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Marsha Day's avatar

I hope you are going to post your article on guns in America. It has become such a hot button topic with Republican males that it’s as if it threatens their very manhood to control them in any way. Marz is right.

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Carol Pladsen-Bloom's avatar

The data about how many own any gun and median number of guns reminds us of how concentrated ownership is. Assault weapons deserve their own category, and it's gruesome, I'm fairly sure.

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JoAnn Bachteler's avatar

Agree with Marz, we need to show some teeth.

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Gary R Simonds's avatar

One has to ask, what is the ultimate goal of the trump regime?

Clearly it is not the betterment of life for the average American.

Clearly it involves personal and family enrichment, partnering with Putin, and empowering the oligarchs.

Inflicting so much pain on everyone else.

Who signed up for this?

When will we the people say "ENOUGH!"

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David Olson's avatar

The observed goal, the destruction of the America we knew. The President of Portugal said aloud the ill kept secret: Trump is a Russian agent. I’ll say it: ENOUGH.

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Gary R Simonds's avatar

Amen

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Waldo Littlefield's avatar

It certainly takes a dog to show us what love looks like. Love one another and cruelty will become a thing of the past.

Trump and MAGA love their own wisdom and act like force and cruelty will keep us safe from imaginary enemies. The real enemy is ignorance, hubris, and stolen honor.

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Jay Wilson's avatar

Children were praying when the bullets found them. In a Minnesota church, their bodies fell while Trump, Vance, and Noem reached for the same hollow script: “thoughts and prayers.” The cruelty wasn’t just in the shooter’s aim—it was in the reflexive cowardice of leaders who confuse condolence with action. Here's my take:

https://jaywilson1.substack.com/p/god-isnt-fixing-this?r=10sd39

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Carol Pladsen-Bloom's avatar

Another great from Mary. I'm going to add something from someplace else. It needs satire, but I've got appt with ophthalmologist, who I'm sure would appreciate it if I brushed my teeth.

"The student-visa policy actually wasn’t new. It was tucked into a June announcement about a rare-earths agreement with China. But the specific figure of 600,000—which would represent more than a doubling of the number of students from China in the United States for the 2023-24 school year—hadn’t been uttered before." - Charlie Sykes 8/28/25

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Kasey Coff's avatar

Off to share. Tell Marz one of your fans sent him a pat on the head.

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Patricia Davis's avatar

Every day seems to add another insult with the bobbleheads leading the excuses or explanations…” what he really meant was…”I search to listen for the calm message any voice hidden amidst the din, the boos, the heckled laughter to hear of more bombs , more deaths , empty promises to be forfilled in two weeks ..I never hear the end of that or those though..thanking the inventor of my mute button..so sick, tired, bored how what was once a Great America can’t see or won’t put the demented empower with no clothes on ..forever away. Only for one more lie to tell perhaps? Or instead maybe another incessant delusion ?

The World according to Trump..who would ever have thunk it would happen like this?

SMH 🤦‍♀️

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David Olson's avatar

I shall only note, the collapse has begun. It is somewhat heartening the National Guard are beautifying the Mall, and not handcuffing the innocent. It may well be the farmers in NE will realize re-elections a con man was a bad idea. Especially given there is no future in soy bean sales to China for very long time. Seems to me that increases the trade imbalance. And, sadly. Oh, so sadly, the Right rolls out the thoughts and prayers as two more children die/18 others wounded to appease those who fetish guns like the AR15.

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