Breaking – The $2,000 Trump payment is out! Check the list to see if your name is on it

The text hit Mason’s phone just as the sun was coming up, a single line that felt both sloppy and targeted: “The $2,000 Trump payment is out. Check the list to see if your name is on it.” No sender ID, no timestamp anomalies, nothing to give it shape. Just a message that hung there, vague enough to be bait, specific enough to get under the skin. He stood in the kitchen while the coffee maker gurgled to life, staring at the message like it was a piece of evidence. He wasn’t the type to chase stimulus rumors or fall…

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