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Gloria Johnson's avatar

Yes I am from Australia and born in the USA (like the song ) I will never be able to visit the town I was born🥺because well frankly I can’t stand your President but I have never liked since I first saw him. He is a creep

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Connie Larsen's avatar

I’m with you! Born n I can’t stand the faux president! Or his family! His cabinet, administration! How nutlick could get on tv n say how great the economy is! I’d slap the 💩 out of him! And bessent n a few others!

Sad that our Northern neighbors won’t visit or vacation!

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Mythery's avatar

Your comment is hidden, but I gave it a like anyway, since anything hidden on Trump's order must be worthy.

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Connie Larsen's avatar

Who hid it?🙋‍♀️🇺🇸🔷

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Mythery's avatar

The message over top of yours says, "This comment is hidden due to your country's Online Safety Act..." By chance, were you suggesting a no-no be done to Trump? Lol.

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PlasticFish's avatar

You must be in the UK?

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

No - no message in the UK.

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Melanie  Mathews's avatar

wow!

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

You'd SLAP Scott Bessent? But he's so HANDSOME! So good looking! Our President SAYS so!

I worry sometimes about Donnie's fixation on other men. I know he's had a lot of women accuse him of assault. It surprises me we've never heard from a guy. Rape can apply to either sex.

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Janet Wilson's avatar

Rape is a form of domination. I am quite sure Donald loves dominating all the men around him. Ask Marco Rubio. Ask the ones who titter at his every lame joke.

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Bad Bunny's avatar

He has, in fact, been accused by several who were barely in their teens back in the day. No names have been revealed AFAIK. This behavior wouldn't be totally unexpected from one who went to a military-style boarding school -- sort of the junior-American version of dedovshchina.

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

I never heard that before - I wonder if any of them have ever thought to come forward?

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Sandy Marshall's avatar

Very sad for sure. I have close relatives😭

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Ray C's avatar
3dEdited

You feel free to come here (Minnesota)Gloria. My wife and I will take you fishing for Walleye, the very sweetest freshwater fish you can eat!!! She’s never had a “Fosters” either.

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

Unless, of course, Gloria turns up at MSP - and is lifted by trump's goons when they read the comment she made here "I can't stand your President." - then she'll have a nice twelve week break in a Louisiana jail before getting shipped back to Oz. And then she'll probably get a bill for the stay and the flight. . .

I'll visit the US again when the wicked old swine is dead - and all his little playmates are in jail.

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Martha Kenne's avatar

Way to go, Ray! Fellow Minnesotan here!

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PlasticFish's avatar

"Fosters" derives from an old Aboriginal phrase meaning, "Swill we export to Yanks who don't know what beer actually is". For real Aussie beer, get yourself a Toohey's. 🙂

Father of an Australian daughter whom he no longer tries to get to come visit Dad's Country. ☹️

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

Yep. It's not just families across America that MAGA has divided - it's families across the world.

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Teri Gelini's avatar

That is the same description I had way back on the apprentice...He gives me the creeps too

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BillyBob's avatar

What kind of American likes a guy who says, “ you’re fired” for a living?!! Such a creep!

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Teri Gelini's avatar

Total scum

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Chris Hayden's avatar

And that was after multiple retakes. He couldn’t even follow the script.

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Teri Gelini's avatar

No surprise as he thinks he is the only one that is right

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Linda Fountain's avatar

I lived in Sydney for 5 1/2 years in the 70s and would happily go back. Love my Aussies!!

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BillyBob's avatar

Hey, Gloria, a lot of us hate him, too! Hope you make it back to the USA! F*** Trump!

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JA's avatar

No one wants to come here, why would they?!?!Did visitors go to Germany, Amsterdam etc during WWII? They’d be better off jumping off a cliff than to come here!

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Teri Gelini's avatar

True..probably safer

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BillyBob's avatar

Americans are hard-wired for freedom! In my bones, I do not believe we’ll go authoritarian— it’s not who we are. F*** Trump, Russell Vought, and Stephen Miller!

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JA's avatar

I agree. We deserve freedom in a DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC! I hope you’re right. We are seeing much more push back, about Noem who walked out today when she lied, police pushing back against ICE violence against citizens, talk of getting rid of Patel, this mortgage fraud thing about the traitor, what he accuses everyone else of when he’s the one committing it. MAGA turning away from the traitor, Dems winning across the country, no American wants them to start a war in Venezuela and it’s just a few days until the Epstein file release, you know they’re going to try something underhanded. Judges stopping their actions, murder on the high seas, stealing a tanker, the inability to indict Leticia James numerous times. Can’t try to indict Comey again. Things aren’t going well for this regime and I for one am happy to see it.

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Katherine Donald's avatar

We all are entitled to our viewpoints and opinions, but from my view, we, the people, are already in the midst of an authoritarian regime...it's not coming...it is here!!! All while we sleep-walk.

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BillyBob's avatar

It’s not over yet (the regime wants us to think it is), but we must fight to keep our democracy.

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Geri Cochran's avatar

I agree, sadly. We are no longer a democratic republic. MAGAs have seen to that. MAGAs have destroyed so much of our country's values, destroyed our law and order society, and are destroying our safety nets and retirement promises. MAGAs have voted for the murderers, the cheaters, the liars, the greedy SOBs: and they continue to blame anything and anyone who is not MAGA. They are partially responsible for murdering innocent fisher people; kidnapping children and never returning them, abusing those incarcerated, demeaning women, threatening all others. MAGAS who voted for him are all responsible. Hope they all rot in their 'christian" hell, upon their natural death.

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BillyBob's avatar

💯

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Susan's avatar

I can't say this new rule will stop me visiting USA because I wasn't likely to visit anyway. Why would any sane person voluntarily visit such a hostile location? Tourists tend to look for places where they will be welcome. Ya know, places like Canada, Mexico, Europe, Australia, etc.

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Teri Gelini's avatar

Agree

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Xplisset's avatar

This one right here hits and it hits like a dystopian TSA fever dream, except it’s real policy and a damn clearance sale for oligarchs. “Delete your bikini pics, hand over your digital soul, or wire us a million” is exactly how fear and greed hold hands in an authoritarian state. I appreciate you man for naming the real tell: they don’t care who loves America, only who can afford to be less suspected. Thanks for putting language to the knot in so many of our stomachs. www.xplisset.com

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Teri Gelini's avatar

Well said

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Poolies's avatar

Yeah....nah! Us Aussies and Kiwis are not going to be rushing to the US - almost anywhere else in the world is far more appealing now. Thats a hard NO from us, but we are very sympathetic to you guys that are living this bullshit!

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Donald Gallacher's avatar

Expat kiwi and going home for xmas: deliberately going a longer route via Singapore rather than stop-over in America. Why would I want the hassle? America has become a joke.

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James Coyle's avatar

Not a joke, and not funny. It's a nightmare, except it's not a dream.

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Teri Gelini's avatar

stay safe..

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Julie's avatar

Can we come visit you?? It is beautiful there and you know how to welcome visitors! 🐨🐨

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Teri Gelini's avatar

Thank you..

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Pat Robinson's avatar

As always, the question remains where is the GOP Congress....oh, they are on the sidelines cheering this as the economies of their states tank.

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Geri Cochran's avatar

Well, I think the GOP and Republican Party died a while back. They are all MAGAs if they support the regime. There's a stink to the name MAGA - whereas the name Republicans give them too much status. So I use MAGAS: the worst of the worst of humanity.

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Kay's avatar

Does the US government collect that million dollars or does it go to the MelonFelon?

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M Clare Cardy's avatar

Well, Kay, have they located the account yet where all that tariff money is sequestered? The new millions will be right next to it. HA.🤣

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Geri Cochran's avatar

lol Good one! Do people not realize MAGAs' savior is stealing us blind? smdh

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K B's avatar

As an Australian, when we saw this crap on the news, we said, who the hell is going there anyway!! But I bet if you're a nazi or rapist, they'll roll out the red carpet for you!!! Little pedo cheeto can't take the heat from anyone, how truly pathetic he is!!

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James Coyle's avatar

This is what happens when paranoia meets incompetence and calls it “policy.”

This is a brilliant formulation. Well said, sir.

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Elle's avatar

Great definition of policy.

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William MacKenzie's avatar

Good grief. If I was a foreigner, my years of Wordpress posts alone would probably keep me out of the US, given that a lot of them bitch about public policy issues. What a joke.

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Joan MacLeod's avatar

Well, as a Canadian who has posted many things about my feelings against The Trump Regime, you won't see me anywhere in the US for many years to come if ever.

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James Coyle's avatar

This American hopes you will come for a visit in 2029, after the Trump regime has been tossed into the biohazard disposal unit.

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Joan MacLeod's avatar

Only if all traces of MAGA are gone.

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James Coyle's avatar

I fear that the Trump stench will linger for a long time, but I am hopeful that our people can begin stockpiling the disinfectant in 2027 and begin a thorough cleaning two years later. It may take a while to get rid of the MAGAts in federal offices, however, and even longer in state and local offices.

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Kelvin Hobbs's avatar

Score: Democracy A+++++, Heritage Foundation F---- [Representatives Of The People Of Indiana Closed Their Ears And Opened Their Minds]

Indiana Republicans reject effort to redraw voting maps in rebuke to Trump. Measure to redistrict, which would add two GOP-friendly seats, failed 19-31 after 21 Republicans joined 10 Democrats. Indiana Republicans rejected an effort to redraw the state’s congressional map on Thursday, a stunning and blunt rebuke of Donald Trump and Republican efforts to reconfigure the state’s congressional districts to add two more Republican-friendly seats. The measure failed 19-31, with 21 Republicans joining 10 Democrats in rejecting the new maps.

Heritage Action, the advocacy branch of the conservative Heritage Foundation, also posted on Thursday that the state would lose federal funding if it did not pass the map. “President Trump has made it clear to Indiana leaders: if the Indiana Senate fails to pass the map, all federal funding will be stripped from the state. Roads will not be paved. Guard bases will close. Major projects will stop. These are the stakes and every NO vote will be to blame,” the organization posted on Twitter.

Sources:

The Guardian, 11-Dec-25, https://tinyurl.com/bdfywpce

Heritage Action @Heritage_Action, https://tinyurl.com/2kdwh8sz

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James Coyle's avatar

Heritage is a radical cesspit.

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Susan Raquel's avatar

Backed by the Opus Dei cult.

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Kelvin Hobbs's avatar

Please see the comments below about the Claremont Institute, Opus Dei and The Family

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Kelvin Hobbs's avatar

[Susan Raquel (@susanburd): Thank you for these additional references. Background about each follows]

OPUS DEI

Some faithful of the Prelature, along with cooperators of Opus Dei and others, undertake charitable or educational initiatives which entrust their spiritual and doctrinal orientation to the Prelature. Among these apostolates are secondary schools, universities, women's centers, medical clinics in underdeveloped areas, schools for farm workers, institutes for professional education, student residences and cultural centers. These initiatives are always set up to meet a social need in the city or country where they are located. The Prelature does not involve itself in any for-profit, commercial, or political ventures. A corporate apostolate is usually owned by a civil not-for-profit corporation and is managed by its own board of directors and administrative staff. The Prelature takes on responsibility for its spiritual and doctrinal orientation, guaranteeing that this orientation will be faithful to Catholic teachings.

Source: Opus Dei, https://opusdei.org/en-us/article/activities/

THE FAMILY

[The] Family has been able to draw on an impressive array of members [including] Henry Ford, Conrad Hilton, J. A. Farrell of U.S. Steel and Howard Coonley of the National Association of Manufacturers. Religious allies have included clerics as different as Harry Emerson Fosdick, Norman Vincent Peale, Billy Graham and Carl F. H. Henry. … Although the Family favors Republicans, from Homer Capehart, Alexander Wiley and Frank Carlson in the 1950s to Sam Brownback, Rick Santorum and Chuck Grassley today, there have always been Democratic members and sympathizers, from Brooks Hays in the 1950s to Tony Hall and Hillary Clinton today.

From this broad base of influence, the Family’s “Worldwide Spiritual Offensive infused America’s global mission—the economic reconstruction of Western Europe and the militaristic destruction of Southeast Asia alike—and that imperial project in turn sparked the imagination of elite fundamentalists, providing them with an alternative to traditional fundamentalist separatism.” Indeed, the messianic direction of U.S. foreign policy since the 1960s is largely the handiwork of the Family’s person-to-person spiritual diplomacy with foreign autocrats. At home the Family formed a “popular front” with mass fundamentalism in the 1980s to advance a cultural agenda that would divert public attention from “hunger, poverty, the greed and blindness that drives global warming.”

Source: The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power https://www.christiancentury.org/reviews/2008-10/family-secret-fundamentalism-heart-american-power

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Geri Cochran's avatar

Indiana was already gerrymandered, leaving only 2 democratic districts out of 9: so, really, don't give them that much credit for rejecting the idea of more gerrymandering. lol AND they did it to save their own positions. lol

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Kelvin Hobbs's avatar

Agreed. Whether they (and others), a number that will grow in size as Nov. nears, act in their (perceived) self-interest, what they really have is Hobson's (no meaningful) Choice between (1) riling up revanchist 47 (by not gerrymandering) or (2) placating King 47 and incurring the wrath of their constituents (by gerrymandering). Either they vote with the Dems on this, the ACA, etc. or they may face the prospect of getting a real job. (The absolute worse case if you are used to living large in a taxpayer subsidized lifestyle.)

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Kelvin Hobbs's avatar

Be even more wary, for good reasons, of the Claremont Institute:

"The mission of the Claremont Institute is to restore the principles of the American Founding to their rightful, preeminent authority in our national life." See, Press Releases https://tinyurl.com/ycpuazrv and Mission Statement https://tinyurl.com/483zsje3

From the 2024 Annual Report of the Claremont Institute: https://tinyurl.com/3ptr5mcr “Claremont Fellow” has become a notable and respected credential for competent, patriotic leaders in Washington and state capitols across America. Our alumni have spread out far-and-wide, burrowing themselves into positions of influence to restore the American way of life and the respect for its founding principles. In doing so, Claremont has shaped the American conservative movement and now, American government.

rough advising the incoming administration, placing dozens of our alumni in key positions throughout the government, and cultivating a new generation of public servants devoted to the principles of the American Founding, our influence stretches from the White House to statehouses nationwide.” [p .6] “Looking ahead, this new administration presents a fresh opportunity to roll back bureaucratic overreach and restore constitutional government. Armed with our proven legal strategies and the tireless scholarship of our faculty and fellows, CCJ stands ready to continue fortifying the moral and structural pillars of our Republic in 2025 and beyond." [p.32]

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Susan Raquel's avatar

Yes, very similar to Opus Dei except the Claremont Institute is more open about what they want to do whereas Opus is very secretive. A poster in another substack brought up a group called The Family. There is or will be a documentary on Netflix.

I just started reading OPUS by Gareth Gore. Now I will have to look into not only The Family; but also the Claremont Institute.

How many more of these groups are around trying to dismantle our democracy?

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Bad Bunny's avatar

Yes, precisely, "burrowing themselves in".

Like Guinea worms and botfly larvae.

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Joanna Parker's avatar

I'll never submit

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David G's avatar

What if I was better looking?

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

Then you'd be at risk from trump's clammy little fingers. . .

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Arlene Meaney's avatar

Who wants to come here?. They'll be picked up by ICE for not being a citizen and put into a concentration camp unless you Come up with the moolah. Who wants to come here?I wouldnt want to come here! Never!

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Mweiner's avatar

I'm waiting for EU, along with other countries, to demand proof of vaccinations for diseases like measles before allowing Americans into their country.

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Geri Cochran's avatar

They should for their own health. How many infants have died of whooping cough...an illness we had irradicated. I think the answer is 3 so far. Schools are closing due to the numbers of children ill, making teachers ill as well. Measles in the south have made schools close as well.

And EU leaders should know to never trust this administration, no matter what it promises. I also wouldn't trust corporate democrats either. Look how well Schumer negotiated to give back all that power to the MAGAs, and get virtually NOTHING for the people, other than a promise of a vote. It's either horrible negotiation skills, or he's compromised. I wonder how much money got donated to him from insurance companies?

"https://readsludge.com/2021/11/23/schumer-took-a-66k-bundle-of-checks-from-the-health-insurance-industrys-top-lobbyist/"

"The bundle was given as the health insurance industry was lobbying against Medicare dental, vision, and hearing coverage being included in the Build Back Better Act."

With democrats like him, we'll never get universal health care. :(

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Michele2's avatar
3dEdited

Thank you Michael.. You bring a much-needed sense of humor in the midst of our anguish, anger, and utter disbelief in the the world we find ourselves in right now...

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