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Thanks Mary! We are here in DC fighting for our democracy! The battleground is everywhere!

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Bird flu is about to go pandemic and they fired all the epidemiologists at the CDC? We are so fucked. The loss of democracy sucks but the collapse of society from a pandemic ten times deadlier than covid will suck harder.

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and the ignoring - nay, exacerbating - climate catastrophe...will make our little 'politics' look like the schoolyard games they are

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Scratch the surface of the denier movements and you will find the darkest ulterior motives imaginable.

There really are people in power who believe bringing on End Times is a good thing and have the power & influence to make it happen.

Crazy Christo fascists would love to see a war in the Middle East fulfill their belief in archaic 'prophecy'.

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The hubris, to think they can “bring on” a divine event, if it’s even real

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They're completely insane. Another death cult.

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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/TRDM7yXASq

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Exactly, they are insane! Listening to a bunch of stinking Republican preachers that are false prophets.

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Susan it is real. But none of it is going to happen on their stinking timing and phony beliefs. Israel is the country that will determine when all this garbage will take place. They have rejected Christ, and they do nothing but use the United States to be mean and cruel to others in the Middle East. God holds the key to when the apocalypse is going to take place and how it will start. And the other sad thing is that most stupid Christians believe that the rapture is going to take place before all this Apocalyptic end times gets started. Now the truth is this, the 12 Apostles in the New Testament did not believe in a millennium. It is a false doctrine. They also did not believe in a Pre-rapture or a mid-tribulation rapture. Jesus said, "you must endure until the end." The early church believed that the end times Christians whether it be them in their time or us in our time, we would have to hold out to the very end of the 7 years of the great tribulation period. There is no escape.

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😯🤯

I would say not all Christians are bought into the Rapture.

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Mary,

You really hit that one right on the nose. Many of them are my stupid family and I have already told them off. When these MAGA idiots lose their jobs, their healthcare, their social security checks cut and their veterans disability pensions, then they will be screaming. But by then its already too late. I will be selling my home while the price is very high and getting the hell out of the U.S. Not sure where I will relocate, but it's time to become an ex-patriot. Enough is Enough!

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Andy, it would be helpful if somehow, Toddler-Musk and his team could come down with an illness that researchers at the CDC and other agencies have been working on, possibly in the final phase of trials, but since those trials were cancelled, there would be no help for them, and they would have to suffer a while, unable to even use their money to buy cures. That is a problem since Toddlers-Trump-Musk and most of their fan Klub have not suffered anything, so they can't even begin to understand what hell they are about to put the American people through, thinking they will always come out on top. Maybe our task is to see that they don't come out on top or at least don't stay on top.

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A population scratching for survival cant be bothered to oppose enormous power structures.

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Or, this is THE population that can and will do it when pressed to the wall. The Wall collapses.

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THATS the spirit!

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Unfortunately true! !😷😷😷😬😬😬😡

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We have to find a way to oppose to them.

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Our thoughts are with you

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They should tar & feather DumDum in a coup full of infected birds. It is simply beyond comprehension on they are destroying the government for pleasure.

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Now would be a good time for China and Russia to attack us or any of our allies.

Those idiot teenagers fired 400 Nuclear workers who do keep us safe because they don't know their asses from a hole in the ground. And the next truth is, when stupid Trump and Elon a-hole, realized what just happened, they are unable to reach those workers and get them to return to their jobs. Woops! We made a huge mistake! The reason they can't get them back is they are unable to contact them. Those people had such high security clearances, that you can't even find their phone numbers or addresses. They had to fire them by e-mail. And now they have no security protections to get home. If I were in their position and those bastards fired me, I guarantee you, I will never return to work for you or for anyone else in this country. FK Off!

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:-(

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djt has proven his intent to destroy every structure of government which is designed to work for the American people, and to replace them with his incompetent band of lackeys, so that he will have free reign to wreak havoc at his sadistic will. There will be no mercy either for his ardent cultists whom he has betrayed so guilefully. Citizens are called forth to stand up and deliver. Thank you, Mary, for prosecuting his miserable case.

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Has anyone circulated an international petition to remove these two lunatics?

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Great reply! I am waiting for the UN to step in and roll their tanks right down our streets. They have the power to do so and to declare that our government no longer works. And get real it doesn't work anymore.

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David Kay J. says that the autocrat kills the true believers early in the piece. He references Stalin's death machine, Lenin vs. the Bolsheviks, Hitler's Night of the Long Knives. MAGA was told. He only cared about their votes. Not having to vote again, that was a threat.

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MAGA is a bunch of uneducated assholes!

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free rein, not "reign."

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Joe, you are correct in the literal sense of the word; in this special instance of description however, a person might substitute a word to emphasize a global meaning adherent to our self-appointed emperor. 'O Fortuna ( drumpuna), Imperatrix Mundi' (O Fortune, Empress of the World)

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Dear Mary,

I will no longer have time to offer my small assistance in this important battle, as the date for my hip replacement surgery is less than a month away, and I need to arrange for home care during my recovery. I will try to keep up with reading the news, but will mostly be focussed on my rehab physiotherapy.

May all be auspicious!!

Karen White

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Take good care, Karen. Been there when times were not like today and even then it ain't no picnic. But it is doable and a piece of cake. You take care. Lots and bushels of love. Rehab's kind of fun if you like the idea of 'working out' if only on a down-sized mechanical bike. Pretend your getting into shape for the next protest. I'm hoping many more to come!

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Karen take care of yourself .. we’ll be here waiting for you hopefully with your speedy recovery and return.💙

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Good luck with your surgery, Karen!

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Good luck to you, Karen!

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Dear Karen White! My thoughts are with you as you go through this procedure! God bless and good luck!

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Wishing you all the best for your surgery outcome and rehab. I'm waiting longer for my own. Well fight the good fight for you while you get back to yourself!

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Karen White,

I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. Hip replacements are tough. I need one of those too. I have had 2 knee replacements, and they claim that the hip is easier to recover from. I am putting mine off.

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THANK YOU!!!

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How kind! Thank you, each and every one of you. 🩷 May all your highest aspirations be completely

fulfill

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I am in Munich and I wish I could have heckled Vance’s speech

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Most of the Germans I know are horrified at his visit with Alice from the AfD

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As am I…. Absolutely horrified and so sorry! these people do not represent the America I believe in and have lived in my whole life. I did not vote for them. I did not support them and do everything in my power to speak out against them now. I never in my wildest dreams believed it possible we would have to do this again on a global scale!

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I am amazed that these horrid people are my neighbors.

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I have some of these idiots as my neighbors too.

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I saw this coming back in 1994 while I was in college. I talked to a woman from Germany, and she told me then that fascism had already started in this country. The stinking militia groups is what started in Germany and then turned into stinking fascists trying to tear down the German government. She said that the German people didn't believe that they would succeed. The same thing going on right here in America. She told me it's going to get allot worse. Give it about 25 years. She was an older woman and lived during the time of Adolf Hitler.

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I guess when you’ve lived through it, you can definitely see it for what it is

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Like the idiot who interrupted Obama’s state of the union address.

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Democratic politicians need to start doing that in sessions.

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I'll would have bought you some rotten tomatoes.

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Good thought, Gregg....but the tomatoes could not possibly be rotten e'nuff!

Your heart is in the right place, tho!

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I think I may start a stack of my own …

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I could not bear to be in the USA for the inaugration. I did not realize that only 90 days out of 180 could be spent in the EU. Unfortunately I have to come back.

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I was very fortunate to be in Mexico for the whole month of January. No politics, NICE people, coffee, hot chocolate, fruit everywhere (eggs $1.50/doz, haha) was such a relief. But I had to come back because I have a 92 year old mother.

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Can we all send a penny to the Whitehouse as a protest….i think it may have some cosmic resonance. It could be symbol of a protest in paying more in taxes than the Billionaires

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People don't file your taxes. FK them! Its time the middle class says to! I like Ghandi way of protesting. No justice, No peace!

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Not needed….i would have been the one who woke up that rather stodgy bunch. I think most were to polite to start throwing shoes or chiming in on the state of the union address

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I think they were in shock at his vile audacity.

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Ditto. What an evil creature Vance is.

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I wish you could have, too!

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DonOLD is hell-bent on destroying this country one American at a time.

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It will only take one brave American to end this reign of terror.

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And I am praying for it. Sooner or later hopefully, they will fire the wrong person and there will be hell to pay! Also Iran has put a price on Trump's head as well as on Elon Musk's. And that includes both Trump's former advisers and his current ones.

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Thanks, Bonnie I am sure there are more. We can only pray. Putin is playing him. His insecurities and ignorance are only superseded by his total ignorance regarding government policy and procedure.

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"America First!" Then, it's on to wreck the rest of the world or give it a good try.

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That is Elon Musk's playbook. I learned online that the United Kingdom is waiting for him to show his ass in their country. He is spreading propaganda lies through the internet in Mother England as well as in many other Democratic countries to try to destroy their governments. England is not going to tolerate it. They have MI5 and MI6. I am hoping they use their secret services to target that punk.

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He is really beyond the pale. When you actually look like a Chimp you better have money and lots of arrogance. He kept Trump out of jail and bought him the presidency. It's the only reason he is there.

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“Get it all on record now—capture the films, gather the witnesses—because somewhere down the road of history, some bastard will rise and claim that this never happened.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

While General Eisenhower made this statement regarding the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp, its truth resonates just as strongly today. I’m astounded that anyone could justify or refer to January 6th as a day of love or peace and deny what we all witnessed firsthand. It’s criminal and a cruel twist of fate that an unelected individual, riddled with conflicts of interest and no real desire to make our country better, has been allowed to seize control.

Every employee fired, every plane crash, every person denied aid, and every failing farm must be meticulously documented to ensure these criminals who are destroying our country are brought to justice. Thank you, Mary, for this brilliant breakdown. Please stay safe and strong during this war.

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Agree put all the evidence on video and it will live forever. Trump tried to make some people believe it never happened, the world saw it live and nobody who saw what happened can never un-see it.

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Then deport Elon Musk from this country and ban him from returning

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PLease make it happen!!

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Ans confiscate his money and property. He is an enemy of the sate, as well as trump.

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That would be a good idea freeze his account kick Musk out of the country

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The 50501 movement will save democracy! Civil servants appreciate all citizens who are fighting fascism. My partner is raising funds for their lawsuit against the orange menace and muskrat: https://democracydefender2025.substack.com/p/can-you-help-fund-my-partners-lawsuit

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The USAID American workers stranded in the Congo after he shuttered doors and cut communication have filed a suit as well.

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The filing for that suit is an incredibly revealing read....

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Yes, it is. The workers have been subjected to harassment, forced moves to NY with no job security. And no communication from leadership cause there is none left. Already deaths are occurring where medical aid was removed.

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Id like to see that group improve their communications significantly.

Got nothing out of the attempt to show up for them today - tho I drove to 2 local town halls......

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What is 50501?

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Fifty protests in 50 states, one message: end fascism, trumpism, oligarchy, Musk - that sounds like more than one message, but it's really all just one.

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Thank you Martha.

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hitler sent the Jews and resistors to gas chambers. 1st felon is taking away disease control, health care, means of employment, work forces ie deportations, etc etc etc. Choking our economy, destroying our friendships around the world, is aleining with our enemies, and has put into place false prophets in the white house.

He has thrust a spear in the heart of our nation to not just divide but to destroy.

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We have learned from notable sources (Ivana Trump, General Kelly and others) that Donald Trump has studied Hitler and his mistakes, and is most likely ready to try Fascist/Nazi agenda here for us. May the Lord help us all!

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Constance...the very thought of the pretender who sits temporarily behind the hallowed Resolute desk " studying" anything at all beggers belief!

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More likely it was Bannon and Miller who studied it and conveyed what they "needed to" to Trump. Both are Fascists who think they're so smart they won't repeat any of Hitler's mistakes.

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Others may have studied but not him - he does not have the attention span nor cognitive abilities.

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And we knew this would happen. We knew he was a snake when THEY took him in.

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You were so very prescient, Bonnie ! Good eye.!

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Horrid words....Mary Patricia....made ever so horrid because every syllable you.write is fact...the truth...the god-awful.truth. You see so clearly what his plans, and his goal s are!

How can his cult minions be so blind! Do they not grasp that he will.turn on them when it suits his sick egocentric purpose? They, who cast their votes in his behalf....screamed in exultation at the hollow lies he spoke...and basked in.his.perceived strength & power!.

Sadly for those who cheered him...believed blindly in his fascist dream...there will come a day of reckoning... when they find what so many others have been made to suffer...it's all a game for him...!smoke & mirrors. A naked fat man...a life-long cheat, convicted criminal..a griffter . whose entire life has been given over to impersonating a real honest to goodness human being... the reality??? the fraudulent homunculus he has become.

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THE ANTICHRIST!👿👿👿👿👿

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Ok someone needs to put a spear or similar into him and Musk

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Mary….they are not Democratic Judges….they are Judges. Who if they are living up to the sworn oath it is irrelevant

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I can’t figure out how to post a photo…of the AfD poster in the town I am in. Immigrant fear is something the Germans are acquainted with. The only people here that have been rude to me are former East Germans, bus drivers in particular. My German language skills are like a toddler. The drivers seem to have axes to grind. My husband’s family was from Berlin. His sisters apartment looked over the wall in Teltow. When Syrian immigrants were fleeing temporary shelter was set up in his sisters neighborhood. It was the Syrians who gave up their seat for an old German lady. My husband was born in 1939 and left when the wall went up. Grew up during the war and cried and had to change the channel when children in war were shown.

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If we’re dividing judges by political suasion, we’ve already surrendered.

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let's see how the Supreme Court conducts itself - the answer is there

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SCOTUS has already shown its hand

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Honestly, I fear if it’s left up to SCOTUS … it’s just too eager to erase any rights for African-Americans except … 21st Century “separate but equal”.

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the answer to the tone of the new America will be from the SC whether they do right or perpetrate wrong (tho of course trump will do whatever he wants anyway)

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I am sure that it will be discussed with the main actors in a beer hall

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If that court has any brains, they better be in fear for what they rule this time. People are angry with their rotten shenanigans.

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They need to go too.

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That court needs its asses kicked. They are nothing but enablers to Trump's dirty agenda.

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Shouldnt the Bar Associations and universities have some voice in this? They have been woefully inadequate in terms of revoking licenses for the egregious and lawLESS contortions their members display in their actions...... what are they really? paper tigers or professional assets?

Seems to me they OUGHT to be on par with a free press in terms of importance for guard-railing democratic processes.

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Agreed….

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Speaking of the press, Rubio idiot, announced that the Trump next plan is to bar all foreign media coming from other countries being aired and sold in the U.S. Hitler tried this stunt. That is why so many Jews died in concentration camps and the whole stinking world denied that it happened. Media is very important for a free society to remain free.

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Professions do a poor job policing themselves.

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Whew! Ol’ Vlad doesn’t have to worry about his broken army having to invade the U. S.—it’s already rendered hapless by his best bud.

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So sad. I hate to think of the country I may leave for our progeny. 🌊

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Phyllis, my dear...you speak for us all, I believe!

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Canada is lovely … if a bit chilly. Or a 51st State. (And I thought *I* was ridiculous!)

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yeah, but you can't just wander in and squat - we got borders and immigration rules too

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Not so much, though, during the Vietnam War. And I thank you for that.

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Indeed!

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Darn!

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I think they're cutting back on the number of Americans to enter. And even if you get in, you can only stay for 6 months.

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I'll take the six months!

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Can you blame them? Like Trump, too many Americans seem to view Canada as a way station.

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Not in the least! I just wish it were different.

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My father was an avid fisherman. In the early 1960s he took me on a fishing trip to the Rainy Lakes - we flew in on a pontoon plane - and it was just beautiful. Rustic, pure.

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It’s a fantasy.

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Six months would be a wonderful reprieve.

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Of the feel-good sort

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So far the Doge-bros think this is all a game. So far the MAGAs think that they are safe. But neither is the case and when the shit hits the fan, and it will very soon, things will not end well. Nor for the Doge bros. Not for Elmo. Not for Trump. And not for his defenders. The American people expect their government to deliver, even those that claim they hate the socialism. If it won't or can't because Musk fired everyone, the people are going to demand heads on platters. Politically I hope, but that may not be guaranteed.

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I'd like to believe you but I think they'll still be trying to blame Biden. Or Obama! Or just Democrats in general. Like trump they can't see the shit on the bottom of their own shoes; all they can do is smell it and think it's somebody else's fault.

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35 years of right-wing propaganda (started with Limbaugh and Gingrich) has taken a toll on the average southerner, and the rural northerners. They truly believe Democrats are satanic, because they've been told that about a million times over 35 years.

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I agree. And trump only perpetuates the lie from any podium he stands behind. It's been a part of his game plan all along: lie, lie, lie and eventually the lie looks like the truth and the salvation. He is the epitome of evil.

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Slight correction: Doge-bros is now more commonly pronounced: "dOge-Bags" ; )

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I prefer the "Doggy" pronunciation.

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Bring it the fuck on.

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The entire fascist plan is to kill off every helpful federal program so there won’t be anything to protect the people. Then the fascist no millionaires offer us “protection” privately if we can afford it. If not, tough boogies. Sayonara, y’all.

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Thank you, Mary, for your excellent work. For my money, you are the Trump I WOULD TRUST TO BE PRESIDENT! Keep writing and reporting. We appreciate you so very much and I include you in my prayers every night -- yes, I'm one of the 19 percenters -- Christians who did not vote for Trump in 2024 election.

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THANK YOU!!

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So am I!

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We had a mighty crowd of about 200 brave souls at the Vermont State House in bitterly cold weather. So proud of people for standing up. Thank you for all you do.

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Force the Republican Clowns in Congress to impeach this bastard and kick him out of office and into prison with no chance of parole at any time and take the Secret Service personnel who protect him away as well and let the wolves take care of him

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They have had their chance, repeatedly. Unbelievably, they have failed, again and again, to step up and do their duty. They appear to believe they need to support this disaster.

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They are their families are being threatened with violence, much less the political threats to "primary" their seats.

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We just need to keep repeating ourselves on Trump

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Right Deborah as to why we have to get on their Facebook pages and repeat ourselves about impeachment of Trump

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Deborah Republicans are failures and need to be voted out

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We need to impeach Trump and Deport Elon Musk

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Too many prominent ones are being blackmailed; the rest go along for two reasons: 1. Unlimited power, and 2. Fear that their own idiot constituents will murder them or their spouse/kids if they rock the boat.

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Cherie push the Republican Clowns to impeach Trump and kick him out of office

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My husband is representing both of us at the protest in San Diego. I have plans that could not be changed. Darn. I await the next protest for there must be one! We must prevail against this evil force.

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I’m sorry Mary , but I’m now at the point where I will need to turn off all US political news. My mental health has taken a real dip since America decided to inflict self harm upon itself and elect Trump - again! FFS what were the voters thinking? Every day the news from the US gets more and more alarming - and oh so depressing. I’m not American; I’m Canadian, and as we know your country’s actions affect us immediately one way or another. We may be a 10th of your size, but we spend a lot of our money in your country, not to mention the enormous trade between us. The mood up here now is that Canadians don’t want to visit. We may be small, but if we severely reduce our spending capacity in the US, it will be felt. Polite Canadians even booed the American national anthem over the weekend at a big hockey tournament. That is totally unheard of, and while it was egregious behaviour, Canadians are mad at Trump for denigrating our country. I am hoping my mental health is good enough to endure Trump’s squatting in your White House, and I hope American voters have the courage to at least reduce Trump’s powers legislatively at the midterms. I wish that every American, who sees the damage Trump is doing to your country, makes a difference and shows up at their designated voting booth two years from now. Not sure that taking away maga’s legislative power is enough, but I have to hope that Americans will stop harming themselves further. I also hope that Trump departs your WH the most hated President ever, and the days of playing with dictator fire will be over never to raise its ugly hear again. Love from Canada! 🇨🇦

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Hear you so very clearly, Elizabeth. Could have been my pen writing words from your heart.

This fascist- like excuse for a sentient humanoid has quickly ascended to a major problem & cause of anxiety for the entire World...if the World would only open their eyes to the imminent danger he clearly represents...not just here in.America...not just Canada...but a sick mind bent on world domination. We are but stepping stones for his ( & billionaire enablers) ultimate prize....world domination! King ad infinitum of all he surveys.

Is this the world...the legacy we wish to leave our future generations?

I pray...not! Can.you hear the hoofbeats ( not jackboots!) of Paul Revere's horse echoing in History...Revere' s clarion.call of danger?

The call was answered then...it will be answered now!

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I live in upstate NY, and we hope that our Canadian Friends across the border will boycott visits to the US, even our beloved Adirondacks. As well as Canadian snowbirds to the South, although tougher if you own a place in Southern US. We have to feel the wrath of other countries, I am afraid.

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Air Canada reports 25% decrease in travel to US. And there is definitely a feeling of not vacationing to the US. We do not not like are southern neighbors but DumDum is beyond are limit of politeness. Since he represents the nation vis a vis the National Anthem we are booing him and the peons who serve him and his destructive policies. Please someone name me one policy ( not hatred/woke/culture issue - those are divisive to most unless you are one to have hate in your core)) that will genuinely improve the life of their citizens.

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Love back to you!

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