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Occupy Wall Street 2.0, September 17, 2026

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                              Is it 1917 yet?                         Zuccotti Park, NYC, September, 2011 The Russian Revolution had its dress rehearsal in 1905 before sweeping the Romanov's and their vassals from power - and from the planet - in 1917, twelve years later. NEW YORK CITY - Thursday, September 17, 2026 will mark 15 years since a group of roughly 1,000 demonstrators gathered in Lower Manhattan's Financial District at Zuccotti Park, beginning a global wave of protest and occupations that became known as Occupy Wall Street. We may be about to see if that was the main event, or merely a dress rehearsal for something bigger on the way. On September 27, 2011, protestors raised the slogan "We are the 99%", referring to the massive income and wealth inequality in the U.S. between the wealthiest 1% and the rest of the population. They began e...
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Google AI on ActBlue

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This was an interesting conversation...it should interest those who donate to ActBlue to learn that, in fact, they are helping to subsidize the cost of running campaigns that are as dominated by, and in service to, the same billionaire class as the Republicans. After reading this latest solicitation from AOC (below), I decided to enlist Google AI in an effort to identify how ActBlue uses my $5 individual contribution to enable billionaires to buy politicians on the cheap, using my money. Q.-  Where does the funding for ActBlue come from? A.-  Funding for ActBlue comes primarily from individual, small-dollar grassroots donors rather than large corporate or PAC contributions. [1, 2] How Funding Works Individual Contributions: The money processed through the platform belongs to everyday citizens who donate to specific Democratic candidates, progressive groups, or nonprofits. [3, 4] Conduit Model: ActBlue acts as an intermediary or conduit. It does not ...
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