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I get it. We have to fight back. Why is this man still in office? Why have we not impeached this man? Why are all of these people Republicans and Democrats going along with him blindly even though they know he is destroying this country?

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Dan Goldman is a rich white man. Until Democrats elevate more women and people of color, they will never win or protect our democracy from fascists. Stand with Mahmoud Khalil: https://democracydefender2025.substack.com/p/mahmoud-khalil-freedom-peace-poem

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A rich white man who has enough money that fighting for the American people isn't something he has to do. Aren't Ben and Jordy white men? Democrats have run two women for the office of President but it was the white man who won. It isn't the party, it's the voters who are letting us down. Who do we mention the most as saviors of democracy in Congress? Jasmine Crockett and AOC. You bringing up his "rich white man" status makes me think of people who don't pull for Jessica Pegula to win tennis matches because her family is rich. I like her even more because she didn't get to be a top 5 tennis player with her family's money but hard work. I didn't know who Goldman was when he was the prosecutor for impeachment of trump the first time but I was duly impressed by him. It wasn't until he ran for office I learned he is an heir to the Levi's fortune. It certainly didn't make me suddenly think he wasn't worthy of an opinion. He isn't using his wealth to subvert democracy. Sorry but I just happen to think we need to lift up whoever can win at this point. Kamala Harris was extremely qualified as was Hillary but dumbasses get to vote too and they don't seem ready for a woman, sadly.

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I totally agree. IT's the voters. Our country is full of bigots and Trump his given them permission to be flaming bigots. These are people who would never vote for a POC or a woman. As a woman I'd love to see a woman be president. Look around at some of the countries who have or have had women in charge and for the most part, they've done great. But the Cristofascists, the rednecks, the misogynists, won't vote for a woman, and that goes double for a woman of color like Kamala Harris. Find a white guy with lots of moxie and run him against the republicans (I say republicans because, even though trump said he'll serve a third term, i really, really, really hope he's being eaten by worms by then)

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The election proved that Trump's as American as a wormy apple pie.

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someone should step on his and squash him like the worm he is.

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All these veterns thrown out on the streets are very handy with an M-16.......When Orange Hitler gives the go-ahead to the Poud Babies......their sandbox/videogame training won't be worth shit.

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Trump can't serve a third Term that is against the law. Passed in and under Frankin Roosvelt. Who did serve 3 terms or until he dies in Office on his third term.

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have you seen how many laws he's already ignore? do you really think he gives a flip about the law? Why do you think he's loaded every government agency that might stop him with Trump loyalists. So they don't stop him. He needs to be stopped now, by any means possible.

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Trump has broken so many laws in less than 50 days than most of his pardon MAGA gang together

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He has no intention of leaving. He doesn't care about the Constitution or the rule of law. He has immunity and SCOTUS made him and anyone after a king. He did everything he said he was going to do. Dictator on Day 1. Everybody was able to read about Project 2025. The problem is no one did, he said "No, I don't know who they are" (as he was planning this coup with them). Even those of us who took him seriously did not really factor in Elon Musk buying him the election, and the absolutely breathtaking speed with which he "flooded the zone" and destroyed this country and the world just in the first 5 days. Everyone is terrified of him. This is a sick, twisted, malevolent dangerous person with delusions of grandeur and drunk with power who is on a retribution tour to destroy our country. He has been planning this for years. Why wasn't the CIA or FBI or whoever was in charge while Biden was in office question why an authoritarian ruler, Viktor Orban who he never shut up about, doing visiting an -ex Pres of the USA. Everyone failed us. And Dan Goldman said it was going to get worse. 😭

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I read they're advancing a bill to let him run again.

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Candace, don’t you actually mean you’re really, really, really hoping that worms are eating HIM by then?

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Oops, yes, that’s what I meant. Doh.

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Yes, exactly everything you said.

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Donald Trump is afraid of strong women! It's obvious and it's rude and unconstitutional! He's a horror show!

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It’s the white man who places us in this scenario after the election. Many, not all, fear being treated as minorities have been. Inequality is how the USA was founded. Read the constitution without amendments. That is what 2025 is trying to rebuild.

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Well said.

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???? Did you not see the Diversity in Biden’s Democratic administration; compare that to trumps Republicans administration.

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Then you obviously were not looking !!!

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I used to think I would suffer from brain fog for the rest of my life..."𝐛𝐮𝐭" this changed everything.... https://t.co/1PuwssoVwO

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We need everyone!!! Intelligent, articulate, courageous people. I will support every person in the fight. Musk is in a downturn. Keep up the pressure. Meet every head of every agency. Meet t---p at his golf course.y r u golfing on our tax dollars?

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Don't care if he is a rich white man, poor, rich white, black, Asian, purple as long as we fight against trump & musk together who cares!

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I care and so should you.

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Jnine's comment specifically is responding to the Public Servant's statement about Dan Goldman being rich and white as though that is a disqualification to being on the side of right. It does not mean that Jnine does not care about inclusion and diversity.

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Thank you. This has to stop about making anyone who is white and successful the bad guy. I'm sorry, but it's almost like reverse racism.We don't get to choose our race or gender or circumstances when we are born. It's what we do with our lives that matter. I know many wealthy white people who came from nothing, worked hard, earned every penny, PAY THEIR TAXES, and are charitable. They have nothing to apologize for. Stop conflating honest hardworking successful people with this obscene level of multi-billionaire wealth like the tech bros Musk, Thiel, Bezos, Zuckerberg, lots of scary ones, et al. What about the Chinese and South Asian, and Arab billionaires that are citizens and are just as awful as Musk and the rest? How many billions do they need. It's not about money at that point. It's about POWER. We are divided enough. Stop looking at every single person as sinister. This is what they want. To divide us. You can thank Ronald Reagan for his "trickle down economics". You can thank the John Roberts SCOTUS for allowing Citizens United to bring all of this dark money into our politics and gov't. RW Cnristofascist billionaires like the Koch Bros, Leonard Leo who have been working on this for 50 years who want to make us a Christian country. That is one of our final rights as Americans. Separation of Church and State. If you are Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, whatever, you better start worrying about that too. They started with Roe but that's not where it ends. If these fucking zillionaires and corporations paid their fair share of taxes there wouldn't be a problem. Dan Goldman has inherited wealth. He did not have to go into public service and become a prosecutor or a Congressman for money. He could have stayed a private citizen.He is a good man. Don't denigrate him and make him the enemy. I love Jasmine Crockett and AOC.I loved Kamala and her message and positivity. BLAME THE IGNORANT VOTERS for Trump! The fools dazzled by Nazi Elon Musk. Many who were neither.rich nor white. I am for anyone who chooses to try and do good. Everyone in this country deserves to have a fair shot. To have healthcare. To love who they want. Pray to whom they want. Food in their stomachs. A roof over their head. A good paying job. That is all we are owed. There is never going to be 100% equality. At this point, we have no democracy. Choose your battles carefully. We are in an existential.crisis for our country and the world.

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An excellent summary.

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As a woman your comment is out of line. We need EVERYONE in this fight. Rep. Goldman is on the right side of things, incredibly intelligent and did excellent work in the impeachment trials against trump. Yes, sure, we need more people of color and women but why bash a good person who is in the fight?

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Wow! We need all the help we can get. Dan Goldman is great!!

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It's not so easy to tell the good guys from the Bad Guys by their color. of course nobody likes Clarence Thomas and it's not because he's black or a traitor to his people he's a traitor to our country.other people have different experiences and what I suggest is that we try to unite see the good in each person's approach I'm not a huge fan of Dan but he is sincere in what he says. The stifling of free speech in at Columbia is horrendous so is falling into the Trap and breaking stuff so they can then take you away we can be smarter than that men and women of Goodwill stick together unfortunately that's true on the other side

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Cheap shots like this toward Dan Goldman are uncalled for and unhelpful. You could have made your points without it.

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Who was Kamala Harris? Please think before you reply.

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Your worst nightmare!!! Think before you vote 🙈🙈🙈💩💩💩

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I was responding to 'Public Servant'.

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Don't throw great democrates under the bus because they have money, white or male. We are all in this together.

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Exactly!

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The 10 Demberlains how crossed the Lubiicon into Magaworld need to be tossed out in the next elecion...Top Down. Shumer getting praise from Orange Hitler is a mark from the beast. Watching these orange bowling pins going down one aftet another is totally unbelievable.......PS....you are sadly..dead on........Go Coach Walls....Go Bernie!!!

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If we impeached him republican s would have to vote yes and they won't. Right now spoke s people in Russia r cheering our downfall. In 2016 I spoke to trumsters and they had no idea about putin, how many on supreme court, [ i asked] one thought Hillary was bad to a man named benghazi.cl8mate change is about snow.anything u said[ t---p bankrupted multiple businesses- fake news.now they r slowly coming around.so we ll see.our democracy is literally at stake.

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We NEED to defeat the MAGAs in both houses of Congress in 2026. It's a MUST.

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I think we should educate ourselves as much as possible about what's going on. And work hard at it and join together as a country.

We need to do a unity March on Washington for all people.

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For sure! An army doesn’t go out into a dark field and just start shooting or slinging knives around-they study everything they can about the enemy and plan. We need to find out everything we can so that an organized, cohesive strategy can be employed

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Personal greed and cowardice: the desire for personal gain and a lack of courage.

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It's just not who we r. B4 all this i was so impressed w/ all the people from other countries that have come here, that work so hard. Now bc of maga/ elon/ his dopey press secretary who knows nothing etc decent , hard working undocumented people r being deported. Then people w/ green cards illegally being deported. This is not what America is.my grandmother came from ireland.people r people. None of these damn magas advertise all the LEGAL citizens who have committed mass shootings. All the legal citizens who have killed people in car accidents. Statistically the most law abiding citizens r from other countries. Let's stop the total nonsense maga people. If u went to mass general hospital u might get heart surgery from a dreamer.stop!!! Just stop. Stand up for the innocent people in t---ps racist illegal fake laws. Next time it could be u.!!!!!

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Trump is unconstitutional in every way! He is ignorant of the rule of law. He's trying to pay back the prosecutors that had him in court!! It's stupid and a waste of time just like trying to impeach Joe Biden was a circus in Congress

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Impeachment doesn't mean anything these days. It would take a conviction, and this Senate doesn't have enough spine for 2/3 of them to vote to get rid of this sociopath deep into dementia.

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The voters need to get as many to vote in 2026 and elect all Democrats from school board to U.S. Senator that will try Trump pen writing with a sharpie. They can and will stop trump from signing any bills to help Him and Musk.

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22 Republican senators, dozens of Republican House members voted to fund Ukraine. Many of them call Trump a liar about Putin.

Get those Republicans who oppose Putin on the record!

Impeach. Feathers of Hope. https://jerryweiss.substack.com/p/remove-impeach-impeach

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There is insanity going on with Trump and musk! I feel that the US Marshals go in and take him out of office. Doesn't Amendment 25 have a...I all lookinl it up

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Did I dream this? Did Bernie Sanders get a bill passed for a stimulus check through social security? Or was it just propaganda and misinformation? I'm pretty sure I wasn't dreaming when I saw it the ad on TV

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Democrats have no control to impeach ; Republicans control all government branches that have that authority. Executive, Legislative, Executive, Military **and** media. Democrats will win because Republicans unabridged destruction of taxpayers and USA.

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Another impeachment, though even more justifiable, is not an option with the current House and Senate numbers. The votes just aren't there right now.

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I am wanting to know the same..is there absolutely no provision in the Constitution to remove a President who is dangerous???

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Congress has to do their job - or, if too intimidated, should resign.

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It's simple, he has manipulated all branches in his favor, he thinks laws don't apply to an absolute leader, that he believes he is. He would be happy for a civil war to happen, because he is also becoming more violent.

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He & his manipulators should be charged with treason.

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Unfortunately, he may get his wish. Desperate people do desperate things. It pains me to say it, but I am terrified that's where we are headed.

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felon47 is unhinged and should be removed

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My 19 year old son has been trying to get a job for 3 months now. The job market is horrible

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Pray that he finds something soon and that’s the part that they will not mentioned how the job market is absolutely horrible over the last three months!

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Thank you very much. Prayers are always appreciated.

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God doesn't hear Prayers toward Donald Trump.

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Do you mean for DJT? Why would he for the Anti-Christ?

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Tell him to keep going. Sell himself. Something will pan out. My 14 yr old granddaughter got a job .she works at a Chinese restaurant. 2 3 hr shifts and it's family owned. Your son needs to go everywhere.

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Thanks.

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I want President Joe Biden back! Trump is not my president! Because he is a criminal and nothing but tha! He is a convicted felon 34 counts of guilty from a jury after a grand jury decided to indict.

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BE PREPARED and EDUCATE Democrats: 2026 Midterm Elections DISENFRANCHISING VOTERS

Don’t be distracted PEOPLE There won’t be any more free and fair elections after 2024 according to Trump https://bit.ly/3FqVCYa July 27, 2024

This bit.ly/43K4Gl2 will open your eyes as to a RIGGED ELECTION by Republican power brokers Since they were successful in 2024 they now have a plan for all future elections And Trump has removed all agencies that would protect future elections CISA(Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency), EI-ISAC (Election Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center) EI-ISAC, EAC(Elections Assistance Agency)

Vigilante Inc America’s New Voter Suppression Hitmen https://bit.ly/3DM7d3F is a voter stealing project originating out of the Georgia Republican party but now spreading to many states and by state legislative actions that led up to the rigged 2024 election(in 2024 9 states had laws allowing vigilante voter rejection….4 of them swing states) The vigilante movement’s sole purpose was to deny voters particularly Black voters their right to vote It’s out of the 1946 KKK violent Black voter suppression playbook with a contemporary 21st century twist that evolved out of the Big Lie movement after 2020 In the 2024 election the removal of 3.5million with voting rights by an estimated 40,000 vigilantes worked to knowingly eliminate voters

Voter intimidation by creating fear amongst the electorate particularly among the Black leads to voter suppression It would not be surprising that part of Trump’s pardoning of the J6 insurrectionists among many others is to use them as vigilantes or an armed militia to suppress not only the Black vote but the white Democrat vote This is probably in full swing as you read this

Don’t be naïve Don’t vote provisionally because it won’t be counted Vote early to be sure that the voter registration is secure and be wide awake We are reliving the beginnings of Hitler's Nazi Germany

STOP REPUBLICAN ELECTION SUBVERSION

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Here's an action plan the Democrats in Congress should implement:

1. Nationalize Starlink. An international communications system and national security asset. Should not be controlled by the whims of one human.

2. Nationalize Space X. A strategic security asset of the United States. Should not be controlled by the whims of one human.

3. Defund DOGE. This illegally formed and unaccountable group is based on a lie. It is not an efficiency program. It is actually a power grab by one whimsical and irrational human.

4. Pass a law to stop the Treasury from holding or investing in crypto coins/tokens/fake money.

5. Update the laws regarding bribery and corruption by elected officials, including the President.

Call your Congress members and suggest this plan.

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I mean when shit like this happens ( which is super unconstitutional btw ) , I agree , fighting back should be easier https://thistleandmoss.com/p/why-declaring-critical-media-like

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Donald Trump promised a lot and has not followed thru on anything. I did not vote for him as he is not qualified to be President. He is a 34 count convicted felon. According to our Constitution, Trump was not eligible to run for President. He needs to be removed from office.

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OK, how are Democrats, who have no power in DC, along with Senators like Schumer who has totally caved and given trump everything he wanted and got nothing, not even an empty promise, in return

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PLEASE SIGN PETITION: "Bring liberty to the captives and release Mahmoud KhalilOn Saturday, March 8, former Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil and his pregnant wife were returning home from an Iftar dinner when they were aggressively confronted by several men in the lobby of their apartment building. The men were ICE agents.

Khalil is a legal permanent resident who has not been charged with any crime. His wife is an American citizen. Yet Trump's ICE operatives handcuffed Khalil, threatened his wife, and dragged him away. The next day, his lawyers couldn't even find where they took him.

The Trump administration acknowledges that Khalil was specifically targeted because of his participation in protests against Israel's war in Gaza. A White House official stated on the record that it's "not that he was breaking the law.” And chillingly, Donald Trump is promising that Khalil's arrest is "the first of many to come."

If Trump gets away with "disappearing" Khalil over speech he doesn't like, he won't hesitate to do it again and again -- and no one who publicly disagrees with Trump will be safe, including social-justice Christians." (Faithful America)......

https://act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/release-khalil/?t=1&akid=10258%2E853922%2ETMbLAu

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I signed. It's disgusting. I ll pass it on. Please put it on every social media site.

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Signing a petition is not going to accomplish anything. Just like hoping there will be an election in 26 or 28.

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Sorry, Timothy, but it's better than doing nothing.

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Just my opinion but I think the outcome of the current situation is going to be either surrender or civil war Having spent my time in a war(Vietnam 1969/70) I know what they are like, sadly I don’t think the vast majority of people in this country have any idea what war means,but I am afraid we are going to find out

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Voters are not only protesting to protect their rights, but also the next generations to come. Please refer to the indigenous North American. They were the first to lose everything under fascism- all others followed. Congress is still majority white male in 2025.Fight as if your life depends upon it (because it does) or be slave. Your choice.

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Ya u sure do. Not many people know what u know.ty for your service. I hope for our sake we don't end up in civil war. Yikes.

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Sadly, heartbreakingly, I agree Timothy. And thank you for your service. My Dad was a WWII veteran. 🙏

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Thank you for your service, Timothy.

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Signing a petition is not just a naive hope of change, these days it's fundraising, it keeps up the fighting spirit so we ALL don't rollover. Pressure is what comes of keeping the hope alive, it will be what gets Schumer drummed out of leadership. It will be what gets young people and working people to run for office etc. Keep the big picture in mind

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It brings attention to the cruelty, illegalality, etc. How many people would want an 8 month pregnant American wife w/ her husband deported? My niece was in same situation but her husband [ at that time was illegal] he got deported.she was pregnant. Petitions helped. It was ted kennedy who got him home. He employs 100s now and he is a citizen. It was heartbreaking for my neice at that time. America has a heart.

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Done!

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Question: would trump write such fantastic executive orders if he believes that a democrat would ever be president again? All of his orders appears to me to be carefully written. What happened to legislation? With controlling all three branches, why are we not seeing any of these EO’s following the process?

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Trump DIDN’T write them; they were ready to sign as soon as he took office. Heritage Foundation, using Project 2025 as the guide, prewrote them and Trump was recorded asking ‘what’s this one for’ multiple times.

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For sure, I can think of a couple of times he made that exact statement while signing a stack at his desk. And yes, the EO’s are right out of the project 2025 playbook. But do you get the feeling those orders in no part ever see another democrat in the presidency?

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Trump is deliberately bypassing legislation and signing EOs, instead, because he doesn’t want to be bothered with dealing with Congress. There’s a reason he’s signing one EO after another with rapid fire speed: to slow down the judiciary’s involvement and destroy as much of our country as he can until he’s either stopped or until the damage is so severe that it’s going to be difficult to reverse.

Which is why I can’t understand why Democrats and Republicans, generally speaking, are just letting Trump get away with burning everything to the ground. Surely, they can’t WANT this??

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very short sighted and stupid on the part of the republicans. They don't seem to understand that if trump continues on this path, they will most likely be out of a job. He'll shut down congress.

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If he, in the executive branch, takes away all of the powers of the legislative branch, there is no longer a need for that branch of government. THAT is what I believe his goal is and you're right - they will all be out of a job and they are clueless to not see it!

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glad you see the truth in this. I really believe that's what he's after. that's why all the executive orders. No need for congress.

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But even republicans in office have to recognize what is happening. They cannot be blind to it, there is a reason, even if I do not know the end result. The EO’s spell “republican forever “. So what will our next elections look like? Musk has unfettered access to systems that will never be secure again. Incumbent republicans are scared, either of what musk has on them or fear Trump will turn his supporters on their families.

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There are probably more MAGA Republicans in thr House than during Trump's fiest term. Consider how many congressional districts are not competitive.

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Cuts to govt agencies are a prelude to privatizing public services that drive up costs for the average person but financially benefitting tech bros and equity firms

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We just had a major tornado outbreak and, the storm and hurricane season are just getting started.

Red states will be the most affected, let’s see how these state governments handle

no Fema, no Federal assistance, and a system that has been decimated by this rogue administration.

It will be a complete shitshow.

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Don't forget no NOAA(National Weather Service) as that is being gutted as we speak

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You can bet the Trump regime - thru back channels- will be helping red states. Already happening.

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I like Dan Goldman

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Right now I am listening to The Meidas Touch Network and Dan Goldman is weighing in on what’s going on

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All this effort to stop trump and his minion is pointless if no one is going to confirm that the election was not compromised or manipulated. They can potentially repeat the process. Please check out Election Truth Alliance on YouTube.

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Absolutely the work that Mark Thompson is doing supports the investigative reporting by Greg Palast and his work done to create the Vigilante Inc documentary See my comment in this thread

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Lutnick is a fool and a Trump fluffer.

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I cannot tell you how much I despise Howard Lutnick and have been saying this for awhile. This man, who escaped death on 9/11 for taking his son to his first day of school while his brother and every single person at Cantor Fitzgerald (almost 700 prople including a friend's daughter) died as the Saudi terrorists plowed into the World Trade Center in my city and in OUR country is now in bed with Nazis and Saudis wanting to sell them $5 million golden visas (and pay no taxes) to become US citizens. Who thinks that if people won't buy American because it is too expensive is happy to get rid of them and replace them.with robots. He is a cancer survivor, as is Steve Scalise (who survived a shooting too but as long as he has G-d and guns) and.a couple of other Repubs in congress who are happy to defund cancer research for the almighty buck. Despicable and power hungry and whose wife was rewarded with a seat on.the Kennedy Center board. Just as a human being, I will never understand this cruelty. Steve Jobs with all his billions could not save himself from death, but these others seem to think they will live forever.

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I have read elsewhere that this instability is going to rescue Putin’s tanked economy

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Putin's economy is a denial. Russia is part of BRICKS. Putin can wage war for years as long as he can find cannon fodder.

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