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Al Bellenchia's avatar

Management guru Peter Drucker said: “You cannot predict the future, but you can create it.”

It’s up to us to change history by not giving in to hopelessness. Let’s get going.

https://albellenchia.substack.com/p/just-the-facts?r=7wk5d

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Carl Selfe's avatar

The October 18, 2025 protest is drawing nigh. I made a batch of 126 protest signs for you and your group. Have a printing company do these for you! Here they are:

http://bit.ly/46WY4Ru

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Sharon C Storm's avatar

We all know that Stephen Miller is the darkest character in this travesty of a government. He is a traitor to his own Jewish family. What, then, do we expect from him when it comes to democracy? The felon is a malignant narcissist, and revels in the pain of people he doesn’t like, or have said something against him. He is easily led by people like Miller, who wants to visit pain and death on everyone not like himself.

This kind of hate is not sustainable, it will burn itself out from the intensity of the heat and pressure.

We only need to stand together in unity of caring and support of one another. We have each other’s backs, and we will win this war for control of our government.

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mary M keymer's avatar

Thank You Steven.. I watched Jimmy Kimmel . He was great. I can barely read what Trump said at the UN never mind watch the 55 minutes of insanity. I want to put a paper bag over my head .

He should be put in a hospital . He has lost his mind. He is lethal . Now Jim Comey .I am not a fan of his because of Hillary.

He described her as sloppy and careless with classified documents . I knew the country wasn't going to elect a woman who was sloppy and careless with classified documents. This does not mean I want to see him persecuted and prosecuted with rediculous charges. I feel sad for him and his family . I cry for my country. In the end I hope you are right that the right is going to see who he is. But if the UN speech doesn't do it I don't know what will. lost in america

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Leakie's avatar

I will be at my city's No Kings march. I think I'm going to copy my favorite sign from the first protest: "Elect a clown, Expect a circus." Onward! Either that or: "If Jesus heard Trump, he'd never stop throwing up."

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Helen Stajninger's avatar

Thank you Steven. I will be protesting Oct 18.

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Martha Franklin's avatar

Once again, the felon projects when talking about 'one of the worst human beings' and 'the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world'. He should know about both of these subjects.

And 'Antifa' means 'antifascist' - not a bad thing (just like 'liberal' and 'woke'). My Dad was a World War II veteran; therefore, he was Antifa. So was his family, who grew victory gardens and went without in order to support the fight against fascism.

This is just Republican Party's typical smear campaign using any words that can be turned against the Democrats. It has also managed to sadly subvert other terms and symbols: patriotism, the American flag, law and order (severe eye roll), family values.

We'll be at the October 18 rallies and even have one scheduled earlier regarding retention of state judges in Pennsylvania who have stood up to this regime and have protected our rights.

Pay attention. Speak up. Persist. Resist.

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Ellen Deschatres's avatar

Thank you, Steven, for this truly comprehensive essay. As usual, you say everything I’d want to say and much better than I ever could. Comey’s Instagram message, too, gave me heart. It made me want to cry…it was such a ‘fatherly’ response in the best sense…calm, soothing, yet resolute and steadfast in its message and tone. While I did not agree with him during the Hillary inquiry back in 2016, I stand with him now. And that, for me, is what it means to be an American. We stand shoulder to shoulder with those who stand for our principles of compassionate justice and freedom, regardless of their party, race and religion. We stand together against tyranny and we are not afraid.

My French father-in-law was labeled a Conscientious Objector during his military duty in France because he refused to be a pall-bearer for General Foch many years ago. For his convictions, he was sent to the front line with Senegalese prisoners who were armed with only machetes, along with five other officers. When it was all over, five men returned and one was my father-in-law. He never wavered from his principles and by some twist of fate, he lived to fight another day.

I was always inspired by his example. In this moment, we, too, are afraid but we can take comfort from each other and march toward truth together. May G-D bless James Comey, Jimmy Kimmel, and others who are now and will be on the front line of this struggle.

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Raymond Leo Blain, M.D. MPA's avatar

The problem is that within the 1787 Constitution the only mechanism to remove DJT is impeachment which was tried twice and failed. The Republicans are too afraid and will not vote to remove him and there is no other mechanism except God calling him to judgement and that is not happening. We MUST MODERNIZE THE SHREDDED CONSTITUTION if we are to save our democracy and freedom by a plebiscite RECALL and we must do it NOW. This will require millions of us to support my efforts NOW.

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Ginger's avatar

beautiful thank you

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