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M. Duke
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Biker-nerd, accountant, board gamer, cook, artist, goth, punk, nature lover, fixer of all things mechanical, and Star Wars Lego fan.
Hey guys, cool cosplay! Was the Army Surplus store out of Brown Shirts???
May 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Probably not, but you can impeach him for High Crimes and Misdemeanors, of which there are many. Lemme make ya a list...
April 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
And who is going to snap up all those foreclosed houses on the cheap? Billionaires! REITs! Then they will sit on them, and rent them back to people who need housing, for a tidy profit.

This was the plan all along. Crash the economy, buy everything they can, then pull the tariffs and profit!
April 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
You’ve missed steps 0 and 1b

0: take massive short positions
1b: close those positions

Why profit only on the upturn? If you know the market is about to tank, bet against it so you can profit in both directions!!!
April 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Rich people. They’ll buy up everything at a discount, while everyone else is starving.
April 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
While you're at it, can we have like 5 more Bernies, 10 more Lizs, and a dozen Buttigiegs?? That would solve a LOT of problems!
April 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Big businesses might not care, but small and medium biz, family farms, homeowners, and working class people are all about to get fleeced. And when you lose your business, or farm, or house, who is going to buy it up (at a discount price?) That's right! Big Biz. Billionaires.

Crashing With Purpose.
April 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
We MUST fight back, with every tool we have. Marches, boycotts, filibusters. If we don't, it'll be 50 years before we get back to where we are now, if we even can. Oligarchs are stacking the deck against you, so it's time to get off the couch and fight.
April 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Meanwhile, you lose your job, everything costs more, so you turn to your credit cards, run up a debt. And who owns that debt? The Billionaires, Right again!

The rich make money during good times, and even more money during bad times. And we've handed them the power to further rig the game. 🧵3/4
April 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
So the billionaires purposely tank the market and the economy, then buy all of these things at bargain prices, increasing their wealth long term. They consolidate their hold over the means of production, ensuring the lower classes go back to broke. 🧵 2/4
April 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
No, you picked a bad week to come back from vacation. If you can afford it, Kai, consider staying on vacation somewhere for like, 4 years? I would, but I'm broke!
April 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
AUGH! The bane of my existence!

"But if we put tariffs on imports, US products will be cheaper!"

Do these people not understand capitalism??? If my competitor's product goes up 10%, I'm going to raise my price by 9% and be *comparatively* cheaper, but it's still MORE EXPENSIVE THAN BEFORE.
April 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Oh, I'm sure there are many reasons! He and his pals are probably shorting the market, timed to take advantage of tariff announcements.
April 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Because $24 Million to Musk is like me dropping a penny on the sidewalk and deciding it's not worth my time to lean over and pick it up.
April 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
If he were really hungry, and you handed him a packet of Ramen, how long do you think it would take him to make it? I can make instant ramen in like 5 minutes. I bet it would take him 30+. I'd like to see him find a pot and boil water by himself. I'm not sure he could. Did anyone ever teach him how?
March 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Brings up an interesting question: tRump has been rich his entire life. He has certainly had servants cooking for him all those years.

How many times in his life do you think he has made himself a grilled cheese? Or even... toast? When he wants toast, would he know how to use the toaster?
March 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Way too long, usually.
March 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Well, if he wanted a government job, he should have divested himself of all of his stocks. And the fact is, that he didn't, it's costing him hundreds of billions of dollars, and he STILL is the richest man in the world.
March 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The problem , of course, is that the MAGAs have been brainwashed to accept lies as truth, and they are unwilling to accept any fact from any source that tells them different. Living in a post-truth Idiocracy.
March 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM