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Leslie Goodman-Malamuth's avatar

Thanks, Ben, for helping the Meidas Mighty focus.

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Cheryl Schaeffer's avatar

So proud of the 3 of you for how you've grown this network. Say hi to your mom for me. Miss seeing her in chat...love Meidas Mom! And her sons, of course!

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Lynsey Reuber's avatar

I hope you don’t include your Mom, publicly, to keep her from harm. I know she must be strong after raising and protecting 3 boys, but it’s now time to keep her safe from trolls and other creeps the best you can. 💙💙💙

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peter's avatar

Meidas Mom?? You fucking people are amazing... you think you are sitting on the front porch? Small wonder we are a fucked up self-absorbed society... Way too much Facebook time... These people are not your friends... the reason these blogs work, is that they are anonymous, and people think that in a blink of an eye they can make a person vanish. that is why they like it.,.. It is like hit and run auto accident

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Rusty (Woke/DEI Commenter)'s avatar

A $400 million jet and the American people are supposed to tighten their belts and just TRUST IN TRUMP? Pure insanity. Congressional republicans have done nothing to rein in their leader while America citizens and businesses of all sizes wait for some coherent plan to emerge. One hell of a way to run a country!

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Judy Cross's avatar

Is is legal for him to accept this gift(bribe)? I read that he will be taking it with him when he leaves the WH.

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Timothy Richley's avatar

Is it legal? He doesn't care. He isn't even trying to hide his schemes anymore, the criminality is right out in the open. It is frighting just how little people really know what trump is doing. Corporate and far right media spent most of the last 12 months sane-washing trumps Fronto Temporal Dementia, then after Jan 20 they normalized everything trump did and for the most part ignored the massive incompetence of his appointees. trump actions together with corporate media inactions are killing network TV as they are no longer trusted to tell us what is really going on. If not for independent media like The Guardian and MTN, cult trump propaganda would be all we would ever see.

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Pat Robinson's avatar

No it is not legal from all the non fox news reporting I've seen. But the really sad thing is that there are not even 4-5 Republican Congressmen/women and 3-4 Republican Senators who care that he breaks the law and ignores the Constitution.

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Schmendryck's avatar

In a simple phrase, "not legal." Not constitutional. And their cover is the claim it will be "donated to the Trump Library," the place where all the board books with bright pictures & glowingly positive books ABOUT him are going to be stored, but does that mean that the plane's going to sit in the middle of the grand hallway of wherever this Horror Hotel is constructed? Or does it mean it's going to be in the "ownership of the library" while he uses it to fly back & forth to his hotels & golf courses & money losing casinos in Qatar & Saudi Arabia & the UAE? Remains to be seen. Obviously there are OTHER Remains that we'd wish to see, but he ain't there yet..

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Susan Raquel's avatar

I read what Schmendryck wrote and also that the legality of the "gift" was being reviewed by both sides. Further, the plane wouldn't even be available, if approved, until the last year of Trump's reign. Then how long before it would be determined to be cleared Security wise?

Unless Trump is going to tell Qatar all he wants in the plane, so it meets his specifications, I would hope that we don't have to fix it up for his approval and then let him have it.

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Bluesmurf's avatar

Well, if it is going to be used for Air Force One then it has to be retrofitted - and that is paid out of the taxpayers dollars. So... yes, he intends to have it fixed up the way he wants it and to meet the requirements of a secure plane for a president, and then keep it afterwards.

Where is the money going to come from? The cutting and gutting of services and the layoffs and firings of the civil service.

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Schmendryck's avatar

I have to amend my comment above to indicate that there's a likely legal financial looohole that the administration is exploiting. I'd love to see someone with some legal chops examine this & see factually just what WSJ is looking at to report this.

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Bluesmurf's avatar

I just got through reading Michael Popok's evaluation. You should read it on his Legal AF substack - or watch the video of Brian Tyler Cohen's interview with Jamie Raskin or both. Good info.

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Judy Cross's avatar

If it his gift and he is allowed to accept it (which I expect to happen because of the lack of spines in our Congress - they use their mouths way too much and for all the wrong reasons) he should have to be responsible for and $ that has to be put in it. After all, it's not going to be government property.

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Schmendryck's avatar

Let's stress that: LET HIM HAVE IT!!!

(as in "...to da MOON, Alice!!!")

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bettievanoverbeke's avatar

Tax write off if part of "library " as a donation

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Judy Cross's avatar

I read somewhere that he would be using it when he left office. I took the way I read it to be that it was Trump's own plane not the governments. Don't know if true.

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Schmendryck's avatar

It will "technically" belong to "The Trump Library," but thats as likely as not going to turn out to be a large walk-in closet at Mar-A-Lago, & the ownership of the plane, while the library's, will be trump's to do with as he sees fit.

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Bluesmurf's avatar

No, it's not legal, but as Timothy says, trump does not care. Jamie Raskin was interviewed by Brian Tyler Cohen about this very subject and explained what would have to be done to enforce the unconstitutionality of accepting a gift from anyone. Check it out.

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Judy's avatar

Emoluments clase in the constitution applies. It's a gift and should not be accepted.

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Timothy Richley's avatar

As I recall trump totally ignored the Emoluments Clause the last time[2016-2020]as did everyone else. Since he got away with it last time, why bother with it now?

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MM Harris's avatar

That's EXACTLY what happened!! NOBODY DID ANYTHING ABOUT THIS HIS FIRST TERM!!!

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Timothy Richley's avatar

Everything trump says or does is quickly normalized I read something recently about why corporate media not only lets him get away with shite but they make anything he does sound normal he is large and even when he lies about everything he does it with confidence. The DC political press fell under his spell long ago and will not change. It seems that the more distance between him and journalists the more honest and critical they are

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Schmendryck's avatar

Well the Steve Bannon "overflow them with shit" idea seems to work bc there's just too much to stay focused on @ once, no matter what yer mad at @ any given moment.

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Timothy Richley's avatar

plus trump acts like he is a BIG TOUGH MALE despite his constant lying. I remember the DC political press said he won the Biden/trump debate because his lies sounded as if he knew what he was talking about. trump with his BIG TOUGH MAN impression, talking BIG and TOUGH made a big impression on the PP. Even tho trump was acting more like a mid level mafia boss than actually being a tough man. The reality is that Biden was far tougher than trump. I think he was really exhausted and never should have attempted to run for reelection. The US is not ready to elect a woman as president, especially not a smart black woman

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Judy's avatar

So who is responsible for enforcing it

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Joseph L Hallock's avatar

There is a reason why Republican politicians are looking to give billionaires so much tax relief. What could it be? KICKBACKS?

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Connie Larsen's avatar

202 225 3121. Call any member of congress! They need to hear from us hourly!

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Schmendryck's avatar

And in person! On the street! While they're sitting in restaurants!

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Cathy Stein's avatar

Well deserved Meidas - you earned it 👏. Enjoy your time at the Webby’s!

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Mary Hollinger's avatar

I learn so much from listening to your excellent podcast. 79 year old retired social worker, Madison, Wisconsin.💐💕❤️

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Jan's avatar

We are Senior MTN Supporters For all the Reasons I’ve seen on this thread!

Amazing young people.Faith that we can get though Trump ,Steven Miller,and The Craziest Collection of unqualified I’ve ever seen running around Washington DC .Thinking they can take Our Country and turn it into their Private Property &$$

Outrageous .

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This Must Be Said's avatar

It is illegal like most of what he does.

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Connie Larsen's avatar

202 225 3121. Call any member of congress! Give them hell!

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Mary Hollinger's avatar

Those bastards! Karma can sure be a bitch. Let us wait and watch.

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peter's avatar

You are a pathetic idiot Read a paper

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MM Harris's avatar

Whoa.

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Jorge Rodriguez's avatar

We definitely need a positive message right now, thank you guys and congratulations!!

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Andrea Meg's avatar

Major congratulations Meidas 🏆🥇🏅🎖️🥳👍👌🙌❤️

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Marilyn Hubbard's avatar

Thank you so much for shining a light on the infighting and Monday morning quarterbacking. It is useless and erodes the confidence we need to fight for democracy. We must all focus on getting rid of the evil masking as our government. We need to look forward and not backward.

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Sheilawallace's avatar

I am amazed at how well you articulate the moment we are living in. Thank you so much and congrats on the award, you guys deserve it🩵

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Andrea Peterson Straus's avatar

Thanks so much for keeping everything in proper perspective and helping us to stay focused.

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Hanging_On_By_A_Thread's avatar

Thank you guys for all you do! Congratulations on the HUGE Webby win!!

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Carol Roy's avatar

Looking forward to seeing the photos tomorrow‼️‼️‼️ Meidas touch is my place for political news. Thank you.

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Holly Getz Holdren's avatar

Looking forward to the pictures and would love to see some video if that's possible. Very proud of you. Very very proud. 💙🩵💙🩵💙

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Holly Getz Holdren's avatar

MeiidasToucch? Seriously?

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A______'s avatar

Well said. This is why I trust and support you all. 💙

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Diane Phipps's avatar

Telling the truth, isn’t a problem at all, for people who are honest. It could be frightening to stand up to them, but there is something inside of us that won’t ALLOW us to stop sharing the truth. Can’t help it!

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Patti Gau-Henke's avatar

Inspiring!

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