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>> “They had.” <<
And continue to do so today.
Go Trump!
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And continue to do so today.
This is what I have come to realize. The power block that influenced Lincoln to launch a war against the South to preserve it's money dominance, and which involved itself in all the corrupt dealings subsequent to the Civil War, is still in power today.
They are in fact the "Deep State" and "Establishment" that we are currently fighting. They want to run the World from the Washington/New York corridor, and the media is just their tool for maintaining dominance of the Federal Government.