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So Much for the ☮️Peace☮️ 🫏Candidate🐘

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Trump Admin: “Bombs Away” in the New Cold War What a disappointment! Donald Trump is, no doubt, proving to be truly worthy of the office he holds, regardless of the rhetoric by Trump and his MAGA coalition, anyone who heard his posturing and saber-rattling towards Iran and Venezuela and China and Gaza on the campaign trail, should’ve known better than to think Donald Trump was for peace. However, many of us—including myself— did. The Freedom Manifesto is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Maybe it was the constant repetitive chants all up and down the campaign trail, media appearances, and wherever else he might pop up, he never let up on his claims of “no new wars”, and pontificating braggadocio about all the wars that were “ended” or “avoided” by him being in office. The big one for me, however, was during his controversial Town Hall on CNN with Kaitlan Collins, airing adjacent to the Republican Prima...
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Fear and Loathing at the Cleanse Clinic

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"He who makes a fool of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a fooled for the first time." It was just after eight, early August, at a manufacturing plant, three blocks East of Dixie Highway. A call came through from a phone line, somewhere downtown. That’s when the fear took hold… My phone rings. A startling ring. It’s all that I hear. Jeez, why is it so loud. Fuck! ear buds. I furiously tap my ears to silence the sound. First thought, bill collector. It’s the only calls I get. Take a number, asshole. I take my phone out, to swipe “Ignore,” but pause on the number. It a local number. 502 area code. Maybe I should take this. I head from my work area towards the break room. Turn off Bluetooth to disconnect the earbuds and slide my finger across the touchscreen to “Accept” it. Here goes. Maybe it’s a social quirk, maybe my generation. I used to talk on the phone for hours. Nowadays I’ll press ignore in a heartbeat to send you a text. I can think through what I am about to s...
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