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Meidas Pod on Trump’s Fake Deal, Real Chaos, a New Pope + More (Ad-Free)

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In this episode of the MeidasTouch Podcast, we expose the chaos Trump is causing across the economy and political landscape. As U.S. ports face critical shortages, Trump is busy touting fake trade deals that don’t actually exist. Meanwhile, he’s being accused of market manipulation schemes that could land anyone else behind bars. The Fed keeps interest rates steady and warns that stagflation may be around the corner, thanks to Trump’s reckless trade war. Plus: Trump loyalist Kash Patel is grilled by Democrats, GOP Senators call Trump’s massive spending bill dead on arrival, and history is made with the election of an American Pope—whose past anti-Trump posts are now going viral. Ben, Brett and Jordy discuss all this and more!

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Stephen Ludlum's avatar

It's a completely fabricated deal. Trump and his entire administration are delusional clowns and compulsive liars.

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Heather.B's avatar

What a joke all of the Trump tariffs are. And it is the Americans that pay.

Ports are empty. Trump says that means we pay less. 🤦‍♀️

He is a FAILURE! He knows people are not better off now than they were before he took Office. He just wants people to believe they are better off now. He has created a fantasy world for those who fall for his lies.

But in reality Americans are 20% poorer due to Trump’s polices. He did that in 100 days! He is ruining the great economy that Joe Biden left us! Worst President ever.

I noticed they stopped asking if we were better off than 4 years ago... 🤔

In 100 days Trump destroyed our leadership of the free world. Brought fascism to America. Caused several constitutional crisis. Broken dozens of laws. Made us less safe. A corrupt broken administration.

I'm wearing this "Don't blame me, I voted for her" tee shirt every day 👇

https://libtees.dashery.com/products/74030236-dont-blame-me-i-voted-for-harris

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MT's avatar

And will we ever be able to get our country back? Out of the clutches of this dictatorship?

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Great Nanners's avatar

History has shown that the answer is no. They have destroyed too many of the government departments. However, we can build anew. Hopefully, Democracy will return.

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Scott Bump's avatar

When will more.wake.up to see.what's bappening??..I mean holy crap!! The Mayor of Newark.? Making a stand ? arrested.for.enforcing his local laws??? Hobba dobba says what? Has she got.Donald liquor.license secure yet? Has she visited Ivana in the pet.overgrown cemetary? Dang it.gets annoying doesn't it?? Felons cannot have liquor licenses in Jersey! Wel! Before the Mayor was.arrested!!

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Connie Larsen's avatar

Treasonous bastards! No cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, snap, headstart, social security, post office!

202 225 3121. Call any member of Congress! Give them hell! WTF are the rethuglikkkrussians thinking. They be gone next year!!!🤸🏽‍♂️🤸🏽‍♂️🇺🇸🇺🇸

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Coop's avatar

Both the Orange Turd 🇺🇸 and Kier Starmer 🇬🇧 are desperately in need of something positive, because they are despised in their respective (not respected🥴) countries.

The 'deal' announced yesterday is meant to sound like a great victory. Anything to get people thinking that they have a clue. They don't.

Flush the Orange Turd....and Starmer with it! 💩

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MT's avatar

Total clown administration. They don't understand the word "truth."

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Pat Robinson's avatar

But so far I haven't seen any Democrats calling it out as a non deal that hasn't even been signed by anyone yet.

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Robert Atallo's avatar

Buy stock! This time we’re telling everyone! (So probably don’t!)

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MT's avatar

No money to buy stock, and the stock market is very insecure l.

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Dee Joy's avatar

He's talking to his family and the regime when he says buy stock. They all rob the American people blind.

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drbilldean@gmail.com's avatar

Republicans Don't Like the Nazi Takeover But Most Cannot Admit It

The current Nazi party was recently "voted" into the White House because as they said we need a businessman to run government and 49.5% of us bought into the nonsensical argument But as Tim Walz recently said on MSNBC there are two problems with this thinking

First the government is not supposed to be run as a for profit company modeled as some American large conglomerate Government in a democratic republic is meant to serve WE the people It's not meant to be a for profit company but an institution that serves the needs of the people, that is, those who need a helping hand, those less fortunate than wealthy billionaires, those who need housing, those who need nutritional support, those who are crushed financially due to the high costs of living, those who need medical science or care And due to government's job to support the people's needs it has to take on tasks that for profit companies refuse to take on simply because there's no profit and advantage for them to do those tasks So government takes them on and WE the taxpayer help support such endeavors

The second problem is that the Orange Cheeto and his Nazi regime are incompetent and dishonest in how businesses work in general As a matter of fact the Cheeto has personally bankrupted companies 5 times due to his business incompetence But beyond sheer ineptitude Cheeto and his Nazi sycophants have turned the government into a corrupt financial turnstyle cash machine using cryptocurrency to line his own pockets and those billionaires aligning along with his deceptive trade and grifting policies

The American public is witnessing the greatest political scam in its 250y history which is in and of itself both breathtaking and shocking All of it occurring as unaware or occasional pundits look the other way as if that will be make it all be alright

Soooo feel like protesting some more??

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Deborah Plessel's avatar

Thank you Midas,your giving me hope .

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Andrea Saavedra's avatar

Rump doesn't understand trade! Like everything else!!! except dolls??

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MT's avatar

His fascination with dolls disturbs me.

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Jerri Peake's avatar

And "lovely little girls"...gag....!

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Roberto's avatar

The Orange turd is out of it, gone plumb loco! Impeach, convict and remove ASAP!

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Cheryl Herrera's avatar

We love you guys and thank you for the courage it requires now to speak freely.

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Karleen Murphy's avatar

I hope china doesn't give into buffoon's tarriffs. I'll suffer until the buffoon will beg China. Eventually he will. The UK is a distraction. I can't afford or want a Rolls

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Dianne Bryant's avatar

I’m pretty sure trump and cronies are taking all the gold in the treasury. There will not be an American dollar any more. Just pieces of paper

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Judy Cross's avatar

I wonder if I could get a job in the WH. I'm 83, so I have a lot of life experiences, but no degrees, just an associates in business management. I don't lie, I am honest, I work hard, I believe in our Constitution and Democracy. Do you think that should be on my resume? I probably have more experience than anyone that is being hired, but being a Democrat and believing in the Constitution and Democracy would rule me out. Too bad, I would like to have the opportunity to shake those f____ks up and show them how to do the job that they were elected to do and say no more ass kissing. Just do your job - your real job, without the lies, ass kissing, corruption and no more unqualified people.

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Dee Papa's avatar

I'm in Sarasota FL and regular gas isn't $1.90. It's $2.79. What is it in your community.

Trump and his commie buddies are killing the economy!

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Melissa Faith's avatar

$3.29-$3.49 a gallon in Phoenix.

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Steve's avatar

As usual, expect prices to rise by Memorial Day.

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Daniel Solomon's avatar

Miami $3.09.

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Delores Rawls's avatar

3.09-3.36 in New York

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uRNangel423's avatar

$3.20 in PA

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Edith Taylor's avatar

Near Philadelphia 2.99-3.15

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Linda M. Walker's avatar

Just went up to $2.79

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Andrea J's avatar

In WA state its 4.69 for regular. Eggs still $6.99

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Barb O's avatar

3.29 in Indiana

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David A Pitock's avatar

308 in Tucson at frys

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Scott Sprouse's avatar

It must be Friday… spew lies, then get on Air Force One, go to Florida and golf all weekend.

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Diana Heritage's avatar

The baloney flies while people scramble go afford what they can.

We haven’t seen anything yet unless horses sprout wings

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DC's avatar

Re: Trump's comment on dolls. I grew up poor and was so grateful that I got one doll for Christmas. I grew up in this country, got a good education. I became an educator and now practice random acts of kindness.

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Katbg57's avatar

I do the same! I love the shocked look on people’s faces when they realize they don’t have to post for their coffee out their carload of kids’ McDs! It’s not an everyday thing for me (I often can’t afford it) but when bills are paid and I’ve managed to save a bit I do love to literally “pay it forward” with a random act!

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Teresa Vitek's avatar

How much longer do we have to endure Trump? When is something going to stop him? I can honestly say I did not vote for him nor do I like anything he does or stands for!

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Terri Coffey's avatar

The BBB! Big Bullshit Bill!

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Judy Cross's avatar

He is so full of s__t. I, personally, don't believe any thing he says except when he does things to line his pockets with more money. That I do believe. When is someone going to stop him from all these crooked deals that he is making on government time and using the WH as a prop? How can we get rid of ICE and all the wrong that they are doing? Can we expose their names and addresses, so that their neighbors know who they are? If the WH can expose Garcia's wife's address, we should be able to expose ICE's address. Why can't Bondi have her bar license taken away. Lawyer's take an oath to tell the truth and protect the Constitution. She is doing neither. What gives tRump the right to tell us how many dolls or pencils our children have? How can he say that the American people have too much? What is too much? Does he consider himself an American? If so, why is he making so much off of crooked deals. Why not do real, honest government business, instead of being all about himself? Truth is he doesn't know how and is only in the WH to ruin America and get richer. What a slimeball.

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MT's avatar

We all know that we, the people, pay for the tariffs. The only one wanting tariffs is Trump and his administration. No one wants this diabolical mess except Trump!

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Dee Joy's avatar

Why does he want tariffs?? More ways to fleece the American people steal every last dime.

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Deborah Plessel's avatar

Did he make a prediction? Scary, even his spiritual advisor was hedging against trump.

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Wolfgang S's avatar

first North American Pope not first American

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Linda M. Walker's avatar

Just because the Pope is from America, Trump thinks it's 'his' Pope!

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Tom Grounds's avatar

The Trump “administration” is a very poorly cast reality show. Every day is about trying to manage the narrative. The unqualified administration works to get their sound bites that are then fed to the propaganda stations to get amplified and it goes from there. It’s not about governing it’s about getting ratings, manipulating the market so that the “advertisers” the rich, get their profits.

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Cheryl Herrera's avatar

Trump is INSANE!

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Steve's avatar

If a bird had Trump's brain, it would fly backwards.

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Cheryl Herrera's avatar

A Jedi was just elected to balance the Sith Lord in our world.

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Cheryl Herrera's avatar

It is really BAD and coincidentally, it LOOKS REALLY BAD.

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Dianne Bryant's avatar

The reason all those people standing around trump laugh while he acts stupid and demented they KNOW it is an act. And they know it is all about robbing the treasury and moving on to steal the treasury of all the other countries and the European Union treasury

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Small Medium's avatar

The reason he uses dolls as an example is because the idea of little GIRLS going “without” is more palatable. Because woman are less than, girls less than women.

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John C Wiliams's avatar

Hey Keir! You’ve been punk’d!

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Grayling's avatar

How so?

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ttopcat's avatar

He’s trying to weaken the country for Putin to attack us.

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MT's avatar

Thank you for keeping us informed and updated on the reality of what is going on.

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Robert Burrows's avatar

Thank you for presenting the scope of the current travesty of Trump & Co.

Adolescent behavior, zero compasion for American citizens and military, plus blatent manipulation of our allies

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Joe Rodriguez's avatar

What's terrible is what he's done to the Republican party. They are all his boot-lickers now. I can't wait till they wake up and rise up against him.

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Lory's avatar

I’m afraid that won’t happen until he’s dead.

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Delores Rawls's avatar

It doesn’t matter if they wake up or not. The republicans are toast! After they gut all our life savings programs that even the republicans need they are finished!

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Dianne Bryant's avatar

It is obvious all trump likes to do is keep the pot stirred! Then he can do what he really wants! He wants to empty all treasuries and contain all the power in the world!

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Dianne Bryant's avatar

Hey people without jobs can just starve!

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Dee Joy's avatar

Everything he says is a lie - the opposite is true.

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Vee R's avatar

DOGE goal was never to save money for government, it was: 1) dismantle programs that were investigating Musk businesses; 2) get more government contracts for Musk; and 3) acquire all data on all US residents for who-knows-what purpose (remember the login attempts from Russia shortly after DOGE workers got access to data).

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Melani Darrell's avatar

Don't you think that they are intentionally dismantling our government? Putin would much prefer a broken USA. It will be much easier for Putin to take over a failed system!

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Frances's avatar

Distraction distraction for more GRIFT .

Crypto , stock manipulation.

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Mar.D's avatar

He's such a ljar. EVERYTHING out of his pie whole is another lie. When he is gone, I WONT miss him.

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Mar.D's avatar

So so so sick of Trump. Why doesn't he just go the he😚😚. Away????? And take his other idiots with him?

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Ninja Radio 🇨🇦's avatar

the monkeys are running the circus. (no offense to monkeys)

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David A Pitock's avatar

Okay monkeys drop that football.

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Jo Smith's avatar

Watching the USA is painful so painful

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David A Pitock's avatar

More like tRump insanity syndrome for magas anyway. The rest of us want him in jail.

Land Rover is the brand Range Rover is the product . Don't believe anything that Felonious 47 says.

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JimNewt's avatar

I wonder if Trump has the 500 million that he owes New York now

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Dee Joy's avatar

Since becoming president he's made an extra $7 BILLION

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Scott Sprouse's avatar

The worst administration ever

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Dianne Bryant's avatar

I have been on a rant since the middle of March and nothing has been done!!!! Journalists just tell us what’s going on!

The citizens have been ranting about it all.

No judge, no law enforcement officer, no elected representatives or senators - NO ONE KNOWS A SINGLR TVING TO DI TO STOP THESE PROPLE!!!!!!!

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Mo Khan's avatar

Paul Krugman has an excellent article on how they could never save much. Basically there is nothing to cut that does not cut needed services. It is a myth. They are looking where the money isn’t

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Gary's avatar

You guys are LISTERN to in the UK, you information is so greatly received...it's simple easy to understand....you leave no stone unturned....thank you

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Sarah Godbey's avatar

The allies are making deals with other countries. Now that he has drawn their attention to these tariffs, are they getting better deals than they have for many years from America? They trusted and respected us, and possibly never paid attention to their tariffs before this idiot took office. Now, will they come back once he is gone?

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Dianne Bryant's avatar

trump is excellent at “acting “ stupid and demented. He is clear and jacking the world around

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Miriam Polli's avatar

He is such a disgusting human being, if he's even that!!

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Dianne Bryant's avatar

Stop DEI in Stockholm!? Shut up!!!!!

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Katbg57's avatar

Right?? My exact reaction!!

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Grayling's avatar

The "Trade Deal" makes those cars cheaper than USMCA cars. Even with the cost of importing. It's also the same as things were before Trumplestiltskin had a nutty over tariffs.

Either way, it's not helped either of them, in any way.

Trumplestiltskin has gone to the zoo - his puppeteers are abusing that. They let him go off the cliff, so it runs cover for them to wage actual wars in Yemen, Gaza and Pakistan.

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Katbg57's avatar

🤣🤣🤣 good one… I like “Trumplestiltskin”!

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Grayling's avatar

I love using Trumplestiltskin too, I've been using It for well over a year 😂 It works as a play on words, but also in personality. In the original tale, Rumpelstiltskin was so angry that his name was guessed correctly, he stomped his foot into the ground so hard it stuck there. He then grabbed his other foot and pulled hard enough up rip himself in two.

Trumplestiltskin is that prone to tantrums, and will rip himself apart, rather than admit any kind of wrong doing, defeat or error.

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Cheryl Herrera's avatar

Besides the business model doesn’t apply to Donald Trump. He has ever only bankrupted businesses his entire life. He is not the character on “The Apprentice “ as delusional people believe.

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David A Pitock's avatar

And never was it was a Role.

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Cyndi Bernardy's avatar

Ben, you crack me up when you do your descriptions of them and how they talk. 😂 I love the Meidas touch team

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Irene Finn's avatar

3 Ghosts- Trump was visited by the ghost of FDR. Trump asked him how to make America great again. FDR said “Always help the unfortunate and never profit from the Presidency”. Then he was visited by the ghost of George Washington. He asked him how to make America great again. Washington told him “Never tell a lie”. Then he was visited by the ghost of Abe Lincoln. Trump asked him- “How do I make America great again?” Honest Abe told him- “Go to the theatre”.

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Betty Wilusz's avatar

The only thing I wanna know when are they gonna remove him out of office and arrest him for all the turmoil and illegal stuff he's done!

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Scott Bump's avatar

Interesting! Where is all this corrupt influence start from? Putin maybe? And that slime Diaper.stinky Donald.and Jr. Griftng at loss of a better word?? Walk back their dammage?? Make them fix it is what should be done!! Oh it gets annoying! And its.only May!! Escort them to Rikers!! Don don jr, jarid.Eric Ellonia Elon, Miller. The fox.crew!! Media.circus characters running our government! Cash Patel exploiting us with no consequence! Maybe we should.all fire Donald with a Tweet?? And jd!! And Stephen miller! And fox.and friends!! Can we.clean up this toxic corrupt.circus.site?

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Scott Bump's avatar

We need to stop all this crap!! We have Junior.openly selling us out with the bought in executie.branch? That pathetic squirmy smirky doesn't "understand accounting 101" kid needs a good.back slap!!!! And extended stay with Dad at Rikers!! Why wouldn't he?

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Jan West's avatar

Dear Ben,

America is under attack from within. A coup, a fascist regime is attacking our country from our insides out. They control the money, they control the media, they control the seats of power. They are doing it out loud, in front of all of our eyes and they are gleeful about it.

Our only power is each other. This is happening right now in America.

Together we survive and thrive and build a brilliant new future founded on life liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all; as our founders intended. Millions upon millions of Americans are being bamboozled by the greatest grifter ever.

The regime is absurd. It’s cruel. It never creates, but always destroys. It never contributes, but always grabs. They accuse others of THEIR actions and then send them to death sentences, screeching “Off with their heads.” A crime family and their mobsters have control of everything and they are stealing and breaking it ALL, right in front of our eyes. Backed by international dictators, they grab for more and destroy everything.

This has NOT happened before in our country. It is happening now in America. If it is to be stopped, it needs to be stopped NOW. This is the BATTLE ROYALE. This is the tipping point. This is a choice point. Think of every villain EVER. We all know what the bad guy looks like. The bad guy looks like Voldemort. Newsflash, it looks like what’s happening in our country now.

This is the moment where we each have to choose. I say choose COURAGE and ACTION. I say choose community and creating, building and growing, choose healthcare, education, choose special needs care, veterans care, first responders care … Choose the arts, choose inspiration and innovation, choose a green, safe, thriving, growing, better world and a better life for all. Build it by caring for ALL, just like our Countries creators had hoped for. For God sake, choose LOVE.

This is a moment for courage, but more importantly it’s a moment for action. Each and every one of us is responsible for our role in history. Please think of your prodigy and think of what a marvelous, brilliant glorious world we could leave them if we just raised the bar, made better choices and WANTED to.

Is it really that serious and is it really eminent? Yes. THE BATTLE ROYALE IS HERE. Where do you land? Where do you stand?

I choose freedom. I choose the pledge of allegiance, the declaration of independence, the Star-Spangled Banner, the constitution, the Bill of Rights, need I go on? I choose kindness over cruelty and I choose helping over hurting. I choose science. Yes! I dare to say it, I believe in science! I choose intelligence, logic, cooperation, excellence, and building over death, destruction, and vileness in every form.

I’m asking you, to commit to doing what you can to save our country and our freedoms.

Offered with love.

Jan

PS- For those of you who are still mainling fox propoganda. Stop it. Just stop it.

www.JanWestArt.com

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Ms. M's avatar

We need to start taking some of our protest to the mainstream media and let them know that their betrayal will not be ignored and never forget!!!

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BethS's avatar

Trump DOES know effects of tariffs. He confirmed when talking about girls having dolls, "may have to pay a little bit more". He is intentionally tanking the economy. All his talk about trade deficit is a smokescreen.

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Penny Herring's avatar

The water in Uniontown couldn't pass the chromium test so they quit testing for it. We filter our water now.

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Josee's avatar

47 is emptying your treasury while you watch… your law enforcement is failing the moment… 😞

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Josee's avatar

America is being looted

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David A Pitock's avatar

When Laura loomer is calling Republicans Marxist the world is upside down and backasswards.

tRump says no ships is a good thing, how in the hell is this good . Lugnuts is a piece of work another reason why we should never have our government run by a failed business man 👨‍💼 🕴 👨 ever.

Your life will be better if your a rich oligarch.

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Lorri's avatar

The only thin scott bessent is great at is hemming and hawing and trying to stutter in order to avoid answering ANY questions that are asked of him.

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Marty's avatar

Also states cannot fund Medicaid themselves, since they need balance their budgets. Same goes with FEMA.

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Mo Khan's avatar

Every business needs to show the increase due to tariffs.

Buyers need to know why the cost is up.

It also ensures companies are not just raising prices because they can (as happened with covid, where >50% of the inflation was not supply chain disruption, just companies raising prices for profit)

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Unker Doe's avatar

MAGA totally lacks a moral compass as well as common sense.

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Mo Khan's avatar

Krugman’s article predicted the doge failure/smokescreen

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clay._.kid's avatar

The ‘fart’ of the deal. The man, Don The Con…Master of NO Deal.

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Antoinette's avatar

Everything Trump is "going to be." When does it become "it is"?

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ShelbyRae Lane's avatar

It was 10%, it's still 10%. Hell of a deal, 🤣

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Delores Rawls's avatar

Oh but they did complain about the military weapons left in Iraq.

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Dianne Bryant's avatar

The whole world is screwed. No one has the gumption to stop him!!!!

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Delores Rawls's avatar

Trump likes the girl blow up dolls!

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Tyronda's avatar

How in the hell did we end up here ? Anyone attempting to normalize this nonsense, if you confront me , I'm going to rip you a new one . This is so fn crazy .

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Lynn Manus's avatar

BULL😡😡😡😡😡

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Linda's avatar

Flood SCOTUS with letters, phone calls and better yet protests right outside the Supreme Court doors so they can feel the anger we have for giving Trump his destructive immunity…

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Ginger's avatar

They gave that lost military equipment to proud boys or that wealthy mercenary who's name I have conveniently forgotten..

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Matt Dawson's avatar

You are a P.O.S, fuck off...

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Barbara Reed's avatar

Your conversations are spot on but I think now you need to place Steven Miller and Trump as twins in what is taking place. Miller is the one who is damaging the justice system in America.

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Sailfish387's avatar

One well placed STD could change the tide of Trump’s attack on America. Capitalism works well for many businesses, and is shared amongst many “righteous men” in Congress. Sharing is caring, right GOP bros?

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Patricia Burney's avatar

Besant sold his soul. Or he's had a stroke.🤷‍♀️

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Madelyn's avatar

It seems like trump wants to win the worse president ever race.

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Nick Wassell.'s avatar

The one consolation for the US is that no one here in the UK actually believes that the “Deal” will ever be completed.

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Cindy Mc's avatar

Did anyone watch The Regime with Kate Winslet?? Dystopian, crazy nonsense in line with what’s happening in real life right now…

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Jacqueline Richards's avatar

Trump’s brain is either dead, near death and deranged/scrambled worse than the eggs that some Americans are awaiting.

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Mickey Masarik's avatar

Cardinal in Peru, not Chicago.

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Cyndi Bernardy's avatar

I finally did the subscription. Thanks for all of your great reporting. I watch you daily. I trust you for all of my news.

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Maggie Maguire's avatar

I am from UK and we are worried about you ,and one person doesn’t get the attention he perhaps should and that is Stephen Miller he feels to me to be a very threatening person who is allowed to quietly break the laws slowly but surely .

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Ginger's avatar

listening now... one comment flew of my screen "republicans are worried about the "optics" of defunding/cutting back medicaid... people will die!!!! jesus that's not "optics" but that's all their team has and it's "vacuous"

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Irene Finn's avatar

3 Ghosts- Trump was visited by the ghost of FDR. Trump asked him how to make America great again. FDR said “Always help the unfortunate and never profit from the Presidency”. Then he was visited by the ghost of George Washington. He asked him how to make America great again. Washington told him “Never tell a lie”. Then he was visited by the ghost of Abe Lincoln. Trump asked him- “How do I make America great again?” Honest Abe told him- “Go to the theatre”.

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Honey Pritz's avatar

Thankyou. I've shared this on my fb feed

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Sue Holmes's avatar

We’ve been had, deal worse than it was before the massacre tariffs. Should have said we ain’t dealing.

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Sue Holmes's avatar

Insider trading and or Manipulation surely. Heaven help you guys.

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Cathy Ruiz's avatar

Just like don't let the people off of the cruise ships because then the COVID numbers go up!😡

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Jean Conley's avatar

Why don't the republiCRAPS and after Dictator Deranged Idiot in the Oval Office and convince him that it's the loss of jobs that's the big problem? All the republiCRAPS complained about when Biden was in office is the high unemployment rate (well, inflation also). Look what their beloved dingbat has done to increase it substantially? No jobs, no money, shortage of good here especially. He is so stupid it's unbearable. HE has Trump Derange Syndrome. Listen to that creep laughing. Nervous maybe? Scared of his boss and losing his job?????

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Jarno Jokinen's avatar

"Trump is busy touting fake trade deals that don’t actually exist." Worst is yet to come. Donald "The Beast" Trump is building a wall once again. Colossal tariff wall that is the beginning of the end for the system of down. At first the beast will pull the plug out of the global economy. The worst financial crisis of human history will pull a swarm of the banks underwater and the bank run begins. Then the beast will collapse a mountain of debt shattering the backbone of the monetary system causing a systemic risk to realize. Finally the beast will cast American citizens into a system slavery under the name of Ronald Wilson Reagan, just to "honor his legacy" count the number. After the destruction a new world order will be established in the US. And the Golden Age begins from the ruins of the world wide collapse. All of the system slaves will love it. No more cash - just digital transactions. No more traditional criminal activity. No more tax evasion. No more transactions without the "all seeing eye". Outcasts will hate the world without freedom, hope and privacy. To cover up the mess and distract the public by smoke and mirrors, the beast will engage in a war with Iran. Lies and deceit, corruption and decay, dancing on the graves will continue. Until; Black hole sun, won't you come, won't you come... I want to play a game. Time has come to opt out of the empire of filth. Live or die...

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Howard's avatar

WHAT YOU ARE MISSING IS THIS: The great push for tariffs at the cost of our economy is that they are to replace income taxes. Why: It's a regressive tax system! It greatly benefits the rich at the expense of the poor. They are gutting the IRS. Why, because they won't need it! They are going so far out on a limb with the tariff idea because it will cement into place a cast system of rich and poor here.

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chev_chelios's avatar

we need to remove this sick fascist pig along with every one of his unfit lowlife scum sucking cabinet officials, in what is the most corrupt criminal regime ever assembled in American government history....from office by any means necessary ! ...time is running out.

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Dianne Walter's avatar

Loved the show! You are all doing a great job exposing that the Trump king has no clothes! One topic I wish you would also cover is the terrible genocide happening in Gaza. I know it is a tough subject but we need to expose the truth about what the US support of the Israeli Netanyahu regime is doing to the innocent Palestinian people. Thank you

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Apeetha Arunagiri's avatar

You Americans voted this rude self-important manipulative greedy idiot into power, you did it to yourselves plus the rest of the world will join you in suffering the consequences. America is a nation of greedy idiots with the biggest idiot of all leading them. You’re all farked!

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Shelley Montgomery's avatar

You guys are great!! Thank you for all you do!!

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Ann Raymond's avatar

Do I need an Apple phone for an account

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debra's avatar

I doubt Trump will decide who gets how many dolls. Instead, those who think like him will snap up as many as they can get their greedy hands on (rather than sharing), and tell the rest of the people to eat cake (unless they double the price and sell them in the store parking lot).

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Shirley Eads's avatar

At the rate the orange felon is going, we are not going to have a country left come mid-terms. Ok, so some of the republicans are not going to vote for some of the bills he's trying to pass. Here's an idea, republicans, why don't all of you get together and impeach, remove and imprison this 💩 stain on America? At the very least, invoke the 25th amendment.

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Somewhere, Somehow's avatar

Talked to a young, healthy woman the other day at the store who was just recovering from Flu-A, covid, and a bacterial infection.

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Susan Scott's avatar

Bessent is so full of puppet crap. Rump lies and the idiots wear to it. I’m disgusted by these monkeys faking they’re leading a government.

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Ballard Graham's avatar

So many lies!

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Miss Angela Walker's avatar

09/05/25-Trumo due your due diligence on the Catholics- Where do POPES derive from !https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church

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Miss Angela Walker's avatar

09/05/25-TRUMP try due diligence before you start throwing stones!The global Catholic population is 1.406 billion, a percentage very similar to that of the previous bienniumhttps://x.com/angelawalkr/status/1920937670399684800?s=46&t=BvB3nwFFs3ZtWO2KyI9dJw

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Steve's avatar

First… it’s not a “deal”… it’s an “Agreement”… these are two different terms he likes to interplay with and has zero understanding of the difference……. He is far as F away from a deal

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Frances's avatar

Stop speaking so much about Maga .

Talk about the GOP.

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James G. Hermsen's avatar

People wonder why LEO XIV took the name of LEO, But if you look at the last LEO XIII, it looks like there may be some definition as to why he took that name:

Pope Leo XIII (Italian: Leone XIII; born Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci;[a] 2 March 1810 – 20 July 1903) was head of the Catholic Church from 20 February 1878 until his death in July 1903. He had the fourth-longest reign of any pope, behind those of Peter the Apostle, Pius IX (his immediate predecessor), and John Paul II.

He is well known for his intellectualism and his attempts to define the position of the Catholic Church with regard to modern thinking. In his famous 1891 encyclical Rerum novarum, Pope Leo outlined the rights of workers to a fair wage, safe working conditions, and the formation of trade unions, while affirming the rights to property and free enterprise, opposing both socialism and laissez-faire capitalism. With that encyclical, he became popularly called the "Social Pope" and the "Pope of the Workers", also having created the foundations for modern thinking in the social doctrines of the Catholic Church, influencing his successors. He influenced the Mariology of the Catholic Church and promoted both the rosary and the scapular. Upon his election, he immediately sought to revive Thomism, the theological system of Augustine of Hippo and Thomas Aquinas, wishing to make it the official political, theological, and philosophical foundation of the Catholic Church. As a result, he sponsored the Editio Leonina in 1879.

Leo XIII is particularly remembered for his belief that pastoral activity in political sociology is also a vital mission of the church as a vehicle of social justice and maintaining the rights and dignities of the human person. He issued a record eleven papal encyclicals on the rosary, earning him the title "Rosary Pope". He also approved two new Marian scapulars. He was the first pope to have never held any control over the Papal States, which had been dissolved by 1870, since Stephen II in the 8th century. Similarly, many of his policies were oriented toward mitigating the loss of the Papal States in an attempt to overcome the loss of temporal power, but nonetheless continuing the Roman Question. After his death in 1903, he was buried in the Vatican Grottoes. In 1924, his remains were transferred to the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran.

Early life and educatio

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Sea Queen's avatar

ETTD.

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Virginia Haradon's avatar

Thank you Ben Bret and Jordan! Love you!

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Frances's avatar

Well imagine the HHS nominee for Surgeon General is a NOT a doctor but an influencer Cassie Means !

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Jenny Mann's avatar

'rump does not like himself, and a live unexamined means nothing. In all the time of his 'adventures' in politics, has he ever mentioned a friend? No animals? Probably no action toys. Think on it. Money is all in all to him, and then the power money can buy but, only if one is feral and amoral. Money cannot buy friends, only syncophants, and then one must watch his back. Money cannot buy happiness but, it can get one to places that are not where one has been. Money can get food, clothing, shelter, entertainment. Money can keep family but only grudgingly. 'rump is his own fabrication, constructed of delusions of grandeur, educational fantasies, illusions of physicality. We could comb the OED for words that are crushing, crashing, mean, destructive ... and never would they come to match the 'icky' that he embodies. I pity him, and that is a word he would not accept. To live so constricted; a tiny, petty, cruel bit of a person. He is better noted when gone.

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Anne Crawford's avatar

Great show today!

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TT's avatar

Please discuss why are these evil and hateful South Africans coming to America so their lazy asses can get free government assistance. We don’t need anymore Nazis in America. Stop this Madness!! I bet it’s the really bad ones coming as refugees.

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Martin Björnsson's avatar

Also, thank you! :) We need to make completely new media, like groundnews.com and reconnect every fucking body to actual reality again! I worked at Opera Software when we standardized the web with the other browser makers so its my baby - and nobody hurts or abuses my baby! ;(

They shall not grow old in their positions!

If you wanna interview me, i have the info philosophy ideas of what must come next for us NOT to end up in rhe tech bro transhuman bullshit dystopy, but to a saner, smarter, funnier, kinder, and sharper society again. I have realised. And that I must share them bc nobody seems to have my quirky set of experiences… :o

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Lora Davis's avatar

Meanwhile Trump and the mob are robbing us blind.

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Lora Davis's avatar

Dumpt is doing pump and dumps for his criminal buddies. This is the mob, just new names, same tactics.

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Suzanne DeRusha's avatar

Expecting the felon to “act normal” is like expecting a startled

🦨 not to spray.

The red line is coming for all non rich people in America, even maga.

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Martin Björnsson's avatar

Yeah, they are bullies. Best at being worst. No surprises anymore - so dont get mad, get even! They are ACTIVELY MAKING YOU AS MAD AS POSSIBLE because then you think worse! :o

Better state - grim determinatin.

Ok?

Now. What would machiavelli, all bullies teacher, have recommended us *to beat them*?

Actually the opposite. Not to them, they can be hated at will. But to those giving them power.

Understand that MAGA says : make OUR lives great again. We KNOW they dont care about anyone else, right? Right.

Is that the right thing to do, disregarding feelings? YES.

TAX THE RICH BASTARDS instigating all of this through media and social media!!!

And give the money to EVERYONE at MAGAs income bracket. Must be quite low, right ? They sure are not competitive, thats why they feel they must CHEAT to win! To win UNfairly over that black guy. Because they KNOW its their only chance.

And somebody needs to be down there. But they dont know how to ask for help, being grown up with grit as their only value. So they do this instead. Just like teenagers.

And they will NEVER give up or go away. Basically they are Russians already. Proud to take anything without giving up.

So basically you choice is:

- beat them all down first. Kll many of them. They will kll as many of you as they can. Quite many. You dont know where the police and the military lands.

And THEN fix their problems so this shit NEVER happends again, like after WW2.

- Or do a really smart try to steal them NOW, before the killing starts. Make the dems do a FDR, and tell them that your sorry that you forgot them and that they will see change, and a big change of faces in democrat leadership from now on. Limited terms, to end that part of the "deep state". And then go on to bash Trump for destroying EVERYBODYS economy.

Trump et al will be TERRIFIED. That is their only weak spot - they cant do without MAGA, and we found it!

When Jesus and machiavelli says the same - we MUST do it. Its the ONLY way - getting over ourselves enough for radical forgiveness, enough for compassion (for their kids if not else - no more JD vances, please ! ) and for helping them too, with everybody poor enough to not feel a part of this society anymore. :p due to bloody neoliberalism - reagan did all of this since dems havennt replaced his stories with BETTER ones, they are still active! :o

We can steal Jesus actual DEEDS from them (who dont use them), because they fucking WORK. Its the ONLY thing that CAN turn people around, actually.

Not immediately - but in time. But support can change immediately! They cant afford to have values right now, other than loving those who actually helps them unconditionally. Like Putin did with the Russians!

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Pat Robinson's avatar

All Dems need to be discussing these issues all the time. At least a few are but we need them all to.

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Charlotte S. Miller's avatar

Now Americans are learning why "businessman" Trump has gone bankrupt how many times? Trump is UTTERLY INCOMPETENT. Trump NEVER LEARNS.

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Virginia Haradon's avatar

If only 47's garbage nonsensical remarks were shown on FOX??? The (uninformed) supporters never hear the sad facts, only the lies out of the orange bloated corrupt bully traitor who is enriching himself and his family!! We the middle class are screwed if the MAGAs don't grow a spine!!

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Sage Kahalnick's avatar

He never specified that the country eating the tariffs is the United States.

2 small request is there a program where there is a weekly summary and a deep dive specifically on what is and isn’t getting done in congress and senate? I might have missed

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

"Famed NY Law Firm Bleeding Employees, as Trump Deal Backfires."

A famed New York law firm’s $100-million pro bono deal with Donald Trump is backfiring, as employees jump ship in anger. The Wall Street Journal reported that lawyers are exiting Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft in anger, after the firm committed to providing free legal services in support of Trump. (Continued)

https://www.thedailybeast.com/famed-ny-law-firm-bleeding-employees-as-trump-deal-backfires/

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

Watch: "BREAKING: Trump appoints Judge Jeanine to TOP POSITION", on YouTube.

(Brian Tyler Cohen)

https://youtu.be/jNpTqMH0nHk?si=GA0tNvNlcviCXyGv

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

I can't stand her. She is an arrogant, overbearing, pompous, bigly lying, Trump ass kissing beotch!

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

"FEMA’s acting chief forced out in Trump’s latest attack on the agency."

The acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency was fired on Thursday amid the Trump administration’s ongoing attacks on the division tasked with handling disaster response.

Cameron Hamilton’s termination was reportedly carried out by Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Troy Edgar and longtime Trump adviser Corey Lewandowski, who is serving as de facto chief of staff to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. No reason was given for Hamilton’s dismissal, according to a White House spokesperson. (Continued)

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/8/2321288/-FEMA-s-acting-chief-forced-out-in-Trump-s-latest-attack-on-the-agency?detail=emaildkre

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

"Donald Trump Begins to Cave on China Tariffs."

Donald Trump has begun to cave on China tariffs, Pope Leo XIV sees the United States “heading in the wrong direction in terms of immigration," and Trump fires the nation's librarian. (Continued)

(Aaron Parnas,

May 09, 2025)

https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/breaking-donald-trump-begins-to-cave?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1810164&post_id=163205439&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

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Jane McMillan's avatar

Can you talk about them stealing our public lands.

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

Watch: "The Pushback Against Trump Is Real", on YouTube.

(Dr. Robert Reich)

https://youtube.com/shorts/tV1VbefzN-4?si=DcAKYL-hAKMk9TzI

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

QUORA, 'DONE WITH THE BULLSHIT':

QUESTION: Recently, Trump said that the 145% tariff is too high, and he will "substantially reduce" the high import tariffs on Chinese goods. Does he really want to ease relations with China? Or is this just his "delaying tactic"?

ANSWER BY JEFF DWYER: World leaders are sick to death of this idiot. He had a meeting with NATO Secretary Mark Rutte, and spent the entire time going off on how he wanted to take over Canada and Greenland, and wants NATO’s help to do it. Rutte just looked at him like the deluded child he is, humored him, and left without bothering to have an intelligent discussion.

The leaders of Japan and China have met him and went away shaking their heads at his childishly idiotic demands. No one takes him seriously, and they all know he is not worth talking to, because he breaks signed contracts at will, and has no regard for ethics or laws, and has no clue what he is blathering on about all the time. He thinks his donkey braying scares them. Lol. China is going to roll him and the country he has turned into a third world shithole and ruined its economy into the ground. They don’t want his trade or his dollar. They want nothing to do with him.

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

Watch: "Trump Witnesses UNRAVEL under CROSS EXAM at Hearing", on YouTube.

(Meidas Touch)

https://youtu.be/MK5-90n4IDk?si=m2xgVdU5pLU2D_6S

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

Watch: "MAGA is FUMING Because The Pope Preaches Kindness", on YouTube.

(Tennessee Brando)

https://youtu.be/T5dfAPw-k8E?si=lJY6fqqNTYvPAy86

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

Watch: "FBI Director issues shock statement", on YouTube.

(Brian Tyler Cohen)

https://youtube.com/shorts/FkBPrjJUH1k?si=VLU_-sXAnxh3jP04

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

Watch: "Trump SCREWS Red States BAD by SHOCK FIRING", on YouTube.

(Meidas Touch)

https://youtu.be/eaTKqvjX7OI?si=bwPeh43jmaefWJmJ

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

"I don’t mourn the loss of any terrorist’s life. What I do mourn is what we lose when, by official policy or official neglect, we confuse or encourage those who fight this war for us to forget that best sense of ourselves. Through the violence, chaos, and heartache of war, through deprivation and cruelty and loss, we are always Americans, and different, stronger, and better than those who would destroy us."

— Senator John McCain

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

TO SCOTUS: Please stop the insanity....rescind Trump's immunity, and follow the Constitution and rule of law. DO YOUR JOB!

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Sage Kahalnick's avatar

Thanks for the programming, fantastic information.

1: When donnie speaks about the country will eat the tariffs

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A Woman of Uncertain Age's avatar

Did you guys see Laura Loomer's tasteless tweet about Pope "Bob?" WOKE MARXIST POPE is what she posted. To which a person on Bluesky with a wonderful sense of irony responded with a little poem (see link to post below) #TeamPopeBob #LooneyLauraLoomer https://bsky.app/profile/donmoyn.bsky.social/post/3lookqrtnrs2y

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Gloria Steiner's avatar

My eyes just popped out!

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Jane McMillan's avatar

These people are the epitome of “Hungry Ghosts”. They will never have enough.

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Yvette N Hath's avatar

Does he even stand up anymore?

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Christina F's avatar

👏👏👏👏👏👏

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Larry Lathrop's avatar

There is an economic fast freight headed straight down a dead-end siding at the top of a 1000 foot cliff at midnight, and the engineer is asleep.

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JimNewt's avatar

That look dick he’s kind of a strange dude chuckling back there. He’s weird.

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David A Pitock's avatar

The whole regime is weird Governor Waltz called it on that deal.

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Dianne Bryant's avatar

Here on Substack- we are spinning our wheels

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Dianne Bryant's avatar

Nash Patel is “on” with trump He couldn’t care less about the law!!!! Liar liar liar!!

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Earl's avatar

"Collective tauma".....IS👏🏾SPOT👏🏾ON! Absolutely using that!

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Suzzy's avatar

Loved this podcast sesh!!!

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Roberto's avatar

Any sitting President wouldve done a press conference, speaking the BS that this deranged, unhinged, moron is speaking, the retardicans and the right wing media wouldve had a field day!

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Steven Nightshade's avatar

Stop selling fear! Saying America can never be fixed is just as evil as Trump.

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