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John's avatar

"Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom."

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Rusty (Woke/DEI Commenter)'s avatar

So true and an excellent reminder.

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Pamela Godman's avatar

So sad though that we are here at this stageтАж.sickening

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JoAnn Gesterling's avatar

And resisting running to politicians that are billionaire owned, etc

The fact that trump is dismantling our country means that Democrats are also liars and work for billionaires too!

We need to stop running to the politicians for help! THOSE DAYS ARE GONE!

Why would you run to them to solve the problems THEY CREATED!

Please unite! We need to plan! Resist.Rebel.Retell every day the truths of the dysfunction and danger!

Pull your IRAs immediately! Savings accounts! Get your money now! Expected to happen this week!

Please! Please! Please!

Stock nonperishables, water, Tp, and snacks! Prices are going up!

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Pamela Godman's avatar

ItтАЩs true it appears democrats we have elected are cowering to Trump and burying their heads in the sand. Only a couple seem to be representing us and speaking out IтАЩm saddened and disgusted

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Robin's avatar

could it be that their voices too are silenced by mainstream media (MSM)? I've been hearing from my HR-rep. I don't believe they're just standing by. not yet- #ETTD hold-on-friends

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Monique Ponsot's avatar

They have, are being and will continue to be silenced by corporate mainstream media. Look what they did to Biden for four years! The media is owned & controlled by billionaires who have no interest in facts or truth. Consider the recent downfall of the Washington Post, LA Times, NYTimes, CNN, even MSNBC has been hit with lost ratings... Support independent journalists & news outlets!

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Thomas's avatar

eat the rich

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Annie Ball's avatar

Whatever they're doing today, it's not going to be enough. They allowed our legal system to be totally corrupted. When you have no legal avenue to Justice what do you think is going to happen?

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Annie Ball's avatar

Its nothing NEW. How do you think we got to here? We got here because the majority of American citizens put their blinders on plugged up their ears and paid no attention to any of us who were saying as early as 2018, "Hello ! We're being taken over by fascists!"

Oh and I said it over and over again to to my elected representatives in the federal government to my local representatives to my neighbors my friends my family newspapers emails blogs.

So why the hell are y'all acting like this is something that suddenly appeared?

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Anna B's avatar

Agreed! We've got to quit looking for scapegoats and start looking for ways to push back. Looking for news and info outlets that aren't run by the broligarchs, so far I still have faith in MTN, Substacks, Bluesky, DKos, and Mother Jones - have I missed some? If you can give a dollar, then give a dollar; if you can write a letter then do that, Remind our politicians that they are still going to need voters when tRump is out of options. There are many lawsuits currently being filed - and even with federal ones, the entity filing gets to choose the district. Unlike when tRuskists have filed in the districts they know belong to them (think Texas, Georgia and Florida).

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Claire's avatar

Heather Cox Richardson, Texas Paul Shroder, Adam Kinzinger, The Contrarian, Aaron Parnas, Robert Reisch, Olivia Juliana.

There are alot of resistors.

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Carol O's avatar

Some of us donтАЩt have brilliant words or plans of action. We Clean up the messes and pray for peace and teach our children what we were taught, MYOB, which very frequently means duck, stay out of the way of bullets, armored vehicles, angry fists, dark storms of vengeanceтАж

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Carol O's avatar

We wait for clear leadership that needs our humble skills тАж

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Bambi Vargo's avatar

Yes, the silence of the Dems is deafening. But think about what happened to Nancy Pelosi's husband when Dumpster called her out. It is so dangerous to speak out against Dumpster, the mob boss.

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Catherine Valencia's avatar

To quasi repeat something my Aunt and Uncle had posted on their corkboard by their front doorтАжтАЭRebel against the rising tide of Authority! тАЬ The original said against тАЬconformity.тАЭ This administration is neither authorized nor conforming to any sort of previous norms. Impeach trump NOW! Before he does further and irreparable damage. trump is UNFIT and DANGEROUS!

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John's avatar

Panicking and pulling all your money out of your IRA seems like a bad idea. Taking note that the balance is likely to drop is another thing.

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psd505's avatar

I agree John! ItтАЩs a тАЬsky is fallingтАЭ response that ultimately will hurt everyone.

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JoAnn Gesterling's avatar

Suit yourself!!! While your dollars are worth dollars, please stock on water, nonperishdables,etc!

Plan for a long dark time!

Or you can play safe, not rush! You know the drill FAFO!

Maybe you can take a little peek at the table of contents of P2025, new name is Project (?) Liberty!

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E West's avatar

I donтАЩt have enough money to not worry, but IтАЩve been a cautious investor & at my advanced age I donтАЩt invest in stocks anymore. My money is in FDIC insured accounts & all I can do now is hope the Fed remains intact.

Kids, invest wisely with a sharp eye on the institutions you are trusting to advise you. Never invest in something that you do not understand. There will be failures & missed opportunities but you will learn from each one. Your own health is your greatest asset so donтАЩt neglect it.

We should all stand strong & not comply with illegal or immoral orders.

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Sharon German's avatar

Spot on sir!

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MrsCQ's avatar

While I agree that some of the Dem Politicians and Leaders are not fighting hard enough and/or acting as if it's still the old days there are other strong factors at play here. The MSM, for one, is at the top of my list. They are nothing more than a Trump/Fascist propaganda outlet now. Another factor is poor communication from Dem Leadership and politicians who continue to be on the defensive trying to win over the MSM and voters who, for some reason, hang out in Diners that will never vote for them anyway. They pay consultants so much money that honestly people on this site could come up with better slogans that might actually work. Voter apathy and let's not forget, misogyny and racism is very much a strong motivator for the Trumpers who, let's face it, are the republican party. Oh and I am NOT pulling my money out of my IRA or Savings account.

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Celia Lewis's avatar

The lack of commercial media coverage of any Democratic Party politicians/leaders is one huge way you/we are left with the thoughts that they are "not fighting hard enough" etc. No coverage - no information. That's why MrT has so many media moguls on his "team".

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Maria Washington's avatar

I'm a worried mom. My son is in a special ops training in a branch of the military... I'm scared. I told him if he was asked to do immoral things, we would help him, but I worry about what the orange buffoon will ask my boy to do. He's an adopted grandson and the child of my heart. It's tough being a retiree and dealing with the fear of what he may need to do, under any administration... THIS administration is terrifying to me.

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Maria Washington's avatar

Most diversified portfolios don't overreact to politics.

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JoAnn Gesterling's avatar

Your choice! Maybe read TOC of Project 2025!

And the interview with and about John Vought! This Project, now called Republican PLAN TO DESTROY AMERICA! Vought wrote some of it! Proud MAGA!Jeffries, Schumer and a couple more !millionaire boys finally get it enough to explain to us! There's references to our losses throughout the noise and at the very end the tension rises and the end is prediction of time and terror!

They plan to crash THEIR market is another part of the plan! And when people default on their mortgages, billionaires will pay pennies on the dollar to buy back the stocks that we will all lose! I'm not sure about ALL THE EMPTY HOMES!

WHY ARE THEY JUST GETTING TO THIS DOC????

Our officials will not be helping us, but the villionaires are benefiting more each day! Democrats are feeding at the trough.

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Annie Ball's avatar

Glad you have enough money not to worry

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MrsCQ's avatar

I believe he is said he does not have enough money to not worry. Let's remember, we are all on the same side here. We may have different ideas but united we win (maybe) but divided we always lose elections.

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Leslie Olson's avatar

It's the support of cypto by them, we can't allow it to replace the US Dollar. I don't think it can but they are pushing. Keep it simple "Say NO to CrypTOE" repeat often.

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Annie Ball's avatar

This week? Nothing new. We'll just get to see another parade of fascists installed in our government and our rights starting to be stripped away

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Carol O's avatar

CтАЩmon AnnieтАж weтАЩve got high speed communication in our hands! LetтАЩs phone call & leave msgs for EACH of our Representatives in the House and both of our Senators in that Chamber!

Once youтАЩve got the phone numbers /email addresses for each personтАЩs office,Reps & Senators, leave messages every day!

Get some email addresses online and dash off brief (5-7 lines max) salutations w your questions/concerns on that dayтАж

Try this out & report back in a week or two! Nothing may have changedтАж or some shift may become perceptible in the тАШtoneтАЩ of the responses.

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Carol O's avatar

God I hope youтАЩre wrong !

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Carol O's avatar

Gotta remember weтАЩre not alone on the web! Everyone carries a cellphone & most are connected far beyond their geographic тАШstomping groundsтАЩ ЁЯдЧ

Leave msgs every day of the work week! Ck back once a day. I expect youтАЩll be surprised!

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Carolyn McPherson's avatar

I have to think that this is another spurious call for panic.

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Tara Brown's avatar

You wanna give us some context and sources for this reactionary тАЬadviceтАЭ? Monitoring oneтАЩs money is always wise. What exactly do you believe is going to happen this week?

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Annie Ball's avatar

Theres not a single new thing happening this week to promote that kind of monetary panic other than the continuing inside job coup filling our government with Fascists. But apparently some people have been in a coma? On top of Mount everest? Under a rock? that they think this is something new. I secured my finances in 2018. But I didn't take every last penny out of every Bank and start stashing money under my mattress.

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Kristie's avatar

What is the information spurring this comment regarding pulling your money?

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Annie Ball's avatar

Oh. You haven't noticed theres been a inside coup job taking place within our government installing fascists for 8 years ?

So glad you're confident they won't grab your money or that you have enough of it not to worry. But I don't think we're at the point that the poster who suggested you pull all your money out of the banks is necessary just yet.

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Robot Bender's avatar

Explain why we should withdraw all our funds now, please?

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Annie Ball's avatar

I did all that 2019 when I realized the fascists were going to take over the country in a silent coup from within. Before you do all that, read up on Nazi Germany & Fascist Italy. You'll get plenty of pointers. Meanwhile, I don't understand why people are suddenly complaining about nothing being DONE by elected Democrats. A whole lot of us apparently have been screaming into the void for years because it's apparent people were too busy being so centered to pay any attention to the fact that democracy was being stabbed to death like Caesar. Now everybody wants to scream and yell? Y'all too late. Like the Jewish German citizens & their republic democracy minded German citizens, we should all be heading for the Swiss Alps.

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ramona j's avatar

Sad,but i kinda agree. Except no one is driving me out of my home . Running away didn't help Germany. It wo t help the USA. THE people have to take a stand. What if none of us paid our taxes?

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Deborah's avatar

My thoughts are that they've done relatively fck all. It's as though they're standing around twiddling their thumbs! It's an ineffective party. Both parties are corrupt but I do believe the Republicans are far more so. I'm no longer a dem!

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Diane Chadwick's avatar

Calm down! I will always vote Democrat as opposed to Republican! Republicans are why we are in this mess!

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Annie Ball's avatar

Really? Nothing new. Just the continuance of the slow silent fascist coup taking place from within the government.

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Sally Skellington's avatar

Is it? What happened to skill sets?

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