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I've been listening to Booker since 9 pm mst, the entire world should be listening to this, and probably are. He is giving a much needed History lesson. I'm sure the MAGAt's = larvae of lies eating the rotting, putrid dead flesh of their cult leaders, orange brain dead zombie and Muskovite ghoul have someone listening. It is about time. We can't stop anything else that is being done. Note Cliff Cash and the organizing that he is doing, is amazing. Take note. We cannot let this continue and we CANNOT GO BACK TO THE STATUS QUO. We truly need to have a revolution. #mygrandpakillednazis #wearetheflood

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I have a picture of a WWII GI. Printed over him is "We didn't vote for fascists, we shot them."

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He was my boss when he was Mayor of Newark for seven years. Great advocate and speaker.

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Yes, Cliff Cash has also been doing a phenomenal job getting people out.

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Booker and the senate dems are making me happy to be a democrat again.

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This!!

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I'm writing you as a Canadian from the East Coast to say THANK YOU for your post today. I lived in the US for over 20 years. My heart is bleeding for you. Canadians with a brain know who is wielding the wrecking ball! I'm sure you know how well we're turning out for Tesla! Not to mention how people all over the world are coming together.

I stand with my American friends as most of us do! Do not let them tear us apart.

Good call on no April Fool's jokes. I'm laughing so hard at f-elon fuck losing his shit right now, I can't imagine anything that could be funnier!

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Thank you Fierce GOAT for speaking on behalf of 🇨🇦, as well as a huge shout out to Adam for stating our case so genuinely. We are doing all we can to keep the idiot in chief at bay, and waiting for his stupid world wide liberation day. The only liberation we’re looking for if the day that the good Lord decides to send him packing to the bowels of hell.

For those who might be interested, Ottawa is hosting a Hands Off demonstration on Saturday at the US Embassy on Sussex Dr. starting at 1:30.

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CAM, I'm happy to tell you this is all for show and to add to the chaos. We are very grateful for your concern for us, and for yourselves, but nothing will come of it. Donnie is not going to attack NATO by trying to annex Greenland, or to pressure you, or to attack Panama, or any of this nonsense. It's a combination of performative and of trying to make his mark. Donnie cannot tolerate anything that is not about himself. He has no use for the U.S. Constitution, because he didn't compose it, and it has nothing to do with him. If you noticed his last inauguration, he did not put his hand on whatever bible was presented to him. He didn't write any of the bibles, either, so he doesn't care about them. (And there's certainly no one more sacrilegious than Donnie.)

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Fred, thank you for adding your 2 cents to the chaos. IMO, the problem with Trump is that he doesn’t understand the job of being President. He simply doesn’t grasp the immensity nor the import of the job, and he proves it daily by sitting at the Resolute Desk and signing his mountain of EOs with a sharpie.

He’s bored by the routine, and he’d much prefer to be back at MAL to practice his winning shots on the golf course. He’s very much like his wife, who only likes the state dinners where she can rub shoulders with visiting leaders and wives of other countries. I can just imagine the level of sophistication in their conversations and guests eyes rolling behind their backs. His non stop declarations on tariffs is another Indication of his level of education as well as his lack of knowledge of fiscal and monetary policies. He cannot be trusted and his judgment so impaired as to render him a high risk employee who would be unable to get a security clearance for any government job, a designation that most public servants in most countries are required to have. Your opinion may well be quite valid, but I can assure you that I don’t trust his ability to make decisions in anyone’s interest. He doesn’t possess any of the qualities that are normally required of his position and his peers are mainly autocrats who think he’s an idiot but who continue to befriend him for the goodies that he can bring to the table.

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And he knows it, too. He got Elon because he thought Elon would be the brains of the operation. He certainly knows he's very far out of his own depth.

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Sorry to disagree with you Fred. But Elon came to Trump by offering him $2.8m towards his election campaign. Elon treated trump as a pawn to get as close as he could to the seat of power. And did he ever win bigly. He’s so trusted by trump that he now holds the reins to slashing government orgs and funding. What I’m not sure of is whether trump’s backroom boys - Stephen Miller and Peter Navarro were instrumental in securing Elon’s approach to infiltrating Trump’s orbit during the campaign and how much influence they may have or had in what I consider to be Elon’s ‘Slashgate’. So far I’m not tilting at windmills.

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I read Charlie Angus's substack whenever he puts one out. He's amazing, as far as dealing with American Fascism.

God. It sure hurt to type those last two words.

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One of my heroes!

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Yes, he’s one of the rare Parliamentarians who truly cares about his constituents and Canada. He will be missed not only by his Party and constituents that he served so well for over 2 decades, but also as a well respected Member of Parliament from Northern Ontario.

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Over 20 years. I can understand why he retired. But boy, do we ALL need him!

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Just hearing Senator Booker say, as he reads letters from constituents, “I hear you”, caused me to become emotional. I realized that we all are feeling very “unheard” right now. It’s nice to feel someone has our backs.

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My husband and I voted in Wisconsin for Susan Crawford and all other pro democracy Democrats this morning 💙

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Elizabeth Warren asking a question now…. Cory still going strong. So much information being shared that people need to hear.

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Calling on WI to please vote for your own good and that of others. Billionaires are not going to pay for your rent, your medicine, your food, your bills. Keep democracy alive. WE ARE NOT A DICTATOR COUNTRY AND WE WILL NEVER BE. Do not flush America down the toilet.

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Just spitballing here. The fentanyl that comes across the southern border lands in Texas for distribution around the country. It’s usually delivered to a Texas warehouse and is sent to its intended recipients from there. What has Texas done to locate and shut down these distribution points. They obviously haven’t done enough. Therefore I propose we put tariffs on anything from Texas and hold the Texas governor responsible for his assistance in the drug trade. Are prisons in Texas ADA compliant?

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PENZEY'S SPICES of WI gets it. This email came this morning from CEO Bill Penzey. It is PERFECT:

Republicans, if you’re listening…

Sure, maybe you have to make it look like you are voting, but that’s not so hard. The truth is these people calling themselves Republicans no longer are. I’m guessing you know this and as much as it’s hard to admit it, you see the damage they’ve unleashed.

Our whole lives the world saw us as the good guys. We protected smaller countries from bullies. When disaster struck we sent aid. When fascists struck our troops volunteered. Many of them still rest in well-tended cemeteries of thankful nations the world over.

Two months ago that all changed. We became the bullies. We became the fascists. And though we are the richest country in the history of the world, even 1/10th of one percent of our taxes going to help those in the poorest nations treat preventable diseases and save hundreds of thousands of lives became too much “waste” for us to afford.

You know those now in control of the Republican party are sick. You know they are criminal. You know any Republicans with the moral courage to stand up to those now in charge have been purged from the party years ago.

Now it is only you who can pull your party back from the brink and by doing so keep alive the decency and the caring at the heart of America that you and I as cooks both love.

To save your party, and with it our country, you have to, for now, stop voting for your party.

You know this.

It’s time to come back to being the good guys.

Thanks for your consideration,

Bill

bill@penzeys.com

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Great listing of all the goings on…… the most important of which is today’s elections in FL! Sure hope Josh & Gay WIN! And Cory Booker has been a favorite of mine since before he ever ran for office. He’s doing a phenomenal job on the Senate floor, and I hope the Democrats in the Senate can keep it up for a good long time, and do it over and over for every single thing the GQP’ers put forward! GO CORY!

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Fellow WI Vote April 1 - FORWARD WISCONSIN, Shout out for Susan Crawford for WI State Supreme Court, Incumbant Jill Underly for WI Superintendent Dept Public Instruction (Education), (Opponent Kinser for private school vouchers). Important if Public Education up to States and Trump Executive order against Federal Dept of Education (Fed Funds). Voters supported PUBLIC School Districts funding budget with Referendums for property tax increases Not to PRIVATE schools.

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Let's go Senator Booker! 8 more hours to go! But don't hurt yourself we need ya to take Schumer's place ASAP!

*and LET'S GO ALL SANE BIG TENT PARTY VOTERS - or finally WOKE former 'Rump voters now trying to reverse course after 2months of 'Rump/Musk MAGA Regime Destructive Chaos - IN WISCONSIN FLORIDA VOTERS IN EVERY SPECIAL ELECTION TODAY!!

VOTE BLUE BECAUSE CON-FELON 'RUMP & FIRST NAZI MUSK DO NOT GIVE A F&%K ABOUT YOU, NOR OUR CONSTITUTION & DEMOCRACY ALIGNED (former) ALLIES SINCE WW2!!

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Make Cory Booker the Senate leader!

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Snarky comment: Pigs are flying, the DNC is doing something.

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You ROCK, Cory Booker! Well done in spite of Schumer trying to stick his nose in to grab some credit he doesn't deserve.

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Ocean’s 11 Assholes

I keep telling people, that this with Trump and Musk is just a HEIST.

All the hate shit sure makes a great cover, doesn't it? And destroying the biggest opposition country to Putin? Fuckin' bonus...

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