Endless war is clearly what Trump wants in Ukraine. By weakening Ukraine and empowering dictator Putin (who wants to restore the former USSR territory, against the will of its citizens), he GUARANTEES that Putin will continue to fight. As French President Macron said, what democratic Europe wants is REAL PEACE. The only way to achieve it when a brutal dictator militarily invades your country is to fight back until he's defeated.
I think trump is in big trouble with his backers in the MIC(Military Industrial Complex)because the US is the #1 Arms Dealer in the world, or rather we were. Countries cancelling F-35 buys[Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman and BAE Systems]are going to hurt the stockholders of those companies, along with making the rest of the MIC very nervous because Arms sales depend on demonstrations showing how great our war toys are, which means wars. trump trying to give Ukraine to Putin is really going to piss off trumps backers in the MIC as Ukraine was making great commercials for our war toys
Unless America's neofascists, who already ideologically agree (and met with) Putin's palace ideologue, Alexander Dugin, make a deal with Putin to arm him in return for his support of the military expansion of the US territory...
This is what happens when a man of very little brain destroys trust in America, deserts his allies, and breaks negotiated treaties ... including his OWN with Canada and Mexico.
So when are these companies gonna rise up and bring him to heel? The silence from corporate America is deafening and disgraceful.
They sure are sitting on their hands for a long time if they aren’t believing! Next election we will vote many of them out if they don’t stand up. They may be screwed anyway so why not help the good guys?
I think it takes a lot of negotiating. The least common denominator is national security. On Friday, Heather Cox Richardson documented that Mike Turner (R.AL) and Roger Wicker (R. MS) complained about National Security. Lots more have called Trump a liar on Putin/Ukraine. I published the letter I got from Rick Scott. Thom Tillis. Murkowski. Many more.
They are still Republicans. The main issue is National Security. Jerry Weiss has identified a number fof candidates and we have 3 Cuban American MAGATs here who have recently discovered they are DEI and many of their donors and consituents are upset. We have more Canadians here that some Canadian provinces -- most with dual citizenship.
Hoefully behind the scenes there is discussion about shared government. Only takes 3 in the House. Hakim Jeffries can offer chairmanships of key committees to Republicans.
You are out of your mind. Rick Scott is an insurrectionist and they all voted for the CV and his Project 2025 cabinet picks. Stop apologizing for these fascist cowards. Talk is cheap. Actions matter.
Huh! One has a problem with that, judging by the way our Congressmen GROVEL under the foot of this autocrat.
I remember how the South was changed from BLUE to RED overnight in 1965 when the Equal Rights Amendment was passed.
What I hope will soon happen, is the South once again will overnight change from RED to BLUE.
It happened before, like magic.....and now I pray it will come to pass once again. It's been a long time since I felt I lived in a Democracy in Alabama.
Daniel, thank you for speaking up. NO, I did not see what he said, but will look for it. There is NO NEWS source locally in Mobile that I am aware of.....and I rely on the podcasts like MTN to keep up with politics. We won't go further down that road.....not now. But the Reds seem all alike keeping constituents in the dark.
At my age, so I thought, "there is little I can do." But, looking through the names of Ala Congressmen, I ran across a first cousin who was an adult when I was a small CHILD....and I am 87! So how OLD IS LACEY ADERHOLT? Wow. No way am I too old if he is still a Congressman from the great state of Alabama??????? Seventh District, I believe.....northern part of the state....Winston and Walker Counties.
And, I wish to point out, WINSTON COUNTY SECEDED FROM THE CONFEDERACY during the Civil War. Similarly, a county in a couple of other states did the same thing. Those were the states where my people settled, in those counties. NOT slave owners, most got their land from the Fed Govt instead of wages for fighting in the War of 1812. Yep. So, taking action goes beyond what is convenient.
You could have fooled me! Our do-nothing Republicans from Iowa won't react to anything. I call and write frequently and receive polite generic BS responses.
Grassley is completely duplicitious but he and Ernst have lost millions in crop subsiudies. The cattle industry is in panic. Same for corn farmers who used to sell to China. Same for car dealers. Same for the research departments at state schools. Etc. If their donors and constiutuents complain, they may salute the same flag the rest of us do.
Ernst voted for that clueless drunk Nazi Hegseth; she's a coward and is not doing her job. You are wasting your time on these hypocrites. When their constituents complain, they run and hide claiming attendees are all left wing radicals. They will only change their spots if the power shifts to someone else; they have no moral compass and no conscience when it's really needed. You can lose your reputation in one day, but it will take decades to get it back.
I regard any so-called Republican who pretends they didn't sign up for this yet refuses to vote or publicly speak against it (and that means ALL OF THEM) to be just as guilty of destroying trust and our democracy as are Cap'n Bone Spurs, Musk, and his entire administration. People like that are no different from the German politicians who allowed Hitler to seize power.
You are deluding yourself if you think they will ever rise up against this tyrannical regime. They voted for him knowing full well who he was, what he was gonna do, and that he was a convicted felon, fraud, sexual predator, demented old man, and stupid, ignorant fool.
That said, I hope you're right, but wouldn't bet one penny on it.
You play the hand as dealt. You play the shot as it lies.
We need help. How about the big 3 automakers, the entire cattle industry, local Chambers of Commerce, Manufav=cturing Associations, other traditiobnally Republican donor groups? How about millions of people who receive government benefits? How about patriots who oppose the axis of evil?
Yeah, how about them? The only people who are working for them are DEMOCRATS and INDEPENDENTS. This is a coup by the MAGA party. You're dreaming if you think it's still a "traditional" or functional democracy. The red party IS the axis of evil and they love Putin. Judge them by their votes and support for their self proclaimed emperor, who speaks Russian talking points and treated Zelenskyy in a disgraceful manner.
Noam Chomsky has long been one of my heros. Trying to keep up with his publications, or with the reach of his thinking, is a difficult thing. But, in times like these, Chomsky is a prophet worthy of the name.
So we will be seeing you out on the front lines marching and shouting for full government funding of elections and an end to ALL private contributions altogether? Okay, see you there!
Your post reads like you think election advertising is just fine the way it is. If you have a better solution to how election funding is run, please let us know. My ideas are: 1. remove Citizens United and the huge funds provided by billionaires. 2. Get control of lobbyists and how they interact with elected officials and judges. 3. Pay Congress and the president 15 times more than they are paid now and have Cost Of Living Adjustment yearly using the same numbers as Social Security uses. 4. Control meetings with lobbyists by mandatory recordings. 5. Use the same pay adjustment for federal judges.
THE ONLY THING NOW THAT CAN SAVE AMERICA IS FOR THE REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS TO HAVE THE INTELLIGENCE AND THE BALLS TO IMMEDIATELY IMPEACH TRUMP AND VANCE, THEN THEY ARE GONE FOREVER, AND THEN THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS WILL BE FREE OF THE BONDAGE OF TRUMP AND VANCE. ONLY IMPEACHMENT WILL RID THE USA OF THEM....
Private individuals who donate to politics is healthy. Canada limits all political donations to $1700 per person so Elon Musk has zero influence in Canada.
Corporate Big Money donated to politics is just asking for crime and corruption. No Big Money in politics Left, Right, or Center.
THE ONLY THING NOW THAT CAN SAVE AMERICA IS FOR THE REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS TO HAVE THE INTELLIGENCE AND THE BALLS TO IMMEDIATELY IMPEACH TRUMP AND VANCE, THEN THEY ARE GONE FOREVER, AND THEN THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS WILL BE FREE OF THE BONDAGE OF TRUMP AND VANCE. ONLY IMPEACHMENT WILL RID THE USA OF THEM....
This well written post gives me hope that Dems like Osoff, AOC and Bernie will continue to hold many rallies from now through the next election (if we have one). That's what the emperor with no brain did all during Biden's term; let's give him his own treatment, only done with larger numbers, heart, compassion, intelligence and FACTS, all covered by MTN and the Meidas brothers!! Thanks for your leadership.
Thank you for airing the Bernie Sanders/AOC Speeches. They are leading a movement that will organize ordinary, hardworking Americans to take America back from the oligarch fascists that are in control of our government. I hope that all democrats and all independents in Congress will follow their example and provide honest information about how Trump and his administration is destroying our democracy. Use Trump’s tactic of telling the same story over and over again. This counter measure of telling people the truth over and over and bringing the facts to back it up will wake up masses to who this guy really is.
This president is turning our greatest ally, Canada, against us. He is siding with Putin in the war against Ukraine. He appointed Elon Musk to eliminate all of his detractors from the government. I could list a boatload more of the things Trump has done that are detrimental to our country.
If you can convince people to fear, you control them.
Elon Musk in his arrogance and narcissism does not fear us, but he is beginning to. He resorted to having an auto show on the lawn of the white house, that shows he is fearing a little bit.
This week he went on Twitter and hosted an all employee (ALL employees) Tesla meeting and BEGGED ALL employees, Pahleeze do NOT sell your Tesla stock.
Every huge wave starts out as a small wave and gets bigger with momentum.
We need to punish Elon punish him, take away his money by protesting like hell at Tesla outlets and drive his stock value down.
Yesterday a Tesla cyber truck pulled up next to me in the next lane on a city street, I gave him a thumbs down (I am too polite to give the finger to a complete stranger who has done nothing to me). We both rolled down our car windows where I yelled over at him that he was driving a Swasticar. He was actually meek and insisted, "No it is just a car." We had maybe three sentences back and forth and we both moved on. But I know one thing, getting yelled at for driving a Swisticar is going to stay with him. Who knows what Tesla owners group message boards he goes on and repeats the story.
The worm is turning, Elon Musk is just now starting to FEAR US. And he should, we are not taking this shit lying down. We are standing up, fighting, and RESISTING! We are like Anonymous EXPECT US. You me, and everyone here on Meidas Touch, we are fighters. We are fighting back right now.
As another older woman that is as angry as you over all that Trump/Musk Project 2025 team are working to attack our democracy, I applaud your civility yet a sign of disproval in the thumbs down 👎 sign to the cybertruck driver. We as a society need to come together to fight against the oligarchs take over. They want us fighting each other. We will never win over the MAGAs but we need to encourage more moderate Republican voters to join us in fighting against Trump and his billionaires like Musk, Vought and Besset that our working to destroy our democracy by privatizing all government Departments and public lands including our National Parks in order to enrich themselves.
It's us older women who are making such a huge difference. We have nothing left to lose. We've been there done that. And here we are again. Here we are STILL.
My work in California's carceral system is part of my fight for democracy. And who are the volunteers? MOSTLY OLDER WOMEN. Older white women in fact. And yes, older educated white women who are getting messy and boots on the ground angry and very wise in our street smarts. We are on the ground working, organizing, caring.
So a shout out to all us older women who have stopped caretaking the big lies and finding that we have powerful wise voices and abilities to CREATE something rather than just joining in the destruction.
As I note, this administration is not CREATING anything. The patriarchy must dissolve, because they cannot take care of themselves. If enough women realize they are upholding norms and conditioning that have fed into the fascist oligarchy, the system will crumble. And we will be creating a more egalitarian, true democracy of shared and valued voices.
my 6 cents (cannot believe grocery prices, 25% increases here in NorCal!)
Thanks so much Barry. It's stunning how many more women are organizing protests and showing up. And how many older women. We've been through it already ... and we are more vulnerable because society has conditioned us to be. But actually we are more resilient and self-sufficient, in my experience. I'm impressed too with the courage of those speaking out.
I don't think it is feasible to "nice" our way out of this.
I would not do that to regular Tesla drivers, I would just maybe give a little side eye as we do not know when they bought their car.
Musk bought Twitter in April 2022
The Cyber Truck started selling in Dec 2023 so a full year and 9 months AFTER Musk bought Twitter. So everyone who bought a Cyber truck in basically January 2024 up until now, they knew, they knew who they were buying from.
At his point anyone who supports Musk is my enemy. I have right wing friends, who basically have their head in the sand, they are not my enemy of course, but all the MAGAs are. They are supporting a regime that is destroying what I love, my country. Now they too are in the FO stage of FUFO, let's see them reject it now that it is happening. Now it is real, I ask them do you still support this or not?
Time to stop being polite, nice, compliant, conditioned by the patriarchy. Time for true rage a la Kali Ma ... the other side of what it means to be a woman. We do not have to follow, and we are breaking away from that appeasing, caretaking their feelings etc. LET THEM FEEL IT. LET THEM FEEL OUR RAGE AND OUR WRATH. This is not violence; this is feeling and sensitivity and compassion and outrage. It is JUSTICE, to have our voices heard at long last.
White male supremacists only speak for men; the rest of us women speak for everyone.
Canadians are smart enough to understand their fight is with Donny and Muskrat. That the average citizen (that would be us)isn’t responsible for Donny. I don’t believe they want to charge us tariffs anymore than we want to charge them.
Don't forget to also regularly watch Fox, so that we can understand how good, decent, hard-working people can still falsely believe that Trump is their hero. Because if we don't understand them, we can't talk with them, and the only way to defeat fascism is to stop the artificial division that neofascists today impose, and to cripple their propaganda machine by never giving up on having real, respectful debates with Trump voters.
my comment i'll post all day today ......From Greg Casar, Rep in Congress : Social Security average DAILY payment for "mom " & elon : DAILY payment from his government contracts ... Elon $8,000,0000 a DAY VS SSA rcepient: @ $65 a DAY..
Those figures made me nauseous when I first read them!! I actually took a screen shot to send to my senior Trump loving "friends". When my SS check is deposited it's NOT $65/day. It's more like $55/day. Don't forget, Medicare is deducted from that.
Agree. Along with Meidas Touch, I have been watching another pro-democracy YouTuber, Hal Sparks. He spends many hours on his program picking apart the falsehoods on right wing media.
The other day he showed the interview with Ted Cruz and Elon Musk. (Didn't even have enough time on his show to finish because there were so many holes in Musk's yap fest.) The best take away was that NONE of what Musk and Cruz were saying was under oath.
I am very grateful for the education that I am receiving from these very knowledgeable people on the Meidas Channel, Hal Sparks, Robert Reich and many others.
I can’t adequately express how proud I am of the MTN team! Like you say… Bernie and AOC are killing it on the road and not the slightest mention on the CNN morning news this morning. Pathetic! That is not serving the American people. You and your team are indeed fanning the flames of a democratic movement and doing a fantastic job. Thank you Ben!
Really CNN did nto cover these huge Bernie and AOC rallies?
Remember when they covered LIVE every Trump rally in the 2016 election?
I do, I remember that. But now that it is our side who is drawing the crowds not only are they not broadcasting it live, they are not even reporting it? I don't watch CNN, so you are my only source for this information. CNN is not covering the Bernie and AOC rallies?
Heck, I remember when CNN would show Trump's gaudy plane "live from the tarmac" and not cover Hillary's speeches. I don't think anyone was even on the Trump's gross plane.
Thank you! I’m glad that we are building global alliances. Obviously dark money and foreign influences are part of the problem. Global billionaire oligarchs are attempting to destroy democracy. We need to stand with our brothers and sisters all over this world.
This is why Meidas needs to widen their tent and begin to interview leaders and journalists out of Europe. Just like they did with Canada, they need to do this with European leaders and journalists.
If you can become a subscriber $10 a month (cancel t any time) that is money they know they can count on to continue their expansion providing more and more news.
We love, appreciate & need our Canadian friends to keep up the financial pressure on the U.S.!
Thank you! Sometimes it feels lonely to see the truth of our current 💩 show U.S administration. I stopped watching U.s. mainstream media a long time ago.
Where I live we have many Canadians with dual citizenship -- more than live in some Canadian provinces. They pay US taxes and Florida real estate taxes and own businesses that employ roughly 54,000 Americans.
We are a majority Dem county, with three (3) MAGAT House reprentatives. All are Cuban Americans. All have recently discovered that most of their constiuents, and even themselves are considered DEI by Musk. Their majajority donors come from CANF, the Cuban American National Foundation. 2 of the 3 had been Dems. One, born in Cuba, was a Dem mayor until 2020. They spent their lives fighting Castroism and the Cuban government -- aligned with Putin. All have protested Trump immigration policy.
We need to pressure them. Write. Call. Picket. Sit in.
I think Trump's downfall will be that many Congressional Republicans did not sign up to be members of the axis of evil.
I keep thinking and hoping that the House and Senate will figure out if they all or at least a majority of each rebelled and unified that they could break away from the disastrous situation they are all in. Probably just wishful thinking.
Good Sunday to you, I’m actually joining you in having a cup of coffee. I’m so proud to be a part of the Meidas Mighty community. This is where I get the majority of my news. Thank you for bringing us all of the rallies going on around the country. You don’t find this on corporate media.
I also do not watch network news but I do tell them I'm not watching because they refuse to cover things like these rallies and/or ever ever hold trump or his press secretary accountable for the lies they say over and over.
Good morning. In our small town in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, population about 21,000, we have a weekly rally/protest on our Main Street in front of our post office for one hour. Yesterday, with the temps hovering at about 18 degrees ( yes, it was cold!), there were about 40 people gathered with our signs, and a lot of enthusiasm!! My husband and I have been doing this for about 4-5 weeks. But yesterday, there was a huge change!! Normally, as we stand in defiance, a few cars here and there honk their approval. Not yesterday!! Car after car honked and gave us a thumbs up. It was amazing!! So yes, we are making a difference. I think the sleeping giant is awakening. I say thanks to you for keeping us informed and also thanks to all of the Americans who refuse to let this dictator and his sidekick destroy America!! We will stand as long as necessary. We must not let our country sink into authoritarianism. Good job America, but remember this is a marathon, not a sprint. When you feel like all is lost, join a group of like minded neighbors. In the Upper Peninsula, while our population is small, and the towns are small as well, people are coming together daily. In fact, our GOP rep has only held two town halls in 9 years. So one of our citizens, from Escanaba, Michigan, organized the first of what will be many town hall meeting without our Rep Jack Bergman. Guess what? The next evening Rachel Maddow talked about it on her nightly broadcast!! We are being seen and heard. Keep it up!!
This is such a wonderful "share". Wow, it's thing like this that will inspire other to do the same thing. I love the town halls without the members of Congress being there! And it sounds like you have folks involved that will let all the local news media know..at first they may not ever report anything but I imagine at some point they will almost have to or maybe ads can be taken out letting the public know what is going on...churches are allowed to put ads in most small town papers so your group or similar groups should be allowed to also.
Thanks for airing the live events that are happening. But I think it’s going to have to be the spring of Democracy. We’re giving them to much time to get intrenched. I not only want Trump and the oligarchs to feel the pressure, but these spineless Republican congressmen. They’re starting to crack and we want to break them.
Hundreds showed up yesterday for the "Elbows Up" rally in Toronto. Local media was out in full force.........many local reports are on YOUTUBE..........please note......Bob Ezrin, famous record producer (THE WALL.Pink Floyd) has moved back to Canada where he grew up.......
I love it when Bernie and AOC go into red states and hold rallies while their cowardly Republican representatives are too afraid to face their constituents. There are more of us than them. I will never give up on my country! Onward and upward!
You are bringing a light, showing that there IS a fight and we need to grow and continue!
Keep showing and keep attending people!!
Crimes of Big Money in Politics
🔸Endless war in every country for endless profit
🔸Endless destruction of the environment for endless profit
🔸Endlessly pit society against itself to hide in plain sight for endless profit
"Consequences of Capitalism", Noam Chomsky, Preface
https://open.substack.com/pub/meidastouch?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=280c3q
Endless war is clearly what Trump wants in Ukraine. By weakening Ukraine and empowering dictator Putin (who wants to restore the former USSR territory, against the will of its citizens), he GUARANTEES that Putin will continue to fight. As French President Macron said, what democratic Europe wants is REAL PEACE. The only way to achieve it when a brutal dictator militarily invades your country is to fight back until he's defeated.
I think trump is in big trouble with his backers in the MIC(Military Industrial Complex)because the US is the #1 Arms Dealer in the world, or rather we were. Countries cancelling F-35 buys[Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman and BAE Systems]are going to hurt the stockholders of those companies, along with making the rest of the MIC very nervous because Arms sales depend on demonstrations showing how great our war toys are, which means wars. trump trying to give Ukraine to Putin is really going to piss off trumps backers in the MIC as Ukraine was making great commercials for our war toys
Unless America's neofascists, who already ideologically agree (and met with) Putin's palace ideologue, Alexander Dugin, make a deal with Putin to arm him in return for his support of the military expansion of the US territory...
OMG. Horrors!!!
This is what happens when a man of very little brain destroys trust in America, deserts his allies, and breaks negotiated treaties ... including his OWN with Canada and Mexico.
So when are these companies gonna rise up and bring him to heel? The silence from corporate America is deafening and disgraceful.
The orange goblin certainly knows how to shoot himself in the foot. I love it!
I think Trump's downfall will be that many Congressional Republicans did not sign up to be members of the axis of evil.
https://jerryweiss.substack.com/
They sure are sitting on their hands for a long time if they aren’t believing! Next election we will vote many of them out if they don’t stand up. They may be screwed anyway so why not help the good guys?
I think it takes a lot of negotiating. The least common denominator is national security. On Friday, Heather Cox Richardson documented that Mike Turner (R.AL) and Roger Wicker (R. MS) complained about National Security. Lots more have called Trump a liar on Putin/Ukraine. I published the letter I got from Rick Scott. Thom Tillis. Murkowski. Many more.
They are still Republicans. The main issue is National Security. Jerry Weiss has identified a number fof candidates and we have 3 Cuban American MAGATs here who have recently discovered they are DEI and many of their donors and consituents are upset. We have more Canadians here that some Canadian provinces -- most with dual citizenship.
Hoefully behind the scenes there is discussion about shared government. Only takes 3 in the House. Hakim Jeffries can offer chairmanships of key committees to Republicans.
You are out of your mind. Rick Scott is an insurrectionist and they all voted for the CV and his Project 2025 cabinet picks. Stop apologizing for these fascist cowards. Talk is cheap. Actions matter.
Huh! One has a problem with that, judging by the way our Congressmen GROVEL under the foot of this autocrat.
I remember how the South was changed from BLUE to RED overnight in 1965 when the Equal Rights Amendment was passed.
What I hope will soon happen, is the South once again will overnight change from RED to BLUE.
It happened before, like magic.....and now I pray it will come to pass once again. It's been a long time since I felt I lived in a Democracy in Alabama.
If YOU don't do something about it, it'll remain that way. Did you see what Mike Turner, R. Al said last week?
Just takes 3.
Daniel, thank you for speaking up. NO, I did not see what he said, but will look for it. There is NO NEWS source locally in Mobile that I am aware of.....and I rely on the podcasts like MTN to keep up with politics. We won't go further down that road.....not now. But the Reds seem all alike keeping constituents in the dark.
At my age, so I thought, "there is little I can do." But, looking through the names of Ala Congressmen, I ran across a first cousin who was an adult when I was a small CHILD....and I am 87! So how OLD IS LACEY ADERHOLT? Wow. No way am I too old if he is still a Congressman from the great state of Alabama??????? Seventh District, I believe.....northern part of the state....Winston and Walker Counties.
And, I wish to point out, WINSTON COUNTY SECEDED FROM THE CONFEDERACY during the Civil War. Similarly, a county in a couple of other states did the same thing. Those were the states where my people settled, in those counties. NOT slave owners, most got their land from the Fed Govt instead of wages for fighting in the War of 1812. Yep. So, taking action goes beyond what is convenient.
It's sometime useful to have the memory and wisdom that can accompany age. History about the horrors of WW2 is no longer taught in schools.
You could have fooled me! Our do-nothing Republicans from Iowa won't react to anything. I call and write frequently and receive polite generic BS responses.
The idea that they were drafted into the axis of evil is different. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/02/republicans-dictator-putin-ukraine/681841/
That is the only common issue. Ernst was a mlitary officer. On that issue, she will admit that Putin is a war criminal and that we shouldn't support him. https://www.ernst.senate.gov/news/press-releases/ernst-leads-calls-for-sanctions-on-putin-led-group-cronies-attempting-to-assassinate-ukrainian-president-zelenskyy
Grassley is completely duplicitious but he and Ernst have lost millions in crop subsiudies. The cattle industry is in panic. Same for corn farmers who used to sell to China. Same for car dealers. Same for the research departments at state schools. Etc. If their donors and constiutuents complain, they may salute the same flag the rest of us do.
Ernst voted for that clueless drunk Nazi Hegseth; she's a coward and is not doing her job. You are wasting your time on these hypocrites. When their constituents complain, they run and hide claiming attendees are all left wing radicals. They will only change their spots if the power shifts to someone else; they have no moral compass and no conscience when it's really needed. You can lose your reputation in one day, but it will take decades to get it back.
Under pressure, they may have an attitude adjustment. If we don't pressure them, it's on us.
DOGE is closing 7 Federal offices in Iowa. Thousands of jobs will be lost. Research will be ended at Iowa universities.
The real power is Grassley's wife, and his grandson, Pat, is the speaker of the Iowa House. They have 5 kids, all losing big time because of Trump policy. https://www.opensecrets.org/personal-finances/chuck-grassley/net-worth?cid=N00001758. Contributors: https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/chuck-grassley/summary?cid=N00001758
i doubt it very much
Never up, never in.
But will they sign up to fight against the axis of evil? can we afford to wait to find out?
We need to supply pressure. If they don't, they lose their constituancy.
are you sure, sure do not hear many speaking up
Gutless wonders all!
I regard any so-called Republican who pretends they didn't sign up for this yet refuses to vote or publicly speak against it (and that means ALL OF THEM) to be just as guilty of destroying trust and our democracy as are Cap'n Bone Spurs, Musk, and his entire administration. People like that are no different from the German politicians who allowed Hitler to seize power.
You are deluding yourself if you think they will ever rise up against this tyrannical regime. They voted for him knowing full well who he was, what he was gonna do, and that he was a convicted felon, fraud, sexual predator, demented old man, and stupid, ignorant fool.
That said, I hope you're right, but wouldn't bet one penny on it.
You play the hand as dealt. You play the shot as it lies.
We need help. How about the big 3 automakers, the entire cattle industry, local Chambers of Commerce, Manufav=cturing Associations, other traditiobnally Republican donor groups? How about millions of people who receive government benefits? How about patriots who oppose the axis of evil?
Yeah, how about them? The only people who are working for them are DEMOCRATS and INDEPENDENTS. This is a coup by the MAGA party. You're dreaming if you think it's still a "traditional" or functional democracy. The red party IS the axis of evil and they love Putin. Judge them by their votes and support for their self proclaimed emperor, who speaks Russian talking points and treated Zelenskyy in a disgraceful manner.
amen
Noam Chomsky has long been one of my heros. Trying to keep up with his publications, or with the reach of his thinking, is a difficult thing. But, in times like these, Chomsky is a prophet worthy of the name.
So we will be seeing you out on the front lines marching and shouting for full government funding of elections and an end to ALL private contributions altogether? Okay, see you there!
Your post reads like you think election advertising is just fine the way it is. If you have a better solution to how election funding is run, please let us know. My ideas are: 1. remove Citizens United and the huge funds provided by billionaires. 2. Get control of lobbyists and how they interact with elected officials and judges. 3. Pay Congress and the president 15 times more than they are paid now and have Cost Of Living Adjustment yearly using the same numbers as Social Security uses. 4. Control meetings with lobbyists by mandatory recordings. 5. Use the same pay adjustment for federal judges.
Learn to read.
THE ONLY THING NOW THAT CAN SAVE AMERICA IS FOR THE REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS TO HAVE THE INTELLIGENCE AND THE BALLS TO IMMEDIATELY IMPEACH TRUMP AND VANCE, THEN THEY ARE GONE FOREVER, AND THEN THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS WILL BE FREE OF THE BONDAGE OF TRUMP AND VANCE. ONLY IMPEACHMENT WILL RID THE USA OF THEM....
Amen. Now that's an action that would matter; anything short of it tells you all you need to know about who your enemies are.
"Why Do People Stay in Controlling Groups?"
by Cult Expert Dr. Steven Hassan
🔸️A cult leader demands loyalty and offers love, protection, and purpose so followers feel safe and valued.
🔸️Question or step away from a cult leader and that love turns into rejection.
🔸️True love allows freedom, doubt, and independence. If leaving a group feels like betraying a parent, it may be manipulation, not love.
🔸️Understanding this emotional control is the first step to breaking free!
https://substack.com/@stevenhassan/note/c-99927840?r=280c3q
Pedantic horseshit... You can not have politics without money
Private individuals who donate to politics is healthy. Canada limits all political donations to $1700 per person so Elon Musk has zero influence in Canada.
Corporate Big Money donated to politics is just asking for crime and corruption. No Big Money in politics Left, Right, or Center.
So fucking what???? Get real.. Whaqt an insane comment…get real.. You live in a Mr Rogers dream world
Tell me more. Could you be more specific?
He's a troll. Don't waste your time.
and that's the issue -- not capped, no watchdog, corruption all around.
The party of law and order is the party of scofflaws and disorder.
Why does it work in other countries?
Exactly! Like Australia ... this is THE question of the moment.
THE ONLY THING NOW THAT CAN SAVE AMERICA IS FOR THE REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS TO HAVE THE INTELLIGENCE AND THE BALLS TO IMMEDIATELY IMPEACH TRUMP AND VANCE, THEN THEY ARE GONE FOREVER, AND THEN THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS WILL BE FREE OF THE BONDAGE OF TRUMP AND VANCE. ONLY IMPEACHMENT WILL RID THE USA OF THEM....
This well written post gives me hope that Dems like Osoff, AOC and Bernie will continue to hold many rallies from now through the next election (if we have one). That's what the emperor with no brain did all during Biden's term; let's give him his own treatment, only done with larger numbers, heart, compassion, intelligence and FACTS, all covered by MTN and the Meidas brothers!! Thanks for your leadership.
Good morning Ben,
Thank you for airing the Bernie Sanders/AOC Speeches. They are leading a movement that will organize ordinary, hardworking Americans to take America back from the oligarch fascists that are in control of our government. I hope that all democrats and all independents in Congress will follow their example and provide honest information about how Trump and his administration is destroying our democracy. Use Trump’s tactic of telling the same story over and over again. This counter measure of telling people the truth over and over and bringing the facts to back it up will wake up masses to who this guy really is.
This president is turning our greatest ally, Canada, against us. He is siding with Putin in the war against Ukraine. He appointed Elon Musk to eliminate all of his detractors from the government. I could list a boatload more of the things Trump has done that are detrimental to our country.
You're right. Repetition is our friend. No fear. Fear is their biggest weapon. No fear. No fear!
If you can convince people to fear, you control them.
Elon Musk in his arrogance and narcissism does not fear us, but he is beginning to. He resorted to having an auto show on the lawn of the white house, that shows he is fearing a little bit.
This week he went on Twitter and hosted an all employee (ALL employees) Tesla meeting and BEGGED ALL employees, Pahleeze do NOT sell your Tesla stock.
Every huge wave starts out as a small wave and gets bigger with momentum.
We need to punish Elon punish him, take away his money by protesting like hell at Tesla outlets and drive his stock value down.
Yesterday a Tesla cyber truck pulled up next to me in the next lane on a city street, I gave him a thumbs down (I am too polite to give the finger to a complete stranger who has done nothing to me). We both rolled down our car windows where I yelled over at him that he was driving a Swasticar. He was actually meek and insisted, "No it is just a car." We had maybe three sentences back and forth and we both moved on. But I know one thing, getting yelled at for driving a Swisticar is going to stay with him. Who knows what Tesla owners group message boards he goes on and repeats the story.
The worm is turning, Elon Musk is just now starting to FEAR US. And he should, we are not taking this shit lying down. We are standing up, fighting, and RESISTING! We are like Anonymous EXPECT US. You me, and everyone here on Meidas Touch, we are fighters. We are fighting back right now.
As another older woman that is as angry as you over all that Trump/Musk Project 2025 team are working to attack our democracy, I applaud your civility yet a sign of disproval in the thumbs down 👎 sign to the cybertruck driver. We as a society need to come together to fight against the oligarchs take over. They want us fighting each other. We will never win over the MAGAs but we need to encourage more moderate Republican voters to join us in fighting against Trump and his billionaires like Musk, Vought and Besset that our working to destroy our democracy by privatizing all government Departments and public lands including our National Parks in order to enrich themselves.
It's us older women who are making such a huge difference. We have nothing left to lose. We've been there done that. And here we are again. Here we are STILL.
My work in California's carceral system is part of my fight for democracy. And who are the volunteers? MOSTLY OLDER WOMEN. Older white women in fact. And yes, older educated white women who are getting messy and boots on the ground angry and very wise in our street smarts. We are on the ground working, organizing, caring.
So a shout out to all us older women who have stopped caretaking the big lies and finding that we have powerful wise voices and abilities to CREATE something rather than just joining in the destruction.
As I note, this administration is not CREATING anything. The patriarchy must dissolve, because they cannot take care of themselves. If enough women realize they are upholding norms and conditioning that have fed into the fascist oligarchy, the system will crumble. And we will be creating a more egalitarian, true democracy of shared and valued voices.
my 6 cents (cannot believe grocery prices, 25% increases here in NorCal!)
Women turn out to have impressive courage when it comes to speaking out, even though they are usually more vulnerable than men.
Thanks so much Barry. It's stunning how many more women are organizing protests and showing up. And how many older women. We've been through it already ... and we are more vulnerable because society has conditioned us to be. But actually we are more resilient and self-sufficient, in my experience. I'm impressed too with the courage of those speaking out.
Elon Musk and Pete Hegsath epitomize MAGA.
And junior is right there with them.
THEY are the flag bearers of white male supremacy.
They are at the front of the line carrying the flag, "Follow me men, follow me."
I don't think it is feasible to "nice" our way out of this.
I would not do that to regular Tesla drivers, I would just maybe give a little side eye as we do not know when they bought their car.
Musk bought Twitter in April 2022
The Cyber Truck started selling in Dec 2023 so a full year and 9 months AFTER Musk bought Twitter. So everyone who bought a Cyber truck in basically January 2024 up until now, they knew, they knew who they were buying from.
At his point anyone who supports Musk is my enemy. I have right wing friends, who basically have their head in the sand, they are not my enemy of course, but all the MAGAs are. They are supporting a regime that is destroying what I love, my country. Now they too are in the FO stage of FUFO, let's see them reject it now that it is happening. Now it is real, I ask them do you still support this or not?
Time to stop being polite, nice, compliant, conditioned by the patriarchy. Time for true rage a la Kali Ma ... the other side of what it means to be a woman. We do not have to follow, and we are breaking away from that appeasing, caretaking their feelings etc. LET THEM FEEL IT. LET THEM FEEL OUR RAGE AND OUR WRATH. This is not violence; this is feeling and sensitivity and compassion and outrage. It is JUSTICE, to have our voices heard at long last.
White male supremacists only speak for men; the rest of us women speak for everyone.
Under the Inflation Reduction Act, the government will give a 7500$ tax break for buying a Tesla EV, yet another free benny for the Taker.
Cheers!!!!! Defund Elon!!!!
Cheers!!!!! Defund Elon!!!!
The mirror hurts. :)
As FDR said, “The only thing to fear is fear itself.” Thank you Mr. Smith
Canadians are smart enough to understand their fight is with Donny and Muskrat. That the average citizen (that would be us)isn’t responsible for Donny. I don’t believe they want to charge us tariffs anymore than we want to charge them.
Two socialists leading the revolution? Maybe not
I am so proud of you and your team. Meidas!;!!!
It's the only place I go to for news.. I'm a never Trumper,
Don't forget to also regularly watch Fox, so that we can understand how good, decent, hard-working people can still falsely believe that Trump is their hero. Because if we don't understand them, we can't talk with them, and the only way to defeat fascism is to stop the artificial division that neofascists today impose, and to cripple their propaganda machine by never giving up on having real, respectful debates with Trump voters.
YES WE CAN!!
my comment i'll post all day today ......From Greg Casar, Rep in Congress : Social Security average DAILY payment for "mom " & elon : DAILY payment from his government contracts ... Elon $8,000,0000 a DAY VS SSA rcepient: @ $65 a DAY..
Those figures made me nauseous when I first read them!! I actually took a screen shot to send to my senior Trump loving "friends". When my SS check is deposited it's NOT $65/day. It's more like $55/day. Don't forget, Medicare is deducted from that.
Agree. Along with Meidas Touch, I have been watching another pro-democracy YouTuber, Hal Sparks. He spends many hours on his program picking apart the falsehoods on right wing media.
The other day he showed the interview with Ted Cruz and Elon Musk. (Didn't even have enough time on his show to finish because there were so many holes in Musk's yap fest.) The best take away was that NONE of what Musk and Cruz were saying was under oath.
I am very grateful for the education that I am receiving from these very knowledgeable people on the Meidas Channel, Hal Sparks, Robert Reich and many others.
Some of these broadcasters are extremely intelligent. They know exactly what’s going on but like the pay check,
Agreed.
I can’t adequately express how proud I am of the MTN team! Like you say… Bernie and AOC are killing it on the road and not the slightest mention on the CNN morning news this morning. Pathetic! That is not serving the American people. You and your team are indeed fanning the flames of a democratic movement and doing a fantastic job. Thank you Ben!
CNN and the rest are now State Media and therefore irrelevant. They can pretend we don’t exist but we are here, we are the People, we will prevail.
Really CNN did nto cover these huge Bernie and AOC rallies?
Remember when they covered LIVE every Trump rally in the 2016 election?
I do, I remember that. But now that it is our side who is drawing the crowds not only are they not broadcasting it live, they are not even reporting it? I don't watch CNN, so you are my only source for this information. CNN is not covering the Bernie and AOC rallies?
Heck, I remember when CNN would show Trump's gaudy plane "live from the tarmac" and not cover Hillary's speeches. I don't think anyone was even on the Trump's gross plane.
The Hill has Arizona's rally. https://thehill.com/video-clips/5209110-watch-live-bernie-sanders-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-tucson-arizona-rally/
Could not find it anywhere else.
Thank you! I’m glad that we are building global alliances. Obviously dark money and foreign influences are part of the problem. Global billionaire oligarchs are attempting to destroy democracy. We need to stand with our brothers and sisters all over this world.
That is right CatKaz, that is right.
This is why Meidas needs to widen their tent and begin to interview leaders and journalists out of Europe. Just like they did with Canada, they need to do this with European leaders and journalists.
If you can become a subscriber $10 a month (cancel t any time) that is money they know they can count on to continue their expansion providing more and more news.
If you subscribe, you will feel good about it.
You will feel good about it.
Please please push the April 5th protests that are scheduled…, and thanks for everything u are reporting and recording.
Don't forget the nationwide Tesla Takedown protests on 3/29 🙌
Making my new signs now! 💪 💙
Thank you for all you do - from a Canadian who will stand up for our country and those in yours who oppose this travesty!
My family sold the Floirda time share.........no more Canadian $$$s going to an Orange Russian DICKtator.
Good for you !!! We appreciate all you do!
We love, appreciate & need our Canadian friends to keep up the financial pressure on the U.S.!
Thank you! Sometimes it feels lonely to see the truth of our current 💩 show U.S administration. I stopped watching U.s. mainstream media a long time ago.
Oh Canada!!!
Where I live we have many Canadians with dual citizenship -- more than live in some Canadian provinces. They pay US taxes and Florida real estate taxes and own businesses that employ roughly 54,000 Americans.
We are a majority Dem county, with three (3) MAGAT House reprentatives. All are Cuban Americans. All have recently discovered that most of their constiuents, and even themselves are considered DEI by Musk. Their majajority donors come from CANF, the Cuban American National Foundation. 2 of the 3 had been Dems. One, born in Cuba, was a Dem mayor until 2020. They spent their lives fighting Castroism and the Cuban government -- aligned with Putin. All have protested Trump immigration policy.
We need to pressure them. Write. Call. Picket. Sit in.
I think Trump's downfall will be that many Congressional Republicans did not sign up to be members of the axis of evil.
I keep thinking and hoping that the House and Senate will figure out if they all or at least a majority of each rebelled and unified that they could break away from the disastrous situation they are all in. Probably just wishful thinking.
Good Sunday to you, I’m actually joining you in having a cup of coffee. I’m so proud to be a part of the Meidas Mighty community. This is where I get the majority of my news. Thank you for bringing us all of the rallies going on around the country. You don’t find this on corporate media.
I also do not watch network news but I do tell them I'm not watching because they refuse to cover things like these rallies and/or ever ever hold trump or his press secretary accountable for the lies they say over and over.
That is the way to do it. Let them know. Keep it up!
Good morning. In our small town in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, population about 21,000, we have a weekly rally/protest on our Main Street in front of our post office for one hour. Yesterday, with the temps hovering at about 18 degrees ( yes, it was cold!), there were about 40 people gathered with our signs, and a lot of enthusiasm!! My husband and I have been doing this for about 4-5 weeks. But yesterday, there was a huge change!! Normally, as we stand in defiance, a few cars here and there honk their approval. Not yesterday!! Car after car honked and gave us a thumbs up. It was amazing!! So yes, we are making a difference. I think the sleeping giant is awakening. I say thanks to you for keeping us informed and also thanks to all of the Americans who refuse to let this dictator and his sidekick destroy America!! We will stand as long as necessary. We must not let our country sink into authoritarianism. Good job America, but remember this is a marathon, not a sprint. When you feel like all is lost, join a group of like minded neighbors. In the Upper Peninsula, while our population is small, and the towns are small as well, people are coming together daily. In fact, our GOP rep has only held two town halls in 9 years. So one of our citizens, from Escanaba, Michigan, organized the first of what will be many town hall meeting without our Rep Jack Bergman. Guess what? The next evening Rachel Maddow talked about it on her nightly broadcast!! We are being seen and heard. Keep it up!!
Awesome tenacity! People want to be on the winning side. Learned that during union drives. 👏 💙
This is such a wonderful "share". Wow, it's thing like this that will inspire other to do the same thing. I love the town halls without the members of Congress being there! And it sounds like you have folks involved that will let all the local news media know..at first they may not ever report anything but I imagine at some point they will almost have to or maybe ads can be taken out letting the public know what is going on...churches are allowed to put ads in most small town papers so your group or similar groups should be allowed to also.
This is so inspiring — the people will prevail!
Thank you for supporting us. Florida needs town halls I’ve haven’t heard of any here. Hit Trump where he lives. This is a Fox News dumb down state.
Every Sunday we do this Ben, we are a week closer to hopefully ending this nightmare. Meidas touch Network! Thank you All !
Thanks for airing the live events that are happening. But I think it’s going to have to be the spring of Democracy. We’re giving them to much time to get intrenched. I not only want Trump and the oligarchs to feel the pressure, but these spineless Republican congressmen. They’re starting to crack and we want to break them.
Thanks for all you do 💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
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Hundreds showed up yesterday for the "Elbows Up" rally in Toronto. Local media was out in full force.........many local reports are on YOUTUBE..........please note......Bob Ezrin, famous record producer (THE WALL.Pink Floyd) has moved back to Canada where he grew up.......
Keep bringing it Meidas Touch! This is a fight and you are in it for us! The Meidas Mighty are ready to rumble!!
I love it when Bernie and AOC go into red states and hold rallies while their cowardly Republican representatives are too afraid to face their constituents. There are more of us than them. I will never give up on my country! Onward and upward!
Yaaaaasss!