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jfz9580m

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9. Ah yes - the plot by those industrialists against FDR
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 01:46 PM
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I knew the name sounded familiar. That I had actually heard of.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler

In 1933, Butler claimed to have been approached to be involved in a controversy known as the Business Plot, when he told a United States congressional committee that a group of wealthy American industrialists were planning a coup d'état to overthrow President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Butler also claimed that the plotters of the alleged coup intended on using Butler, at the head of a group of veterans, to place the federal government under arrest. The individuals alleged to be involved in the coup all denied the existence of such a plot and the media ridiculed Butler's allegations, but a final report following an investigation by a special House of Representatives committee confirmed at least some of his testimony.


Sadly that creep Russell Vought has pulled off the coup against the federal govt.

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I assume he was hated by his fellow Senators Johonny Yesterday #1
It misses the part about how MWM went 3-0 in his MMA fighting career AZJonnie Yesterday #2
A degree in drywallogy UpInArms Yesterday #3
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yes, I read the book a long time ago UpInArms Yesterday #6
Ah yes - the plot by those industrialists against FDR jfz9580m Yesterday #9
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the guy is a total dumbass Kali Yesterday #4
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is a law degree a requirement for being elected to office? Kali Yesterday #16
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a doctor and a senator are not the same thing Kali Yesterday #18
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