Ben, Brett and Jordy discuss the fallout from the 2024 presidential election.
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EMERGENCY POST-ELECTION BRIEFING
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I’m 84, and I am a realist, so I understand that the last part of my life will be filled with Trump. It is a depressing thought so I am thankful to know there are still those that aren’t giving up. Keep educating me on the events of the day. Thank you!👏🏻
I'm 70 and I'm terrified. Trump will likely appoint more SCOTUS justices that will affect democracy for decades.
Class of 1956 here. Yes he will. Now, how do we use this strength against them. The GOP gave very precise lessons in how to manipulate the government. We should study those lessons, apply those lessons and expand upon those lessons.
And because of his triumvirate he will be able to expand the court to include more of his lackeys.
Of course, that's the plan!
I am 60 and also terrified. I fear losing my disabilitty and Medicare. I fear for my child bearing age niece. I fear for my great nieces. I fear for a gay family member. I fear for a cousin who has a civil service government job. I fear for all the girls on college campuses that are calling their mothers in fear as they are being taunted by the college boys who qoute Nick Fuentes, "Your Body, My Choice". I worry about the teenager girls in high school who are hearing the same thing, and reporting being grabbed as they walk down the hall. I fear for Ukraine, Poland, Finland, Israel and Gaza. I fear for anyone who isn't a white male. I fear for our nation, for the environment, for our whole world. I am lost and confused. I just want to cry! I am struggling to even function right now. Was this how people felt during the Cuban Missle Crisis? Feeling if a bomb is going to drop on their heads.
Let your true living spirit guide you to stay strong. 63 in Oregon. I have 3 children. I will stand with everyone who needs me. I stand with you! Li
Resist as much as possible by doing what's good not with hate .. they will change the powers that BE will pewvail LOVE WILL WIN ..Not hate !!
Sadly hate, facist, bigatry won. I cant even imagine whats to come. So disgusted !
I agree Judith....I have had my tears this morning...I am beyond words..it is terrifying and at 80 yrs young it is as though the earth collapsed. I CANNOT believe so many of so called Americans voted for a fascist. It is such a hopeless, feeling. Be in peace. We must not give up.
I'll never understand why so many voted for this outcome. Are they really that ignorant and low information? I'm so thankful for MTN. Youtube put "crystal singing bowls" in my playlist last night. It worked really well on me and I fell asleep and slept better than I have in a while, in spite of everything. It played all night and was still playing when I woke up this morning. I highly recommend it. It might work for you too.
After a multi-faceted campaign that purged, "challenged", threw-out, spoiled, and thwarted voters the outcome was rigged. That does not explain that millions of voters that still chose to support not just a disgusting criminal and psychopath, but the underlying conspiracy by the oligarchs and Christian Nationalists. Hitler and many other current and historical tyrants have many times couched their ambitions under the guise of religion.
Watch the Palast documentary: Vigilantes, Inc. regarding the use of challenges to deny the vote to millions.
For more complete information: https://www.gregpalast.com/heres-what-we-do-now/
Purging: mass purges: 400,000 in Georgia, 1.2 million in Texas — way over 10 million removed from the voter rolls — no other advanced nation does this, erasing voters’ rights to cast a ballot.
This is beyond a sad day in America. It is a major attack upon humanity throughout the world with world-wide consequences. Waiting for the next election to reverse course will be too late. I and many others not only can see where this is heading, we have been provided the plans through Project 2025.
This was a long term plan that started in the '70s after Carters election. Fox News was always planned as the propaganda wing of the Right. A systematic dumbing down of America has ensued. Education in the red states has been cut and dismantled and discredited so that the population is less educated and therfore easier to control. The labeling of Liberal as a curse, when in truth it is a positive word. Ronald Reagan and his trickle down economics, another lie has shifted money to a few not the many as we were told to believe. Citizens United, gerry mandering, and ever increasing voter disenfranchising. The stacking of the Supreme Court with judges that lied that they would be impartial and not overturn Roe V Wade in their confirmation hearings. The corruption of the Supreme Court who have given in to bribes and favor against their oath. The Christian Right Mega Churches preached hate instead of love. Preached about politics while enjoying their tax free statuses while being run by Ovver the Top personailities who used their pulpit to rake in milions. The Orange Turd was just a means to the end. Once we elected a black President, he decided to encourage the birther movement through his racist narcasistic personality. Which put him more in the limelight after the success of his TV show. (A mirage of Prosperity in a Pool of incompetence). The Turd then promised the richest more riches and the racists more racism. He touted himself as a Alpha Male when in truth he is the runt of the litter. If you consider that a lot of this started at the time Woman were starting to be given freedoms that allowed them to financially control more of their lives and therefore were not left to the whim and demands of men to survive you have to wonder if their goals were anything othere than a fear of losing the Patriarchy.
I agree
we did not vote for this. neither did trump's cult , they didn't have too. I am as certain as I sit here. Putin, korea, china the supreme court, the judges herer that he and Mitch rushed in. like Cannon. and over 2 hundred other judges. his Maga cult, the Congress of the US. and it was rigged , there is no way anyone with a functioning brain would !!WE know who and what he is. and we cannot let this farch of an election stop us , from saving our democracy. and our Constitution ! which he says he will #END!!
These were not normal people. They’ve been conditioned by their church for a decade. I am now reading the Heritage Foundation copy of Project 2025. every point that anybody would hit us with is in there. I mean all of the talking points and when it starts on January 21st it’s going to be ugly and horrible. We are going to go into a depression. We’re going to lose insurance, Social Security, medicare Medicaid, all social programs are going to get chopped. People will lose jobs, The Christians want
America to become a Christian nation “again” I actually found a flyer in my Walmart grocery delivery today. It is titled “A more perfect union” A picture of the Capital on the front inside were about seven different scriptures and discussion as to why America will be this way, etc.. what the actual F?!!
Wish it was a bad dream. We have ignored the signs since his first failed presidency.
How will you continue to report when the Trump folks shut you down? Or not allow you to report?
I’m posting this EVERYWHERE
Here’s what happened to my mind in the shower today.
If someone (it’s a radical thought) out there knows a way to send the Biden administration this thought I’d appreciate it.
Okay, Biden is still the president, right?… If he would resign now, Kamala would be president and have the power of the presidency to declare a national emergency despite what the Congress or senate say. We STILL HAVE POWER… but it goes against our constitution. So the fuck what!!!! We know through his own words what he would do so do we just let that happen to our country? Why would we do that? It turns out that for the last few years it’s the minority that rules the country by blocking policies that help us.
I say DO NOT GIVE UP SO EASILY. Either Biden does it or Kamala does.
This is exactly what Trump or Vance will do so stay ahead of the BS and leave the proud boys in prison and save our country from Trump and the radical right. Keep it in the courts for years until Trump passes away. And step by step restore democracy to what it always was.
There’s no other answer to this new and terrible situation. I REPEAT;
DO NOT STEP DOWN RIGHT NOW TO SAVE AMERICA
YOU KNOW THERES A WAY !! We have to fight a new war here and now and this is it.
That’s a great idea but I’m sure they don’t have the balls to do it. That’s the fucking problem, they’re cowards.
Be careful, this is exactly the same thing MAGA is preaching. We need judo not a wall.
Excellent idea if it could only work. Thank you John for that comment.
It's worth talking about and sharing. There are 50,000 at this moment listening and watching this. Someone has to know someone!
Respectfully disagree with your opinion. Take time to regain hope. This is a great idea and should be shared.
John, I agree with you 100%. The orange clown LOSER must be stopped. The power to stop him is right there. It MUST be used, and rightfully so. No question about it. The magats will riot but the power is there to crush them. We are in control right now and there was an oath taken to "protect against all enemies, foreign or domestic." Hands down this applies to trump. He has proven, and in his own words that he will destroy our democracy. These are very scarey times, and not just for us, but the world order is at stake. It makes me sick to think about whats coming. It's the 30's all over again. These magats have no idea what's heading our way. I heard a comment, "A non-stable world has just had a chaos agent injected into it." God, help us all.
I have been promoting the same idea to those I’ve been talking to; we know the underhanded tactics that brought them to this point.
They are betting that we will let them rob us of our democracy while we wring our hands. It is unfortunate, but for our democracy, we have to fight. They did not expect President Biden to be brazen enough to take the action that he did in July. We must be brazen enough to not let this democracy or his legacy to be destroyed.
This election was STOLEN by Black Box Voting that was used in 2004 or something like it has been perfected by the magat's & that's why they fought so hard in 2020 because they thought we had beat them to the punch!
However it can whomever we know, whatever and the platform this idea warrants a share and serious thought.
So Biden and the Senate have 2 months to do “something”. I’m not in support of seizing power… but government nerds? What can be done in the next two months? to protect our Republic and the vulnerable who are targeted ?
I hope you don't mind it if I apply this as a soldier. As a soldier I did not fight the enemies of this country out of hate. I fought them because of the people places and things I loved and left behind.
Not at all. Go for it and thank you for your reply and of course your service… without hate. 👀
We’re having a tough day here and I’m sure you can hear our frustration in my long comment. I do wonder if the Biden administration has been preparing for this calamity. How could they NOT!! BUT following the true and righteous path will ABSOLUTELY NOT SAVE OUR COUNTRY. AND unlike the proud boys we want the truth to prevail.
And I ask the wind again, why not fight from the top down? Right now the president can resist. Organize the justice department and start suing everyone to, if nothing else, stall the process. BIDEN IS IN CHARGE OF THE MILITARY AND EVERY ASPECT OF IT.
I know it goes against what we as a nation stand for but the alternative is possibly loosing it forever.
There’s the assholes, Bannon and Flynn. Rudy, Kushner, Trump jr. and Eric. And many others involved.
If I was president in this situation I would use the immunity given to the president by the jack-wagon scotus liars and fing arrest trump tomorrow without notice. Charge him with plotting with Russia to end democracy.
SOMETHING!!! It’s within his duties as president to preserve this nation and democracy from evil… and Trump is the definition of evil (just stupid evil)
Sucks...its like our military service meant nothing.
Well...hate and lies sure won on Nov. 5th...
Me too. 83
This is a really kind reply … I love your appreciation of this UNIQUE , HONEST news channel / news podcast . 84 is a great age to reach. You are a survivor and a fighter. Take care always .
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I don’t know if this will go through…but I stand with you. Thank you!
If Navalny can do it in Russia, we can do it here. Keep the faith.
But there’s the thing, Navalny didnt do it in Russia, he was murdered, Putin is still in power and nothing has changed
Navalny's wife is very much "boots on the ground"!!!
So then you are advocating to give up?
The young didn't stand up for themselfs. If they had this never would of happened. The Elders we fought, no one listened. Politics shouldn't be bought, but it was. A very sad day for Democracy !
No time for blame storming please. We either accept that we fell down together, or we will never be able to succeed together. The ability of the MAGA party, to get democracy to fight against itself is unparalleled.
That was their goal
I feel that the message, focusing on women was partly to blame, but the young are not as well eductated as previous generations sadly and therefore easily duped. Democrats and people in authority played to nice and made it easy for the corruptness to spread.
Oh, I don’t believe it was just the youth or the older vote. It was mostly white women according to the data. I have pulled my local neighborhood app and ask the question. What can he do? That will make you happiest? I encouraged them to give answers and they did one of the last replies out of the 70+ replies that I got and took pictures of was a link to the heritage foundation Project 2025 booklet all 901 pages. This has been in the works for two decades. It is a moved by the Christians to take over America. And to move us back into the The Guilded Age. So far what I have read is going to happen immediately the next day after the inauguration, I agree we should keep the power going here on our side right now we’re supposed to protect the constitution and they want to rip it up and take over And have our country become a theocracy. We need to stop this and now
No, absolutely not, but from all the comments i see, not here per-sae, people seem to think that there will be people that will help democracy prevail when the reality is, those people will be got rid of. I just want people to start looking at it from the angle of what life will be like and how a change can be brought about, rather than using life as it currently is to build a blue print on how democracy can be brought back - if that makes sense
We need to learn how to be an August Lanmesser. What seemed like an insignificant act at the time. Has become a rallying point for so many more overtime. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Landmesser
Isn’t it sad and shocking that now America has to look at that period in history to try and find a way back to democracy. In just 250 years the great American experiment seems to be over
Over? Only if we let it be. In a deep recession. Yes. Grab the defibrillator let's get to work.
I sincerely hope that America can find its way back before too many people die, imprisoned and persecuted 🤞🤞
It makes sense
Next stop, Washington, DC.
AMEN! I'm currently reading his book, Patriot
I frankly feel that Putin’s going to move here in January. They’re measuring the linens for his bed now.
We need to boycott the Big News companies that chased the dollar rather than the truth. They treated Trump like a normal candidate, not like a wannabe dictator.
The mainstream media have been a huge contributor to the outcome of this election and now you see the big corps sending congrats and well wishes to Trump. In this modern world, everyone seems to be in it for what they can get and sadly what they have got is facism, which of course will only affect the less educated and well off
This is an extremely important point. We are not watching ANY other American news channels other than this one. I’d encourage as many people as possible to do likewise.
Agree. I have already stopped watching because this election was a test to see if the Republicans could get a way with stealing it. Come on if you look at the numbers this was a perfect victory. A little too perfect. ??? Trump said to his followers after this election that they will never have to vote again. And the Democrats are doing nothing to question it. Really??? Trumps win was too perfect and now the Republican Party has the majority in the Senate and House ??? Totally rigged!!!
I haven't watched. I was drawn here today. I am crying. The Maga machine won. When I was successful in my career, it was bc I ignored and put behind me the noise and fight with marches, with lawsuits, etc . Maga effected a wholesale change. Please stop talking about trump. He won on behalf of Maga. Im trying to come back. Im 73. It is very hard. Try every way tried and everything we havent tried that improves the condition of the people.
What??! they got the house too?
So far the Republicans have 211 seats and Democrats have 199. Very scary.
I am scared!
Senate Republicans 53 to Democrats 45. It’s a perfect win for them to control all branches of government.
Sadly true
Please fight back !! Why does she have to concede when there was so many irregularities!? It's not gonna do us any good if they cheat their way to the top and then he never leaves office !!!
Republicans are historically election cheaters, in my lifetime.
Nixon Cheated to be in office
Reagan delayed the Iran hostage release
Bush #1
Bush #2 stopped the Florida recount.
trump lies, lies, lies,
trump lies, lies, lies, corporate media engaged.
I remember the George W Bush supreme court stopping the recount when Al Gore was ahead. A stolen election. I am Australian, but was working in New York at the time. I was amazed by the people who were saying Al Gore should just stop the drama and go away. It made me very sad.
Democrats will do the right thing and concede; it will be viewed as a weakness, though it is the right thing to do. We can win if only we follow the rules, we are past that- we did that, where did it get us - we are worse, far worse off than we were
Dems are too kind. We always think of others and that gets us nowhere, unfortuantely. I agree that we need to play by Trump rules and if we did that, Biden would be taking actions before he leaves office. We know Trump would. We don't want to "sink to that level" but somehow we have to save Democracy, the Education Dept, the FDA, everything because Trump is out to destroy it all.
Anything we do will make them enjoy another insurrection.
Democrats have to wake up; we can't play the nice guy and turn the other cheek when we are faced with fascists. Don't we ever learn anything - we are not going to win by playing the same old game. America is uneducated and racist; we need to do what is right, not what the rules say. Fight fascists with everything we have - Trump and the Republicans have been screwing us over for 40 years. Wake up and fight
Think of how different the country would be if Al Gore fought for the truth-instead of doing what he thought was best for the country-that he was the true winner of that election. We would be so much better off…Bush would have never gotten in to office-he was a burned out alcoholic. So brain damaged. He didn’t even have a command of the English language.
The problem is that democracy delivered us fascism.
I’ll say it here at the risk of sounding MAGA. I hope that Democrat cyber and tech professionals are checking into whether the vote tallies and/or machines were manipulated. Are they or is there any way to find that out and encourage them to look into it?
Trump could not have won the popular vote and all the swing states. It’s an impossibility given the record setting turnout of new voters and women.
Musk has the ability to make all of that manipulation happen as do the Russians and other malevolent cyber hacks.
Trump is known for projecting onto his enemies what he himself is doing. I wonder if this time he has “stolen the election”. Something is very wrong with the numbers!! Very wrong! Or am I the only one who thinks so?
I had same thought. Something is fishy. It doesn't add up.
U agree with you. But Kamala is not fighting the count, so now what?
I'm very disappointed they are giving up.
You are so right with your statement....
It is so unbelievable...my head is still spinning....💙😍
Like his little secret with
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Not sure if I have already responded to you,, but Yes thoughts like yours went through my mind and also I believe another person thought that. Kamala's speech at Howard University ealier this afternoon was great and sad, and watching all those young people sobbing was so hurtful. When he was nominated President the other time, I cried all day. I am the only Dem in the family.....my parents must be turning in their graves...horible to say, but being the eldest of the family I saw them suffer a lot with Republican Presidents & apparently my siblings have forgotten.
Thank you all for being such a bright spot on a dark day!
I really appreciate your video, but democracy in America will vanish once Trump takes power. If not him, people like Stephen Miller will ensure that the US becomes a dictatorship and that will be it. Democrats have no power now, and that will never change as the Maga party will remove anyone who tries to go against them and re write the constitution so they never have to lose power again. Their playbook is Hitler and Putin, so I cannot see what hope America now has to ever be a democracy again. Its a sad day and WW3 is likely not to be many years away
I am too old , sadly I may never see Democracy again. I am beyond SICK & DISGUSTED !!
I did end a couple relationships today. I can’t look at them the same. There IS no love there anymore. That love was destroyed by what they have caused for my family. My gender fluid adult child is in danger now. My other daughter needs ivf if she wants a child of her own. Their future is in question now. So I can’t look at them. I can’t trust them in my life anymore. They chose a sexual predator, like the ones who destroyed my trust in ppl. I just can’t forgive that.
If I had any other family — I am 71 — I would end those relationships too. Sadly, I need help from time to time.
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They know democrats won’t fight the count.
Sad, but true. They didn’t have the backbones four years ago to imprison him and prosecute him for his failed coup attempt. It was more than obvious that he was planning on doing it again and succeeding this tome.
Good. You’ve done a great job. You need to be on top of what the Magat’s are doing during the transition and Project 2025.
No one will convince me that this wasn't rigged. Too much doesn't make any sense.
Me too, I’m afraid. 💙
Thank you Ben, for your commitment to stick around. I’ve come to depend on the Meidas Mighty. 🫶 You are needed now more than ever.
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Thank you MeidasTouch. So depressing..
I had two people on Threads this morning telling me they had no reason to live anymore… I am not a therapist to deal with suicidal people but I dealt with it the best I could. People are upset and they are scared. The one person that wanted to kill themself because he is African American and a disabled veteran and he is scared that he is gonna be deported because of the color of his skin. I got him talked out of it, I do believe. I cried all morning, I want a break from crying, my head hurts from it. Suicide is not the answer for anyone, if anybody wants to talk, I am Ceceria 2024 on Threads. I might cry along with you but I am willing to talk to anyone that wants to talk.
Dear Patsy - I'm 87 now! Don't let this ruin the time U have left. I am fighting off despair; being too sad to be angry. God bless us all - we need fortitude & enthusiasm now.
I will be alright. I have been so busy trying to lift everyone else up from this that I have not had much time to focus on me. Thank you for your kindness. Right now my main goal is to make sure everyone else is okay.
He won to perfect. That says there was fraud. You can't go from empty venues to winning. There is BS knee deep
I totally agree!!!💙💙💙
I have so many unanswered questions! This is like looking at Putin and his henchmen! What the hell happened! I don’t believe this ‘just happened’. Love you guys - take care of yourselves and your families now!!!! DJT will be up to no good xxxx💙💙💙💙
I still don't believe the results. I think there have been underhanded things happening. We will see what happened and who did it. We still have time to fix us. 💞🕊️💞🕊️
We now live in a Fascist Republic. They've taken control of all 3 branches of government. Absolute power with the backing of the Supreme Court. Atrocities shall follow. This is how it started in Germany. I'm seeking to ex pat. My husband and I lost extended family to the Shoah. We're leaving.
Can I ask where you are going to? We are also looking to ex-pat.
FFS, the Orange Menace simulated fellatio in front of TV cameras and a crowd of his supporters!!
His supporters cheered.
They never even mentioned it on MSM
It was utterly mind blowing! The guy that won doing that disgusting dirty motion in front of cameras. I'm sure you can find the video footage of it.
Satan is ALIVE and BIGGER THAN EVER in America.
Our president, ladies and gentlemen! Just disgusting!
Imagine what would have been said if Kamala had done anything like that. It is beyond disgusting that there are two separate standards and it is accepted. Hillary was right. Deplorable.
If our side instituted an insurrection, there would have been mass slaughter. See the difference?
It was typically disgusting and the cult thought it was great. Very Christ-like.
I want to know the percentage of young disaffected white men that voted for Trump, as well as the percentage of young black men that voted for Trump. Not to point fingers but to figure out why. The main stream media needs to continue to be called out which they weren’t until the very end.
Thank you.
Is there anyway that we can research if there was any foul play in the election? Doesn’t it strike you as a bit shaky how dominant a win it was? I have other notes, but if you say just move on, I will. If I can’t trust your judgement, I can’t trust anyone’s. I know it sounds like conspiracy, but sometimes they are real and with MAGA, you know it’s possible. I am willing to work as hard as possible to help you prove it. Please let me know what you think. Thanks and thanks for all you have done and still do. We need you.
I’m not going anywhere, but I’m also not going to take a Trump Dictatorship, sitting down either!
I’m with you 100%!
WAKING UP IN 2024 AND FINDING OUT THAT THE CONVICTED FELON, PATHOLOGICAL LIAR, MALIGNANT NARCISSIST, WORST DOMESTIC TERRORIST IN OUR NATION’S HISTORY WHO HAS ALREADY PROVEN THAT HE WAS THE WORST PRESIDENT IN HISTORY AND WHO ORCHESTRATED A DEADLY INSURRECTION AFTER WE FIRED HIS INCOMPETENT DIAPERED ASS YEARS AGO WHO ALREADY DISQUALIFIED HIMSELF AND I DON’T BELIEVE FOR ONE SECOND THE MAJORITY CHOSE HIM OVER AN INTELLIGENT POSITIVE SUCCESSFUL FORWARD THINKING WONDERFUL PERSON. THERE IS NO DUCKING WAY!
I love that you stopped at dropping the f-bomb at the end. But agree with your outrage.
We need a group hug big time!
I’m a 64 year old man who has ever cried over something about a political defeat and the defeat of our values. My Dad was a WWII naval veteran that fought for democracy in every battle in every major battle in the pacific theatre. I’m glad he’s dead and didn’t have to see this. I have cried constantly since 2:38am and I’m not one to cry easily.😭😭😭😭
Keith Olbermann has already spoken out. Russian bomb threats at battleground state counties that went to Biden and would have gone to Harris. https://youtu.be/Qd-M_Jf3Ltc?feature=shared
We need you more than ever! Thank you for going the distance with us!
I just feel so done, so spent, upset & disappointed. I can’t make a decision. I gave everything I could to this election-money. Letter & postcard writing , phone calls, now all day-I’ve cried for my own pathetic useless actions & for my fellow citizens, for my country -1/2 filled with morons who elected this idiot again. I’m done with cable news & am seriously looking to leave the US.
I will do all I can to support networks like yours. That may be all the contribution I have left to give to the resistance. At 57 with declining health, and a woman, I'm not sure how long I have but I will fight for this country in whatever ways I can, just like my ancestors and grandparents did. Please be compassionate to our Black and Brown neighbors. They are terrified and angry, and they have every right to be. The finger pointing is coming from that justifiable horror, so keep that in mind.
💙💙💙 Thanks for all you do!! 💙💙💙
We need to be strategic and not to waste time playing the blame game.
Here’s what happened to my mind in the shower today.
If someone (it’s a radical thought) out there knows a way to send the Biden administration this thought I’d appreciate it.
Okay, Biden is still the president, right?… If he would resign now, Kamala would be president and have the power of the presidency to declare a national emergency despite what the Congress or senate say. We STILL HAVE POWER… but it goes against our constitution. So the fuck what!!!! We know through his own words what he would do so do we just let that happen to our country? Why would we do that? It turns out that for the last few years it’s the minority that rules the country by blocking policies that help us.
I say DO NOT GIVE UP SO EASILY. Either Biden does it or Kamala does.
This is exactly what Trump or Vance will do so stay ahead of the BS and leave the proud boys in prison and save our country from Trump and the radical right. Keep it in the courts for years until Trump passes away. And step by step restore democracy to what it always was.
There’s no other answer to this new and terrible situation. I REPEAT;
DO NOT STEP DOWN RIGHT NOW TO SAVE AMERICA
YOU KNOW THERES A WAY !! We have to fight a new war here and now and this is it.
… in addition to this comment above I should mention that because of trump and trumpism the rules have changed in the game of politics. I sure wish VP Kamala and #presidentjoebiden understand this because if they start saying “well that’s against the rules” or “that’s unconstitutional”… well that’s the way the new rules read by ANY standard and if they chicken out we may lose our democracy altogether.
What are they going to do about it?
So rally the national guard and the justice department and arrest this creep!!!! OR LOSE THE COUNTRY
This election was fixed by the Republican Party. The Republican Party stole this election.
Agree.
The first 90 seconds or so of this vid made me cry 😢
Thank you Meidas Brothers, for being a guiding light 🚨 and a beacon of hope for us 🥹🩵🧸☮️☯️
I'm 75, I don't want to live under that monster, again. I'm sad, shocked, worried and can't fathom that there are obviously more stupid, evil, crazy citizens in the US, than 'normal' freedom loving folks like us. What can we do? I'm looking at other countries that I could immigrate to. I'm out of steam, I'm sorry.
I think we're going to need this community more than ever.
In 2016 I shut down. I tuned out of the media and shut my mouth. People were emboldened to say obscure and obscene things so I just waited for him to leave office. With Covid, the mishandling, the bleach thing, I honestly didn't think he would return to our White House.
I am thankful that I have you guys, Adam Mockler, Luke Beasley, Jack Cocchairella & David Packman to get my up-to-date & accurate news. 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙
I fear for our ally’s over seas. I fear for Ukraine
So how do we build MT, MSW, and other entities into a larger media conglomerate?
I can't figure out how to do a blue heart, but I send you the mostest of them!
Grew up watching the horrors but breakthroughs of the Civil Rights Movement. I have faith.
Thank you. You all have done a great job. This is tough news for so many of us. We all need to try to keep doing the right thing.
I am gonna be 100% honest. This morning I unsubscribed for the 1st time in 2 years. Not because I don’t love you guys I just gave up. I feel like no matter what I tried I spoke in community I encouraged every patient and employee to vote and spoke to all them where they were. And even though I knew Ohio would go for him but I knew those I spoke with had family all over nation. I of course resubscribed
In 2017 I was in the midst of addiction and I got a DUI. I felt in that moment my world had crumbled my career was temporarily over I lost my house my daughter went to live with my mom. And of course my license. I ended up going to rehab and eventually got almost all back except to this day my middle daughter who was away at college cut me out of her life and still doesn’t speak to me. My point is today I feel the same way as I did that day.
I’m hopeless. I am devastated.
You are not alone. This is a community, and there are other groups that think like you do: Feminist News, Cat Ladies for Harris,(both on fb) Vote Forward, Progressive Action Network (also on fb) YOU CAN HANDLE THIS! As the guys said take today to mourn. tomorrow, do one thing to make it bette, just one. We need you!
You are not alone, sister. With this network and all of the Meidas Mighty, we are not alone. Like Ben said, take the time you need. Cry, regroup and know that we are in this together. Hugs from Kansas. 💙
Thank you to everyone one it feels better knowing we are not alone.
With you, Lori. You are not alone. Reaching out to you with support from New Zealand 💙
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Sooner or later it will be discovered that this election was STOLEN by some kind of BLack Box Voting or something like it! IMO that's why they yelled so much about the 2020 stolen election because they were working on some kind of rigging themselves and now they have perfected it!
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It was heartbreaking to wake up and see Zelensky’s congrats to Trump. Trump will let Russia steal Ukraine
And bomb Gaza off the map
I’m 61. Been fighting for women’s rights my entire life. I’m hoping my Social Security I’ve paid since I was 15 will be there when I retire soon. But I’m very concerned. And frankly tired. The younger gen’s are going to need to pick up the torch now
It's going to be rough. But an independent news and information network is one essential part of not being a Good German.
Thank God for the Meidas Network
Just signed up to be a monthly contributor. Thanks so much for HOPE!
I am devastated! I am not an 🇺🇸, I have never even been to the 🇺🇸. I am finished! How could this happen !!!!! 🥲🥲🥲💙💙💙
Thank you again. I will definitely remain a loyal viewer.
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This is a very sad day. The Meidas team, the brothers and all the content creators have done everything possible to expose the truth about Trump and his repellent pack. The American people have chosen the rapist criminal. I am shocked, but this makes the need for a unified community of determined lovers of democracy more important that ever. I have no Interest in Party politics. I am interested in facts and justice for all which is inclusive. TO BE CLEAR: DJT isn't part of this community. He is a criminal and belongs in prison. Im here for the next chapter. It matters more than ever! Thankyou Ben, Brett and Jordy. 💙💙💙
This is where we went wrong; we should have had ads that focused on all his crimes and peril and all of his screwed up lies. We were focused on being nice and positive. Instead we should have marched in Washington DC after the Supreme Court went against the constitution and rule of law allowed him to remain on the ballot! Then they allowed him to become a dictator by giving him immunity for his crimes. This was wrong and we thought that sanity would prevail over insanity, Trump contagion was real and we were warned years ago. The media and the government failed us!
Remember, history has shown us that fascism and evil eat their own. It will not take long for them to be at each other’s throats. As Winston Churchill said during the Blitz, “ When you’re going through hell, KEEP GOING!”💙
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I needed this. I'm in absolute shock. I'm so disappointed in this country. I will continue to fight. Thank you for being here for all of us. Keep going. Please.
I love you guys n girls. I am very sad tho. A pix of the baby might help! Wink wink.
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We are in shock today and filled with rage and sorrow. DON'T ever give up, that is what they want. Two friends mentioned Viktor Frankl's book Man's Search for Meaning. How to find meaning in the deep darkness. They want us to give up. One minute at a time on a hard, hard day.
Thanks to each and everyone that makes Meidas Touch possible.
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Thank you all for not giving up and keeping the light shining on truth
Can’t thank you enough for what you’ve built and for continuing with this amazing independent media source. I’m devastated but I’m not tapping out of this generational fight! 💙
Men did not want a woman in charge.💙
Sending commiserations from across the pond. We can't believe that one person would vote for him, let alone millions. There is one good thing in that
they have had a landslide - when they collapse in their inevitable chaos and destruction, they will have no-one else to blame. Who are Maga going to blame and whinge about now? They are in charge. Looking forward to a joyous energised productive DJT now he's won it all... hahaha
Jordy made me cry but I needed to. Thanks bros✊
I love you guys too. Thank you and your families for continuing to report the truth. 💙
I’m not a conspiracy theorist but…. In any case thank you for all you do. Totally appreciated. Glad you are not going anywhere !!!
💙 UK follower with sister in Virginia. I am so disappointed and unable to understand the women of America agreeing to give up their rights to choose how they seek medical treatment. I think your channel is great and gives an honest in-depth view of America politics. Thankyou for continuing the good work. Paulette
I’m on a fixed income retired expat in Indonesia currently and I will do what I can to get our democracy restored
I love you bros! 💙 I'll be with you to the bitter end and do my best to spread the good news and vibes of your network programs. 💙 You've kept me – and many people in this great democratic community – hopeful over these years. 💙 We are going to do this together. 💙 Aloha!
I'm going to keep my subscription to Meidastouch because you all remind me of my son. You have courage, a love of country, ethics and decency. Your parents must be so proud. You're taking on the huge corporate media to do what is morally right. To expose the misinformation (lies) that sway the people from the truth. You're doing a great service to this country. All who are on the Meidastouch network are heros to me. All this corruption has been going on since Reagan so it's not going change over night. It'll take vigilance. Thank you Meidastouch for all that you do.
thank you I am a 72 year old woman and watch you daily. I reach 2000 people a week on my live broadcasts...We will be fine. let's support each other... women are in solidarity here in MAdison Wisconsin
I’m just afraid they will silence you or hurt you guys!
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You guys are making this easier. I was looking for you all day, THANK YOU.
Thanks for this. Much needed today. 💙
Thank GOD for the meidas touch network. Thank you for your emotional support!
Low information voters have spoken . The rest of us have to suffer as a result.
I see the people involved in this site, sharing truth & encouragement as leaders in a new type of soldier's fighting involving a digital landscape.
I am grateful for this community. I woke up this morning wanting to hear your feedback on the sad situation. Pro-Democracy will continue to find ways to build bigger and stronger resistance.
Third Party Influence on Michigan Vote
MICHIGAN - as of 5:14 pm (11/6)
Trump 2,795,917
Harris 2,714,167
Difference 81,750
RFK Jr. 26,769
Jill Stein 44,642
Chase Oliver 22,517
Sub-total 93,928
Cornel West 6,710
Randall Terry 6,706
J. Kishore 2,433
Total all 3rd Party 109,777
Well, I do need a support group right now and I am so grateful that you guys are here.
Am a concerned and disappointed Canadian! Whatever happened to woman power? Where were they?
And now it’s next year for us to fight the cons. 🇨🇦😢
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3rd Party influence on Wisconsin vote
WISCONSIN - as of 4:53 pm (11/6)
Trump 1,697,619
Harris 1,668,297
Difference 29,322
RFK Jr. 17,676
Jill Stein 12,265
Sub-total 29,941
Chase Oliver 10,502
Randall Terry 4,057
Cornel West 2,748
Claudia DelaCruz 2,042
Total all 3rd Party 49,290
Another factor was the Trump campaign worked hard at putting and keeping third party candidates on the swing state ballots (Jill Stein (Russian asset), Chase Oliver, RFK Jr., Cornel West). They used this tactic to assist in defeating Hillary in 2016. Go to Wisconsin and add up the third party votes and then calculate the difference between Kamala and Trump. The third party candidates total more than the difference between Kamala and Trump.
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Bless you, Ben, Brett & Jordy! Thank you for being strong for the American people, and for continuing to care. We're in the UK, and feel we can never visit the US with Trump in power. I keep thinking I'm going to wake up soon, and that it will all have been a bad nightmare. Sending love and warm hugs to you and yours.
There's a vile stench to this of cheating! We KNOW the MAGAts cheat at every possible level. I'm not accepting this at all! I want recounts done in all red states! The MAGAts are laughing at us because they know we'd roll over like dogs. May they ALL reap the evil back that they sow tenfold!
I've lost so much. My family has deserted me. What hope is there now?
Part of me wonders if programs like Meidas will be allowed to continue once King Trump takes office. Who is going to keep DT in check this term? Steve Bannon? Stephen Miller?
Once DOJ is installed it’s all
Over. It will be ten times worse then the low Barr
From the "Mile 0" (of the Alaska Highway, built in a hurry to defend North American from tyranny in 1942) a proud Canadian with a deep love for things American and with extended family in the continental United States and also moved by the inscription on the Peace Arch border crossing -- to the effect Canada and the United States born of a common mother -- I go on but from here I am with you. You (we) have a long term project on our hands and that's "ok". Cheers.
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It's time to boycott!!!
Is no one fighting for a recount?
I think they think it’s a legitimate comeback because it was across the country.
I thought this was pitch perfect. But sadly I don’t know how much more fight I have in me. I am not an activist but became one 9 years ago to stop Donald Trump. And then the unimaginable happened last night. I can’t keep doing it. The media has screwed up our country and I don’t see how it ever gets better.
The problem is that the people who voted for Trump do not listen to Meidas!
What can we do? Let us know please!! I can't give up, there's a fire in me I need to fight to save America.
Thank you. I am going to send my friend your way! I don't think we are going to survive all this. I had a creator that said he was going to end it! I'm so depressed.
We are not going anywhere. From the bottom of my heart, thank you MeidasTouch for all you have done and continue to do.💙💙💙
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Too late
we have another MORE IMPORTANT option--
TO demand a hand recount beginning in Pennsylvania---
Please mobilize your supporters to start mobilizing phone calls and emails to all democratic governors, reps, senators and the white house--using the languaging:
We, the people, DEMAND a full audit and hand recount beginning in Pennsylvania and other blue wall and swing states. The corruption will be revealed thru a hand count.
All the numbers are wrong!
I cannot even watch you anymore because you all collapsed into fear and the wrong focus that we should have now. Please stop interpreting FALSE numbers and FALSE trends.
When we need to be demanding that the results be heavily deeply and professionally audited thru HAND RECOUNTS
of course the biggest computer techs and nations with that ability are all on Trump's side.
They can easily engineer an undetectable virus that flips a blue wave into a red wave.
WAKE UP and demand the solution!
Doing these expert interpretations using the current fake numbers IS SO NOT HELPFUL MTN.
Don't respond to a giant deception like this!
Do something to create a recount!
You have a lot of contacts that could help with this ---
We, the people, don't have the type of contacts that you do.
Please put MTN's energy into demanding a HAND recount in key states!
We need to come up with a list of places that The Meidas Network can broadcast from. Safe House if need be. We need to make sure they are able to stay on the air. You boys can park a van in my yard if need be!
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I am a disabled woman who depends on Medicare for my livelihood. I am only 46, but I have multiple issues. I have 2 masters degrees (in history and creative writing ) it wasn't in my life plan to get sick, but here I am. I am utterly terrified because when they attack the systems I need to live I am going to get very, very, very sick and will likely end up homeless. I have no one to help.
If my ability to write and research and speak can be helpful to fight this fight I can use that. I will fight through my fear. But right now all I have been able to do is cry.
I have great compassion for you, as I am in a similar situation. I feel your pain & fear. Let’s all stick together and pray for protection from the evil machinations of the upcoming administration. WE WON’T LEAVE THE AWESOME MTN … I am sure we will work together to staunch the cruel insanity that IS Donald trump. I almost puked writing his name.
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I missed seeing this live but
💙Ben,💙Brett, 💙Jordy-- I AM WITH YOU.
marche on, marche on marche on to democracy
Right, fake 45/47 has yet to concede the 2020 election and we are supposed to accept that fewer people voted in the most important election of our lifetime than the previous election? 14A, section 3 still in play!
And my thanks to Ben and all at the Meidas Touch network. I’m 72 with a few worrying health problems as is my wife, and I don’t know how long it will be until RFK jr. will destroy Medicare and Medicaid and make my medications unaffordable or unavailable, but until I can do it no more I will continue to support anything and everything you do.
It's such a grave, depressing day for we Democrats that want to keep democracy intact. It is SO unbelievable that this occurred. The people that voted for this disgusting person will learn the hard way and will find out just who he and his minnions are...Not for the hard worker, but for the rich. We have got to try and pull our straps up. Thank you Ben...we will not never leave you wonderful folks.
I'm very grateful to know that I don't have to go thru whatever is in store for me alone. But I'm frightened. I'd be lying if I said I'm not. I'm a 61 year old disabled woman and when they take away Social Security I'll have no income. Neither will all the other disabled people, the seniors and our vets. Right now I don't know how to move past this awful feeling of dread. I'm so afraid I don't know what to do with myself. I'm just sobbing uncontrollably right now. Yes for myself, but also for all the people of this country whose lives will be forever changed. 💙
Perhaps it’s time to stand up a new country from the ashes of MAGA.
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I’m glad you are not giving up. You are needed to be our voice of truth
Thank you MeidasTouch!
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Love you all from 🇬🇧 I can’t believe what happened today, but so glad you are there for us all, for democracy and independent news. You are the best. Thank you. ♥️♥️
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It is the younger generations turn to fight to save Democracy. Question did you ALL VOTE? IF not you can only blame yourselfs for what's to come.
Thanks 4 your thoughtful honest talk! I had already pledged my belief in non violence. No "us & them." Keep on keeping on.- Dale, a very senior citizen
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Indeed she is, but she doesnt live in Russia and life over there has not changed since Navalny was killed. I hope with my heart that the US find a way out of situation that 50% of the country have put them and the rest of the world in
Tell me how to stop crying.
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Thank you all for the commitment to be pro democracy. Keep the good work up. I was devastated this morning waking up to the news of Trumps win. Europe are watching closely and we anticipate at least 4 years of chaos that will affect us as well. I do hope we can keep supporting Ukraine in the best way possible.
Thank you for today's message. I'm catatonic but your words made a small improvement.
Can you please address the matter of the legal issues surrounding MR Trump? CAN he be jailed for his crimes? ANYone else would be there already!
Your kindness and understanding are representative of us, but it has not helped us fight fascism. Democrats have to stop the kindness, understanding BS , it hasn't worked and won't work Americans are not nice people, at least the majority of them who support a fascist dictator
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Absolutely devastated.
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This old gal is with MTN all the way.
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Thank you for staying with this. We need you guys!
Just missed the live from Australia but we need you more than ever. Thankyou Team Meidas! We need hope. 💙💙💙
We're with you all the way. Thank you for being with us.
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The US needs the Meidas Touch to bring us the truth. Thank you for doing so.
OK, so you have learned to talk with punctuation. I’ll listen more often.
I am just seeing this and it's November 17 th. I been watching you this week but I needed to take that break you just mentioned. I tuned in this week just in time to read about the death threats to Jordy . WOW and the election wasn't enough. I commented on that , said a few words of caring to Jordy and all of you... just use caution....giving time and space to the haters..will get us no where....I will say again - I am 71 years old and am ready to resist. I will do my part and of course I will continue to support you guys and share your network with anyone I can think of.
You do an extraordinary job and I am with you all the way. I will upgrade my subscription just as soon as I can afford to. In the mean time , please take care. Thank you for taking care of us and thank you for all the Truths you bring to us. It's an honor to be a part of this group of people who are moving ahead in trying to understand these chaotic times and how to navigate through them to a much better place. Don't forget it is neither better to burn out or fade away. Slow and steady wins the race. 💙💙💙
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I just want to add. The black community especially black women need to be included in this network. We have consistently saved democracy. We have never not voted. We know what it is like.
Medias Touch include black journalists on your network.
We need it to be known that we are being heard.
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Keep up the hard work!!! And thank you!
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I’m pissed that this election will swing the world 🌎 Hard Right. Trump will give Europe to Putin. Nigel Farage already isolated the UK. Putin & his pets are terrorist scum. Who are they to install their phony $$$ Prison Planet to disappear millions of human beings who live peacefully on U.S. soil? Who are they to terrorize Americans with #MedicalApartheid so their heifers can HATE? They only want to smash Obamacare & starve U.S. out so the Russian Mafiya and the KGB can get even. NATO has been jacked‼️ So I ain’t playin’ snitches!
But mad RESPECT to Meidas Touch for holding down the fort with grace and honor 🫡🇺🇸
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Stay in HOPE. The evil wants you to be afraid. No! We will stand together and outlast this storm of insanity. Hugs from Oregon!
I'm 63 and love Jimmy Carter! Peace and thank you for inspiring us to keep on keeping on! #kamala2028
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Ben, I can't find the words to express the relief and appreciation I felt when you said that MTN will be here and moving forward as community. I'm a dyed in the wool anti-fascist and outsider so during each Republican regime, I've felt dishearted and isolated living under the control of those who are only in it to protect themselves.
Thanks to you and your team for providing the backbone to continue the good fight. I hope it helps you and the brothers to know how appreciative we are of you.
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I heard a few times that Russia was trying to interfere. Did they?
I'm paid, but afraid to have an electronic history of being a trump non supporter. Sad.
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I feel misled.
You were completely wrong. It’s okay. Time to believe AOC