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SLMontgo's avatar

In order for government of the people, by the people, for the people, you have to give at least a teeny tiny shit about the wellbeing of people. Our government does not.

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Myra's avatar

Thank you so very much. I’m trying. Most friends and family just don’t want to wake up. Or maybe they’re afraid feeling powerless to do anything about it. Thank you.

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Angie's avatar

Do you live in a red state like me? No one I’m close to (or used to be anyway) seems to see anything alarming. Or they just don’t care because it hasn’t hit their doorstep YET. It hit mine yesterday afternoon when a federal agent for the postal inspector and a sheriff’s deputy came banging on my door about “suspicious” packages I mailed from the PO this week with no return address. Two plastic jars of rocks, purchased from an outspoken toffee company on TikTok. The label says “kick rocks” and the side says something like “until you gain empathy for other human beings”. Snarky yet innocent, nothing dangerous or threatening. But I didn’t include a return address And this was only about the one sent within my hometown to my Rep’s house (I knew the address bc I was invited to a bridal shower for my niece in law a couple of years ago). So now they’re “on the lookout” for the one sent to DC. So without a return address they went to the extent of tracking me down through either my credit card, cameras (which I’m aware are there so obviously wasn’t trying to commit some crime), or both. He said I would “probably” never hear from him again, but get this… his report has to go all the way up to the U.S. Attorney’s Office and Capitol Police in DC. This CANNOT BE NORMAL.

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CE's avatar

“It’s not political, it’s primal”…indeed. And with all the breathless excitement about the next blow landed by one of these fellas,we are losing focus in the very important and dire attacks on our nation. Our economy is in chaos, its daily health determined by the fever dreams of an elderly sociopath. All non -white non-Evangelicals must look over their shoulders. The most vulnerable among us are literally poised to lose their livelihoods and even their lives. And the folks that we elected to represent us and to keep our nation healthy,are complicit, Democratic and Republican leaders alike. PLEASE call your Senators and Representatives today, tomorrow, and every day until they understand that WE THE PEOPLE gave them their jobs, and that WE THE PEOPLE can and will take them away. Let them know that WE have had enough.

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Jaime HG 🇺🇸's avatar

Love the Bravo reference, I’ve been thinking this myself.

After seeing the scene in LA yesterday, I am more engaged and ready to fight for democracy. Thank you, Michael, for being of one the leaders of this movement! 🙏🏻

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Agent#99's avatar

To your point of irrelevance, Michael, I can't prove it, but for the four years of Biden's presidency, it seemed to me that "Citizen tRump" occupied more news space than the Biden Administration. I remember saying to my husband, repeatedly, "WHY is this guy on the news again? We can never seem to get rid of him!" Living in the airwaves wasn't enough; with prolific exposure, the Toddler-in-Chief has begun to occupy our head space, and not in a good way. For at least 10 years, it's been "tRump news all the time." I don't get it- he is NOT that fascinating, unless you have a PHD in Psychology. For all of you familiar with Citizen Kane, all I can say is, "Rosebud". :)

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mike tonge's avatar

There hasn't been a day in the last decade that Trump wasn't in the news. Children, ages eight to twelve in 2016, grew up hearing his name every day. Now they are eighteen to twenty-two years old, and this type of political nonsense has been normalizes. Just another day in America :-/

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Robin D's avatar

💯

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4dEdited

Saw this today, perfect.... now the question to who's got the answer: "Hedge funder Ken Griffin doesn’t get why Trump wants to take China’s jobs: ‘Why are we aspiring to be the nation of the lowest-cost workforce in the world?’"

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Michelle Landa's avatar

It seems to get worse each day. I share all of this with everyone I know. People feel cornered and so many don’t know what to do. I beg people to listen to you and many have. This country is sick and there isn’t a cure for it.

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Candace Crocker's avatar

Very true! We need to pay attention to what is important. I hope someone figures out a way to protect the immigrants. Their treatment is horrific.

Unfortunately, The list of corruption continues .

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PegsReilledUp's avatar

Hallelujah, Michael!! So grateful to you! You are so incredibly in sync with how I, and I'm sure many others, feel abut this insanity, and I so appreciate you spelling it out for all to see and read. Let's get real, America. I so agree! Insults do NOT work. I wish more would get that. We have much to be proud of, and much work to to. And it's time democrats started screaming it from the rooftops. Glad to see you doing just that.

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Hanneke Wasserman's avatar

I share your, Lev and Malcolm's videos and Substacks to as many as I can and social media platforms but most don't respond or even pay attention. The reason they are so frickin MAGA that they don't believe a word you guys say. They respond " they are crooks and liars ". I'm on my own fighting for them to see the truth but they just love the orange turt.

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Lynn Johnson's avatar

You are correct. This is going to keep happening with the media following stories pertaining to everything but the important things. This is why I'm on Substack and left main stream media, although Substack followed this story of the bitch fight pretty heavy also.

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Maggie Boyd's avatar

Each person needs to find ways to help. There are postcards to be written, phone calls to make, money to donate, protests to match in, emails to be written. Every day I do something to support the cause of democracy. Each person needs to do thst.

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mike tonge's avatar

It's the latest diversion, bread and circuses. Don't be distracted, stay focused, and vote Blue in 2026. We cannot afford to loose the congressional mid term elections or the gubernatorial elections in our states. Vote to preserve our democracy. Vote to defend our constitution. Vote to protect our freedoms. For there is no liberty without justice, and no justice without equality.

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Elaine Dawe's avatar

🇨🇦🇨🇦I can’t thank you enough for your dedication. I’m afraid of the insane asylum on next week’s military parade day. At some point he will call the military into action against peaceful protesters. It’s already happened in Los Angeles. It’s coming I’m afraid. He will not be publicly embarrassed, especially before the world which is watching. Los Angeles was just a warning🇨🇦🇨🇦

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Hanneke Wasserman's avatar

I have to agree, I saw the videos from Los Angeles and it's downright crazy 🤪

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Julianne Clark's avatar

Michael nails it again! It is bloodcurdling "Orwell with better marketing."

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Heidi Herman's avatar

I like to call it “The Big, Bogus-filled Bill"

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