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I have voted for Pritzker twice and will continue to vote for him no matter if he is running for governor or president. I would hate to lose him as governor but he would make a terrific president. He improved our bond rating, improved our state's services, protected us during COVID - getting us needed equipment and supplies, and he doesn't take crap from anyone, especially the CONmander in Cheat.

Great interview, greatly appreciated!!!.

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Yes I agree. I was unsure about a Billionaire governor but he has done a good job. Our credit rating has improved. The state budget is a lot better and we have not heard any news or rumors (at least I have not) about wrongdoings. That last point is quite something in this state.

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Some $$$$$$$$$ people are good. Look at Roosevelt!

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Gov. Pritzger is a tremendous communicator and if he WANTED to tackle the challenge of the next Presidency, with having to clean up a disastrous catastrophe, I'd support him in any way possible. I think of him as a 'benevolent Godfather'!

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Same here! I would campaign hard for him here in the DMV area (DC-MD-VA).

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The problem is getting to another election. And if there is one will it be a fair one.

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Envious of your having a great, progressive governor. Here in OH our governor was among the knighted few invited to the unveiling of the EO getting rid of the Dept. of Education. Our governor was invited because OH is one of the states that allows families who send their children to private schools (secular and parochial) to use vouchers. Ouch!

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It annoys me having Dewine as our governor 🤬.

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Like "CONmander in Cheat"!

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Trump has no intention to help any middle class or poor Americans. They are pissing away your tax dollars. All while dismantling our life savings programs.

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Is there a point at which swing/independent voters who voted for Trump will get that Trump lied, and that he is only interested in (1) tax cuts for thr 1% and (2) protecting himself?

The NYT ran an article online and in today's print edition about Arab-American voters in Michigan who went for Trump or who voted for Jill Stein(DO NOT get me started). Several of those voters interviewed are dismayed by Trump's support for Netanyahu.

While I understand their anger at Biden's blind and stubborn support for Netanyahu, they have NO reason to be surprised Trump's policies in the Middle East. Trump moved our embassy to Jerusalem in his previous term, and displayed zero interest in a more pragmatic approach to Israel.

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I don't understand their anger because they were blinded by it. It was pure STUPIDITY.

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Helping anyone except himself and other rich people was never his intention.

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And retribution. Don't forget he wants retribution.

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I am new here so don't know if Meidas has spoken to this yet, but I would love to hear Meidas do a show on how much Trump has spent of our tax dollars (millions) flying back and forth with a full entourage of secret service personnel every few days to play golf in his Florida swamp. Equate that to what's being taken away from all the other programs that have been cut which help Americans, especially in the red states.

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Love Governor Pritzker.

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start naming the 1% by name and the wealthy corporations get those names out there.

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Dumpster fire has played golf every weekend at the cost of 3.2 million in secret service expenses each time, including renting ten golf carts each day for them to follow him around. He is over charging them to rent rooms in his hotel. One million could hire 20 park Rangers for a year. Why isn't the department of government inefficiency investigating Trump for fraud abuse and waste?

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and how about the expense of ICE's use of those completely UNNECESSARY & EXTREMELY expensive, massive military planes for the photo op they believed they provided in "showing" us all their progress in deportations -- deportations that will hopefully be proven just as invalid and erroneous as the federal employee terminations that had to be rescinded nearly immediately, after complete chaos they created - ANOTHER waste of OUR TAX DOLLARS, etc.

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How is it "efficient" to randomly fire a bunch of government employees, then "oopsie" we needed them to run programs that are critical to national defense and try to find them to hire them back? And all the time and money they are putting into deleting "DEIs" from history such as the Navajo Code Talkers, Tuskagee Airmen, and Jackie Robinson's distinguished military and base ball careers because he was black? None of this makes any sense but to hurt people who sacrificed and were honored for their greatness even though they were black, women, Asian or Navajo. Because Dumpster Fire never received legitimate honors because he never accomplished or worked toward anything in his life. Gave himself a trophy for participating in a golf tournament at his own resort. Foxtrot Delta Tango!

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He is wearing his white supremacist colors well. He's not even trying to hide it anymore. I wonder if this is what the blacks and women for Trump voted for. Racists and sexists have a hard time hiding their true colors.

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Exactly.

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Give him a Whiskey Delta (a weak dick) November Golf (failure) trophy!

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Etc. = Abu Ghraib.

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I just hope we have enough people stand up to stop them from giving our parks to corporations.

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It may take 10s of millions of us taking to the streets every day, refusing to buy from Amazon (which I hate because Bezos gave that scumbag Melania 40 million for her life story!), cancelling our accounts on FB, serious boycotts of any corporation that donated to Dumpster Fire, All countries cancelling any contracts with Felon Husk, and burning Tesla to the ground. Payback for burning America to the ground

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On top of that he is going to stream the Apprentice on prime.

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Don't under stand the reasoning behind that...maybe so that people will be reminded of what a cheap, sleazy con artist he is? Naw....

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Golf cart rental for one day is $250 Excellent book "Zero Fail" is a history of the Secret Service, last chapter goes into detail about Dumpster Fires abuse of the SS during his first term

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D went to Bedminster this weekend....the weather report must have been favorable for a round of golf....

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Arrrrrgh! He is living a lavish lifestyle, while destroying peoples lives, the economy and democracy....I hope the people of Bedminster turn out to throw eggs at his motorcade Are we at the Marie Atoinette stage yet? He's all but said "if they have no bread, let them eat cake"

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I just asked about this further up the thread. I had read once it was over a million for every trip - the first month he spent only half his days working in DC and the rest in FL golfing. Also, the cost of bringing Melania in for "special appearances" since she no longer lives with Trump, or, for Junior to go on his hunting expeditions to kill endangered species. Junior gadflies about, then drops in at an embassy for a few moments so his play trips get paid for with our taxes. Those numbers need to be broadcast every time the Muskrat tries to cut more from Americans.

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That's a great idea! A daily, weekly, monthly "Trump fraud, waste and abuse of tax payer money" report. Also a graph showing how many times Dumpster Fire played golf during his first presidency, compared to how many times Obama played golf, (4 times a year or so) since the Republinazis were horrified that Obama was actually allowed to have some fun when he wasn't running one of the best administrations in history.

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My organization requires that employees take a yearly "fraud, waste and abuse prevention" class. One sign that someone is committing fraud is that they are suddenly living beyond their means, buying expensive cars clothes and jewelry, and taking vacations that would be out of reach for someone making that salary. Trump is living beyond his means, and laughing at those of us stupid enough to believe that a president is entitled to live like a king

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Love Pritzker but I think his analysis of the Harris loss to trump is just familiar bullshit that doesn’t hold water. NO ONE wants to say it like it is. First of all, the economy wasn’t horrible. That’s just parroting GOP messaging. More importantly, HER MESSAGING WAS FINE. What we really should be asking is WHY WAS TRUMP’S BLATANT MESSAGING OF HATRED RACISM MISOGYNY HOMOPHOBIA BULLYING DIVISIVENESS INSURRECTION XENOPHOBIA GREED AND CRIMINALITY JUST FINE AND DANDY WITH SO MANY AMERICANS?????? WE NEED TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO ISSUE A CALL TO CONSCIENCE TO AN IGNORANT RACIST AMERICAN CITIZENRY.

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She lost because she is a 1) black 2) woman.

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Definitely part of it. Sigh….. :-(

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Trump and Musk are both stupid and playing games. I look at each action and surmise if it is legal or not legal. Most of Trump’s Executive Orders are illegal. Those I know the court will cancel in due time, like a month. I get neither worried, nor anxious about those. Each of those illegal Executive Orders constitutes a fraud on the American people. This fraud is rumming rampant. The courts are now intervening, but the court should turn proactive by citing these illegal Executive Orders as contempt against the plain language of The Law that takes taxpayer dollars to mitigate (damages).

We the people are the 5th estate that must back up the courts. DOGE has cost us taxpayers $ billions already. We the people pay the bills here.

I hear the world’s wealthiest peckerwood*, a derogatory Alabama term for a white person, whining about suffering (equitably I might add) from the anger that the peckerwood* in fact caused. Robert goes to protest the peckerwood* today! I wish the non tax-paying peckerwood* neither the pain, nor the stain. One does not easily shake off international disgust. Musk will need to change his stripes and become the giver, not the taker. That is Peckerwood’s call. Only Peckerwood* can fix his problems. Peckerwood* has engendered bad will by his cruel actions. Poor, poor pitiful Peckerwood*.

Use of the term peckereood, an inversion of woodpecker, dates to the early 19th century. The Oxford English Dictionary traces the earliest printed use to an Alabama newspaper in 1835. Peckerwood was in use in reference to white people by 1859; it often suggested a white person who was a little off in the head, backward, or poor. The shortened form peck was in use in the same sense in the 1920s. In African American folklore during the 1920s, the woodpecker symbolically represented white Americans, in contrast to the blackbird that cartoonishly represented African Americans. https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/musk-whines-poor-poor-pitiful-me?r=3m1bs

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I cannot say that I agree with you about Musk changing. He is so high on ketamine and the other drugs he is using that his brain has probably fried by now. Rich people just become greedier - although I can't say that this is true of all wealthy people - Taylor Swift, Mark Cuban to name two. And now that Musk has tasted power he is gone. There is no turning back for him especially since Putin, Trump and MAGA are pulling his strings.

Yes, I believe in backing the courts but Trump is ignoring them. Until the courts take action against Trump and hold him accountable Trump and Musk will continue on their destruction of this country.

After Trump's announcements on Friday - telling China, sure we will go to war with you and then saying he wants Canada and he wants it now, destroying the Board of Education I'm not sure how anyone can feel safe or just not take these actions seriously.

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I don't think that Musk is redeemable. His extreme wealth, his cult of credulous fans and his drug use are all red flags for me. Add his delight in inflicting pain. He's a deeply disturbed and disturbing human being.

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Amen!! and for me, a little creepy.

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He wears his toddler around his neck to deter assassins.

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Having heard and read, as an avid researcher, that Elon "allegedly" uses Ketamine and Adderall, I was curious about what these approved drugs were used for, and so I googled them.

"Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic used medically for induction and maintenance of anesthesia. It is also used as a treatment for depression and in pain management. Ketamine is an NMDA receptor antagonist which accounts for most of its psychoactive effects. At anesthetic doses, ketamine induces a state of dissociative anesthesia, a trance-like state providing pain relief, sedation, and amnesia."

"What is Adderall? Adderall is a combination of amphetamine and dextroamphetamine, two central nervous stimulants that improve focus and reduce impulsivity by increasing dopamine and norepinephrine levels in the brain. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Adderall in 1996."

That's so sad to learn. As the old saying goes, "Money can't buy happiness." But it's scary to realize that our nation is being restructured and dismantled under the influence!

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If I’m not mistaken, Adderall is used for ADHD? What a combo. They both need serious mental health intervention (among other things but that’s a discussion for another time).

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No wonder we're in more trouble than ever...........the guy on drugs. Nos surprised. Wonder if it crazed his mind enough to make him do that Hitler salute. Probably kept his nazism pretty well hidden until the drugs took effect. Made him show his true colors.

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GOV. JB PRITZKER FOR PRESIDENT! 💪💙🇺🇸💯!

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I love Pritzker! As red as this state is outside of Cook County, I fear we'll go red without him. I'm in NW IL in a red county. Signs of trump still in people's yards. IL needs Pritzker!

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People haven’t felt the full sword of Trumpism and musk. We need to plan now and start identifying the people who will bring democracy back to our country. Governor JB Pritzker is one of those who speaks truth to power and represents the American people. Hang in there we must stay strong and unite for democracy.

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I know your in the middle of red country but honestly you are our eyes on what is happening... please stay strong and report some real observations instead of some reporters breeze in and out....

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Ditto - I use 72 frequently. Theres this farmer that still has a massive Trump-Vance sign. It’s mainly corn and soybeans. Can’t help but wonder when he’ll hit bottom and remove that sign

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Me, too. Carroll County. My town has a huge trump sign at the intersection that is still there. Before 2016 I never saw people leaving campaign signs out for multiple months and even years (all trump signs).

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Interestingly enough, we’re having local elections next week. Neither candidate has a party affiliation on it. No “D” or “R”.

Was able to figure it out when I saw one sign next to a Trump sign

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Is there any way to overturn the ridiculous immunity that was gifted to the grift? The destruction of our humanity, constitution, democracy needs to stop. The lawlessness needs addressed everyday by republicans and democrats! We’re are being run into the ground by the cloaked authors of Project 2025, out in the open as well as all dark corners!

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I believe it would need to be overturned by the USSC itself. Otherwise if the judges were investigated, impeached and removed and if that case was used in the impeachment it could be retried. However who would appoint new justices? Trump himself and he would install even more loyal servants.

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License to be lawless. I hope bright minds somewhere are working on trying to overturn, ASAP—not after more crimes against humanity occur!

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Kamala should have won. She's normal, not insane like Trump is.

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Thank you Gov Pritzker! As a former Illinois resident I salute your efforts to rally Democrats throughout the country.

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Both Trump and Musk have closely associated with Putin. I believe that Musk is Putin’s handler for Trump.

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Yeah, and it's an interesting triangular power struggle on a few levels but we know who the master puppeteer is... (the plot thickens when trying to determine what musk has going on w/ xi .... or the xi-putin relationship). Bottom line: our two "presidents" are each ONLY interested in achieving / protecting their own individual needs, period. . . while sadly the ramifications are huge and widespread for all of us ("us" being here in the US but also around the world).

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❤️JB Pritcker. Wish we could multiply him. The US would be so much better off with his kind of leadership.

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Thank you☎️⚠️‼️ There’s nothing like a little Empathy and Truth. We must somehow get the voices of Sanity, Honesty and real Patriotism out to the folks who have been lied to plain and simple, inundated for years now, with fake news, propaganda, fear and apathy. ⏰ It’s time to pull back the curtains… Let in some sunlight ⏳🌞‼️

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Thank you, Ben! Excellent interview!

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YUP! I am waiting for his presidential bid. Let's go! 👏👏👏

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Same here! Gov. Pritzker is the real deal. Huge respect! 💙

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