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phelpsmediation's avatar

I agree that we must focus on the basic issues that hurt people across the country. We also need to speak out against Trump’s lies and policies based on them and not make each new one primary. When we don’t criticize his lies and lie based policies too many people may think what he lied about was true. We have to multi/task and also keep the focus on the issues important to all.

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James King's avatar

DUMP AND IMPEACH TRAITOR , NAZIS , FELONS, PREDATORS ,AND CON REPUBLICONS EVERYWHERE. YES CON REPUBLICONS, CLIMATE CHANGE IS DANGEROUS, REAL, DISRUPTIVE WORLDWIDE, COSTLY, AND PREVENTABLE. STOP DENYING CLIMATE CHANGE AND FACE THE SCIENCE . DUMP THE CON RTRUMP AND CRONIES. DEPORT RTRUMP'S WIFE AND RELATIVES. BOYCOTT NAZI MUSK AND NAZI RTRUMP.

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Douglas Gilligan's avatar

Yes, so you call it out in blunt terms and pivot back to topic.

Dismiss it as no surprise, a crime committed by a convicted felon, and move on to what YOU want to talk about.

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Mike Gingerich's avatar

Yes, he tries to distract with all sorts of moves because of the Epstein files. Every journalist and every interaction should always end with "and what about the Epstein files and your involvement?" Bring it back to what he fears most.

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Howard Walker's avatar

As a British subject I am appalled at how america is turning into the third Reich. Co centratiom camps are a precursor to gas ovens.

Some action is needed. A Lee Harvey Oswald would be the best solution.

You lot must have one somewhere?

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Victoria Johnson's avatar

Honestly, on Beth’s Story, I think the Trump regime is counting on the generosity of the American people to cover the people who will suffer starvation and other downsides to this mess he has created. A Go Fund Me is fine in an emergency situation, but how many can be we give to before it becomes untenable?

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Pepe Cummings's avatar

Don't fool yourself. No one in this illegal, immoral unconstitutional seditious criminal organization gives a flying f@#k about Beth/any of the people, as in We the People of the United States of America who hold these truths to be self evident, all humans are created equal.

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Susanna J. Sturgis's avatar

"Counting on the generosity"? I don't believe anyone in the Trump II administration understands the concept of "generosity." I do suspect that most of them believe that the only people who will be harmed by these policies are Black, Brown, and/or prone to vote for Democrats. I seriously hope that the white MAGA "base" is beginning to wake the hell up.

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Susan from OC's avatar

Frankly, what Democrats need to regain control of Congress is to be FOR something. We can't just run on negatives, saying the current regime is bad. People need solutions, not rhetoric.

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David MULLINS's avatar

Likely he’s taken over the DC police and activated the National Guard to pull a military coup or at a minimum intimidate the Democrats in Congress that he is already directly thinking. If you think it can’t happen here, that is what Trump, Miller, Vought, and all the minions want you to think. Hate to say it, he IS likely 3 steps ahead on this. He’s smelling blood in the water. Hope I’m wrong but this is all out there. And just WHO is the general officer in charge of the DC Guard? Want to bet it is someone Trump out in place?

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Lori Bird's avatar

Well maybe he isn’t ahead on this but his puppet masters are. Let’s not give him credit for chess when he can barely finish a game of checkers.

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David MULLINS's avatar

That’s “threatening”, not thinking;

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Bensnewlogin's avatar

You mentioned Trump’s sliding approval ratings. That is even in the 30s, rather than in the single digits, indicates a severe political, economic, spiritual, moral, and empathetic deficit in this country.

I wish I had an answer to this, but I don’t. We have a Congress that refuses to do its job. We have a Supreme Court that doesn’t care about the constitution that it is supposed to safeguard. We have an entrenched religious movement that has been visibly fornicating with the state for their own personal power, money, and religious goals. We have billionaires overseeing the government to their own benefit. We have an anti-science, anti-knowledge, anti-fact Kakistocracy undermining anything remotely resembling moral, intellectual, and scientific progress

And above it all, behind it all, and dammit, beneath it all We have a narcissistic bully intent on punishing anyone who doesn’t love him, thereby making him indistinguishable from the fundamentalist God.

I wish I had an answer to this, but I don’t.

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Lori Bird's avatar

Captures how many of us “ordinary” folks are feeling.

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Bensnewlogin's avatar

Thanks

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EAP's avatar

Great info. I really like your brief and truthful information. I really hope you get our country revitalized to save our democracy. Without strong and complete resistence, this administration will destroy our democracy and when we fall, so will all other democratic countries. This is the worst crisis in my lifetime.

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A Pat's avatar

Always a voice of hope and reason. Thanks, man!

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James King's avatar

DUMP AND IMPEACH TRAITOR , NAZIS , FELONS, PREDATORS ,AND CON REPUBLICONS EVERYWHERE. YES CON REPUBLICONS, CLIMATE CHANGE IS DANGEROUS, REAL, DISRUPTIVE WORLDWIDE, COSTLY, AND PREVENTABLE. STOP DENYING CLIMATE CHANGE AND FACE THE SCIENCE . DUMP THE CON RTRUMP AND CRONIES. DEPORT RTRUMP'S WIFE AND RELATIVES. BOYCOTT NAZI MUSK AND NAZI RTRUMP.

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Dotty's avatar

Baby Huey hates the US public . He wants to hand our Nation over to Russia and Israel . His towers are full of them . .call it what it is .. we can't sugar coat it . Sadly so do the other 89% of Repubs (at least )

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Diane Will's avatar

Totally agree. Call your representatives constantly, any representative, just call.

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Catherine Cuneo's avatar

Are there enough people in Congress to keep him from renewing the 30 day orders for troops in DC? If there has been outrage on the part of any R's then I have not seen it. Yes, it is theater, but it is also a real thing and a move he would love to expand upon.

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Morton Kaplan's avatar

I hope you’re right. Also hope you’re not “whistling past the graveyard).

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Pepe Cummings's avatar

We can walk and chew gum at the same time. The core issue is electing Democrats that understand that to restore Constitutional Democracy they must state the obvious truth that every action of elected R's since 2016 has been an illegitimate and illegal seditious assault on We the People. Some form of Ordinance #9 of the Free French Provisional Government of 1944 is a prerequisite to a restored Constitutional democracy. Some form of DeGaulle's Commissions d eparation will be necessary. Hopefully we retain enough empathy and intellectual integrity to quickly transition to some form of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation tribunals to, you know, speed reconciliation with those who will tell the truth.

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Jojo's avatar

yes and this is hitler's playbook!! each distractions is being pulled from project 25 which is exactly how hitler isolated germany; the tariffs, eliminating or controlling educational independence, changing history, disenfranchising cultural institutions, and taking control of democratic states under the guise of curbing violence!! each move is from that playbook and is being rolled out per part of a master (and I mean master in every sense of the word) plan but also serves as a ploy to distract from epstein or anything that could derail the right's plan. this is not just about trump. WAKE THE F UP. please stop getting to caught up in the weeds. not about jeans, taylor shift etc. democrats and liberals need to stop playing by norms and the rules and understand there is NO PLAYBOOK ANYMORE!! WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP!! STOP PRETENDING ANY REPUBLICAN CARES ABOUT ANYONE BUT THEMSELVES!!! SORRY IF THAT OFFENDS YOUR SENSE OF DECENCY. UNITL WE REALIZE THEY HAVE NONE--WE ARE ROYALLY (AGAIN USED INTENTIONALLY) SCREWED!!

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