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Prices are rising. A recession is looming. And what was Donald Trump doing? Vacationing again in Mar-a-Lago, awarding himself more trophies, posting about it on social media while the American people are suffering. Donald Trump returned to Washington DC on Monday, where he held an unhinged press conference just an hour or so ago in the Oval
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Office with Kid Rock dressed in a bright red jumpsuit and fedora. further humiliating the White House and the United States of America. Now, in the past 24 hours, Donald Trump said he could not care less about rising prices. He said he will take over Greenland 100%.
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And he does not rule out using military force against Greenland and Denmark, if necessary, to take it because he says it's his. He said he does not even know what signal is or what signal chats are or what the whole text thread on signal thing is all about. And he said he wants to have a third term.

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On this episode of the MeidasTouch Podcast: Republicans are telling Americans to embrace pain as Trump barrels toward his so-called "Liberation Day," when he plans to slap tariffs on every country—a move that top economic analysts say is pushing us closer to recession. Meanwhile, Elon Musk’s vote-buying scheme is rocking the Wisconsin Supreme Court elections, Republicans are in full-blown panic mode over Democrat Josh Weil pulling ahead in a deep-red Trump district, and shocking new revelations expose how innocent people were sent to prison camps in El Salvador at Trump’s request. Plus, MAGA Republicans are again threatening judges who rule against Trump. Buckle up—this one covers a lot.

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Joanne Scott's avatar

Please advertise this Saturday’s Marches on DC and state capitals. They need to see we see their evil!

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Anne Miller's avatar

Tell us about the marches. I don't know what is going on?!

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Anne Miller's avatar

This needs to be ADVERTISED!

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Linda Wilson-Gordon's avatar

It has been! A number of organizations are combining and it's happening in almost every single city in the country. Check out Indivisible; MoveOn; Women's March.

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Barb O's avatar

You need to expand your searches. I love MeidasTouch but you can't expect them to do everything. Find state or local Dem party organizations near you. Use theblop.org

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Candace Lucas's avatar

use the link below and click on FInd an Event. depending on where you are, lots will pop up. I'm in NYC and it gives me NYC, dozens of others in NJ, CT and NY outside of the city. I plan on going to the one in NYC at Bryant Park.

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Monica Shepherd's avatar

I’ll be just north of you in Hastings:)

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Candace Lucas's avatar

There is one Saturday in Hastings on hudson

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David A Pitock's avatar

Sign up for hands off there are going to be protests in every state or close to it. Big cities small cities on the 5th of April. Check Bluesky I believe there's a link or someone will post a link here I'm sure.

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Dee Joy's avatar

Hands off protest April 5th all state capitols 50501

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Anne Miller's avatar

This protest march is AMAZING!!!

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Christina Flores's avatar

Not just state capitals. California is also having marches in Downtown L.A., Pasadena, San Diego and lots of other cities. We don't have to drive too far to join a group!

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Vikki's avatar

Let's not forget the most important information. Did he (cheat) win the golf tournament??!!

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Dee Joy's avatar

He has to cheat at absolutely everything to win anything. He's a loser cosplaying president

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ramona j's avatar

Of course. Everyone knows he cheats and they let him. Laugh at him behind his back, but let him play these parts in his fantasy reality show. Worst President 2.0 .

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Mike Hammer's avatar

Everyone show up on April 5th and get out of your comfort zones!

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Linda Wilson-Gordon's avatar

This grandmother is going to be there! Making our signs today. I thought I was finished with this shit decades ago. Never in my wildest imagination did I think I would be hitting the streets at my age.

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Dee Joy's avatar

Yes!! Me too grandma of 7. We protest like our lives depend on it. We do this for our children and grandchildren's rights and lives 💜

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Ann Suthard's avatar

I'm with you. But here we go again.

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Sabrina Wood's avatar

Thank you Linda!!! You go girl!

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Susan Wurtz's avatar

Show up where on April 5?

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Breizhfan's avatar

Cory Booker has been speaking on the senate floor for over 16 hours. He's a hero!

Call Senator Cory Booker and leave a message thanking him: (973) 639-8700

It's quick and easy. Show him your support!

Currently, over 48K people are watching his speech live.

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Sally D.'s avatar

Nineteen hours + now and over 58K watching live.

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Breizhfan's avatar

I'm still watching. It's riveting. We need to get this truth out to the American people.

Wisconsin and Florida voters--vote for Democracy today!

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Sally D.'s avatar

The number for Senator Booker's Newark office (973) 639-8700 is full so I was unable to leave a message. I called his Washington DC office (202-224-3224) and left a message of admiration and encouragement.

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Key West Lisa's avatar

Every single day I am in more distress from the prior one. The only thing keeping me sane are the COURTS holding!

Citizen united must stop after this evil game.

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Rewd Awakening's avatar

A third of the country is running us into the ground intentionally. Their unholy rhetoric is about power. New Apostolic Reformation is the problem. More importantly, you not knowing what that is or who they are, puts us all in ‼️ danger ‼️ These people are unhinged and full of hate. They are well funded and in powerful positions. This is the enemy. These people use their religion as a weapon. This is your biggest enemy and challenge. We must end this madness. They want your children straight, white, armed and angry.

MAGA must Lie, Cheat and Steal! Abortion. Guns. Equality. End Christian nationalism!Maga is the CONFEDERACY!!

Familiarize yourself with this unholy movement! These people took part in the insurrection. They want your children white, ignorant, armed and angry!!

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/new-apostolic-reformation-christian-nationalism/

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Dee Joy's avatar

Tax these evil monsters who hide behind Jesus/God. Christian nationalists. They're the opposite of Christian. They're satans soldiers and only use religion as a weapon of hate against women and minorities. These monsters need to be in ElSalvador concentration camps NOT the WH

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Joanne Smith's avatar

Booker is holding the floor- I’ve not been able to look away. I’ll have to catch this one later

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Breizhfan's avatar

Meidas Mighty...

This Saturday, April 5, is a day of NATIONAL protest. There will be protests in over 1,000 locations in America.

Go to the Hands Off website to register to attend a protest near you. We need millions of Americans to take to the streets.

https://handsoff2025.com/?SQF_SOURCE=indivisible

Join us in the streets now, before it becomes illegal to do so.

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Seamus Berkeley's avatar

Senator Cory Booker has now been speaking for over 18 hours: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/players/g5FFvybg-xS4RtpB7.html

Please let people know!

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Susan Raquel's avatar

I posted Cory Brooks live broadcast on my local Next Door. They told me that it got 688 hits :-)

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Anne P. Sacco's avatar

DT misheard what was said to him. No one was ever telling him he is "kind" person, what they were saying to him is he "is A kind" of person ... as in a kind of individual, such as the WORST KIND. 🇨🇦 🍁 ❤️

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Rose Cassie's avatar

The OLD deranged criminal-in-chief is living in a perverted alternate reality. No intelligent person likes a bully liar!🤥

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Therese P Smith's avatar

While i hope all voters saw gqp fine's recent meeting where he said he could say whatever he wanted because he was chairman and dismissed any one trying to talk.

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Morgan's avatar

Screw that Orange douche! We need to vote them all out. ELBOWS UP

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Breizhfan's avatar

Senator Cory Booker has been speaking on our behalf on the Senate floor for over 12 hours.

Call Senator Booker and leave a message thanking him: (973) 639-8700

It's quick and easy. Show him your support!

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Valerie's avatar

Kiddyboy Mock and the side show, "2 Clowns Short Of A Circus"... Followed by an extremely uneducated and power hungry individuals affected by only money and power flaunt their stage again! MORONS To The Highest Degree!

LOCK THEM UP NOW TODAY DICTATOR DONNIE LYING CONSPIRACY THEORIST LYING NUTJOB AND HIS CO PRESIDENT DRUGGED UP ELON MUSK ALONG WITH CREEP VANCE. LOCK THEM UP?

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Kristi Gabriel's avatar

Who pays for all his trips?

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Teresa G's avatar

We the tax payers

The taxpayers also paid for his Super Bowl and Daytona race

Talk about waste

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Dee Joy's avatar

We're also paying musk the domestic terrorist $8 million A DAY!!

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Pat Richards's avatar

Millions of dollars would help house and feed a lot of people. It could have built 5 two hundred thousand houses.

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Susan Raquel's avatar

I recently saw an ad that said they could build little houses, think they called them block houses, for $20,000. Found it: https://www.boxabl.com/faq

Baby box houses $20,000. Casita - larger, $60,000

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Lynne Tribble's avatar

We do

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Rose Cassie's avatar

Just like taxpayers paid for his over $2 million dollar destruction/trashing terrorist attack of our Capitol building, causing a death of a security officer. What price was he?😔🏴‍☠️

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Jeanne Schultz's avatar

Cory Booker is AMAZING!

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Tonya Silvestri's avatar

11:14….he actually says “we had to rig the election”. Wtf!

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Keith Costello's avatar

Haha, 47 lends his Tesla to White House Staff, it’s a fun way to play Russian Roulette. Should we have a pool on this??

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Morgan's avatar

Repuklicants are bullies… period..

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Kim Goni's avatar

I cannot thank you men enough. I had nowhere to turn until I found you. I'm so glad to hear facts.

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Mark Lammas's avatar

Initially, it was just one con man, Trump, who gained his first Pretendidency in 2016, but everybody who falls under the Trump cult spell becomes a con artist. The current Trump "cabinet" is riddled with them. Pretendident Donald "Orange" Trump and his band of pretend politicians... They're all traitors to their country.

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Terri Militello's avatar

I like the new reference to the PRETENDIDENT. Clever and a perfect title.

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Shame On ‘em's avatar

Maybe the person that told him he was kind was trying to use reverse psychology into breaking him down to not be so evil in his dealings and as a person🤔 💡 Gotta start somewhere. Nothing beats a failure but a try. I just have a hard time believing there’s not one person out there in the world that doesn’t know about tRump. O R R R R

That person is a “maggot” 🤔

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Patricia Shea's avatar

Notice rumps left hand cemented over his bruised right hand. He can't be seen as "flawed".

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Karma Infinity's avatar

What really struck me in this episode was how clearly you traced the through-line—tariff threats not as standalone policy quirks, but as a recurring tactic with real-world stakes. It’s easy to dismiss this kind of posturing as political noise, but you reframed it as something deeper: a pattern that reveals intention, a strategy built on disruption rather than stability.

What’s often missing from these conversations is the human cost. You didn’t just talk about economics in the abstract—you brought it down to the kitchen table level. What it means for prices, for jobs, for communities already stretched thin. That matters. Because when rhetoric becomes policy, it’s not just theory. It’s dinner bills and mortgage stress and small businesses recalculating everything.

It’s refreshing (and rare) to hear analysis that refuses to play into the spectacle, that actually respects the listener enough to explain the mechanics and the consequences. This kind of grounded clarity is exactly what people need to not just react, but understand.

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Mercedes's avatar

Thanks for the new episode! Charlie Angus was in Toronto over the weekend and there was a great turnout at the rally. Peaceful demonstrations at Tesla showrooms across the country too. There's more press coverage about the travel boycott and it's starting to show up in more America news. Canada strong! Democracy strong!

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Esther Cambric's avatar

Thanks to Senator Cory Booker for filibustering for 17 hours against this regimes' attempt to destroy America!!

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Esther Cambric's avatar

DT is a blowhard!! That consistently craves attention! Again, he's the front man for Project 2025!

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Gili Chupak's avatar

The economy may have been good on paper under Biden but it was not working for most Americans. It is not enough to defend democracy if we are keeping the status quo. Going against the oligarchs to bring us back to January 19, 2025 is a losing strategy. Democratic institutions need to be defended AND reformed so that they serve all not just the immoral billionaires

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Sylvia Arrowood's avatar

Please check out Senator Booker's filibuster. He is a brilliant, honorable man who is talking about the harm Trump and his administration are doing to this country. He has been at it for more than 18 hours now. His quote "I believe the power of the people is greater than the people in power." Truly wonderful man. I called his office to let him know how much I appreciate what he is doing.

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Sandra B. 🇨🇦's avatar

BBC is reporting that Germany has now committed $100 BILLION in military spending now. They hold back as Germany has been an aggressor in two world wars so they are overly cautious. Now they have decided that Putin is a viable threat to EU and won’t rely on US. Their polls reported that 74% don’t trust Pres Donald Trump and Putin was in the 90% range. In the Commonwealth Nations, 56 countries, I haven’t found support for US administration or international policy. The discussion is now forming a coalition excluding the USA.

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Barb O's avatar

They Myanmar earthquake. I heard yesterday on PBS, in normal times, the US would have sent 200 people and search dogs immediately. They would have been there to organize and distribute critical supplies like water and food and to search and rescue survivors. The orange man is sending 3 people in observational roles and a whole $2 million. You know who was there right away? China.

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Jeanne Schultz's avatar

Utterly disgusting. Trump doesn't know what kind is.

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ramona j's avatar

He has no clue. Doesn't know WHERE he is either.

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Cindy Moody's avatar

I fully intend to join every version of your news stories, podcasts, Spotify! I enjoy what I receive on the free app but hopefully will get up to speed with the paid! Keep up the great, informative and truth you put out! It’s great! Cindy

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Jerald Simpson's avatar

Our military should not support this or they will end up just like Vietnam plus no Veterans benefits.

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Laura Mueller's avatar

.He actually says he rigged the 2020 elections?

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M. M. D.'s avatar

Please: everyone sign into YouTube and watch even a bit of Cory Booker’s speaking! Get the numbers up!!!

https://www.booker.senate.gov/live

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Susan R Pynchon's avatar

Watch Cory Booker filibuster on Senate floor--amazing and still going on:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2utlMxAwtE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCUK2VbdLS4

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Extra Mayo's avatar

Please talk about Professor Heather Cox Richardson’s posts blocked on Fecebook . This is BAD !!! They deleted several posts ! And my shared posts of hers disappeared on my timeline !!’

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Annette Frank's avatar

Yes what about this?!

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P. Chabot's avatar

I think he's KIND of an asshole

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Rosemary's avatar

Does no one ever say anything about how Trump slurs his words all the time

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Susan Friell's avatar

America pac just sent me a message that if anyone wants to sign up as a block captain and get photos with photo provided of “Super Judge Brad Schimel” they will get paid $50 per photo. Has to be done before polls close🙄

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The TexasGal's avatar

No Elon....Congress decides what to spend except for the gold frames and knick knacks in the WH and the golfing trips and contracts to Elon's company. WH decides who to cancel and close government departments.

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Kelly  M's avatar

What about the US citizen that was sent to El Salvador? I’ve read they can’t get him back!! 😡 Please follow this story!!

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Jeffrey Wood's avatar

Watch Senator Corey Booker bringing it on the Senate Floor for 22 hours.

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Marijane Mercer's avatar

Rain nor sleet nor snow nor dark of night....this Saturday in Santa Fe snow is predicted (at least we have NOAA today...sigh!) NOTHING will stop my group of friends (in our 60s, 70s, and 80s) from showing up and standing up for this most wonderful country....with some very bad actors at the helm....all praise to Cory Booker and the Senators that have joined him.

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Faye's avatar

Canada thanks you !

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Renia33's avatar

Thank you Meiselas brothers ! It's so fine to see you together !

Greetings from Bordeaux, France.

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France Guevremont's avatar

at 8:57 minutes in the video -- is that a picture of Trump and his friend Epstein on his desk in the back?!

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Nan Gilbert's avatar

Elbows up!

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Libby Sandstrom's avatar

Mexico has been oddly quiet and Dumpster has been oddly quiet about Mexico. What’s up with that weirdness?

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Jeanne Schultz's avatar

You guys always make me laugh. Thanks so much!

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drbilldean@gmail.com's avatar

No more wishy washy about what is right or wrong

The Nazis want a level playing field so that the propaganda they spew makes what they are doing seem normal Mainstream media(MSM) has been playing this game that the Nazis are just doing “normal political discourse” for several years now And the Nazis in Congress are playing the same game By their silence they underscore that what is happening is just business as usual The Nazis want us to believe “Hey there are two sides of a controversy and both sides deserve equal time” in the land of free speech But they don’t deserve equal time

Remember the comment “there were fine people on both sides”?

What’s currently being done is NOT business as usual It’s NOT normal behavior in a democratic republic and to redefine these authoritarian activities and policies as just the way we do things these days allows the Nazis to get away with the propaganda they are pushing

What the Nazis are doing and saying is WRONG Period End of story

There are no two sides to this discussion The nonsense to give the Nazis a level playing field is ridiculous and obscene The Nazis do not deserve any respect or audience Scott Jennings, CNN’s provocateur in chief is a classic example of how Nazis attempt to distort the facts when engaging in political discourse He takes on fantastical positions when it cannot be justified and then claims he is just arguing the other side Free speech of course but call it out for what he is DEAD WRONG It’s not time to level the playing field and allow Nazis to use free speech as justification for confusion CNN needs to be more forceful in calling Nazis out for their deceit which is one of the reasons CNN is in the tank with respect to ratings

So America call the Nazis out for who they are Corrupt Lawless Liars Gangsters And then get out there and PROTEST!!

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Jeanne Schultz's avatar

Utterly disgusting! They want to cut off aid to all the people we help across the world.

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Wiss's avatar

in case you don't know, trump (&Steve Bannon) are wanting to go to Supreme Court with a third term appeal. The constitution says only two terms as president, but trump mentioned he has not had two CONSECUTIVE terms, consecutive being the key word.

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ramona j's avatar

They have to change the constitution to achieve that. It's another distraction. Not to be ignored at all, but a huge improbability

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Wiss's avatar

I don't know. Trump ignores Supreme Court orders with impunity. Just not to be trusted in any way shape or form.

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Rhonda L Schneider's avatar

How much is the U.S. paying for the detention/housing of the deportees', who are we paying it to? Country/person. Have they brought back any of the illegally deported persons and at what cost?

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Linda Morway's avatar

KIND....hell no...evil, cruel.

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Bonny Smajda's avatar

Love you guys

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Ann Suthard's avatar

Can you address your remarks to those of us who are watching and who are in alignment with your views?

I just need a little less rant (I'm already worked up) and more focus on the facts, receipts and data! The snark is getting a little over the top. I am watching to learn what's going on. Not to engage in a bitch fest.

I don't think any MAGA are listening, so no need to address your remarks to them as if you will be swaying them.

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ramona j's avatar

Usually, I'd agree. But this is ALL THEY UNDERSTAND. None of this is normal. It will get their attention if you play their game. Sad,but we didn't start it. We did lose because of not taking it there. Nice didn't work.

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Ann Suthard's avatar

"THEY" are not listening to this program. "WE" are!

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Jonathan Klinski's avatar

Nobody would call this behavior rational,if you believe in this radical who is trying to make America great leave it alone! Biden left a decent term! Me thinks Muskrat bought Electoral College 🙈 Popular vote ONLY 🙏 🙏 🙏

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Maryann W's avatar

It is simply beyond me how the facts are SO clear and yet so many see it 'differently'. And we are the sheep??? I don't get it.

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Victoria Ann Zabaras's avatar

No. A diswrought impovershed person would be panicked and call in immediately

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Sarah Godbey's avatar

He also said, "we had to rig this election"

Prison is not enough for this POS!

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Cindy's avatar

I suddenly have no more time to ever listen to another Kid Rock song... deleting his station off my Pandara right after this video.

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Gina's avatar

Don't fall into the trap of talking about Trump's distractions only. We need to hear about what they are doing behind the scenes like dismantling the banking industry, the impact of closing agencies, etc.

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Linda Belliveau's avatar

What an embarrassment in the Oval Office. On a good note, I predict Susan Crawford will win Wisconsin. Musk will lose his mind that he was unsuccessful in buying votes, claim fraud and audit will ensue. She will weather the storm.

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Jeanne Schultz's avatar

Trump sure did violate Judge Boesberg's order. He should be held in contempt of court

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High Seas Captain's avatar

Fighting! 💪💙

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Ana Novak's avatar

The man is unhinged. What is it going to take to remove him from office?

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Kelly Hairgrove's avatar

Obviously, when they briefed him on the missing and deceased military in Lithuania, he wasn't listening.

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drbilldean@gmail.com's avatar

Everything this Nazi Liar Trump suggests is for his uberwealthy oligarchs Americans are not stupid They’re watching how the wealthy are trying to take over the country and trying to “buy elections” Musk is trying to buy votes in Wisconsin that he did in the 2024 Pennsylvania election

Let this be the beginning of American Revolution 2.0 Like the French Revolution the working class will rise to smash this Nazi takeover and send them to the guillotine

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Arlene B's avatar

Where are people seeing emojis???? I watch the MTN via youtube on my tv, so I don't see the chats, etc. Not sure and sure don't have any visual for the new elbows up emoji.

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Suzanne Moraes's avatar

Elections in Florida today are primaries. The Special election is June 10th

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Teach84's avatar

Anyone know how the Wisconsin race for Supreme Court vote is going today? I haven’t heard anything yet.

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Teach84's avatar

Thanks so much!

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Catherine Loeb's avatar

Ben, have you seen this column by David Vandygriff? I'm cutting and pasting it here. What do you think about this theory? I'd like your take on it.

"If you're a little confused about what Musk is trying to achieve with DOGE, here's the breakdown:

Elon Musk and Peter Thiel cofounded a company that became PayPal.

Other executives at PayPal went on to found or lead other huge tech companies including YouTube, LinkedIn, Reddit, Affirm, and many VC firms.

This group became known as the PayPal mafia because they exerted an outsized influence on Silicon Valley.

Peter Thiel mentored a young JD Vance and helped him get set up in his first VC firm.

Peter Thiel and the PayPal mafia funded JD Vance's successful Senate run. Amazing because he had absolutely zero political experience.

Thiel and Musk all but forced Trump to choose JD Vance as VP in exchange for funding his presidential campaign.

The three of them, plus a lot of other tech billionaires subscribe to an ideology called the Dark Enlightenment espoused by this super weird, creepy dude: Curtis Yarvin aka Mencius Moldbug.

Yarvin preaches that the media and academia represent "The Cathedral" that secretly controls power and must be dismantled.

He advocates for a corporate run, monarchy, led by a CEO-Dictator.

Says that Democracy is an "outdated software" and openly opposes it and that:

- Government agencies should be dismantled and The U.S. should be broken up into "patchworks" controlled by tech oligarchs.

- That the elite tech billionaires should rule because they have the intelligence to "fix" society

- That the "masses are asses" too dumb to govern themselves.

The strategy is to gut the government via R.A.G.E - Retire All Govt Employees to make government incapable of operating.

Then to replace government with private corporations.

To eliminate elections because they are "obsolete"

To use distraction and chaos to prevent public resistance.

Trump is their useful tool to be disposed of as soon as they can wrest control.

This is why Elon wears a black MAGA hat. They are not Trump supporters, they are "Dark MAGA"

This isn't a hypothetical. The plan is already in motion:

- Musk, Thiel, and their network are actively dismantling democratic institutions.

- JD Vance, the “MAGA heir,” is being positioned to help implement this transition.

- The public is too distracted to realize what’s happening.

- If successful, democracy in America will be permanently replaced by a corporate-run authoritarian state.

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That's it. Now that you understand that you can see how everything that's happening fits within that lens.

Now the only question is what do we do about it?"

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Truth Teller's avatar

Never forget how we got here - 50 years of neoliberalism, with the corporatist, establishment Republicans AND Democrats economically pillaging the middle class and poor to further enrich themselves, their billionaire donors, and to fund the pathological military-industrial complex. As in declining civilizations before us, greed and the lust for power has rotted us from within.

Now, as the GOP has died and the MAGAts have risen with their fascist dictator, it is up to the Dems alone to realize the incredible harm they've done, change course, and fight like hell. The MAGAts already control Congress, so they are now threatening the judicial branch and going hard after voting rights. Watch as they attempt to suppress the vote in every sneaky, subversive, and illegal way possible.

This means we've got to work even harder to make sure we get every citizen to vote,

since that is our only peaceful way back to power. But we also need to step up and find a way to get even more involved. A mass of people phone banking for a progressive candidate even one hour a week, for example, can make the difference in an election, and I can tell you from experience that it gives you a real sense of personal empowerment. And it's something you can do for any candidate no matter where you live.

Complaining does nothing, and there is no one to save us. It is up to WE, THE PEOPLE to save ourselves. Have courage, resist tyranny, and please get involved and take some kind of real action. We need you!

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Victoria Ann Zabaras's avatar

Only progressive Dems, Socialists, Communists will do right by anyone not a billionaire

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Lin Reid's avatar

Watching now and really cool re the #ElbowsUp emoji Thanks for supporting Canada as we support our Blue SANE American neighbours.

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Arlene B's avatar

What is being done to try to rescue the people who were illegally deported and are now suffering (maybe even dead by now!)? I am concerned because I do not hear anything that is being done to get those people back to the USA so they can receive their due process??

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Bluesmurf's avatar

Actions are being taken to remove these prisoners from El Salvador. "Lawyers hired by the Venezuelan government filed a legal action Monday in El Salvador aimed at freeing the 238 Venezuelans deported by the United States.

Jaime Ortega, who says he represents 30 of the imprisoned Venezuelans, said his firm filed the habeas corpus petition with the Supreme Court’s Constitutional Chamber. He said that by extension they requested that it be applied to all Venezuelans detained in El Salvador." https://apnews.com/article/el-salvador-trump-tren-de-aragua-venezuela-dde4259e5dcd502101b7b8fbd3c03659

https://substack.com/@techiam

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Carl Selfe's avatar

We hear the results of the elections today and tomorrow. I hope for the best but must wait and see. Seems like we wait for everything. We wait for Judge Boasberg to weigh in on his ruling this Thursday. I feel like he has had ample time and gathered from the Administration more than ample insults to his authority. No matter what he rules, it will go toward the Supreme Court, and they may well refuse to weigh in at all. That would be appropriate. https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/cavalierly-ignore-the-judge-at-your?r=3m1bs

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Rebecca Williams's avatar

Ben, you can connect to the internet over your cell phone if you turn the wifi on on the phone.

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Patricia's avatar

For some reason, I am no longer getting the substack emails. I have been a subscribing member.

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PR's avatar

Can we have an administration that can properly calculate tariffs? The number on Trumps chart isn't a tariff, it's the % of the trade deficit divided by the amount of money the US spent on imports from that country. Example:China bought $143.5 billion worth of US goods in 2024. The US bought $438.9 billion worth of goods from China in 2024. That's a US trade deficit of $295.4 billion. 295.4 ÷ 438.9 = 67.3 or 67%All the countries listed at 10% are the ones the US has a trade surplus with or don't buy anything at all from. Also can we have an admin that doesn’t use ChatGPT for their work? https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2EHRKru/

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2Eu31pn/

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Willfyte's avatar

Americans finally realized they are getting played

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Margheritta J Tessitore's avatar

Here is an old word that he should learn it's called patriotism it's called representing the American public all of us not just the wealthy in fact that he's parading people in the office it's not exactly Grand Central station that's supposed to be a private office for own those who are in government or official visit in this country what was kid Rock doing standing there being an idiot after he came out and support Trump I have never listened to a single song he has done and I never will because he traded his country for prestige with a president that is probably going to send our country bust after all what did you say about a man who can bankrupt a casino doesn't give me much hope for him balancing our budget to

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Margheritta J Tessitore's avatar

Liberation day be serious don't think he liberated is more money out of the taxpayers pockets as Musk he shouldn't be involved in any of this to start with he wasn't elected no one asked him to do it and Trump better get it straight he's not a dictator to appoint the people in the decides he wants to because they're going to stand up for him but then we'll go into these offices are supposed to be there to protect America and America's interest tariffs are not in America's interests considering that the working class will be the one paying back tax because if you think foreign company are going to pay then yours as insane asTrump is because you should have learned that did not even 3 months he has destroyed our economy our stock market our job market and it just goes on it's time to stop him and impeach him and get it over with if we scream loud enough somebody is bound to listen and considering the prices on our groceries are going sky high I really think that the sooner we act as the American public the sooner we're going to get relief remember President Biden had an excellent economy going and Trump in less than 90 days has destroyed it think about that and you tell me who the better president was

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Pat Richards's avatar

Jack Texiera got 15 years for spilling secrets and they want to try him again and give him 10 more years. THE SIGNAL CREW WON'T SPEND A DAY. They are traitors and committing espionage.

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Pat Richards's avatar

There should be boycotts either days of minimal spending or people not going to work nation wide for a day. People have more power than they realize. It's working on (f)elon. People do have power we need to do it together

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Pat Richards's avatar

Churches should pay taxes. When you hear ministers who have private planes and talk politics from the pulpit they should pay taxes

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Pat Richards's avatar

I wrote a comment about Harris Faulkner on a fox you tube Channel. She was speaking about how people made things at home for ww2. My comment was that maybe she could be rosey the riveter. But probably with DEI being abolished she wouldn't get the job. But she could probably still get a job picking cotton. It got instantly deleted and I have a temporary ban. The only thing I can think of is they thought it was racist comment. They also had a commentator that said we should get chickens to bring down egg prices. Faulkner is an uncle Tom and a disgrace.to black people by supporting a regime that is racist. I was pointing out that with trumps DEI she probably wouldn't qualify for a rosey the riveter.

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The Nazi Playbook

Low income Americans can’t help with campaign donations but certainly the megawealthy can open their wallets And so the Orange Nazi mob boss is not only pardoning all his rich cronies who are legitimately in jail but he’s now increasing the federal debt with another massive tax cut to an unsustainable $40+T just to put the affluent in a position of “you owe me one”

This is all at the expense of the disabled, indigent, and less fortunate…...of course the wealthy Nazis demonize those as fraudsters and moochers Their social safety net will be destroyed but the billionaire Nazis don’t care The point is cruelty just as it is with the civil service workers All to serve the billionaire oligarchs and those who are elite enough to lead So arrogant and disgusting

But this is a playbook as old as time but with a twist The Nazi mob boss got this most recent 21st century form from Putin his buddy in Moscow Create a group of rich powerbrokers around you and then make them extremely wildly prosperous and then take their positions of power away from them so they have no where to go but support the Orange mob boss In Russia the oligarchs made a deal with the devil and paid a heavy price Musk is finding out what it means to be an oligarch that will be on the wrong side of the boss and will pay dearly

Americans can easily outnumber and outwork the oligarchs Donate if you can Protest Protest Protest French Revolution 2.0!!!

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Scott Bump's avatar

I sure hope.Elon didn't mine personnel information on all those.Wisconsin bought vote Cheese Heads. Hes.got.a.pay gradient including selfies? For.direct.deposit? Hope.not for.their.sake! Elonwants.to develop.his AI with plans of.buying data.central in Texas??

What's he.got so far? Social security agency has much of.our data.folks!..I don't trust him! Especially n since his.twsla.franchise is.being shut.down!! Emotionally driven.like.the.Donald? Retribution from Elon? My guess is.he has never operated.a.chain saw! And that warrior call is laughable where I'm at!! Rednecks.don't holler like.ball less nurd.victims!! Lol

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ramona j's avatar

Where is the fascist fashion police when they show up in the Oval office dressed like a filthy version of Evil Kineval. No disrespect to the stuntman.

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Scott Bump's avatar

Hey!! Wisconsin Disenfranchised Elon!! And.Vacationer.the.Donald!! Can't wait to hear what Elonis.going.to say about all that money to buy votes?? Maybe something stupid.so be can be charged.in Wisconsin's State civil court?? With which Judge? Oh what a.tangle web we.weave! JackAss!!!

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Scott Bump's avatar

I've discovered many are not seeing the.effort of.Trumps Musketeers! Donald.had the same effort the last time but not as large! Last time he gutted the EEOC! Non working phone numbers, new staff not.knowing what they were doing! This after his accountability act turned upside down and management going after front line staff!

I was collecting their keys at.the.Canandaigua VA, while the hot line was purged! It waa.awful! Now? He's attacking more agencies! So Elons. Young investigators understand COBOL? Does Donald know.what it is? Dismantle with nothing in place to replace? So that's a failed business mans efforts.folks! No I'm mean fools efforts Diarhea.diaper Don needs to go! Think Vants will do.what Pence did? Nope.he.will fail.us! He.already has! Nothing to say about signal? JB??

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Trump says I know.nothing about signal". I heard he had the signal APT! So again a buffoon would.say that! JB Vance hasn't shared he uses signal? Does Donald know Vants.responded.to Hegseth On it.saying Donald didn't want the attack last Thursday? Of.course Donald would.say that he dosnt know since he's a.pathological liar! How.could.anyone listen or vote.for.this Stupid convicted.felon

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ALG's avatar

The first victim of war is TRUTH, thank you from the bottom of my heart for protecting it. 🇩🇰here baffled about what is going on in the USA. Has this any momentum or real change to succeed:

https://youtu.be/riX2Ww80Ow0

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Ms. Terry's avatar

Love it elbows up!

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Romell Reed's avatar

OOOH I like the leg and the boots!!!! You guys are the best and thanks for the extra joy in these depressing times....................................

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Linda's avatar

We suppose to just lay down and take the tariffs which will cause us financial pain while it doesn’t phase Trump, Musk and their goons because they’re rich…Don’t think so…Non stop rallies against them….

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Bonnie Leigh's avatar

Has there ever been a more illerate press person than this dimwit at the White House?

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Buffy Aakaash's avatar

You guys, and all of you independent media folks, are out there fulfilling the role the media is supposed to play in this country, which our. I've lost any faith I ever had in big media TV news when they started caving to the King. In the UK's "Constitution Unit Blog" about the role of media in democracies -- "The media plays a vital role in democracies, as an arena for debate and a source of accountability." So, thank you, for holding our budding dictators accountable, and providing the arena.

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James Wilson's avatar

The interview calling the reporter awful names was happening on his way down from a dope high. Ketamine has been mentioned?? He needs to see a psychiatrist pronto.

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Jean-Pierre Noel's avatar

Hi i am a french canadian and when a watch Howard Lutnick speak about is mother social security check. Me my first thought where how a billionnaire leave is mother on social security . This guy just think about one person in the world and it him,Sorry for my poor anglish

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Alexa's avatar

If ya’ll aren’t watching Cory Booker hit the 24 hour mark - tune in NOW and rally behind him!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCUK2VbdLS4 He needs our support

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Jeanne Schultz's avatar

Trump is truly insane and demented.

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Jeanne Schultz's avatar

Again, Zelensky is a duly elected President. Can't say that about Trump who's a criminal.

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Jeanne Schultz's avatar

Oh please, Trump is utterly stupid and disgusting

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olderwoman's avatar

I will listen to it on Apple Podcast

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Pamela Wilder's avatar

Do you know what is happening to the innocent people stuck in El Salvagor??? I think the make up artist may have been killed by now. Is there ANY plan to rescue the Americans?

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Sue Crowl's avatar

How are they ever going to get those people back from El Salvador? This is so despicable.

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Dellen Reed's avatar

I was told Elon is trying to purchase tic tox true?

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The TexasGal's avatar

Maybe they made a deal. One gets Ukraine and the other gets Greenland

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Linda Morway's avatar

What happened to the pillow guy?

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peter's avatar

Bennie...we know all of this... It has been news for days. The Three Stooges are getting very old... There is nothing earth shattering about what you post,,, By the way....the gatherings of AOC and Bernie are a side show

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Carole Lynne's avatar

Could you kindly address us as brothers and sisters, instead of brothers.

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Ana Novak's avatar

I think they're talking to each other - not us.

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Cynthia B. Smith's avatar

I often listen to your stuff on Substack, but I’m a little bit turned off by all your bro terminology. I’m a woman. It’d be nice if you’d have a more inclusive language at least say brothers and sisters.

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Shame On ‘em's avatar

I hate to be mean, but tRump ain’t nothing but a bad seed that should’ve been splattered on the wall or the floor.

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JOHN SMITH's avatar

I do not see any logical reason for those who say we must wait and see how we will be affected by tariffs or other matters that are in turmoil . As if we wait the ability to speak out will be too late and will drowned out with reasons to go along as America is going to war with its self.

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And he does not rule out using military force against Greenland and Denmark, if necessary, to take it because he says it's his. He said he does not even know what signal is or what signal chats are or what the whole text thread on signal thing is all about. And he said he wants to have a third term.