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@wjf5.bsky.social

Brooklyn born and raised; Army veteran; Newspaper reporter at the Daily News for more than 30 years. Guild Chairman, Police and local coverage by day, covered Golden Gloves at night.

created November 13, 2024

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Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social) reply parent

So was Albert Speer's Inside the Third Reich.

4/9/2025, 11:22:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Lise Kim Horton (@lisekimhorton.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

If you are a big history reader, William Shirer's The Rise and Fall Of the Third Reich will pretty much terrify you, too.

4/9/2025, 8:14:33 PM | 0 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

Everyone should re-watch “Cabaret”. We are living it today. Just sayin’.

4/9/2025, 8:13:11 PM | 13 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pear 🍐 (@pearcherry.bsky.social) reposted

A new perspective and a little humor gives me something to think about. Good Thursday, everyone.

Old people at weddings always poke me and say “your next “. So, I started doing the same thing at funerals.
4/9/2025, 1:21:54 PM | 223 61 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

Brilliant!

4/9/2025, 4:04:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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4/9/2025, 12:08:15 PM | 465 100 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social) reply parent

We elected a lying, lifelong grifter president.

4/9/2025, 4:02:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

Never too late to share this reminder. THEY KNOW THE NAMES!

4/9/2025, 2:57:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

Seriously, you could not make this stuff up!

4/9/2025, 2:54:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social) reply parent

And. In their hearts they still are. Don't be afraid to dance, even when no one is watching.

4/9/2025, 1:52:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

And this why he's a MAGA "Superstar!"

4/9/2025, 1:49:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted

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4/9/2025, 1:28:10 AM | 416 73 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social) reply parent

Another page of from the dictator playbook.

4/9/2025, 1:42:09 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social) reply parent

You can't erase history. Read about the St. LOUIS. The ship which carried hundreds of Jews fleeing Nazi Germany and was turned away by United States!

4/9/2025, 1:41:20 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Helen Kennedy (@helenkennedy.bsky.social) reposted

Imagine going on TV to display how thoroughly you have gelded yourself. I'm having an involuntary sympathy cringe.

3/9/2025, 7:14:19 PM | 996 176 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social) reply parent

Ya don’t say?

3/9/2025, 7:14:46 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture momcat25bskysocial.bsky.social (@momcat25bskysocial.bsky.social) reposted

😆 youtube.com/shorts/lDm3F...

3/9/2025, 5:07:53 PM | 0 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

Since Donnie is a total narcissist, does anyone believe he cares about anyone other than himself?

3/9/2025, 5:43:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

Bravo!

3/9/2025, 5:34:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

Nothing to see here. Move along…

3/9/2025, 5:31:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Veterans Against Trump (@vetsat.bsky.social) reposted

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3/9/2025, 5:23:03 PM | 40 10 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

Well, he house a worm in his brain. How many people do you know who were that hospitable to our slithery friends.

3/9/2025, 2:48:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Blerrspookster 🙀 (@blerrycat1.bsky.social) reposted

A book is a tree that makes you hallucinate vividly
3/9/2025, 11:11:28 AM | 6675 1041 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

Ya don’t say!

2/9/2025, 10:09:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

I'm starting to think that the "Pitch Clock" was a pretty good idea.

2/9/2025, 6:17:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1/9/2025, 5:36:27 PM | 114 32 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luke Epplin (@lukeepplin.bsky.social) reposted

A good time to reup this "Peanuts" strip from January 7, 1967, back when there was ample living memory of how terrible measles was and why we should want to eradicate it.

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1/9/2025, 6:18:52 PM | 439 143 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

It's about time! Let's do it everywhere. If you're ashamed to show your face, you shouldn't be doing the job.

2/9/2025, 6:01:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social) reply parent

Bravo!

2/9/2025, 5:59:57 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

Funny how this works out…

2/9/2025, 3:45:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social) reply parent

This in a nation where Judge Sol Wachtler once commented that the grand jury system, “could indict a ham sandwich.”

2/9/2025, 3:44:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nathan Smith Manley AI/EdTech (@nathansmithmanley.bsky.social) reposted

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2/9/2025, 6:54:51 AM | 4348 803 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social) reply parent

Ha!

2/9/2025, 2:06:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

There it is. "F-you. Jack. We're Ok!"

2/9/2025, 1:59:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

Yeah! What he said...

2/9/2025, 1:57:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social) reply parent

Because Donnie likes familiar surroundings.

2/9/2025, 3:02:27 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barb McQuade (@barbmcquade.bsky.social) reposted

Happy Labor Day to the union workers who built America’s middle class.

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1/9/2025, 5:48:33 PM | 3778 917 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TizzyWoman (@tizzywoman.bsky.social) reposted

The people shouldn’t be afraid of their government. @chefjoseandres.bsky.social is amongst the most sincere, giving men on the planet. Today, he’s serving an honest #CupOfJoe to the felon in chief. Chef José Andrés radiates compassion. #DemsUnited

Chef José Andrés @chefjoseandres Cup Of Joe Mr. President @realdonaldtrump I understand why you are confused...all your time in DC you haven't eaten ONCE outside the White House or your own hotel. I've lived here for 33 years, and it's a flat out lie that half the restaurants have closed because of safety...but restaurants will close because you have troops with guns and federal agents harassing people...making people afraid to go out. Cities and towns and rural areas of America need policies that allow small business to thrive and all people including immigrants to live and work with dignity. People shouldn't be afraid of their government...government should have respect for its people, not terrorize them.
1/9/2025, 1:57:16 PM | 669 270 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

Well, if anyone knows fraud, it’s Donnie.

1/9/2025, 5:21:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social) reply parent

They never miss an opportunity to demonstrate their ignorance and bigotry. When they show us who they are believe them.

1/9/2025, 4:39:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gabi T 🇨🇦 (@gabituto.bsky.social) reposted

Absolutely relevant today also👇

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1/9/2025, 3:56:48 PM | 457 72 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

The beginning of the end of baseballs “Reserve Clause.”

1/9/2025, 4:30:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social) reply parent

One of, if not the greatest baseball game in my lifetime. If not ever!

1/9/2025, 4:24:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social) reply parent

You’ll never walk alone…

1/9/2025, 4:22:57 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

More people should read the novel and forget the movie.

1/9/2025, 4:18:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

Great reminder from Coleenky! Thanks we needed this!

1/9/2025, 4:09:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

This is what happens when the producer and presenter agree to limits on questions & issues they may discuss. Thus giving them the boast that they have an “exclusive” with so-and-so.

1/9/2025, 3:57:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social) reply parent

Along with their oath the Constitution; they previously swore an oath "to do no harm." Just sayin'

1/9/2025, 3:38:42 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

America where guns are untouchable; and kids have to learn where to hide between history and math.

1/9/2025, 4:02:17 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social) reply parent

Retired football coach.

1/9/2025, 3:58:46 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted

Can the media STOP referring to Jeffrey Epstein as a “financier”? The money he made came from SEX TRAFFICKING MINORS, RAPING CHILDREN, and BLACKMAIL. He was NOT a financier. I’ve seen at least five stories from three outlets refer to him this way in the past week. This is the latest from the Times:

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1/9/2025, 1:28:40 AM | 14311 4276 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social) reply parent

We can only hope. On the other hand, it would be ugly...yet, worth it.

31/8/2025, 8:52:05 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

This was when we were "one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

31/8/2025, 6:09:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

When the virtue of patience is rewarded. Bravo!

31/8/2025, 5:31:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh, you're a sly one!

31/8/2025, 5:27:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture JeffEgerton (@jeffegerton.bsky.social) reposted

When the bombs of the first attack on Kyiv were exploding around him, President Zelenskyy told his Defence Secretary, "Let's kick some ass!" And he has been!!

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Profile picture Robert Saint Lawrence (@robertsaintlawrence.social) reposted

Photo of a recruitment flyer taped to a black utility pole on a sunny street. White letter-size paper with faint vertical flag stripes as a background and five red, white, and blue star icons across the top. Large all-caps blue text reads, line by line: “DID YOU PEAK IN HIGH SCHOOL?” “ARE YOUR KIDS EMBARRASSED BY YOU?” “DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF AN ‘ALPHA MALE’ EVEN THOUGH WOMEN CAN’T STAND YOU?” “ARE YOU AFRAID YOUR LEGACY IS MISSING COMMITTING DOMESTIC TERRORISM?” Below those lines is a bold banner: “JOIN ICE!” A short decorative row of stars and stripes follows. Small print at the bottom reads: “YOU’RE NOT REALLY PIGS. PIGS ARE INTELLEGENT.” The flyer is secured with clear tape. Out of focus street scene and a palm tree are visible in the background.
30/8/2025, 10:21:38 PM | 156 44 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

“To be; or not to be: that is the question?”

29/8/2025, 1:42:36 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Lawrence 💙 (@trumpluvsobama.bsky.social) reposted

👇👇👇🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️😳😬🙄🫩

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27/8/2025, 4:11:25 PM | 464 84 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social) reply parent

And, you're surprised. Why?

27/8/2025, 9:17:44 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social) reply parent

The Founders specifically said "no state religion" when they wrote Freedom of religion. So if the 10 Commandments work for you great. However, with all the hate and bigotry you spew, I kinda doubt your commitment to the scriptures.

27/8/2025, 4:00:20 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social) reply parent

And the Trump family was sued for racial discrimination in their housing developments!

27/8/2025, 1:32:32 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah, why would you want to stop him from having all fun?

26/8/2025, 8:45:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

Is this the same “transformational” president who hired undocumented Polish immigrants to destroy the landmark Bonwit Teller building to build that unsightly building that bears his name?

26/8/2025, 5:51:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social) reply parent

Thanks for the reminder. Unfortunately, with the current Supreme Court, does it really matter?

26/8/2025, 5:44:57 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social) reply parent

Signed, sealed and delivered to the GOP. He’s theirs!

26/8/2025, 4:28:06 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

Whose side are they on? Time to move on to hire people who share our vision!

26/8/2025, 4:16:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social) reply parent

I love and appreciate the genius of the Founders.

26/8/2025, 3:16:34 PM | 15 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted

I’ve heard military law experts advise, if you are given an illegal command as a soldier, do not blindly obey. Call your attorney. Obeying an illegal command can result in a court martial.

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Profile picture Thom Hartmann (@hartmannreport.com) reposted

The last time troops policed America was in the 1770s. We fought a revolution against that king, and wrote into the Constitution the Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Amendments to prevent it from ever happening again. Pass it along…

24/8/2025, 10:57:32 PM | 5865 2694 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social) reply parent

Great move. Start ‘em young.

25/8/2025, 8:02:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social) reply parent

Going to be a long, interesting journey.

25/8/2025, 7:59:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

It’s chaos that they want.

25/8/2025, 7:51:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

The thugs who stormed the Capitol, are now the "Storm Troopers" roaming the streets of the United States. Step back for a moment & let that sink in.

25/8/2025, 5:31:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

And the silence is deafening...

25/8/2025, 3:19:05 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 (@msgrumpybunny.bsky.social) reposted

This is why I can’t quit the internet🤣🤣🤣

25/8/2025, 2:30:51 AM | 8083 2734 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jason Dogwood 💙 🏳️‍🌈 🌱 (@jasondogwood.bsky.social) reposted

He looks and acts like a man dying. It will happen, hopefully soon but remember his power was always theater. Even if his health fails, the architects of Project 2025 remain. Celebrate, but know the hand inside the puppet still moves and their plans haven’t changed. #Resist

24/8/2025, 2:21:17 PM | 3281 965 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social) reply parent

Ya think?

24/8/2025, 6:17:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture God (@thegodpodcast.com) reposted

The craziest thing about Trump sending armed troops to occupy 19 states is that he’s doing it to distract from being in the Epstein Files and everyone knows it.

24/8/2025, 6:15:57 PM | 3966 981 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

Donald Trump doing Donald Trump things. You would have ever expected this?

24/8/2025, 12:14:34 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

What the governor said...

23/8/2025, 11:35:14 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

Remember when elected officials put their funds into “blind trusts”? This has put a new twist on it. It’s called extortion to steal with both hands! There really is no bottom.

23/8/2025, 9:35:07 PM | 6 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture LewisNixon (@lewisnixon.bsky.social) reposted

I think the World Cup should seriously reconsider having their event in the USA.

22/8/2025, 8:24:03 PM | 15499 2378 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

Res ipsis loqutor.

23/8/2025, 6:39:53 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

Yesterday I met with my childhood best friend growing up in Bensonhurst. We haven't seen each other in more than 30 years! Blessed.

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Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social) reply parent

I feel ya!

23/8/2025, 3:13:43 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

Florida! Leading the path to the bottom.

22/8/2025, 2:41:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

Translation: “F-you! I’m okay.

21/8/2025, 9:58:03 PM | 7 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Profile picture Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted

Immigrants get hunted by the Trump administration. Epstein’s ‘friends’ get protection by the Trump administration.

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Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

Everyone should sit down and read the Rise of the Third Reich; Albert Speer's autobiography, or at re-watch "Cabaret."

21/8/2025, 8:20:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

The beauty of having worked with "hot type" was proof reading upside down & backwards.

21/8/2025, 8:14:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social) reply parent

Wonderful memories of Saturday afternoons in the Walker Theater in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.

21/8/2025, 8:10:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

What could be more Nobel worthy than kidnapping people off the streets and sending them the foreign prisons?

21/8/2025, 5:49:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

Bingo!

21/8/2025, 5:46:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture LA Blue Dot in GA (@namwella1961.bsky.social) reposted

Jaime Raskin: GREAT WORK, DONALD TRUMP, RAISING PRICES FOR ALL AMERICANS & MAKING GOODS & SERVICES MORE EXPENSIVE! IF NOT FOR YOUR NEGOTIATING SKILLS AND MANY BANKRUPTCIES, HOW WOULD WE ALL MANAGE?! THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK INCREASING THE COST OF LIVING SIR! #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice

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Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

Exactly!

21/8/2025, 4:38:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture wjf5.bsky.social (@wjf5.bsky.social)

Note to all. The “power of the press” belongs to the billionaires who own the presses!”

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