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James Wilson's avatar

As others have mentioned I’ve notice YouTube now that content from left leaning media is not coming up as often as the recommended content for me, but sports talk and the Office videos are showing up. This is deliberate on their part and shows they are appeasing the moron in the White House.

Wherever we can get the truth and honest journalism we the Meidas Mighty will be with you. Thank you for your bravery and commitment to bringing facts and receipts to what is really happening.

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Ed Garland's avatar

Well said!

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Carl Selfe's avatar

All of us need to use the new playbook where GERRYMANDERING is approved by SCOTUS for all. We are behind. Simply matching the enemy will NOT catch us up. We must be much more aggressive. Then on to statehood for DC and Puerto Rico! For citizens, we must take to the streets in protests. Message with signs that are loud! How do you make a sign loud? By design! Here are 108 free signs for you that scream!

https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/protest-sign-sign-everywhere-a-sign?r=3m1bs

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Katrina Billings's avatar

That’s a shame. Fortunately this isn’t ant happening in the UK. Yet.

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Alison Jasper's avatar

True - but do you notice how much time mainstream British (Murdoch owned?) media and even the BBC devotes to Reform and Nigel Farage (with 4 MPs) whilst a centrist like Ed Davey (Lib Dems 72 MPs) and who is more often than not speaking in Parliament and at PM's question time, hardly breaks through? Hard to know how much is deliberate and how much is just down to the impact of our attention economy: Farage, like Trump, generates adulation and outrage in equal measure i.e. clickbait. My sense is it's more of the latter. We do need to be aware of the dangers - as you say, this isn't happening to the same extent in the UK - yet! But, as Meidas Touch shows, there is and will be an opposition! There are alternative voices (The Rest Is Politics, and Disorder https://disordershow.com are two UK based options if you've not already found them). Meidas Bros, do you sense an appetite for a Meidas UK to grow its independent journalism?! As you see, you already have an audience here!

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Schmendryck's avatar

You're fortunate in your case that it's just Sports Talk and the office videos. I'm actually getting hardcore right wing videos as well as ads & shorts coming up & while I disengage & thumbs down as quickly as possible, it's another evidentiary example of exactly what you're talking about

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James Wilson's avatar

I’d loss my mind if they started promoting right wing videos to me and I’m sure it’s gonna happen.

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Ruhm's avatar

I recommend a good ad blocker for YouTube on computers. On phones - especially on shorts- hit the three dots in the upper corner and choose "don't show this channel again".

I've also been reporting all the ads I can. Anything scammy for spam, anything right wing, for hate speech bullying or harassment. Does reporting do anything? Probably not, but I am spamming them back in return and it's cathartic.

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James Wilson's avatar

Yeah I keep getting an attacking my Congressman for voting no on the big ugly bill and keep seeing it. And sick of seeing it when I just want to watch something to stay informed.

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Schmendryck's avatar

Yeah it started mostly as ads for charlie jerk's spurning points USA (they must think I'm a kid! Ha!) but lately it's become live feeds from various ranting conservatives & that sort of thing & I'm just blocking them as quickly as they turn up.

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James Wilson's avatar

Ugh I will be doing the same when that happens to me. It happens in waves, the reduction of Meidas and other left leaning hosts just happened to me after hearing about it from others. But they are in my subscriptions so I check there.

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Kathy Maas's avatar

omg, all the PragerU video ads. Some are quite seductive - smartly-written copy, good-looking "natural" speaker, etc.

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Schmendryck's avatar

Just like Ted Bundy.

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Ian Patton's avatar

I had my YouTube site taken down for anti-Trump videos. This is the one that got me banned, although it sure looks accurate. https://x.com/i/status/1957472447487524880

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James Wilson's avatar

There was nothing wrong with what was posted in this current climate and especially under US free speech laws. Absolutely ridiculous that they took you off. But one of their founders got a golden ticket to the inauguration, so we know that they are interested in protecting their company. Google/Alphabet should be broken up based off antitrust laws but won’t happen since they kissed the ring

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Schmendryck's avatar

SHEESH! The least they could have done was ban you for something that you had to put a lot more work into! that looks like something that you did as an afterthought, accurate though it may be

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Ellen CW's avatar

Nice comment James Wilson, truth be told 💯☮️

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Leslie Goodman-Malamuth's avatar

Ben, Brett, Jordy, the Meidas Mighty fight fascism!

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MIRIAM GOERK's avatar

We’re with you save free speech

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Edward mead's avatar

Greed of Modern Day Christians

If you make a purchase online, you have the option of expedited shipping, where you pay a little extra to get them to prioritize your order. I know of one “prophet” who used this technique to make a profit. He told the crowd to bring their offerings to the prayer line. All of those who came with $100 bills were placed in an “expedited” prayer line. He prayed for them, then he took his money and left. The pastor of the church had to pray for those with $20s and less. That serves him right for inviting a false prophet to his church.

These guys appeal to the greed of the modern day Christians. Paul talks about this in 2 Timothy.

2 Timothy 3

2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, …

13 But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

Did you read the part where Paul called them imposters? He told us to expect imposters in the church in the last days who are lovers of money, who deviate from sound doctrine. He said they would get worse and worse. Yet Christians are so naïve, it is not funny. Where do you think these imposters are?

Uncritically, Christians accept everything these TV preachers and traveling prophets tell them, and they don’t just give their money, they give their soul. They are attracted to churches where preachers teach these things (2 Timothy 4:4). They are attracted to churches that offer them a lot of spiritual junk food, and that’s why there are so many unhealthy anemic Christians today.

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Ed Garland's avatar

Accurate to a fault.⬆️They're not churches. They are dens of inequity.

It's hard to tell the difference between the church and the club anymore. Remember, too, "Christians" enslaved and brutalized people. They burned crosses, conducted public lynchings, and wore hoods and robes.

As former VP Harris said, "We are not going back."

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Xplisset's avatar

Turn the suppression into signal.

Ben, stay loud. If the feeds bury you, Substack becomes the backbone: we restack, drop timestamps, and move the receipts by hand. MAGA can mass-report a video; they can’t mass-erase a ledger.

Two quick plays for the Meidas fam: add this post to your feeds and pin one clip with a timestamp that slapped so new eyes hit the proof fast. If you can, flip to paid or gift one and make the platform the platform. www.xplisset.com

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WJB Motown's avatar

I have been saying for a long time that lessons need to be learned from the WW2 resistance.

It may be to late now.........people just do not study history and learn from it anymore.

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Renegade Crone's avatar

I have read you! ❣️

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Alissa Resch's avatar

I’m with you 100%! I’m using substack and bluesky these days and have left the other social media platforms because of censorship issues.The MTN is fantastic - thanks for keeping us informed! Much respect ✊

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Dottie Fanning's avatar

I purposely search for my subscription on YouTube to Meidas and those I follow and basically only listen to then all during the day.

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Wanda Enman's avatar

Same. When I load YouTube it's a screen full of Meidas, BTC and Marc Elias, Legal AF, Occupy Democrats, Glenn Kirschner and others. Give zero time to the right wing MSM propaganda.

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Deb Anthony's avatar

You are my first source of information. Stay strong and know we are with you!!

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Deborah Gordon's avatar

Thank you for doing this❤️

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Patricia Knox's avatar

This Canadian is with you!

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WJB Motown's avatar

We need Maple Meidas ASAP!! That weasle Pollievre is being let out of his cage.........He is such a moron and has his maggot followers

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Janet Hains's avatar

Good morning, Meidas. Thank you, thank you for not stopping and continuing to shine your light on the truth of what is happening in our beloved country.

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Black Pearl (Slava Ukraini)'s avatar

I wonder if the algorithms are different in other countries? I live in the UK, and have a YouTube Premium subscription. Just checking my current YouTube feed and notice that, excluding subscribed channels (Meidas, of course, Legal AF, Adam Mockler, Katie Phang, JoJofromJerz, I've Had It, Brian Tyler Cohen, Jessica Denson), music, movies, and science-based channels, my political choices are: This is Gavin Newsom, Glenn Kirschner, Heather Cox Richardson, Sen. Adam Schiff, The Daily Beast, Times Radio, Democracy Now!, Hysteria, Times Now World etc., as well as assorted news channels & UK political channels. Not a single right-wing piece of trash!

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Schmendryck's avatar

Congrats to you for being so fortunate!

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Black Pearl (Slava Ukraini)'s avatar

It's not entirely by chance - I very carefully remove crap from my feed, and block weird channels without viewing them, so as far as can see, it is possible to nudge the algorithm into only showing relevant channels. Not so sure if that is possible under the fascist regime of the Republic of Gilead, um, the USA. I'm moving away from Facebook, as it is so full of Meta crap - will have to try Bluesky...

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Margaret's avatar

I moved to Bluesky and do not miss Facebook or X. Highly recommended.

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Black Pearl (Slava Ukraini)'s avatar

The only problem is that my relatives in Germany, and friends in South Africa are not, as mt my few elderly friends. Oh well, I'll see if I can encourage them to move too...

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Schmendryck's avatar

While I'm trying not to sound trite, it is appropriate nevertheless to say "continued success in your endeavors!"

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d. keough's avatar

Concerns: how do we plan to communicate when the grid is compromised!? We should expect and plan for this, Hope is good but not a plan.Sadly the probability is there. Thx

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Schmendryck's avatar

If and when the grid is compromised, communication will only be a part of the complete social devastation that will result. For example, think about everywhere electronics are involved with any sort of transaction in which you participate. Not just commerce but transportation, communication, conveyance of information, your personal well-being. We've already seen this Administration cripple if not devastate the Cadre of well-trained responders to keep this nation secure from sabotage of the kind you describe. But the more troubling implication is the question of whether that sort of damage will be inflicted by external forces, or from within...

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d. keough's avatar

All true. I imagine it will be a combination. As it is, a Chinese billionaire bought a building in Nashua nh and paid 3x the asking price. It is by an airport, railroad, main routes and water supply.

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Schmendryck's avatar

Oy gevalt, as grandma used to say

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Helene Smith's avatar

What are we going to do, Ben? WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?

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Aaron Roman's avatar

✊ Drumpf Is going to a beyond hell I like to call Neo-Hell.

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Patricia Knox's avatar

This Canadian is with you?!

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Iris parks's avatar

They hate people who will not bend the knee to Trump. We don't bow to a transgressor of the law of God!

Fight on, fight on❗️

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