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BumRushDaShow

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18. That's how mob bosses operate

Reply to Prairie Gates (Reply #17)

Thu Aug 28, 2025, 04:12 PM

Aug 28

They have designated "hit men" and "bag men" to do the actual deeds so the boss can have "plausible deniability". You have heard 45 say stuff like "I don't know anything about that" and other nonsense that he "okayed".

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