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My new favorite word:

PATHOCRACY

Government by the pathological.

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Or even "pathetcracy" - Government by the pathetic. . .

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My guess would be yes! Sometimes I try to type as fast as my brain thinks... it doesn't always work out. I find myself seeing whole words I missed or typed in the wrong order! I can overlook or miss mistakes, even after I've proofread myself! Thankful for edit buttons!🤣

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So how did I do? I reread my comment 2×'s just to be sure I did not make the same mistakes that I described making in other threads!😁 I also find myself being a grammar nahhhhtzz! Of course, that misspelled word is deliberate!

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Pedant on the prowl!

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This mess isn't governing!! The MAGAts don't know how to govern!! 🇺🇸💙

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Nor do they care to.

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you got that so right. They dont care. and are Evil.

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I love your use of the term MAGAts! If been referring to them as such right from the beginning! Also, I’ve never uttered the word President in conjunction with Donald Trump, with the close exception of calling Convict 45 President Chump. Or as I prefer to call him POSOTUS. And, just in case he’s reading this, I’ll dumb it down for you Donald,

PIECE

OF

SHIT

OF

THE

UNITED

STATES

I’ve been a member of the Midas Mighty since I first started watching the Midas Touch Network when the membership was about 750,000.

Thank you Ben, Bret, and Jordy Meiselas, Micael Cohen, Michael Popok and Karen Friedman Agnifilo (Legal AF, yes, it’s what you think it means), Marc Elias (Democracy Docket), Jessica Denson (Lights on with Jessica Denso), Brian Taylor Cohen (No Lie), Glenn Kirshner (Justice Matters), Tennessee Brando, David Pakman (David Pakman Show), Harry Litman (Talking Feds with Harry Litman), Occupy Democrats, and many many more who are standing up to, and calling out POSOTUS’ bullshit lies and crimes, and their fight to save our democracy! I got your back and and I’m doing my part by educating and pushing back against the MAGAts who are misguided by the right wing propagandists. And I want to say to this everyone. STOP calling Fox “NEWS”! PLEASE call them the Fox NETWORK. News is factual information delivered to the North, East, West and South! Thanks for putting up with my diatribe! 🇺🇸

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Yup! It's all about bluster and bravado.

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I have been sharing this word, Pathocracy, and definition over the last year on X.

Know any Maga's, send this to them:

https://doctorparadox.net/pathocracy-definition/

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They won't get it ,they won't see the parallels of tRumps act.

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That is the best word to describe this horrible situation. Here's a good article on this topic that asks the question: "Do psychologists have a responsibility to help prevent ruthless, amoral people attaining positions of power?" I would say, YES. https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/problem-pathocracy

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The year is young regarding that "most psychotic" deal.

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Too many mad Kings. Thanks for the correction

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Yes….PLEASE STAY INDEPENDENT!!!! So glad you all are back in your home and safe as I continue to pray for everyone else🙏🏽! How’s Brett? I pray all is well🙏🏽! In contrast, I can’t wait for trump to reap all of the evil he has sown.

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Oh my goodness! You and the rest of the world who can't stand his sorry azz.

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Consider Mussolini's Day of Reckoning, when the Italian people realized that he had sold them out to the Nazis. Break out the cyanide capsule!

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I like your comments. I like your attitude, and

I like your reader comments are not paywalled!

Keep your blowtorch on 45's feet.

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The rapist criminal insurrectionist is sick borne out by his newly found titles above. What astounds me is the state of mental health that all those who voted for the moron, and those who decided to stay home and disengage from the 2024 election have displayed.

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You are right to equate the Dumpty voters and the non-voters, they are both to blame for this travesty of justice, morality and governance.

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Gotta be something in the air to cause so many whackos. Maybe those chemtrails?

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It is the decades of brainwashing by RW media........Even the MSM is run by dumpy sycophants who cater to his every whim.....sanewashing his batshit crazy rants and raves........for example.....DT was asked what he would do to promote affordable childcare and he answered "My numbers are the biggest......I have really big numbers. childcare is childcare......and I have big numbers".

The MSM reported it as "Trump lays out childcare plan".......WTF??

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I blame the lead in your water.

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So proud to be part of the Miedas Mighty! Thank you Ben for all that you do. We appreciate you.

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Just when you think djt can't get more crazy and ridiculous he does. I'm am so grateful we have someone to call him out and stand up to him. Thanks for all you do here and I am so glad your home was spared from the fires. Please let you wife know also that I think she is amazing to be able to be there for you and support your effort. Kisses and hugs to your little daughter too. When she grows up she will know her dad and uncles were all heroes for standing up to a powerful, insane "president"!

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My favorite part is hearing he is losing his support among some people. I pray that it continues and he ends up a lonely old man!!! I hate the orange turd!!

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Irrelevance is the only cure for a malignant narcissistic psychopath.

Unfortunately, we need to treat his supporters like alcoholics. Maybe hitting rock bottom is the only way to open their eyes. King Shitpants will bring this country to its knees. Republicans destroy our economy. Every time their in office I lose money. The Great Recession was brutal. I don't have any do over's left. Here comes the pain. Again!

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I hold no hope whatsoever for the MAGAts. They are dead to us.

There is another cure, surer than irrelevance.

Muammar Gaddafi got the cure. Mussolini got cured, too.

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And uncle Adolf cured himself

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Housecall!

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Malignant narcissist is 100% accurate in describing the orange felon. He fits into the ‘Dark Tetrad’ which exhibit psychopathy, Machiavellianism, sadism & narcissism. '“They are quite charming, yet political, manipulative & often lack remorse. Due to their exploitative nature, they can cause a lot of devastation and damage to others. They may not only bend or break the rules, but also abuse their power. They often see others as disposable. Leaving a relationship with a malignant narcissist can be very difficult due to fear of them and what they may do.” Taken from ‘The Eight Types of Narcissists’ Melissa Prusko, Psy.D. Therefore, we must stay strong & show no fear when standing up for our democracy!

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He will never be a lonely old man. He is a sociopath and they do not need anyone in particular so they can't experience loneliness, and there will always be someone who will adore him.

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The Felon is a malignant narcissist. He isn't normal, he doesn't have basic human emotions or anything approaching decency. You and your family, all those who've been affected by these devastating fires, have enough on your plates. Pay no attention to the attention-seeking troll at the roach-ridden golf motel.

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Yes,The FELON… we need to make sure we use that phrase every time we speak of him

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Yes, but use all lower case, he doesn’t deserve to be capitalized.

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Every. Time.

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Agreed. But we don't need to react to each and every bit of his pot stirring, or shit posting. As you say, attention is his drug. We don't need to give him a hit every few minutes just because he needs it that often.

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It is a fine line....we need to know what he is saying and doing, and at the same time try not to feed his narcissism.......

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It is a fine line, but if we take the example of his shit posting about the CA wildfires, we need to ask whether there's any value, anything to be gained, by responding to his eleventy-teenth post telling the same lies and knocking Gavin Newsom who's busy leading his state through a disaster. That's my point. The Felon already showed us who he is. He doesn't deserve anymore of our attention after that.

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You need to call out the SOB. Using the term narcissist and trying to ignore him as punishment isn't good enough. As he would say, fight, fight, fight.

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Imho Jane & William are both on point maybe we should pick our battles better & not react to every single trump outrage. You know it's the same ol game. Throw something @ the wall n see what sticks. Well once in awhile what sticks is better for US! Like his mishandling of the fire situation. I'll bet that one's cost him a pile of approval points. He will continue screw himself. Some folks want Meidas to be like Derek Chauvin and put the knee to his neck while he's down. 1st he's not down enough and shouldnt that be Congress' job? Well it could be anyway maybe after the midterms.

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Well said! And the same is true for MTG. As far as I can tell she has never said anything of value but the media report on everything she says which just serves to validate her as an important source. We need to let "the media" know that we do not want that kind of reporting and as long as they are doing it we will not read/listen/click on stories and will not see the advertisements their sponsors support them with.

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Msnbc has lost 56% of viewership meisdas media out performed faux news , don't follow CNN so I have no idea 😉.

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Yes! Make him irrelevant!

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I would be crushed if I woke up and MeidasTouch was gone! You guys are a part of my every day! I wish I could be a student in one of your classes. It would be brilliant

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Me too.

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Same here. Meidas Touch has helped keep me sane throughout all the chaos.

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Me too!!

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I'm sure he will find a way to grift off this tragedy too. Thank you Ben ❤️

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Thank you Ben. I have decided to stop scrolling on IG because it is so depressing. The only place I turn to now are these daily morning updates from you.

💙✌️🙏

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How to spike FOX “News.”

Research ad buyers for specific shows to determine their biggest weakness and how executives and BOD get their bonuses.

Execute a plan to deny ad buying execs their annual bonuses - include WS Analysts and the target companies BOD then attack for two full fiscal quarters. It’s not just boycotts we are talking about. Labor unrest, reputation damage, mass marketing on behalf of their competitors. You name it. It can be massive.

Involve every last influencer available. Keep implacably stoking the fire of retribution just like MAGA does. Don’t bend before the 2 full fiscal quarter results are published.

Become the new sheriff in town. Take that Sheriffs badge to the other ad buyers and get them to quit buying ads on FOX.

Ads are 48% of FOX revenue. FOX will find us, quickly when that happens. That’s when you present the written new content rules to FOX AND to their ad buyers. Let both parties know what’s going to happen if they transgress again at any time.

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I'm totally down for this. Our corporate overlords only care about money, time to turn off the spigot.

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Thanks Shantha. I will be getting back to you when I get organized by subject area and I will ask you to help attack this big project.

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YES-independent, true, and free/, that does it for me!!! Love you, Ben Stay Strong

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Truth is our weapon. The MTN gets the truth to us and we wrap ourselves in it, and fight the disinformation.

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Exactly!

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Trump and Elon Musk are a couple of complete dirtbags. Trump and his sick in the head Maga rich cronies. The first persons to get kicked out of the country for falsifying their papers to become citizens are Elon Musk And Melania Trump. These billionaires are planning on stealing as much as they can while Trump is in office. First time he commits any crime he should be impeached again. The Supreme Court only had powers if we let them have them . I think the biggest civil disobedience movement should start here and now and all democracy loving people refuse Trumps mandates and orders as well as the Supreme Court until these democracy stealing judges resign in the shame they bring on the court. Clarance Thomas being the #1 offender of any ethics on the judiciary. He’s a bribe taking thief who would lie about anything to save his fat stupid greedy scumbag self.

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"Predator trump" he's certainly not president

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Just upgraded to the yearly, Ben! Hoping you and yours are safe!

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Meidas Upgrade day=Orange Inaug Day.........that is my counter message as the transport truck unloads portable toilets.....sorry future magat epresentatives .....into the now totally degraded former White House.

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