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  3. Please do not waste your time listening to, reading, or analyzing what Tom Homan actually said this morning.

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  • inthehands@hachyderm.ioI inthehands@hachyderm.io

    Please do not waste your time listening to, reading, or analyzing what Tom Homan actually said this morning. That man is full of shit, everything that comes out of his mouth it shit, and you don’t need to eat it.

    I hope ICE and CBP actually leave soon. I’ll believe it when they do. They’re still out there right now. They’re still horrible. They’re still destroying lives •this morning•.

    Just a moment...

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    @inthehands

    It is hurting the polls, bullying Trump thought he could have it his way, but it backfired in a major way (again). So much losing...

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      https://www.status.news/p/larry-ellison-2020-election-cbs-news-january-6

      Ditch Oracle & every other tech lord working for Project 2025.
      https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2025/09/oracle-invested-millions-in-government-influence-before-winning-a-major-stake-in-tiktok/

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      Ditch the fossil fuel industry & its enablers.

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        4/

        Go after these folks' wealth.

        1. Elon Musk $291,482,587
        2. Timothy Mellon $197,047,200
        3. Miriam Adelson $148,304,900
        4. Richard Uihlein $143,498,936
        5. Ken Griffin $108,402,284
        6. Jeff Yass $101,128,680
        7. Paul E. Singer $66,800,800
        8. Marc Andreessen $42,365,113
        9. Stephen Schwarzman $40,202,039
        10. Timothy Dunn $35,780,200
        11. Rob Bigelow $34,991,500
        12. Diane Hendricks $33,165,417
        13. JJ Ricketts $32,273,650
        14. Shirley W. Ryan $32,198,116
        15. Warren A. Stephens $25,895,650

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          4/

          Go after these folks' wealth.

          1. Elon Musk $291,482,587
          2. Timothy Mellon $197,047,200
          3. Miriam Adelson $148,304,900
          4. Richard Uihlein $143,498,936
          5. Ken Griffin $108,402,284
          6. Jeff Yass $101,128,680
          7. Paul E. Singer $66,800,800
          8. Marc Andreessen $42,365,113
          9. Stephen Schwarzman $40,202,039
          10. Timothy Dunn $35,780,200
          11. Rob Bigelow $34,991,500
          12. Diane Hendricks $33,165,417
          13. JJ Ricketts $32,273,650
          14. Shirley W. Ryan $32,198,116
          15. Warren A. Stephens $25,895,650

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          #FFFO
          "Fund a Fascist & Find Out"

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          16. Isaac & Laura Perlmutter $25,344,890
          17. Vince & Linda McMahon $23,961,659
          18. Ronnie & Nina Cameron $21,372,500
          19. Jan Koum $20,855,091
          20. Thomas Klingenstein $17,410,263
          21. Rob Walton $17,572,601
          22. Janet J. Duchossois $16,306,033
          23. Howard W Lutnick $16,503,667
          24. Kelcy L Warren $16,151,105
          25. Walter W Buckley Jr. $15,522,500
          26. Thomas Peterffy $14,305,900
          27. Anthony Pratt $14,000,000
          28. Sherrilyn Fisher $13,299,894

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            5/
            #FFFO
            "Fund a Fascist & Find Out"

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            16. Isaac & Laura Perlmutter $25,344,890
            17. Vince & Linda McMahon $23,961,659
            18. Ronnie & Nina Cameron $21,372,500
            19. Jan Koum $20,855,091
            20. Thomas Klingenstein $17,410,263
            21. Rob Walton $17,572,601
            22. Janet J. Duchossois $16,306,033
            23. Howard W Lutnick $16,503,667
            24. Kelcy L Warren $16,151,105
            25. Walter W Buckley Jr. $15,522,500
            26. Thomas Peterffy $14,305,900
            27. Anthony Pratt $14,000,000
            28. Sherrilyn Fisher $13,299,894

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            29. David Millstone $13,413,486
            30. Lynne Walton $13,037,750
            31. Charles Schwab $12,801,600
            32. Stephen Wynn $12,518,750
            33. Anthony Lomangino $9,529,705
            34. J. Christopher Reyes $9,536,425
            35. Jay Winters Faison $9,084,324
            36. James Davis $8,497,854
            37. John W. Childs $8,694,286
            38. Patricia Duggan $8,446,099
            39. Richard G. Haworth $7,500,800
            40. Marc J. Rowan $8,721,299

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              5/
              #FFFO
              "Fund a Fascist & Find Out"

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              16. Isaac & Laura Perlmutter $25,344,890
              17. Vince & Linda McMahon $23,961,659
              18. Ronnie & Nina Cameron $21,372,500
              19. Jan Koum $20,855,091
              20. Thomas Klingenstein $17,410,263
              21. Rob Walton $17,572,601
              22. Janet J. Duchossois $16,306,033
              23. Howard W Lutnick $16,503,667
              24. Kelcy L Warren $16,151,105
              25. Walter W Buckley Jr. $15,522,500
              26. Thomas Peterffy $14,305,900
              27. Anthony Pratt $14,000,000
              28. Sherrilyn Fisher $13,299,894

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              @Npars01 I would add Eric Prince and his sister Betty de voss

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                https://archive.ph/u2X5E

                29. David Millstone $13,413,486
                30. Lynne Walton $13,037,750
                31. Charles Schwab $12,801,600
                32. Stephen Wynn $12,518,750
                33. Anthony Lomangino $9,529,705
                34. J. Christopher Reyes $9,536,425
                35. Jay Winters Faison $9,084,324
                36. James Davis $8,497,854
                37. John W. Childs $8,694,286
                38. Patricia Duggan $8,446,099
                39. Richard G. Haworth $7,500,800
                40. Marc J. Rowan $8,721,299

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                Trump Goon and Her Billionaire Husband Unmasked as Mystery Buyers of $30M Home

                Kelly Loeffler reportedly bought the priciest home in Georgia alongside her Trump donor husband.

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                41. Jeffrey Specher, Kelly Loeffler $7,052,013
                42. John L. Nau III $7,030,556
                43. John & Shannon V. Addison $6,757,065
                44. Robert H. Book $6,986,387
                45. Susan Fox $6,687,414
                46. Patricia Perkins-Leone $6,606,600
                47. Jeffrey Hildebrand $6,508,389
                48. Bernard Marcus $9,397,150
                49. Steve Brodie $6,481,298
                50. Daniel Newlin $6,063,928
                51. Trevor D. Rees-Jones $5,765,124
                52. Ross & Sarah Perot $5,643,416
                53. Harold C. Simmons $5,596,530

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                  4/

                  Go after these folks' wealth.

                  1. Elon Musk $291,482,587
                  2. Timothy Mellon $197,047,200
                  3. Miriam Adelson $148,304,900
                  4. Richard Uihlein $143,498,936
                  5. Ken Griffin $108,402,284
                  6. Jeff Yass $101,128,680
                  7. Paul E. Singer $66,800,800
                  8. Marc Andreessen $42,365,113
                  9. Stephen Schwarzman $40,202,039
                  10. Timothy Dunn $35,780,200
                  11. Rob Bigelow $34,991,500
                  12. Diane Hendricks $33,165,417
                  13. JJ Ricketts $32,273,650
                  14. Shirley W. Ryan $32,198,116
                  15. Warren A. Stephens $25,895,650

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                  @Npars01 They should be given a choice. Hand over your money or into the wood chipper. If you don't cause trouble you can go in head first.

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                    41. Jeffrey Specher, Kelly Loeffler $7,052,013
                    42. John L. Nau III $7,030,556
                    43. John & Shannon V. Addison $6,757,065
                    44. Robert H. Book $6,986,387
                    45. Susan Fox $6,687,414
                    46. Patricia Perkins-Leone $6,606,600
                    47. Jeffrey Hildebrand $6,508,389
                    48. Bernard Marcus $9,397,150
                    49. Steve Brodie $6,481,298
                    50. Daniel Newlin $6,063,928
                    51. Trevor D. Rees-Jones $5,765,124
                    52. Ross & Sarah Perot $5,643,416
                    53. Harold C. Simmons $5,596,530

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                    54. Ben & Kelly Navarro $5,373,100
                    55. Alice Walton $10,248,000
                    56. Rob Granieri $5,587,899

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                      @inthehands If they follow proj 2025 (which they have been), those camps are soon to be filling up with LGBTQ and people with "mental" problems. They've stuck to that document since day one of this admin and been successfully following it, these are the next steps.

                      Not enough resistance for them to slow down.

                      And, frankly, the resistance needs to be more diverse. Everyone needs to cancel all their subscriptions, move off of their media (meta, xitter, linkedin, google, etc.) and do everything they can to take away the revenue streams of those who built this fascist empire. Any support for one of them is a vote for their policies. Standing in the streets does nothing to hurt them. It does however hurt all the local businesses. And, I suspect, that is exactly what they want.

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                      @retech @inthehands
                      With respect, if "standing in the streets did nothing to hurt them;" they wouldn't be killing people for doing that.

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                        54. Ben & Kelly Navarro $5,373,100
                        55. Alice Walton $10,248,000
                        56. Rob Granieri $5,587,899

                        Just a moment...

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                        Betsy DeVos
                        https://www.teenvogue.com/story/republicans-cowards-betsy-devos-ted-cruz-empowering-trump

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                        https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/30/dan-doug-devos-john-james-michigan-governor-candidates-gop-house-budget-earmarks-trump-fake-electors/85885317007/

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                        Erik Prince - Putin's buddy
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                        Erik Prince Offered Lethal Services to Sanctioned Russian Mercenary Firm

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                        • inthehands@hachyderm.ioI inthehands@hachyderm.io

                          Please do not waste your time listening to, reading, or analyzing what Tom Homan actually said this morning. That man is full of shit, everything that comes out of his mouth it shit, and you don’t need to eat it.

                          I hope ICE and CBP actually leave soon. I’ll believe it when they do. They’re still out there right now. They’re still horrible. They’re still destroying lives •this morning•.

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                          @inthehands you know he's been managing the border since Obama's administration...

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                          • lillyherself@mastodon.socialL lillyherself@mastodon.social

                            @Npars01 I would add Eric Prince and his sister Betty de voss

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                            9/ Betsy DeVos https://www.teenvogue.com/story/republicans-cowards-betsy-devos-ted-cruz-empowering-trump https://www.commondreams.org/news/republicans-school-privatization https://dissentmagazine.org/article/miseducation-betsy-devos-public-schools/ https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/19/devos-family-developing-new-strategy-for-michigan-republicans-ahead-of-2026-governor-election/83725991007/ https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/30/dan-doug-devos-john-james-michigan-governor-candidates-gop-house-budget-earmarks-trump-fake-electors/85885317007/ https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/01/betsy-dick-devos-family-amway-michigan-politics-religion-214631/ Erik Prince - Putin's buddy https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/16/erik-prince-trump-immigration-enforcement https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/putin-ally-seychelles-meeting-erik-prince-chance-encounter/story?id=55408942 https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/betsy-devos-education-trump-religion-232150 https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/09/the-strange-ascent-of-betsy-devos-and-erik-prince https://yaledailynews.com/articles/campus-republicans-host-talk-on-privatization-of-government-services https://thebaffler.com/latest/the-prince-of-war-makuch https://www.newsweek.com/mercenary-storm-gathering-opinion-2127134 https://theintercept.com/2020/04/13/erik-prince-russia-mercenary-wagner-libya-mozambique/ https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/trump-ally-prince-sent-men-drones-help-congos-army-secure-strategic-town-2026-02-10/ https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2025/11/01/the-return-of-erik-prince https://www.economist.com/international/2025/11/21/erik-prince-americas-most-notorious-mercenary-spies-opportunity-in-chaos https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/03/opinion/international-world/russia-prigozhin-wagner-mercenaries.html

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                              Please do not waste your time listening to, reading, or analyzing what Tom Homan actually said this morning. That man is full of shit, everything that comes out of his mouth it shit, and you don’t need to eat it.

                              I hope ICE and CBP actually leave soon. I’ll believe it when they do. They’re still out there right now. They’re still horrible. They’re still destroying lives •this morning•.

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                              @inthehands Nazis really can't do much more than be despicable and untrustworthy. Send them back to the 1940's.

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                              • ulrich_the_elder@thecanadian.socialU ulrich_the_elder@thecanadian.social

                                @Npars01 They should be given a choice. Hand over your money or into the wood chipper. If you don't cause trouble you can go in head first.

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                                @Ulrich_the_elder

                                The Moneyed don't fear death.

                                They fear losing power, status, wealth, & control.

                                They fear the loss of being able impose misery, suffering, famine, desperation & poverty in others.

                                For the Epstein Class, it's entertainment for them.

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                                • inthehands@hachyderm.ioI inthehands@hachyderm.io

                                  From where I sit, I don’t think it’s a trap. It’s been clear for a while that they’re digging themselves deeper in a hole the longer they keep doing what they’ve been doing, and that they’re going to need to declare “MISSION ACCOMPLISHED” so they can switch to some different awful thing.

                                  However, this is very much a “don’t let your guard down” moment. They’re gearing up for some different horrible thing. They’re not disappearing.

                                  elala@nrw.social (@elala@nrw.social)

                                  @inthehands@hachyderm.io When I read the report about Homan's statements, my immediate thought was that he wants to divide the resistance and the solidarity community, because many people are naturally tired and want to believe that the paramilitary troops will withdraw when the demonstrations subside, while others assume that he is a liar. I think it's a trap, but I'm far away.

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                                  @inthehands I admire your optimism and take here. I agree that they're in the consolidation phase. I think they also used this exercise to evaluate response and how the courts, etc. would react to future power-grabs. I look for a big ICE build-up and strikes in the ~six weeks before the midterms to try to destabilize the election and consolidate power.

                                  I think y'all have set a great example for the rest of the country. I wish I could buy you all a beer and hug all the people who have done the needful and displayed the kind of bravery that the U.S. used to be famous for.

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                                  • acsawdey@fosstodon.orgA acsawdey@fosstodon.org

                                    @firefly @inthehands Fortunately they are completely unable to do anything in a stealthy way ...

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                                    @acsawdey @firefly @inthehands It'd be a lot harder if we had a fully functioning free press, but Trump's billionaire buddies have been shutting that down too. (To be fair, this started even before Trump, but has accelerated...)

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                                    • npars01@mstdn.socialN npars01@mstdn.social

                                      @Ulrich_the_elder

                                      The Moneyed don't fear death.

                                      They fear losing power, status, wealth, & control.

                                      They fear the loss of being able impose misery, suffering, famine, desperation & poverty in others.

                                      For the Epstein Class, it's entertainment for them.

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                                      @Ulrich_the_elder @Npars01 So, send them out to work as farm labor? As janitors?

                                      (I am not in any way demeaning farm labor or janitors. I have profound respect for the people who pick our food and those who keep things clean.

                                      But having the wealthy and powerful serving time while wearing overalls and harvesting lettuce, or mopping floors seems like appropriate punishment. Imagine the Epstein Class, Bondi, JD and Miller out in a field, in dirt... being overseen by members of the UFW. 😁)

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                                      • anniebuddy@mstdn.caA anniebuddy@mstdn.ca

                                        @inthehands

                                        This is not a retreat, it is a regrouping.

                                        So glad to see that you know this.

                                        We can not let our guard down. Not now, not for the next 80 years.

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                                        @AnnieBuddy @inthehands

                                        What hurt them, was the fascist spectacle that they made of themselves for all the world to see.

                                        At the same time they are still rushing to build mega concentration camps. And they talk nice because they preferably need the signature of some Democrats under the DHS appropriations, to make the medicine go down a little smoother.

                                        But noone in the USA should relax. Yes, hopefully the people in MN can relax a little, but the job of getting the MAGAts out is not done.

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                                        • inthehands@hachyderm.ioI inthehands@hachyderm.io

                                          Please do not waste your time listening to, reading, or analyzing what Tom Homan actually said this morning. That man is full of shit, everything that comes out of his mouth it shit, and you don’t need to eat it.

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                                          @inthehands

                                          Brilliant thread again. Thank you.

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