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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙

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Journalism true believer, digital marketing consultant, publishing coach, private pilot (youtube.com/@capntodd), proudly pro-democracy and supporter of individual freedom. Posts are my own.

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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 17h
So if you're a *smart* car manufacturer, which assumption did you make in early 2025? If you assumed 🍊's "leadership" would actually be good for EV and hybrid sales... you're a winner!
cnbc.com
General Motor Q3 sales drop 5.5%, while Toyota buoyed by EVs, hybrids
GM's sales of all-electric vehicles are down across the board, as enthusiasm for electric vehicles wanes.
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 20h
"Bonds are increasingly moving in lockstep with oil prices, which have been turbulent as the U.S.-Israel war with Iran obstructed crude exports from the Middle East. Crude oil prices were higher on Thursday, with international benchmark Brent Crude back above $100 a barrel."
cnbc.com
10-year Treasury yield climbs to a 24-year high amid relentless global bond sell-off
Treasury yields were higher on Thursday as investors kept selling government debt.
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 28/09/2026
“Trump won by 620,000 votes in Texas. Harris County [Houston] mail-in ballots that they wanted to send out were 2.5 million. Those were all ‘illegal,’ and we were able to stop every one of them. Had we not done that, Donald Trump would have lost the election.” - Ken Paxton
saveyourvote.org
Jim Crow Reloaded
Six new ways they're trying to stop you from voting. Edward Ward breaks down each one, episode by episode.
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 25/09/2026
Diesel average today: $6.50 One year ago: $3.67 Highest ever recorded diesel price: 9/22/26
gasprices.aaa.com
AAA Fuel Prices
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 22/09/2026
If you believe the military wants a shiny gold ***presidentially commissioned military target*** in downtown D.C. then I've got a Trump Steak to sell you. It comes with vodka, a college degree and your very own airline. (I got this graphic from VoteVets—donate! secure.actblue.com/donate/vv-pa...)
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 21/09/2026
Remember, in the modern GOP, selfishness is considered a virtue. Just listen to them.
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 20/09/2026
Imagine a world where the Canadian PM receives a standing ovation for remembering the evils of World War II to the European Parliament and encouraging union across the Atlantic because "What we cultivate together can survive the darkest winter to thrive again." The "darkest winter?" Us.
youtube.com
LIVE: Address to the European Parliament • EN DIRECT : Allocution devant le Parlement européen
YouTube video by Mark Carney
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 18/09/2026
"Last month Fox dedicated a mere 15 minutes over a four-day period to reporting on rising gas prices climbing above $4 a gallon again and to deflecting from their root cause by blaming climate policy instead of Trump’s war." - Media Matters
mediamatters.org
Over 7 days, Fox News spent only 1 minute covering rising diesel prices caused by Trump’s Iran war
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 16/09/2026
Can I just say... I know it's a bit passé... how irritating is it that people voted for the demonstrably dumbest administration in American history thinking that vote would make things more affordable? www.cnbc.com/2026/09/16/t...
cnbc.com
'Science fiction': Transport companies — the backbone of economy — are sounding alarm on fuel prices
Prices for diesel, the fuel type used to power trucks and trains, came in at an all-time high of $6.31 per gallon on Wednesday.
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 09/09/2026
Here's something to send those MAGA folks who say "well, they broke the law" as they denigrate immigrants. What about the ones who didn't? And let's not even talk about the walking capitulator who is Marco Rubio.
open.substack.com
Marco Rubio Is Punishing a Teenage Boy for His Grandmother’s Sins
America gave Rubio’s family a second chance. He gave this family a cage.
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 02/09/2026
I'm just seeing this image for the first time and I've got to say my favorite thing about it is that he LEFT REAGAN OFF IT COMPLETELY. I mean, c'mon, how else is he going to lose even more support than he already has? 😂😂😂
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 02/09/2026
The "No Duh" post of the morning... "There’s no evidence illegal immigration under President Joe Biden caused the recent uptick in measles cases in the U.S., and there is clear evidence of vaccination rates falling within U.S. children." www.factcheck.org/2026/09/risi...
factcheck.org
Rising Measles Cases Driven by Falling Vaccination, Not Illegal Immigration - FactCheck.org
Rep. Byron Donalds, a Republican from Florida who is running for governor, has blamed “rampant illegal immigration” during the Biden administration for measles outbreaks. But we found no link to illeg...
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 02/09/2026
Dan Rather points out the shameful way this administration is conducting the (undeclared, un-approved, over-budget) war in secret: "We are without vital information on a war our sons and daughters are being asked to fight and upon which a large part of our country’s future depends."
substack.com
Waging War in Secret
What we don’t know can hurt us
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 01/09/2026
I'm watching a video of Canadian aviators coming down into the Dakotas to enjoy Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse and Badlands from the sky, happily visiting Customs, crossing the border, flying their Cessna. And all I can think is, man, what I would give to just get back to normal.
youtube.com
Cessna Cardinal 177RG - 2000 KM IFR training flight Canada to Mount Rushmore
YouTube video by Gil Gauthier
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 27/08/2026
"Experts say the exploding debt and the latest record milestone are already affecting Americans’ pocketbooks by raising borrowing costs for things like mortgages and cars, lowering wages from businesses that have less money available to invest, and creating more expensive goods and services."
mississippifreepress.org
The US National Debt Now Stands at $40 Trillion
The national debt surpassed a record $40 trillion on Wednesday, a staggering milestone as spending and interest payments continue to rise.
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 26/08/2026
Run James, Run!
jamestalarico.substack.com
Ken Paxton is anti-puppy
Ken Paxton will never fight for the little guy — even when the little guy is literally a puppy.
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 21/08/2026
Er... isn't that what we were doing before? I think the "delicate dance" is Vance avoiding saying "Obama was right." 😂
cnbc.com
'A delicate dance': JD Vance says economic pressure is the best way to achieve Washington's objectives in Iran
Vance said "what has been true over the last couple of weeks is they felt a lot more pressure than we have."
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 13/08/2026
"Treasury data show a $1.8 trillion fiscal-year deficit with two months remaining." - Bloomberg News
ttnews.com
U.S. posts record July budget deficit of $432 billion - TT
With two months left in the fiscal year, the deficit so far for fiscal 2026 totals $1.8 trillion, Treasury Department data showed Aug. 12.
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 04/08/2026
And then there's THIS GUY.
factcheck.org
RFK Jr.'s Falsehood-Filled CNN Interview - FactCheck.org
In a contentious interview on CNN's "State of the Union," Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made several false, misleading and baseless claims about the origins of Lyme disease...
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 03/08/2026
I love it when Factcheck.org comes along with a 100% no-sh*tter post. www.factcheck.org/2026/08/trum...
factcheck.org
Trump's Continued Claims of Vandalism at Reflecting Pool Disputed by U.S. Attorney Memo - FactCheck.org
President Donald Trump continues to insist damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was the result of vandalism, despite a Department of Justice motion filed on July 31 that placed the blame squ...
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 03/08/2026
Want some smart questions to ask your Congresscritters? Check this session out from the Roosevelt Institute. (Which is worth following if you're serious about wealth-inequality and labor issues.)
events.zoom.us
What Social Security’s Shortfall Is Really Telling Us About the Economy
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 15/06/2026
Love it @jamestalarico.bsky.social. This is some of the most important stuff if democracy is going to hold.
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 12/06/2026
I asked Claude whether I should buy RocketLab or SpaceX. Recommendation: Wait them both out a while. "...if the thesis is "space economy long term," Rocket Lab is arguably the purer play anyway. Peter Beck doesn't spend his time posting on social media at 3am — he's just building rockets. 🚀" 😂
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 10/06/2026
CNBC: "The consumer price index jumped 4.2% in May versus a year earlier, its highest level in more than three years... Gasoline and other energy prices surged as the Iran war continued to disrupt oil supplies flowing through the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping lane."
cnbc.com
Here's the inflation breakdown for May 2026 — in one chart
Inflation jumped to a three-year high in May as the Iran war continued to fuel higher energy prices.
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 05/06/2026
Thank God we finally have a strong conservative leader bringing dignity and honor back to the White House.
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 29/05/2026
CNBC: "Moody’s data puts a dollar amount on a portion of the economic pain Americans are feeling as the U.S.-Iran war reaches its three-month mark. Higher energy costs can force consumers to raid their savings and lean more on debt to cover expenses."
cnbc.com
American households pay nearly $450 more on average for energy amid Iran War, data shows
Higher energy costs can force consumers to raid their savings and lean more into debt to cover expenses.
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 28/05/2026
I have no idea what you're saying, and I have a feeling that neither do you.
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 28/05/2026
Another piece of evidence in my 950-part series on why President Harris would have been better for the country she would have never created inflation *on purpose* and by fiat like Trump has. (chart: Hopium) www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/if-you-thi...
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 28/05/2026
Watch the Raise Hell documentary last night and gave money to @jamestalarico.bsky.social today because I'd love nothing more than to see my home state of Texas go Blue, fight MAGA and show the country that it stand up for something that we can believe in again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVsa...
youtube.com
Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins
YouTube video by YouTube Movies
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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 21/05/2026
This is a head fake. As long as billionaires talk about cutting other people’s taxes, they think they can avoid paying their fair share. Anyone serious about affordability should run from these kinds of policies.
cnbc.com
Jeff Bezos says bottom half of earners should pay zero in income taxes
Amazon Executive Chairman Jeff Bezos on Wednesday called for zero federal income taxes on the bottom half of earners.
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 26/05/2026
FWIW, President *Harris* would have been fully aware of the tactics that are winning in Ukraine and would fully know the challenges that drones pose as a modern guerrilla warfare tactic. (Putting aside, for a moment, that we likely wouldn't be in Iran anyway and interest rates would be 3%.)
mississippifreepress.org
Opinion | The US Military Is Stuck Using $1 Million Missiles Against Iran’s $20,000 Drones
Aaron Brynildson writes about the U.S. military’s problems facing Iran’s drone arsenal and how drones have changed warfare.
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 22/05/2026
CNBC: "U.S. drivers will pay gasoline prices near four-year highs when they fuel up for travel over the long Memorial Day weekend and should expect more pain at the pump this summer if the Strait of Hormuz does not reopen."
cnbc.com
Iran war leaves U.S. gas prices at highest levels in nearly four years ahead of Memorial Day
Global oil inventories are declining fast with just four to six weeks until gasoline, diesel and jet fuel prices shoot higher, analysts said.
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 21/05/2026
TN attempted and botched execution of Tony Carruthers on May 21 without considering evidence that could prove his innocence. Sign this to stop the execution + allow forensic testing. @uscedp.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/petitions/no...
actionnetwork.org
No Wrongful Execution for Tony Carruthers
Tony Carruthers could be innocent – but without your intervention, Tennessee may execute him without considering the full evidence. Tony was convicted without physical evidence, based on testimony fr...
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 11/05/2026
"80% of evangelical Christians voted for Trump in 2024, even after Trump incited the deadly, violent attack on the US Capitol...the credibility of American Christianity is on the line. Christians who voted for Trump chose poorly...we are reaping the consequences now and will do so for a long time."
beauxbonhoeffer.com
Christian support for Trump is harming Christianity in America
Americans are rejecting Christianity in record numbers. This is at least partly due to Christian support for 34-time felon Donald Trump who was also found criminally liable for sexual assault.
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 06/05/2026
Once again Mississippi proves that you can't make this sh*t up. GOP guv calls a special session to redistrict and further empower his party. Bonus: It'll take place in the same Old Capitol Building (now a museum) where white legislators crafted The Mississippi Plan and Jim Crow in the late 1800s.
wapt.com
Mississippi lawmaker criticizes special session location at Old Capitol
Old Capitol choice ignites new controversy over voting rights
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 04/05/2026
Just got the news from our local flight school that there will be a new Trump Tax (a fuel surcharge) on flight hours going forward—now that fuel prices are up 33% at the airport.
media.tenor.com
a man in a pilot 's uniform is standing in front of an airplane with the word ok behind him
ALT: a man in a pilot 's uniform is standing in front of an airplane with the word ok behind him
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 30/04/2026
Good news! @mississippifreepress.org is now reporting that after their story—and community and online outrage—U.S. Senators got ICE to return the young men to their host family so that they can fix the administrative issues with their visas from home, not ICE detention in two different states.
mississippifreepress.org
Israel and Max Makoka Are Coming Home After ICE Arrests Galvanized Their Mississippi Community
Israel and Max Makoka, the Hancock High School students whom ICE arrested, are free after Mississippi's U.S. senators intervened.
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 29/04/2026
AvGas prices just jumped at my home field from the price they'd been since Biden was in office -- $4.95/gal -- to $6.29/gal as of today. Well done, MAGA! 🙄
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 28/04/2026
"Thus far, ICE has not suggested that Israel and Max Makoka are accused of even a traffic violation, nor have they been part of any protest movement. But now they are separated, held in two other states and facing removal. They leave behind a community that keenly feels their absence."
mississippifreepress.org
Max and Israel Makoka Were Waiting for a Hancock High School Bus. ICE Took Them Instead.
ICE detained Max and Israel Makoka, two Hancock County high school students who were waiting for a bus when agents arrested them.
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 23/04/2026
DeSantis is no doubt so, so proud of himself and the remarkable work he's doing to extend and defend white supremacy. floridasunreview.com/desantis-sig...
floridasunreview.com
DeSantis Signs Law Ending Local DEI Programs Across Florida
Ron DeSantis signed legislation prohibiting local governments from funding DEI programs in Florida, marking a significant shift.
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 11/04/2026
Did I mention “Elon-free”? 😂 Glad to see them home.
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 10/04/2026
There's understandable concern about the cost of space flight, but as someone inspired by astronauts for 50+ years, I thank the Artemis II crew (and NASA team) for giving us a joyful, diverse, skillful, science-y, Elon-free space journey to inspire me all over again. Safe journey home #Integrity!
youtube.com
LIVE: Artemis II Splashdown – Successful Crewed Lunar Mission
YouTube video by Artemis
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 30/03/2026
How's this for a handwave from the WSJ's opinion page. "The most awful attack on democratic government, the riot of Jan. 6, 2021, is best understood as a countermobilization against the constant resort to mob violence by the left." So J6 was the Left's fault. Remember: WSJ is owned by News Corp.
wsj.com
Opinion | What Do Democrats Mean by ‘Democracy’?
They claim Trump is an authoritarian, but their agenda seems to be ensuring one-party rule.
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 28/03/2026
Plenty of honking for this local team of No Kings protesters, even here in the Deep South. #nokings
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 26/03/2026
"Senate [GOP] leaders recently proposed a deal that would fund the TSA and most of DHS while leaving ICE funding for later, but Trump rejected it. We asked Americans how they felt about this ... 59% of adults said they disapproved of the president’s decision — including 42% who strongly disapprove."
gelliottmorris.com
Poll: Americans reject ICE at airports, want Trump to end the war in Iran
A special Strength In Numbers/Verasight flash poll finds majorities oppose deploying ICE to airports, blame Trump for disruptions, and overwhelmingly oppose sending ground troops to Iran
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 24/03/2026
"Trump, who has staunchly opposed mail-in voting as part of his delusions of mass voter fraud, voted by mail in a special election in Florida, according to The New York Times. The website for Palm Beach County’s Supervisor of Elections listed Trump’s voter status as 'by mail ballot.'" - New Republic
newrepublic.com
Trump Voted By Mail Again While Blasting It
It’s only “cheating” when Democrats do it, apparently.
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 23/03/2026
"In the middle of a war and partial government shutdown, Trump still managed to spend the weekend at his Florida resort playing golf. He exists in a world where consequences are immaterial. Decisions made are not for the betterment of the American people, but for him alone." - Dan Rather
substack.com
A Government of One
Otherwise known as an autocracy
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CharlieD @charliedjr.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
@whitehouse-47.bsky.social FYI
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 11/03/2026
The survey found that a solid 52-40 majority of voters believe POTUS attacked Iran in part to distract from the Epstein files. "The findings will come as little surprise to a public that has morphed Trump’s codename for the war, Operation Epic Fury, into 'Operation Epstein Fury.'"
dropsitenews.com
NEW POLL: Majority of Americans Believe Trump Launched Iran War to Cover Up Epstein Scandal
A new Drop Site/Zeteo/Data For Progress survey also finds likely American voters are split on whether Trump is more responsive to the American people or to Israel.
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 05/03/2026
"Trump knew Iran’s response to being attacked would be to fight back, so he had no choice but to attack them first in order to preëmptively respond (or pre-spond) to their anticipated attacks in re-pre-sponse to our initial pre-sponse." Rubio: “We went proactively in a defensive way.”
todayintabs.com
They Don't Care
You're either with us or you're against us.
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