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MichaelB wrote: Fri Feb 06, 2026 4:20 pm

TVC 15 wrote: Fri Feb 06, 2026 4:14 pmWe need a safe space to talk about this.

How astonishing that there seems to be nowhere else, not anywhere in the limitless immensity of the interwebtubes, where people are able to talk about this.

There is but it is not on bigger sites. Average workers who post about it get smeared with bad actors finding out their jobs and spamming their work and boss to get them fired. Trump took over $200 mil from reps of a lobby that funds 100% of both Republican and Democrat leadership teams. OpenSecrets is good nonpartisan site for govt transparency if anyone does not know.

TVC, Dude...I stopped reading your posts about 5 ago, when I realized that you just want to spew a stream of...whatever it is.

Edit: Wait...is TVC a bot?

Noiretirc wrote: Fri Feb 06, 2026 4:28 pm TVC, Dude...I stopped reading your posts about 5 ago. When I realized that you just want to spew a stream of...whatever it is.

All provable and reason why CEOs are resigning and stocks crashing including crypto extensive in files which is causing leaders and others over the world being investigated. Pay attention to UK where Peter Mandelson talked about forcing a sitting PM out he was supposed to be working for, forwarding emails to the PM to Epstein minutes later, giving him live updates and giving out sensitive information about the 2008 crash. All real which is why public is calling on UK PM to resign and their govt might crumble because of how bad it is.

I am not a bot but English is my third language if my words seem awkward.

TVC is a bot ffs.

When does this part of the thread go away?

Noiretirc wrote: Fri Feb 06, 2026 4:33 pm TVC is a bot ffs.

When does this part of the thread go away?

Google is your friend or duckduckgo. See what I am saying is real and OpenSecrets is reputable showing where money goes in politics and money is what is controlling politics. Unless you get money out of politics then essentials like your countries water wind and energy will always be privatised and bills will go up crippling your economy requiring borrowing from others with large interest rates. They will never be able to pay it back in our lifetimes and our services and quality of life will just get worse.

Since certain people will keep ignoring mods requests, I'm going to lock this thread temporarily. Do not go off-topic when it opens up again.

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