Upstate NY resident. Unaffiliated voter. Animal lover. Genealogy nerd.
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It looks as if the Democratic Party is still operating as if it's 2008. There are many grassroots and legal organizations fighting back that are full of Democratic voters, and even anti-Trump conservatives. We need coordination. We can't look to the party. Leaders will have to emerge. But unless Congress does something this week to stop Patel, to defend Ukraine, to reject Putin -- WE THE PEOPLE will have to step up and shut down the government. They did it in North Korea, we can do it here. The…

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So far we are only talking about the direct results of the firings and layoffs and gutting of federal response (which includes states as well because some of the moneys being pulled support state programs. I've been mulling over the many environmental disasters (using that term because many or even most are a result of or aggravated by poor human decision-making.

What kind of response are we going to be able to make when a super-hurricane strikes, when climate driven tornadoes or rain events str…

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Treason. Should be the lead story, Jennifer. At Saudi summit in Miami, Trump strikes Zelensky: ‘Not going to have a country’

Read more at: miamiherald.com/news/po…

I keep sayin' we need Republicans to object -- pressure the Senate Republicans who voted for the Ukraine package thehill.com/homenews/se…

There were a few negative comments from Senate Republicans yesterday, but they need to stand up. Picket. Sit in.

Some Republican senators say Zelenskyy is not a 'dictator' in response to Trump comments. usatoday.com/story/news…

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I have been saying for a couple of weeks that the Dems need an eloquent spokesperson to lead this fight. I have been suggesting Pete Buttigieg for this role . He needs a competent staff and some super duper PR types to get the message out there. Right now we just look disorganized.

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I don't know what the Dems in Congress are doing but leading a counter-coup is not among them.

All Dem leaning organizations need to collaborate on major action against Trump's blitzkrieg. Plenty of us will support and join in.

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They Broke It. They Own It.
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Thank you Russell.

Putin wants to resurrect the Russian Empire. He wants to be an "Alexander the Great". The KGB was his university.

Putin is a vicious beast. A beast ONLY understands strength and recoils only when threatened with overwhelming force. Trump is his toy to play with because Trump thinks he is a great negotiator. But he is just a clown.

Putin could have been stopped in 2014. But Obama did want to go to war. THAT was the red line. Putin had a taste of what he could get away with and th…

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Funny thing about that growing national debt, see wwsg.com/speaker-news/s…

"...Case in point is the current [upcoming as of Oct 30 2024] election. Both presidential candidates are proposing tax and spending giveaways to curry favor with voters. The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget projects that Vice President Kamala Harris’ proposals will increase the debt by $3.95 trillion over the next 10 years, which pales in comparison to Donald Trump’s plans, which will increase it by …

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We need one of our alternative media sites to monitor all the protests and then help report. The protesting would be more effective if it was more organized and the reporting would be better.

The small protests with a few hundred are no less important then ones with several thousand people, but the impact is not as great if there's no reporting.

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My impression of Lester Holt is that he leads with what is getting the most clicks on Facebook and closes with a “feel good”. Nothing of depth or substance in the middle. I once had some confidence in him but his nightly news could be put together by seventh graders.

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Pam, I am an ex Special Operations Soldier, DOD and FAA individual who has protected the United States for 27 years of service. Even as an old man (70), I would suit up to defend this country! I swore an Oath to Uphold The Constitution of the United States, against any Threat Foreign or Domestic. Even if they do not call me, I may show up. There are many Soldiers who feel this way! My Oath to this Country DOES NOT EXPIRE!

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Rachel you are correct. 77 million voted yes for dictatorship. 75 million voted NO. And 89 million stayed home. While this election had a "record" turnout, the truth is that the ignorance, laziness and self indulgent apathy of over a third of our nation has led to the abandonment of democracy and the embrace of murderers like Putin.

America was asleep at the switch. Only personal pain will wake them up from this self induced coma. And there will be a lot of pain.