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Thank you for your tireless attention to the truth about Donald. Please also emphasize the importance of Senate seats. Everyone .... help your Senate candidate's campaign if you've got a contested seat in your state. They, together with POTUS, decide who gets appointed to the Supreme Court ... and we know how that's been going.

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We can handle anything. We have just begun to fight. We will fight. And when we do, we win. Thank you, Mary. I am for you. I’m. So excited! 😂

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Walz had some zingers last night. My favorites:

1. …(JD will debate me) if he can get up off the couch.

2. (This was Harris) It’s like the JV versus the Varsity.

3. Crime was UP during the Trump years, (very, very long pause, as Walz scratched his head, twice!) … and that was without counting Trump’s crimes.

And another I can’t think of.

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Something is up with Donald's physical strength. Lately he doesn't sit down, he falls/flops into a chair, and then struggles when he stands back up. Just an observation by a retired P.T.

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Plus he is literally not campaigning. Calling in to Fox "News" is NOT CAMPAIGNING.

How To Beat Donald Trump - Don Calloway & Prof Karen Hunter

"If everybody does a little, nobody has to do a lot"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqyXN5wnolw

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I love it!!

Here is my new phrase - 'MAGWOt' that stands for 'MAKE AMERICA GREAT WITH OUT trump'

I like using a lowercase 't' when referring to him...

A white dude for Kamala

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---"The American President" 1995 film

"President Andrew Shepherd: ...I can tell you without hesitation: Being president of this country is entirely* about character…America isn't easy. America is advanced citizenship…And whatever your particular problem is, I promise you, Bob Rumson is not the least bit interested in solving it. He is interested in two things and two things only: making you afraid of it and telling you who's to blame for it. That, ladies and gentlemen, is how you win elections…We've got serious problems, and we need serious people…This is a time for serious people, Bob, and your fifteen minutes are up."

I can hardly wait for VP Harris to tell Donald Trump his 15 minutes of fame are up. Thank you Mary for always reminding us how serious the issues of this nation are and how serious and dangerous Donald's narcissim is for our country and the world. I wish him well. I wish him gone from the spotlight in our country too. Maybe I'll even check out MSM media today and not hold my breath.

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Bless the patriot Rob Reiner who gave us that vision

Do we have video?

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I listened to Shapiro, Harris then Walz as it aired last night. The listened again before I went to bed. Then a replay of the Philly event came up in one of my feeds this morning and I listened to all three speeches yet again! Awesome! Should be required listening.

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I am glad I went on Threads and found this column. 😀 💙

I hope Kamala and Tim keep the spotlight on their happiness, kindness, and seriousness for policy details.

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It is very interesting, Mary, that this 2 hour old and only Threads posted column only has 5 replies.

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That’s very reassuring Mary to give us a glimpse of our future Hope. And yet, we on Earth have only thirty years left, if we don’t take care of our beloved Mother Earth or else it will perish with nothing left. To be or Not Be, vote accordingly.

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Please ALL be aware that there might be serious repercussions from those who shall no longer be named! Even in a democratic win the other side is preparing for vengeance in any form they can think of. Those that are considered “against them“ will be targets. “Gurd your loins” so to speak. Protect yourself and families! Don’t ever think “worse cannot happen in our beautiful America; UNITED STATES! Make provisions now.. However don’t be afraid: ultimately we have a divine power in control who will prevail and goodness an mercy and USA along with

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Our Trash

Speaking in general, the people of this world can be categorized in four types: “Upper Class”, “Middle Class”, “Poor”, and “Trash”. It is the “Trash Class” which I wish to discuss here. Not only does it permeate the other classes “across the board”, it is a chronic detriment to us all and a threat to our world—yours and mine.

Just what is the “Trash Class”? Whom does it include? What are its fruits? Not unlike the first mentioned classes, at first glance those belonging to the “Trash Class” are invisible. They are seen only through their characteristics; they are recognized by their beliefs—their behavior.

First and I believe their worst characteristic, they believe only in themselves to the exclusion of others. Greed, avarice, and selfishness are their primary features; thinking only of themselves and their superiority to others, they believe in survival of the fittest and may the devil take the hindmost—to hell with the losers, lacking any appreciation for the many opportunities and advantages with which they were born, failing to recognize that, contrary to what we are told, all men are not created equal. To the contrary, they are equal only in the eyes of God. That’s not an opinion. It’s reality. We are all born with different strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities.

Second, they are devoid of personal values, i.e. love, caring, forgiveness, and sharing. Rather, they lie, cheat, steal, and deceive—the smile on their faces, their hidden motives and daggers notwithstanding.

Third, they exhibit a lack of conscience. They seem to have little or no sense of guilt.

I could continue, but why. One either understands by now or one doesn’t. If I may say, God forbid that one reads this and “looks across the aisle to point to others” as “the guilty. Now is the time for every one of us to search ourselves within and without and clean off our own doorsteps before that of others. In some quarters that is referred to as being “born again”. Then, we need to put our priorities in order and, through our vote—only through our vote, “clean house”, ridding ourselves of this “Trash”.

We may disagree on some things; but let there be no doubt in your mind about this: This nation, our nation, The United States of America, cannot and will not survive in today’s world as a free and prosperous people, i.e. a roof over our head, food on the table, warm and secure, free to breath, speak, worship, and come and go as we please, if we fail to remain united as a people with values and love and respect for our neighbor “evvvveeerryyyyywhere we turn”, —black, white, brown, yellow, purple, green, etc. (We are already on a downhill track). We will, instead, succumb to the dictatorial rule of others only to become a blot in the history of time like other great empires of the past and our people serfs.

Let there be no doubt about another fact. Our loyalties and allegiances must first be to Almighty God, Family, and Country, in that order, before any political party. Without a doubt, when you think about political issues, it is not the party, the politician, or the issue on the table that are really at hand (these are the “seen”). The real issues and motives are very often those that are “unseen”, those around the corner, down the road, over the hill, or some Sunday after some Tuesday, etc.—the reasons that compel you to study, learn, contemplate, and “Think”.

I hope you understand. Political parties promote group loyalty and thinking, providing a “cop-out” for in-depth thinking of the individual. As such, they are primary tools of mind control, people manipulation and crowd control in any given society, the worst aspect of which is that party objectives frequently change, leaving its members voting for one objective, thinking they are voting for another. An example of this is the familiar saying “My grandfather was a Republican, my father was a Republican, by gum and by golly I’m going to be a Republican”. As we all know, the party of Reagan was not the same as the party of George W. Bush, the party of whom was certainly not the party of Trump. Neither is the Democratic party of today the same as the Democratic party of Franklin Roosevelt. What I am trying to say is that, if we want our country to remain a Democratic Republic, we must look beyond party politics, study, think, and learn. We can no longer look wholly to political parties and elected representatives most of whom, after they are elected to office, do not represent us anyway. Rather, they represent the lobbyists who represent those who really are in control, i.e. pull the strings that really decide the direction of our nation (The best example which presently comes to my mind is the NRA, to name just one). Do not forget! With freedom goes responsibility. There is nothing Free. Somebody always pays the bill. Either in the beginning or in the end, that somebody is you. Lose sight of that and you lose your democracy.

There is another important fact here. As a people and a nation, we have many very serious problems. You know this. You also know that we cannot begin to really solve them until we rid ourselves of the “Trash” that permeates our minds and our people—that about which I write here. I suggest to you that which you see on so many bumper stickers, “Let’s Take Back Our Country”; but I also submit that we will never succeed unless we assume our personal responsibility as citizens and, to the best of our ability, admit and discard our prejudices, keep ourselves informed, and participate in the process of government. One hundred percent of us should vote and vote with knowledge. Think about it.

Respectfully,

From: Steven P. Miller, @ParkermillerQ, gatekeeperwatchman.org

Founder and Administrator of Gatekeeper-Watchman International Group

Wednesday, August 7, 2024, Jacksonville, Florida., Duval County, USA.

X … @ParkermillerQ

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Sparkermiller.JAX.FL.USA,

Instagram: steven_parker_miller_1956

#GWIG, #GWIN, #GWINGO.

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When God said "let there be light" there was infinite and eternal, always beginning, light is the truth of love always consuming the darkness of doubt & lies, such is what we are witnessing, "the glory".

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Since this column is titled, "The Black Hole of Need", and this is the 13th comment (B separated is how I refer to 13 since I do not like the number):

Mary, with everything that has happened 8 years after the 2016 election, do you still believe that the Diagnostics and Statistics Manual is reliable for diagnosing people with mental conditions who are better word-smiths and better dressed than substantive people?

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Our Trash

Speaking in general, the people of this world can be categorized in four types: “Upper Class”, “Middle Class”, “Poor”, and “Trash”. It is the “Trash Class” which I wish to discuss here. Not only does it permeate the other classes “across the board”, it is a chronic detriment to us all and a threat to our world—yours and mine.

Just what is the “Trash Class”? Whom does it include? What are its fruits? Not unlike the first mentioned classes, at first glance those belonging to the “Trash Class” are invisible. They are seen only through their characteristics; they are recognized by their beliefs—their behavior.

First and I believe their worst characteristic, they believe only in themselves to the exclusion of others. Greed, avarice, and selfishness are their primary features; thinking only of themselves and their superiority to others, they believe in survival of the fittest and may the devil take the hindmost—to hell with the losers, lacking any appreciation for the many opportunities and advantages with which they were born, failing to recognize that, contrary to what we are told, all men are not created equal. To the contrary, they are equal only in the eyes of God. That’s not an opinion. It’s reality. We are all born with different strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities.

Second, they are devoid of personal values, i.e. love, caring, forgiveness, and sharing. Rather, they lie, cheat, steal, and deceive—the smile on their faces, their hidden motives and daggers notwithstanding.

Third, they exhibit a lack of conscience. They seem to have little or no sense of guilt.

I could continue, but why. One either understands by now or one doesn’t. If I may say, God forbid that one reads this and “looks across the aisle to point to others” as “the guilty. Now is the time for every one of us to search ourselves within and without and clean off our own doorsteps before that of others. In some quarters that is referred to as being “born again”. Then, we need to put our priorities in order and, through our vote—only through our vote, “clean house”, ridding ourselves of this “Trash”.

We may disagree on some things; but let there be no doubt in your mind about this: This nation, our nation, The United States of America, cannot and will not survive in today’s world as a free and prosperous people, i.e. a roof over our head, food on the table, warm and secure, free to breath, speak, worship, and come and go as we please, if we fail to remain united as a people with values and love and respect for our neighbor “evvvveeerryyyyywhere we turn”, —black, white, brown, yellow, purple, green, etc. (We are already on a downhill track). We will, instead, succumb to the dictatorial rule of others only to become a blot in the history of time like other great empires of the past and our people serfs.

Let there be no doubt about another fact. Our loyalties and allegiances must first be to Almighty God, Family, and Country, in that order, before any political party. Without a doubt, when you think about political issues, it is not the party, the politician, or the issue on the table that are really at hand (these are the “seen”). The real issues and motives are very often those that are “unseen”, those around the corner, down the road, over the hill, or some Sunday after some Tuesday, etc.—the reasons that compel you to study, learn, contemplate, and “Think”.

I hope you understand. Political parties promote group loyalty and thinking, providing a “cop-out” for in-depth thinking of the individual. As such, they are primary tools of mind control, people manipulation and crowd control in any given society, the worst aspect of which is that party objectives frequently change, leaving its members voting for one objective, thinking they are voting for another. An example of this is the familiar saying “My grandfather was a Republican, my father was a Republican, by gum and by golly I’m going to be a Republican”. As we all know, the party of Reagan was not the same as the party of George W. Bush, the party of whom was certainly not the party of Trump. Neither is the Democratic party of today the same as the Democratic party of Franklin Roosevelt. What I am trying to say is that, if we want our country to remain a Democratic Republic, we must look beyond party politics, study, think, and learn. We can no longer look wholly to political parties and elected representatives most of whom, after they are elected to office, do not represent us anyway. Rather, they represent the lobbyists who represent those who really are in control, i.e. pull the strings that really decide the direction of our nation (The best example which presently comes to my mind is the NRA, to name just one). Do not forget! With freedom goes responsibility. There is nothing Free. Somebody always pays the bill. Either in the beginning or in the end, that somebody is you. Lose sight of that and you lose your democracy.

There is another important fact here. As a people and a nation, we have many very serious problems. You know this. You also know that we cannot begin to really solve them until we rid ourselves of the “Trash” that permeates our minds and our people—that about which I write here. I suggest to you that which you see on so many bumper stickers, “Let’s Take Back Our Country”; but I also submit that we will never succeed unless we assume our personal responsibility as citizens and, to the best of our ability, admit and discard our prejudices, keep ourselves informed, and participate in the process of government. One hundred percent of us should vote and vote with knowledge. Think about it.

Respectfully,

From: Steven P. Miller, @ParkermillerQ, gatekeeperwatchman.org

Founder and Administrator of Gatekeeper-Watchman International Group

Wednesday, August 7, 2024, Jacksonville, Florida., Duval County, USA.

X … @ParkermillerQ

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Sparkermiller.JAX.FL.USA,

Instagram: steven_parker_miller_1956

#GWIG, #GWIN, #GWINGO.

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