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Katy Bolger's avatar

Mary, I read somewhere that media costs i.e. streaming services are up 20% over last year. Those are nasty hidden costs. I just axed two and saved over $300 for this year. It's not just food and electricity, there's the cost of owning a pet which you know. Going to the pet store costs more than the grocery store some weeks. I manage on a fixed income but I know people are suffering. I see the homeless and mentally ill suffering. The weakest members of society will hurt more than those of us who tighten our belts and put on another layer. This man has brought misery to the country.

Julie Bannerman's avatar

“Clarity … is still a form of light” - and matters even more when the governing regime spews Big Lies with malicious intent, and legacy media cowers with fear. Why this newsletter is such an extraordinary public service.

We in the majority must make our numbers count with strategic strength. Flood your representatives with demands for action to hold this malignant administration accountable for its ongoing acts of impeachable sedition and criminality.

Speak up, show up in ways that boost the courage of others to join you. Every drop helps fill the stream.

Leonore Tiefer's avatar

Sorry - that should be nazis.us

Jay Wilson's avatar

should be: nazis.r.us

Carol Pladsen-Bloom's avatar

Grim indeed. How many ice hires were military rejects? They do psych exams I doubt many of them could pass. How millions of Americans support what's going on and many thousands are actively involved and smiling surprises and disappoints me daily. First time I felt grim about the country was when John Kennedy was killed and I was watching. Saw his murderer get killed on live tv. I stayed home from church to watch coverage. I was a kid and scared.

Leonore Tiefer's avatar

I tried the nazi.us click and it took me to dhs.gov. But the important thing is what is on the dhs website. OMG - the violence, the anger, the call out to gun-happy men who want money. This is very disturbing.

Ken C's avatar
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The veneer of political presentations and optics are now long gone. The opinions and wishes of the people appear meaningless. Trump and his minions feel omnipotent, totally insulated from consequences, and drunk with power, acting out sadistic atrocities.

As he spins further into more extreme lawlessness, gluttonous greed, and delusional framing of reality, Trump dares everyone to stop him.

Trump is a bottomless pit, never sated, and his only direction is ever expansive escalation. Trump's reign of destruction and corruption is unsustainable. He will be eventually contained. The remaining questions are how many people will be hurt, injured, or killed, how badly will our society erode, and will our country be able to heal from the damage?

Sarah Quinn's avatar

Excellent writing again. The levels of corruption within this administration are astounding. When are congress going to wake up and start doing their jobs? It had better be soon or there will be nothing left worth fighting for.

Jay Wilson's avatar

Jonathan Ross is going to need whatever money he can get from wherever to pay for his 24/7 security for the rest of his life.

Patricia Davis's avatar

A Fool and their money are soon separated.

Sorry about trying to (again ) put something before my first word and ( again) hitting the send button. Please Substack put it back to the end of the writ.

Patricia Davis's avatar

Sorry, Mary …no wrongfilled intention