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Trump caught literally selling off America piece by piece to donors

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Proving that a lying clock tells the truth twice a day, JD Vance recently quipped that politics have shifted so much that "if Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12-hour news story." Vance was unwittingly acknowledging his own handiwork as he and his intellectually compromised boss flex Steve Bannon’s flood the zone strategy : throw crap on the wall, throw it often, throw it fast, until the American public is so overwhelmed they can’t keep up and turn away. It’s working. Eighteen months into this nightmare regime, as one act of corruption follows the next, Americans are turning away. One study found that 65% of Americans across political affiliation and age groups are consuming less news due to information overload and fatigue . It’s exactly what Trump wants. As Trump awards billions in no-bid federal contracts to his political donors, from the no bid multi-million dollar Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool debacle , to hundreds of millions to build a ballroom , to multi-billi

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