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Speaking the truth directly to them is a terrific strategy. Catches them off guard. It's what they need.

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"Sooner or later, of course, reality reveals itself, he says, you can borrow for a time against reality but reality is always waiting, patiently, silently, to exact a price and level the scales—— "

Paul Lynch, Prophet Song

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Deprogramming is what they need; it’s a death cult.

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MAGA is loving this chaos and attention! The last thing they desire is to be deprogrammed! They would not understand it, anyway! Back off and let them burn.

They will cancel each other out! BIGLY!

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Thiel, Musk & friends “ elected” the clown - MAGAs just obey. T, M & F want the clown’s chaos - Day 1 Executive Orders storm example - to stun oppositional actions to incoherency while they roll up the rugs. Gotta meet the storm with calm resolve & flanking + trapping strategies or we will be wasted.

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Please describe "flanking + trapping." Thanks.

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It’s not just a distraction. It’s him priming his base to normalize the idea that the US and Russia have a right to just take anything they want.

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USA is Not russia, and trumpy is not putin. America does not invade its neighbors, nor sovereign countries. We will Not be puppeteered into western hemisphere expansionism.

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Why is it we all can say this stuff, but our own elected politicians (barring a handful) don't seem to have the courage. Adam and Liz went to war and lost their future in what's left of their party. Heroes as opposed to the Sniveling Cowards subservient to the orange Fraud and Felon.

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The time is coming, when the people who did/do stand up against the tyranny, the treasonous acts against our country & our people will pay off.. For the crimes Trump has committed & he has already been slapped down by Supreme Court, 'No Mr. Trump your not Immune to all crimes!!!' Let's remember this every time Trump tries to convince us otherwise.. FELON forever. Resistance & The Truth, is our power. 🌟

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tRump is a Felon Forever! Along with Kissinger is still dead, this may be my favorite signoff.

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Why are you talking like we live in what until 2016 were normal times? Politicians disagreed. There was often a certain amount of fluidity, shall we say, to campaign promises, but no one stood there and lied with every word that came out of their mouth. If Donald told me the sky was blue, I'd have to check before I believed him.

Prior to this sack of dirt, presidents didn't side with foreign dictators, much less exchange love letters with them. They didn't cozy up to Putin and say that they took his word over all of the intelligence sources in this country. They didn't threaten to leave NATO, especially based on a complete lack of understanding (or caring!) about why it was formed and how it operates. We never had a president who said that they would refuse to back an ally for any bizarre reason that might come into their heads. WE NEVER HAD A PRESIDENT WHO INCITED A VIOLENT ATTEMPT TO OVERTHROW THE ELECTION AND THE RULE OF LAW.

As much as I hate the truth of current reality, you can't make it go away by saying "the United States doesn't do that."

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I'm afraid our history says otherwise. Ask Latin Americans, the Caribbean countries, and Hawai'ians as just a few examples. 😔

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Trump is speaking more like Hitler every day

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Money talks and gives Trump unlimited power!

Trump has surrounded himself with just that but is still a

FELON! Cannot hide or run! Any normal person would be hiding and embarrassed, but not Trump! He is flashing it and SC/courts/judges are giving him protection! Trump has done this exact same thing for 50+ years when in legal problems. Skirts around issues?

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I wish I shared your sentiment, Marigrace McKay. But I don’t. The majority of people in America who voted for DJT, including Republicans elected to federal and state public offices writ large, have already demonstrated their willingness to embrace and puppet any and everything DJT desires; reminding me of gullible Jim Jones’ Peoples Temple followers.

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That is surely a possibility. He is definitely looking for some sort of return.

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@ DJT Luvsputin: He's already getting "returns" as his plans and strategies are being revealed and reported on. Trump can't get out of his own way. He's mentally ill and criminally insane. That is also true for his adult children who, by nature, are exactly like him. Nothing Trump says or does is without a cost--to him and to anyone who signs on to work alongside him. Sowing and Reaping is a thing. We bear witness to it daily.

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Nicely put thx

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@Kirra.Flanagan ... Of course, you are right. MAGA is doomed. They just don't know it yet.

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Unfortunately they are dooming the rest of us with them :(

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💯 agree, Kira.Flanagan!

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Exactly Right. Perfect articulation! It’s that simple.

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And Russia is aiming to take us.

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100% this!

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Exact very SMART truth spoken here !

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Old lesson, still does NOT make right. We have taught it to others, but some still don't get it.

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Maga will wake up when they realize they hurt themselves by voting that back into office.

On a side note, I hope Ben, Brett, their families and all affected in California are safe.

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Our Canadian Ontario Premier is sending all available water bombers to California as of today.

Where are the fake fascist Red State Christians? The brainwashed Orange cult that HATES (what about love????) the West coast of their own country????

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Thank you & your Canadian Premier for the gracious help & concern.❣️ I'm a Northern Californian & the fires were horrendous up north, we have had many fires up here (Paradise fires). But nothing like LA fires..Very scary to watch the destruction. When the Felon Trump gets into the Whitehouse, we, California is Blue 💙 basically so extra Government assistance, well it will be interesting again. Insanity at it's worst. Oh, our new President isn't even allowed to enter in some countries you know. Trump's a Felon, Trump's Threatening leaders of other countries. What a way to start the Donald J Trump show. You too can buy a seat at the table, you got the cash $$$, it's pay to play time!

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Northern California here as well. I has friends displaced by the paradise fires. This is definitely surreal and scary. I'm happy we have a governor who is taking every measure possible.

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Yeah, we have friends right at the Paradise border that were spared the burnouts.

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Well.....Canadian Green MP Elizabeth May is well aware of how the Red Cult Hate based Maga world treats the progressive west coast and even Maine.....Bernie Sanders etc. Her reply to the now officially convicted felons threats against peacful nations is to leave Trumps (shit show) and join us.

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Too little too late Im afraid, most of it is burned down already

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Don't you believe it. Without all the help we received, it could have burned or be burning right on through Thousand Oaks, Oxnard and right on to Ventura, etc. Wildfires don't only burn westward with the SantaAna winds from the east. They create their own weather and high winds.

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From what I can find this morning, the combined fires in L.A. Co have burned approx. 40,000-45,000 acres. The 2007 fire in San Diego Co burned 197,000 acres.

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Ditto

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Ben recently disclosed that he and his immediate family had to evacuate their home. At last count, they were in a safe (undisclosed) location. He didn’t mention where his brothers are, but I'm sure he'd mention it if they weren't safe.

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Both Ben and Brett had to evacuate. During the brother's podcast on January 9, Ben got another alert and ended the podcast a little early as he might have had to move again. Jordy lives on the east coast, so he's safe.

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Brilliantly punking MAGA with uncomfortable facts: That’s my Meidas Touch Network!

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Yup!

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Doesn’t it bother MAGA that Trump isn’t even talking about the things he promised? He ran on lowering grocery prices, etc., but hasn’t mentioned it once since being elected. He obviously doesn’t care and has his own agenda. I don’t understand how they don’t see this.

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Actually he has mentioned grocery prices - he said it will be hard to lower them. Another broken promise.

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Yes he has. But that admission will fly under the radar for maga. Then after he is inaugurated, maga will simply rationalize why he has not done what he said he will do. Not rational.

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Evil and demonic and he will continue along the path of destruction he himself has created. Good.

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That’s true - good point.

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Agree.

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Donable Lector is working overtime to become the real Anti-Christ............what else drives a hate mongering rapist-mysogynist deceiver obsessed with conning/contolling the entire planet???

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LOL, now tell us all what you really think!❣️I'm sure I could ad a few more to the list..Criminally Insane Felon for #1, on the top 40 list. There is one thing Trump does very well. He is the best BS Artist known in our time. What an accomplishment, yes.

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Please...pile it on...go for it.....creativity and the truth are vital in order to survive the next 4 years.

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A series of MTN videos called 'Promises Made/Promises Broken' is in order. BEFORE Trump tries to memory hole all his campaign lies.

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Exactly right!

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Sorry, the system moved this post to the wrong part of the thread, but back in Dec trump did make a statement about bringing the price of groceries down (apologies for the annoying, un-skippable ad upfront) .. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-now-bringing-grocery-prices-promised-hard/story?id=116763207

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Remember how many red state women said they really didn't believe Trump would impose a national abortion ban? Well, guess what the MAGA congress is proposing just this week.

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Yes, we remember. These are the same females who dare not call 911 when their MAGA husbands decide to "discipline" them in a Domestic Violence situation. Who are they going to call? 911 isn't dedicated to protecting them. Though some LEO's are honorable, far too many take the position of "Do as thy will."

These "Trump protected" women will rue the day (if not already) they trusted a traveling circus clown to keep his word. He thinks of them the same way he thinks of his wives--including the current idiot: "Just, shut up, smile, and do as I say!"

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It doesn’t bother them because they are not long on rational thought processes. If you have never watched video of maga being asked specific questions about what t says or does you should. There’s one guy in particular who went to rallies on a regular basis and did that. It’s terrifying how convinced they are that he is the almighty.

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I live in MAGA country and my parents are MAGA, unfortunately. It’s so hard.

I have seen the reporter who asks MAGA questions but can’t remember his name, and I don’t recall seeing his reports since the insurrection. I’ll have to look to see if there is anything more recent!

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Jordan Klepper, on Comedy Central. On the Daily Show

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The Good Liars, too.

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Yes it's just so hard when we have family who support the "devil." 😭

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Found him. This seems to be the newest one. https://youtu.be/BzLOWF1ZkrI?si=5LDJYpeZgfv-NPw4

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Thanks - that is amazing - Jordan manages to stay cool & sounding reasonable as he questions the basis for the beliefs they have almost no answers for ! What a pathetic bunch of humans they are !

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This is why donOld loves the under- and poorly-educated.

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😱🤮

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I decided to watch the episode because I haven’t watched them in a long time. As I watched and listened to ConOld supporters answer questions I could literally feel brain cells in my head dying! I want to thank you for reminding me why I stopped watching those episodes( my poor brain just can’t handle the abuse) and I also want to ask that if you post this link again please, please put a warning ⚠️‼️ beside the link that it’s very dangerous to watch because it will kill brain cells of the non brainwashed viewers!! I’m gonna end this conversation now because my I die goo goo bubble double trouble wobble woo hoo haha need to go watch something intelligent to help my brain recover! ( also I had to keep rewriting my response so it made sense because I really did kill a lot of brain cells!) 🤭

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Live south of Springfield, OH in a red county in a Trumpy retirement complex. I learned a lot about the senior Maga-mama mindset here, among these old gals. And, the "cats and dogs" BIG LIE was the the thing I heard over and over from these sweet little cookie baking grannies as I chatted with them prior to the election. Also, the phrase "He's going to make it better." Blind faith and underlying racism can do a lot of damage.

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How is the situation in Springfield as they prepare for the inevitable mass deportations that will probably target Haitians among the first to be swooped up?

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Well, far as I know. No one's talking about cats and dogs being sushi anymore. Probably bc Shady got his point across. And, no one's packing. I taught in Springfield awhile back. Nice folks, my state, all I can tell you.

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Maggots are so brainwashed they never have a single thought in their head! If you ask them a question they simply regurgitate the garbage they’ve heard spewed by their asinine cult leader! It’s really pathetic!

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Do maggots really want to be the uneducated that Donable Lector says he likes??? Maggots truly are souless bags of shit to be flushed down the golden toilet!!!

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Jordan Klepper

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Not sure. I’ll poke around. I think he is also a comedian strangely enough 😳

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Years ago when donOld was attacking John McCain, I asked my Trumper sister what she thought about his comments. Her reply, "He never said that." I said, "I can show you the video where he said it." She went silent. Today, of course, they would claim that donOld's comments were AI-generated.

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Reminds me of the time when I told my son that I could not see how he thought Trump was so great when he said that he would date Ivanka if he wasn't her dad or something like that. My son said that was fake news. Sooooo of course I found the video of it and showed him. He was silent for only a few seconds and then said Trump was just joking and laughed about it.

That led to me telling him if I ever heard him saying anything like that about my grand daughter I'd slap him into the next kingdom. He quit laughing.

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Jordan Klepper is a treasure!

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They are deceived. And, they only have themselves to blame.

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Your probably talking about Adam M. He's done a good job of listening to Magas at rallies & attempting to discuss issues with them. I was pretty much concerned for Adam at times. Those people could get physical & in his face. They don't want to hear the FACTS, Period.

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I recall a sign on stage behind djt at his rally, it said djt "will fix everything" So far all he has done is threaten war with our neighbors and strongest allies!

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Right now they can use the stupid excuse that he’s not president yet. Except they ALSO use the excuse that he IS president when he does and says crap that he absolutely should NOT be doing. Like I said. They are not great at rational thought processes.

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Hey. Just thought of this. You might like to read it. I’m writing this down too so I can use it. 93 promises he made in writing, on video. It’s astonishing. https://open.substack.com/pub/meidastouch/p/trumps-93-campaign-promises?r=f0sca&utm_medium=ios

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@Jessica ... He has spoken about groceries. In an interview immediately after his win he said, in answer to one interviewer, that he "Can't guarantee anything ... Once things go up, it's hard to bring them down." That was his response to his promise on lowering grocery prices.

True to form he says one thing and then backs off with a flimsy excuse. He is the worst of the worst and it's not going to go well for him and his crew of thugs going forward. The World is ready for him to crash and burn.

Did you see how he was treated at former President Carter's funeral? He should have been turned back at the door. As for his wife, the expression on her mug was as if she were attending her own funeral!

We cannot expect anything close to truth and decorum from the MAGA crowd nor can we expect anything even remotely resembling the milk of human kindness from Trump and his camp of deplorable.

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Unbelievably, he DID make a statement about the price of groceries in December. Lots in this footage to use against him, including his "fix" for "inflation".... energy and supply chain; can't wait to see him "tackle" those things, although he tries to take himself out of the equation by claiming "they" will be handling it (?). I'm inserting 2 links here, one from ABC and another from NBC.... . https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-now-bringing-grocery-prices-promised-hard/story?id=116763207 .......... . https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/trump-says-hard-bring-grocery-prices-down-why-rcna183960

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They are brainwashed & braindead it seems

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To be fair to The Orange One, he has already thoroughly addressed two of his most important campaign promises:

1) Lowering grocery prices: too hard

2) Ending the war in Ukraine within 24 hours: also too hard

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You and your brothers are fearless. It gives us courage.

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Amen 🙏🏾

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Agree. True leadership in the MTN.

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When I see comments about changing the Gulf of Mexico I call it

The Gulf of Distraction

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Haters gonna Hate! No matter what Truth you tell/share/post. It’s the only thing they rely on their own BS. These cult followers are brainwashed and will feel his wrath of broken campaign promises soon enough! We continue to watch/ subscribe and Listen. no Sweat MT, Do what you do 💪🏽👏

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100% accurate.

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The fires in California are due to climate change. Not DEI, not lesbians. It’s fossil fuel use.

California pays the bills for many red states.

Isn’t it dawning on at least some MAGA that Trump focus on world domination means he’s not addressing their problems at home?

Doesn’t MAGA know Trump committing military troops for his world domination means their children, certainly not Trump or Musk offspring???

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Exactly

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Right you are.

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I was glad to see your post this morning. I have been worrying about you and Brett and your families all night. Please stay safe and just give us quick shout outs to let us know you all are safe. God be with you.

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Just watch out for your personal safety, Ben. After January 20th, MAGAs will feel violence is permitted to them. Don't tempt me so much. They work--like Trump--on gut feelings.

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I meant to say: "Don't tempt them so much." Sorry!

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@Servando Ortoll: It doesn't take "tempting" for any of them to spring into action. The question is how many of them are willing to break the law in following his orders? Those that do can wind up in the same predicament as the JAN6.

So, when it comes right down to it Trump may discover that his orders are not being followed to his satisfaction. When it happens, we can expect to hear more reports of him tossing his lunch upside a wall.

He's a misfit. He's a criminal. He's a nut case with zero redeemable qualities, and he will continue to thrash around in the pool of sh*t he's created.

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You are absolutely right, Ed. But as it happened on JAN6, there might be some nuts that still believe in his words--or pretend they do--to feel free to be violent. This is my major concern. In particular with great guys like Ben and his brothers, who might risk their lives.

I enjoyed your description of Mr. Trump.

--Cheers!

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True.

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Don’t let him distract us from his Christofascism! The world is on fire because of Trump. Government workers will clean up his mess like a child’s diaper. https://democracydefender2025.substack.com/p/resisting-project-2025-from-within-government

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@Public Servant: Some will. Some won't. The idiots who follow him to oblivion will regret having tied their little red wagons to his. He cannot lead. He doesn't know the Constitution and he doesn't care about the laws of the land or USA Democracy.

He's a runaway train with a destination to destruction.

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Believing that a group of billionaires will look out for the common man takes a special kind of stupid.

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LFG!!! l love this. They need trigger warnings, those big babies.

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Yup! And, there's probably "an App for that!" LOL 😂

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Post easy links to give gift subscriptions!

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I was just thinking how can I buy subscriptions for family and friends. Thx !

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I already bought one gift subscription, but I had to click through a bunch of pages to find where to do it. I'm not great at remembering how to find my way back, so I might just pass up the next opportunity.

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I'll try this. I have to say, though, that I tried three times to follow your advice to go to www.Meidasplus.com and I could not find my way to a gift subscription option. If this were a simple click rather than a non-obvious maze, it would be easier to reach that paid subscriber goal.

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Hi thank you for info.

I bought a subscription for my daughter by putting in her email instead of mine for the purchase. I think that should work.

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Where it says subscription you see the information about your subscription.

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Think a friend would enjoy Meidas Give a gift subscription

Click on Give a gift subscription.

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Please just make it simple. I would rather subscribe and give a couple more gift subscriptions than to upgrade my own subscription to "founding" -- but the upgrade option is much easier to find.

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Keep telling it loudly!!!

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Amen!

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