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On this episode of the MeidasTouch Podcast: While the markets nosedived and resembled a Trump meme coin, Donald Trump spent yet another weekend golfing—this time declaring himself the winner of his own tournament. Meanwhile, deadly storms killed 18 Americans, four U.S. soldiers died in Lithuania, and Trump said nothing. We break down Trump’s Oval Office press conference with Israeli PM Netanyahu, where they laid out plans for Gaza with no Palestinian input, as major protests erupted across the country demanding a ceasefire. Plus, we cover a chilling new Supreme Court ruling allowing a Trump-era policy to stand—one that forcibly deported a migrant to a so-called "concentration camp" in El Salvador. Buckle up. Ben, Brett and Jordy break it all down.
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WE the People Manifesto
WE the People:
Demand that the fiat currency is brought back to a gold standard
Demand that the wealthy pay their fair share in taxes
Demand rights for women
Demand free and fair elections
Demand no Republican be elected to public office for 6y
Demand punishment for government corruption
Demand constitutional law be followed
Demand SCOTUS reform
Demand that the rule of law hold lawlessness accountable
Demand restitution of hallowed out government institutions
CAN I SHARE THIS?
You betcha thanks hopefully someone at the DNC
Yes
FWIW The GOLD STANDARD is unimprotant.
WIKIPEDIA explained:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_standard
Thanks for the link which has several statements that are false There is not enough time to go into them but the link is misleading The macroeconomists at the Fed have no clue about what the gold standard means ie the establishment's position is that the current fiat currency is a viable alternative There are problems with this position 1 With egregious overspending over the last 5 decades with QE to bail us out when recessions hit eg 2000 and 2008 the dollar has lost 90-95% of its purchasing power since 1971 This has led to an inflationary spiral that the Fed will not be able to correct with fiddling with interest rates 2 Gold has no counterparty risk whereas the currency does which makes it a perfect standard for any currency 3 Western economies are currently in the largest debt/credit bubble in history and with the equity market responding as it is now with the tariff scheme this bubble is bursting and when people find out that their currency has no value what will follow will be a currency crisis Then the fiat currency fiasco will be exposed Obviously the Fed doesn't want the public to understand that the currency has no value and only spared scrutiny due to public trust or acceptance that it does have value
For good reading James Turk https://bit.ly/429h7WE
For good listening Alasdair Macleod https://bit.ly/4ltMaEe
Gold only has a specified value if everyone agrees it does and trades it at that value. Its value fluctuates, too. The difference is that it is a tangible object no matter where it is mined, refined, stored, or traded.
The price of gold is a reflection of the dolllar's purchasing power The reason that gold is up is because the purchasing power of the dollar is going down and hence spiraling inflation Essentially gold is money with no counterparty risk Even though the price of gold fluctuates over a long period of time it holds steady with respect to the price of a barrel of oil
For good reading James Turk https://bit.ly/429h7WE
For good listening Alasdair Macleod https://bit.ly/4ltMaEe
We don't have a president. We have an abductor, a hostage taker.
A dictator--just as he announced he would do on "Day 1." It's so obvious that he's committed treason and is following orders from Putin. When is congress going to wake up and remove him?
About the 12th of Never
hgm is a scammer troll. Ignore, report block.
We have to promise our Representatives and Senators that they will be primaried if the don't stop Trump and his unconstitutional policies and illegal actions.
That's the thing he said that he did! Dictator day 1.
Is he ROBBING THE ENTIRE
COUNTRY
BLIND? Is he pocketing every dime we have … HE IS SPENDING EVERYTHING WE HAVE! On HIMSELF.. 🤬🤬🤦♀️🤦♀️🫣🫣
Yes, please explain how spending likely millions to hold a birthday military parade is helping government efficiency?
At the very least, he can probably afford to buy a better set of golf clubs
Won’t improve his shitty game any 😂
The toddler in chief always needs an excuse. I figured new golf clubs is as good as any.
🤪
🫣😂
The MSM didn't cover the Hands Off protests because it was peaceful. Sadly, there must be violence for them to pay attention.
They didn't cover the protests because the billionaires and millionaires who own them are not interested in really informing Americans what is going on that truly matters!!!
I concede to your more astute take.
Don't spend more than you have to . That the only way this billionaires learn a lessons, but if some keep spending ,than don't cry why inflation went up , because they vote for Trump
I thought he was hobnobbing, grifting and golfing with the Saudis and his maga sycophants and later holding a million dollar dinner.
Isn’t it incredible that someone with such a low intelligence level can cause world wide havoc. Every day when I wake up I think what evil deed is Trumpolina going to do today. The meeting with Netanyahu yesterday was excruciating to watch. He must surely hold the record of being the most obnoxious, mendacious and ugly creature that ever lived.
"Trump Plans $92 Million Military Parade—Honoring Himself.
Donald Trump is pulling straight from the dictator’s playbook."
"Tell Trump: Do not hold $92 million military parade for yourself!"
"Trump reportedly planning massive military parade honoring himself on his birthday.
The Washington City Paper, citing an unnamed DC source, reports that the MAGA cult leader has chosen June 14, 2025 — the 250th anniversary of the US Army, Flag Day, and definitely not coincidentally also his own 79th birthday — as the day he will finally (FINALLY!) take the training wheels of his dictator-tot-mobile and get his very own, big-boy military parade.
Trump famously tried to organize a military parade during his first term, after witnessing one in Paris in 2017, but the $92 million price tag understandably raised more than few eyebrows among military leaders and Pentagon officials, who were less inclined to placate the autocratic narcissist's every whim and want, at the time.
With more MAGA sycophants installed and fewer voices of reason at the table, we doubt there will be nearly as much pushback this time around."
https://newrepublic.com/post/193674/trump-military-parade-birthday?utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter&utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=SF_TNR&link_id=2&can_id=56bdad496d5a1d659d2f23c00c81d0e3&email_referrer=email_2688847&email_subject=trumps-outrageous-birthday-plans-revealed&
We need to protest that day. Who's in?
I don’t think the pentagon will let him do it.
I pray that they won't, Kelly.
"CANCEL TRUMP'S PARADE!" (Please sign petition.)
https://go.democraticturnoutproject.com/a/trump-parade?refcode=DTP_20250408_EMPET_E2_T0_AC&emci=d61fb60a-9e14-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&emdi=9d0b6beb-ab14-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&ceid=17057862
To all the blind sycophants that supported Authoritarianism vs Democracy, this is what I think of you attending this circus/Birthday fisaco.
What America will be witnessing while Traitor Trump parades, is a bunch of blind cult followers making a mockery out of the Rule of Law. This shit show is being put on by a bunch of losers, just like the twice impeached, 34 count felon, rapist cult leader Traitor/Fascist Trump. The Traitor Trump does not even care if you are here, it is just you performing for the Circus Master like a pack of trained dogs. You send Billionaires money that he puts in his pocket to paid for his now four Legal Indictments and to make billionaires richer.
Try these losers, just try to cross the line set up by the police, get your ass thrown in jail and see if he pays for your legal fees. WTF is wrong with all of you, oh yeah, YOU ARE IN A CULT.
I post this on a regular basis. America should be aware that this is not normal but is profoundly true and dangerous:
The following is from the ORLANDO SENTINEL
PUBLISHED: July 16, 2018 at 9:05 p.m. | UPDATED: July 27, 2019 at 2:03 a.m
"Nikita Khrushchev sent chills down my spine, I was nine years old in 1956 when I read that Russia’s Communist leader Nikita Khrushchev said, “We will take America without firing a shot. We do not have to invade the U.S. We will destroy you from within….” I distinctly remember thinking at my tender age, “That will never happen.” And now I am horrified to see Khrushchev’s words coming true.
Your voice, your choice. Choose wisely in the Midterms 2026
Friedrich Nietzsche said, “In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule!!!!
"Trump Pledges $1 Trillion for US Military, While Hitting Working Class With Huge Tax Hike."
"Spending $1 trillion on the Pentagon, while hollowing out resources for diplomacy and launching a global trade war, is a recipe for international conflict and American decline," warned one analyst." (Common Dreams)......
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-trillion-military-budget
Europe now puts digital tax to apple, meta, x, amazon etc...big pressure
"Judge who championed stolen election lies in Wisconsin, gets law license yanked."
"Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice, Michael Gableman, who led a widely derided review of the 2020 presidential election, searching for evidence for baseless accusations of fraud, will have his law license suspended for three years, according to a stipulated agreement between him and the state Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR).
Law Forward, the progressive voting rights focused firm, filed a grievance against Gableman, with the OLR in 2023. The OLR filed a complaint against Gableman in November that alleged, among other counts, that he had failed to “provide competent representation” and to “abstain from all offensive personality”, and of violating attorney-client privilege." (Raw Story)......
https://www.rawstory.com/judge-who-championed/?u=7b9efb3185bef2bd309f85021fcf366956aa9a477375b276f5af3843618fd1f1
If he does that parade we should block the tanks like they did in China (Tien an min square)
Trump is itching to turn the military on protesters…let’s not give him an excuse
True. He would love an excuse to invoke the Insurrection Act to use military against protesters and to get more executive power by declaring martial law.. Keep any demonstrations peaceful and away from all government buildings.
"Scoop: Schatz expands holds to more than 300 Trump nominees."
"Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) is expanding his holds on President Trump's nominees, to include an additional 50 names — along with a batch of bipartisan foreign affairs bills, Axios has learned.
Why it matters: That brings the total number of Trump nominees Schatz has now ground to a halt to more than 300, intensifying his protest of what he calls the White House's "lawlessness." (Axios)......
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/07/schatz-holds-more-than-300-trump-nominees?link_id=7&can_id=56bdad496d5a1d659d2f23c00c81d0e3&source=email-trumps-outrageous-birthday-plans-revealed&email_referrer=email_2688847&email_subject=trumps-outrageous-birthday-plans-revealed&&
I emailed him a thank you note (from his contact page) even though I am not his constituent. We need to encourage all our lawmakers to stand up and reinforce that we have their backs!
When is the media going to stop giving him a mic and camera?
The media is owned by the Uber wealthy. They are in on the cancer!!!
I am losing sleep over worry about these poor people sent to El Salvador and no way to get them back. And now the Supreme Court is allowing the use of the Alien Enemies Act?
Me too!!!! But they will come back and my hope is over time we get them the treatment they need and a big fat lawsuit!!!!! Look at how ny handled the 3 kids and mom being deported. 1000 people came out to protest in a 1200 person town. 11 days they r back. It's something.
I only wish I had your confidence.
Trust me I don't. We need someone to stop the illegal deportation. Idk how or who. But this is un American. Now they got the irs involved. That's so vicious. Irs could not even say if t---p was being audited. The longest audit in history. We need to fight fire w/ fire. Let's go after their irs filings. Let's shine a light on the illegal people in their orbit.im so sick of the nonsense.all the great things we could be focusing on and the republican s r catering to a mad man..
They were still in the US-Texas-vs the El Salvador hellhole. The only thing we can do is contact our Congressional reps and demand they bring a spotlight to those in El Salvador who committed no crimes…and if there is no due process for them then any of us could be swept up and sent there never to return. Fighting for these folks is fighting for the rights of all Americans.
It would be great if the next protests are directed straight at Congress to IMPEACH THIS MANIAC! He couldn't be doing all this damage, chaos, mayhem, insanity., inhumanity... without their help or lack of accountability. Supporting him, ignoring his insanity add up to their GUILT!
IMPEACH HIM! NOW!
Agree 100%!!!
Tell your Rep and Senator you will primary them unless they impeach Trump and take back the Constitutional powers Congress has given to the President.
The Republican Congress is in on the scam.
Greedy Billionaires: “Let them eat cake”
The Orange Strongman has one goal in mind for his billionaire cronies with the tariff scheme that claims America as a poor victim(sound familiar?) Get rid of income tax and rely on tariffs that insufferably tax the working class It’s bonkers but that’s his read of the “Golden Age” of the Robber barons when the working class severely economically suffered and the wealthy became ultrawealthy To get rid of income tax the Strongman’s first step is to gut the civil service that support ordinary Americans
But this greedy dirtbag of a president doesn’t understand that the economic power of this country lies in WE the People and just like he screwed up the management of the COVID pandemic he’s heading our country into another historic incompetent poorly thought out gambit that has already started destroying our country By far the most selfish greedy narcissistic president America has ever experienced
The arrogance and sense of superiority of the uberwealthy and its Nazi party is absolutely reprehensible, disgraceful, and deplorable Indeed as Marie Antoinette of French nobility demeaningly said to the peasants in the country it led to her beheading by guillotine It was WE the People during the French Revolution that finally said “Enough” And interestingly the Revolution was brought about by a currency crisis and failure brought about by the monarchy
As Musk found out in Wisconsin elections are not for sale So the billionaire class are running into WE the People who say “you don’t run this country” This attempted power grab by the ultrawealthy will not happen because there are too many of us
In 2025 “Let them eat cake” indeed!!! Protest Protest and then Protest some more
Protest by running for office against the people in Congress who support Trump's illegal and unconstitutional policies. Make sure they are all primaried.
Amen sister
We need to have a national boycott of his stupid military parade in June
Let's have a national military parade honoring veterans NOT him ~the day before his birthday. Floats with each part of the Constitution... and defending AGAINST all that he & his regime does.
OMG, is he trying that again?
"‘Freaking disgrace’: MAGA world turns on Trump-nominated 'loser', Amy Coney Barrett."
"Conservative Justice? Amy Coney Barrett, once again found herself the subject of a full-on MAGA meltdown on Monday, as allies of President Donald Trump targeted her for siding with the high court’s liberal justices, in a brutal takedown of the Trump appointee.
Barrett was noticeably missing from the Supreme Court’s conservative majority ruling that handed Trump a legal victory, as it upheld the administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport migrants it alleges are gang members." (Raw Story)......
https://www.rawstory.com/amy-coney-barrett-2671688649/
Search for businesses that do not support Trump-Republicans as this is a weapon that scares them, When these people report that they are being targeted as there money gets funny.
"The People shouldn't be afraid of their government, it is the government who should be afraid of their people"-V from V for Vendetta
"When Tyranny Becomes law it is [Disobedience]becomes duty"-Thomas Jefferson
April 19th. Another mass protest. HANDS OFF and 50501.
How do we stop him now? We can’t survive another day with him.
Love you guys. Please don’t let up. We need you desperately. 🙏🏻
Thank you so much for what you are doing for the American people and people from other countries. I would be much more depressed over what dumpty is doing if it wasn't for the attention that you are giving to what we should have and not what we do have. The taxpayers have now paid $26 mil for Trump's golf trips and his million dollar per person dinners. I think the money from those million dollar dinners should be paid back to the American taxpayers for all the money we are paying for his entertainment. Last year his golf trips cost the American taxpayers $151 million. Just think what the American taxpayer could do with that money such as buy a house, feed and clothe their families, keep their heat on, etc. When he said that he has a very low handicap, he was really talking about his brain power. Hope you all have a good day and God Bless Meidas+ And God Bless American and all the countries that know what we are going thru.
'"We got blown out': Bannon predicts Trump impeachment, after MAGA loss in Wisconsin race."
"MAGA influencer, Steve Bannon, warned that President Donald Trump was on the "edge" of being impeached, after a conservative judge lost his bid for the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday.
On Wednesday's War Room program, Bannon tried to understand how Wisconsin could pass voter ID requirements, while electing Judge Susan Crawford, who was endorsed by Democrats, to the state Supreme Court." (Raw Story)......
https://www.rawstory.com/rs-exclusive/steve-bannon-trump-impeachment/
"Meidas Ignores Trump Threats…SHADOW HEARINGS!!!" (MeidasTouch Network and Ben Meiselas, Apr 08, 2025)......
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/meidas-ignores-trump-threatsshadow?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3078900&post_id=160839954&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
My question for the Senate is "Do you want to live in Russia without having to move?" You may want to, but I don't and I believe that the majority of Americans do not want to either. You have the power to do something to do about it, but you are so afraid of trump. You shouldn't be afraid of him, you should be afraid of the people that put you in your job - to preserve the Constitution.
I sure hope that the only people that show up for this stupid parade are people with signs and chants against him, letting him know what they really think about him and doing it peacefully. Anyone that is stupid enough to wear a trump head lapel pin on their lapel and calls themselves an American is certainly not. I don't think that trump is an American anymore. He just calls himself one - AMERICAN'S DON'T ACT THAT WAY. Government people that are going to wear a pin on their lapel wear a pin of the American Flag, because they believe in our democracy. I think wearing trumps head on their lapel tells a lot about them. BELIEVING AND SERVING DEMOCRACY IS NO LONGER ON THEIR AGENDA. THEY ARE ACTING LIKE TRAITORS.
Why would anyone vote for this?
Wow that is great Ben!!! 5 million protesters!!!, Globally🇺🇸🇺🇸💙💙
The 5 million figure was supposedly for the US…I heard 5.3 million in a local Indivisible chapter meeting this past Sunday.
Watching that ass clown Navarro do his hand puppets every time he thinks he’s making a point is friggin hilarious.
They’ve got their people in place, Scotus, trump, Vance, the House and Senate, and now they’re making their move.
Forty years in the making.
Here it comes.
"In unity, there’s strength to confront Trump. In disunity, cowardice."
"Why didn’t the nation’s top 20 law firms sign a friend-of-the-court brief against Trump’s vindictive executive orders? What their associates, coming associates, and law school deans ought to do." (Robert Reich, Apr 08, 2025)......
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/in-unity-theres-strength-to-confront?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=365422&post_id=160617029&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Obama wore a tan suit, Michelle wore a sleeveless dress, and the Republicans lost their minds... Trump could wear a suit made from the skin if immigrants and Melania could pose nudes and they wouldn't care... they proved that when Melania's nudes popped up once again
Canadian here. I don't think there's been a military presence in DC since the War of 1812 when the Canadians burned the Whitehouse down... a fact that isn't being lost on the Canadians.
Greedy Billionaires: “Let them eat cake”
The Orange Strongman has one goal in mind for his billionaire cronies with the tariff scheme that claims America as a poor victim(sound familiar?) Get rid of income tax and rely on tariffs that insufferably tax the working class It’s bonkers but that’s his read of the “Golden Age” of the Robber barons when the working class severely economically suffered and the wealthy became ultrawealthy To get rid of income tax the Strongman’s first step is to gut the civil service that support ordinary Americans
But this greedy dirtbag of a president doesn’t understand that the economic power of this country lies in WE the People and just like he screwed up the management of the COVID pandemic he’s heading our country into another historic incompetent poorly thought out gambit that has already started destroying our country By far the most selfish greedy narcissistic president America has ever experienced
The arrogance and sense of superiority of the uberwealthy and its Nazi party is absolutely reprehensible, disgraceful, and deplorable Indeed as Marie Antoinette of French nobility demeaningly said to the peasants in the country it led to her beheading by guillotine It was WE the People during the French Revolution that finally said “Enough” And interestingly the Revolution was brought about by a currency crisis and failure brought about by the monarchy
As Musk found out in Wisconsin elections are not for sale So the billionaire class are running into WE the People who say “you don’t run this country” This attempted power grab by the ultrawealthy will not happen because there are too many of us
In 2025 “Let them eat cake” indeed!!! Protest Protest and then Protest some more
"The week the tide turned on Trump."
"I am not sure how you are holding up right now (I reckon I can guess), but from my sturdy perch here in Madison, Wisconsin, the past week has been one of the longest years of my life …
I hope you’ll give me a few minutes of your time today while I take you through it, because I do believe the battle against cancerous greed and deadly fascism was officially joined.
While Republicans, led by the grotesque anti-Americans Elon Musk and Donald Trump, were busy trying to blow our lights out for good, they were met with a hurricane of resistance that built in strength throughout the week, before finally making landfall Saturday at cities large and small across our country." (Raw Story)......
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/tariffs-and-trump/?u=7b9efb3185bef2bd309f85021fcf366956aa9a477375b276f5af3843618fd1f1
Trump making a military parades for his birthday, and said wasteful spending in hundreds of millions and billions 😂😂😂 If as long Republicans MAGA spending than it not wasteful. I wonder if it not Wasteful spend for conservatives when they spend it , than what narcissist means for conservatives 😂😂😂
Hey guys! Canadian here (obviously 😂). I love your work and appreciate your effort to make your Maple Meidas merch in Canada. My hang up is that I can’t afford $57 for a shirt but I really really wanted to say thank you for the thought! We love y’all up here.
Right now the MAGA party is trying to stop women from voting, at least the women who have changed their last names when they got married, also, any person who has changed their name don’t does not match their birth certificate. They are trying to pass the Save Act in the House this week. This is where the voting rule is. A Congresswoman added an amendment so that those who changed their last names to their husbands or hyphenated their last name when they got married would not lose their vote, or that you wouldn’t need a $160 passport in order to vote. The MAGA party rejected that Amendment down the party line. Tomorrow is my husband and I’s 33 wedding anniversary. I am one who changed her last name to her husbands. At the time 33 years ago, I wondered if I should keep my maiden name. I only wondered this because Johnston is much easier to pronounce than Bielman lol. I never wondered that Iight lose my voice in our Government if I change my last name. https://www.fiftyfifty.one/
Thank you for truth with proof!
Jordy is SO RIGHT about the stain on the republicans. They are really shooting themselves in the foot with their inaction and seeming disability to stop Trump or even have the balls to criticize him.
Trump is the one who belongs incarcerated in El Salvador.
I think the Donalds.advisors are intentionally screwing! Its never.Donald! Narcists/ Cluater.B patients can't handle.any type of.blame! CBS said over.70% of the detained have no criminal records? Like.over 140? . flood with protests!! We have too!!
I heard.aome.say "gold.atandard?". Check this out guys; ticker.AABB! Ribbon cutting next Tuesday. Do your.own due.diligence!
Why do these idiot reporters ask such ignorant questions about his golf game? Where is the real reporting taken place?
I've canceled a trip overseas to celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary because of the idiot.
Watch: "RFK Jr Said One Real Thing, and MAGA Lost It", on YouTube. (Tennessee Brando)......
https://youtu.be/2DNHYCO8pHM?si=SLn-zo8NNjmZeU0c
When it comes time to memorialize the Oompa Loompa as he is laid to rest. all of the Americans should go golfing. When he calls for the Military to be present at his birthday, they should make sure they all have Golf Dates and are unavailable for his celebration of his 79 years.
Impeach and send the felon to prison
wow........it is just so hard to understand how he can get by with all he does.......not one other elected official would whether it be republican or democrat........
Instead of paying for Trump's golf outings, pay for school lunches. Pay for Meals on Wheels for seniors.
Maybe I am paranoid but could they be destroying the economy so we have no choice but to work for pennies on the dollar when all those manufacturing jobs come back here?
This has the stench of Voldemort Miller all over it. Who else is taking the time to find some obscure law that's responsible for one of the most shameful actions of an American president during a World War that's being repeated by this administration. Every time I think I've reached my threshold of embarrassment of the country that I served I find there's more.
"Sen. Cory Booker Joins MeidasTouch for an Exclusive Interview.
The senator didn’t hold back—and neither should we." (Ben Meiselas and MeidasTouch Network,
Apr 08, 2025)......
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/sen-cory-booker-joins-meidastouch?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3078900&post_id=160897639&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
I have discovered MidasTouch in the last two months and have really been enjoying your news coverage, but as you grow, I have some critical feedback that I hope you take seriously. The headline on your web site right now regarding a bad behaving person who enslaved people and donated to Trump is not news. It is sensationalist, click-baiting garbage. It may be true, but there are bad people who contribute to Democrats as well at Trump. Please be better. This feels like Fox News.
Speaking of Fox, why is Ben so obsessed with talking about how you are beating Fox? Talking about other news outlets is not news. It is very Trump-like to focus on polls and statistics and "winning". Just do the news with integrity and you'll "win". This also feels a lot like Fox New criticizing CNN and MSNBC. Cover the news, not your competitors. Please be better than the rest. You will quickly loose me if you continue with these types of things.
Totally agree! I love everything about this reporting except the self-promotion- best kept at the end of the segment in any case.
He has dementia. Not sure why no one is pointing this out. For those of us who have a family member with dementia it is extremely obvious. His closest advisors know this and are using it to their advantage.
trump is doing this on putins orders so we will bend the knee. Keep calling your representative, keep protesting. We need all hands on deck April 19th all states wide
What's up with the planned military parade for Trump's 79th birthday. Seems N. Korean-like.
Fascist. Say the “ f” word. Just because we’re still fighting doesn’t mean we’re not a fascist regime.
You guys say he can’t do anything right??? Well He is destroying Our Republic quite QUICKLY and seems to be doing that Right whether he is following a playbook or not. This sociopath is murdering our country and he seems to be competent in that action plan. He is going to murder people.!! People will be jumping out of skyscraper windows soon. Or shooting themselves out of fear of loosing everything they have built throughout their lives. He calls the suffering escalating minute by minute “ medicine” Trump seems to have a competent clear plan to me. I hear all the words from every direction explaining what he is doing , exclaiming about his EOs and all the other CRUEL INSANE THINGS HE IS DOING TO PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD, not just the USA. I REITERATE them in horror also. I spew them out too as If I am reporting The Almighty But GOOD GOD EVERYONE. HE NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE. LIKE NOW . Enough Enough words HE IS TOTALLY LAWLESS. TOTALLY. PLEASE GUYS. Point this out. You have the voices to scream at our Legislators. There IS action that can be taken against a TRAITOR TO THEIR COUNTRY.
Watch: "Rep. Crockett RIPS into Trump", on YouTube. (Brian Tyler Cohen)......
https://youtube.com/shorts/Vz7Kqlc68Uo?si=mZtEc7PdQYZAsFsC
Do we know whether Mr. Garcia is still alive? Maybe THST'S why they can't return him.
"Answering questions about the cost of Trump’s tariffs." (American Progress)......
https://my1.americanprogress.org/personalization_tokencontact.firstname-friend-your-questions-about-tariffs-answered?ecid=ACsprvsnyEpsn2E_woI92IWd_iHS2wflYPB78GlAG51mSqOB-9mv7glsyWq4XJQXsIfjFA6aFNbb&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-82uQw9ARxQxM2HDpUtOFN95CqKj3UIpyZ_GB0I1XQd2n6CGEBO2JoIDKkVGqe5uleTUQV8dKW9o_zRDvm9bo3pkGz1PA&_hsmi=355597223&utm_content=355597223&utm_source=hs_email
"DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY.
IMPEACH TRUMP
AGAIN.
PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION."
https://www.impeachtrumpagain.org/?emci=0b952ab1-9f14-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&emdi=32f67ee3-a114-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&ceid=6363349#action
AND REMOVE! IMPEACH AND REMOVE!
"Meidas Pod on Trump Wrecking the Economy + More." (Brett Meiselas, Ben Meiselas, Jordy Meiselas, and MeidasTouch Network, Apr 08, 2025)......
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/meidas-pod-on-trump-wrecking-the?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3078900&post_id=160829419&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Has anyone heard about Trump invoking martial law later this month? I’ve heard it could happen on the 20th or 25th.
People need to peacefully protest! When will this dystopian nightmare ever end?!
If someone has an update/information on this….please share. Thank you!
Thank you.
I don't that!! He does not win !! He is a loser !!!! All the way!!
Billionaires: “Let them eat cake”
The Orange Strongman has one goal in mind for his billionaire cronies with the tariff scheme Get rid of income tax and rely on tariffs that insufferably tax the working class It’s bonkers but that’s his read of the “Golden Age” of the Robber barons when the working class severely economically suffered and the wealthy became ultrawealthy To get rid of income tax the Strongman’s first step is to gut the civil service that support ordinary Americans
But this greedy dirtbag of a president doesn’t understand that the economic power of this country lies in WE the People and just like he screwed up the management of the COVID pandemic he’s heading our country into another historic incompetent poorly thought out gambit that has already started destroying our country By far the most selfish greedy narcissistic president America has ever experienced
The arrogance and sense of superiority of the uberwealthy and its Nazi party is absolutely reprehensible, disgraceful, and deplorable Indeed as Marie Antoinette of French nobility demeaningly said to the peasants in the country it led to her beheading by guillotine It was WE the People during the French Revolution that finally said “Enough” And interestingly the Revolution was brought about by a currency crisis and failure brought about by the monarchy
As Musk found out in Wisconsin elections are not for sale So the billionaire class are running into WE the People who say “you don’t run this country” This attempted power grab by the ultrawealthy will not happen because there are too many of us
In 2025 “Let them eat cake” indeed!!! Protest Protest and then Protest some more
Billionaires: “Let them eat cake”
The Orange Strongman has one goal in mind for his billionaire cronies with the tariff scheme Get rid of income tax and rely on tariffs that insufferably tax the working class It’s bonkers but that’s his read of the “Golden Age” of the Robber barons when the working class severely economically suffered and the wealthy became ultrawealthy To get rid of income tax the Strongman’s first step is to gut the civil service that support ordinary Americans
But this greedy dirtbag of a president doesn’t understand that the economic power of this country lies in WE the People and just like he screwed up the management of the COVID pandemic he’s heading our country into another historic incompetent poorly thought out gambit that has already started destroying our country By far the most selfish greedy narcissistic president America has ever experienced
The arrogance and sense of superiority of the uberwealthy and its Nazi party is absolutely reprehensible, disgraceful, and deplorable Indeed as Marie Antoinette of French nobility demeaningly said to the peasants in the country it led to her beheading by guillotine It was WE the People during the French Revolution that finally said “Enough” And interestingly the Revolution was brought about by a currency crisis and failure brought about by the monarchy
As Musk found out in Wisconsin elections are not for sale So the billionaire class are running into WE the People who say “you don’t run this country” This attempted power grab by the ultrawealthy will not happen because there are too many of us
In 2025 “Let them eat cake” indeed!!! Protest Protest and then Protest some more
I guess since we have a surplus in services, by Trump's logic, we are ripping off other countries.
Spot on, Jordy‼️ ZERO cognitive anything! No one's at home!
"China says it will ‘fight to the end’, after Trump threatens to impose still more tariffs."
BEIJING (AP) — "China said Tuesday it would “fight to the end”, and take countermeasures against the United States to safeguard its own interests, after President Donald Trump threatened an additional 50% tariff on Chinese imports.
The Commerce Ministry said the U.S.‘s imposition of “so-called ‘reciprocal tariffs’” on China is “completely groundless, and is a typical unilateral bullying practice.”
China, the world’s second-largest economy, has announced retaliatory tariffs and the ministry hinted, in its latest statement, that more may be coming."
“The countermeasures China has taken are aimed at safeguarding its sovereignty, security, and development interests, and maintaining the normal international trade order. They are completely legitimate,” the ministry said." (AP News)......
https://apnews.com/article/china-us-tariffs-trade-trump-b5010acb08114304d8c36267b47eda13?link_id=9&can_id=56bdad496d5a1d659d2f23c00c81d0e3&source=email-trumps-outrageous-birthday-plans-revealed&email_referrer=email_2688847&email_subject=trumps-outrageous-birthday-plans-revealed&&
Watch: "BOMBSHELL update on Republican effort to STEAL election", on YouTube. (Brian Tyler Cohen)......
https://youtu.be/u024RrcuRTY?si=o5Elt0lCZh-8xiwc
Watch: "SCOTUS makes STARTLING RULING on Trump DECREE", on YouTube. (AF Legal/Meidas Touch)......
https://youtu.be/Rcy4iTltj9Y?si=y0P5MxBMfVp0Kd_I
"Enough with the gaslighting."
"It’s hard to decide what’s funnier: the well supported theory flying around the internet, that Trump used ChatGPT to generate his simpleton’s “world tariff chart,” OR how Fox News is bending itself into a pretzel trying to put lipstick on our dipshit president’s “Liberation Day” pig.
Under Trump’s new global tariffs, American consumers will pay an additional $6 trillion in taxes-- tariffs imposed on imported goods they buy every day, like shoes and avocados-- over a ten year period. This amount, along with alleged savings from DOGE’s chainsaw excision of half the government, will be used to pay for Trump’s second round of $4.5 trillion tax cuts for the rich." (Raw Story)......
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/trump-gaslighting/
"MAGA fan, who gifted Trump Rolex, loses '8 figures' in market collapse: 'Kamala, come back!'"
"Adin Ross, a 23-year-old gamer, internet personality, and prominent figure in the anti-feminist Manosphere movement, is so fond of President Donald Trump that he gave him, as a gift, a gold Rolex and a customized, MAGA-themed Tesla Cybertruck.
But now, Ross is publicly admitting that Trump's steep new tariffs are hurting him financially.
During a recent livestream with his ally DJ Akademiks, Ross revealed that he has lost "eight figures" in the stock market.
Akademiks said of the stock market, "People are getting killed. Me too. We all are." (Raw Story)......
https://www.rawstory.com/fan-who-gifted-trump-rolex-loses-8-figures-in-market-collapse/
"'Watch him sweat': Europe reportedly sharpens knives as it sees 'self-destructive' Trump."
"Jakob Hanke Vela, the bureau chief at the German economics paper Handelsblatt, has been chatting with European trade officials in recent days who are holding off on launching a counterattack to President Donald Trump's trade war — largely because they believe he's sufficiently hurting himself.
Writing on X, Vela relayed some of the whispers he's been hearing from European officials, who are amazed as Trump takes a wrecking ball to his own economy." (Raw Story)......
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-trade-war-2671691780/?u=7b9efb3185bef2bd309f85021fcf366956aa9a477375b276f5af3843618fd1f1
Watch: "Meghan McCain HUMILIATED, as her words come back to haunt her", on YouTube. (Brian Tyler Cohen)......
https://youtube.com/shorts/C8R1bYtJCBk?si=ZXqxg4h76YJqS_pm
The peoples better , they know Trump was a criminal, but they either ignored or vote for him , and those who said they said " my vote didn't count" . You just destroyed your life saving . By all this remark
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https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKqKEdEb7EbWFkdsCScpoKKm3MqP4HGR7&si=Ruw4Prb66bwI6_23
The Donald with his Cluster B dx which includes Narcist! Would never.ever.admit.he made.a.mistake. .its some.thing or.some.one.else!
Who? Navarro for.Tariff mistake! Elon for gutting fed agencies, Patel Hegsteth for.DOD, DOJ? After Raskin and.Shiff.ezoaure? Ruskin an Sbiff!!
Are you following what is happening in state legislatures? This would be funny if it weren't so dangerous. 11 states are trying to ban mRNA injections which would, if not overturned, block mRNA covid vaccines and some cancer treatments. Do they know that blood transfusions also contain mRNA? This is deliberate ignorance in action.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/renatesiekmann_mfpolicy-activity-7315333182818525184-Wrx4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAABKhhbkBi110ttNcjAlrAndu-LZAiBy1-Ko
"Apparently, Trump's thinking about bombing Mexico now.
The Trump administration is reportedly considering unilateral drone strikes on Mexico, purportedly to combat drug cartels trafficking fentanyl. If the strikes occur without Mexican cooperation, it would be the latest instance of the administration creating friction with longtime American allies.
NBC News reports that discussions between the Trump White House and officials in the defense and intelligence agencies are underway, according to sources within the military, law enforcement, and intelligence areas.
Currently, the U.S. is making surveillance flights, as part of an intelligence collecting operation against the cartels, but those are being done with Mexican cooperation. A former official told the outlet the flights are being used to “build a target deck.” (Daily Kos)......
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/4/8/2315318/-Apparently-Trump-s-thinking-about-bombing-Mexico-now
Watch: "White House UNRAVELS in Embarrassing Press Disaster", on YouTube. (Mary Trump)......
https://youtu.be/B4se1y0IrnU?si=9K7TMx96NFwCR69W
Watch: "Sunny Hostin reacts to Trump calling those worried about the ongoing economic chaos “panicans”", on YouTube. (The View)......
https://youtube.com/shorts/j-rwJ-hBEFg?si=9OfVxUvGEtrEwBeN
Ben. Canada Nancy. Can hardly wait to get a live chat I’ll just have to have a 5 year old at the ready. Kirshner reached out yesterday to say get out of town because ‘they know where I live’. My kid put me on a psych hold. I was hoping you’d email a few words? dreger.lisa@gmail.com. Thx
When Ben said "This is an authoritarian regime! It's not a Constitutional crisis, we're beyond a Constitutional crisis. It is authoritarianism, it is here! This is an authoritarian regime!" I sadly agreed!
So how do we get out of this? Can SCOTUS and the Republican Congress not see what's happening here!? Is this all a part of their evil plan?? Will our resistance protests and rallies make any difference? I need some encouragement here!
I notice the trump image lapel pin is staring at the wearer. Big Brother following you wherever you go?
the supreme said the man can stay there just no more until due process is complete
Actually they didn’t use the term “due process”, which is in our Constitution, but rather referenced doing a review in a reasonable time which is super squishy. It’s interesting that all the women justices disagreed with the five men.
Yes, i understand and Thank you for that comment. I actually work in the courts with judges and attorneys, and it blows my mind what the Supreme Court is allowed Trump to do! We are living in Dark times; I was told yesterday i may be cut my Retirement account had almost a million when Biden left office i have 20k left and i would be taxed high if i pull it out just can't believe what i am witnessing with all of this!
Trump is a bum. The worst security breach- signalgate, economy in shambles, measles outbreak with RFK on the job, 4 dead military people, and this idiot is playing golf. Sack of sheet.
Savings ACCT no we know our saving account are what they are, but my RETIREMENT ACCOUNT IS GONE! My retirement account that works with the markets they are in and unfortunately, we couldn't get it out fast enough and NO We don't live under a TARIFF REGIME from OTHER COUNTRIES, No, those numbers are FAKE, they are MADE up numbers used to force Trumps Tariffs down our throats. Trump wants these countries to come and kiss his ring and fact is the taxes come from Citizens paying MORE TAXES and PAYING HIGHER COSTS so SCREWED is an UNDERSTATEMENT. Trump is a Failed businessman, he bankrupts 6 companies and now he is BANBKRUPTING THE US and its CITIZENS, TIME to Kick him out of off on an Article 25! I am 64 was planning on retiring at 66 now i can retire, I will be dead before i can rest! He is worried about his wealth nothing about us all about him. He can go buy GAZA when he leaves office! OMG I am sick of him!
So sorry, this is truly evil what they are doing to the American people, without any remorse. Hence the people need to keep showing up publicly in protest.
Who gets the money from the gold Visa card? Will there be an accounting of who bought their citizenship that way? Does the money go into the treasury or trumps pocket.
where do I find the transcripts? Please be mindful
Of the fact that your audience includes DEAF people. Thx.
He told you what he was going to do! Didnt the magas listen? of course he lied about what he would do to help grocery prices etc,. Where are the repubs who are disgusted with all of this???
They are not doing their jobs for their constitiuents!
"The art of the despicable deal. Trump’s grovelers." (Robert Reich,
Apr 08, 2025)......
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-art-of-the-despicable-deal?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=365422&post_id=160806804&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Only two classes, the wealthy and the poor in this regimes eyes there is no middle ground.
Does anyone know which line item in the budget reconciliation bill covers the military parade for the despot in chief?
Watch: "Sorry MAGA", on YouTube.
https://youtube.com/shorts/hPSBcKf8Q2w?si=9iZ1_Tc7tOKTTcdn
Watch: "MAGA Is Celebrating Their 401K’s Crashing", on YouTube. (Tennessee Brando)......
https://youtu.be/Ob6WifoCdLM?si=zASTvzMYL8nIbYo4
Thanks for sharing, he was great!
Thank you for reporting the Hands Off protest around the world . I’m glad someone has the balls to do it!
Have you seen what these grifters are up to now? Makes my blood run cold.
https://offers.americanhartfordgold.com/email/offer/free-guide/musk-warning
disgusting
By June 14th he will have spent at least $100 million on golf trips. So $200 million just on dt. Wow!
Great reporting again guys
Also on day 1 he said he would be a dictator. (for 1 day) but that last part was the lie.
Love you Meidas Touch!!!
As a retired (female) senior who is collecting my Social Security now, I'm concerned about being taken off the streets and send to the Gulag. Even though I am a born in USA citizen, I am taking "SSA ponzi money" and of course no longer contributing to the government with a taxable income.
LOL, So well thought out Brooke. Seriously, you think we are over reacting about tariffs on McDonald Island????? These guys are all nutZ!
Meidas has it all wrong! Tthe hands off rallies are the proverbial choir and they’re all singing the same song!! The real story is the disaster occurring 20 miles on either side of the Canadian US border. N.Y. Dairy farmers being hit with service charges of K. of $ for feed coming from Canada. Recessions already on Main Street in every US boarder state & CA. Provinces. That’s the real story and what’s going to happen to the rest of the country.
Hey Ben are you aware of this post that is circulating on FB? I’m sharing with you to do your magic and find out if there is an insurrection planned for April 20. This is VERY scary!
https://www.facebook.com/share/18Uqikwhkk/?mibextid=wwXIfr
XO
Sharon
it’s not there anymore
This "Agriculture" Trump bootlicker sounds like a complete moron!
THIS IS AMAZING BRETT!!! yes! Go off :) amazing speech
https://open.substack.com/pub/unspinnable/p/when-delusion-fights-dementia-musk?r=5h45cd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
https://open.substack.com/pub/unspinnable/p/when-delusion-fights-dementia-musk?r=5h45cd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
Please consider having Dr. John Gartner and Dr. Harry Segal. of the Shrinking Trump podcast on one of your shows. Since April 2024 their weekly podcasts have been talking to us about not only the malignant narcissism and sociopathy of this man but also the progressing dementia. (they are on You Tube, Spotify and Apple Podcast. They tried to alert the public and mainstream media to cover this topic but MSM refused. I will link a recent short interview Dr. Gartner had with another independent media source, now a days the only place to get accurate and not sane washed news: https://mindsitenews.org/2025/04/01/sanewashed-trump-dementia-and-mental-illness/
Watch: "Pro-Trump operative caught in ultimate humiliation", on YouTube. (Brian Tyler Cohen)......
https://youtube.com/shorts/v43Sg7VdjiM?si=cABLIoL8EOLPKTNB
"Prepare for recession."
"As Trump's economic policies continue to wreak havoc on the economy, Americans should be prepared to suffer the consequences. I break down the latest economic news, and urge Congress to take action against Trump." (Steve Schmidt, April 8, 2025)......
https://steveschmidt.substack.com/p/prepare-for-recession?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=836444&post_id=160887885&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
He is very inspiring and so right on.
He should golf less, fewer people would die.
It concerns me that you are using the word Regime. I feel like we have already lost to the hostile takeover of our democracy. 5 calls per day, demonstrations, support allies working daily to keep the people informed. The actions I can take.
My thought is that when Trump has his authoritarian regime in place he will have no use for Congress. If these idiots think they will have a job for life I say they better think again. Trump told his supporters they won't have to vote again. They better find their courage sooner than later. They will not have to worry about being primaried!! I have not heard anyone talk about this. My opinion!!
I agree with you- everything he says he does…don’t understand why folks are in denial and certainly the Repubs in Congress are…which is why we need to keep pushing back as a collective citizenry…the Dems aren’t going to save us, we need to push them to do what’s needed. And call Congress to push back on the so called SAVE act that is more properly named the Voter Suppression Act. The House is supposed to vote on that this week.
He is a greedy, selfish, control freak!
What is it going to take to remove this traitor in sheep's clothing from our country! All my hope for the kidnapped immigrants that are sent to hell without due process. No one wants dangerous people anywhere but what happened to the rule of law and decency ? We have a dangerous and indecent man in the Whitehouse !!!!!!!
Why not ignore his illegal orders, just as he ignores courts' legal orders (and then hides under the skirts of Citizens United author John Roberts!)!
I'm so sick of him!
Yes, Ben it was great. But did you hear the idiot talking about it on FOX?
Meidas Touch was mentioned at Augusta maine hands off 🤩
"CANCEL TRUMP'S PARADE!" (Please sign petition.)
https://go.democraticturnoutproject.com/a/trump-parade?refcode=DTP_20250408_EMPET_E2_T0_AC&emci=d61fb60a-9e14-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&emdi=9d0b6beb-ab14-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&ceid=17057862
Don’t give that douche bag air time with that stupid military parade bullshit.
The mainstream media needs to stop sane washing Trump!He’s mentally unstable!
Mr cowardly bone spurs wants a military parade on his birthday. What a farce. He's disgusting.
The protests made International News, in Germany and Italy it was the lead story. Here?? Not a peep.
Jesus Shit ball Christ Benny Shut the fuck up. You are a whining old lady... The demonstrations Saturday were all over every national and international news sources. Cut the shit about legacy news. Your voice is awful..
The Court made it clear that nobody will any more be taken off street corner and mailed to El Salvador... It is not the result that the radicals wanted, but if you get your hand off your cock,,, you will see that it reinforces the essence of freedom in America:Due Process... As far as the returning of workers, Trump did not win a thing... It was a matter of jurisdiction. Keep it in your pants and keep powder dry.. the fucking MeidasMighty are bed wetting morons
Are you sure Trump, in his "infinite genius," didn't conjure those storms to kill illegal gang members?
I’ve been having trouble liking & viewing comments on your Substack & a few others . Obviously, I was able to get on now but about an hour ago I could not. I am a paid subscriber. Any idea what’s up?
So many comments seem as if they're from spam accounts, but I don't know. Never seen so many giving links.
Does anyone know if tRump won the golf tournament?!?🤣🤣🤣
"ESPN's Stephen A. Smith Seriously Considering Running For President."
"Hate the thought of being a politician. But sick of this mess. So I’m officially leaving all doors open," the sports pundit said on social media on Monday." (Huff Post)......
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stephen-a-smith-considering-presidential-run_n_67f450ffe4b0743a1e466c50?link_id=17&can_id=56bdad496d5a1d659d2f23c00c81d0e3&source=email-trumps-outrageous-birthday-plans-revealed&email_referrer=email_2688847&email_subject=trumps-outrageous-birthday-plans-revealed&&
Watch: "Democrats STUN GOP with Powerful SHADOW HEARINGS", on YouTube. (Meidas Touch)......
https://youtu.be/ZnwkrvQLZfc?si=km1Qtl_3ZtESxKYQ
I heard today that the surviving Koch brother is out to get Trump and his tariffs. I also heard he showers Thomas with the finer things in life
Watch: "Trump GOES NUTS on America, as his TERM CRACKS Fast", on YouTube. (Meidas Touch)......
https://youtu.be/at-7NN2sXHo?si=pN5SxOurJT1r08qv