Happy holidays to everyone on here. I haven’t watched CNN in a long time and this article just cemented that fact that I never will again! I tell everyone about Meidas touch and I am so glad you guys are here! Love to all!!
Like it or not, CNN and similar networks will exist and misinform whether most Dems watch them or not. It's important to keep an eye on what misinformation is being broadcast so we can help correct. We blithely ignore at our own peril.
I would never vote someone to be put in power who caused an insurrection and crimes against women who continuly lies to his own followers and to the people for selfish power gains.
We haven't had TV since 1999. We have DVDs' and CDs' instead and watch old movies, old TV shows and rock concerts and listen to music all the time. I just hope they never stop selling DVD and CD players. We can't do without music, classical and classic rock
People after my own heart.I knew there were some of you out there! I do own a TV, still have cable and stream (and own films and TV shows digitally too so I can have them on my tablets and TV) but I am also into a lot of classic and foreign films and documentaries and old TV shows and all kinds of music (but classic rock is my fave) and am a HUGE proponent of physical media. I OWN them so I watch and listen to what I want when I want and don't need the thought police pulling or cutting films made in their time that may be offensive to everyone who gets so offended today that are still important to ME. Plus DVD/bluray players also play CDs. I love lots of modern movies too but the day I started seeing 20 minute commercials at the movies on top of the cellphone blabbers that was it for me. So I didn't see Oppenheimer in IMAX. I lived.
Music is my first love. Since we cut cable years ago, the only "watching" I do is online or offline with disc or download. But always have to have music. My latest interest is Chinese drama (historical and modern day), and some of the soundtracks are gorgeous! Just beautiful. i need to find out where/how to get recordings, I don't have the equipment to get it off the computer.
We have never had cable but now we have a wide screen TV that is only hooked up to the computer and our own DVD player and we get some old shows that come through the computer for free but mostly we watch our own DVDs and that's just in the evening. During the day we have music playing all day.
OH yeah all day music! When I was young and able to do a lot of cleaning at a time, there was usually rock or Motown to accompany it. I love all kinds of music except I'm not real crazy about country. I played the piano for many years and wish I still could.
I know what you mean. I have always loved the Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton until they both refused to have their audiences wear face masks during the early part of the pandemic. I can't seem to forgive them of that total stupidity! My first concert was when my friend and I went to see the Stones when I was 14. Now at 72 I am angry and and turned off by them! I have to wonder how many in their audiences died of covid as a result of those two concerts. The Stones called it the No Filter Tour and Clapton just said he didn't think it was right to force audiences to wear masks. That's just plain BS!
I agree. If you can’t report real, unbiased stories then you’re just like FOX News and I, for one, certainly will not support that! Done forever. They’ve turned my stomach.
Kaitlyn Collins and on occasion Jake Tapper are exceptions? Turn it off when Scott Jennings or Singleton show up! And Dana Bash certainly knows better but bought the farm! Give me Lawrence and Stephanie Ruhle anytime?
I was going back and forth one night maybe a few months before the election between MSNBC and CNN and George Conway who I have come to love (Brilliant. Funny. Witty! Changed parties to Dem. Spent $4-5 million of his own money.to.get Kamala elected) So he was on one night and George Conway told him " Scott. Scott. You're a.liar. you're lying" on and on raising his voice until a younger woman anchor whose name I don't know basically admonished.George like "we don't speak like that here" . Meanwhile, George was right. I think you can Google it. Scott Jennings is an arrogant.asshat.
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to all Democracy Supporters and to Meidas Touch who are giving #CanadiansForDemocracy a voice at a time when the MSM in Canada has stopped supporting us and our fearless PM.
I do love Andrew Weissmann and Lawrence O'Donnell so I can usually find a segment on youtube or a podcast if I want to hear something specific but how many mesothelioma cancer commercials can I take? No. Done. I'd rather hear Popok do another Loomie commercial over that lol.
Good you got out. Me too! I can't keep up with my inbox anymore. Or the youtubes or podcasts. It was like a fulltime job. Don't want to unsubscribe but sometimes can only skim. I used to also lurk on Twitter so I would also get links to many videos on the msnbc website too. It was really the legal news I was craving so Weissmann, Lisa Rubin, Neal Katyal were my go channel saving me thinking Demented Donnie was going to be held accountable and we wouldn't ever have to deal with him again. 😥
I'm sorry for you Vel and your circumstances. I have tears in my eyes.😥😥😥😥😥. I assumed you left willingly. I forget sometimes MTN is international. I hear your pain and frustration. I went to Croatia (and B-H for a few hours) in 2014...at the time of that catastrophic flood in B-H. Each country in fmr Yug is different but B-H was horrific during the war. I get the trauma. As an American tourist I could never begin to know what it would be like to live there and how oppressive.. There were tons of Chinese tourists too which surprised me. Things seemed so positive and more hopeful then.
I can see why you would be here at MTN and the love for MSNBC and especially Rachel and Lawrence. Smart. Rational. Comforting. And before the election...hopeful. Thank you for sharing your story, especially about how difficult it is to become a legal immigrant.
We have no control where we are born and sadly, so many people had and have the misfortune of being born under terrible, brutal cruel regimes. It's horrible.. The world is scary now. I've lived long enough to see the pendulum swing from the 1960s and hard won rights to Nazi Germany. I only have known democracy. I would not know where to go if I wanted to leave. I really hope things get better for you.🙏
Dear Vel...again I apologize for the editing and anyone reading this has lost a lot of context to what I wrote. Another reason for editing the post that I didn't know you had read, was more for privacy...yours and mine. This is one of the few places I actually write and comment, because it feels like a "safe space" but then I thought maybe I wrote too much about myself and if you hadn't read it, I would go back and cut out and shorten some things because the post was also really long. And you will see I can never usually give a simple answer to a simple question, because I just have too much to say. I know you mentioned 20 years but did not know all the circumstances of what you personally went through. It's why I cried when I read your anger and pain and frustration. I cannot possibly begin to know what your life has been likee.. Did you ever meet with an immigration lawyer here before you went back in 2016. I would have never known that after being here for 20 years that leaving to go home to see your mother would have jeapordized your status. and that you have always felt the cards stacked.against you 😥 i wrote another long post and Imgot a message to write a shorter comment.
But not one.thing.I wrote you originally that you read as I was editing has changed about my being empathetic to your pain and anger. Fear? Loneliness too? It is abominable how other immigrants treated you. Why? Were these Bosnia immigrants? You were all trying to make a life here. , and one thing that you did share about with me was was your sexual orientation and knowing the oppressive country and religious culture you were from. I instantly understood what life must have been like before and still is like. . When you go someplace as an American.tourist, you usually only see the good things. They keep the dark, ugly things hidden. And I told you I have never been anywhere more physically beautiful.But we could not possibly know what daily life was like for the citizens....(did I say in my original post that I.still have my small bottle of Bosnian.red wine where we stopped for a couple of hours that I brought home. So I knew you were from that part of the world, and being gay and how stifling life must be like under that oppression. I judge people by their character.Not who they are attracted to.. We are who we are. No one is being hurt. People.are.born.this way. And we are adults. Everyone should be entitled to love who.they want. This is one thing I have incredibly strong.views on because of my friends.and.family. My "unmarried" single cousin who died in his late 80s and would be over 100 years old today was a closeted gay man his entire life. One would think in 2024 we would have evolved more, but we are.going terribly backwards. Everything. Gay rights. Religious freedom. Overturning Roe v Wade. I'm afraid for my married gay frienda.that will be the next.thing.they overturn.The last 10 years here with Trump has destabilized the world.
Gay or not, immigrant or not, I am a single woman (by choice) and never understood why single people are penalized with their taxes having to pay the most because we don't have marriage or child deduxtions. Looked down on for not marrying or having children even though your taxes and mine and all my single friends pay and ,support the programs to help everyone else.And you can bet you and I have paid more taxes than Donald Trump ever has. I don't understand the process of modern immigration even though I told you I was the granddaughter of 4 Eastern European Jewish immigrants who fled persecution under the Russian Empire. They didn't speak the language. My father was born here and didn't speak English for the first 3 years of his life because it wasn't spoken at home. But I know how hard they worked, as you did, paycheck.to paycheck,...to make some kind of life here...and do it honestly. I have young nieces and nephews. I'm not worried for myself as much as I am for them. I've lived my life. But no Vel...I cannot possibly know your experience.and what you had.to go.through all of these years. Life.is so unfair in so many ways. and some people don't get breaks. As I said originally...I can feel.and hear your pain and frustration. I understand it. Especially having to hide you sexuality. My cousin who would be way over 100 now was a closeted gay man his entire life. And since he was so much older than me I don't know if he ever found love or a relationship. . I have many older gay male friends in their 60s and 70s who fought for gay rights.. I have friends that because of their culture (Hispanic) born here who have to still hide who they are to to their families because of their culture and religion I found the naturalization records of my paternal.grandfather and.aunt who came at 9. She wasn't naturalized until she was married with children. I saw my aunt wasn't naturalized until she was married with children. Way overr 20 years. I never knew that while she was alive. Like you said...the most expensive part is to get their final papers. So as I said, I think it takes guts and bravery to immigrate. Especially alone. My ancestors came here to make a better life. A life they would not have survived if they had stayed. At least you were able to Skype your Mom and see her until she guilt tripped you to come visit. My family never saw their relatives they left behind again. She wanted to see you in person. Mothers and their sons. I take no pride being of Russian descent (now Belarus-no less--and -horrible Lushenko.) and Lithuanian. And you know what? For the first time in MY life I feel hatred and discrimination towards me not because I'm an awful person, but just by virtue of being Jewish. I will never apologize for who I am nor should you. You are smart. You wanted more and better for yourself. I admire you. Yes I'm an American citizen born here, lived here for my entire life. I am in one of the most multicultral.cities in the US. And I always loved the diversity. On the floor I live on in my apartment we have white, (Jewish and Christian), Indian, Pakistani, Chinese and Korean people. . We all get.along. We keep to ourselves but we are pleasant and nice to.each other. What are all these crazy MAGAs afraid of? Any of us who are "others" that aren't like "them" instill fear. What are they so afraid of. But I feel worried for you based on what you have told me of crime and corruption horrible disturbimg things, and of course influence of Russia. one the Serbians. They are cruel. When I went it in 2014 there were no warnings. Everything was fine. . But that summer of 2014 aside from.that awful.Bosnian flood.that exposed landmines, there was an Islamic terrorist attack against Jews in Belgium. When I went to France.another year there.was.a.terrorist attack in Avignon shortly after I visited. And a terror attack with them.killing the terrorist.right in fron.of my hotel in Nice. My last trip to Europe was 2019 and then came covid. That changed things forever.
You must feel helpless. I just found the US embassy in Sarajevo on Twitter/x. made a statement in 12/25 and I don't understand it but people who are answering are saying things are.not good. and mentioning the Russians. Even if you are not on " X" here is the link to the page. You should be able to read what they posted if not the comments.
Because you hadn't answered in a couple of days and I thought you (or anyone else) would not want to read everything I wrote, so I thought I would shorten it, but right after I edited it I saw you replied! I am so sorry. I don't usually write as much and I meant everything I wrote originally and I am so glad you read it. What you wrote was so honest and heartfelt and because I have been to your country I understood. I am knew to substack and didn't realize people are just catching up over a few days and the confusion editing would make. I won't do that again!
Dear Vel. You must have been answering me at.the same time I was writing and editing my post thinking...oh, he hasn't looked and won't want to read all of this...and hit the "save" button then saw you answered me 23 minutes before. I am glad you saw my original post.🙏 I have a screencap. I know what it said.And I read yours before your edit (cause I'm typing away too...for a couple of hours. So much I want to say) but my tablet I'm writing on is crashing. We are at an inflection point in history. Despite MTN and MSNBC and Jack Smith one by one.the dominoes were falling and.then SCOTUS giving him immunity (I felt in my heart it was over then) I am so sorry you couldn't get.to Canada but the world is on fire. I voted for democracy, as imperfect as it is and not for this cruel (and stupid) grifting, repulsive Orange Stain of a lunatic (talk about shame!) with an insatiable lust for money and power and vanity which made him the perfect puppet to control, who let this Trojan Horse in of Elon Musk 😱. It took 50 years for these white evangelical Christian nationalists to.take over our gov't and Elon Musk did it in a couple of months. He paid $250 million to get.this lunatic in again and in a month or two made another $200 billion. We are at an inflection point of history.
But like minded people will find each other even in this insane time of history we are living in. I am amazed that we have been able to "talk" through a substack!
yes yes yes. putin-KGB- -GRU, etc. inflaming Serbian aggression. Your country lived through a Hitler. Putin is the most evil man alive (my Russian tech guy is from Belarus and came here as a teenager. He has no illusions. He knows exactly how evil he is. He's a.good guy) but his point was even Putin and the billionaires and dictators and Orban and Xi and Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will DIE. No one gets out of here alive. And if we don't have WWIII or wind up in "The Matrix" with AI...who is waiting in the wings? They think they will live forever but they won't and then what comes after Putin? He killed Nalvany and every dissident went out a window or was poisoned. But what happens to the unimaginable billions he has.stolen from that country when he drops dead which can't come soon enough. Who will replace him. The world looked away from him because of the MONEY and the OIL and greed and power. They could care less about civil rights.
Putin is a sick, twisted guy who is ashamed his great USSR fell and he is trying to get back every inch of the glorious Russian Empire to restore it to its " former glory" (said with sarcasm. I would spit on his grave)and there is religion involved with him too. These religious hypocrites disgust me. Any religious extremist.! Poor Ukraine.
Follow Ruth Ben-Ghiat. She wrote "Strongmen". She has a substack.
We've got some Axis of Evil going on again. They just want to divvy up the world. OMG. Jimmy Carter died and Canada is in turmoil.😥 . 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
CNN is going the way of cable TV - obsolescence. I know very few young people who would pay for cable. I cut the cord years ago. The next generations never had one.
Advertisers are shifting their money to streaming. Most younger people get their "information" on their phones. TVs are for Netflix or Disney+.
That doesn't diminish the pathetic direction CNN has gone in. They are desperately grasping at straws to survive financially. Integrity and democracy be damned.
But for more and more of us CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC...are antiques. The programming is awful and who tolerates commercials? My head is "ad free". And I am an old guy.
I'm reading "On Tyranny" by Timothy Snyder. What we all do grows freedom. Very good.
🔸️Do not obey In advance🔸️Defend institutions🔸️Beware the one-party state🔸️Take responsibility for the face of the world🔸️Remember professional ethics🔸️Be wary of paramilitaries🔸️Be reflective if you must be armed🔸️Stand out🔸️Be kind to our language🔸️Believe in truth🔸️Investigate🔸️Make eye contact and small talk🔸️Practice corporeal politics🔸️Establish a private life🔸️Contribute to good causes🔸️Learn from peers in other countries🔸️Listen for dangerous words🔸️Be calm when the unthinkable arrives🔸️Be a patriot🔸️Be as courageous as you can
Trump needs to be investigated to determine whether he's too nutsy koo koo to serve as president.
We need an amnesty bill.
14th Amendment Section 3
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
The Donald is out of his fecking mind! And it’s on display for the whole world to see, and it’s got to be blowing their minds. How can you take a man like this seriously? It would be hysterical if it weren’t so globally consequential. 🤯
It makes me believe even more his administration will crumble under the weight of its arrogant ignorance, incompetence, hubris, and greed - rot from the inside, out.
Jennifer on IHIPNEWS points out perfectly that Donabel Lector needs people to hate.....that keeps him going.........and his base hates anyone and everyone that is not a white beta male.
It is going to be an 4 year Orange Depends Diaper Shit Show.
Bone Spurs is not the alpha male..he gives the alpha male the go ahead to be racist, mysogynistic...get away with anything....break laws....trash the environment...all that right wing extremist bullshit.
I wish the Meidas would take IHIPNEWS under its wing before Jan 20
I don't follow CNN on SM, but I didn't set them straight on why Mango Mussolini is threatening to take back the Panama Canal. They are stripping his name off of buildings in Panama because he has never paid taxes there. In excess of a million dollars in taxes.
Keep reminding people why he is talking about Panama...they are accusing him of tax evasion!!! And, they took his name off of his building!! Don't let this get pushed down in the news cycle -- they know he's a grifter and that's why he's trying to distract. How about a story about all the buildings that took his name off and why...all the accusations of fraud, tax evasion, etc. -- with a nice graphic to get people's attention. https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-panama-canal-threats-hotel-taxes-court-filing-2005079
That’s not happening though. He’s one of those bullies you get online who says stupid crap behind his phone. It’s pure stupidity because it’s alienating us.
Yeah they can have my middle finger too. 🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽
Obeying in advance happening all OVER the place. What did we expect, really? They capitulate and normalize and have for years. They're self interested, and have given up on decent ethics.
Meidas is the 21st century version of the independent printers who bucked the British system back in the 17th century to print broadsides in favor of revolution. I’m proud to be a member of the Miedas Mighty!
Unbelievable 'headline' - Sovereign nations do not get 'annexed' or purchased or invaded (well except in the 1800s and recently in Ukraine). Really, someone needs to teach him a smidge of history and international law. (Canadian not interested in becoming even a tiny bit of the USA)
I don’t watch any news channels but MTN now. CNN can go 🖕🏽themselves. The orange buffoon is taking over any country never mind the US of A or any oligarch. We stick together, protest together, and fight together if we have to.
Happy Holidays Ben to you and your family. 🎅🏼🎄🎁✨💙🇺🇸
Happy holidays to everyone on here. I haven’t watched CNN in a long time and this article just cemented that fact that I never will again! I tell everyone about Meidas touch and I am so glad you guys are here! Love to all!!
Same! It's been super peaceful not watching CNN! Happy holidays!
I agree. I stick with whom I know will report the real facts! “Not blowing smoke or sunshine!” Lol.
I watch Meidas Touch because I get the truth.
Like it or not, CNN and similar networks will exist and misinform whether most Dems watch them or not. It's important to keep an eye on what misinformation is being broadcast so we can help correct. We blithely ignore at our own peril.
So thankful that MTN monitors the other networks and shares the misinformation they are spreading etc.🙏💙
Interesting point of view. I’ll stick with boycotting them and sharing the truth.
I would never vote someone to be put in power who caused an insurrection and crimes against women who continuly lies to his own followers and to the people for selfish power gains.
This is true too. My cousin began consuming Breit Bart to keep an eye on what the other side is saying. This election, she voted for Trump. 😳
Ugh
I read Raw Story also, the truth and facts can be found there too.
Yes! It always feels like network news on TV is shouting at us!! I always hated TV news!!
I hate TV, period. Eliminated it 5 years ago, no talking heads, no commercials.
We haven't had TV since 1999. We have DVDs' and CDs' instead and watch old movies, old TV shows and rock concerts and listen to music all the time. I just hope they never stop selling DVD and CD players. We can't do without music, classical and classic rock
People after my own heart.I knew there were some of you out there! I do own a TV, still have cable and stream (and own films and TV shows digitally too so I can have them on my tablets and TV) but I am also into a lot of classic and foreign films and documentaries and old TV shows and all kinds of music (but classic rock is my fave) and am a HUGE proponent of physical media. I OWN them so I watch and listen to what I want when I want and don't need the thought police pulling or cutting films made in their time that may be offensive to everyone who gets so offended today that are still important to ME. Plus DVD/bluray players also play CDs. I love lots of modern movies too but the day I started seeing 20 minute commercials at the movies on top of the cellphone blabbers that was it for me. So I didn't see Oppenheimer in IMAX. I lived.
Music is my first love. Since we cut cable years ago, the only "watching" I do is online or offline with disc or download. But always have to have music. My latest interest is Chinese drama (historical and modern day), and some of the soundtracks are gorgeous! Just beautiful. i need to find out where/how to get recordings, I don't have the equipment to get it off the computer.
We have never had cable but now we have a wide screen TV that is only hooked up to the computer and our own DVD player and we get some old shows that come through the computer for free but mostly we watch our own DVDs and that's just in the evening. During the day we have music playing all day.
OH yeah all day music! When I was young and able to do a lot of cleaning at a time, there was usually rock or Motown to accompany it. I love all kinds of music except I'm not real crazy about country. I played the piano for many years and wish I still could.
I know what you mean. I have always loved the Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton until they both refused to have their audiences wear face masks during the early part of the pandemic. I can't seem to forgive them of that total stupidity! My first concert was when my friend and I went to see the Stones when I was 14. Now at 72 I am angry and and turned off by them! I have to wonder how many in their audiences died of covid as a result of those two concerts. The Stones called it the No Filter Tour and Clapton just said he didn't think it was right to force audiences to wear masks. That's just plain BS!
Happy Holidays to you as well. I too, have not watched CNN, in just about a year, and I hope they cease to exist
I agree. If you can’t report real, unbiased stories then you’re just like FOX News and I, for one, certainly will not support that! Done forever. They’ve turned my stomach.
Yeah. Let them starve.
Kaitlyn Collins and on occasion Jake Tapper are exceptions? Turn it off when Scott Jennings or Singleton show up! And Dana Bash certainly knows better but bought the farm! Give me Lawrence and Stephanie Ruhle anytime?
Scott Jennings is enough to cause you to click OFF the remote!
CNN has absolutely NO class or angle on the news!
I was going back and forth one night maybe a few months before the election between MSNBC and CNN and George Conway who I have come to love (Brilliant. Funny. Witty! Changed parties to Dem. Spent $4-5 million of his own money.to.get Kamala elected) So he was on one night and George Conway told him " Scott. Scott. You're a.liar. you're lying" on and on raising his voice until a younger woman anchor whose name I don't know basically admonished.George like "we don't speak like that here" . Meanwhile, George was right. I think you can Google it. Scott Jennings is an arrogant.asshat.
Fvk you CNN!
From all Canadians.
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to all Democracy Supporters and to Meidas Touch who are giving #CanadiansForDemocracy a voice at a time when the MSM in Canada has stopped supporting us and our fearless PM.
Good luck. Don't be like us. We didn't need the warnings seriously enough. You still have some time it seems.
Happy holidays, and CNN stopped being a legitimate news network when they held the Trump town hall.
Yes, that's when I stopped watching CNN.
I haven't watched MSM since the election. I really can't even look at any of them anymore and haven't looked back.
I do love Andrew Weissmann and Lawrence O'Donnell so I can usually find a segment on youtube or a podcast if I want to hear something specific but how many mesothelioma cancer commercials can I take? No. Done. I'd rather hear Popok do another Loomie commercial over that lol.
Good you got out. Me too! I can't keep up with my inbox anymore. Or the youtubes or podcasts. It was like a fulltime job. Don't want to unsubscribe but sometimes can only skim. I used to also lurk on Twitter so I would also get links to many videos on the msnbc website too. It was really the legal news I was craving so Weissmann, Lisa Rubin, Neal Katyal were my go channel saving me thinking Demented Donnie was going to be held accountable and we wouldn't ever have to deal with him again. 😥
I'm sorry for you Vel and your circumstances. I have tears in my eyes.😥😥😥😥😥. I assumed you left willingly. I forget sometimes MTN is international. I hear your pain and frustration. I went to Croatia (and B-H for a few hours) in 2014...at the time of that catastrophic flood in B-H. Each country in fmr Yug is different but B-H was horrific during the war. I get the trauma. As an American tourist I could never begin to know what it would be like to live there and how oppressive.. There were tons of Chinese tourists too which surprised me. Things seemed so positive and more hopeful then.
I can see why you would be here at MTN and the love for MSNBC and especially Rachel and Lawrence. Smart. Rational. Comforting. And before the election...hopeful. Thank you for sharing your story, especially about how difficult it is to become a legal immigrant.
We have no control where we are born and sadly, so many people had and have the misfortune of being born under terrible, brutal cruel regimes. It's horrible.. The world is scary now. I've lived long enough to see the pendulum swing from the 1960s and hard won rights to Nazi Germany. I only have known democracy. I would not know where to go if I wanted to leave. I really hope things get better for you.🙏
Dear Vel...again I apologize for the editing and anyone reading this has lost a lot of context to what I wrote. Another reason for editing the post that I didn't know you had read, was more for privacy...yours and mine. This is one of the few places I actually write and comment, because it feels like a "safe space" but then I thought maybe I wrote too much about myself and if you hadn't read it, I would go back and cut out and shorten some things because the post was also really long. And you will see I can never usually give a simple answer to a simple question, because I just have too much to say. I know you mentioned 20 years but did not know all the circumstances of what you personally went through. It's why I cried when I read your anger and pain and frustration. I cannot possibly begin to know what your life has been likee.. Did you ever meet with an immigration lawyer here before you went back in 2016. I would have never known that after being here for 20 years that leaving to go home to see your mother would have jeapordized your status. and that you have always felt the cards stacked.against you 😥 i wrote another long post and Imgot a message to write a shorter comment.
But not one.thing.I wrote you originally that you read as I was editing has changed about my being empathetic to your pain and anger. Fear? Loneliness too? It is abominable how other immigrants treated you. Why? Were these Bosnia immigrants? You were all trying to make a life here. , and one thing that you did share about with me was was your sexual orientation and knowing the oppressive country and religious culture you were from. I instantly understood what life must have been like before and still is like. . When you go someplace as an American.tourist, you usually only see the good things. They keep the dark, ugly things hidden. And I told you I have never been anywhere more physically beautiful.But we could not possibly know what daily life was like for the citizens....(did I say in my original post that I.still have my small bottle of Bosnian.red wine where we stopped for a couple of hours that I brought home. So I knew you were from that part of the world, and being gay and how stifling life must be like under that oppression. I judge people by their character.Not who they are attracted to.. We are who we are. No one is being hurt. People.are.born.this way. And we are adults. Everyone should be entitled to love who.they want. This is one thing I have incredibly strong.views on because of my friends.and.family. My "unmarried" single cousin who died in his late 80s and would be over 100 years old today was a closeted gay man his entire life. One would think in 2024 we would have evolved more, but we are.going terribly backwards. Everything. Gay rights. Religious freedom. Overturning Roe v Wade. I'm afraid for my married gay frienda.that will be the next.thing.they overturn.The last 10 years here with Trump has destabilized the world.
Gay or not, immigrant or not, I am a single woman (by choice) and never understood why single people are penalized with their taxes having to pay the most because we don't have marriage or child deduxtions. Looked down on for not marrying or having children even though your taxes and mine and all my single friends pay and ,support the programs to help everyone else.And you can bet you and I have paid more taxes than Donald Trump ever has. I don't understand the process of modern immigration even though I told you I was the granddaughter of 4 Eastern European Jewish immigrants who fled persecution under the Russian Empire. They didn't speak the language. My father was born here and didn't speak English for the first 3 years of his life because it wasn't spoken at home. But I know how hard they worked, as you did, paycheck.to paycheck,...to make some kind of life here...and do it honestly. I have young nieces and nephews. I'm not worried for myself as much as I am for them. I've lived my life. But no Vel...I cannot possibly know your experience.and what you had.to go.through all of these years. Life.is so unfair in so many ways. and some people don't get breaks. As I said originally...I can feel.and hear your pain and frustration. I understand it. Especially having to hide you sexuality. My cousin who would be way over 100 now was a closeted gay man his entire life. And since he was so much older than me I don't know if he ever found love or a relationship. . I have many older gay male friends in their 60s and 70s who fought for gay rights.. I have friends that because of their culture (Hispanic) born here who have to still hide who they are to to their families because of their culture and religion I found the naturalization records of my paternal.grandfather and.aunt who came at 9. She wasn't naturalized until she was married with children. I saw my aunt wasn't naturalized until she was married with children. Way overr 20 years. I never knew that while she was alive. Like you said...the most expensive part is to get their final papers. So as I said, I think it takes guts and bravery to immigrate. Especially alone. My ancestors came here to make a better life. A life they would not have survived if they had stayed. At least you were able to Skype your Mom and see her until she guilt tripped you to come visit. My family never saw their relatives they left behind again. She wanted to see you in person. Mothers and their sons. I take no pride being of Russian descent (now Belarus-no less--and -horrible Lushenko.) and Lithuanian. And you know what? For the first time in MY life I feel hatred and discrimination towards me not because I'm an awful person, but just by virtue of being Jewish. I will never apologize for who I am nor should you. You are smart. You wanted more and better for yourself. I admire you. Yes I'm an American citizen born here, lived here for my entire life. I am in one of the most multicultral.cities in the US. And I always loved the diversity. On the floor I live on in my apartment we have white, (Jewish and Christian), Indian, Pakistani, Chinese and Korean people. . We all get.along. We keep to ourselves but we are pleasant and nice to.each other. What are all these crazy MAGAs afraid of? Any of us who are "others" that aren't like "them" instill fear. What are they so afraid of. But I feel worried for you based on what you have told me of crime and corruption horrible disturbimg things, and of course influence of Russia. one the Serbians. They are cruel. When I went it in 2014 there were no warnings. Everything was fine. . But that summer of 2014 aside from.that awful.Bosnian flood.that exposed landmines, there was an Islamic terrorist attack against Jews in Belgium. When I went to France.another year there.was.a.terrorist attack in Avignon shortly after I visited. And a terror attack with them.killing the terrorist.right in fron.of my hotel in Nice. My last trip to Europe was 2019 and then came covid. That changed things forever.
You must feel helpless. I just found the US embassy in Sarajevo on Twitter/x. made a statement in 12/25 and I don't understand it but people who are answering are saying things are.not good. and mentioning the Russians. Even if you are not on " X" here is the link to the page. You should be able to read what they posted if not the comments.
https://x.com/USEmbassySJJ/status/1871885921634734243
Do you at least still have your family there or are you all alone? I hope I was able to recreate most of what I said the first time 🙏
Because you hadn't answered in a couple of days and I thought you (or anyone else) would not want to read everything I wrote, so I thought I would shorten it, but right after I edited it I saw you replied! I am so sorry. I don't usually write as much and I meant everything I wrote originally and I am so glad you read it. What you wrote was so honest and heartfelt and because I have been to your country I understood. I am knew to substack and didn't realize people are just catching up over a few days and the confusion editing would make. I won't do that again!
Dear Vel. You must have been answering me at.the same time I was writing and editing my post thinking...oh, he hasn't looked and won't want to read all of this...and hit the "save" button then saw you answered me 23 minutes before. I am glad you saw my original post.🙏 I have a screencap. I know what it said.And I read yours before your edit (cause I'm typing away too...for a couple of hours. So much I want to say) but my tablet I'm writing on is crashing. We are at an inflection point in history. Despite MTN and MSNBC and Jack Smith one by one.the dominoes were falling and.then SCOTUS giving him immunity (I felt in my heart it was over then) I am so sorry you couldn't get.to Canada but the world is on fire. I voted for democracy, as imperfect as it is and not for this cruel (and stupid) grifting, repulsive Orange Stain of a lunatic (talk about shame!) with an insatiable lust for money and power and vanity which made him the perfect puppet to control, who let this Trojan Horse in of Elon Musk 😱. It took 50 years for these white evangelical Christian nationalists to.take over our gov't and Elon Musk did it in a couple of months. He paid $250 million to get.this lunatic in again and in a month or two made another $200 billion. We are at an inflection point of history.
But like minded people will find each other even in this insane time of history we are living in. I am amazed that we have been able to "talk" through a substack!
yes yes yes. putin-KGB- -GRU, etc. inflaming Serbian aggression. Your country lived through a Hitler. Putin is the most evil man alive (my Russian tech guy is from Belarus and came here as a teenager. He has no illusions. He knows exactly how evil he is. He's a.good guy) but his point was even Putin and the billionaires and dictators and Orban and Xi and Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will DIE. No one gets out of here alive. And if we don't have WWIII or wind up in "The Matrix" with AI...who is waiting in the wings? They think they will live forever but they won't and then what comes after Putin? He killed Nalvany and every dissident went out a window or was poisoned. But what happens to the unimaginable billions he has.stolen from that country when he drops dead which can't come soon enough. Who will replace him. The world looked away from him because of the MONEY and the OIL and greed and power. They could care less about civil rights.
Putin is a sick, twisted guy who is ashamed his great USSR fell and he is trying to get back every inch of the glorious Russian Empire to restore it to its " former glory" (said with sarcasm. I would spit on his grave)and there is religion involved with him too. These religious hypocrites disgust me. Any religious extremist.! Poor Ukraine.
Follow Ruth Ben-Ghiat. She wrote "Strongmen". She has a substack.
We've got some Axis of Evil going on again. They just want to divvy up the world. OMG. Jimmy Carter died and Canada is in turmoil.😥 . 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Haven't watched CNN for many years & NEVER EVER will again. Same goes for the other Orange tRump butt kissing Networks....bye bye bye.
MTN is the ONLY network I RESPECT & TRUST💙💙💙
CNN is going the way of cable TV - obsolescence. I know very few young people who would pay for cable. I cut the cord years ago. The next generations never had one.
Advertisers are shifting their money to streaming. Most younger people get their "information" on their phones. TVs are for Netflix or Disney+.
That doesn't diminish the pathetic direction CNN has gone in. They are desperately grasping at straws to survive financially. Integrity and democracy be damned.
But for more and more of us CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC...are antiques. The programming is awful and who tolerates commercials? My head is "ad free". And I am an old guy.
I'm reading "On Tyranny" by Timothy Snyder. What we all do grows freedom. Very good.
🔸️Do not obey In advance🔸️Defend institutions🔸️Beware the one-party state🔸️Take responsibility for the face of the world🔸️Remember professional ethics🔸️Be wary of paramilitaries🔸️Be reflective if you must be armed🔸️Stand out🔸️Be kind to our language🔸️Believe in truth🔸️Investigate🔸️Make eye contact and small talk🔸️Practice corporeal politics🔸️Establish a private life🔸️Contribute to good causes🔸️Learn from peers in other countries🔸️Listen for dangerous words🔸️Be calm when the unthinkable arrives🔸️Be a patriot🔸️Be as courageous as you can
Esstential reading right now. I've seen there's an updated graphic novel version too, might be worth checking out. Tin Snyder also has a Substack.
We need Biden and the senate to step up.
Trump needs to be investigated to determine whether he's too nutsy koo koo to serve as president.
We need an amnesty bill.
14th Amendment Section 3
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
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I'm flummoxed that no one in Congress has the political will to enforce the 14th Amendment. I mean, what gives????
Mr Snyder is also on Bluesky and has shared his substack there. Mr Gary Kasperov is also a great source of information.
I read that when it was first published and kept telling everyone I know to read it!
Wow thanks for this 💙💙💙
I’m reading it currently too, the graphic version.
I suppose that CNN thinks that Russia was involved in just a “territorial expansion” with Ukraine?
The Donald is out of his fecking mind! And it’s on display for the whole world to see, and it’s got to be blowing their minds. How can you take a man like this seriously? It would be hysterical if it weren’t so globally consequential. 🤯
It makes me believe even more his administration will crumble under the weight of its arrogant ignorance, incompetence, hubris, and greed - rot from the inside, out.
Jennifer on IHIPNEWS points out perfectly that Donabel Lector needs people to hate.....that keeps him going.........and his base hates anyone and everyone that is not a white beta male.
It is going to be an 4 year Orange Depends Diaper Shit Show.
Good point. But is the Donald the alpha male? He’s looking pretty beta. And that’s what I’m talking about … that’s his nightmare.
Bone Spurs is not the alpha male..he gives the alpha male the go ahead to be racist, mysogynistic...get away with anything....break laws....trash the environment...all that right wing extremist bullshit.
I wish the Meidas would take IHIPNEWS under its wing before Jan 20
I hope like hell it happens quickly - like in the first week!
When Trump gives the United States to Putin I wonder if CNN will call it the largest territorial expansion for Russia since the Soviet Union.
I don't follow CNN on SM, but I didn't set them straight on why Mango Mussolini is threatening to take back the Panama Canal. They are stripping his name off of buildings in Panama because he has never paid taxes there. In excess of a million dollars in taxes.
*did set them straight*
They did that a long time ago when he was no longer a part of the business there.
wtf is wrong when these media networks!
They have gone over to the dark side. Just say good bye to them.
Keep reminding people why he is talking about Panama...they are accusing him of tax evasion!!! And, they took his name off of his building!! Don't let this get pushed down in the news cycle -- they know he's a grifter and that's why he's trying to distract. How about a story about all the buildings that took his name off and why...all the accusations of fraud, tax evasion, etc. -- with a nice graphic to get people's attention. https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-panama-canal-threats-hotel-taxes-court-filing-2005079
Enlightening, thank you. I thought he just blew out another bunch of brain cells.
The Orange Felon is a idiot and he is a bully he trying to bully those countries to give up their freedom and sovereignty
That’s not happening though. He’s one of those bullies you get online who says stupid crap behind his phone. It’s pure stupidity because it’s alienating us.
Yeah they can have my middle finger too. 🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽
Obeying in advance happening all OVER the place. What did we expect, really? They capitulate and normalize and have for years. They're self interested, and have given up on decent ethics.
Meidas is the 21st century version of the independent printers who bucked the British system back in the 17th century to print broadsides in favor of revolution. I’m proud to be a member of the Miedas Mighty!
Keep up your amazing work! Behind you 💯%!!
Unbelievable 'headline' - Sovereign nations do not get 'annexed' or purchased or invaded (well except in the 1800s and recently in Ukraine). Really, someone needs to teach him a smidge of history and international law. (Canadian not interested in becoming even a tiny bit of the USA)
I would like to see him try and we will lose all our allies.
So, are we annexing Sudetenland before or after Panama and Greenland? Just asking so I can put some possible dates in my planning calendar.
We trashed the Eagle's Nest and the other estates in 1945. So I don't think there are any palatial homes left in Sudetenland. Cross it off.
I don’t watch any news channels but MTN now. CNN can go 🖕🏽themselves. The orange buffoon is taking over any country never mind the US of A or any oligarch. We stick together, protest together, and fight together if we have to.
Happy Holidays Ben to you and your family. 🎅🏼🎄🎁✨💙🇺🇸