Reality check for Trump: $95 billion, four coffins, and a Georgia rally
Four flag-draped coffins. A $95 billion price tag. And a president dragging a Gold Star family on stage at a campaign rally in Georgia. This is the moment the rigged two-party system's silence gets deafening — and the moment independent Americans have to speak up. Paul Rieckhoff cuts through the propaganda on troop casualties, civilian targeting inside Iran, and a Pentagon that has gone dark on the American public.
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