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Becky Daiss's avatar

Just gotta share. Coolest thing ever at the protest at the White House yesterday. The protest got really big, but early on, while we were a smallish group of protesters and tourists, someone played a loud and clear recording of Ben reading the 4th Circuit’s opinion on the Abrigo Garcia case. We heard Wilkinson’s stunning take down of trump, from beginning to end. In front of the White House. And everyone listened to the end. Democracy on blast.

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Catherine Voight's avatar

What I wouldn’t give to be there but I participated in Madison Wi. The message is the same at each protest; STOP TRUMP NOW!

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Dineen Seymour Nahn's avatar

I’m from Madison too. So glad you represented!!!

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Beth Witrogen's avatar

I’m a Mad grad from 1970! With you in spirit as I joined others here in Concord, CA. I was part of all the protests on campus 1969-70 up State Street & on Bascom Hill. Shoutout to Madison! Onward!

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Laurel Yatsko's avatar

Good on you and the rest of the protesters at the WH. Up the road in MD, near NIH we had a smaller but dedicated protest.

Let's keep it happening!

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Christine's avatar

Everyone counts! Thank you!

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willsx2's avatar

That is amazing and must have been so powerful. Thank you for sharing ♥️

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Janet Sanderson's avatar

Oh, I bet that was awesome!👏 💙🇺🇸🇺🇸💙

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Dawn's avatar

Out of chaos comes creativity. That must've been astounding to hear.

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Ermila Garza's avatar

I hope those in the WH heard it!!

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Schmendryck's avatar

It's a good bet that the occupants of the WH were doing that gradeschool-age thing where they put their fingers in their ears & go "blablablablabla..."

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debra's avatar

or eating Big Macs and throwing food against the wall. Or, was he golfing?

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Donna Vest's avatar

It's the weekend I'd bet money he's golfing somewhere

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Michelle Ponkutcat 060's avatar

Golfing definitely--and at taxpayers expense! The turd!!

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Vel Santic's avatar

or, throwing ketchup against the wall. looots of ketchup.

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Beth Witrogen's avatar

Like on his ear on that day …

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Beth Witrogen's avatar

Golfing for Gulag

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Kathryn Lee Hickman's avatar

Or playing golf...

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1LEAPYR 🇺🇸🗽🔔's avatar

Is there a video of that? Sounds amazing!! Thank you Medias Touch!! You’ve been a glimmer of hope in all of this chaos and tragedy.

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Becky Daiss's avatar

I don't think so. We were all a bit shocked and then mesmerized as it continued to play. One of the best things about it is that there were a lot of foreign tourists who got to see democracy in action - the regime leader being taken down in front of his own house.

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Beth Witrogen's avatar

Oh THAT is awesome!!! Thanks for the share & the uplift!

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Diane Smith's avatar

That’s amazing!!!🎉

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olderwoman's avatar

KIM IS SPAM

Do not click

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Meemaw's avatar

I've reported her so many times the app won't let me now.

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Ezsmilin’'s avatar

I have reported her and accounts under different names as well that post the same exact link in many of the Substack forums that I follow. 😡 So far, I have been able to continue doing so. Thank you for your support!

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WJB Motown's avatar

The app has turned into brain fog

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Suzette's avatar

NEVER click on a link from anybody that you don't know, period.

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Jane in NC's avatar

Spam. Reported.

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Jane's avatar

Keep resisting America…support from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and the rest of Europe 🇪🇺

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Julie Stacker's avatar

And from Australia and our tariffed penguins. Flippers up!

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Susan's avatar

Thank you for supporting us. We're sorry, embarrassed the magas voted this turd in

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Jane in NC's avatar

Flippers up! Love that! Many thanks from a grateful America!

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Susan Takes A Stand's avatar

Thank you for being there for us. Penguins rock!🐧

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Susan Duhb-uhu's avatar

Flippers Up! Love love love it!!!

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Janie's avatar

Thank you, Australia🇺🇸😃 your support means so much!

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Punkette's avatar

Heartfelt thanks to Jane and Julie and Lorraine and Mary and all our global allies! We love you! Your support keeps us going! We WILL prevail and make you proud! 💙 🇺🇸 💙

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Scooterboi60's avatar

😆😆From 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺Meidas Mates

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Pat Robinson's avatar

I love the flippers up!!!! Thank you for your support. The support of the rest of the world (even China in a weird way as they will show America they don't need us and everything trump based his tariffs on was wrong and that ending our foreign aid opened a huge door for them showing what a dumb idea that was) is what will enable us to bring down trump. We will never be restored to the world power we once were...no one will or should ever trust us again but at least we will one day again have honest compassionate leadership that supports democracy and the American values...but we can't do it without you, so many many thanks!

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Charlene Arseneau Reid's avatar

Elbows up from Canada 🇨🇦!!!! Keep on keeping on!!!!! Resist, resist, resist 🇺🇸!!!!!!

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PAULA SCHULTZ's avatar

Thank you neighbor ! We love you guys and appreciate your support so much! 🇺🇸🇨🇦

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PAULA SCHULTZ's avatar

Thanks for your support!

🇦🇺🇺🇸

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Emma Ray's avatar

Love this!!

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Lorraine Halliday's avatar

England here, elbows up.

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Linda Wilson-Gordon's avatar

Thank you! My granddaughter and her fiancé live in London. He is a British citizen and she is working on her British citizenship. Thank you for your support!

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James Wilson's avatar

Dare I say we even have Tartan Mighty?

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Mary Gordon's avatar

Yes, you may! Thoughts and positive vibes come your way constantly as we feel for and support our good friends in Connecticut and South Carolina… 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🫶

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Janie's avatar

Awesome! Thank you!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Punkette's avatar

Wooo! Love that! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🤝 🇺🇸

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Carole Campbell's avatar

Thank you, Jane for supporting us from afar. We value your support and we are proud to have Scotland as our friend and ally.🙏🏻

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Carey's avatar

Elbows up! Flippers Up! All of you around the world please please kee it up! We will because YOU are keeping us up! 💗

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Joan Donaldson's avatar

Thank you. At the beginning of the Trump regime my husband made a comment about how hopeless the situation looked. I reminded him that my ancestors were Scots and that I would fight as hard as I could against the tyrant

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Jamesina Hamilton's avatar

Mine too, right with you!

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Knutter's avatar

Thank you All!! 💙💙💙

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Janie's avatar

Thank you, Jane, Scotland and Europe💐🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈

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Jane in NC's avatar

Thank you!

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Linda Wilson-Gordon's avatar

Thank you!

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Kirstin Fuchs's avatar

You bet. 💙🇩🇪🤟

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Karen's avatar

Support from Australia too 👏

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PAULA SCHULTZ's avatar

Thanks for your support !

🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Roberta's avatar

Just a quick shout out to a change in phrasing. We are not protestors, we are protectors.

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Ginger's avatar

Nice switch

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Roberta's avatar

Can’t claim ownership. See my link below.

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olderwoman's avatar

I like that Roberta, I like that a lot.

"protectors" we ARE the protectors.

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Digispeaker's avatar

True patriots!

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Wendy Baker's avatar

This!

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Diana M.'s avatar

It is time to rise up and have massive strikes and work stoppages. We need universities, law firms everyone and everyone - as David Brooks of all people - are seeing the moment we must now move forward to stop this madman. Are we waiting until he has completely destroyed America? RISE UP AS ONE AND STOP THIS MADMAN!

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Daniel Solomon's avatar

We need to pressure Congressional Republicans, their donors and consituents. https://jerryweiss.substack.com/

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Colin Webster's avatar

Here in the UK we have an activist website called "38 Degrees" which, apparently, is the critical slope required to start an avalanche in the mountains and, possibly, an avalanche of public opinion. I sense that the USA is close to a '38 degrees moment'. Bring on the avalanche!

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olderwoman's avatar

Oh that is so interesting Colin, thanks for sharing that, "38 degrees."

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Colin Webster's avatar

I forgot to mention, 38 Degrees is running a campaign to stop Donald Trump's State Visit to the UK. https://home.38degrees.org.uk/ Wish us luck!

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Janie's avatar

The best of luck to you! Thank you for your support and for 38 Degrees🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸

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C Giza's avatar

Hopefully soon the only place he and his cohorts will be welcome is in a gulag somewhere (maybe El Salvador which by the way translated to English means "the Savior")

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Bill Riley's avatar

Along with Jesus Christ, we the people are risen today! Thank you, Europe, and thanks to everyone around the world for their support and understanding as we work to push Trump permanently out of our heads and out of office. We’re closing in on him and we will prevail pronto!

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Jamesina Hamilton's avatar

I saw a sign from one of the protests yesterday that was sort of fun amongst this chaos. It said “ if Kamala was our president now, we would be having brunch!” Happy Easter all!

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Vel Santic's avatar

I know all too well what "el salvador" means in Spanish, yep. the irony is lost on that one.

@Bill Riley, yes, sir!! That is what I wanna hear!!

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Bill Riley's avatar

Thanks, amigo!

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Punkette's avatar

All the luck, Colin! 🍀🍀🍀 Thx for 38 Degrees link - I look forward to perusing the site!

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Pat Robinson's avatar

I'm not a citizen of the UK. Can I still sign? I am an American citizen who is also a Canadian citizen.

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Colin Webster's avatar

It seems you need a 'postcode' to sign. If your Zip Code doesn't work, use my UK post code -TQ1 2HP.

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Pat Robinson's avatar

Thanks!!! I don't want to commit fraud by using the wrong zip code. I will see if my zip code here in the states will work

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Schmendryck's avatar

Buy a sticker! America can cut out the NHS reference & still have a brilliant sticker

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Linda Wilson-Gordon's avatar

Working on it as hard and as fast as we can. Thank you!

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Amy K's avatar

Love to your family and everyone in the world! 💙🐇 So glad we are part of the resistance. We have to defeat this dictator and reclaim America 🇺🇸 and dig out of this horrible mess for our country and the world. Sounds too big but we can all do it together.

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Mary Norton's avatar

Yes yes yes

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Connie L's avatar

Happy Easter. One of my kids said to me yesterday in her innocence, “Can’t we all just get along?” “Yes honey we can”. We just have to do it together. Many blessings to MeidasTouch and everyone out there working hard to bring peace back. Sending so much love out to all of you on Easter. Thank you so very much.

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Stephanie's avatar

Connie, I’m 51 and I still say that!! 😊I ask myself all the time. Why?! And for the most part, we do, and people are good. But there is evil in this world. I never thought I’d see this in my lifetime. Through all of the crap and corruption in politics, I never felt unsafe here. But that security and comfort of being a free American is no longer. I’ve asked for the courage and strength to get through difficult times. And here is my opportunity. When you ask for strength, we are given the opportunity to be strong. When you ask for courage you are given the opportunity to be courageous. So here it is. We are a big part of history that has changed the world. I will fight to the death on this one. No one is taking freedom away from us and our future generations. No one.

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Laura's avatar

Beautifully written…🌹🫶🏻🇺🇸

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Connie L's avatar

Very well said. I agree. I used to ask Why. But no longer do. I trust in God. We’re fighting for so much. Thank you for the comment I appreciate it that. Happy Easter. There is peace to be gotten once again.

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Sheilawallace's avatar

Of the people, for the people, by the people.

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Jamesina Hamilton's avatar

And WE are “the people”!

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Andrea Saavedra's avatar

Thanks Ben! Always so inspirational first thing in the morning

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Sylvia Arrowood's avatar

I attended the rally in Buffalo yesterday despite the cold wind. Smaller crowd of approximately 1,000. However when the wind really picked up and it started to pour I left. I am on antibiotics for a double ear and throat infection. But I will keep attending every rally that is being held in Buffalo. I was encouraged to see a young lady who was there fighting for the people in the nursing home she works at. Every young person I see at a rally I thank them. We are fighting for our young people who deserve a better future.

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olderwoman's avatar

BRAVO to YOU Sylvia.

You showed UP!

You stayed as long as you could and nobody can ask more than that.

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Jamesina Hamilton's avatar

I am fighting for the young, the old, and the in between!

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G.'s avatar

From overseas: You have inspired many to take on this regime Meidas and especially you Ben. Trump hasn’t made America Great Again . But I think he has made the AMERICAN PEOPLE great again. Sweet irony! To all the independent media - stay safe . You have become loved and respected and admired for that most attractive quality in a human - COURAGE.

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Punkette's avatar

Awww Graeme, that’s a lovely message! Your support keeps us going. Thanks to you and all the world! 💙🤝💙

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G.'s avatar

💙💙💙

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Gretta Muller's avatar

Australia supports you in your quest to defeat this notorious regime and return DEMOCRACY to the USA!

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Susan's avatar

Thank you for supporting us. The felon is a world wide embarrassment.

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Punkette's avatar

Bless you, Gretta and Oz! Your support keeps us going! 💙 🇦🇺 🤝🇺🇸 💙

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Oliver's avatar

keep resisting America, support from Germany

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Punkette's avatar

Danke, Oliver und Deutschland!!! 💙🇩🇪🤝🇺🇸💙

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Cathy stein's avatar

Happy Easter to all Meidas Mighty’s - enjoy you day with your families 🐰🐣💐

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James Wilson's avatar

Happy Easter Meidas Mighty. My Sunday coffee with Ben is my favorite cup of the week. Our courts are the current best line of defense and why Republicans for years have been trying to pack them with right wing nuts. Even some of them are amazed at the stupidity snd recklessness of the regime and are holding our constitution and republic together. Amazing turnout yesterday around the country yesterday! Standup to the oligarchy and they we will win.

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Keith Olson's avatar

No follower of Christ can, or should, support the immoral and evil actions of this lawless administration, just as no loyal or decent American can or should.

In my opinion, no one, in good faith, can say that “I alone, can fix it.” This president is a living legend in his and only his own mind.

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