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World leaders are clapping back at Donald Trump for Donald Trump's immature social media threats to invade them. Talking about the leader of Panama and the leader of Greenlit, both responding in the last 24 hours saying, our country does not belong to you. Hands off, Donald Trump.
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We will get into Donald Trump's bizarre social media bullying and the responses from world leaders. Also, at the end of last week, despite Donald Trump demanding that Republicans shut down the government unless a continuing resolution was passed that contained either the abolition of
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of the debt ceiling or an extension to 2029 and then he said to 2027 the republicans just kind of ignored it and the continuing resolution was passed the government was not shut down although we'll talk about how some uh not some a lot of money for pediatric cancer research was removed from the continuing resolution

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On this episode: we break down Trump’s wild threats against allies like Panama, Greenland, Canada, and Mexico. Plus, Congress manages to pass a Continuing Resolution, but not without controversy—Elon Musk removes restrictions on business with China, and funding for pediatric cancer research is slashed and passed separately in the U.S. Senate. Meanwhile, the Gaetz ethics report is out, revealing allegations of statutory rape, obstruction, and drug use—after Trump shockingly eyed Gaetz as Attorney General. Finally, we contrast President Biden’s steady leadership in his final days in office with Trump’s increasingly erratic behavior. You won’t want to miss this one!

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Kristi Eisenberg's avatar

I think the Continuing Resolution also slashed funding for medical expenses for the 9/11 First Responders. Shameful.

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David Alan Arnold's avatar

I want to openly thank Ben and the Meidas Touch Network for the recent exposé on the pre-release supporters of Gaetz. Now that the report is out, it is easy to see how much aplomb these people have when lying. His colleagues on the hill already knew of his escapades, yet for the good of the party, lied through their teeth to the American public about his qualifications. Don’t miss Ben’s report! Memorize how these people look while they are lying. Look for it in the future.

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Happy Hanukah to Mighty Meidas! Keep living in Drumpf's head rent free. Please remember to get your latest COVID and flu shots so you can safely mingle this holiday season: https://democracydefender2025.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-anti-science-anti-vaxxer

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Great as usual. My sincere thanks to Ben and all at Meidas Touch for making it accessible for those of us who cannot afford a subscription at this time. When I am able financially to do so, rest assured I will.

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Daniel Solomon's avatar

I hope Biden and the senate will step up. Please report on this.

Trump was installed via Russian interverntion. I have laid this out several times. Lots of evidence and many crimes. https://www.justice.gov/archives/jm/criminal-resource-manual-2057-synopses-key-national-defense-and-national-security-provisions#:~:text=Espionage%20%2D%2D%2018%20U.S.C.&text=Section%20793%20applies%20to%20activities,conspiracies%20to%20commit%20such%20offenses.

As you reported, this week Musk rolled Trump into protecting his Chinese investments. Musk supports groups and parties in other countries, like UK and Deustchland who want to turn guys like me into crispy critters Yesterday, Trump expressed desires to extend filibustering to several other countries. https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/feature/the-filibuster-movement/ He hasn't been inaugurated but he needs to be investigated to determine whether he's too nutsy koo koo to serve as president. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVwU81Mpa1o

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Here's some of the stuff I posted previously: In 2023, U.S. Citizens and Russian Intelligence Officers Charged with Conspiring to Use U.S. Citizens as Illegal Agents of the Russian Government. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-citizens-and-russian-intelligence-officers-charged-conspiring-use-us-citizens-illegal “Today’s announcement paints a harrowing picture of Russian government actions and the lengths to which the FSB will go to interfere with our elections, sow discord in our nation and ultimately recruit U.S citizens to their efforts,” said Acting Assistant Director Kurt Ronnow of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division. “All Americans should be deeply concerned by the tactics employed by the FSB and remain vigilant to any attempt to undermine our democracy. The FBI remains committed to confronting this egregious behavior and ultimately disrupting our adversaries and those who act on their behalf.”

On Sept. 4, 60 days before the election, An indictment charging Russian nationals Kostiantyn Kalashnikov, 31, also known as Kostya, and Elena Afanasyeva, 27, also known as Lena, with conspiracy to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and conspiracy to commit money laundering was unsealed today in the Southern District of New York. Kalashnikov and Afanasyeva are at large. “The Justice Department has charged two employees of RT, a Russian state-controlled media outlet, in a $10 million scheme to create and distribute content to U.S. audiences with hidden Russian government messaging,” said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. “The Justice Department will not tolerate attempts by an authoritarian regime to exploit our country’s free exchange of ideas in order to covertly further its own propaganda efforts, and our investigation into this matter remains ongoing.” Threats to election workers, propaganda about violence, burning of ballots. Bomb threats.

Russians admit they did it, and brag about it and demand quid pro quo from Trump.

As far as I'm concerned the admission is dispositive and is actionalble and constitutes an emergency.

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Jill Cottini Barzano's avatar

Thank-you for not showing DJT audio or video! I appreciate that!!

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Denise W's avatar

Yes! I get queasy when I hear his sickening, wheezy voice. He is one of the most unattractive people both on the inside as well as the outside.

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Amanda Patteson's avatar

Donald Trump has obviously declared war on the Whole worldish, except Russia, including The United States of America, even if he hasn't verbally declared war. Donald Trump is acting like the Whole world is there just for him to Conquer. He needs to be sent to JAIL!!!! I will NEVER bend the knee!!!

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Monique8's avatar

50% of USA society are women and girls. To allow grapists to lead the country is TOTAL DISRESPECT, and frightening towards 50% of the the United States! This has not been stated and must be!

Just as they force women and girls to stay pregnant against their will! The hate on women and girls is totally detestable / nauseating!

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Lloyd Henderson's avatar

A great Holiday message!

We do not own the Panama Canal or Greenland.

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maxgal's avatar

But hey, all we have to do is take them. By ersatz-tweet. Easy. Done.

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Larry Schmidt's avatar

We the Meidas Mighty will never stop fighting the LIAR, Traitor, Criminal, Corrupt MAGA Nutjob Trump and Musk! Save Democracy!

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Ed Garland's avatar

Gates drug use is not a secret to Junior who is also alleged to be a user.

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Ed Garland's avatar

Thanx!!!

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Patrick Pascale's avatar

who elected Elongerthantolerable to public office?If Trump is so keen on deporting "furinners" I can help him compile a list................

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Carolyn Bertrand's avatar

How did Jim Jordan become a member of congress when HE did not pass the BAR exam to become a lawyer???!!! What is up with that?!!!

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Meemaw's avatar

You don't have to be a lawyer to run for any office in Congress or the presidency

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Alie Mel's avatar

Not full grown women at those pageants, nope. Little girls and teenagers. Then made statements that he would date them when they were legal 🤢

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Willard Campbell's avatar

The last several times I tried to share this on my FB Facebook blocked it, removed it, called it spam

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Jennifer Jones's avatar

Shared what? 🫤

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Willard Campbell's avatar

This site.

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maxgal's avatar

Of course Gaetz paid women for sex. He would have to. 🤮

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Craig Rockwell's avatar

Merry Christmas to Ben, Bret and Jordy you guys are my sanity. In solidarity happy new year .

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I'm into the broadcast for 6 got damn minutes. I feel like throwing up, just like when President elect Dumb=Bell=Thin=Skin was in office. Under President Biden & V.P. Harris, my stomach was doing great. The only medicine available is to utterly throw up & out MAGA maggots. I can't wait to renew my full subscription every got damn year...

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HarmlessRN's avatar

I feel like I say this everyday but... how tf is this happening in the US? How did he get one single vote? These red states really need to work on their education system. Maybe incorporate some common sense somehow.

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Chris Matthewson's avatar

Our rapist-elect tried to appoint a rapist to lead our DoJ!

(BTW, If his MAGAts show him this, please tRump The Rapist, please: bring suit against me. I won’t even assert the Sullivan v Times defense. I’ll still win because TRUTH IS A COMPLETE DEFENSE! 😂🤣😂🤣😅)

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Jan Frederick's avatar

When Donald Dumbass says these kinds of things, it makes me just want to cringe. Remember when you were a teenager and your parents said something embarrassing about you in front of your friends or a boyfriend and you just wanted to disappear? That is the way I feel when foreigners hear these dumb, ridiculous things, and it is obvious DJT has no knowledge of what he is talking about. Sometimes I want to hang a sign around my neck that says: Don't blame me, I didn't vote for him.

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Leslie Seitz's avatar

I love how passionate Ben is, as he fights for our democracy.

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Har's avatar

dRumpf can't even run this country, and now he wants more of them? What a complete loser.

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James G. Hermsen's avatar

Trump is a war criminal. Not only in his speech, acts, and in his unrelenting support for despots, tyrants and dictators. I am awaiting for his arrest not by Americans, but by some foreign government who he has violated by his speech, desires, and actions.

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Dale S

President Biden is not going anywhere until his term ends. Our president said he has things to finish before the transition to the next administration. Please see Ben’s interview with President Biden.

Further, under the US Constitution, no president has the power to remove any US Supreme Court justice.

Please read the responsibilities of each branch of the government — Judicial, Legislative, and Executive.

You are in the right channel to learn the truth about our government. I suggest that you also look for Michael Popok who has his Legal AF podcast which is affiliated with MTN, Meidas Touch.

If Democrats are to win, we must educate ourselves in order to separate fiction from FACTS.

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J Keller's avatar

So grateful for you and your work.

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Denise W's avatar

I spoke with a Canadian couple yesterday. The exchange rate between the US dollar and Canadian dollar is the worst it has ever been for them. $1.41 CAN to $1.00 US. According to them it is caused by tRump mouthing off about 25% tariffs.

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Phgladko's avatar

Ha, Trump heard "danish" and had to have it.

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Paul Michaels's avatar

Re: "Open Message to President Joe Biden,"

... I remain baffled ... how is it that as of 06 January 2016 this kind of appropriate actions

were not suggested, acted upon, publicized, or brought to the attention of the citizens of

this country, nor was such communication offered to the world?!

I am hoping that Meidas Touch folk will take a hold of this issue, describe how it can be that this essential letter was not written as of 07 January 2016 and what can/could be done going forward to protect the rule of law, the constitution.

As for the "Open Letter," well done.

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HarmlessRN's avatar

Look up Andrew Wilhoite from Lebanon Indiana

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FeralAF's avatar

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy Hanukkah to you three and your families! Very grateful for all you do.

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Krystina Stephenson's avatar

He's actually making other countries more likely to form alliances AGAINST the US, Not just military, but economically and politically, America will be an isolated laughing stock with a ruined economy long before Donald Chump's term ends.

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Johnny.W's avatar

Joe won't do anything that radical, like cleanse the Supreme Court. We have to face it. When trump went to the White House to be greeted by Joe with his ear-to-ear grin, the all too cordial hand shake, I knew that Joe, despite some very good last presidential acts, is going to fade out, letting his last powers fizzle away.

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Johnny.W's avatar

Many legal experts say/write that if Garland had merely done his job it is likely this nightmare of trmp could have been preempted.

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CaptJim's avatar

Good talk

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Linda Morway's avatar

Santa is going to bring a lot of coal this year.

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Persianprincess's avatar

After your episodes an advertisement for turning point USA/charlie Kirk showed up. This started happening on MTN after the Biden interview. So MTN has attracted the right radicals and now they are using ads following your shows as talking points. Ha they definitely feel threatened.

Has anyone else being seeing them?

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Linda Morway's avatar

Merry Christmas to all!

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Joan's avatar

Is there a way to simply read the transcript of your podcast? I don’t want to listen, I miss too much, but a transcript would take care of that problem for me.

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💙👊💙👊💙💻🤷‍♂️💻💙👊💙👊💙

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Jackie Johnson's avatar

Well said 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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K-ROM's avatar

Keep up the good work!!

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BBelle's avatar

I love your content but you need more women contributors.

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Stephen Cooney's avatar

That was awesome (:

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Patricia Anne Boone's avatar

I think maybe the worm is eating Orange Man’s brain.🧠

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Mary C's avatar

So we get to listen to the orange turd again. My head will explode. Thank goodness for Meidas Touch and the no holding back format.

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Mark Vee's avatar

I mean't GREAT job! , in a VERY positve way!...just wanted to point out the typo!

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Mark Vee's avatar

Hey guys GREAT job!! But it's, CHRISTMAS... not Chrismas!

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Paul Michaels's avatar

... thank you Pamela Musa for your "like."

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S. Rose Smith-Hayes's avatar

FYI There will be a celebration for MLK Day on the other side of DC on 1/20/2025.

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Lynn Hostetter Berger's avatar

Trump is insane

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Henry Martinez's avatar

Happy Holidays 🎄

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Phgladko's avatar

Just thinking out loud....."President Mush" isn't that far of a stretch. Although Chump thinks Mush could never be president because he wasn't born here, the reality is that Mush is richer, smarter, has a better social media platform along with deep ties to foreign governments. Chump's arrogance prevents him from realizing Mush is in a perfect position to attempt a coup once Chump is in office.

Magas are pissed prices aren't coming down as promised, the GOP is already compromised so no resistance there either. Vance is totally spineless and malleable. With Mush's ties to Putin and Xi, Mush would have no problem staging a coup coup ca choo. There's nothing more enticing to Putin and Xi than to take over America with Mush's help.

Chump would have no one else to blame but himself, he let the wolf into the sheep's pen.

Just thinking out loud.

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Ricki Bauman's avatar

I have asked this before - I read - I don't like podcasts. Can't we just get a transcript that we can read instead? This really isn't all that difficult as there is software to do this.

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Lee Rowan's avatar

"Tanked himself?" SO WHAT? The son of a bitch is still going to be inaugurated, barring a lucky meteor strike or SERIOUS pushback from Democrats.

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Arlene B's avatar

okay.. where did you boys get your bookcases? It looks like Ben has the dark color, and Jordy has the white. I want to know where you got them!

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🥳🥳🥳

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Stephen McAlister's avatar

A great question that may be answered by historians after our democracy has disappeared and other people are sifting through the ruins. Most likely, they will wonder why we would be so weak to allow such a silly man from a reality show to take over the government like we did.

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Chris Matthewson's avatar

What historians? The only ones left will be the MAGAt historians who will write only Alice in Wonderland histories.

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Jennifer Jones's avatar

Best post on the topic! Thak you!

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Jaye's avatar

The election is over. And elections have consequences.

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Daniel Solomon's avatar

Biden is still president and our democracy is at stake.

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nothappynow's avatar

Yes there r consequences but this election is going to ruin democracy! This can't happen we must fight

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Glenn T Morgan Sr's avatar

Yes elections have consequences, but so should insurrection and fraud on a national scale.

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Lights Seiferlein's avatar

Oh, but MAGAts don't want that for people like Trump or Musk. Yet neither should be anywhere near the levers of power.

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Laurie's avatar

thank the supreme court

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of the debt ceiling or an extension to 2029 and then he said to 2027 the republicans just kind of ignored it and the continuing resolution was passed the government was not shut down although we'll talk about how some uh not some a lot of money for pediatric cancer research was removed from the continuing resolution