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A ketamine addict, an adderall addict and an alcoholic walk into a bar….
Muskrat talks like an incompetent junkie
You nailed it on the head, Muskrat and Peek A Boo,. he sure looks weak, old, tired, ineffective, low energy
He is.
😅😂😅😅mr peek a boo!
There's a lot of truth said in jest—good one.
IMPEACH AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
Slight problem. Rs are in charge, and convicting requires a 60-vote agreement, which didn't happen thanks to McConnell (who doesn't even have the balls to vote down Patel when he's not running for reelection).
Unfortunately, it’s true that the GOP are in control, that’s why it’s especially important right now to keep up the pressure with emails, calls, letters, protests, and posts. We need to remind them constantly that a resistance is here, we’re paying attention, and we are motivated.
Amen, keep the pressure going!!
This is a fucking typical Democratic response... You people are deluded...You still believe in the "right thing..the fair and equitable way" Resistance???? To fucking what? You people kill me..... Have a cell phone,,,,make a call on ATT,go to movies. buy gas for car,,,pay for electricity, ever fly on plane...have a credit card, Pandora, Spotify,Grub Hub???? The list goes on and on. You are all keyboard resistance warriors. most of whom did not even fucking vote..89 million people sat it out.
Your indifference and indolence elected Von Trump.
You are so delusional and you are a foolish fish stuck on a lying pig that is so mentally unstable and he is the scariest beast in history! Don’t you dare say a damn thing about democrats because the filthy greedy republicans are voting against the American people’s best interests!! Hope you enjoy the depression and recession coming to America very soon! I seriously hope that you and your MAGA buddies are negatively affected by losing your medical insurance and your social security and your pension and your job!! You will be screwed! Hahaha
Moscow is scared of the MAGATS!
Moscow is cheering them on.
Moscow is very happy with Don Old and his criminals. He is more pro Russian than pro American.
No Russia is not afraid of the MAGA freaks! I are laughing loudly!
80 yr old convict!
Trump and Musk are 2 of a kind…2 thugs looking for free money. Fort Knox visit is like 2 insane toddlers
Trump shouldn't be within a sneeze's distance of anything precious--gold or otherwise. If he does get to "inspect" the gold he's likely going to demand a gold brick for his "personal collection as POTUS." SOB should never have gotten another chance to sink the country. Never.
I'm all for their Fort Knox visit. Just make sure the vault door locks behind them. 100 hours without the two of them would be delightful (for a start).
I feel like him continually talking about the gold…they are totally planning on stealing the gold. 🤦🏻♀️
You’re right. Trump has been talking about establishing a national sovereign wealth fund, something that generally a nation with a $36 trillion national debt (which is what ours is, last I checked), would not be thinking of establishing until they had gotten that debt WAAAY down. Now, there’s also been Mump (my word for the MuskTrump action duo) talk of funding this national sovereign wealth fund by using our nation’s gold stores to purchase cryptocurrency (a.k.a. vaporware, perhaps because an EMP, whether nuclear (my guess is Putin would be happy to do Trump that favor for some quid pro quo) or solar, knocking out our Internet, could “vaporize” the contents of peoples’ crypto wallets) —so I can’t help thinking somewhere betwixt the cup and the lip there could be some sort of slip which someone more knowledgeable than I should pick up the ball on these various factoids to hypothesize.
How can we be acting like business with Putin is normal??? He is a murderer and should be held accountable not enabled—hate the Felon —and Musk
Putin is a wanted War Criminal and Trump is a convicted criminal!! Birds of a feather!!
We all must organize and fight together.
Lots of that happening. You can join an existing group or start your own. Here are some links: https://substack.com/@techiam
Boycott as much as possible.
Look at this link for more information:
https://www.goodsuniteus.com
All Federal Boycott
Feb 27-28
https://jointhepeoplesunion.com/
Amazon Boycott
March 7-14
https://jointhepeoplesunion.com/
Check Out Other Events Here:
https://events.pol-rev.com
https://www.fiftyfifty.one/
Agree. The Felon and Musk will find their plans fall way short of the desired goal. We as Americans don't enable traitors. Thank Heaven for MTN and The Meidas Mighty and all MTN affiliates and contributors. We will not back down. We will not give place to evil incarnate.
I’m so ashamed to be an American right now !! How sad how could they voted for this Evil man and the spineless Republicans that are just as evil as their leader!! We need to stop this before it gets worse!!
We all need to organize and stop this, strenght in numbers!
Republicans have been planning this for at least 50 years- vote against any bill that makes for better education, breed a population of ignorant brainwashed people, control the media and the narrative. The rest is easy.
Yep - ignorance makes people easy to control. Then throw in "state run" media with propaganda and indoctrination and you have a duality of control. When you are able to oust the resistance, then you have a trifecta!
For more information on how our government works and your rights under the Constitution, check out this substack: https://substack.com/@techiam
Heather Cox Richardson describes the 1.8 point spread in votes between rump and Harris as a “weenie margin” just a few hundred thousand votes in just a few states, we can beat this!!!
The numbers are actually worse than that....
77,926,891 Votes NOT for Trump - 50.2% of voters
77,303,568 votes for trump - 49.8% of voters
If it had been any closer, these ships would have collided.
Trump did not win the popular vote and over 6 million voters stayed home.
There is no mandate with a 0.4 (4/10ths of 1%) margin in the difference.
We need to scream this information to the roof tops and beyond. Scream louder than the MAGAs and louder and more than the MAGA Media. These are facts!
For more information on how to empower and raise your voice as well as how our government works and your rights under the Constitution, check out this substack: https://substack.com/@techiam
Blue Smurf, you’re a lot more knowledgeable than I am about voting and such, so can you please clarify something for me? Is it not the case that with an extremely close vote nationwide, it is the number of votes in the seven swing states that would be determinative —due to the electoral college — of the presidential election? Such that, if a person does not live in one of those seven swing states, and they live in a red state, their vote would make little if not NO difference to the outcome, in a close-fought election? TYIA, Marie
I'd say that is propaganda to get you to stay home. AND, personally, I am not a firm believer in that thought process. I live in a blue state now (but it's come close to being purple) and I lived in a red state as a blue dot. I always voted, even if I was outnumbered. Why? Because I really do not know how many other blue dots are in that state or how many red dots might vote blue because of the issues or the candidates. And there are always Independents.
I would say "Never believe that your vote doesn't count!" Look what happened in Iowa recently. Iowa is a red state, but they voted for a Democrat. There are red states that have a Democrat Governor and a red legislature: Kentucky and North Carolina come to mind.
The media and the parties pick the "swing states" based on the number of registered voters in each state and the closeness in those numbers - but they have been surprised many times that registered voters by party does NOT necessarily determine the outcome of an election.
Vote anyway - and especially pay attention to your local and state measures and candidates. There are Democrats and left-leaning and Center independents in every state. There is no guarantee how any of them will vote and your 1 vote may be the one that decides the election on any given issue.
Yes, state and local elections are extremely important - I live in AZ where are state Senate and state House are controlled by Republicans because we are gerrymandered in some legislative districts and even then it is only by a few seats in the state house and a few seats in the state senate, but our governor, two senators, Attorney General, Secretary of State are all Democrats. We have the majority of three out of five on the Chandler unified school board even though they say they are nonpartisan that is where maga and mom‘s for liberty are trying to come after children.
Absolutely. If "We the People..." are going to take back our Country from the MAGAs, then we have to get involved at the local level and take it back from the bottom up.
Get involved in your local area government. Local government is where it starts - school boards, water boards, recreation boards, library boards, local activist groups, city councils, groups who support what you support. The MAGAs got their feet in the door and moved up the chain to get into Congress and to take over their States. We must do the same to get it back and flood the zone in this way.
Here are some EMPOWERING things you can do! Do your research, get the facts, support trusted and truthful independent media who will report on what is happening and who can provide proof of their truth to you. Speak out and speak up. This has to start at the local level to work. Demanding is NOT complaining. We have Rights that are on the books. We want them honored and kept!
Read more on my substack: https://substack.com/@techiam
OK, this part of your reply is new information to me if I understand it correctly: << The media and the parties pick the "swing states" based on the number of registered voters in each state and the closeness in those numbers - but they have been surprised many times that registered voters by party does NOT necessarily determine the outcome of an election.>> So does this mean that ANY state can become a swing state such that (to take as an example, a so-called red state), if more people vote for the Democrat, than for the Republican candidate and therefore the Electoral College voters for that state must vote for the Democrat, that it has become a swing state at least for that election? My apologies if that is a stupid question, and thank you for your time.
No question is a stupid question.... In my life time, the swing states have moved around in the US. During the 2000 election, Florida was a swing state, believe it or not. Why? Because they had just as many Democrats registered to vote as they did Republicans registered to vote + the left leaning independents and the right leaning independents. A Swing State becomes a swing state because the party affiliations of registered voters in that state is too close to "guess" how they are mostly going to vote.
A purple state is one where the numbers of registered voters make the "political pundits/analysts" unsure if the state will vote in the majority for the Democrat or the Republican.
Previous elections can make a state a swing state, but the analysts look at registered voters. In 2028, we could have different swing states than the 7 that we have had in the past few elections, but people would have to 1) move to other states, or 2) change their party affiliation on their voter registration, or 3) more people move to a state and register with both parties - it's all about registered voters.
Example: California has a large number of Democrats and a larger number of Republicans - but the Democrats so far outnumber the Republicans that the likelihood of it becoming a swing state in my lifetime is slim to none.
Maine, on the other hand, has been a "red state" for awhile, and I think it is a "mix" or purple state leaning Democrat - but could become a Swing state if enough of a change takes place. Georgia could become a swing state, and even Florida. It's all in the numbers of registered voters in each party, including independents, and other parties.
I hope this helps answer your question.
I heard 90 million people who could’ve voted didn’t vote. Is it 6 million actual registered voters didn’t vote and the 90 million refers to citizens in this country who aren’t register to vote but could have registered and voted?
I did a bunch of research on this subject. There are approximately 161.42 million registered voters out of the 260+ million adults in this country.
155,230,459 - voted in 2024, the majority for Kamala Harris or a 3rd Party
77.9 million voted NOT for trump
77.2 million voted for trump
The spread is a mere 4/10ths of 1%.
6,189,541 registered voters stayed home.
We should spread these numbers everywhere to put a stop to this nonsense that there is a mandate and a landslide win. Not hardly and in NO Universe!!!
That’s it keep feeding your narcissistic ego. Everyone that thinks differently than me is evil. Maybe it's not everyone else maybe it’s just that you have what Mebtal health professionals have identified as a mental illness without a cure because you have to recognize you have the problem before you can recover. Anyway, hope you hit rock bottom soon and can begin your recovery from TDS
Muskrat is Mr. Trump’s sugar daddy.
We're (taxpayers) Musk's sugar daddy
Yeah, unfortunately, we can’t cut him off. Unless somebody knows a way to do that without breaking the law ourselves.
Free Luigi that will do it 😉
😂😂😂absolutelt, Peek A Boo is old, weak, tired, unhinged, ineffective, low energy. What a loser!
Adam Kinzinger mentioned he was surprised that other countries were not imposing sanctions on Trump's personal assets (much as we did Russian oligarchs). I SO wish this would happen!!!!
You need a czar like Bill Browder who will stand up to Trump.
It's real easy to blame someone else. He added almost 8 trillion to the nation's debt
and the ignant uneducated magats thinks it's going to benefit them
And now they're working on taking down the Dept. of Education. The more uneducated people are, the sooner they get their serf class to serve them.
Wow Looks like President Musk is going to Take Care of President Dementia Don
You mean old man peek a boo
Love your comment, Keith!!!!!
Thank you as always for spreading the news. I’ll make sure to share this.
◦ So trump is a law breaker. How? Trump stole classified documents.
◦ Trump is guilty of stealing thousands of pages of classified documents. That’s against the law.
◦ Ignorance, what trump pleads constantly, ignorance of the law is no excuse. Trump belongs in prison for life. No different than your common spy.
◦ Pam Bondi, where are you? Why haven’t you arrested trump for theft of classified documents? Just like a common criminal.
◦ No matter what the supreme court says. In America, no one is above the law.
Have you seen Pam Bondi? She's a scary, blonde, Nazi. Her dead, cruel eyes give her away. We need to really SEE what these people are. She is not an attorney. Oh, she may have a law degree, but now her loyalty is to this ridiculous "higher" cause. Proof that human beings with working brains can be drawn into a cult.
Thank you for your reply. Pam Bondi is scary. I think trump surrounds himself with scary people. Just like drugs dealers surround themselves with scary dogs.
Can I get an AMEN!
Mrs Buck Teeth!
🤓
I question if their brains are working part
They have brains?
God has this, just believe that. He's old, weak looking, tired, mango looking cartoon character. Something is seriously wrong with his health, he looks sickly.
That's because he is. Especially from the neck up.
I get flack on facebook whenever I share anti-Trump posts. It is really sad as I am from WA and we used to be a blue state…
No worries. If they were completely comfortable with their win, they wouldn't be lashing out. 💙
To me, Washington still is. It IS mainly in the Northwestern part (Seattle, etc.), but we have been able to keep Democrats in the House and Senate in D.C. as well as in Olympia.
I’m glad to hear that. Somehow a good portion of my friends back home actually voted for him and now I am dealing with the fallout whenever I try to open their eyes.
Curious as to why you are glad
I’m glad to hear that not everybody in My Home state is a complete moron
Maybe I should’ve checked my punctuation before I posted lol
Even so, you are exposing people on Facebook to the truth.. some of it might creep through
Thank you both for the reminder
Time is better spent off Facebook. All the platforms owned by billionaires are going to suck up to Trump.
I really have not spent any time on Facebook over the last few years because of all the attacks on President Biden, and all of the bullshit misinformation that goes on there, but since that is where the idiots are, that is where I hope I can make a difference
Why are you still on FB which just continues to support that poser Zuckerberg? I'm sure you have a lot of content and connections there, but it's time to build those elsewhere. The only way to bring down the oligarchy is to hit them in their wallets because money is the only thing they truly care about. If you care about people and this country, get the fuck off FB and get your community to join you on platforms that don't put you in an algorithm driven echo chamber.
The truth hurts some people, unfortunately.
I will never refer to him as President. And just to drive that fact home, I will continue to refer to him as Mr. Trump therefore acknowledging that he has a title, but that it is not president.
I refuse to capitalize the t in trump.
...and I never call him president--ALWAYS dictator.
just call him convicted peek a boo felon.
me too!!!
Felonious Funk I say. He deserves no respect. He doesn't give any. Lies, cheats, and is doing damagw to our nation. Traitor Trump.
Convicted felon rapist trump
oh no, my kids call him Peek A Boo convicted felon.
Extremely intelligent and smart kids!
I’ve seen this term peekaboo a few times; what does it mean in the context of Trump? Thanks.
it means ugly inside out especially physically. He favors an orange mango orangutan and has the audacity to make fun of others.
This what my phone autocorrects to when I type Trump. Rotten Orange
One of my kids set it up🤣🤣🤣🤣
You're way too polite. Try Dictator Criminal Psycho for one. Dictator Criminal Orange Buffoon Loon Goon for another.....I have more but it would take up too much of my time to put them all in here!!!!
Maybe if he goes to Fort Knox the vault will accidentally close and get stuck.
And that is how his lies proliferate...he keeps repeating them and keeps repeating them and people who don't care to do a bit of research just swallow whatever he says.
Why would they let a criminal like President Trump in to see the gold and yeah I know he pulled a good part of the electric it still you gotta admit he’ll probably steal the gold ifhe can
A mere disgusting old orange mango Mussolini cartoon character.
Impeach today. Clean house. Move ahead now!
impeach hell. throw him into the ocean and see if he can swim back.
Dropping his dead body in the ocean like Saddam Hussein's so his tomb can't become a place of worship after he dies seems like a best possible outcome for sure.
Reported!
jeez, you have no sense of humor. grow up
I meant to report a spammer pushing that "I used to have brainfog" shite, not you.
So, you have my sincere apology.
Thanks man. I report it also. But brainfog lady keeps changing her name with every post.
Fortunately for immediate detection purposes, she uses the exact same wording every time, LOL
Ahh, confusing. Sorry
Salright!
He is taking jobs away what the hell did he expect?
You have to be Very Ignorant or a NAZI To support LIAR, Convict, TRAITOR Corrupt MAGA MORON Musk/Trump and his Traitor, Greedy Appointments. RESIST/REMOVE/EXPOSE! We Meidas Mights are never Giving Up! MSNBC even gave MTM a shoutout.
They support out of ignorance
He is a fool. If they go there they need a babysitter.
For me it’s like the millions he wastes traveling to games he could watch on Tv, too much golf ( he acts like he is retired but gets a salary still). Visiting Fort Knox to see the gold is a fools errand. He just wants to run his fingers through it and see how he can get some for himself. It’s PR with a touch of avarice.
😂😂😂😂all he does is whine like a two year old toddler who needs to have his depends changed. What a smelly old geezer.
I’m the fool. There are no adults left in this govt.
I get annoyed when you say the Democrats are trying to figure out what to do to combat the trump, musk, billionaire, Project 2025 alliance!
With the possibility that trump could actually WIN the last election…they didn’t have a plan?
In the end the Pelosi/Schumer alliance has been a bust!
Instead of going 100% strong behind the best President in my 77 years, and the daily bad press (owned by billionaires, naturally) they forced President Biden off the ticket!
In the end the POLITICIANS gave our country to a smelly old beaten man-puppet controlled by putin and never the satisfied greedy wealthy!
Thank you for your commentary!
I liked your comment, except for the personal insult (“smelly”) at the end of it. Yes, it gives us satisfaction to insult this evil, empty-souled man, and yes, he would doubtless do the same if he thought it would land a blow to an opponent, but in my humble opinion, it’s a juvenile pleasure that is “below” any serious movement and may likely detract from the willingness of Trump lovers who may come to this venue, to consider our ever so valid points. I have felt similarly (and sometimes commented) when people have made fun of his (purportedly) small mushroom dick or small hands— I see these as disabilities (the smell likely comes from a decades’-long intestinal problem) and not only not relevant to our many many valid points, but possibly also instigative of even greater abuse that he might inflict in retribution for reminding him of how truly disgusting he is not because of how he smells or looks (orange face, etc.) but because of what he does. In hopes you will “forgive” me for using this relatively tiny part of your otherwise excellent comment, to make what I think is an important comment relative to the resistance strategy, Marie
I fear his approval rating is not going to mean jack squat because they have 2 full years to destroy the country and they have an entire Republican Congress in line ready to help them do it. These people know what they are doing is bad and ruining the future for themselves and their children and yet they are doing it anyway and while many of not most will get voted out in 2026 we still have to get there and stopping them in the mean time is the problem. Our Fore Fathers never envisioned the voters being so ignorant to elect a man so corrupt and such a failure twice but here we are and I imagine unless Trump has a heart attack or the Russians poison him we are headed down a long dark dirt road with a very long path back home. Much of what he has already destroyed will take decades to fix, if ever and I doubt any part of the World will ever trust us again. And now you also see while is working to destroy our country and Trump gave him a front door, he is also supporting the Nazi Comeback in Germany.
Cracks are starting to show in the relationships between the Republicans in Congress and Trump/Musk:
Cracks in Republican Support Are Showing - Getting More Press
The Republicans in Congress are starting to pull away from Trump’s “burn it down” revenge tour and they are getting more vocal about it. Alabama, Ohio, Alaska, Maine, these Congressional Leaders are speaking up. As more of them begin to speak out, more will speak out, like Rand Paul and maybe Mitch McConnell will stop going along since he’s leaving, and Chuck Grassley because he’s mad over the IG firings. Or maybe Chip Roy and some other fringers who did not want Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House. We need to encourage everyone to contact their leaders because it is making a difference - they are all feeling the heat from the hot breath resistance on our side. https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-support-falters-republicans-start-inching-away-rcna193171
To read more like this, check this out: https://substack.com/@techiam
I'm afraid you're right. But we can at least keep trying........and hopefully save the country from the dingbat idiot communist/nazi in the Oval Office.
It’s shocking how NOBODY in the Republican Party is protecting Americans from this. Wow.
They are starting to come out of the walls, the floorboards, and the cracks are showing.
Cracks in Republican Support Are Showing - Getting More Press
The Republicans in Congress are starting to pull away from Trump’s “burn it down” revenge tour and they are getting more vocal about it. Alabama, Ohio, Alaska, Maine, these Congressional Leaders are speaking up. As more of them begin to speak out, more will speak out, like Rand Paul and maybe Mitch McConnell will stop going along since he’s leaving, and Chuck Grassley because he’s mad over the IG firings. Or maybe Chip Roy and some other fringers who did not want Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House. We need to encourage everyone to contact their leaders because it is making a difference - they are all feeling the heat from the hot breath resistance on our side. https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-support-falters-republicans-start-inching-away-rcna193171
To read more like this, check this out: https://substack.com/@techiam
They're all going to continue to be cockroaches who run back to the cracks when the lights get turned on. The only way to fix this is to vote them out and hopefully replace them with younger people who still have principles.
Thank you Ben for all you have done, you and your brothers are doing a fantastic job for the American people. I'm British and have followed and seen everything since the nightmare took office in 2016. What they are all doing just horrifies me and I can't wait till trump is thrown out, I still hope he gets prison, Musk too.
In thier Oval Office transition meeting, Trump told Biden that Biden was leaving with a good record ... just call him out on his continual lies. It's the same crap that happened in 2020. Trump LOVES gold ... that's why he talks about a "new golden age" ... um, Robber Baron's? Gilded age? His son's name is Baron?!? Hello?
The money is in Musks pocket.
Our Medias Mighty motto should be..
"Sic semper Tyrannis" with a silver sword over a tyrant with the meaning of..
"Thus with all tyrants"
Who oppose liberty and democracy..
i wouldn't dare travel overseas right now. I'd be afraid they'd stone me.
I’m in Germany now and they’ve just figured out that this is not the same Trump clown show as his first “reign “. Although he’s self-destructing faster and faster. The Germans and French are sympathetic. The good news is that he’s making the European right wing movements look much less appealing than before Trump’s inauguration.
Thanks for some good news from across the pond.
Do you think that the Magadonian cult will even understand Latin? They will prob feel bad for Americans that visit them in Europe and will treat us with Beignets or Baklavas...lol. I wonder if Trump even knows what it means..?
highly unlikely. From all appearances, he's pretty dumb.
Thank you for your comments.
Believe it or not I am still wondering how Kamala Harris lost the election. Do you think it's because Americans don't want a women President or is it because she is black? I hi still not heard a really good reason why she lost. I guess most people are over it, but I'm not.
Both
You’re not the only one wondering. Stupid people keep saying it’s because she didn’t have any policies to help Americans. That’s bull shit. She had some very specific concrete plans, well thought out and delivered unlike trump whose policies were I’ll lower inflation in the first 24 hours. I’ll end the war in Ukraine in the first 24 hours. I’ve said to friend that if she’d been a white Christian male trump would have lost the election.
If the silver sword can represent SYMBOLICALLY our personal evaluation of the situation resulting in our consequent INTENTION TO STAND STALWART against his attempts at tyranny, then, yes. The Muslim concept of jihad, as I understand it, encompasses such a spiritual stance/symbolism, though we usually see the overtly violent type of Jahad that result in terrorism. Methinks our nascent peaceable resistance dare not adopt a symbol (sword) likely to be interpreted, IMHO, as advocating physical violence, since we are in opposition to a regime that has the full force of a retribution-based state funded by unlimited wealth – – not even to speak of our 2025 version of the Brown Shirts – – behind it.
Yes I think you are right about the sword. I was thinking more philosophical when I read that Quote. But I do not want violence but I do want a very strong stance against the Maga world and the cowards in Congress.
I have heard nothing about what "they" say all these folks losing their jobs can live on. Usually there is some sanctimonious bull-baloney that goes along with drastic moves. Perhaps Elon can take a book from MacKenzie Scott's page and set up a GoFundThem for people to draw unemployment from, and put his kids to work in data entry.
All tRump's BS about not taxing Social Security is because they (orangeshit and his sidedick + MAGA in the House and Senate) plan to eliminate SSA. Therefore, wha-la, NO TAXES. How can you tax something that doesn't exist? Once MAGA ma and pa get their brains wrapped around this, it will be ripped out from under their rocking chairs.
Social Security is a bit more difficult to get rid of than most people think. It cannot be included in a reconciliation bill, so if it is going to be shattered, Congress has to shatter it.
I fear that may be the endgame — to so shatter Social Security, that — akin to what Trump set in motion during his first term at the post office and he’s perpetuating in his second one with massive layoffs right before tax season — that at the very least they will be able to “make a case” for the superiority of letting the private sector run Social Security. Such privatization freaks have been salivating for many years at the idea of getting their greasy fingers on our Social Security funds to jack up even further the already Way-over valued stock market. I think I saw a hint of such plans by the Repugnican majority in Congress, to do just that (shatter SocSec) in this article:
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-georgia-town-hall-republicans-megalomaniac-2034234
Namely, at a town hall where angry Republican voters admonished Repugnican (my word for Republicans who put megalomaniac Trump before country) lawmaker Representative [to his Georgia district] Richard McCormick about the sloppy way in which government employees were being fired— hundreds from the nearby CDC, as well as such crucial government employees as birdflu researchers and nuclear weapons security specialists which Mump (my word for the destructive Trump/Musk duo) then had to scramble to try to find the contact information of to try to rehire them —
<< McCormick:] added [to one of his defenses of Trump/Musk’s willy-nilly cuts]: "If we continue to grow the size of government and we can't afford it, it's going to have shortfalls in your Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security.">>
I believe Trump must have had a problem that Putin solved years ago and now he must reciprocate.
Here's an interesting parallel...
Imagine that you're concerned about your household budget, so you stop paying all your bills. BOOM! STOP!
Instant massive savings, right?
What do you think is going to happen next?
As you're sitting there in the dark smelling all the food in your refrigerator going bad as you freeze to death because your heat stops and you can't get back online to pay your bills. SO MUCH WINNING!
Debt Ceiling Will Be Breached by June 2025
Also, the debt ceiling has been reached and there will be a vote on that issue as well. . This is another issue with the budget and government process is that Congress has authorized spending for more dollars than incoming Revenue collected by the IRS. Trump wants to get rid of the IRS and replace it with a Tariff system, something that would require Congress to act since the collection of taxes is a law, not an Executive Order. Changing this law would require a 60 vote override of the filibuster in the Senate.
Since we are spending more than we take in, we have to pass a Debt Ceiling Bill that will allow the federal government to borrow money to pay obligations that it has already made. This is another issue that the minority party has a say in and cannot be passed with a simple majority. https://www.investopedia.com/the-u-s-has-hit-the-debt-ceiling-how-long-does-congress-have-to-fix-it-8778710
If the United States fails to pay its bills, it will create a financial crisis not only in the United States, but around the World as well. Going Bankrupt, like Trump has done for his own businesses six times in the past, is not a good option as some other country would have to buy our 36 Trillion debt and then they would own us and tell us what to do to re-organize. It would probably make what Elon Musk is currently doing look like a spring day in the park. If you are interested in how this works, take a look at what happened between Greece and Germany when Greece essentially went bankrupt in 2008 and Germany bought their debt. By 2024, 16 years later, they are still not completely recovered from that mishap. Think about what it would be like for a Country like the United States. We do not want to default on our bills. https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2025/01/30/CS-Greece-2025#:~:text=By%20end%2D2024%2C%20the%20public,inflation%2C%20and%20substantial%20fiscal%20consolidation.
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I agree. Just cutting paying the bills is dumb. Perform a proper realistic audit, then find what needs trimming.
Despite what everyone seems to think, an audit's going to cost more than it will save. Every system, every process has waste in it and they absolutely need to be more efficient, but we're still running the social security system on COBOL and we taxpayers have never shown that we have the stomach or intelligence to make the necessary investments (yes it means spending money) to make our systems and processes more efficient (saving money).
And I'm with Adam Kinzinger on this one -- where are the cuts to the white house staff and budget? I know, they're getting used to fund Trumps trips to the Superbowl, the Daytona 500, his golfing and more Air Force One 747s (which are old as shit and need to be replaced with more efficient models). Where are the cuts to the congressional budget? Every member of Congress gets millions each year for their budget, where are their cuts?
THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT A BUSINESS AND SHOULD NOT BE RUN LIKE ONE!
We also have to stop falling for the Chicago School of Economics bullshit trickledown economics.
We have two ways out of this debt:
1. print more money, (currency is a government monopoly that can be used to our advantage until we hit full employment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_monetary_theory); or,
2. make the rich pay more taxes (Nick Hanauer had a great TED Talk on this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKCvf8E7V1g).
Either way, cutting spending alone is not going to get us out of this mess.
Trump and Musk are Russian assets. Our
Country is circling the drain. This “administration” with its completely unfit Cabinet, FBI, Justice Department, HHS, et cetera, is killing every aspect of the country. We must fight back every way we can.
Is insanity not a cause for impeachment?
They're trying to change the basis of our currency from gold to bitcoin.
yep - that way they can use all the tangible assets to purchase "air" assets that exist only out in the cloud and have no "true" value. When the bottom falls out of the crypto market, who has the tangible assets, the gold? That's their plan - clear out the Federal Treasury and Fort Knox, collect Tariffs outside of Congressional control. Set up a sovereign wealth fund and then take it leaving the vaults all empty.
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The only viable way forward to regain democracy is to use Trumps Commander in Chief position and have the military to arrest him and try him before a military tribunal( and his Maga supporters in Congress)
What you're advocating is defined as mutiny, which is potentially punishable by death under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, but since the idiot in the White House just fired all the top Judge Advocates General maybe there wouldn't be anyone to run a court martial.
In all seriousness, I'm truly concerned that there is a real possibility that the sycophants and toadies that the coward in the White House is filling the military with would actually comply with any illegal orders he gives, like say firing on peaceful protesters (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings). But hey, they probably would think having songs written about them as a compliment (https://youtu.be/Vh1E951XaRA?si=bFrazY-BVTxLFkri, https://youtu.be/80_39eAx3z8?si=2pXGbeFTRWUOPNOw)
Its kind of muddy water since everyone in the military swear an oath to uphold the Constitution from enemies foreign and DOMESTIC. I certainly think a megalomaniac con artist that is even now exceeding his power under that Constitution, qualifies. Since he fired the Joint Chief of Staff perhaps that option has closed.
If this is viable (and I’m not saying you’re wrong, I have no idea), then what will it take to set it into motion?
Lol, i may have been a little over- xealous there! I assume it would require all the Chiefs of Staff to agree and after implementation turn control to the Democrats and the people. Admittedly farfetched and not the only way i admit.
Lindsay Graham is responsible for this new rare earth minerals stuff. According to Graham, they were playing golf and Trump asked Graham why he should care about Ukraine. Graham said that Ukraine had rare earth minerals, so now Trump has decided he wants to get their minerals and sell them out instead of just sellling Ukraine out.
OMG I can't anymore! The economy was blooming when Trump got into office. Yes, things were pricey, but every area in my town was under construction - new homes, new infrastructures. It's the first sign of a healthy economy. Do you know what is not? Abandoned construction sites! Layoffs in the federal government (fewer people to spend money). Kicking out illegal workers who paid taxes. It will all trickle down. I don't even want to imagine.
All they want is money for themselves, not the country
Someone mentioned previously that Donald Trump was the only one who didn't take a salary. Well, I did some research and there were four presidents that did not take their salaries the first one.:
George Washington, Herbert Hoover, John Kennedy, and then Donald Trump so he is not the only one who did not take a salary. But Trump is the only one that makes money while president and he's not supposed to and again he's doing it again in 2024.
I knew that about George Washington but not HH and JFK. I find it hard to believe that selfish dump in the Oval Office isn't taking one. That's not his personality/way. Way too selfish.
No trump doesn't take a salary because he makes more thru other entities. Like they found out after his First Presidency.
So what their going to fort Knox. Everybody and the press should just ignore it.
He is known to have inherited his father’s vile behavior and attitude, but also his dementia. His niece Mary, who has a PhD in psychology has written about the trump family drama from only a perspective that she knows so well. She has written books and has become active on social issues and speaking out against her uncle and his politics. Not only is he the classic piece of s**t, but so are his sons. He is a malignant narcissist and psychologically damaged since his early childhood. He may think he is at his pinnacle of life, but like the fairytale, “The Fisherman and His Wife”, it didn’t end well for the fisherman and it won’t for him, who will suffer a real life same fate. I am hopeful and expecting it. His lawyers will abandon him to save themselves and politicians will choose to save the country from him or face consequences and political suicide.
Mary is great! She's given us much needed information--and has verified what we already know. At least SOMEONE in that family has common sense and decency.
Trump is just DUMB. He is Mush’s (no typo) and Putin puppet.
Appreciate you so much! You’re the best!👍🏾
What about the speech Vance make about how they have to destroy the Universities!?!?!?
Many years ago, TRUMP's bankruptcy attorney insisted on meeting with him with 2 attorneys present because his version of events varied.
No expert has ever defined the 'illness,' but we label it as TRUMP LIES. Is he really lying or just disconnected from reality? Some have blamed it on drug abuse.
When his Dad developed DEMENTIA, he believed that he still ran the TRUMP ORG, so they hired a secretary to allow him to continue to believe.
Trump hoarded & shared classified documents he removed. Reports indicate that covert agents were killed as a consequence.
President Biden rightfully stopped Trump's access to intelligence reports & Trump believed he was still in charge.
With the MISFITS that have been approved by the REPUBLICAN SENATORS & all of the firings of competent people, surely our allies are not sharing intelligence with us.
The implications are horrifying! There are no ADULTS IN THE ROOM!
He’s lying, he’s grifting, and he’s planning the biggest grift ever if he manages to pull off setting up a national sovereign wealth fund by using our national gold reserves to buy cryptocurrency (aka “vaporware” perhaps because all it takes is one EMP to shut down the Internet, and along with it, access to all crypto wallets according to my understanding)to fund that fund.
Thank you for pushing the truth. F-Elon and the felon and their evil ways.
All of the people being removed is to pay for more tax cuts for the super rich, who don't pay much in taxes anyway if any.
This point needs to be made over and over, and sources that support it need to be at our fingertips. As a start, I’ve recently read (and thanks to your comment, will try to find it again) a quote by someone credible, saying that the whole point of all the firings and “buyout offers” and department/agency/etc. eliminations/neutering, is to make it possible for the Repugnicans to “make the case” that sufficient savings were achieved by eliminating all the “waste, fraud, and abuse”, that DOGE supposedly found, as to “pay for” the $4.5 trillion in tax breaks they want to make permanent for mainly multi millionaires and billionaires.
people are asking for a COMMON logo or... chant so to speak Ben. This is exciting as people across the USA are RISING UP!! (even our "seasoned over 60's" :)
Thanks for the intelligent roadmap as to what is happening in America today..
And the bar tender greets Mssrs. Muskrat, Tramp, and Hedgehog with a warm "welcome back, what'll ya have today?"
Musk could not put a safe ship to go get them.
Hey y’all. I am being censored by YT and restricted from channel episode comments. Just so you know. I am following every post and will continue to do so.
I wish I could afford to join and be able to contribute to the cause, but SS doesn’t allow for such luxuries… just spent $140. for groceries for a month. Lots of beans these days. I am disabled with chronic arthritis that impairs my ability to stay in one position for extended periods and often am bed ridden unable to get up. But my mind and heart are still strong and I am livid at what’s happening to my country. I admire and respect all of you young people for standing your ground, I do pray for your safety in these times.
I have repeatedly contacted all the politicians in the Congress and told them how I feel and that if they aren’t going to represent the people that gave them the job that they should start packing be they will be replaced for people who will!!!
Keep up the great work y’all. We need you, our nation needs you! So a great big thank you for all your work as well.
Sincerely, Bobbi ❤️🇱🇷❤️🙏❤️
DOGE is a joke! All Musk is doing is using it to get rid of the agencies that were investigating him, get rid of his competition, and ensure that his lucrative government contracts continue. The US is the reason that he is the world's richest man, and he is the biggest welfare queen in the country!
Can you get us a template of an effective letter in support of Ukraine that we can send to reps and senators?
Does the Fort Knox thing have anything to do with wanting to change our economy into a Bitcoin-based one?
I’ve thought the same thing. They need an INDEPENDENT witness to accompany them to verify what’s “discovered”.
Loved the episode. Brett and Jordy were at their best, making fun of right wing media with their echoing talking points, swallowing the exaggerated numbers. If they could find some cartoonists to provide visuals, it would be icing on the cake. I’d like to see Ben conducting serious interviews with fired Inspectors General explaining how fraud is really detected. Your network is doing well because of teamwork doing real journalism. I’m proud that I found MTN years ago and am now a subscriber.
Oh I'll keep trying, I email or call my 2 Senators and House Rep every day. It is to the point they will not even hold a town hall any more. They know what they are dong is for sh!t but they are afraid to lose that $225k payday and I guess don't care the country they leave their children.
Here are some other people you can reach out to with your concerns:
KEEP FLOODING THE ZONE!
It works and here are some links to flood away.
Call the Capitol Building: (202) 224-3121
Who are my Congressional Leaders in Washington, DC?
https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member
Who are my State and Local Leaders? (This site is great, I checked it out)
https://myreps.datamade.us/#/?results_level=local,county,state,federal
Contact the White House - 202-456-1414
comments@whitehouse.gov.
Contact the Supreme Court - 202-479-3000
https://www.supremecourt.gov/contact/contact_pio.aspx
Contact the DNC
https://democrats.org/contact-us/
Contact the DCCC - (202) 863-1500
https://dccc.org/contact/
Boycott as much as possible.
Look at this link for more information:
https://www.goodsuniteus.com
All Federal Boycott
Feb 27-28
https://jointhepeoplesunion.com/
Amazon Boycott
March 7-14
https://jointhepeoplesunion.com/
Check Out Other Events Here:
https://events.pol-rev.com
https://www.fiftyfifty.one/
If you don't want to spend hours keeping up on at least the top headlines, I will do that for you at my substack. I also write articles on how the constitution and our government works and what our rights are, where they came from and the Supreme Court decisions. I always leave research if you want to know more. Check it out here:
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Wow, great, thanks, I have the numbers for my 2 Senators and my Rep but I didn't have any of this other stuff. I guess a good start would be an email to comments@whitehourse.gov that simply says "You Suk"
There is a 2014 book entitled Nothing is True and Everything is Possible, by Peter Pomerantsev. Its premise is that marketing and spin are the drivers of the Putin government. "In Russia, even dictatorship is a reality show", is the primary point. It's as if Trump is using the book as a guide.
Thank you, Meidas Mighty. You are really making a difference.
Trump commits crime every single day.
Meidas brothers are the best! Thank you for sharing and keeping us updated and informed.
Trump's 2 year Saudi oil production cut deal in 2020 led to high gas prices and had a huge impact on inflation
Every time opens his mouth it sounds like garbage
Trump is being played by Putin and Project 2025. He thinks he's "in charge." He isn't. As for Musk--America should ban him from ever stepping foot in the USA. As for Dumpty? Well, if Vance has his way Dummy Donald isn't going to go the distance. The bad part? Vance is just as bad if not worse.
History rhymes:
The “king” golfs while Washington burns.
Watch: "Governor SHUTS DOWN TRUMP During Meeting on Live TV", on YouTube. (Meidas Touch)......
https://youtube.com/shorts/iZuYdpmjpKU?si=7wRuU4qt0JcKWXF-
"Trump gripes about remote work, while on another extended trip to Florida." (Daily Kos).....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/2/20/2305016/-Trump-gripes-about-remote-work-while-on-another-extended-trip-to-Florida
But inflation was going down until January 20, 2025. He has EVERYTHING to do with inflation, cost of living, and the destruction of our economy, alliances, and leadership in world affairs.
Trump is to the ship of state as Captain Ahab was to the Pequod. The irony of Trump is that this is all on his watch as he dismantles the ship of state.
Meidas you are greatly appreciated. I know you are 47 nightmare, but our joy
Complete betrayal is right!!!
Keep doing what you’re doing. #MeidasMightyStrong #RealMenTakeResponsibility
Can you just please spend your energies to sue these morons- I assure you that many more people would subscribe to this MTN if only you guys could actually get off of your derrières-sued for US! Take a break from boringly predictable emails,podcasts,posts-turn the narratives by merely suing them for democracy! I’m really getting tired of texting you these comments! Do it now or become ignored later by millions of people who you could’ve helped by doing more than talking,hawking ,&having guests talking🤦🏼♀️💦Do it now or else have nothing later because we’re really fed up
We would not want to lose you.
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Give them Hell for me, please. They want send us a $5,000 bribe. Money withheld from those they fired. 45.47 lied to the judge about Musk and DOGE.
MAGA is not Republican. The Republicans die with McCain.
They are Repugnican
Twitter- X needs to be shut down along with truth social. All lies.
This dumb mfer!
Please help us get the word to influencers/Congressional staffers: John Lewis’ Good Trouble At the State of the Union:
1. All Senate and House Democrats sitting quietly
2. Leaders Jeffries and Schumer in front, leading
3. Whenever Trump lies, all Democrats stand in unison
4. All say, “That’s a lie and we can prove it!”
5. All sit down quietly
This is John Lewis’ level of courage and WOULD get international support. Imagine the unity and opposition if shown by half of Congress!!
Commend you guys for hitting the corruption of this regime hard. But afraid you’re doing us all a disservice by not covering more about a very large piece of this regime puzzle: project 2025 and installation of CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM
I hate what this is doing to our relationships with our Allies. Trump is an international embarrassment.
Trump is a liar and sick. His day in court will come as will Musk. All the fear and harm they have imposed will come back to them karma
Just wondering if you have considered interviewing Greg Palast on your show and introducing his documentary Vigilantes Inc. to your audience.
Trump is an ass in the nation
Trump cannot blame President Biden for inflation or food prices when President Biden was in office food was less the inflation was down unemployment was down stocks were up infrastructure was put into place no any problem we are now having it's squarely on Trump's shoulders and we all know musk is president I don't acknowledge Trump as a president as far as I'm concerned President Biden is as far as I'll go because he doesn't deserve the respect but President Biden deserve
https://youtu.be/1dQI_ujEYGM?si=BVzoUedRaj_kSCVg
DNC chair Ken Martin has a town hall on Monday feb 24th at 6 PM ET. Please attend
https://ak.democrats.org/signup/2-24-national-organizing-call-signup/?refcode=em_20250221_2830_do&amount=100&akid=2830%2E114504%2ESeM0EQ
The message for the democrats should be we are the rule of law party and we abide by the constitution. We are not a dictatorship Democrats have to stop with the talking points that only effect a minority and make sure there is no fodder for the republicans to take advantage with
If this is approved, this will be end of our country as we know it.
This IS the Enabling Act of the 1930s.
Everyone needs to understand the significance and the weight of this. This isn’t fear mongering, I will attach the executive order.
You need to force this in front of everyone supporting MAGA in your life right now. Talk to your parents, talk to your friends. This is our last chance we are in this together. This is still subject to the rule of law, but if somehow he gets this through, which is more likely than not at the rate we’re going, we are done. The United States will be authoritarian by definition.
🚨This Executive Order does the following:
❧ All federal agencies, including independent regulatory commissions, are now subject to direct White House control.
❧ Regulations cannot be issued without presidential approval.
❧ The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) can now withhold funding from independent agencies if they don’t align with White House priorities.
❧ All federal employees must follow the President’s and Attorney General’s interpretation of the law, eliminating legal independence.
❧ A White House Liaison is to be installed in every independent regulatory agency to enforce direct presidential control.
⚠️ This is the biggest executive power grab in U.S. history. ⚠️
This formally ends the concept of an “independent” regulatory agency, dismantling one of the last barriers to absolute executive power.
📍 This order effectively erases the last major restraints on executive power. 📍 The federal government no longer operates with checks and balances. 📍 Regulations and laws are now dictated solely by the President. 📍 If left unchecked, this is the moment the U.S. ceases to function as a democratic republic.
1️⃣ The President Now Controls All Regulatory Agencies
✅ The SEC, FTC, FCC, and FEC are no longer independent.
The Stock Market is now subject to White House control, enabling insider trading, favoritism, and targeting of political opponents. Antitrust laws can be selectively enforced, allowing administration-friendly monopolies to expand unchecked. Political opponents in the tech sector, media, or finance can be targeted with regulatory action while allies are protected. Elections are now influenced by direct White House oversight of the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
✅ The FDA, EPA, and consumer protection agencies are fully politicized.
Drug approvals, food safety regulations, and environmental policies can be rewritten for political or corporate interests. Climate change regulations can be erased overnight. Scientific research is now subject to White House approval before public release.
🚨 Implication: There is no longer any neutral enforcement of economic, environmental, or election laws. Everything is now dictated by political loyalty.
2️⃣ The White House Can Block Agency Budgets or Direct Funds Elsewhere
✅ The OMB can now adjust funding allocations for independent agencies.
This gives the President the power to defund agencies without needing Congress. Regulatory agencies that challenge presidential policies will be quietly strangled of resources. Agencies loyal to the President will receive full funding—even illegally. 🚨 Implication: Congress no longer controls federal spending on regulatory enforcement. The executive branch can choke out opposition agencies and reward allies.
3️⃣ The President & Attorney General Have Final Say on All Legal Interpretations ✅ All federal employees must follow White House interpretations of the law.
The Attorney General’s opinions override agency lawyers, inspectors general, and independent counsel. Agencies cannot adopt their own interpretations of legal statutes—everything must align with the President’s views. The President can rewrite federal legal interpretations overnight. 🚨 Implication: Legal consistency is gone. Agencies cannot push back against corrupt, illegal, or unconstitutional directives because the President’s interpretation is the only interpretation allowed.
4️⃣ Installing White House Liaisons in All Regulatory Agencies ✅ A “White House Liaison” will be placed in every independent agency.
This ensures constant presidential oversight of daily operations. These liaisons will report agency actions back to the White House and enforce political compliance. Agency directors will no longer have the ability to act without White House approval.
🚨 Implication: There is now a direct enforcement arm inside every regulatory body. Even agencies that resist presidential control will be internally monitored and controlled.
📍 Every regulatory body—from financial markets to environmental protections—is now politicized. 📍 Congress no longer controls federal funding—agencies must obey the White House or risk defunding. 📍 The President’s legal interpretations override all agency autonomy, eliminating independent enforcement of federal laws. 📍 The federal bureaucracy, once designed to be resistant to corruption, is now completely subject to presidential loyalty.
Thank you Meidas. You guys are a blessing.
Do they HATE their mothers that much that they can't possibly have a MOTHER come in and clean up the shit left behind up???? How AWFUL their childhoods had to have been. 🤬
178983 is my verification code: writing from Australia…unable to pay to subscribe because I’m a 91 year old lady and can’t send financial details . However, I read MEIDAS Touch as much as I can.I have family in Florida. My grand daughter is close to a mental breakdown because of the news in America. I am an active Labor Party member and have campaigned in hi-vis in the streets twice this week to get the message out that we do not support TRUMPISM in Australia.
So, I’m now starting to see this stuff popping up about Trump being a Russian asset since the 80’s? 🔥MTN will you address this please?🔥
https://youtu.be/_8BU93uFPCk
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/635379/american-kompromat-by-craig-unger/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR06bzxYKLk3a2WNTNCHofvBwowJNLRsZ43Ok0OmmwjA9jQOFlcnDG0eq7o_aem_0ZEWQWV87E0b1ekf5YlgZg
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/2/21/2305375/-Before-Trump-was-exposed-as-Krasnov-and-after?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3LhwWyPgb4br_KfKUTzYo4OgmVLgCUu1xWeaVn8wUmKsbEHWTZUTxjMY0_aem_YoVPlHqZBLiELXgrBBKlmw
https://bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/donald-trump-was-recruited-by-the-kgb-under-codename-krasnov-claims-former-soviet-spy-chief/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2KGGuNJ4adjwPHiF7Ed3CtkpB4X1jN8HOTlLXbhOygsKEsfL-oPv1UQdE_aem_KXuh1lzrdeaBV9WOGyHlnA
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/breaking-donald-trump-recruited-kgb-34727079?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0mD1EjJIFsixnZC0O5h5wuUIgHGuuuRT_dxjVLhgRkrW8HqvNeLXcRs64_aem_QvSEzZgwbGwDkEu7RFVCOw
https://m.economictimes.com/magazines/panache/was-donald-trump-a-russian-spy-in-1987-bizarre-allegations-by-ex-kgb-officer-will-surprise-you/articleshow/118487146.cms?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0ZpBic8i9j1Kp1N2PQ10zUS0fAdWbvgjoE-zIQLqNyaZYIrzBpDxOyitc_aem_JV7l4SEf6CVgxF6RDkeJlQ
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/donald-trump-recruited-kgb-codename-34726995?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR08whEOuHE5aIrd5HaDO_QTCgI0OM_xR81lPTCWdy-l1IJvkM6S9z3IzBc_aem_AihjFj6LUTNRaPqvNKnP9Q
Also, who is Maria Trump? @katasonvamaria
Can you SHOUT IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK THAT DID NOT LISTEN TO THE ALARMS!!!!!
I think you all will like this song: https://youtu.be/5cMrw9YGFGY
Consider the amount of unemployment into the cost benefit of doing these horrific cuts. There will be zero benefits
Do not joke abour Ft. Knox. They are going to sell off our gold reserves, and install cryto as the US monetary standard. The US monetary standard affects the globe.
Boycott all non essential U.S. goods from corporations that are complicit. Especially on February 28 (especially from midnight the 27th to midnight the 28th).
Voice your concern by voting with your dollar that’s the only way this mayhem can be controlled.
No amount of funding or dollars or donations or gifts or anything can compete against Elon Musk and his trillions. Boots on the ground vote with your dollar.
Go grassroots
Do you think that maybe Kellog took Trumps message sign my contract or else? Maybe that is why they cancelled presser after his visit?
Why doesn't Trump & Elon take their MAGA base and move to Russia!?
Why isn’t anybody talking about the fact that Trump is blackmailing Ukraine by insisting that Zelenskyy sign a contract giving US 500B dollars of rights to their precious metals and rare earth minerals or he will pull all equipment and support out of Ukraine and turn off the Starlink system which would make all of Ukraine’s drones ineffective.
Where's the PeePee tape? Putin has the tape and is holding it as his Damocles Sword over Agent Orange's head. Get the tape!!!!
This is spot on...I am feeling it in first person. 😩😩😩😩💔💔💔💔💙💙💙💙🙏🙏🙏
Please look at Stalin’s game plan: purge of military leaders. Reference Stalin which ties into Putin criticism and what T is doing gutting civil service , military purges, focus on the war as distraction and violence against ethnic and gender minorities.
Make all posts free for everybody. The only people you are reaching are the already converted.... If you want to have real impact and get to everybody....sell ad space. You are in the emtertainment business Act like it... You monetize, and sell ads on Utube., and cut the profits with Google... Google??? Does your fucking tribal goon squad underatand that?. You are in bed with Google... Want to spout some more bullshit, and try to deny it? You own that whore slop tabloid LA Magazine......tell me you do not work with nasty corporate ad types?
How about the H of R Claudia Tenney introducing a bill to make Trump's birthday a national holiday!! Aligned with flag day on June 14th. This bird is my rep. What a joke! And it will happen!
Brothers I have been following MTN from damn near day one. I don't remember hearing anything about (Vigilante Inc.)In my opinion it was probably the best explanation of why Kamala lost the election I have ever heard. I'm sure your aware of this & maybe I just missed a show where it was addressed. I'm just real curious where you stand on this?
Keep up the good work fellas and God bless!
He doesn't care about approval ratings! That's meaningless to him now that he's declared himself king!
Be nice to Vance, he took a wrong turn, the eyeliner clouded his vision.
Like an evil orange leprechaun GOOOLLLLDDD!! Snarf snarf snarf
Trump and Elon are Robbing you All in Bright daylight,they are so so gréedy
Thank you Erdoğan for backing Ukraine and showing leadership in the fight against Putin. Go Turkey 🇹🇷💙🇹🇷💙🇹🇷🇺🇦💙🇺🇦💙🇺🇦💙🇺🇦
Australia here 🇦🇺 Felon Trump is such a liar… blaming Biden for inflation??? what a farce this is his economy & hes responsible now. A first class evil coward, such a disgusting person. How any Americans believe the crap he spews is beyond me. My heart goes out to the people of USA.
Hey there is good news though guys. News flash ….. Turkey is going to back Ukraine to help defeat Putin… yay thumbs up 👍 to Turkey 🇹🇷
Never did I ever think we would be "friends " with Russia.
To those who wants to know what peek a boo means, it describes a person ugly inside out, especially physically.
Love you guys! You tap into my anger, my frustration, my humour, my hope, & my inner super hero!
Thank you! Keep speaking the truth!! Expose drug addict Elon!! He can’t even talk .. stay on it Guys!! We appreciate you all!!
Brilliant video.Ben you need to become the President of the United States.You would be an incredibly steadying influence unlike the garbage that is now destroying America.
I have a question… Can anyone give me an acceptable reason why the hell so much money is being spent to go Mars??? Wry??? We have a whole bunch of other issues a lot closer to home! Like getting Dumb & Dumber out of our government! Just wondering about the whole Mars thing. And musk got most of his money from our Government Contracts!! That pisses me off sooo bad!!!
I thought it was only one phone call to end the war! Whoops!
Muskrat just wants to become the first trillionaire and go to Mars
So just what does Deadbeat Donnie think has happened to the gold in Fort Knoxx? Joe Biden split it with his family and Pelosi? What Rex Tillerson said was so right "what a moron".
Saw an intelligent take on things recently - theory is Zelensky "played" Rump by making the (very tame really...) statement regarding the disinformation world he inhabits fully knowing that Rump would lash out and expose himself even more regarding whose side he is really on. Outrage rightly ensues and further unites everyone else against the US and Russia - so much for stopping the war on "day 1" also - well done Zelensky if so!
Watching Fox IS stupid.
I still cannot believe that Americans allow themselves to be so disrespectful by that hyena.
Chavez-DeRemer has the classic 'Trump Look' for women including the mandatory cross necklace! She never wore a cross before. Ughhhhh.....
And I'm from Oregon...she's always been a flip-flopper. >:
As a child of the 80's Russia will always be a sworn enemy!
Just remember, every attack this fascist pig makes about Dems being corrupt or zelensky being a dictator or whatever nonsense it is ALWAYS what he is actually doing.
They will steal the gold. Duh
If I lived there, I would skip filing my taxes this year.
Joseph McCarthy was trying to root out communist subversion. He wouldn’t have to do any rooting today. He could just chat with the president and trump and bingo! He’d have the guys working with the Russians to subvert our democracy, and they’d admit it!
Unfortunately, American’s let this happen! Apparently (?) a majority of Americans voting, voted for Trump. The other portion of voting American’s voted for Kamala! The rest of Americans didn’t vote! Get your shit together American’s!
The fight is real for Democracy!🙋🏼♀️💙💪🏻
I LOVE you guys but it makes me physically ill when you show clips of 47. I just turn the volume down and close my eyes because he disturbs me so much.
Mary the scammer troll has been reported. Wake up people stop liking this spam.
Yes- Just like the Narcissist they are.
This Canadian keeps muting the speaker everytime the idiot talks, can't stand hearing his voice and looking at his smug face and expressions.....he totally makes me ill
America is a laughing stock to the world, what a disgrace they keep displaying every day in the Fox media.....
He wouldn’t PICK anyone who won’t do his bidding!
Marco was never a bright bulb. I can remember years ago he spent money on a boat with money that was not his. An audit caught his malfeasance and I presume he paid it back. He strikes me as weak.
I feel as if democrat leadership has sold us out. Where are they? They can fight back… they need to be on facebook and every social media pounding out facts. They need to get on far right media such as fox and if they cannot get on fox then they need to get on independent media for the far right by any means necessary. The problem is the messaging NOT getting out.. with all this fund raising they r doing they meed to stop f’ing around amd get the message out to places normally only covered by fox. If they dont we have lost.The right is out messaging us.. this is an information war amd we are losing. Unfortunately the right does listen or watch meiselas.
Another great podcast…My hopes will be that many will march especially to the White House and protest of this corrupt way our Country is being dismantled…Given time hopefully some of those Magats will join us after they feel the repercussions of what is happening…
trump's voice sounds OLD!!!
Needs massive protest, widespread strikes and extensive boycotts.
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watching this horror movie progress day by day.
Have you seen this? It’s already been taken down everywhere.
Seen what?
There isn't a collective spine among the republican senators. Pathetic.
Probably not, but I just watched a YouTube post that suggests that what is happening is threats to the lives of anyone who bucks what Trump wants or says. An example was when Tom Tillis said he had an issue with Hegseth and the FBI told him there were credible death threats. Apparently, that was all it took for Tom Tillis to change his vote.
Personally, I couldn't cave over any threats, but I am not one of them. If you want to watch the video, it was Farron Cousins.
Thank you! "This is NOT NORMAL"
The pain is hitting red states the hardest.
Yeah. and the media finds that one or two MAGAs who say that they will pay higher prices for awhile so Trump can do what he needs to do (whatever that is). Apparently being in pain is not enough for them to turn away from him. Some of these people will never leave his side even if they are taking their last breath and he caused it.
It's too bad that DJT's father didn't use a condom, or if he did , he didn't use it enough.
DJT is a shining example of why abortion NEEDS/MUST be legal.
Would you be surprised if they came back from the future and took them out? 😂 That's your only hope 🙏
Too many trump clips. Bring on info about what we are doing with the protests, etc
I have links to organizations that are putting together protests in every state in my daily posts on my substack.
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We are boycotting Walmart
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Ohhh yes, the gold...is there anything else that he wants to get his hand on
Pfft what a ...there are no words
Trump is full of shit. The projection is off the charts. No landslide. Not popular. Weak. Old. Liar. Nothing has changed except for the worst . He thinks we are all as stupid as his ideas. Russian sympathizer. Out of touch with reality. Lives in a fantasy world in his narcissistic demented mind.
The USA being “the good guy”? You have totally lost the respect of the world. Laughing stalks where you are considered bullies, puppets and absolutely stupid. You are going to inflict pain on your biggest trading partners & neighbours, Canada & Mexico but I think you may be surprising how much pain that is going to rain down on the you. Trump voters & those that didn’t bother to get out & vote deserve all the negative things in Project 2025. 🇨🇦
FAIR TAX ACT IN CONGRESS NOW!! ADDS 30% TAX ON GROCERIES AND RENT!!! 30 % TAX ON YOUR MONTHLY RENT!!!!
Thanks for posting about something I had no idea of – – I’ll check it out
He loves to do interviews from Air Force One!
Remember how they pushed about Vice-President Harris that she didn't do anything while she was Vice-President...
Speaking of trump's campaign bullshit, we haven't heard one word about the ever elusive "two-week healthcare plan"?
Trump is and has always been a shit storm, let's start talking about people that actually want to save Democracy like JB Pritzker and Breshear. The bottom line is VOTE, while you still have a chance
How about the threat of Tariffs? Do you think that spooks people?
No - because they don't have to pay them - We do! And with that External Revenue Service bank account, the money isn't going to reduce the debt or help anyone but the richy rich.
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Dow Jones is down 725 points and it’s only 3:00 EST! The economy is tanking!
Didn't Mnuchin go to Ft. Knox? What are those two idiots up to?
Funny, the first time I read it, I thought you wrote “Munchkin”
Do you have any info of what RFKJr.plans as head of HHS
Yes... and it's not fun or good... He is "studying vaccine schedules for children" - he's going after drugs for depression and anxiety.
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RFK, Jr. Decides On Mental Health Medication
I am still shaking my head over this one. I absolutely detest Insurance companies interfering with a doctor/patient relationship, the two parties in the discussion that matter. I abhor someone like RFK, Jr. deciding who can and should take what medication to address their issues. He is not a doctor or a psychiatrist and has no business dictating to doctors how they should treat patients with Depression and Anxiety. But, that is what he is doing. Just think what it will be like if all these people are denied their medications, then what? RFK, jr. has not thought this through. I hope his daddy is beaming proud of him rolling over in his grave. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/rfk-jr-ssri-antidepressants-children-doctors-risks-studies-rcna192722
Thank you for saying this is not normal and it's okay to know and feel that it's not ok.
None of what is happening is OK! But it is OK to feel all the things a person feels. We are feeling all kinds of things. Anger, anxiety, fear, powerlessness, and more. If you are feeling any of these things, it is a normal reaction to what is happening right now. How do you deal with it? My suggestion is to find like minded people and band together – not to stir each other up, but to build each other’s confidence that all is not lost, that there is still time and space to save our Democracy. If you are able to fight, then link arms with others who are able to fight and fight back in every way that you know how. Having someone to bounce your feelings off of about all this chaos, mayhem, shock and awe tactic to get you to roll over and become passive will help you feel better about it, increase your confidence that we still have time to stop all this “crazy!”
I woke up this morning in a Democracy where I am still free. I woke up today in a Democracy where I still have the ability to go where I wish. I woke up today in a Democracy where I can still write what I want and feel on this substack. Each day that I still wake up in a Democracy is another day that I can fight to keep it.
Take time away from the news. Go for a walk. Go for a drive. Binge watch your favorite old TV shows or movies. Do your day to day and take care of yourself.
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**TO KAMALA HARRIS, TIM WALZ & THE AMERICAN PEOPLE! **
THE TIME HAS COME TO TAKE BACK THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE NOW!
BY FORCE, THIS 100% NECESSARY!!!!
** TIME IS RUNNING OUT!!! **
https://youtu.be/UhzJfiYHXZw
TIME TO ARREST TRUMP & MUSK ON ESPIONAGE CHARGES, SEIZE THEIR STOLEN AMERICAN MONIES, ASSETS & EVERYTHING THEY ACQUIRED BY CRIMINALITY!
WE CAN USE ALL OF THAT TO HELP PAY DOWN OUR NATIONAL DEBT.
THE STOCK MARKET, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, THE ENTIRE WORLD, OUR NATO ALLIES, UKRAINE, EVERY LIVING CREATURE ON PLANET EARTH WILL CELEBRATE, DANCE & REJOICE THAT THE 2 GREATEST THREATS TO HUMANITY ARE GONE, NEVER EVER TO INFECT ANYONE OR ANYTHING EVER AGAIN!!!!!
I like everything about your comment EXCEPT the encouragement to use what seems to me to suggest violence in your use of the word “force”. This must be a 100% peaceable resistance (albeit always with the right to self-defense) in the spirit of Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr, if for no other reason than the fact that we are in opposition to a regime that has the full force of a retribution-based state funded by unlimited wealth – – not even to speak of the 2025 version of the Brown Shirts – – behind it. An a propos Bible quote would advise: Be wise as the serpent, gentle as the dove”, also because I can’t help recalling how frequently MAGAts fulminate about how “violence” enacted by people associated with Black Lives Matter, discredited in the MAGAts’ warped minds, BLM’s central message (that BLACK LIVES MATTER)— hey, any excuse to reject a concept that is contrary to your cultish or racist preconceptions!— but violence or even the advocacy of violence, will “justify” such excuses, making MAGAts even less amenable to persuasion than they already are, IMO.
Watch: "🔥 Musk’s Social Security LIE BLOWS UP—Total FAILURE!", on YouTube. (Mary Trump)......
https://youtu.be/t3NRM9S7rvY?si=kdNHPpsV5tVDSbCL
Watch: "Trump Flaunts More Gold, As Voters SUFFER", on YouTube. (Tennessee Brando)......
https://youtu.be/17V5f9JeCk8?si=1GWqO-lizONE0uYn
And in the mean time you are screwing millions of people out of jobs.Good for you
I am a individual voice in Springfield, Oregon. How do I know when and where these public protests are happening.
Maybe you folks could publish those dates and places so people like me could attend.
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Slippery dodgy “Eel-ey” Elon musksack
Whether it is voting fraud, or fraud in taking Covid loans and payments, it seems that those that have been identified were Republicans and shockingly, members of congress and the senate.
T-RUMP IS A COWARD A LOSER AND IS 'NO MAN', HES A CHILD IN ADULT CLOTHING! IMPEACH THIS HORRIBLE MONSTER...DEPORT HIS A$$ HOLE PARTNER!
Luv you guys! Congrats on beating Joe Rogan! Its time progressive voices are heard! Keep up the good work, we need you more than ever!!
Someone needs to get him in the hospital. He has dementia.
Outstanding discussion. LETS GO!
Why would we believe any "numbers" musk/doge put out as "fraud and waste"? Habitual liars are incapable of telling the truth in any way, shape or form.
Any nees on hostile (illegal) take over of the post office??
More people are seeing through the rhetoric. Their solution to the dropping pole numbers will be to double down on lies and perceived masculinity.
I 100% agree with you!! He’s scamming his clan. The rest of us know. Also, he plans to empty Ft Knox and buy his crypto fake money leaving us destitute.
Muskrat and Peek A Boo is a good one 💙😂
Trump is now claiming that Macron and Starmer have done nothing to end the Ukrainian war!!! Well they haven't joined forces with Putin to butcher and kill civilians in Ukraine have they!! Trump is totally deranged!!
trump is a simple sort and can relate to gold since he has a gold toilet, but when it comes to complex issues he is clueless and a putin puppet. trump doesn't give a damn about 9/11 survivors, but sadly, many of them voted for trump...
Because people are STUPID!! They love stupid and uninformed people. Keep them stupid and they won't look up to see what's really happening until it's too late.
The Senate Retrumplicans just passed a budget resolution to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid in favor of mass deportations and increased military spending !!! If this happens, I and many of my senior friends will die !!! Not a joke !!
Well, that's what they would like you to believe and be afraid of. Social Security is an entity in and of itself.
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Going to Fort Knox is because Trump has worn off all his gold plating on his toilets.
The thing about Fort Knox is interesting. Trump is obsessed with gold. He has everything in his condo gold plated, even door handles and, people say, the toilet seats. I heard that even his plane has everything gold plated, including the seat belt buckles. I don't think the Fort Knox stuff is a distraction. It's part of his dimentia and nuttiness. He is probably already trying to figure out how to get some of the gold in Fort Knox for himself.
And Walmart has been banned from my places to shop.
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Where is the Patreon link?
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Agree with you . I cancelled Facebook , Instagram and no longer have Amazon prime account , to be honest that was a hard one cause it was so easy to buy things but I did it and actually feel so good about it !
I would love to see Meidas invite David Osborne as a guest to one of your podcasts, he ran Reinventing Government under Al Gore (he even wrote the book about it - https://www.amazon.com/Reinventing-Government-Entrepreneurial-Spirit-Transforming/dp/0452269423) and he can speak with authority about the RIGHT way to cut "waste, fraud, and abuse" (which they did) versus the WRONG way to do it, which is what the tech nazi is doing. David is mostly retired now, lives in Mass, but I am sure he would love to do this, email me at emily@emilynorton.org and I'm happy to connect you with him.
I’m starting to think that Mango madness just “rules” based on Movies and shows made up in his head. Oh I love Vikings! “Let’s conquer Greenland!”
Be careful what you say on this site.. the occupants are the Fox News of the left. They are helpless sheep and being spoon fed Ben's v ersion of the truth
Can you please figure in the savings the cost of all those fired going on unemployment/medicare/medicaid/food stamps etc!
Either one of these awesome women would have been great! (Big sigh)
It's hard. I found it hard at first. I got off YouTube TV ($90/month) and started subscribing to first Meidas, then the Bulwark, then Anne Applebaum, then Jim Stewartson, then a bunch of others I admire. I can't do all of them. But all of us can do a bunch.
Most don’t require you to subscribe. A few won’t let you make comments unless subscribed. You can read them for free tho
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Follow Heather Cox Richardson letters from an American on Substack for free and she does politics chat on Tuesdays free on Facebook and then post them on YouTube free.
You can only do what you can. Eventually ALL THE info is shared after it's all said and done. One platform to comment on should do it. Its more important to read as much as you can, but have to be aware of the fact that it's true.
You can follow Jim Acosta without paying.
Some substacks are free and YouTube is free with ads. I don't pay for substack, except this one, or YouTube, and I am able to compile all the news throughout the day and more. Pass this on for those who want to keep up with what is going on but may not be able to afford multiple subscriptions.
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He wants to create a Federal Reserve for crypto currency. They want to use our strategic GOLD reserves to purchase crypto currency. ☠️ 😡
I’ve made a very similar comment before seeing yours, above, just in case you’re interested
Lousy thieves and con men