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UniDig's avatar

We lost credibility and the rule of law the day we sentenced a convicted felon to 4 years in the White House.

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What Did I Do For MY Democracy? The Answer Rests With YOU

We as citizens have an obligation to speak out against the federal government

Expect and insist free and fair elections

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Yard signs matter

Everybody has a townsquare where we can make our voices heard So Engage Don’t shy away from difficult conversations Let them know how you feel about people disappearing off the streets is not OK Taking away medical care from our unfortunate citizens for tax breaks for the uberwealthy

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Anne P. Sacco's avatar

"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what YOU can do for your country!" -- President JFK

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Cyndi Williams's avatar

Our Battle cry 🇺🇸🎇🎆🧨

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ZU's avatar

you are RIGHT! Stand up Americans so you can have a future without the TYRANNY OF EVIL🚨

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Judy Cross's avatar

The whole world knows that he lies. Just his maga followers don't. The rest of us, including foreign nations know that you can't believe anything he says or does. With as much lying as he does, he could never tell the truth because he would not be able to keep them straight.

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Deana DeHaven's avatar

Insanity is insane. It literally cannot tell right from wrong, simply because abject selfishness has been the way of being for so long that telling the truth is not even thought of, and even if it were, he wouldn’t do it.

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Judy Cross's avatar

I agree with you about insanity, but, also, feel like he was probably raised this way. If you look at him from years ago, he was full of lies then. Someone should have kicked his butt when he was young and told him to only tell the truth. That lies hurt everyone.

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Deana DeHaven's avatar

Agreed. He WAS raised that way, in a completely toxic, greed based environment in which his father Fred got government subsidies to get started for tenements in NYC and then refused to rent to minorities. Fred also broke laws continually by involving his children in his deceit. Just as Trump’s children do now. It is NORMAL behavior for them and all they know. Also, from a metaphysical perspective, I know that he has chosen deceit over and over again (21 lifetimes of great harm to other humans per the Akashic records) and that is WHY he was born into the Trump family. He chose it with previous repetitive choice and he was a vibrational match.

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Jax's avatar

His niece talks about when she was six and he was 20, he kept throwing a baseball as hard as he could repeatedly hitting her. The fact nobody in that family spoke up for that child shows how rotten to the core they all were and still are! Someone should have kicked his ass back then.

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Deana DeHaven's avatar

Yes, Jax and Judy. Exactly CORRECT.

There is ENERGETIC RESONANCE in repetitive choice. It all flows along the spectrum of experience that the divine law of polarity provides. There is a continuum of right and wrong choice that each pole presents.

We humans travel that continuum towards the positive or negative poles in every area of our lives. Choice, ie free will, determines the direction we are traveling.

Remember Einstein said that “an object in motion tends to STAY in motion”. This shows how VERY important our CHOICE to utilize DIVINE RIGHT ACTION is. “Choose which Master you will serve.”

This is why the divine law of free will is the MOST IMPORTANT divine law of all.

The appropriate or inappropriate usage of free will determines how all the other laws will play out.

For example: Trump chose to be born into an evil family to learn how to perpetuate greater evil in a material fashion to gain more material means. However, without the sanity a rational person has, he has not had the ability to manage it appropriately, Time and again, his evil intention has led him to harm and take rather that help and build. This is why he has 6 bankruptcies under his belt. The evil intention within him is more interested in destroying other humans and knows the material wealth is simply a tool with which to do so.

Trump has traveled along the spectrum of experience to become more and more evil as time advances.

I have no doubt that he hit Mary repeatedly to harm her as well as psychologically doing his best to undermine her and her Father consistently.

At 20, he had his eye on the perceived prize of his father’s wealth, his ill gotten gains.

He saw his Uncle Fred Jr. (first born, notice his name) as a roadblock to his evil intention. Trump was taking his rage that Fred Jr. existed and stood in his way out on Mary as a child.

Note that Fred Jr was destined to inherit and carry on the family business. Meanwhile, Fred Jr. became an alcoholic who died young.

Donald had QUITE A BIT to do with the destruction of Fred Jr. His constant manipulative, evil measures helped put this man in an early grave.

Now, back to the spectrum of experience and the expansion of evil intention within Donald Trump. Do you see how it has expanded to include ANYONE he perceives as a threat, even 4 year old little girls with cancer?

It is a soul sickness he cannot excise because he has lost his ability to reason through abject selfishness, evil choice, over and over again ad nauseum. This is because evil literally is insane. It CANNOT reason because reasoning ability is of God.

There is a lot on my page that I have written about narcissism. We must educate ourselves on it. You can find a lot on Quora, too, because survivors of narcissistic abuse are there teaching the world how to spot and neutralize it.

Donald Trump is a grandiose, malignant narcissist. As for cognitive inability to function, because narcissism is the seed of evil within the human psyche that has grown unchecked by repeated evil (selfish) choice over a great expanse of time, AND because evil cannot REASON (again, these traits: balance, cohesion, reason stem from Great Creator while chaos, corruption and destruction stem from evil) those that have narcissism SEEDED within their psyches are possessed of evil intention to such a degree that they literally cannot think, make sense, and certainly not GOVERN appropriately.

You will see this trait within Trump’s cabinet, too. They are batshit bonkers and cannot tell truth from fiction. They have sold their souls past the point of no return.

Donald Trump must be removed from his stolen position of power immediately. It is up to us, we the people, to do it.

When WE CHOOSE the welfare of all humanity with our protests, etc. we harness divine providence. That power is of INFINITE MAGNITUDE When we consciously choose to usher it in IN MASS, WE WILL WIN. In other words, we call on all that is good within us and grow it for the greater good of humanity.

The time and numbers it takes to banish it is directly correlated to the amount of evil we must deal with. HOWEVER, since Great Creator is the creator of everything, the ALL of ALL, harnessing his power is MUCH MORE POWERFUL than evil will ever be. Evil power is a MIRAGE of power perpetuated by bullies, who are always cowards underneath. This is also why bullies are so blatant and vicious. They are wearing their mask of power and doing all they can to convince the public that it is REAL POWER. But it is not, remember: “Satan is the king of lies.”

However, at this time, one of the most important things we MUST do is educate ourselves on what narcissism is, how to spot it, and ultimately, how to neutralize it before the evil intentioned among us harm us all irreparably.

They will blindly destroy our world (and ARE) and blame us at the same time. We see that dichotomy in the way MAGA and Trump think. We are the problem they actually create.

Ps. Not all that are born into evil families are evil. Some CHOOSE to throw themselves into the fire for the INTENSE growth opportunity. If you, as a child, looked around at the adults in your life and realized nothing they did MADE SENSE, you are one of those brave souls.

There is more on diagnosing and disabling narcissism, including an intuitive diagnostic protocol I created, in my book, Holy Magick, through Barnes & Noble. (Online purchase in the US only. It teaches other humans how to see exactly WHERE on the spectrum another individual resides.

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/holy-magick-deana-dehaven/1142966930)

I put this here NOT to sell books, but because humanity desperately needs to understand what is happening from a TOTAL perspective. When humans begin to study and comprehend divine law, you see its COHERENT COHESION in EVERYTHING: science, nature, mathematics, etc.

I have done my best to explain our world from a quantum mechanical, spiritual and psychological perspective within Holy Magick. I NEVER could have written my book without Great Creator’s input or from a purely human perspective. Not in a million years.

I will end this note with this PERTINENT FACT: Humans, YOU are the ENGINES of CREATION. All that you do feeds into the upper and lower realms. YOU ARE THAT IMPORTANT. This is one reason Great Creator loves us so. WE HUMANS ARE HIS POTENTIAL MASTERPIECES, made in his image. We are GREAT CREATORS OURSELVES, baby Gods in the making.

But we MUST continue to CHOOSE to CONTINUE step into our power NOW before the evil consumes our world beyond redemption.

As we do, Great Creator will flow more strength, more viable ideas, more wisdom down from the heavens INTO US.

You see, we humans ARE energetic beings. Every action is an energetic exchange. We are CONDUITS of energy and the energy we FLOW THROUGH US, its energetic essence, is determined by the righteousness, or lack thereof, we hold within our HEARTS .

Unconditional love, which is holy light, to all righteous hearts that remain. God bless each of you.

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Judy Cross's avatar

History repeating itself. All about cruelty.

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Margo's avatar

I think they know and don’t care

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Kathie Punturiero's avatar

I do believe he has some cognitive issues that exacerbate his underlying megalomania and narcissism. It’s like if we searched the world for the worst possible specimen for presidency and found him. Sometimes it’s so hard to believe he and I were raised in the same country.

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Deana DeHaven's avatar

Narcissism, Kathie. A broken brain.

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Deana DeHaven's avatar

Also, this is imperative. Pesquesa’s research provides our answer to cleaning up ALL this evil intention. Please grab the screenshot of the MRI and share it far and wide. MRIs codified into law means that we will be able to excise the sickness that threatens our world. No bias, no BS. No choosing based on superficial traits. Cold hard facts. You are either fit to serve OR you are NOT. In the future, we MUST choose our leaders based on experience, ability, and intelligence. (No wonder Trump hates science!) In this way, we can remove the Cluster B personality disorders and achieve sane, reasonable representation with the ability to spiritually (morally) discern and critically think. That MRI is on my page. I have no photo posting capacity in this stream.

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Maryooch's avatar

I appreciate this essay, even though I thought I couldn't get more enraged/depressed. Ragepressed. Anyway, I hate to be the idiot in the room but - the occupier is breaking the law. His people are breaking the law. They're not listening to judges. SCOTUS is in their back pocket. So what, please tell me for the love of all that is holy - what has to happen? "Calls and Emails" is the new "Thoughts and Prayers" and frankly, they're not listening. So can someone please explain what recourse Americans have against this lawlessness? I'd appreciate understanding this a bit better. Thank you, and stay strong, neighbors.

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Maryooch's avatar

Sorry, one more question. Can We The People reach out internationally to let our remaining allies know that we're trying to fight this? Do they know?

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Angie's avatar

See, Canada knows but the damage is too great for them to let any Americans off the hook. I imagine the rest of the world feels the same. They know that millions of us are fighting but they also feel like if it's not most of us, then all of us are still responsible for this mess. So no matter how you voted, they feel like we, as a collective, did this to ourselves. In a way, they're not wrong even though I personally know I fought like hell to sound the alarm. They may sympathize but they will not let us abdicate our responsibility for cleaning up our own mess.

I was even sure right up until the day after the election that we had turned the tide. You can call me a conspiracy theorist but I'm not sure they didn't scream about the election being stolen to this very day while they plotted and schemed to steal it themselves. There *are* credible anomalies in Pennsylvania with more investigative work ongoing.

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Veronica von Bernath Morra's avatar

Maryooch: they DO KNOW. THE ONES WHO CARE, DO KNOW. THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW, ARE THOSE WHO DO NOTCWANT TO KNOW!!

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ZU's avatar

Yes. and the only way is protest massively and do not leave the streets until you defeat the tyranny of EVIL.

May the FORCE be with American People ✌️🇺🇸

From Europe with Love

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Margaret's avatar

THANK YOU Maryooch. I'm so sick of hearing "They're breaking the law" and "This is unConstitutional" and we must reject..." etc. I say enough! NOW WHAT? Where is the Big Boycott and the Mighty March and the outrage? I'm doing it. Where is everybody else???? Edit: June 14, No Kings Day, was fantastic. I just want to see it happen every weekend. Yeah, I know...

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Quantum Kitty's avatar

It it feels at times as if we are all just fooling ourselves - telling ourselves that there's a way out of this - we keep talking about marching and writing our leaders in Congress and making phone calls and sending money and posting our anger and we're slipping farther and farther behind. I think we're caught up in a fantasy that evil will be destroyed. It might be, but I think it's going to be a long time before all of this damage is corrected. After this Iran debacle, after hearing what McConnell said today about people will get used to not having Medicaid, after hearing reports of the environment falling farther and farther into chaos, after watching days of inhumane treatment of human beings and promises of more to come, I am with you and wonder what is the way out of this? I don't see it, I'm not reading it, I'm not hearing it. It's all just this noise of Talking Heads, debating day after day after day about Trump's cruelty, his chaos, the insanity, all the powerful people who back this animal. I am not seeing a way out of this. 🥺

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Patrick Munson MI's avatar

Look, here is a plan.

Protests continue

Hands Off

No Kings, June (this is the last protest that focuses on Trump)

It is Our Country, July (this reclaims our country)

UNITE, late July early August (This calls us to order as a single unit with a common task)

Each protest has to be larger. More focused and with stronger leadership. Each protest has to be better informed at how to deal with physical treats, infiltration, and must avoid mixed messaging.

This messaging needs to reach out more and more to our foreign allies asking them to join us in protesting this problem that we know is affecting the whole world. We acknowledge that it is our problem but we also know that our world is a precious and contained space where what we do affects everybody else.

The purpose of continuing protests is to let both houses of the congress know unequivocally that if they do not end this presidency and clean out the MAGA P-2025 Christian National Authoritarian cult that we will end their political carriers. Their opponents will need money to defeat them and no amount of money is going to save them. We need them to be certain of this.

Protest 5 Congress, Do Your Job

This needs to be huge, and it needs to have a clear focus in DC at the capitol building. (no attention to the WH) We need to get real about the fact that although many of us would like to ‘work local’ and build a ‘grass roots, something’’’’ that this is a national problem and must be solved on the national stage.

And we must also think to the future while we defeat this past. What do we want? What do we care about? What makes us Americans?

Honesty, Ethics, Responsibility, Inclusion, the Rule Of Law, Separation of church and state.

(I frankly don’t know why I have to be the one to put something out there. Surely there are smarter people than I, but where are they? Michael what exactly is your plan?)

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Vanessa Williams's avatar

Actually, I think Gary Kasparov has it right: the only way to win this is to take to the streets *and stay there* until you get what you want. Protesting once a month or whatever is not enough. The media doesn’t report on it enough. Trump et al don’t care enough, etc. Look at history. Ukrainians on the Maidan, for example. The successful resistance movements are those where people go out to protest and do not go home until they have won! Good luck to you all, from Canada 🇨🇦🫡

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ZU's avatar

True. that's the way to win back AMERICA✌️🇺🇸

from Europe with love

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Susan Meeker-Lowry's avatar

I have the same question. I’ve had it for a very long time. It’s huge that the MSM doesn’t report reality anymore. But the dems and some of the rep. in congress know what’s going on, and so very few of them DO anything. Or even exhibit passion. And where are past “leaders”? They seem to have disappeared. It’s very strange actually. The deafening silence and lack of resistance except for a few.

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Anne P. Sacco's avatar

Jason Bourne? A teenager with better aim? Either will do.

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Alison's avatar

Enraged, yes. Depressed, less so. It is just lucky that I do not have magic powers- there would be an elimination (the cleanest word I can think of) "the likes of which has never been seen".

I'm with you on the calls and e-mails except for those in red states. I don't really see the advantage for those of us lucky enough to have representatives who actually represent us. My Senator, Adam Schiff, is online every day calling out the chilling details of this administration. Sen. Alex Padilla is getting thrown to the ground and handcuffed for rightfully asking questions. Gov. Newsom is out there telling the world that trump is a "stone cold liar". Come to think of it- I should call and just say thank you, thank you, thank you!

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ZU's avatar

PROTESTS MASSIVELY EVERY SINGLE DAY UNTIL YOU DEFEAT THE ORANGE✌️🇺🇸

That's how Singapore and Serbia and others did it! ORGANIZE AND TAKE YOUR FRIENDS, NEIGHBOURS TO THE STREETS ☮️ . YOU WILL WIN✌️🇺🇸

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Patrick Munson MI's avatar

Look, here is a plan.

Protests continue

Hands Off

No Kings, June (this is the last protest that focuses on Trump)

It is Our Country, July (this reclaims our country)

UNITE, late July early August (This calls us to order as a single unit with a common task)

Each protest has to be larger. More focused and with stronger leadership. Each protest has to be better informed at how to deal with physical treats, infiltration, and must avoid mixed messaging.

This messaging needs to reach out more and more to our foreign allies asking them to join us in protesting this problem that we know is affecting the whole world. We acknowledge that it is our problem but we also know that our world is a precious and contained space where what we do affects everybody else.

The purpose of continuing protests is to let both houses of the congress know unequivocally that if they do not end this presidency and clean out the MAGA P-2025 Christian National Authoritarian cult that we will end their political carriers. Their opponents will need money to defeat them and no amount of money is going to save them. We need them to be certain of this.

Protest 5 Congress, Do Your Job

This needs to be huge, and it needs to have a clear focus in DC at the capitol building. (no attention to the WH) We need to get real about the fact that although many of us would like to ‘work local’ and build a ‘grass roots, something’’’’ that this is a national problem and must be solved on the national stage.

And we must also think to the future while we defeat this past. What do we want? What do we care about? What makes us Americans?

Honesty, Ethics, Responsibility, Inclusion, the Rule Of Law, Separation of church and state.

(I frankly don’t know why I have to be the one to put something out there. Surely there are smarter people than I, but where are they? Michael what exactly is your plan?)

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Linda's avatar

It’s been said before that for now actively protesting nationwide against Trump and his clan is the most effective for him to know and see we mean business but not riot so he has an no excuse for interfering with “Freedom of Speech” which is our right…

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StevyD57's avatar

Wasn’t any credibility to start with.

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Cynthia Christiansen's avatar

The only mission this horrible actor accomplished is a distraction so #Felon47's minions can distract from human rights being put on the chopping block.

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Patti B's avatar

Short, sweet and you hit on every point. Brilliant article!

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Natalie's avatar

Those of us old enough to remember Bush standing on that warship declaring "mission accomplished" have learned a thing or two since. In Canada we knew that jaw jaw is better than war war - and so we didn't join in the media induced frenzy, and our PM said NO, and why.

France, same.

The JCPOA, if renewed rather than dismissively torn up by Trump, for domestic/personal reasons, could have been renewed.

It was Trump’s decision, just as it was our PM's decision to say NO.

Our PM relied on Intelligence, allies, competent advisors.

You have none of that now America, and are simply flying by the seat of your pants, led by an unserious leader more concerned with his image than with any of you.

Rise up ffs.

❤️🇨🇦

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angela clark's avatar

Aussie here. I remember Bush and Iraq clearly. My (now very elderly) friend worked for the UN Weapons Inspection team and there were no weapons in Iraq. Everyone knew it but Australia followed Bush, as did Britain's Tony Blair. The rest of the world knew there were no weapons. The son of my American friend said it would all be 'cleaned up' in 3 weeks, a few days before the illegal invasion. No weapons were ever found and the three leaders, Bush, Blair and Howard were all referred to the UN International War Crimes Committee and found guilty but their sentencing is still pending. The damage to Iraq and all the soldiers involved was catastrophic, the cost huge (so who made all the money) and the country is destroyed. The reason for invading and destroying Iraq? Oil.

Trump is worse. He has no principles, no values and no shame. His enablers have a 'white America' policy and want him in the White House giving them a free pass to enact Project 2025. Trump dosen't care. He has NO political position on anything. He's just keeping himself out of prison and raking in the cash. First time in his life he can't go bankrupt. He's happy for everyone to suffer. The more trouble he causes the happier he is. He's not mad, not demented, not MAGA, not anything. Just a greedy, narcissistic bully in a diaper.

Iran is about oil and there will be a benefit to Putin. Trump dosen't care about anything else. He's acting, as he did on TV. He didn't make himself president. 77M people put him in, after a determined effort to make him the delegate. SCOTUS isn't stopping him.

The world knows. Some care, some don't. It is an ancient curse to wish to live in interesting times. We definitely are navigating interesting times. And we only have one planet.

And as always, Thankyou Meidas, and Michael Cohen.🫶🫶🫶🫶

❤️🌎🇦🇺🌍🇨🇦🌏🇺🇸🌏💙

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Natalie's avatar

Spot on Angela.

How long will it take until America opens it's eyes?

Another generation perhaps, they're slow learners. A young country.

Teach your children well.

☺️🇨🇦

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ZU's avatar

spot on!

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Marigrace McKay's avatar

Trump obliterated Diplomacy.

The Uranium wasn't there, dirt and sand.

#nopotus spent billions on dirt and sand.

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Jax's avatar

It was all smoke and mirrors. He needed a reason to be nominated again for the Nobel peace prize. BTW- he was nominated by a maga desperate for trumpf’s approval of his candidacy.

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Linda's avatar

IF his bombing was a success I think the Iranians would be doing more retaliation against not just him but our country and of course attacking our troops who are nearby a lot more than the one Qatar attack stopped after one try…

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Charles Brens's avatar

The Emperor has no clothes.

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Steve Carson's avatar

Take back Congress!

There are dozens of new democratic candidates filling your inbox, pleading for donations, pick a group and donate , now!

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Veronica von Bernath Morra's avatar

Considering the current financial instability, there comes a time when an extra request for donation becomes the straw that breaks the camel's back! I am donated out..

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Steve Carson's avatar

That’s what MAGA is hoping you would say.

Freedom and democracy are not free or guaranteed.

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Quantum Kitty's avatar

Well sometimes steve it literally comes down to food or medicine - so some people are out of giving - they pay their taxes - they vote for representatives to fight - they march, they write, they call - but at some point the coffers are empty - never ever disregard a persons honest reply that they are tapped out.

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Linda's avatar

They accepted just about anything whether a $1 or $3, and monthly or one time, it won’t break your everyday life when we have to get officials elected that can get us out of this mess…

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Quantum Kitty's avatar

When there are people who must decide on food or medicine - $1 will break them. Lets not judge what people can do monetarily, lets applaud them for showing up.

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Steve Carson's avatar

I totally respect that.

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Skitealwedrop's avatar

I am too.

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Jax's avatar

I’m afraid it’s going to be too late. So much damage has already been done and a change of the guard doesn’t undo it.

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JA's avatar
Jun 26Edited

In the elections coming up in a year plus, how do we know that the election procedures will be handled honestly? And correctly? MAGAs are in control and office now! Can they be trusted? If so, not in many cases connected to this regime.

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Jax's avatar

It’s coming to light in the main stream media (finally) that 2024 was rigged. Musk had proclaimed if trumpf didn’t win he’d be going to prison. That pretty much says it all.

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Linda's avatar

True he admitted that he help Trump win so hopefully he will stay away…

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ZU's avatar

STREETS✌️🇺🇸 PROTESTS MASSIVELY EVERY DAY !

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Linda's avatar

It’s never too late and giving up is not an option…Besides the protests there’s voting and if you choose not to vote you are not doing duty to your country…If people want to keep from going into a Recession and the fall of Democracy it will be double disaster if we don’t do our due diligence….

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Hendrik Gideonse's avatar

Yes, there are. But the command and control structure for the party and in the Congress is moribund and just not up to the conceptual tasks or the imagination to get it off the dime. . We can't be expected to sort it out at the grassroots and the greatest portion of the messages we receive are from ActBlue which needs the same kind of leadership attention to the kinds of messages they implicitly approve by their publication. Today I was truly rxcited bv Mamdani's apparent primary win. Immediately under that joy is the belief that somehow the party will mange to f--- it up. I pray I will be proved wrong..

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Bellavita's avatar

America is losing credibility.

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Veronica von Bernath Morra's avatar

Correction: I am overseas. Currently in Europe, most of the time in Asia. America HAS LOST IT'S CREDIBILITY. IT IS A DONE DEAL!

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Bellavita's avatar

Overall, it’s an educational problem. Those who voted for Trump and the MAGA voters.

Unfortunately the Southern States don’t seem to have the educational funds needed to hire top notch teachers.

I once spent time helping a 25 year old from Louisiana learn how to read. He grew up on a cattle farm and knew a great deal about farming.

He came aboard a ship as a deck hand.

He couldn’t read at a first grade level. I purchased some books. I taught him on my breaks.

He was interested.

He didn’t keep the job long. There were issues ashore. I lived in a different state. I gave him the books and asked him to find someone to continue teaching him. I hope he did.

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Bellavita's avatar

Yes

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Linda's avatar

More so because of Trump…

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Skitealwedrop's avatar

Our credibility is lost after his lies to NATO in The Hague this morning. The orange con man was a complete embarrassment along with Marco and Pete Kegstand.

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Angie's avatar

Lost credibility in November 2024 if not in the Republican primary. We just keep moving the bar past rock bottom and into the very core of the earth at this point. There is no low too low and we are realizing in real time what that means every single day.

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Skitealwedrop's avatar

Agreed. His lies are becoming more volatile by telling NATO members that the US obliterated Iran’s nuclear capabilities. Iran could be back in nuclear business and whip out populations because the orange con man lied about their nuclear capabilities. The orange criminal should be severely punished for his lies to NATO this morning.

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Veronica von Bernath Morra's avatar

In 2017, when the clown got into the WH and made it a circus!

2020, when thr e insurrection went unpunishef. 2024 was the needle that broke the camel's back!!

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Bellavita's avatar

That is a fact.

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Natalie's avatar

No, America has lost credibility, present tense. The only thing you have going for you now is your massive military.

Might, nothing more.

It's intimidating, no doubt about that.

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Anne P. Sacco's avatar

Has lost credibility, past tense.

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Jax's avatar

Lost

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Bob Schilling's avatar

I wonder...I've lived in authoritarian regimes. The government lies on a regular basis. Everyone knows it. The truth, as you say, darts furtively about in leaks, whispers and rumors. People, though, are smart. They know when the government is lying; after a time, they simply assume that it's lying, unless there is concrete evidence that it's not. Most important, the people stop believing in the government. They stop thinking the government intends to help them, and go about trying to take care of themselves. I think the New York City Mayoral primary election might be an indicator to read carefully. Zohan Mamdani may have pointed the way to a new governing coalition, at least for Democrats, and maybe for more than that. Not toxic populism, but (for the US) radical democratic socialism.

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Natalie's avatar

Sure, problem is, the corruption trickles into everyday life over time. Institutions relied upon now have workers looking to pad their own pockets - what used to be the usual - isn't anymore.

Yes, this is still the reality in post-USSR countries.

Old habits die hard, from people who learned from tbe regime.

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Bob Schilling's avatar

Corruption in both business and government is a constant risk. Governments bureaucracies stress consistent responses and they work hard to avoid risk. This can result in organizations that care more about following rules than accomplishing their mission. Government agencies are chronically underfunded, so they frequently don't have either the people or the technology to do what their enabling legislation mandates. Business corruption is a little different. In business, ever-increasing profit can become an obsession, overshadowing everything else. Businesses stop making money because they provide superior products and services; they shift to extracting the maximum profit from their sales in a never-ending cycle of labor exploitation and product degradation. Boeing Corp. could be an example here.

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Natalie's avatar

Well no, I'm not talking about America or most developed countries, today. I'm pointing out what happens when the leaders and their regime are quite obviously corrupt- and what happens to institutions, and government agencies under a corrupt government. What happens to everyday business under a corrupt regime. It trickles down into e everyday life.

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Bob Schilling's avatar

Agreed. I've had some interviews with "Big Men" in Nigeria, and with some princelings in the Middle East. The thing I came away with is that in their culture, what we think of as corruption is, to them, the normal and necessary process of doing business. For that matter, in the US we say that contributions to PACs and certain nonprofits are legal, when it's quite clear that they are intended to purchase the votes of legislators. Maybe it's easier, at least for me, to see corruption when someone else is doing it.

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Natalie's avatar

When corruption and lawlessness from the top is accepted, it becomes normal in society itself.

What we regard as "shithole" countries.

Any country, even the USA, can use the window dressing of democracy - while it's government is completely corrupt, lawless. Such countries rot from within, society follows suit.

Russia is an example.

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Max P.'s avatar

He lied because Putin told him to.

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Velociraver's avatar

Lying has been institutionalized in the USA since Kennedy was killed. Trump is no exception and to pretend otherwise is intellectual dishonesty.

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Jax's avatar

I’m sure it was alive and well prior to Kennedy. News is just faster now so it doesn’t take as long to find out the stories.

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Sue Sanders's avatar

Not nearly on this scale!

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Karen Morrison's avatar

Canadian here and yes, trump’s former allies know what’s happening and how hard you are working to fight what’s going on in the USA. Canadians, Aussie’s, Brits, Europeans etc are all part of Meidas so we know we’re getting the truth! Stand strong, stand together and stay safe!! We are watching and we will be here for you when the garbage is removed from your White House!!🇨🇦🍁🇮🇨

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Hendrik Gideonse's avatar

I'm not at all religious, but from your lips to God's ears.

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