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William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Trump gained popularity by appealing to the angry, the resentful and the paranoid. He spoke to them in the language of conspiracy and coverup. His followers are suspicious of nearly all of those in power, except, of course, Trump himself. How satisfying it will be when more of them start to realise that the man who promised to drain the swamp is actually the king of it."</p><p>~ Jill Filipovic</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Epstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Epstein</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/pedophiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pedophiles</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/polls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polls</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Bondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bondi</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CoverUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoverUp</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Elites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elites</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ProtectionRacket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectionRacket</span></a><br>/16</p><p><a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2025/07/donald-trump-cant-escape-jeffrey-epstein" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newstatesman.com/comment/2025/</span><span class="invisible">07/donald-trump-cant-escape-jeffrey-epstein</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The key for Democrats in 2026 will be portraying Donald Trump, his policies, and his ideological project as a protection racket for the elites. And here’s the good news for the party: He’s already provided more than enough fodder for them."</p><p>~ Lauren Egan</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Epstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Epstein</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/pedophiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pedophiles</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/polls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polls</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Bondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bondi</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CoverUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoverUp</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Elites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elites</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ProtectionRacket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectionRacket</span></a><br>/15</p><p><a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-2026-rallying-cry-is-staring-them-in-the-face" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebulwark.com/p/democrats-202</span><span class="invisible">6-rallying-cry-is-staring-them-in-the-face</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.hackers.town/@X00001" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>X00001</span></a></span> Obviously this is typical of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ClownFlare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClownFlare</span></a>. </p><p>They are happy with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Malware</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cybercrime</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Terrorism</span></a> and literal <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CSAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CSAM</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/'%20@kkarhan/114835927463999365" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">on their network</a> as long as they are the ones profiteering from it.</p><ul><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CloudFlare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CloudFlare</span></a>'s Business Model is a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ProtectionRacket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectionRacket</span></a> and their offering should neither exist nor have a market, plain and simple.</li></ul><p>And no, CloudFlare isn't interested in launching a shittier version of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/flattr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flattr</span></a> or something. </p><ul><li>Personally, I block their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ASN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ASN</span></a> just like their clients and all the <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>"</em> grifters!</li></ul>
Bohemian Peasant<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ErikJonker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ErikJonker</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geopolitics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>geopolitics</span></a></span> </p><p>The fact that these mercenary cabinet officials want the US to get paid back for global military activities indicates to me that they want to establish a protection racket. Like the <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/mafia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mafia</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/protectionracket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protectionracket</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/nationalsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nationalsecurity</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a></p>
S★m V★rm★<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dangillmor</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@eldritch48" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>eldritch48</span></a></span> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ProtectionRacket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectionRacket</span></a></p>
skua<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> <br>"That's a nice rural economy you've got going there. Shame, and deuced inconvenient and political suicide, if anything should happen to it. Though I know these people'd buy it if it did hypothetically break and then, with my help, fix it all up and make it very profitable.</p><p>So much better for you if I help you now, don't you know?<br>And what can you give me in exchange for my help?"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Shakedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shakedown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProtectionRacket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectionRacket</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProtectionRacketTrump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectionRacketTrump2</span></a></p>
Tom Capuder<p>Theists: <br>Why would you worship a god who’ll torture you for eternity if you don't?</p><p>Oh, that’s right—it’s a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ProtectionRacket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectionRacket</span></a> </p><p>______________________<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atheism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>faith</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/god" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>god</span></a></p>
Keith D JohnsonHandmaidens of a different flavor?
WikiParty<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@wildebees" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>wildebees</span></a></span> The thing is, the "the disorder U.S. hegemony has long contained" has largely been generated by that hegemony. <a href="https://cheeseburger.social/tags/ProtectionRacket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectionRacket</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@DrJackBrown" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DrJackBrown</span></a></span> </p><p>&gt;&gt; Donald Trump is openly and blatantly encouraging <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> to invade <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> allies</p><p>Not only THAT:</p><p>“I said, ‘Everybody’s gonna pay.’ They said, ‘Well, if we don’t pay, are you still going to protect us?’ I said, ‘Absolutely not.’ They couldn’t believe the answer.”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> does not understand that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> is a collective mutual defense pact.</p><p>He thinks NATO is a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protectionRacket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protectionRacket</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/10/politics/trump-russia-nato/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2024/02/10/politics/tr</span><span class="invisible">ump-russia-nato/index.html</span></a></p>