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George's avatar

Hi Mr. C., you have impeccable timing. Thanks for the words of encouragement. I needed that. Never give up and never surrender. "This moment demands clarity, courage, and a colossal middle finger to the forces trying to drag us into the dark. We don’t retreat. We don’t cower. We organize. We mobilize," May the force be with us all!

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George's avatar

(@) = Never the dark side

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Micheal Scott's avatar

Those are the words your allies need to hear. That you will still fight, that the people will fight, that you’re not going anywhere you’re fighting. As a northern neighbour I don’t want to be scared to visit, shite we don’t even have a fucking border. We gleefully travel into each other’s country without a second thought. Yes there is shit to deal with, yes a rabid dog got loose and yes it will be dealt with. I just want you to know we stand with and by you. ✊🏽❤️🇨🇦

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PegsReilledUp's avatar

Thank you Michael! Know we feel the same! Donald Trump does NOT speak for us!

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Ajhview's avatar

One of your best Substacks- Thank you.

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mary M keymer's avatar

hear ! hear ! Michael ..you are a breath of fresh air this morning. It's as though you were reading my mind .. feeling as though what's the use.. I talked to a friend of mine yesterday and we both agreed that we feel as though this is a losing battle. But then we also agreed that we love our country and can never give up . Never, no matter that we fear we have lost our democracy we have to keep fighting . My friend is 89 yo. He is an artist . He makes the signs I bring to the protests. I will keep showing up and doing my part for as long as I can.

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PegsReilledUp's avatar

DAMN STRAIGHT. WE are the warriors we need! We're here. Our eyes are open. Our minds are open. Our hearts--are overflowing with love for this country, and more than that, for humanity itself. You, Michael Cohen, know how to read a room-important rooms. You clearly understand the necessity of keeping it REAL, and at the same time, you know how to keep us going. It's the way I like it. It's why I'm here, feeling informed and important in this NO bullshit space. Thank you.

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Teresa JV's avatar

I’m with you!! We are not giving into this stupid regime and all the MAGAts in this country! We continue to yell the truth and continue to pressure those in this regime to stop. Thanks, Michael!!!

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Skitealwedrop's avatar

You sound as angry as I am. The orange idiot just had a press conference on the lawn at the WH running his spray tanned pie hole about Iran. America could be at war by the end of the day with this unpredictable idiot in charge.

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Friedrike Merck's avatar

Women and Black Americans invite those who’s rights have never been challenged to take a breath, and understand that systemic change is an evolutionary process, and that reclaiming and rebuilding our democracy will take years.

Our work has just begun. The great protests are oilng our joints, the fantastic patriotic writers are washing away the sleep.

Our work has just begun.

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Judy Cross's avatar

As usual, so true. I, for one, will never give up. Trump and his minions have to go. I wish, we the people, could just tell him that, but, of course, he has other plans. His plans are a farce to our country and to it's peoples. He thinks that just because he wants to be king that it just going to happen. What he doesn't seem to understand that we will not let that happen. He is not taking our country away from us. We have the strength of Ukraine The truth on our side. We will fight until we win and watch this feeble man with his feeble brain take a hike, hopefully, to a jail cell where he belongs.

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Robin Roth's avatar

Once again, Thanks, Michael, for lifting us up! We Are The People, and this is Our Country, not just Donny2Doll’s…we must be the ones to get us back on track no matter how tough the fight might be. As we all know nothing in life is easy but we must preserver and Victory will be the sweet prize.

Your essay and Lev’s today have given us the push we need to keep our dukes up and continue to fight for America. This is our WWIII, getting the USA back on track with a government of the sane, not the moronic.

DON’T GIVE UP the SHIP, citizens, we are ALL in this fight TOGETHER!

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skayen's avatar

Michael, many thanks for the morale boost. Your reports are outstanding. Every one.

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Dawn Cali's avatar

We needed this.

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Agent#99's avatar

Thanks for your encouragement, Michael. I went from feeling positive and somewhat victorious after the NO KINGS protests, seeing the sheer numbers of people out there who feel the way I do, to listening to a podcast about Mike Huckabee's ego-stroking, self-indulging text to a malignant-narcissist president who is led to believe he is a "demi-god" and "king". Although I am a Christian who believes in the ultimate power of God, I don't believe that Christian Nationalists should bring the world to its knees because they believe THEY were chosen to bring about the end times. To me, these are pseudo-Christians who espouse hate and sow division. Thank you for reminding me of my hope, my faith, and determination to not let this Administration and its self-serving sycophants decide when it's over.

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Lynne Duffy's avatar

Bravo!

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Roslyn Reid's avatar

Remember what JFK's dad said: When the going gets tuf, the tuf get going.

When Donald pardoned all the J6ers, that should have been our moment to rise up & handle things the way the Russians did. (Except for the murders--those insurrectionists are the killers.) Are we still thinking we're too goody 2-shoes for that? The womens' movement showed the way to do it nonviolently many years ago.

Will these national protests hit the 77m number? IOW, the number of voters who didnt vote. I wonder how close we will come.

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Julianne Clark's avatar

Thanks, Michael. I really needed that shot in the arm. My spirits were flagging with the news that the courts just stood with Trump's federalization of the troops in L.A. I mean, WTF?!

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