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John Adams's avatar

Even in our local communities

News outlets WON’T report on Statewide Protests

We need Meidas Mighty to get LOCAL reporters (volunteers) to Report from their own Communities

&. SPILL THE TRUTH !!!

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Kathy's avatar

WE need to call them out !! My local Gannett paper is essentially platforming our MAGA Rep with absolutely NO pushback.DOGE is no big deal “because it’s like when you have a fraudulent charge on your credit card and want it investigated.” Blah,blah,blah…

Write/call your local editors.I cancelled my long-term subscription and let the Exec Editor know why. She answered within minutes,on a Saturday.They are listening…and complicit if they don’t act !

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Schmendryck's avatar

We are adrift in the waters of capitalism, SO: Your local Gannett paper's ADVERTISERS are its weak spot (both locally & nationally, but their local ad sources are at least accessible to local pressure) reach out & TELL THEM they're losing customer support because of THEIR support of that paper's actions (or inaction). Tell your friends! It's a party! And if there IS independent local media, especially analog local independent media, and they have positions that you can support, then go out and buy them! And support their advertisers!

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Helen L's avatar

Since Midas is the most watched podcast in the US and is popular in Canada would you be willing to give one podcast a week to highlight all of the protests so every one in Canada , US and around the world can see we all don’t want this chaos

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MM Harris's avatar

Rachel (Maddow, msnbc, 9pm EST, repeated Midnight EST) has been doing it as a regular segment of her program every night. Very uplifting and inspirational!

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Schmendryck's avatar

A fine idea! Hey Bros! I bet y'all could summarize (with LINKS!!!) each week's public displays of political dismay that wouldn't even need to be a full posting!

(Hmmm... the danger of course is that it could be reductive enough so that it becomes part of the general murmuring which would then serve to undercut the power of each individual action.... maybe it should become its own Midas Channel!)

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Lois Levenstone's avatar

Great comment, and I love your handle!

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Ed Garland's avatar

Oh, they'll realize they're losing support when their sponsors products are left on the shelf and their subscribers dwindle to zero.

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Bluesmurf's avatar

Yep! Boycotts work! And to think "t" is going to buy a Tesla because he feels sorry for Musk. 😭😭😭😭😭😭

Boycott as much as possible.

Look at this link for more information:

https://www.goodsuniteus.com

40-Day Lent Boycott of Target

March 5 for 40 days!

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/business/target-boycott-jamal-bryant/index.html

Amazon Boycott

March 7-14

https://jointhepeoplesunion.com/

More Boycotts Coming

• March 21 through 28 — Nestle boycott.

• April 7 through 14 — Walmart boycott.

• April 18 — Economic blackout, asking shoppers to avoid spending any money, including fast food and gasoline.

• April 21 — General Mills boycott

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May Lee's avatar

Thank you for some REAL WORLD things we can do to fight back!!

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Bluesmurf's avatar

I have more suggestions and more links for how everyone can "empower" their voice in every one of my daily postings on substack, if you're intersted.

https://substack.com/@techiam

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May Lee's avatar

Just subscribed - thank you.

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Ed Garland's avatar

Trump has used OPM (other people's money) his entire life. In order for him to buy Tesla Musk would have to lend him the money. LOL 😂 Dumpty can’t pay attention. He is a snake and a cannibal. Folks should have caught onto that when he regaled his crowds during the campaign.

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Karin Angelika Boss's avatar

Stopped going to Target almost a year ago, because of made up late charges.

Cancelled my Prime with Amazon, stopped ordering. Shopping local!

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Sue Sanders's avatar

Good to know! Spreading the word!

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Judy Berube's avatar

Blue, thanks for this info. Will make note of the dates.

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John Adams's avatar

Excellent. What about local TV News also. I’m from a big Blue state but out three MSM affiliated local news outlets won’t even give 40-sec to a 1000+ group of protesters at our state Capitol. YES

$$$ is where they’ll feel it 1st. Then pure-ass Humiliation. It’s Called NEWS!!!

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Hillary Michelson's avatar

Brilliant reminder! Follow the money. Always!!

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Ed Garland's avatar

Hooray for you! That's awesome!

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John Adams's avatar

GREAT. any ONE Of us can get active. Great idea. Also bleeps in the want adds. ‘Looking for Local News in Plattville, please call our office

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WJB Motown's avatar

The online community is starting to pull together......Stephanie Miller and IHIPNEWS are giving plugs often to MTN. In order to win this war on MAGA...divide and conquer is NOT an option!!! The Allied forces in WW2 was made up by 28 nations.

Massive protests have to happen this summer.

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John Adams's avatar

Yes yes Stephanie Miller & FREE SPEECH TV

tell the local cable corporations to put it in your Package. DEMOCRACY NOW. THOM HARTMANN.

we could also CROWD FUND new outlets.

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WJB Motown's avatar

Fantastic idea!! Free Speech is on my computer most of the day.....

MTN and Jennifer and Angie on IHIPNEWS..........need no more!!

Cancelled the cable years ago!!

Would consider getting it back to support a progressive network....it would be on round the clock.

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Danita Hamilton's avatar

They do that here too.That is why I don’t watch my local news. I don’t watch anything that doesn’t report the truth and anybody who supports and thinks what he is doing is ok. I don’t want to have anything to do with.

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Juanita Talamantez's avatar

SAME HERE!!

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Not THAT John Stewart's avatar

This is why it's so important to protest locally. The local citizens will never see it on the news so they need to see it in person right in front of them. And then the protesters need to submit their own photos and articles to local publications and post everywhere on social media. We are the "someone" who has to do "something."

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WJB Motown's avatar

People need to prepare for an underground resistance...similar to WW2.

ICE/SS may have to be battled using covert actions

Fear cannot win!!!!

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Danita Hamilton's avatar

Yes exactly 👍 💯💯💯👍👌

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Juanita Talamantez's avatar

Absolutely…YES!

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Ed Garland's avatar

The truth is here. Evidence that people are reading and listening is in the growth of MTN.

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Juanita Talamantez's avatar

YES! Subscribe!

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Shannon Donahue's avatar

You are the local reporter my friend! Take a phone or tablet or video camera, film with your comments being added if you can audio record also. Go home review the video. Upload to the Internet via your own accounts, groups You might belong to, local Indivisible, 50/50/1,there are so many ways you can help report what the local media will not. We the PEOPLE ARE IN THIS ALL THE WAY. The PEOPLE United Can NEVER be DEFEATED! UNITED AMERICANS ARE STANDING UP TO THE ILLEGAL UNCONSTITUTIONAL REGIME.

I'm attending an organizing meeting soon WHERE I want to go local (State); showing up demanding our State Nullify this election of unqualified, Disqualified Criminals. Under the Tenth Amendment we have the RIGHT TO BEGIN THE PROCESS of Removing this regime.MAYBE Other States will follow.

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Juanita Talamantez's avatar

YES YES YES!!! Praying💛🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼✝️

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Pam Ponsart's avatar

NowMarch.Org this Friday, March 14th :-)

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Linda Rey's avatar

oh man!! i don't watch the news. we don't have cable. I'm in CT. It's purple in places. But a lot of folks fighting in the resistance.

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Bambi Vargo's avatar

Exactly! If we are going to change the narrative from "trumpspeak" we need to hear stories from our communities!

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