Silicon Investor - The Donald Trump Presidency

[Stock Puppy] Yay! Free again! No one will be looking to be eating us! [graphic]

Stock Puppy — 4/15/2026 10:48:36 PM

Yay!

Free again!

No one will be looking to be eating us!

[Thehammer] well cloobeck took awhile to come out of the closet..... Steyer? see if he can ...

Thehammer — 4/15/2026 5:40:18 PM

well cloobeck took awhile to come out of the closet.....

Steyer? see if he can keep the con going. Can't be any worse than prior guy, but then again they seem to find a way. Now they are outlawing journalism if it uncovers fraud.

[D.Austin] lol, good one.......I'm Coonfused Cloobeck doesn't sound clooless. Then there ...

D.Austin — 4/15/2026 5:00:13 PM

lol, good one.......I'm Coonfused Cloobeck doesn't sound clooless.

Then there is the latest from 960 SAT guy " I'm worried that Tom Steyer, the billionaire investor, would be too all over the place on positions and management to effectively run the state."

[Thehammer] It's a miracle Cloobeck was the last to know What? Are you saying that Cloobeck...

Thehammer — 4/15/2026 3:22:34 PM

It's a miracle Cloobeck was the last to know

What? Are you saying that Cloobeck was Clooless?

[D.Austin] It's a miracle Cloobeck was the last to know “I am no longer supporting Eric,”...

D.Austin — 4/15/2026 10:39:10 AM

It's a miracle Cloobeck was the last to know

“I am no longer supporting Eric,” Cloobeck told The Post in an exclusive interview. “F—ing tell everyone I’m a libertarian. F— you, Democrat Party. I’m a libertarian now.”

I wonder who told him there are no fleas over there.

[golfer72] LOL that dope just noticed! Gimme a break

golfer72 — 4/14/2026 8:50:46 PM

[D.Austin] Within 10 to 14 days, Iran MAXES OUT its oil storage, which means the oil wells ...

D.Austin — 4/14/2026 12:35:18 PM

Within 10 to 14 days, Iran MAXES OUT its oil storage, which means the oil wells have to shut down...

Extremely important topic is the storage clock: Iran has ~50-55M barrels of total onshore oil storage, roughly 60% full. Spare capacity: ~20M barrels. With 1.5M bbl/day of surplus production that normally exports, storage fills in ~13 DAYS. After that, Iran must shut in wells.

[rxbond] We all know now why he was known as "Swallowell in DC.. KARMA! [X] FLASHBACK...

rxbond — 4/14/2026 10:47:06 AM

We all know now why he was known as "Swallowell in DC..

KARMA!

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FLASHBACK: President Trump was right about Eric Swalwell back in 2023 pic.twitter.com/iYlpEeq7wA
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 14, 2026

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[rxbond] Like I mentioned about a year ago. The Western Hemisphere is being reshaped in t...

rxbond — 4/14/2026 9:52:22 AM

Like I mentioned about a year ago. The Western Hemisphere is being reshaped in the vision of MAGA...

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SEC RUBIO: 🇺🇸🇻🇪🇨🇳 We don't need Venezuela's oil. We have plenty of oil in the United States.

What we're not going to allow is for the oil industry in Venezuela to be controlled by adversaries of the United States.

You have to understand, why does China need their oil? Why… pic.twitter.com/BEZ1LsN0Am
— Donald J Trump Posts TruthSocial (@TruthTrumpPost) April 13, 2026

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[rxbond] Relevant! This is what I mean about MAGA being perpetual. For every MAGA drop ...

rxbond — 4/14/2026 9:22:33 AM

Relevant!

This is what I mean about MAGA being perpetual. For every MAGA drop out they will be others to replace them and more importantly likely more suitable.

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Billionaire Democrat donor Stephen Cloobeck, who donated over $1 million to Eric Swalwell’s campaign, is now saying he is leaving the Democratic Party and becoming a Republican, accusing Democrats of knowing what was happening behind the scenes and staying silent. pic.twitter.com/rZvMthtLbg
— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) April 14, 2026

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[GROUND ZERO™] No tax on tips in real life... foxnews.com GZ

GROUND ZERO™ — 4/14/2026 3:01:26 AM

[GROUND ZERO™] benedict swalwell, a traitor and a sexual predator, resigning from Congress!!! ...

GROUND ZERO™ — 4/13/2026 9:22:00 PM

benedict swalwell, a traitor and a sexual predator, resigning from Congress!!!

I'm sure he won't be missed...

Next, let's remove crazio cortez, omar, schumer, fakahontis, and all those other whacko lunatics...

GZ

[D.Austin] True, looks like it's easier to make positive changes in the Middle East than ar...

D.Austin — 4/13/2026 12:18:42 PM

True, looks like it's easier to make positive changes in the Middle East than arrest and convict domestic enemies.

[D.Austin] Little by little this will all reappear. It is time to fumigate. "The ends must...

D.Austin — 4/13/2026 12:01:53 PM

Little by little this will all reappear. It is time to fumigate.

"The ends must justify the means — the only question is what means are necessary." —Saul Alinsky

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🚨MUST WATCH🚨

Congressman lists every single high crime and misdemeanor committed by President Trump! Unbelievable! pic.twitter.com/1s0ZXoAIpb
— Abigail Jackson 🇺🇸 (@abigailmarone) December 18, 2019

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Removal of security clearances was first......next, prison
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NEW RECORDS VIA @DNIGabbard @RepRickCrawford ATKINSON TRANSCRIPTS

- First Trump Impeachment + Whistleblower Motive

Whistleblower met with Democrats on House Intelligence Committee (then led by Adam Schiff) BEFORE reporting his allegations to the Intelligence Community… pic.twitter.com/x7A1IxHLLO
— Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) April 13, 2026

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Hey, it's the only guy that remembered Obama in class, no wonder he chooses Norm Eisen as Special Counsel for Ethics <lol> and Government Reform <rebuilding America>.

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ETHICS ALERT: gov employees who worked on this violated 5 CFR 2635.702, 704 & 705, forbidding use of gov. position, property & time to promote Trump's golf course. Whoever took this pic, & tagged official accounts, including WH & State Dept, broke law. Dont end up like Cohen! https://t.co/wfXLAGK17z
— Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) April 18, 2018

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Obama’s legal hatchet man, Norm Eisen, was behind the impeachment. When Mueller didn’t create collusion (which upset Norm), and when Rudy started investigating the Biden crime family, they came up with Plan B which was the Ukraine story.

After Election Day, Norm admitted that… https://t.co/dWQ4MfLLm8
— The Researcher (@listen_2learn) April 13, 2026

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Hello Mr. Eisen,

You have a long history with NGOs—Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute, a tenure at the Anti-Defamation League, and most notably, founding the States United Democracy Center (EIN 861704152).

Your organization boasts an impressive roster:

🔵 Janet… pic.twitter.com/h6yU52AjLG
— DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) February 17, 2025

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Chairman Crawford Releases Transcripts from 2019 Hearings with Former ICIG Michael Atkinson

[manning18] NEED TO SEE SOME CORRUPTION ARRESTS!!! Or NOTHING GOING TO CHANGE

manning18 — 4/13/2026 11:30:25 AM

[D.Austin] I'm sure they are calibrating their next move. The numbers are devastating. *...

D.Austin — 4/13/2026 11:01:11 AM

I'm sure they are calibrating their next move.

The numbers are devastating.

* The U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would cost Iran approximately $276M/day in lost exports and disrupt $159M/day in imports, a combined economic damage of ~$435M/day, or $13B/month.

Over 90% of Iran's $109.7B in annual trade transits the Persian Gulf. Oil/gas accounts for 80% of government export earnings and 23.7% of GDP. Kharg Island alone generates ~$53B/year, or as I noted to @TIME, "$78 billion a year in energy revenue.

* CRUDE OIL: Iran was exporting ~1.5M barrels/day, earning $139M/day at wartime pricing (~$87/barrel), though with minimal proceed repatriation due to banking sanctions. A blockade zeroes this out overnight. Kharg Island, which handles 92% of crude exports, sits deep inside the Gulf with no viable alternative. That's $139M/day, gone.

* PETROCHEMICALS: Iran exported $19.7B in petrochemicals in 9 months of 2024/25, ~$54M/day. Virtually all of it ships through Assaluyeh, Imam Khomeini, and Shahid Rajaee, all inside the blockade zone. No overland route can move these volumes. Another $54M/day, gone.

* NON-OIL EXPORTS: Iran's non-oil trade hit $51.7B in 2025. After subtracting petrochemicals, ~$88M/day in goods (minerals, metals, etc.) flow through Persian Gulf ports. Roughly 90% would be blocked. That's another ~$79M/day in lost revenue.

* PORTS: Over 90% of Iran's seaborne trade transits the Strait of Hormuz. Shahid Rajaee (Bandar Abbas) alone handles 53% of all cargo operations. Imam Khomeini handles 58% of basic goods imports. Bushehr ports moved 57M tons last year. All deep inside the Gulf.

* ALTERNATIVES? Iran's options outside the Strait are negligible. Jask, the much-touted bypass, operates at a fraction of its 1M bbl/day design capacity. Only 10 of 20 storage tanks were built. Effective throughput: ~70K bbl/day. Chabahar handles just 8.5M tons/year. The five Caspian ports combined handle 11M tons, versus 220M+ through the Gulf.

* IMPORTS: Iran imported $58B in goods in 2025, ~$159M/day. A blockade chokes off industrial inputs, machinery, and consumer goods. Food inflation already hit 105% by February 2026. Rice prices are up 7x. This gets dramatically worse under blockade. Blockade will hopefully allow offloading of the humanitarian cargos.

* Extremely important topic is the storage clock: Iran has ~50-55M barrels of total onshore oil storage, roughly 60% full. Spare capacity: ~20M barrels. With 1.5M bbl/day of surplus production that normally exports, storage fills in ~13 DAYS. After that, Iran must shut in wells.

Why is this very important: when mature oil wells shut down, bottom water rushes in, a process called water coning. Oil droplets get permanently trapped in rock pores. This oil can never be recovered. Iran's fields already decline 5-8% annually. Forced shut-ins could permanently destroy 300,000-500,000 bbl/day of production capacity, that's $9-15B/year in revenue, gone forever.

* CURRENCY COLLAPSE ACCELERANT: The rial has already cratered from 42,000 to 1.5M per dollar. Banks are limiting withdrawals to $18-30/day. Overall inflation: 47.5%. A blockade eliminating all forex earnings pushes the rial into terminal hyperinflation. The regime issued its largest-ever banknote, 10M rials, worth about $7.

BOTTOM LINE:

A naval blockade imposes ~$435M/day in combined economic damage. Storage fills in 13 days, forcing well shut-ins that cause permanent reservoir damage. The rial enters terminal collapse. Iran's alternatives outside the Strait can replace less than 10% of Gulf throughput. The blockade makes continued resistance economically impossible.

[rxbond] Look what we have here. It's been Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman not Benjamin ...

rxbond — 4/13/2026 9:07:24 AM

Look what we have here. It's been Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman not Benjamin Netanyahu. LOLOLOL.

All Jew haters should read this.

Saudi Arabia urging US to ramp up Iran attacks, intelligence source confirms | US-Israel war on Iran | The Guardian

[rxbond] His meeting with Chinese leaders next month will be epic. We're watching a rese...

rxbond — 4/13/2026 8:56:35 AM

His meeting with Chinese leaders next month will be epic. We're watching a reset in Global energy dominance.

[rxbond] Like clockwork.... [X] The storm is coming. Stephen Miller lays out what is a...

rxbond — 4/13/2026 8:27:14 AM

Like clockwork....

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The storm is coming.

Stephen Miller lays out what is about to hit in the coming weeks under President Trump’s anti-fraud task force, led by Vice President Vance.

MILLER: “What you’re going to see with President Trump’s task force that he put Vice President Vance in charge of,… pic.twitter.com/2wEhCLab3k
— Overton (@overton_news) April 13, 2026

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[GROUND ZERO™] LOLOL!!!!! GZ

GROUND ZERO™ — 4/12/2026 6:59:29 PM

[rxbond] LOLOL..... [X] AYA-TOLD-YAH!!!😎🇺🇸😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/RmG3BSCjtq— il Dona...

rxbond — 4/12/2026 5:26:26 PM

LOLOL.....

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AYA-TOLD-YAH!!!😎🇺🇸😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/RmG3BSCjtq
— il Donaldo Trumpo (@PapiTrumpo) April 12, 2026

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[GROUND ZERO™] How about this??? The United States has more than 400 years of oil underground....

GROUND ZERO™ — 4/12/2026 1:06:09 PM

How about this???

The United States has more than 400 years of oil underground...

Let's drill, baby, drill and sell our oil to the world and put iran out of the oil business completely...

GZ

[GROUND ZERO™] Right, and this is why Donald has been so careful all along... His intent is no...

GROUND ZERO™ — 4/12/2026 9:44:33 AM

Right, and this is why Donald has been so careful all along...

His intent is not to harm the people, only to remove those lunatic apocalyptic whackos holding power...

GZ

[John Carragher] yes, however we must do everything we can do to protect the people of Iran. I h...

John Carragher — 4/12/2026 9:11:55 AM

yes, however we must do everything we can do to protect the people of Iran. I hope we have plans to help avoid the people being killed by their leaders if they come out and support freedom.

[GROUND ZERO™] Time to turn iran into one huge stone age parking lot... GZ

GROUND ZERO™ — 4/12/2026 8:54:49 AM

[rxbond] This Saudi Arabia news plus UAE Abu Dhabi Pipeline restoration has bitten into S...

rxbond — 4/12/2026 6:25:44 AM

This Saudi Arabia news plus UAE Abu Dhabi Pipeline restoration has bitten into Strait of Hormuz leverage. Roughly six million added barrels of oil per day. Strait of Hormuz handles 20 million barrels a day, Saudi Arabia and Dhabi pipelines have now restored 30 percent of the 20 million barrels per day that typically transit the Strait of Hormuz.

The futures have improved since this story was released.

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BREAKING:

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia fully restores East-West oil pipeline, bypassing the Strait of Hormuz and pumping 7,000,000 barrels per day.

Saudi Arabia says it needs no more strait of Hormuz. pic.twitter.com/qnIYu3pURG
— World Affairs (@World_Affairs11) April 12, 2026

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[rxbond] [X] .@POTUS on talks in Islamabad: "They've been meeting for many hours... We'l...

rxbond — 4/12/2026 12:33:51 AM

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.@POTUS on talks in Islamabad: "They've been meeting for many hours... We'll see what happens. Regardless, we win... Maybe they make a deal; maybe they don't. It doesn't matter. From the standpoint of America, we win." pic.twitter.com/z8R4xAX5bv
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 11, 2026

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[GROUND ZERO™] Vance just now announced the US and Iran have not reached an agreement... The w...

GROUND ZERO™ — 4/11/2026 9:56:37 PM

Vance just now announced the US and Iran have not reached an agreement...

The weekend futures are now down about 600 points for the DOW 30...

Before the announcement the weekend Dow 30 futures were up 385 points...

No deal yet...

Enough playing patty cake with those apocalyptic lunatics!!!

I say it's long past the time we send iran back to the stone age and let them start over...

Maybe this next time just maybe they'll get it right...

We should take Kharg Island and control the oil flow ourselves...

GZ

[rxbond] Slimeball.... [X] This clip of Eric Swalwell has not aged well… “If he is inn...

rxbond — 4/11/2026 5:35:16 PM

Slimeball....

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This clip of Eric Swalwell has not aged well…

“If he is innocent...I hope he says, 'bring in all the victims, allow them to be heard, allow them to be questioned.' That will clear his name.” pic.twitter.com/eziHmShBtF
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 11, 2026

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[D.Austin] No matter what - the democrats will never run outa. [graphic]

D.Austin — 4/11/2026 11:54:13 AM

No matter what - the democrats will never run outa.

[rxbond] Little by little they will all disappear. Please note GOD made him the major De...

rxbond — 4/11/2026 7:32:36 AM

Little by little they will all disappear. Please note GOD made him the major Democratic candidate running for governor of California for good reason....

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Hear it directly from me. These allegations are flat false. And I will fight them. pic.twitter.com/bQSlCquD1U
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) April 11, 2026

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[rxbond] Repeat, MAGA is perpetual and why its unstoppable, for every MAGA drop out they ...

rxbond — 4/11/2026 7:10:09 AM

Repeat, MAGA is perpetual and why its unstoppable, for every MAGA drop out they will be thousands more replacing him/her. Also, addition by subtraction ONLY makes the core even more potent.

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CNN: Tucker Carlson has seen a historic collapse in support among the Republican base; only 7% like him pic.twitter.com/9tQpqJKfwH
— Ian Miles Cheong (@ianmiles) April 10, 2026

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[rxbond] Not sure which number is more astonishing.... [X] 🚨 IT'S OFFICIAL: The United...

rxbond — 4/11/2026 7:02:44 AM

Not sure which number is more astonishing....

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🚨 IT'S OFFICIAL: The United States just witnessed a -100% PERCENT decrease in illegal aliens released at the border

March 2024: 78,496
March 2026: ZERO!!! 🔥

That's DESPITE Democrat attempts at obstruction. 11 months in a row, no illegals released.

I VOTED FOR THAT 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/MMoDaP0R2n
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 10, 2026

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[rxbond] The bigger developing story here is not bye bye Sprewell, its CNN... [X] 🚨 C...

rxbond — 4/11/2026 6:51:19 AM

The bigger developing story here is not bye bye Sprewell, its CNN...

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🚨 CNN just dropped aN Eric Swalwell bombshell:

Four women are now accusing Rep. Eric Swalwell of sexual misconduct, including a former staffer who says he raped her.

In her own words: “He didn’t stop.” pic.twitter.com/jEawgdcVZD
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) April 10, 2026

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[Qualified Opinion] PT admin will be talking to Iran leaders who are true believers in their cult id...

Qualified Opinion — 4/10/2026 5:08:10 PM

PT admin will be talking to Iran leaders who are true believers in their cult ideology.
Cult ideology to their end.
We know any agreement, if possible, will be temporary.
So it was written, let it be done.

It's not about the money.

[GROUND ZERO™] Yes, one would think so... But, we're dealing with back office clerks who know ...

GROUND ZERO™ — 4/10/2026 12:44:34 PM

Yes, one would think so...

But, we're dealing with back office clerks who know nothing and see nothing even when it jumps up and bites them on their fat pimply asses...

Most federal government employees do nothing meaningful, they just sit around all day and collect their checks and count the days to retirement...

Donald is cleaning house and those lunatics don't like it...

No wonder they hate him so much...

GZ

[D.Austin] We the People want to see arrests!!! The other people, they want the clown show...

D.Austin — 4/10/2026 12:14:36 PM

We the People want to see arrests!!!

The other people, they want the clown show to continue and moved up a notch. [X]

Hunter Biden is joining the Channel 5 live tour! You can get your tickets now! You might even see him in a live cage match against Don Jr. & Eric! https://t.co/UG6ocv5yfh pic.twitter.com/z8iRERGPri
— Channel 5 (@Channel5iveNews) April 9, 2026

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[D.Austin] 3:55 who doesn't love Anna Paulina Luna

D.Austin — 4/10/2026 11:48:19 AM

[D.Austin] It's true, just as a reminder the democrat party has been accomplice in the norm...

D.Austin — 4/10/2026 10:58:54 AM

It's true, just as a reminder the democrat party has been accomplice in the normalization of the psychologically deranged. Now this guy is chasing dollar bills tied to a string

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NEW: President Trump has turned the immigration courts into part of his vast deportation machine by pressuring judges to deny people asylum and firing those who do not comply. The asylum rate has fallen to its lowest rate in decades. pic.twitter.com/Tol3QrNZmM
— Nicholas Nehamas (@NickNehamas) April 9, 2026

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To be clear Obama got his third term! The kicker, the brain-dead corpse thought he legitimately beat Trump.

[rxbond] The justice system will be the last oligarchy to come down

rxbond — 4/10/2026 10:28:44 AM

[rxbond] Little by little the new era will become clearer Hilton, Bianco lead in new gov...

rxbond — 4/10/2026 10:27:32 AM

Little by little the new era will become clearer

Hilton, Bianco lead in new governor poll as Democrats trail

[John Carragher] hard to imagine no software to audit multiple unattainable charges before paying...

John Carragher — 4/10/2026 10:21:47 AM

hard to imagine no software to audit multiple unattainable charges before paying.

[GROUND ZERO™] Where are the arrests??? We The People want to see arrests!!! GZ

GROUND ZERO™ — 4/10/2026 9:59:39 AM

[GROUND ZERO™] Yes, that's right!!! I also read recently that one so called family doctor in ...

GROUND ZERO™ — 4/10/2026 9:57:21 AM

Yes, that's right!!!

I also read recently that one so called family doctor in Los Angeles submitted tens of millions of dollars for seeing his patients on Medicare...

According to the record, this "doctor" claims to see more than 6,000 patients every day...

Just more tax fraud...

Without all this fraud there would be no need for income taxes...

GZ

[rxbond] Wow.... [X] HOLY SHT: In case you missed it Dr Oz stuns Bret Baier saying they...

rxbond — 4/10/2026 9:53:55 AM

Wow....

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HOLY SHT: In case you missed it Dr Oz stuns Bret Baier saying they shut down over 220 HOSPICES in 10 weeks IN LOS ANGELES ALONE

Bret: “Wait, over 220 in the state of California”

Dr. Oz: “Yes, in Los Angeles alone”

THIS IS INSANE pic.twitter.com/sufH1g9iFV
— MAGA Voice (@MAGAVoice) April 9, 2026

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[GROUND ZERO™] Good point, you're right... GZ

GROUND ZERO™ — 4/10/2026 9:27:45 AM

[rxbond] Registering is not the same as enlisting. Nothing has changed, just using new t...

rxbond — 4/10/2026 9:18:13 AM

Registering is not the same as enlisting. Nothing has changed, just using new tech programs to streamline the process. Like everything else, humans are giving way to technology.

[rxbond] Soon millions more will be waking up from their lifelong coma.... [X] CNN, get...

rxbond — 4/10/2026 9:10:19 AM

Soon millions more will be waking up from their lifelong coma....

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CNN, get ready! The clean-up crew is here, and your old garbage is no longer good enough. https://t.co/kRZHi8MiLA
— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) April 9, 2026

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[GROUND ZERO™] So now, there's talk about the Selective Service thinking about mandatory milita...

GROUND ZERO™ — 4/9/2026 4:26:07 PM

So now, there's talk about the Selective Service thinking about mandatory military service...

I suspect it's nothing more than fake news...

I think that's pure nonsense......

There's no need for selective service recruitment these days, the voluntary enlistment numbers are beyond sky high...

When people see a leader, then they follow and they enlist...

Leadership isn't measured by rank or by title, or by the job description one has...

Leadership is measured in the hearts of those who follow...

GZ

[GROUND ZERO™] [graphic] GZ

GROUND ZERO™ — 4/9/2026 12:26:06 PM