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Love this Steve. As you know, I spent about 20 years living and working in six dictator-led countries - especially Russia. My oldest daughter managed the Beverly Hills night club, casino, and restaurant in Moscow and Trump attended their grand opening as well as returning often. The "Beverly" as it was known, was famous for its absolute corruption, naked women, and famous faces. My daughter was killed in 2016 and the Tokyo Police ruled her death a homicide by an unknown substance - probably poison. This is a long story if you ever want the details. In any case, if you have read my book "From Democracy to Democrazy" by Elizabeth Graham, it will give you more details about Trump and Russia. I am available should you need more info. Good Luck, Elizabeth

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I am sorry your daughter died!

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Elizabeth, I am mortified and so sorry to hear this story about your daughter.

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Thank you Elizabeth for bringing this corruption to our attention repeatedly, as I know you’ve commented before. I did not know about your daughter. I’m so sorry. That is what we’re all headed for if this man and his handlers get their way.

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I received your book in the mail today!

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Jul 12Liked by Steven Beschloss

I love this, Steven! I believe we can beat Trump in this election, but we're going to have to make ourselves a little nauseated first. He has brainwashed millions of people into believing his lies because he knows that's how Hitler became Germany's ruler, even though he had spent time in prison after being found guilty of treason.

I mean, let's all let that sink in. The man was sent to prison for having committed TREASON. And yet Germany still elected him to the highest office in the country. My grandmother was not Jewish, but she was very vocal about Hitler while she was still in Germany and all the time she was here in the U.S. while Hitler was still in power. I've got a hair-raising story to tell you about that -- a side of that dark time that almost no one knows about. I certainly never learned about it in history class back in the day. I learned it only from my grandmother when I reached the age where she thought I could handle it.

Anyway, we've got to deprogram Trump's followers. Think of it as a political exorcism administered through hard, heavy, consistent doses of the truth about Trump and what he's planning in 2025 if he wins.

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Thank you, Susan.

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Lots of folks will be heading overseas if the unthinkable happens. No one who knows about authoritarian regimes first hand is taking any of this lightly. I think we need to spread the word about Project 2025. How many Trump cronies and former staff are involved? Nearly 200? We should be downright terrified. We should also be considering the serious implications of reversing Chevron. The immunity decision is bad enough, but with federal agencies like the EPA or OSHA being headed by Trump we are all having our lives and livelihoods threatened—particularly those who make up a large portion of the MAGA base. Boy will that come as a surprise. Less on Biden, more, much more on Trump. He is not a circus sideshow, he is evil.

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I wrote this in response to a comment such as yours and I think it’s good for a rerun here. It’s something to consider, at least

“The entire country will be completely destabilized and while I believe that most of his executive orders will get slapped with lawsuits, that will create another sector of mayhem; the already compromised and overburdened court system. Again, this is why the big Wall Street money is not going to the Felon’s campaign. His Project 2025 will tank the economy and when we get a(financial)headache, the world gets the flu. This entire plan is the right wing’s version of a dirty bomb.”

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Sigh. At least if Social Security is cut back, I won't have to worry about losing it if I move overseas. But the real threat of a depression from trump policies will gut what's left of my 401k, so I guess I'm stuck here. Waiting to get arrested for something I said on Substack.

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You will find lots of friends waiting should you be arrested. I expect I’ll end up there someday…

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Jul 12·edited Jul 12Liked by Steven Beschloss

Bravo, Steven! We need to keep spreading the truth about this existentially dangerous and corrupt thug.

Are you planning to post these videos on YouTube, TiKTok, FB, IG and other outlets so as to reach as many potential voters as possible?

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Jul 12Liked by Steven Beschloss

Trump Watch - Great idea! Thank you.

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Jul 12Liked by Steven Beschloss

With you and as Joyce says, we’re in this together. Forward!

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Jul 12Liked by Steven Beschloss

Our son's girlfriend has lived in an Eastern European autocracy. She is frightened by the prospect of a Trump administration and livid that anyone could support him.

Thank you for undertaking "Trump Watch". I'll ccertainly be watching.

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Jul 12Liked by Steven Beschloss

SO TRUE! “We cannot let a dangerous, unhinged man like this, get back into office.”

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Jul 12Liked by Steven Beschloss

Bravo and thank you!

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Jul 12Liked by Steven Beschloss

You are absolutely correct in both your analysis and the urgency of our response to keep Trump and his cronies away from the White House. How does this message get to Trump supporters? Not the top generals but to the privates who would die for him?

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I don't understand why 20 or 30 Democratic MOC have called for Joe to step down! Three weeks ago before the first debate, they were cheering him on and since they know him very well, they had no problem running for election on a Democratic ticket with Joe! So he had a bad night; so what? According to the Washington Post poll released this morning, he's now leading by 2% nationwide! But while none of the polls this early in the election contest is really definitive with respect to November 5, what is all the emergency about? There is no guarantee that Kamala will perform well under pressure on the campaign trail and debates, but there is certainly no guarantee that she would replace Joe on the ticket if he withdrew! But she will be his successor for the next 4 years if he had to withdraw for an unexpected medical reason! So let's get out there and win this thing because there is no doubt we have more votes in the battleground states and with protection of abortion and IVF on the ballot and in the minds of younger women and their families, they will be registering and voting in massive numbers (see www.TurnUp.US for a fabulous and experienced nonpartisan registration and turnout effort of High School seniorsand Community College students only in competitive states and congressional districts--and it is tax deductible as it is a C3 chairity and enormously successful so please contribute generously!! Thanks Ira Lechner

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Jul 12Liked by Steven Beschloss

Thank you for this video. I was already aware of the ‘hit list’ and I know all of those on it are persons worthy of respect, unlike the former guy. Now is the time to spread the word about Project 2025 to everyone we know. It is terrifying!

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Jul 13Liked by Steven Beschloss

Close up and personal in the Trump White House.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=397114486676188

When will the mass media press and the DNC reveal the truth about this guy? He's an idiot. A mental non-entity. Not only unfit for the Presidency, as the NYT finally proclaims. But not fit for any office requiring competence, average intelligence, the ability to reason. And most important, trustworthiness. The Dems could pull Donald's plug any day. But they treat him like a normal candidate for public office! WTF!

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Jul 12Liked by Steven Beschloss

Thank God for something. I am convinced that the usual news sources have been hijacked-- all Biden is old/failing, etc and not examining felon, indicted Trump. Also, Trump is quietly staying out of the news.

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Jul 12Liked by Steven Beschloss

If we don’t know to take him serious we need to get rid of the amnesia. Almost everything I’ve heard he intends to do was either begun or floated during his term in the WH. Now he’s bragging about his lists in advance and has a “lock ‘em up” plan with the blessing of SCOTUS.

Sadly we know there were CEOs at the top of the major network food chains playing along for the $$ and didn’t take his actions serious about destroying trust in the media. Why worry now?

EX: Trump’s administration had some sort of database on journalists and maybe immigration attorneys. The ACLU filed a lawsuit over attorneys and journalists being stopped and interrogated. Sometimes in MX when they attempted to re-enter the US. Maybe more than one list (so inefficient).

https://thehill.com/latino/434670-reporters-lawyers-say-they-were-detained-at-us-border-asked-their-opinions-of-trump/

— A secret government database leaked to the public in March 2019 revealed that the five journalists were specifically targeted as part of a broad group of people including lawyers, a pastor, and immigration advocates working at the southern border. Reporting on the database also revealed that the U.S. government coordinated with Mexican authorities to monitor these individuals…—

https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/the-u-s-government-tracked-detained-and-interrogated-journalists-were-suing

Context: August 2017 while participating in a panel discussing “fake new”

— CNN International Chief Says Trump Is “Good for Business”

I think being called out for fake news by Trump isn’t necessarily the end of the world, in fact the evidence would suggest, as far as media organizations are concerned, it’s not something to worry about,” he added. …

"It’s a glib thing to say. But our performance has been enhanced during this news period and how we’ve chosen to cover it," said exec Tony Maddox. —

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/cnn-international-chief-says-trump-is-good-business-1031985/

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Jul 12Liked by Steven Beschloss

Thank you for all that you are doing, Steve. We here in the Canadalands are watching, holding our breath, and also worrying about our own slide toward autocracy. We must all roll up our sleeves and do everything we can to prevent Trump from holding office again.

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Thank you, Carol. We must all roll up our sleeves...

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