORS

Elon Musk’s relocation to Texas and the subsequent expansion of his companies (SpaceX, Tesla, and The Boring Company) have led to documented environmental impacts, primarily involving water and air pollution, habitat destruction near sensitive wildlife refuges, and repeated citations from state and federal regulators. 

Defenders of Wildlife
The documented impacts across his major Texas operations include:

SpaceX Starbase (Boca Chica)
Water Pollution: The EPA and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) found that SpaceX repeatedly violated the Clean Water Act. The company’s massive water deluge system, designed to cool launch pads, discharges tens of thousands of gallons of industrial wastewater into surrounding ecologically sensitive wetlands.
Wildlife and Habitat Damage: Launch operations have ignited wildfires that burned surrounding parklands, destroyed endangered bird nests, and scattered metal and concrete debris across protected coastal refuges.
Regulatory Citations: The regulatory compliance at Boca Chica has prompted lawsuits from conservation groups challenging the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and SpaceX. The company has paid thousands of dollars in fines for unpermitted water discharges. 
Defenders of Wildlife

Tesla Gigafactory Texas (Austin)
Wastewater Violations: Regulatory probes revealed that Tesla discharged untreated wastewater into the Austin sewer system without permission. The factory's on-site wastewater ponds, meant for evaporation, were found to have unchecked pH levels containing hazardous toxins.
Air Emissions: Whistleblower reports to the EPA alleged that Tesla repeatedly exceeded permitted air pollution limits at its Austin manufacturing plant and created ruses to hide emissions issues during government inspections.
Toxic Discharge: Environmental testing around the Tesla lithium refinery in Robstown, Texas, showed elevated levels of toxic metals near wastewater discharge points. 
ProPublica
The Boring Company (Bastrop)
Wastewater Concerns: The Boring Company has faced significant pushback and public outcry from rural neighbors over plans to dump treated, nutrient-rich wastewater into the Colorado River, sparking concerns about river health and local water usage. 

So he doesn’t want to be held accountable for all of the grift and thefts he and family have done and will do.

And for your vote and backing he has given you the following:

Wars

High gas prices

High food prices

The loss of your rights to criticize him

The total loss of our democracy

High interest rates

Taken away health care for millions

Given you the choice to either eat, heat your home, or have health insurance

Taken your law abiding neighbors, placed them in detention centers, deported them and separated them from their children

Attempting to take away your right to vote

More to follow.