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Trump Supporters Paid $59M For a Phone That Doesn't Exist

An FCC official has confessed to censoring Disney, immigrants are being arrested for calling 911, and Trump-supporting coal miners are dying of iron lung thanks to him

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May 11, 2026
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The Trump family is selling a phone that doesn’t exist and keeping the deposits. The FCC is openly threatening Disney for airing a late-night host who told a joke. Immigrants are being arrested for calling 911. And the administration wants coal country to keep mining while it quietly kills the …

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