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    When the Clown Car Flips. The Looming Danger of a Cornered Donald Trump

    July 17, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    Donald Trump isn’t just losing control, he’s lighting the fuse. When a demagogue feels abandoned, it’s not the fall that’s dangerous. It’s the retaliation.

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    Stay lit, motherfucker

    July 17, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    A blunt hymn to self-love, weed, and the burning beauty of staying high when the world wants you small.

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    The Sunrise Goddess, Every God I Met Was High

    July 17, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    She walks barefoot in smoke, baptizes in weed, and reminds you that you were holy before the world told you to hide.

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    Cannabliss

    July 16, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    How cannabis became my sanctuary, my sword, and the flame I walk through to survive cancer and see beauty sharper than pain.

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    gods don’t sleep here anymore

    July 13, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    the old gods walked barefoot through alleyways, now they’ve been replaced by apps and assholes

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    Building the Future of Cancer Care and Why I’m Launching Vital Roots

    July 11, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    From stage 4 survivor (TBD) to founder, my plan to create patient-first cancer centers in Jamaica, Thailand, and Germany using the Press-Pulse metabolic model.

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    we fucked like gods

    July 10, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    sex, sweat, and divine jealousy in a motel room lit by sin and stardust

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    Patient-Led “Press-Pulse” Metabolic Cancer Protocol

    July 9, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    So as a junior lab rat/researcher I have no idea how to validate my hypothesis other than lab ratting myself out, but I wanted to post this very detailed, very technical breakdown of my combined protocols that I have named “Kill Switch” I first heard that term in relation to fighting cancer listening to a speech by Dr.

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    Rise.

    July 8, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    A poem about surviving darkness, facing death with courage, and finding strength in every scar left behind.

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    Facing the Death Sentence with No Silver Lining

    July 8, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    A brutally honest reckoning with Stage 4 cancer, financial ruin, and the lack of alternative treatment in America.

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