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The Trump presidency: four years of chaos and corruption “won’t work”, not even for the capitalists!
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Federal workers protest in San Francisco
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The Trump/Vance/Musk Triumvirate, Part 2
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The Trump/Vance/Musk Triumvirate and the Silicon Valley Capitalists now in charge
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video: Protest in S.F. against Trump & Vance channeling Putin
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Video: at last somebody confronts a GOP lying hypocrite on CNN!
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