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They age. They falter.
And when decline sets in, their followers discover the loyalty they gave was never returned.
The Authoritarian’s Decline – They Don’t Live Forever.
#Civics #Democracy #WinesapDispatch
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And when decline sets in, their followers discover the loyalty they gave was never returned.
The Authoritarian’s Decline – They Don’t Live Forever.
#Civics #Democracy #WinesapDispatch
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The Winesap Dispatch -The Authoritarian’s Decline – They Don’t Live Forever
(Originally published as “The Dictator’s Downfall”)
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October 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
They age. They falter.
And when decline sets in, their followers discover the loyalty they gave was never returned.
The Authoritarian’s Decline – They Don’t Live Forever.
#Civics #Democracy #WinesapDispatch
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And when decline sets in, their followers discover the loyalty they gave was never returned.
The Authoritarian’s Decline – They Don’t Live Forever.
#Civics #Democracy #WinesapDispatch
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Party over country was never the plan.
Washington warned us. We didn’t listen.
A Winesap Dispatch: The Spirit of Party and the Call for Institutional Patriotism.
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Washington warned us. We didn’t listen.
A Winesap Dispatch: The Spirit of Party and the Call for Institutional Patriotism.
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The Winesap Dispatch -“The Spirit of Party and the Call for Institutional Patriotism”
Two centuries ago, Washington warned that blind allegiance to party would one day endanger the Republic. That day may have arrived.
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October 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Party over country was never the plan.
Washington warned us. We didn’t listen.
A Winesap Dispatch: The Spirit of Party and the Call for Institutional Patriotism.
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Washington warned us. We didn’t listen.
A Winesap Dispatch: The Spirit of Party and the Call for Institutional Patriotism.
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When those who govern are no longer bound by it -
What holds a nation together?
A Winesap Dispatch Trilogy begins tonight.
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What holds a nation together?
A Winesap Dispatch Trilogy begins tonight.
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The Winesap Dispatch -When Those Who Govern Are No Longer Bound by It.
A Winesap Dispatch Trilogy on Power, Decline, and the Test of Democracy
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October 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
When those who govern are no longer bound by it -
What holds a nation together?
A Winesap Dispatch Trilogy begins tonight.
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What holds a nation together?
A Winesap Dispatch Trilogy begins tonight.
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Freedom for Whom?
“They’re not after me, they’re after you, I’m just in the way.”
“They want to take away my freedom because I’ll never let them take yours.” Then the National Guard shows up.
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🔗 Full audio + post:
“They’re not after me, they’re after you, I’m just in the way.”
“They want to take away my freedom because I’ll never let them take yours.” Then the National Guard shows up.
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The Winesap Dispatch -The Last Brick - “He Ain’t Talkin’ ’Bout Me”
How rationalization, grievance, and hierarchy keep Americans divided against themselves.
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October 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Freedom for Whom?
“They’re not after me, they’re after you, I’m just in the way.”
“They want to take away my freedom because I’ll never let them take yours.” Then the National Guard shows up.
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🔗 Full audio + post:
“They’re not after me, they’re after you, I’m just in the way.”
“They want to take away my freedom because I’ll never let them take yours.” Then the National Guard shows up.
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🔗 Full audio + post:
You were told to hate government. Now it’s being dismantled. Second thoughts? The damage is done, and still unfolding. Who will you blame?
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The Winesap Dispatch - Part II -You Only Miss It When It’s Gone
“By the time you notice, the damage is already done.”
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October 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
You were told to hate government. Now it’s being dismantled. Second thoughts? The damage is done, and still unfolding. Who will you blame?
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The Civil War never fully ended; it merely went underground.
Today’s DEI rollbacks and racial resentment are proof the fight has resurfaced.
The question isn’t whether it’s happening.
It’s whether we’ll recognize it in time.
#TheWarThatNeverEnded
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Today’s DEI rollbacks and racial resentment are proof the fight has resurfaced.
The question isn’t whether it’s happening.
It’s whether we’ll recognize it in time.
#TheWarThatNeverEnded
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The Winesap Dispatch - Part 1 - The War That Never Ends
“160 Years Too Late - And Still Being Fought”
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October 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The Civil War never fully ended; it merely went underground.
Today’s DEI rollbacks and racial resentment are proof the fight has resurfaced.
The question isn’t whether it’s happening.
It’s whether we’ll recognize it in time.
#TheWarThatNeverEnded
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Today’s DEI rollbacks and racial resentment are proof the fight has resurfaced.
The question isn’t whether it’s happening.
It’s whether we’ll recognize it in time.
#TheWarThatNeverEnded
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“33 people read my work in September. That’s not viral. But it’s real, and it’s a beginning.”
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The Winesap Dispatch - A Small but Real Beginning
“Every conversation starts somewhere.”
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October 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
“33 people read my work in September. That’s not viral. But it’s real, and it’s a beginning.”
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Dictators age.
Their systems don’t.
When the façade cracks, who do you trust to inherit the machine they built?
History offers the warning and the test.
#CivicDispatch #HistoryRepeats #PowerAndDecline
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Their systems don’t.
When the façade cracks, who do you trust to inherit the machine they built?
History offers the warning and the test.
#CivicDispatch #HistoryRepeats #PowerAndDecline
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The Winesap Dispatch - The Last Brick - The Dictator's Downfall
“The myth of the indispensable man”
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September 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Dictators age.
Their systems don’t.
When the façade cracks, who do you trust to inherit the machine they built?
History offers the warning and the test.
#CivicDispatch #HistoryRepeats #PowerAndDecline
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Their systems don’t.
When the façade cracks, who do you trust to inherit the machine they built?
History offers the warning and the test.
#CivicDispatch #HistoryRepeats #PowerAndDecline
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The shutdown is a narrative fight.
GOP: loud, coordinated, relentless.
Dems: too often silent.
My new Dispatch → “Make Them Work for It.”
Speak up, or someone else will tell your story.
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#Shutdown #Narrative #Politics
GOP: loud, coordinated, relentless.
Dems: too often silent.
My new Dispatch → “Make Them Work for It.”
Speak up, or someone else will tell your story.
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#Shutdown #Narrative #Politics
The Winesap Dispatch - The Last Brick -Make Them Work for It
Republicans didn’t earn their “One Big Beautiful Bill”, and Democrats shouldn’t hand it to them without a fight.
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September 29, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The shutdown is a narrative fight.
GOP: loud, coordinated, relentless.
Dems: too often silent.
My new Dispatch → “Make Them Work for It.”
Speak up, or someone else will tell your story.
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#Shutdown #Narrative #Politics
GOP: loud, coordinated, relentless.
Dems: too often silent.
My new Dispatch → “Make Them Work for It.”
Speak up, or someone else will tell your story.
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#Shutdown #Narrative #Politics
Comey’s indictment dominates headlines.
But while we watch that…
The FCC weighs a merger that could give Nexstar 75% of U.S. households.
Flag officers to hold unprecedented conference in Virginia.
Distraction is the strategy. Control is the goal.
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But while we watch that…
The FCC weighs a merger that could give Nexstar 75% of U.S. households.
Flag officers to hold unprecedented conference in Virginia.
Distraction is the strategy. Control is the goal.
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The Winesap Dispatch - TheLast Brick - The Suspension That Backfired + ADSD
“ Or the Hard way”
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September 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Comey’s indictment dominates headlines.
But while we watch that…
The FCC weighs a merger that could give Nexstar 75% of U.S. households.
Flag officers to hold unprecedented conference in Virginia.
Distraction is the strategy. Control is the goal.
mfarriormckinney.substack.com/p/the-winesa...
But while we watch that…
The FCC weighs a merger that could give Nexstar 75% of U.S. households.
Flag officers to hold unprecedented conference in Virginia.
Distraction is the strategy. Control is the goal.
mfarriormckinney.substack.com/p/the-winesa...
Jimmy Kimmel is back on the air everywhere. Public pressure worked.
But don’t mistake that for victory.
The real battle is the Nexstar–TEGNA merger. One company could control 75% of U.S. households. That’s not choice. That’s control.
📬 File your FCC protest: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings
But don’t mistake that for victory.
The real battle is the Nexstar–TEGNA merger. One company could control 75% of U.S. households. That’s not choice. That’s control.
📬 File your FCC protest: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings
September 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Jimmy Kimmel is back on the air everywhere. Public pressure worked.
But don’t mistake that for victory.
The real battle is the Nexstar–TEGNA merger. One company could control 75% of U.S. households. That’s not choice. That’s control.
📬 File your FCC protest: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings
But don’t mistake that for victory.
The real battle is the Nexstar–TEGNA merger. One company could control 75% of U.S. households. That’s not choice. That’s control.
📬 File your FCC protest: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings
Hitler made generals swear loyalty to him, not the republic.
When loyalty shifts from the Constitution to a man, democracy is already in danger. #Dispatch3”
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When loyalty shifts from the Constitution to a man, democracy is already in danger. #Dispatch3”
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The Winesap Dispatch - The Last Brick Censorship by Design
Historical Echos
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September 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Hitler made generals swear loyalty to him, not the republic.
When loyalty shifts from the Constitution to a man, democracy is already in danger. #Dispatch3”
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When loyalty shifts from the Constitution to a man, democracy is already in danger. #Dispatch3”
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Uncle Sam doesn’t just want you to vote. He wants you to file a complaint. The FCC can’t ignore it; they are legally obligated to review.
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This is a Winesap Dispatch Part II: Censorship in the Time of Trump
“The needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many.”
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September 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Uncle Sam doesn’t just want you to vote. He wants you to file a complaint. The FCC can’t ignore it; they are legally obligated to review.
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39% cap. Nexstar wants 80%.
When ownership becomes censorship, choice dies before it ever reaches you.
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When ownership becomes censorship, choice dies before it ever reaches you.
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This is a Winesap Dispatch - The Last Brick - When Ownership Becomes Censorship: Why I’m Filing Against the Nexstar–TEGNA Merger
“Silence becomes acceptance.”
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September 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
39% cap. Nexstar wants 80%.
When ownership becomes censorship, choice dies before it ever reaches you.
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When ownership becomes censorship, choice dies before it ever reaches you.
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Trump’s greatest achievement wasn’t a wall or a rally.
It was Operation Warp Speed.
The Nobel Prize is still within his reach.
But not while RFK Jr. keeps poisoning the story.
Read the Dispatch: The Nobel Prize Is Still Within Trump’s Reach
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It was Operation Warp Speed.
The Nobel Prize is still within his reach.
But not while RFK Jr. keeps poisoning the story.
Read the Dispatch: The Nobel Prize Is Still Within Trump’s Reach
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The Winesap Dispatch - The Last Brick -The Nobel Prize Is Still Within Trump’s Reach
What It Would Take to Make It Real
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September 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Trump’s greatest achievement wasn’t a wall or a rally.
It was Operation Warp Speed.
The Nobel Prize is still within his reach.
But not while RFK Jr. keeps poisoning the story.
Read the Dispatch: The Nobel Prize Is Still Within Trump’s Reach
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It was Operation Warp Speed.
The Nobel Prize is still within his reach.
But not while RFK Jr. keeps poisoning the story.
Read the Dispatch: The Nobel Prize Is Still Within Trump’s Reach
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Trump didn’t surround himself with competence; he fired it. He chose misfit toys because incompetence doesn’t question, it only obeys. That’s why it was chosen.
“Incompetence: A Blunt Instrument”, new Dispatch now live.
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“Incompetence: A Blunt Instrument”, new Dispatch now live.
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The Winesap Dispatch - The Last Brick -The Limits of Federal Charges: An Incompetence Dispatch
“Incompetence: A Blunt Instrument”
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September 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Trump didn’t surround himself with competence; he fired it. He chose misfit toys because incompetence doesn’t question, it only obeys. That’s why it was chosen.
“Incompetence: A Blunt Instrument”, new Dispatch now live.
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“Incompetence: A Blunt Instrument”, new Dispatch now live.
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Donald Trump promoted violence and was elected President.
Matthew Dowd assessed its causes and was fired.
When a corporate-owned press is a bargaining chip, free speech comes at a price.
Silence is acceptance.
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Matthew Dowd assessed its causes and was fired.
When a corporate-owned press is a bargaining chip, free speech comes at a price.
Silence is acceptance.
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The Winesap Dispatch -The Last Brick - Free Speech at a Price
“Commentary as Crime”
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September 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Donald Trump promoted violence and was elected President.
Matthew Dowd assessed its causes and was fired.
When a corporate-owned press is a bargaining chip, free speech comes at a price.
Silence is acceptance.
mfarriormckinney.substack.com/p/the-winesa...
Matthew Dowd assessed its causes and was fired.
When a corporate-owned press is a bargaining chip, free speech comes at a price.
Silence is acceptance.
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Tagging @esglaude @Eugene_Robinson @MalcolmNance @CFColemanJr @TheRevAl — worth revisiting your own on-air exchanges with Joe Scarborough on Morning Joe when race and race relations came up. I don’t need to point the way; the record itself is revealing.
September 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Tagging @esglaude @Eugene_Robinson @MalcolmNance @CFColemanJr @TheRevAl — worth revisiting your own on-air exchanges with Joe Scarborough on Morning Joe when race and race relations came up. I don’t need to point the way; the record itself is revealing.
If you’ve seen the Times photo of the fake check, look again. The overlooked Epstein handwritten note at the bottom is the part that really matters.
“Even though I handled the deal, I didn’t get any money on the deal.”
It seems to have defined Trump’s career.
“Even though I handled the deal, I didn’t get any money on the deal.”
It seems to have defined Trump’s career.
September 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
If you’ve seen the Times photo of the fake check, look again. The overlooked Epstein handwritten note at the bottom is the part that really matters.
“Even though I handled the deal, I didn’t get any money on the deal.”
It seems to have defined Trump’s career.
“Even though I handled the deal, I didn’t get any money on the deal.”
It seems to have defined Trump’s career.
Would You Recognize a Constitutional Crisis?
Not everyone will.
A Supreme Court Justice says she wouldn’t.
The question is: Would you?
Read this Dispatch or listen to the audio.
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Not everyone will.
A Supreme Court Justice says she wouldn’t.
The question is: Would you?
Read this Dispatch or listen to the audio.
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The Winesap Dispatch - The Last Brick -Would You Recognize a Constitutional Crisis?
“Not everyone will.”
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September 9, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Would You Recognize a Constitutional Crisis?
Not everyone will.
A Supreme Court Justice says she wouldn’t.
The question is: Would you?
Read this Dispatch or listen to the audio.
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Not everyone will.
A Supreme Court Justice says she wouldn’t.
The question is: Would you?
Read this Dispatch or listen to the audio.
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How long will you wait for prosperity that never arrives?
Billionaires got their cut. Supporters got chaos.
Hope without accountability is nothing more than wistful thinking, waiting in the dark.
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Billionaires got their cut. Supporters got chaos.
Hope without accountability is nothing more than wistful thinking, waiting in the dark.
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The Winesap Dispathe - The Last Brick -How Long Is Too Long When Waiting for Promised Prosperity?
“Still Waiting for Promised Prosperity?
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September 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
How long will you wait for prosperity that never arrives?
Billionaires got their cut. Supporters got chaos.
Hope without accountability is nothing more than wistful thinking, waiting in the dark.
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Billionaires got their cut. Supporters got chaos.
Hope without accountability is nothing more than wistful thinking, waiting in the dark.
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What if Trump is being quietly replaced?
What if he’s the mark, and Vance is already circling the throne?
🎧 New Dispatch: The Sting
Epstein survivors speak.
The understudy rehearses.
The curtain is about to drop.
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What if he’s the mark, and Vance is already circling the throne?
🎧 New Dispatch: The Sting
Epstein survivors speak.
The understudy rehearses.
The curtain is about to drop.
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The Winesap Dispatch - The Last Brick -The Sting: Placing Your Bet on a Race Already Run
The understudy is rehearsing while the only one not in on the con is looking the other way.
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September 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM
What if Trump is being quietly replaced?
What if he’s the mark, and Vance is already circling the throne?
🎧 New Dispatch: The Sting
Epstein survivors speak.
The understudy rehearses.
The curtain is about to drop.
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What if he’s the mark, and Vance is already circling the throne?
🎧 New Dispatch: The Sting
Epstein survivors speak.
The understudy rehearses.
The curtain is about to drop.
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54 shot, 7 killed in Chicago. All by guns. Trump’s answer? Deploy the Guard (no arrest powers) + legalize open carry in D.C. That’s not security, it’s violence in waiting.
#GunReformNow #CivicsSurvivalGuide
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#GunReformNow #CivicsSurvivalGuide
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The Winesap Dispatch - The Last Brick - Guns Up - Guard Down
“Washington DC, Open Carry in the Capital City”
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September 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
54 shot, 7 killed in Chicago. All by guns. Trump’s answer? Deploy the Guard (no arrest powers) + legalize open carry in D.C. That’s not security, it’s violence in waiting.
#GunReformNow #CivicsSurvivalGuide
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#GunReformNow #CivicsSurvivalGuide
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