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    From Aaron Thomas@1:342/200 to All on Thu Jul 10 08:56:15 2025
    I was irritated when I watched Trump's inauguration on TV and I saw Jeff
    Bezos (Amazon) and Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook/Meta) there. They put the idea into peoples' heads that "We're supportive of President Trump."

    According to opensecrets.org (if opensecrets.org is legitimate) Amazon donated $2.3 million and Meta $1.6 million to Kamala's campaign, but neither donated a penny to Trump's campaign.

    The 2 elitist sleazeballs DID donate $1 million each to Trump's inaugural committee (this is AFTER he got elected.)

    (That's if I got all this information correct.) This stuff is important if you're a guy like me who holds grudges against companies who try to purchase influence and/or hide their loyalty to the Democrat party.

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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to Aaron Thomas on Fri Jul 11 07:23:34 2025
    Aaron Thomas wrote to All <=-

    The 2 elitist sleazeballs DID donate $1 million each to Trump's
    inaugural committee (this is AFTER he got elected.)

    I think this is nothing more than a plea to people to not Bud Light their platforms.

    Both are snakes and I will not trust them.


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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/200 to Ron L. on Fri Jul 11 09:50:26 2025
    The 2 elitist sleazeballs DID donate $1 million each to Trump's inaugural committee (this is AFTER he got elected.)

    I think this is nothing more than a plea to people to not Bud Light their platforms.

    Both are snakes and I will not trust them.

    Same here. I like Bezos a little better than Zuck because at least I'm allowed to shop on Amazon.

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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Ron L. on Fri Jul 11 10:40:48 2025
    Ron L. wrote to Aaron Thomas <=-

    Aaron Thomas wrote to All <=-

    The 2 elitist sleazeballs DID donate $1 million each to Trump's
    inaugural committee (this is AFTER he got elected.)

    I think this is nothing more than a plea to people to not Bud Light
    their platforms.

    Both are snakes and I will not trust them.

    They are bribes, plain and simple. The cost of doing business with the
    Trump administration.



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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/200 to Kurt Weiske on Fri Jul 11 11:33:52 2025
    The 2 elitist sleazeballs DID donate $1 million each to Trump's inaugural committee (this is AFTER he got elected.)

    I think this is nothing more than a plea to people to not Bud Light their platforms.

    Both are snakes and I will not trust them.

    They are bribes, plain and simple. The cost of doing business with the Trump administration.

    You didn't read my message that started this thread: they donated even more money to Kamala's campaign than they did to Trump's. It was only after Trump won that they gave him $1 million each (chump change.)

    You would have to be insane to think that they didn't have intentions for Kamala also. "The cost of doing business with any administration."

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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to Aaron Thomas on Sat Jul 12 08:23:50 2025
    Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

    Same here. I like Bezos a little better than Zuck because at least I'm allowed to shop on Amazon.

    Shall I recount the tale of I (rightfully) labeled 2 new books on BBSs as "woke nonesense" (Yes, that was the most harsh thing I said) and got banned from leaving any reviews on Amazon forever?

    Right now, I shop on Amazon only if there's no other real alternative.


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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/200 to Ron L. on Sat Jul 12 07:49:06 2025
    Shall I recount the tale of I (rightfully) labeled 2 new books on BBSs
    as "woke nonesense" (Yes, that was the most harsh thing I said) and got banned from leaving any reviews on Amazon forever?

    Right now, I shop on Amazon only if there's no other real alternative.

    I forgot about that. But at least they still let you shop on there. Facebook don't let me do anything unless I produce, film, and upload a gay porn video to them.

    I'm the same way with Amazon. I order my furnace filters on there because there's nowhere else to get them.

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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to Aaron Thomas on Tue Jul 15 07:04:41 2025
    Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

    A lot of people have figured this out but I don't think it's very
    common for people to fully analyze all these clues. More than 1/2 the country has rejected Democrats, which is great, but that's a baby step. Now we need them to reject Walmart, Amazon, Facebook, the "news."

    I don't shop at Walmart because I didn't marry my cousin.
    I avoid Amazon because they are Woke.
    I keep my Facebook "circle" very small and focused.

    So I really can't speak to whether or not people are starting to reject them.

    But we can see that the Media is collapsing due to lack of revenue. So people aren't trusting "the news" anymore.


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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Ron L. on Tue Jul 15 07:25:17 2025
    Ron L. wrote to Aaron Thomas <=-

    But I'm sure that if I "purchased" anything for their Swindle eBook
    reader or any of their media, I would have lost access to it.

    Sorry to interrupt the flow of political rants, but there are ways of
    backing up and de-DRMing Kindle books using an older version of Kindle
    for Windows, Calibre eBook reader and a couple of plugins.

    I backed up all of my Kindle books before they removed the ability to
    do so earlier this year and back up books I download incrementally.

    It's preferable to purchase ebooks from vendors who don't apply digital
    rights management or sell you a "license to use" a book.




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