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Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
www.wsj.com/world/russia...

“Since March, Trump’s ratings have declined by double digits on the situation in Ukraine (-10 points).”
thehill.com/homenews/adm...

#BoycottRepublicanBusiness
#SupportUkraine not Republicans
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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Since Trump’s Return, Bets on His Brand Have Soured

www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...

#BoycottRepublicanBusiness movement sure doesn't help.
Since Trump’s Return, Bets on His Brand Have Soured
Stocks and cryptocurrencies tied to the president and his family have tumbled amid a broader rout of riskier assets.
www.wsj.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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Another way for Trump to suck money out of Republican stalwarts.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

#BoycottRepublicanBusiness
The campaign to make Richard Nixon great again
The late president, who resigned in disgrace in 1974, actually wasn’t a crook, pundits on the right argue.
www.nbcnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Republican Big Donors,

Trump does whatever he wants.

Congressional members do his bidding.

It's pointless to contribute to their campaigns, because it gets you nothing. And that's why you used to do it, right, to get you action?

Trump decides. Not Thune, Johnson, or their caucuses.
November 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Coffee Prices are highest in decades due to Trump tariffs.

Trump Tariffs are due to the Republican cutting taxes for the rich.

www.cnbc.com/2025/11/28/c...

#BoycottRepublicanBusiness who con MAGA into thinking it's good.
November 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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#MaskedRepublicans engaged in widespread misrepresentations to justify use of force: Judge

abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...

#BoycottRepublicanBusiness because they finance this to get tax cuts for themselves that YOU pay for through #TrumpTarriff hikes
Federal agents engaged in widespread misrepresentations to justify use of force: Judge
The ABC7 I-Team is taking a closer look at a trove of videos ordered released by a federal judge in her explanation of the preliminary injunction she issued earlier this month restricting use of force...
abc7chicago.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Chicago is a model of resistance for cities battling #MaskedRepublicans

thetriibe.com/2025/11/chic...

#BoycottRepublicanBusiness
Chicago is a model of resistance for cities battling federal immigration enforcement operations • The TRiiBE
Chicago has been resisting ICE and Border Patrol by building rapid response and mutual aid networks, and providing legal defense funding.
thetriibe.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Bodycam video shows feds’ aggressive tactics in vivid detail: ‘Deploy f---ing gas’

chicago.suntimes.com/public-safet...

#BoycottRepublicanBusiness because they keep the tax cuts for the rich coming BY TEAR GASSING CHICAGO
Bodycam video shows feds’ aggressive tactics in vivid detail: ‘Deploy f---ing gas’
The videos, released weeks after U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis’ historic order limiting agents' use of force, offer a firsthand look at flashpoint incidents from suburban Broadview, and Chicago's Lit...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Trump says he's canceling all Biden orders signed using an autopen

Republicans haven't learned anything from the #BlueSweep

More #FridayNighyFollies

#BoycottRepublicanBusiness because they finance this nonsense
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Happy Thanksgiving from President of the Free World Donald J Trump.

May your days be merry and bright 🎵
And may all, your, immigrants be white🎶

#BoycottRepublicanBusiness
November 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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America? What do you think of #DirtyDon?

Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)

news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...

#TrumpHitsANewLow has been a frequent hashtag.
Trump's Approval Rating Drops to 36%, New Second-Term Low
President Donald Trump's job approval rating has slipped to a new second-term low point and is approaching his all-time low of 34%.
news.gallup.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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“I know a lot about golf. I've won 38 club championships, and I don't get to practice much. I won one last year.” - #ToxicTrump

www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...

Nothing about The National Guard you sent into DC shot by a gun-toting Afghan you let into the country?

#BoycottRepublicanBusiness
Trump, 79, Derails Troop Call With Bonkers Rant About His Golf Record
The president spent Thanksgiving bragging about being better at golf than Joe Biden.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Today in Chicago wagering (all times CST, due da' math)

7:30am CME back operating
11:30am Illini vs UConn
2:00pm Bears vs Eagles
6:30pm Illini vs Northwestern

www.cnbc.com/2025/11/28/c...
Stock futures resume trading after a halt caused by 'cooling issue' at data center
A technical problem obstructed futures trading at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in the early hours of Friday morning.
www.cnbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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"You're a Stupid Person" - Donald Trump to Reporter Again

#VoteBlue
#BoycottRepublicanBusiness
November 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Trump says he may cut income tax 'completely' because of tariff income
www.reuters.com/world/trump-...

Will he pass it with his health care plan? While zeroing out the deficit? And making the Commanders change their name?

Why aren't the #EpsteinFiles released yet?
Trump says he may cut income tax 'completely' because of tariff income
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration may slash income tax completely over the next couple of years because of government revenue generated from tariffs.
www.reuters.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Indigenous actor Elaine Miles says ICE called her tribal ID ‘fake’

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

#BoycottRepublicanBusiness
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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Trump says U.S. to ‘permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries’

But nothing about guns, right?

www.cnbc.com/2025/11/28/t...

#BoycottRepublicanBusiness
Trump says U.S. to 'permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries’
The president said he would also terminate "millions" of admissions under his predecessor Joe Biden and remove "anyone who is not a net asset" to the U.S.
www.cnbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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Trump criticizes the program that brought Afghan who fought Taliban refugees to the US

Hey Trump, YOU "ended" that war.

Then Republicans SCREAMED when Biden tried to get our people back.

apnews.com/article/nati...

#RepublicansAreTheProblem
#TalkAboutPoliticsToday
Trump criticizes the program that brought Afghan refugees to the US who fought the Taliban
The man accused of shooting two National Guard members in Washington is one of about 76,000 Afghans brought to the U.S. after the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan.
apnews.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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So you response is to stab our ally in the back and bust him out?

Great plan Rubio. Now what?

#TalkAboutPoliticsToday
November 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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#TalkAboutPoliticsToday

Chicago, DC, Portland
Trump gave amnesty to the Nat' Guard shooters
Record Deficits
Piggy
Inflation
Trump Coins
Tax Cuts for the Rich
South Africa
ACA Health Insurance
Karoline Leavitt's Sister in-law
Pulte Mortgage Data
Bolsonaro
Trump's Jet from Qatar
Betraying Ukraine
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
confunctionist.bsky.social
How many arrest of "ANTIFA terrorists" have their been?

Where is the girlfriend of the original founder?

Republicans still too focused on the still-not-released #EpsteinFiles?
November 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
confunctionist.bsky.social
Trump granted asylum to the National Guard shooter

www.newsweek.com/national-gua...

Is MAGA asking themselves how they will be distracted from the facts?

#BoycottRepublicanBusiness who finance those distractions
National Guard shooting suspect granted asylum by Trump admin: Report
Suspect Rahmanullah Lakanwal was reportedly granted asylum in the U.S. this year, after arriving as part of Operation Allies Welcome.
www.newsweek.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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How Trump Keeps His Corruption Self-Enrichment Going

"Democrats, if they steal power back, will again give us the Highest Ever Inflation, Sky High Prices, Open Borders, Transgender for Everybody, DEI, and unlimited Violent Crime." - Trump

truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...

#BoycottRepublicanBusiness
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Trump won't invite South Africa to 2026 G20 because PRETEND TIME

www.reuters.com/world/africa...

#BoycottRepublicanBusiness because they finance these lies.
Trump says South Africa won't get 2026 G20 invite, South Africa calls it punitive
Donald Trump said South Africa will not be invited to take part in next year's G20 summit in Florida after Washington boycotted the leaders' summit in Johannesburg last week, which the African nation ...
www.reuters.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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These slip-shot Trump lawsuits are meant to intimidate others
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

A "lesson" Trump learned from his mentor Roy Cohn
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

But in politics, they only serve raise the visibility of Trump's opponent.

And in politics, lawyers are eager to fight Trump.
Trump's case against Senator Mark Kelly faces steep hurdles under military law
Threats by the Trump administration to recall Senator Mark Kelly to active Navy duty to prosecute him under military law for urging troops to disobey illegal orders would face steep hurdles in a syste...
www.reuters.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:25 AM