So refreshing to hear sane, rational voices about the times we are living in. Thank you to the entire team! Also, thank you for holding true to your values and not selling out to billionaire investors. We as a collective will make this network strong and mighty!
Thanks, Ben! I just listened to your podcast about Trump voters realizing what Trump promised isn’t what they’re going to get. I’ve been trying to document the way things are under Biden as well as the promises that Trump made and how he’s breaking them. I want to be able to speak now from factual info that I have documented and when all hell breaks loose.
I agree with you about the Democrats of which I am one. Where is our leadership? Why aren’t they calling Trump out with organized talking points about what’s going on in terms of promises versus reality!
Mostly, I just want to say thank you for all your research and hard work and for keeping some of us sane. I have so many friends that won’t even listen to news right now, and I’m trying to get them back on track with at least the suggestion of Meidas Touch.
Thank You Ben. You and your brothers are great, really better than any corporate media that’s been on in recent years. Ron’s recaps are great. I don’t know how he does it. It’s like he’s watching a deranged bunch of children everyday and then writes a report about it. Keep up the great work and Happy Friday! 💙🇺🇸
Thank You! Ben You are right we desperately need a Churchill or an FDR today not tomorrow .
We are in deperate need of leadership that will sound the alarm of what is happening. My party needs to stop with the autopsy of what the dems did wrong. Its stupid. I have heard from a couple of friends that we lost the working man because the party is elitist. No we lost because Trump and company lied and lied and lied about everything. The fake news is FOX and the rest of the right wing media outlets. A friend said to me oh it goes back to Hillary calling Trump supporters deplorables ! I said, Yes they are deplorables they broke into the capital and defecated on the floor, injured the police. Some died as a result of there actions. She should have doubled down ...
If Hillary had truly understood the nature of Trump’s evil, she would not have tried to play nice; shewould have turned around at their debate when he crept up behind her and kicked him in the cohones with her spiked heel. You don’t play nice with bullies. It just encourages them.
Facts. Love Harris but Dems turning around and dunking on President Biden explains the lost. Never, ever, ever, sack your own quarterback no matter what. Ever.
I hope that all readers here will take a moment to contact their Senators and Representatives via a phone call or email to let them know that we expect leadership and want to hear their voices. They need an avalanche of communication from their districts….and they really need it now.
I learned the hard way - they don’t care about our emails, letters and calls in “safe” districts. My rep is an old coward just like so many of them. He thinks it’s the 1990’d still.
Good morning fellow Meidas mighty- same here. Even though I live in SoCal, my rep is a Repugnant who votes party line most of the time. Keeps getting elected because we have a redneck area and low information voter turnout ( and this area
Sorry I cut my sentence off. My area has a strong white supremacy history and motorcycle gang hangouts so very hard to flip blue. I’ve emailed my rep in the past during early Biden term urging him to pass the PACT act and other legislation but I would get politely worded republican messaging and tuned out on his BS. Too many who vote R have still not figured out the billionaire take over of the Republican Party is complete and anyone who is less than a member of that billionaire boys club is useless to them in power now. But I feel these R voters are still to far down the Faux noise propaganda rabbit hole to realize their idiotic choices.
Kathy, Regarding the denseness of Trump voters, your comment reminds me of the old saying attributed to King Solomon in Proverbs 16:18 which states, "Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall." Wait for it…
My representative is Hawley, the seditionist who gave the rioters a thumbs up on 1/6. Waste of my time and electrons to try to talk to him. He's a perfect example of the people in his district.
My rep is Jimmy Panetta and even after calling him several times and talking to his staff about the non profit policy, he still voted Yes to give Trump authorization to defund them and yank their non profit status. He was one of 15 Dems to vote Yes. He claims guardrails will be in place. I said... Right, because the immunity SCOTUS gave him will stop him 🤦
There goes ACLU, NOAA, PBS, NPR, Planned Parenthood, etc. Any one of these top non profits could be impacted
All the more reason to write him, and maybe to get involved with your state Party to figure out who primaries the guy who pays no attention to you. Maybe include a reference to that in your email or call. Right now is not the time to let these folks whom we elected get away with ignoring the voters who put them in office.
Hi, I know that I need to get more involved but as I am a senior, I am limited sometimes due to health concerns so I mostly donate to a few select organizations when I can afford it like VoteVets, Emily’s List , Indivisible and ActBlue. I email back to my rep my concerns and the only good comment I can make about him is he seems to be pro veteran but we will see when the incoming administration starts targeting veterans for “cost”cutting . I read voraciously and subscribe to alternative sites that are crucial for my sanity (alternative to the propaganda and sane washing MSM) like MTN. But I will never surrender to this incoming maladministration.
I was in the Air Force for seven years and have been a high school social studies teachers for twenty-seven years and I feel Iike I am watching everything I believe in crumble before my eyes and the only media source speaking the truth is Meidas. I am sickened by the greed of a few people who are determined to destroy our country and the great American experiment.
I feel the same way. I no longer have any confidence in this country. I guess my Dad was drafted and sent to Germany in 1944 for us to elect fascists here. He must have rolled over in his grave in 2016 and again on November 6. I'm expecting at least a horrendous recession, if not a second Depression, in the next few years. Mango Mussolini's tariffs will destroy our economy, as well as the economies around the world. The last time we pulled this tariffs and isolationist crap, we ended up with WW II.
Ask him whether he has evidence of Russian infiltration in Canadian politics.
Biden needs to report on Russian interference ASAP! We are the victims of the Russian war on the USA. Putin admits he did it and demands quid pro quo from Trump. As far as I'm concerned the admission is dispositive and is actionalble and constitutes an emergency.
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.
I love that Meidas Touch is reaching out in a meaningful way to our friends in Canada! I believe this the start of something even bigger and more impactful in the fight for democracy worldwide!
Where are the Democrats? Good question. I’d recommend interviewing Ben Wikler. He’s running for head of the DNC. Saw him on the Daily Show and he was talking the real talk about what Dems need to change. He has made serious in roads in Wisconsin with voters. We need his passion and strategy across the nation to motivate voters to do the right thing. Check him out pleazzzzzzz!
Not only did Trump cave in on the promise of a better stock market he also said he prolly won’t be getting grocery prices down. Told a story about an old woman not being able to buy an apple. Anyone recall that during the Great Depression “apple sellers” abounded? There’s a 1961 movie called A Pocketful of Miracles starring Bette Davis as Apple Annie. That’s how cliche apple sellers were.
Thank you Meidas Touch for speaking truth to power. I am also frustrated at the collapse of democratic leadership right now. Meidas Touch is our only beacon of light right now.
Every time I hear references to the collapse of Democratic leadership, I can’t help wondering how many of those in our democratic party have received death threats, or other harmful promises from Trump‘s minions if they were to speak out against Trump or his nominees for the cabinet? These threats should be made public and weaponized in our fight against fascism. Fear is their most potent weapon and they use it with abandon. We need to get really loud and not be afraid to express our outrage at this hostile takeover of our country.
I know fear is running rampant. But say it OUT LOUD. I’m being threatened! Share the threats in the forms the threats come in. Share them so America knows what this new administration is doing & is capable of. SCOTUS has security. Why not members of congress? Mace prancing all over in a sling for a maybe fake attack? Let’s go toe-to-toe. If they threaten children-I believe that’s something all Americans should be able to get behind. If not…anarchy? No? I can’t do it. I don’t have the killing gene. I have a scary bitchy yelling gene about cleaning the kitchen sink that’s been known to drive people crazy. I can do that. Fvck yeah
The old woman and the apple story is bullshit. Apples are not stored in Grocery store coolers (as a thirty-four times convicted felon said. It's clear he knows nothing about groceries).
I totally agree about the Democrat politicians. Where are you? There's maybe two or three out there who are not afraid to call out Trump and his tramps, but the rest are quiet. Why? We need you. Will you voted for you. Now? Do your job and protect the United States of America as you pledged when you were sworn in.
So refreshing to hear sane, rational voices about the times we are living in. Thank you to the entire team! Also, thank you for holding true to your values and not selling out to billionaire investors. We as a collective will make this network strong and mighty!
Collective resistance is the best way to defeat MAGA fascism. The 5 stages of grief should not end at acceptance, it now adds resistance: https://democracydefender2025.substack.com/p/trump-resist-five-stages-of-grief
Thanks, Ben! I just listened to your podcast about Trump voters realizing what Trump promised isn’t what they’re going to get. I’ve been trying to document the way things are under Biden as well as the promises that Trump made and how he’s breaking them. I want to be able to speak now from factual info that I have documented and when all hell breaks loose.
I agree with you about the Democrats of which I am one. Where is our leadership? Why aren’t they calling Trump out with organized talking points about what’s going on in terms of promises versus reality!
Mostly, I just want to say thank you for all your research and hard work and for keeping some of us sane. I have so many friends that won’t even listen to news right now, and I’m trying to get them back on track with at least the suggestion of Meidas Touch.
Agreed 100 💯
Thank You Ben. You and your brothers are great, really better than any corporate media that’s been on in recent years. Ron’s recaps are great. I don’t know how he does it. It’s like he’s watching a deranged bunch of children everyday and then writes a report about it. Keep up the great work and Happy Friday! 💙🇺🇸
Ron has my deepest respect. And all the Meidas Mighty to be fair.
Ditto Sal!
No billionaire investors! NONE! NEVER, OKAY? Good talk.
Thank You! Ben You are right we desperately need a Churchill or an FDR today not tomorrow .
We are in deperate need of leadership that will sound the alarm of what is happening. My party needs to stop with the autopsy of what the dems did wrong. Its stupid. I have heard from a couple of friends that we lost the working man because the party is elitist. No we lost because Trump and company lied and lied and lied about everything. The fake news is FOX and the rest of the right wing media outlets. A friend said to me oh it goes back to Hillary calling Trump supporters deplorables ! I said, Yes they are deplorables they broke into the capital and defecated on the floor, injured the police. Some died as a result of there actions. She should have doubled down ...
If Hillary had truly understood the nature of Trump’s evil, she would not have tried to play nice; shewould have turned around at their debate when he crept up behind her and kicked him in the cohones with her spiked heel. You don’t play nice with bullies. It just encourages them.
Facts. Love Harris but Dems turning around and dunking on President Biden explains the lost. Never, ever, ever, sack your own quarterback no matter what. Ever.
I hope that all readers here will take a moment to contact their Senators and Representatives via a phone call or email to let them know that we expect leadership and want to hear their voices. They need an avalanche of communication from their districts….and they really need it now.
And to celebrate MLK holiday instead of giving attention to the inauguration of a fascist, the very opposite of King.
I learned the hard way - they don’t care about our emails, letters and calls in “safe” districts. My rep is an old coward just like so many of them. He thinks it’s the 1990’d still.
Good morning fellow Meidas mighty- same here. Even though I live in SoCal, my rep is a Repugnant who votes party line most of the time. Keeps getting elected because we have a redneck area and low information voter turnout ( and this area
Sorry I cut my sentence off. My area has a strong white supremacy history and motorcycle gang hangouts so very hard to flip blue. I’ve emailed my rep in the past during early Biden term urging him to pass the PACT act and other legislation but I would get politely worded republican messaging and tuned out on his BS. Too many who vote R have still not figured out the billionaire take over of the Republican Party is complete and anyone who is less than a member of that billionaire boys club is useless to them in power now. But I feel these R voters are still to far down the Faux noise propaganda rabbit hole to realize their idiotic choices.
Kathy, Regarding the denseness of Trump voters, your comment reminds me of the old saying attributed to King Solomon in Proverbs 16:18 which states, "Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall." Wait for it…
My representative is Hawley, the seditionist who gave the rioters a thumbs up on 1/6. Waste of my time and electrons to try to talk to him. He's a perfect example of the people in his district.
My rep is Jimmy Panetta and even after calling him several times and talking to his staff about the non profit policy, he still voted Yes to give Trump authorization to defund them and yank their non profit status. He was one of 15 Dems to vote Yes. He claims guardrails will be in place. I said... Right, because the immunity SCOTUS gave him will stop him 🤦
There goes ACLU, NOAA, PBS, NPR, Planned Parenthood, etc. Any one of these top non profits could be impacted
https://www.forbes.com/top-charities/list/
Thanks Jimmy 👍
All the more reason to write him, and maybe to get involved with your state Party to figure out who primaries the guy who pays no attention to you. Maybe include a reference to that in your email or call. Right now is not the time to let these folks whom we elected get away with ignoring the voters who put them in office.
Hi, I know that I need to get more involved but as I am a senior, I am limited sometimes due to health concerns so I mostly donate to a few select organizations when I can afford it like VoteVets, Emily’s List , Indivisible and ActBlue. I email back to my rep my concerns and the only good comment I can make about him is he seems to be pro veteran but we will see when the incoming administration starts targeting veterans for “cost”cutting . I read voraciously and subscribe to alternative sites that are crucial for my sanity (alternative to the propaganda and sane washing MSM) like MTN. But I will never surrender to this incoming maladministration.
That's depressing...
I was in the Air Force for seven years and have been a high school social studies teachers for twenty-seven years and I feel Iike I am watching everything I believe in crumble before my eyes and the only media source speaking the truth is Meidas. I am sickened by the greed of a few people who are determined to destroy our country and the great American experiment.
I feel the same way. I no longer have any confidence in this country. I guess my Dad was drafted and sent to Germany in 1944 for us to elect fascists here. He must have rolled over in his grave in 2016 and again on November 6. I'm expecting at least a horrendous recession, if not a second Depression, in the next few years. Mango Mussolini's tariffs will destroy our economy, as well as the economies around the world. The last time we pulled this tariffs and isolationist crap, we ended up with WW II.
100%. It is just insane to think we are at this point. I feel like the rest of the world thinks we are a joke.
Thank you for your service and becoming a teacher. You are a true American hero!
Thanks! I don't feel like one!
Ask him whether he has evidence of Russian infiltration in Canadian politics.
Biden needs to report on Russian interference ASAP! We are the victims of the Russian war on the USA. Putin admits he did it and demands quid pro quo from Trump. As far as I'm concerned the admission is dispositive and is actionalble and constitutes an emergency.
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.
Ron F’s daily briefs are epic! You all are the very best.🖤
I love that Meidas Touch is reaching out in a meaningful way to our friends in Canada! I believe this the start of something even bigger and more impactful in the fight for democracy worldwide!
Where are the Democrats? Good question. I’d recommend interviewing Ben Wikler. He’s running for head of the DNC. Saw him on the Daily Show and he was talking the real talk about what Dems need to change. He has made serious in roads in Wisconsin with voters. We need his passion and strategy across the nation to motivate voters to do the right thing. Check him out pleazzzzzzz!
Thank you MTN. Please stay independent! No billionaire investors! 💙🇺🇸
Meidas Touch has now become as important as the air I breathe! Thank you for everything you do!
Happy Friday to all Meidas Touch!
Not only did Trump cave in on the promise of a better stock market he also said he prolly won’t be getting grocery prices down. Told a story about an old woman not being able to buy an apple. Anyone recall that during the Great Depression “apple sellers” abounded? There’s a 1961 movie called A Pocketful of Miracles starring Bette Davis as Apple Annie. That’s how cliche apple sellers were.
Thank you Meidas Touch for speaking truth to power. I am also frustrated at the collapse of democratic leadership right now. Meidas Touch is our only beacon of light right now.
Every time I hear references to the collapse of Democratic leadership, I can’t help wondering how many of those in our democratic party have received death threats, or other harmful promises from Trump‘s minions if they were to speak out against Trump or his nominees for the cabinet? These threats should be made public and weaponized in our fight against fascism. Fear is their most potent weapon and they use it with abandon. We need to get really loud and not be afraid to express our outrage at this hostile takeover of our country.
I know fear is running rampant. But say it OUT LOUD. I’m being threatened! Share the threats in the forms the threats come in. Share them so America knows what this new administration is doing & is capable of. SCOTUS has security. Why not members of congress? Mace prancing all over in a sling for a maybe fake attack? Let’s go toe-to-toe. If they threaten children-I believe that’s something all Americans should be able to get behind. If not…anarchy? No? I can’t do it. I don’t have the killing gene. I have a scary bitchy yelling gene about cleaning the kitchen sink that’s been known to drive people crazy. I can do that. Fvck yeah
They’re gonna kill US-the little people- anyway.
The old woman and the apple story is bullshit. Apples are not stored in Grocery store coolers (as a thirty-four times convicted felon said. It's clear he knows nothing about groceries).
Please, no outside investor billionaires! You will then be beholden to them in some way and the trust of the people on here will be broken!
I totally agree about the Democrat politicians. Where are you? There's maybe two or three out there who are not afraid to call out Trump and his tramps, but the rest are quiet. Why? We need you. Will you voted for you. Now? Do your job and protect the United States of America as you pledged when you were sworn in.
Jasmine Crockett is the only one I've seen regularly making our voices heard
AOC had been out there lately too pussing off the establishment.
Ron's daily recap is the best thing on the internet! He needs some help before he goes mad wading thru the muck every day,.