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Rita Bergstedt's avatar

First of all, I really like your smart dialogues; secondly, I’m an 83 year old woman and I could run circles around the orange idiot, physically and mentally and functionally. So please don’t make assumptions of people based on their age. We all know the orange one is an anomaly.

Dee's avatar

Unfortunately Rita, a lot of seniors voted for the dumb ass. I shudder to think that my mother probably would have supported this moron if she were here. She lived to watch that idiot Glenn Beck that pretended to cry over the lack of patriotic pride. I’m grateful to seniors like you, TY

Rita Bergstedt's avatar

Thanks Dee… very sweet. I appreciate you took the time to respond. All my best to you!

Catherine Datte's avatar

I have an idea. How about every day you highlight an adult over 75 who is doing amazing things, cognitively sound, and contributing to the world? Caption: Adults making contributions- busting the stigmas.

Ellen L. Ekstrom's avatar

We need someone with brass balls in the Congress to say ENOUGH.

Joan MacLeod's avatar

The Trump Regime is by far the most corrupt administration ever and they're not even hiding it.

Kim A.'s avatar

I am a retired health care provider. The bruising on his hand likely due to being on chronic anticoagulants (blood thinners), and simultaneously receiving IVs , which leaves bruising

Joan MacLeod's avatar

Hi Mike and Adam, watching the recording from Cambridge, Ontario Canada. The most transparent Administration according to them is covering up so much shit and many people are not buying it anymore. The mainstream media are failing big time by not covering Trump's decline like they did to Biden over and over. Any sane person can see that Trump is not mentally or physically well, he's rotting before everyone's eyes.

Christine Beraldo's avatar

THOSE ARE GOP BOOMERS -- SOME OF US BOOMERS HAVE BEEN TO SEE THE WIZARD AND GOTTEN A BRAIN

Gail Moore's avatar

Now, I've heard that the regime is trying to find people who simply express an opinion against them. That's pretty scary for all of us, if it's true.

Sandra Trimble's avatar

Who cares? The Corrupt Trump regime has NO empathy door immigrants so he doesn’t deserve empathy!

mary thiel's avatar

Why are you so into the “both sides” now? I hear about very good acts the democrats are doing, from sources such as Larry ODonnell, and others. I’m a lifelong democrat, but I’m not tied to defending any one politician per se. It just seems it’s political malpractice to keep complaining about how bad they are, as then who wants to vote for them.

After the election, if we win, then demand reform, but until,then, every vote lost is a vote for trump, and votes are all we should be caring about now.

You say the democrats still haven’t passed universal health care, as if they didn’t care. I’m older than you so perhaps I have a longer memory, but didn’t Hillary initially propose this, to be severely and vehemently pushed back by republicans. Didn’t Obama have to curtail his ambitions for this same reason, and also the fact many said they didn’t want to lose their insurance coverage vs government provided health care.

I’m all for most of what you say and propose, and find your coverage both very intelligent and worthwhile, but I wish someone would mention those who are homeless, not just those who want to purchase a home. I’ve recently seen two elderly women parked in a giant parking lot so they can stay in one place, while they’re living out of their car. And of the elderly man in a wheelchair, also homeless. What I fear is that after democrats win, these middle class people wanting their money to go further will forget, as always happens, those suffering on the very bottom. And if you look around, this suffering is a national catastrophe, comparable to world wide tragedies.

Jon Brullt's avatar

The easiest expansion towards national healthcare coverage that could be quickly accomplished with the least political opposition would be to extend Medicare coverage to the age of 59.5–the same year people can begin to withdraw without penalty from their 401K and IRA accounts. The number is already out there and familiar to voters and politicians.

I’d love to see Repubs squirm when asked why people shouldn’t have medical coverage at the same time retirement funds become available to them! And even the barely Dems like Fetterman and his ilk would have a hard time explaining away the rationale for this expansion. We can spend $400-$800 Billion on an unneeded ballroom, an unjustified war in Iran, and a massive ‘homeland’ security apparatus of brownshirts, but we can’t spend far less for basic healthcare coverage?

Oh, right, I forgot, Trump doesn’t know how to make money off of that, unlike with the private prison companies, arms dealers, mercenary cartels, and probably mob construction interests being generously served billions in no-bid contracts right now. Companies who have APPEARED OVERNIGHT, with no discernible history or projects to their names, yet are granted billion-dollar contracts. Happening right out in the open.

mary thiel's avatar

I think democrats, if they gain enough seats, should wholeheartedly push for Medicare for all. Many seemed opposed to it in the past, but I think that’s not the case now, at least according to surveys I’ve seen.

If not, your proposal sounds good.

Christine Beraldo's avatar

YOU KNOW NOT EVERYONE OVER 40 IS A HORRIBLE PERSON --

James's avatar

Next time you lump all boomers in one group, I will drop you like a fucking bad habit and make it my life’s mission to point out your fucking ageism to anybody who will fucking listen.

This ain’t the first time. I get it, you get wound up, that’s not a fucking excuse.

Jon Brullt's avatar

Chill out, dude. A comment thrown out with the word ‘boomers’ is hardly a serious statement on ageism! I’m a Gen X, just 1 year out from your Gen. Almost all of my friends have been your generation or mine, and OBVIOUSLY…we are not all the same. Nearly half of my Gen, ‘X’, are as bad as the worst of the so-called Boomers.

Do I think that younger people really would lump me in with the racist and backwards ‘phobes of all kinds who make up the great basket of deplorables? No, I really don’t think so in general, and certainly not in this case. Do I think the term presents a terrible oversimplification that some find offensive, yes. Is age something we should allow to divide us — definitely not.

Let’s don’t play into the hands of our enemies, who are dismantling our nation as we speak.

James's avatar

If this were a one-off I'd agree with you, but it's a habit. And the last time I got this pissed about it "the boomers had everything handed to them on a silver platter". When you're standing on the shoulders of the Boomers and the generation that came before them, maybe don't piss all over your own audience.

I doubt anybody in their 40s wasn't to be lumped in with Stephen Miller or Russel Vought just because of when they were born.

WORDS FUCKING MATTER.

Jon Brullt's avatar

I do see your point, James. I didn't hear that earlier comment from a previous video (I don't catch these every time they run although I really do like the discussions and Mike's overall perspective). But, I agree that stereotyping entire categories of people isn't helpful - and also how does it serve to move the conversation forward for any of us?!

Dale Lincoln's avatar

I attended a Town Hall Meeting in Southern Oregon on Tuesday, featuring Congressperson Val Hoyle, and Senator Ron Wyden.

Democrats, Republicans, and Independents attended.

I was given Hope by witnessing how almost everyone agreed on Issues like Overturning Citizens United, Ending Gerrymandering,

How Congress was doing nothing for the American People, Expanding Medicare, and against this War of Choice in Iran.

Divide, and Conquer, is losing it power here!

Jo Kooser's avatar

I love your passion and dedication!!!!

Jo Kooser's avatar

We are all with you truth telling guys!!!!! 👍

Nancy M. Casanova's avatar

donald has chronic venous insufficiency , A blood vessel disorder, blood then collects in the legs and places pressure on the veins. He's must not be wearing his compression or doing his exercises SO ..... guess what