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After a tragic plane crash between an American Airlines passenger jet and a military helicopter, scrutiny intensifies on Trump’s recent removals of key FAA officials. As Trump deflects blame onto DEI and Biden, his deranged press conference and Oval Office Q&A spiral into chaos—culminating in tariffs on Canada and Mexico and an executive order absurdly blaming Biden for the crash. Meanwhile, Trump fuels QAnon conspiracies, a Republican congresswoman pushes to add him to Mount Rushmore, and Meta’s $25 million settlement with Trump over a frivolous lawsuit raises bribery concerns. Plus, confirmation hearings go off the rails with RFK Jr., Tulsi Gabbard, and Kash Patel in the hot seat, and Canada, Mexico, and Denmark fire back against Trump’s threats. The Fed keeps interest rates steady, citing deep concerns over Trump’s economic chaos. Ben, Brett and Jordy cover all this and more!
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How in the hell do we get rid of this monster??? I just can’t believe this country is supposed to just lay down and start drinking the kool aid😡😡😡 I’m so disappointed in the authorities in this country who are bowing to a Tyrant a dictator and doing nothing to save this nation 😡😡👺😈
We use words and fight back. The majority always wins!
That’s what I thought during the campaign but it didn’t work 😡😡
As Anderson Clayton, our awesome Dem State Party chair here in NC said after the election, "Sometimes God's own thunder can't make people do the right thing." But the pain and suffering coming their way just might open their eyes. Most of the federal jobs getting axed are in red states; grocery shelves here in NC are already low on produce, and coffee prices have skyrocketed. Sometimes pain is the only teacher.
unfortunately I don't think the people who love trump really understands. too brainwashed
They probably didn't during the campaign, but they're about to get a lesson. The hard way.
If people elevate someone or something above the Holy one, they are actually committing the greatest act of betrayal possible. May we never be traitors to our Lord.
Personally, I'd much rather that politicians keep their religious views to themselves. Our Founders gave us a secular government for a reason.
exactly thank you. separate of church and state. learn that in school civics class
Brain fog is relative
We can blame Trump and his Project 2025 along with the idiots who decided to stay home instead of voting. Lots of blame to go around. The interesting thing is many of the non-voters are the ones crying about the outcome of November 6. They can all kick rocks.
I have more colorful advice for them......but it could include rocks.
😁🫠yes many things they can kick.. bricks...
They can kick rocks, and they can find it in themselves to decide what kind of country they want to live in. Educate and go forward..
I sincerely hope Dems are ready to stop it with the blame game, and get their act together...
Republicans dear. You can't think straight. Not blaming you for believing the lies. A lot of people did.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Many Trum💩 voters call crying about prices now skyrocketing and fearing their stocks tanking. Insiders doing it again in Congress.
It didn't work because many did not vote. Many voted for trump out of revenge for the wars in other countries. In all my years of voting 14 presidents in this is the first election I have ever seen in electoral States that all the votes were for one person. I feel it was rigged, it's bs!
Because when people are brainwashed it's like they live in a dillusional world. One day something changes in them and it's all most like they snap out of a trance. I know many now that regret voting for this monster. Now WE work together and get them all out. We work together to live in Peace.
My neighbor is psychotic now because of the stock market and the prices of everything have went up and she thinks he's a communist loving president.
Condom bombs, lmaf 😂😂. One ingredient for a bomb is your household bleach. Duh!
Greg Palast spoke about how technically Harris did win both popular majority and electoral college but over 4.5M votes were tossed out due to challenges, provisional ballots tossed, voters not notified of said throwing out. It’s called voter oppression and the establishment did fight hard enough to prevent it. Mr. Palast does a great job breaking it down. He was on the Tom Hamm podcast, Roland Martin Podcast, Secular Talk podcast and you can find his documentary on his website with his name .com. Why aren’t we talking about it and doing something about it?
That’s because she didn’t have enough time
But the majority doesn't win in a dictatorship which is what the Republicans are creating. We must have a better way to fight this corruption.
Dictatorship my ass! I grew up this way. It is wrong all my morals and beliefs are nothing of these monsters. We win by the numbers, watch and see what happens. History always tries to repeat itself. We loose by laying down and keeping quiet! We fight back write, text, e-mail, and call all your States representatives. This is why they are there, they listen and report, they have answers. They listen to anything you have to say. They listen to concerns and worries. Ask what can you do to stop this?
My sentiments, exactly.
SEND HARD COPY LETTERS VIA THE USPS to every representative and senator
💙💙. America. M🍑🍑🍑 the orange.
Vote vote vote 2026
Yes definitely. We must. But we cannot wait that long to do something!
Send letters to all the representatives in the house and all the senators. So state that they should STAND FIRM on the US CONSTITUTION and not bow down to one man who wants to remove it. UNITED WE STAND; DIVIDED WE FALL. Keep is simple as they seem to not be able to use their own minds. They keep saying THIS IS WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT. If they are inundated with mail stating otherwise [hard copy via USPS] they will have to pay attention to the people. After you send to your representative and senator; DO NOT STOP there .... SEND the SAME LETTER to ALL of the House Representative and ALL the Senators. EVERYONE MUST DO THIS. It's the only way they will actually know what WE, THE PEOPLE want. Sending letters is how it was done in the past and it will work today. EMAILS can be ignored and/or deleted. It's really hard to ignore physical letters arriving at the Capitol in mail bags delivered by USPS.
No emails are not ignored or deleted. Omg, why would you even say that? I have emailed and always get a response back. CALL on the phone it's even faster.
I get the standard. Thank you and we're working as hard as we can letter from my representatives.
I am too. The greed oligarchs are a big source of the problem.
We must keep the pressure on by supporting MTN and The Contrarian as well as other heroes for a year and a half and then all vow to elect a majority in congress!!!!!!!!!!
Trump is a mob boss!!! And, you'd better believe he's taking bribes left and right. It's all about the money. People mean nada. Thank you for not letting up on calling him out again and again. We depend on the MTN to keep us informed. Thank you for all you do, Ben, Brett, Jordy!!!
It's not good enough to thanks MTN for what they do. We, the People MUST SPEAK UP. SEND PHYSICAL LETTERS vis USPS to ALL the House representative and senators. It's the ONLY way they will see and hear what we, the people want!!!! It's how it was done in the past and it can and will work again.
God bless the French!!!!!
(Washington plane crash: Donald Trump on why 'diversity' was involved in the incident......
https://news.sky.com/video/washington-plane-crash-donald-trump-on-why-diversity-was-involved-in-the-incident-13299716)
Trump stated that he has "common sense". No, Felon Traitor Trump, you do not have "common sense"; you have "CONMAN CENTS"!!!
He doesn't have the common sense of the average toddler. The toddlers do less whining as well.
He has NO COMMON SENSE. He is an incompetent. My IQ is higher than his. I am not a politician, but I can see the writing on the wall. Blaming Biden and Obama for his own mistakes.
Trump has "CONMAN CENTS", not "COMMON SENSE!!!"
Trump having common sense? BAHAHAHA 😂 😂
Trump has "CONMAN CENTS", not "COMMON SENSE"!!!
Great pun, love it.
Con- man sense was what he meant.
WHY is Elon Musk, not an elected politician or even a politician per say have the RIGHT to just go in and change anything he wants? I seriously want someone to explain to me!
DJT gave him the right. He is in charge of DOGE [not MTG]. He's doing whatever he wants. He did the same to Twitter when he bought it. Laid everyone off with no notice. Then forced them to interview with him to get their jobs back. The Chaos has only begun. Buckle up and hang on because it's gonna be a bumpy ride.
But WHY??
I believe the helicopter crashed into the airliner, not the other way 'round. I think we will come to discover the chopper pilots reported to controllers they saw the airplane but in fact had the wrong aircraft in sight -- one which had just taken off.
My field is aviation safety. Washington National (DCA) is one of the most problematic airports in the U.S. There were warnings after a near miss last year. Against the objections of the FAA and of Democratic senators from VA and MD, last year Sen Ted Cruz and others required the FAA to add 5 flights to the already overcrowded DCA airport so they would get more direct flights home and not have to go to Dulles or Baltimore airports. The requirement was put into the FAA Reauthorization Act last year. That is one of the most important causal factors in this loss. The FAA knew there were problems there but were not able to do the most effective thing, which would have been to keep traffic levels manageable.
Exactly Hank....that airport space is extremely dangerous. There are thousands of lights in eyes of helo pilot....city lights from DC, Crystal City, autos on the bridge, etc. The right wing pols bowed to wishes of certain airline to increase flights from DCA too. Sen. Kaine tried to stop increase. The airspace around DCA is just a real dangerous. Airport space with way too much congestion.
Please let the Republicans know that bending a knee because they are afraid that they will be primaried by a Trump/Musk they should be a be afraid of the MILLIONS of republicans that will primary them for not finding the SPINE to stand up to Trump.
DemLabs just announced an ICE watch tool. Please share
https://thedemlabs.org/2025/01/31/people-over-papers-crowdsourced-ice-watch-map/
add this fool, Patel, to the tRUMP rogues gallery of biggest piles of pig-sh*t ever assembled ....the guy is a self promoting lier and grifter ( the pin he wears all the time, except for his hearing says it all )....just add him to the list of totally unqualified subhumans now infesting our highest levels of government.
the BS just hasn't stopped for the past 11 days and counting....add now tRUMP's disgusting response to the horrific plane collision over DC...everyone in this country needs to wake up fast and get into full on resistance mode against these corrupt, vile, criminals and grifters....wake up Dems and take off the kid gloves, it's time for bare knuckle fighting....I want to send out my deep felt sadness and sorrow to all the families who lost their loved ones in this awful incident...it's just a shame that the orange skinned lizard freakazoid wasn't on that flight.
Trump fired top people at airports Air control !! This crash is on trump!! 😡😡😡😡🤯🤯🤯🤯
OPPOSE AND SAY OUT LOAD THAT THE CHRISTIAN TRUMP CULT SECT IS A HATE ORG.
They pay no taxes
They and taking our rights away
They are not followers of JESUS, they are followers of hate.
Johnson, Green, Bobbert, just some.
They are obsessed with girls vaginas, Johnson had removed from the internet the “PURITY BALL” photos of him and his daughter, where these men are inappropriately hugging their pubescent daughters, from behind! They are evil and sick!
This new concentration camp is just some sort of money making scheme on the backs of innocent people. Not a surprise.
trump is lying and gas lighting AGAIN!! Don’t believe this garbage!! He already fired people on airline safety boards the first day!! A million people died from COVID due to trump’s INCOMPETENCE (ON PURPOSE) as he wanted to tear America down!! Now he is doing it AGAIN! STOP THIS INSANE THING NOW!!
The Mighty Meiselas Brothers, I just love the way this sounds 🤗 Thanks so much for sharing your podcast, for all the folks who can't afford to Pay for their News, and will reStack ASAP 🙏💯👍🇺🇸
I'm old enough to remember when these same people blamed 'the gays!!!' for every national disaster and tragedy. Broken, despicable people filled with hate taking ZERO responsibility for the consequences of their hateful behavior.
if course wants "merit-based" hiring of the best -- he really does think his base is stupid and the Senate confirms that thinking every day!
Idiot just imposed tariffs. We get to pay more for everything.
Who in the hell is elon to force out anyone out of anything. Deport his nasty ass! He's a turd with a silver spoon in his mouth. Are we suppose to be afraid of all the money in the world? Money the root of all evil.
The love of money is the root of all evil.
It appears that our hope for ending the Corruption of MAGA Degeneration and their LIAR, Convict, Traitor leader trump, is to keep Exposing the Enormous harm they are doing to America on every level! Knowledge is Truth to Power. For History has proved for centuries that For EVIL to Prevail, it Takes Good People to Stand by and Do NOTHING! Keep Exposing the Total Corruption of trump! RESIST/REMOVE! Impeach! We the Mighty Meidas are a powerful source of Truth!
Psalm 91
Hi Meidas
Could you guy talk about all the spoiled ballots
I saw on Meidas (the guy that talks with Ron) about 4 million spoiled ballots and they put Kamala ahead by 1.2 million most spoiled ballots were from swing states
Just because someone could infer you’re lying and spoiled that ballot immediately then they threw them out or disallowed
Did I hear this right ?
Meidas Maple Mighty
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Impeach trump now. Americans are being put in great danger.
And let's not forget, the "memo" sent out to Federal employees, the subject line was identical to Musk's firing of Twitter employees. Subject: Fork in the Road ✌️
Thank-you for reporting the truth.!!!
If someone is anti-DEI, aren’t they racist? Shouldn’t we call them racist?
Thanks, thanks, thanks! Y'all speak truth to power. And, you speak to me. It's the next best thing to sitting around the kitchen table and just letting it all hang out. Silly? Maybe. But oh-so true.
Have you contacted your state representatives yet?
This is personal!!! If they freeze EBT I will not be able to feed myself. I'm 62 and disabled. Will I lose my disability as well? I already live below the poverty level. I challenge anyone to live on less than $300 after I pay rent. My life seems so precarious, food and rent insecurity.
We will take care of each other. Do not worry. Psalm 91
French citizen who likes America and gets horrified by what it becomes
You guys are missing that there is an existing ICE facility at Guantanamo used for detaining undocumented folks that have been intercepted at sea; maximum capacity of 400 (present population is I believe 4). If they fill that and the facility that detains terrorists, they would have about 900 cells. If they stuffed 6 people in each cell they could fit 5,400 detainees (about 18% of his 30,000 hallucination.
This is so disgusting the lies he is spewing, I am asking everyone to stay strong, we will fight against this tyrants.💪🇺🇸
IT'S NOT A POLITICAL THANG!!! IT'S A MORALITY INJUSTICE 💯🤬
The law needs to just go in and arrest him. Take him right to the rubber room to be assessed. Problem resolved!
Donald Trump says he will impose trade tariffs on Canada and Mexico on Saturday, starting at 25% and they ‘may or may not’ rise over time.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jan/31/donald-trump-latest-news-politics-live-canada-mexico-tariffs?link_id=8&can_id=56bdad496d5a1d659d2f23c00c81d0e3&source=email-trump-announces-plan-for-gitmo-concentration-camp&email_referrer=email_2601933&email_subject=trump-shocks-with-baseless-outlandish-crash-claim
TOT (The Orange Thing) is such a lying SOS.
New Trump Administration acronyms:
JMSU - Just Make Sh#t Up
FFZ - Fact Free Zone
What I want to know is how Trump can establish a new Federal Agency by "embedding" DOGE into the United State Digital Service, give them sweeping authority to infiltrate our systems, and let Musk and his posse have at it with our Personally Identifiable Data. This is a guy who has not been confirmed into any position of authority by Congress, and hasn't even submitted to a background check. How in the world is this being allowed? Do we not have any PRIVACY PROTECTIONS under US Law? What about HIPAA? This is making me sick.
They best come together and get the U.S. ARMY involved. Find him and the other convicts, and Arrest them. How hard can that be????
Condom bombs?? Like the water balloon fights my friends and I had back in the day?
I laugh Everytime I hear condom bombs. 😂
Keep his mug off of Mt Rushmore.
The MAGA / Qanon folks in the USA are the people that are going to be screwed by Trump's Oligarch sponsored policies. In a couple of years these people going to start feeling the pain of these policies and I am not going to have any sympathy for them whatsoever.
I just want to cry! My heart goes out to those who lost loved ones in this disaster. And that includes the 1 controller who was left out of help when this occurred. I hope he doesn't blame himself.
This started when Reagan crushed the union of flight controllers during his administration. And recently when the problem of overcrowding at Reagan Airport was brought before c
Congress, this is what happened. From the Guardian (another international news org. that doesn't take money from oligarchs.)
"The group of lawmakers filed an amendment to the proposal to block the increased flights into Reagan, but the original bill passed that May despite their protests.
The bill, Texas senator Ted Cruz said at the time, “ultimately gives the FAA the stability it needs to fulfill its primary mission – advancing aviation safety – while also making travel more convenient and accessible”.
This was a tragedy waiting to happen. And it's not just this airport. My husband and I were flying into NYC and about to land when the plane made an abrupt climb and circled the airport. I asked the pilot what happened and he said there was another plane in the way. We need to make sure all U.S. airports are sufficiently staffed.
The Answer to Jordy's question "does Donny work?". If the question is relative to his role as our elected president then, No. This past week he held a rally in which he questioned whether the constitution should limit him to 2 terms. He has already started campaigning for the 2028 presidential election cycle while he is blaming what has happened due to his decisions and resulting malfeasance during the first 2 weeks of this administration on President Biden and President Obama and MAGA latest scapegoat catchall "DEI".
This is propaganda media that the MSM are participating in and obviously the MSM is owned by the very same oligarchs, defense contractors, oil companies and tech bros who benefit from the graft.
Open bribery of both the judicial branch and now the executive branch by by these entities has left only the legislative branch and the general population to correct the mess. the Democrats need to be Democrats now and stop this some how.
I would also like to see more on the terror that the Sanctuary City issue has wrought on your program.
I live in Ithaca, NY and we had our first ICE raid. It also was very performative as an immigrant who had been thrown out of the country had been incarcerated in the Tompkins County jail for a year on misdemeanor assault through a plea. The Feds knew exactly where and when he was to be released, were in the city in their cosplay military fatigues, hummer, snatch vans, body armor, and automatic weapons cruising the streets but did not show at the appointed time of release. The subject then apparently went to probation department/DSS and they swooped in in a show of force to apprehend the "violent criminal" for the alleged re-entry violation.
The 5th circuit is now investigating Sheriff Osborn for obstruction for allowing the man to leave when the Feds did not show up. There was and is a discrete way to do this with out terrorizing the community. But that's the point isn't it? The terror and chaos.
What law forces the local jurisdiction to hold the man for them or is it an informal agreement?
I have a child who is now psychologically scared by having to see these military cosplaying performative political actions, and he cried not wanting to go to school as he and his friends in this small multicultural Ivy League city are terrified.
They also hit the homeless encampment and no one that stays there has ID. Then searched the new building Astari, where formerly homeless are homed to get their life back, resulting in someone on the roof threatening to jump.... these are a fragile people the literal least of us and they are being used as pawns in a political stunt.
It is disgusting.
This is all cruel and nauseating. It's a lot. We are already waking up each day wondering WTF is next.
I would also like to see a discussion on how the investment of retirement money in these entities and the stock market plays into the power dynamic. How can civil jurisdictions as stock holders be empowered to band together and take control of some of the corporate fascistic lackey's they invest in? Any good business strategies from the inside?
Popok. Meidas. are you listening?
FYI...This substack is from last night's live Meidas Mighty. ✌️
Trump's press conference yesterday about the horrific air crash was despicable - even for him. He didn't know what he was talking about, blaming the soldiers who were piloting the helicopter being the product of Biden's "diversity" programs. Those soldiers have families who, not only had to deal with the impact of the sudden, horrific death of their loved ones, but hear their President rant about their supposed incompetence. How cruel to make this unspeakably sad incident political by insensitive, inappropriate remarks, and not just leave the investigation to the people whose job it will be to figure it all out. I'm sure his "people" will try to cover his lack of empathy up. Maybe he'll come on TV and try to speak of the children from the skating group, their coaches, their families, and the others who suffered such sad, untimely deaths, and the nation who is grieving for them. Maybe he'll try to redeem himself once again. But he shows his true self each time he is called upon to be a leader or even have a heart.
He will never be empathic and he is assured that he has NEVER been wrong. Narcissist always blame others.
I sure hope these Democrats get their act together. Maga republicans are actively destroying our ability to vote in future elections. I donated money to the Harris campaign and I’m frustrated that she’s so quiet right now. What are we doing?????
MEISELAS PRESIDENT ! I am a French fan in Paris just drinking your words. Keep going !
Many thanks to France and all the other pro-democracy countries for the moral support. We're fighting for democracy here, but it might take many allies. Again, thanks.
Boy, not much news to report this week, eh? (Had to throw in a Canadian tone for emphasis).
I said it because it is a new regime and many are bending the knee to DJT and Elon.
What is Trump going to use the tariff money for?
Is this how he is going to pay his billionaire buddies?
There are 911 criminals in Guantonamo. He is treating imgrants like what Hitler did in Auchsowitz. Those are people neighbors not criminals. We must figure out to make Trump crash and burn. Let's lock him up!
Con Man Trump wants to put the money in his own pockets. He is always lieng. He will probably steel from our government behind closed doors.
60% of US population only has 5th grade education ... NEVER New 🫨
No wonder we are screwed 😞 .
The tipping point is coming!!!
Please don't defile Mount Rushmore
Actually, the Airplane DIDN'T crash into the Helicopter. The Helicopter crashed into the Airplane.
The Helicopter that is being overseen by Defense Secretary Hesgeth. Both Rtump and Hesgdeath own this.
Zuckerberg gave felon 47 $25 million with an apology for removing him from facebook after the insurrection he incited. This goes beyond butt kissing, Zuckerberg is giving the felon a BJ.
How can muskrat give anyone commands???? We need the names of any Democrats that voted to confirm any of these incompetent morons.
MTN should start a permanent chart showing each lie, the truth of the matter, and how the matter played out. Give it its own site!
In the same vein as “condom bombs, we are all familiar with Trump’s insistence that countries were emptying out their “insane asylums" and sending them across our borders. I believe that Trump thought that “asylum seekers” were looking for mental health asylums rather than political asylum. :-D
Hi, Did you know musk's plan to offer a payout for Federal employees.. If you stay there is a clause you have to sign that if you stay "you must be loyal to the president" Its crazy!!
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There is a movement happening. Www.bernie sanders.com is posting on FB. Share the hell out of this?
Please get bullet proof glass on your window. The nazis will target you We the people need you so much , no risks please.
New Trump Administration acronym MSU (Making Sh#t UP).
People who voted for Trump who weren't MAGA just wanted tax cuts. That is all.
I am so furious that nothing is being done to put that idiot behind bars. He should've never been able to sit in office. This country doesn't seem to have the b@llz to do anything about his chaos as a gangster because he has always gotten away with EVERYTHING he's done. I'm starting to wish I was an immigrant of Mexico at this point. 😩🙏 I hate him so much.
I am speculating here but I think Canada will start talking about joining the EU which will really set the Trump Administration off in a big way.
Keep the truth coming! Many thanks!
Why do the authorities let him destroy us and our nation WHILE HE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF DOING IT??
Why then does the law stop a man from robbing a bank WHILE HE IS DOING IT?
PS. I never once heard that authorities ask "Hey, are you robbing a bank right now?"
Man: "Uh...No"
Us: "Oh, okay, Sir. But it looks like you're robbing a bank."
Man: "Duh, well you are stupid because you are the ones who rob banks all the time."
Us: "I never!"
Man: "I'm done."
The man went on to something else while you were talking.
He praises those who don't accuse him of such a terrible crime.
As he's running away with the money from the bank that everyone depends on but all everyone knows is what his friends told them. After all, it's not like the authorities stopped him.
Sorry for the rant. I just don't understand why our Laws, our Constitution, our very rights have Taken a 180 and the rules are willy nilly and up to the criminal. Especially if the criminal has a different job title than I do. When I was a kid that would have held him to an even higher standard.
Shame on the high courts. The blood is on their hands.
CORRECTION: the helicopter struck the airplane. The helicopter was flying above an aporoved altitude, and outside of a long-standing defined flight corridor. The airplane was complying with its correct altitude and flight path.
The ATC was left alone to manage the job of two people. It is not the fault of the ATC.
The fault lies with the pile of pigshit polluting the Oval Office who fired the head of the FAA, and with the pilot of the Army helicopter.
Accuracy in reporting MATTERS.
The orange blowhard has violated his oath of office. With his vast and documented criminal history, what more do our legislators need to dispose of this criminal? Must we remind them of their oaths to office as well? Clue: Words alone won't work.
Kash Patel is DEI
Trump is a puppet. Heritage Foundation and Project 2025 is the tracks. Get rid of Trump and a new puppet rises. What's probably most important is to FIGHT against VOTER SUPPRESSION! Check out Greg Palast's Vigilantes Inc to see how Kamala Harris actually won 286 electoral votes!
I’m still in total disbelief!!!!
Thank you both for all your hard work!❤️
My genuine believe is that these are distractions from others focussing on his election fraud together with the muskrat.
Trump will foment a military crisis to rationalize higher prices; to rally "patriotism" -- we have to let people know about this -- their sons -- not daughters according to Hegseth will be the ones on the line...
Meanwhile,with this latest diversion there has been a nationwide abortion band put forth.
Isn't Elon DEI
Yet another clip of the idiot. I can't take it. I can't watch anything that makes me look at his ugly face and listen to disgusting voice. I'm a paid subscriber, but I will only be reading written content from now on. You really don't need to expose us to that ugliness to get your point across, and it's cruel to do that.
Thank you for acknowledging the younger generations to men. They need to understand why??
Yes, Donald is just holding court!! He is LAZY!!! He has no interest or ability to actually govern!!
...Ben, first you said a "plane crashed into" a helicopter; then you said a "plane struck" a helicopter: in fact, they struck each other, crashed into each other / i.e. your phraseology implies fault on the part of the airplane [though I doubt you intend this] / Of course, we're not sure, yet, where "fault" lies......
"Trump Fires Hundreds Of FAA Employees, Following Crash." (MeidasTouch)......
https://meidastouch.cmail20.com/t/y-e-ciykikk-hluukhuyuk-jt/
"Now Musk and his DOGE dorks can peek at your private tax returns." (Daily Kos)......
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/2/17/2304286/-Now-Musk-and-his-DOGE-dorks-can-peek-at-your-private-tax-returns
Watch "Bernie Sanders talks DIRECTLY to Trump voters", on YouTube. (BTC)......
https://youtube.com/shorts/zxWz2r-e4OU?si=w_QiS5JR70SvR2GM
Watch "I'm PISSED Trump Is Wasting Our Tax Dollars", on YouTube. (Tennessee Brando)......
https://youtu.be/gXTRkyvst58?si=V5zIyL2YJ2FG3KRN
Watch "🚨MILLIONS of Germans MARCH AGAINST GROWING FACISM ‼️", on YouTube......
https://youtube.com/shorts/yAWSOgt8ceQ?si=-bsXQZvsI1mqbxdT
"Overwhelm, Overreach, Overthrown. How Trump Is Cooking His Own Goose." (Michael Moore)......
https://www.michaelmoore.com/p/overwhelm-overreach-overthrown?utm_source=multiple-personal-recommendations-email&utm_medium=email&triedRedirect=true
"Trump Has Monday Meltdown, as He Loses Support. While Americans face real crises, Trump obsesses over himself. It’s pathetic." (Ben Meiselas and MeidasTouch Network)......
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/trump-has-monday-meltdown-as-he-loses?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3078900&post_id=157336101&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
"The image enclosed cost the taxpayers $5,000,000. Do you really think they give a shit about waste, fraud, and abuse?" (Josh Eakle)......
https://x.com/JoshEakle/status/1891288588672806944?link_id=19&can_id=56bdad496d5a1d659d2f23c00c81d0e3&source=email-trump-goes-full-dictator-in-stunning-attack-on-laws&email_referrer=email_2621865&email_subject=trump-elon-get-surprise-bad-news-from-judge
"Trump uses Air Force One to flyby the Daytona 500." (Yeah, this seems like an administration that REALLY cares about efficient use of public funds.)......
https://x.com/karlykingsley/status/1891211277759906154?link_id=16&can_id=56bdad496d5a1d659d2f23c00c81d0e3&source=email-trump-goes-full-dictator-in-stunning-attack-on-laws&email_referrer=email_2621865&email_subject=trump-elon-get-surprise-bad-news-from-judge
"Five alarm warning': Possible DOGE access to private taxpayer data sparks outcry. The Elon Musk-run effort wants to study a system that includes tax returns, Social Security numbers and other information." (Politico)......
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/17/elon-musk-doge-irs-00204579?link_id=15&can_id=56bdad496d5a1d659d2f23c00c81d0e3&source=email-trump-goes-full-dictator-in-stunning-attack-on-laws&email_referrer=email_2621865&email_subject=trump-elon-get-surprise-bad-news-from-judge
"Quoting Napoleon, Trump Openly Declares He's Above the Law. The single most un-American and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an American president." (Common Dreams).......
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-quotes-napolean?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=0cd568be0e-News+Alert%3A+Trump+Above+the+Law&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4da0978648-600492151
Donald Trump certainly does like to talk about diversity all the time! Wait until the fields are empty, the roofs are empty. The homes being built are not being built. He’s gonna wish he had diversity. Unless when it comes to his immigration policy, he decides that he needs people from the south in our fields, building our homes, putting on a roofs Doing our landscaping and then all of a sudden he’ll start bringing up some other policy agenda that he has! When it comes to project 2025 and Donald Trump, every day he throws it on the wall and whatever sticks that’s gonna be the agenda for the day and he’s gonna do this every day! He knows how to get us to chase that carrot!!
When I listen to Donald Trump through my headset. It’s is even worse than watching him! I don’t make a habit of listening to him or watching him! He speaks like a third grader! You could walk up to him and you could call him everything you want. You could criticize everything that he says, everything that he does and he’ll look at you and say hey but you know me, you talk about me, you think about me and you have nightmares about me, so I am in your head 24/7/365 and that is where I want to be! Trump considers that a success!
I emailed my state congresswoman, and received a response in less than a week.
Maybe FAA should make sure Melon Husk’s plane crashes?
Condom bombs?! wtf is happening right now?
We're only a few days (hours?) away from a presidential decree announcement's turning into the sort of ornate "ceremony" with trumpets, ornate uniforms, etc. modeled on the British royal family's process for publicizing important news . . . ("All hail [heil?] his royal poobah, great orange king don...Please prepare now to bow and scrape at the wisdom forthcoming...") (pls forgive the ads upfront you'll need to skip) . . https://www.google.com/search?q=old+traditional+british+royalty+ceremonie+two+men+with+trumpets&sca_esv=abb1ae513cec8519&ei=hY2eZ9jvEaGw0PEP0Lbs6Qs&ved=0ahUKEwiYxryXsaOLAxUhGDQIHVAbO70Q4dUDCBI&uact=5&oq=old+traditional+british+royalty+ceremonie+two+men+with+trumpets&gs_lp=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&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:ae605198,vid:qcFZ3KyZyUA,st:0
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But I wanna know why Meidas Touch latest episode/s are supported by paid advertisements by - wait for it - Bezos and his Amazon prime?!? Come on Meidas this makes your authenticity really questionable when those episodes calling attn to tech bros takeover when u r supported by Bezos?!?
I wrote the following story after starting my review of the Executive Orders Trump has issued thus far:
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Title: No More $60/month Insulin
I want to know why Corporate Media hasn't highlighted the fact that President Trump's Executive Order Reversing Biden's Executive Order 14087 eliminated Medicare's ability to negotiate drug prices with Drug Companies for people who are eligible and use Medicare?
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So Ben….how do I reach you to ask a question about something that I don’t want everyone to see?
The corporate media is ignoring what it is, but it is a coup!
This is a COUP on the legislative branch of government!
Does Canada turn out electricity for ever one
If Canada cuts the electric is it all of new York and Nassau and Suffolk counties
Good point, Brett. This is not a reality tv show. This is not fiction. This is our lives. He picks his people based on how well they lick his boots.
Trump is in charge now and whatever happens is his fault.
Competence? Planes are going to fall out of the sky. Don't look up!
You brothers also need to talk about how to make white men realize they are worthy human beings while at the same time making them realize that tribalism is what's primarily at fault for their excluding women and people of color from hiring and clubs.
It's not nefarious, unless it's based on misogyny or racism. It's that humans tend to congregate with people who look like themselves. This is why we needed DEI in the first place.
Maybe you guys can suggest a solution. It's a hard thing to figure out.
I always forget about my subscription to MTN on Patreon, I don’t use it for anything else. Time to turn on persistent notifications.
You are making me laugh 🤣,,,, which i haven't done for a while,,!
Have you seen the latest WaPo info re David Lebryk, Bureau of Fiscal Service and Musk cronies? That's access to payments for fed payroll, SocSec, Medicare, Medicaid and much more.
He's mentally unfit, dangerous, and has access to the classefyd documents and the nuclear codes!
How much does a French flag cost??
I live in The Netherlands and watch every day, you guys are amazing. 💙🇳🇱
I'm so 😊 what you're doing I watch you everyday, love from 🇳🇱❤️
Excellent!
I said it's trump's fault!
BREAKING - MUSK IS STAGING A PHYSICAL TAKEOVER OF KEY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, LOCKING OFFICIALS AND STAFFERS OUT OF COMPUTER ACCESS.
Computers hold personal Information and payout information, including Social Security and Medicare.
Reuters reports that DOGE aides of Elon Musk have locked staffers of a U.S. government human resources agency out of the computer systems with millions of employees' personal information.
Even the senior officials of the Office of Personnel Management have had their access to the data systems revoked.
"We have no visibility into what they are doing with the computer and data systems," one of the officials said. "That is creating great concern. There is no oversight. It creates real cybersecurity and hacking implications."
There is now, since Trump's firing of government Inspectors General, NO oversight of either Trump OR Musk.
One key database, the OPM officials cited, is Enterprise Human Resources Integration, which has "all of the birthdates, Social Security numbers, appraisals, home addresses, pay grades and lengths of service of government workers."
The Office of Personnel Management is a nonpartisan agency that manages the federal workforce, and would typically be consulted ahead of significant personnel changes. They were not informed of this proposal, people familiar with the situation told The Washington Post.
In the weeks since Trump took office, Musk has moved to take control of the office, according to the Post. He visited the office on Friday and put several of his longtime allies in key positions.
Musk had sofa beds brought into the OPM office to ensure his personal team could work non-stop. The area can only be accessed with a special security badge or a security escort, an OPM employee said.
That includes Anthony Armstrong, who helped Musk buy Twitter, according to the Post. Others include Brian Bjelde from SpaceX and Amanda Scales who worked at a Musk AI firm. The trio are now in leadership positions in the office.
Musk’s team also built the system that sent 2.3 million government employees an email last week offering buyouts to anyone who voluntarily leaves their job. That system did not exist before Trump took office, the Post noted.
The email was very similar to one sent by Musk to Twitter employees after he took over.
DOGE was originally created to "supply ideas" to Trump on "cutting governement waste". This was changed by Executive Order by Trump on his first day of office, to "upgrading IT services".
Apparently this is what was intended. For Musk to physically take over computers storing sensitive information, and locking the government agencies in charge of it OUT.
What happens next is not known.
Meanwhile, the highest-ranking career Treasury official resigned today (Friday) over DOGE access to sensitive payment systems, including Social Security and Medicare.
David A. Lebryk, who has served in nonpolitical roles at the Treasury Department since 1989, the Washington Post reported. He was appointed as acting treasury secretary by President Donald Trump until Scott Bessent was confirmed.
Lebryk had a dispute with DOGE officials over access to payment systems that disburse trillions of dollars for government services, including Social Security and Medicare. The system also pays out tax refunds, salaries for federal workers, and payments to government contractors.
DOGE officials have been asking for access to the system since the election.
Why they want it, and what they intend to do, is also not known.
UPDATE - Trump announced at 5pm Friday a "PAUSE" of all Government websites, effective immediately. Some departments have already gone dark, while unknown changes are being made.
Why not a major lawsuit over Musk?
He is exerting powers that are not in his authority
He is being given obviously social security numbers and data that he has no power or right to have
His, whatever it is dodge(sp) is not an official government agency
He has not been vetted
Nor approved by the house or senate
Why is no one filing a lawsuit over all of this ?
He has no right to treasury or HR information.
Otherwise if lawsuits don’t work, we know he is a ketamine abuser.
Right there should deny him clearance.
I can’t I am not a lawyer
Someone do this!
Musk is also here illegally.
Deport him and confiscate his billions
Since 45/47 blames Presidents Obama and Biden, maybe they should have been guiding the planes????????45/47/is ridiculous.
Thank you for breaking down the crazy actions of the clown in chief. I appreciate the background info you give also. I’m just hanging on for the next four years, but scared to death what our country will look like at the end of his reign.
I chuckled at "capricious" and "arbitrary" being used in the same sentence. Was that a Seinfeld reference?
Name one accomplishment trump had Ana?
Please spell Colombia correctly in the subtitles. It's respectful. I always appreciate it when someone spells my name correctly.
WE are not for sale
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enjoy
Well trump if they sent the criminals here then send them back. What are you AFRAID of ? Dill weed! Man up! 🤭
How can we get rid of Fox… they know Felon Chumps dangerous followers listen to Fox. They won’t be listening to common sense and truth.
Elon can buy and threaten every politician he wants.
Why can’t Biden come on TV and say… the truth?
I wrote a comment begging you to PLEASE stop showing clips of the Bully in chief, and the comment disappeared. That's troubling
trump Sump pump dump explosion!
You guys know America owes Canada 300+ billion dollars right!. Do your work & see it's disgusting
Hello from Western North Carolina. I've been thinking about Trump's illegal moves...firing IG's, freezing Federal funds, etc. Is Trump and his Administration so emboldened by SCOTUS decision that our President should be granted full immunity if he/she was acting within their role? ✌️
Who was on the Flights who MAGA Project 2025 wanted killed?
...the fact is that, apparently- and far and away, the Americans who have benefited most from DEI hiring are: "white women" / [not saying this is "good, bad or indifferent"- just saying that, from what I gather, that's what the facts say]...
Where are you where I live it's Friday. 😂
Is this live or a day old?
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The helicopter crashed into the plane, not the other way around.
Every time they start anything, shit just falls apart. Never underestimate the stupidity of America. This is going to get really messy. Somehow it will always be Biden, Obama, etc. They are complete toddlers when the shit hits the fan. Zero accountability, zero self awareness.
LOL ... apparently DJT controls the weather ... or so they are claiming.
GOD and GOD ALONE CONTROLS the weather ... DJT just takes the glory for everything.
The link took me to an ag company out of Idaho.
www.berniesanders.com
Yes, for me too, Harriet.
www.berniesanders.com