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The Elephant in the Room's avatar

All of this needs to be said so that the public can push back, but the public also needs to hear what forms of resistance are working. For example, the #TeslaTakedown protests have helped severely reduce Elon Musk’s net worth.

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Anna D's avatar

The public also pushed back at the funeral of Pope Francis, when President Zelensky arrived, he received a big round of spontaneous applause. That really felt good too!

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The Elephant in the Room's avatar

Especially when Macron, Starmer, and Zelensky cornered Trump.

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Robin's avatar

Congrats on the success with #TeslaTakedown I'm looking forward to the day he will be arrested on felony charges, where he loses all the contracts given to him, jailed & deported from the U.S. As a felon he couldn't come back to Canada. Hopefully with Michael's exposing all that this bill takes away, more people will show up at the protests and contact their Republican Congress members. If enough of MAGA is effected by this bill, they will too.

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The Elephant in the Room's avatar

Agree. I’d like the #TeslaTakedown tactics to be applied to Trump himself. Get permits to protest near the golf courses and hotels to embarrass the customers and severely impact his profits. Some New Yorkers took matters into their own hands during Trump’s first term when they insisted that the condo boards remove Trump’s name from their buildings.

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julia w's avatar

Michael Cohen, you are the shit! It’s so great to have your commentary and knowledge coming in every day.

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julia w's avatar

Yep keep going… you’re a very important media voice …

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Sandee will's avatar

You realize much of this couldn’t be happening if the Republican Congress would grow a pair and do their job. They have the power of the purse and they better start using it cause none are gonna be reelected.

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Ellen M Kennell's avatar

They are all cowards, every last one of them.

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Skitealwedrop's avatar

👏👏👏👏

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Carin Froehlich's avatar

It’s just so hard to keep up with all the damage. I question our local privately owned airports Pennridge , Quakertown Doylestown and Wings in King of Prussia small airports . If you owned a small plane these airports have been in our communities for decades now Homeland Security owns Pennridge says they are making military drones. If you try to ask any more questions you are escorted out. Quakertown Airport just got huge grants now we got helicopters like fucking mesquites it’s some kind of training program . All day all night Neighbors claim that the helicopter is training private citizens not military. So does that mean it’s a playground for billionaires or are they secretly trying to set up a different military?Does anybody have a similar situation in their area?

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Fran Gibson's avatar

Carin, this is the first I’m hearing about this. Please let us know what protests are happening so we can support the resistance and make people aware.

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Carin Froehlich's avatar

It is almost impossible to find out what’s happening the Perkasie Township meetings they shut you down immediately okay so why is a popular trail that Perkasie has been using for over one hundred years for family walks been closed down huge signs Homelands Security Do Not Enter Federal offenses and I can’t even get a answer for that? Clever that they built huge buildings warehouses brought every thing in by old train tracks . There must be hundreds of visible cameras when I try to get others involved they back off claiming they don’t want to get arrested

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MargaretT's avatar

People are believing with their emotions instead of their brains (true most times). I offered references to a woman probably around my age (the topic was IRAs), on Facebook, that we are not doing well financially (instead of replying "LIAR" as some were doing). She took my information but is still on the Koolaid and thinks we're fine. I wished her well... Hope she remembers references I gave her as we decline. In the Chicago area, the programs you mention have definitely been helping. I volunteer in a nature area where kids from the city are given employment and training opportunities, and some have successfully moved on to decent jobs with contractors in the business. The programs do work! Anyway, thank you, and I am spreading the word!

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Skitealwedrop's avatar

It’s a shame Mr. Bonespurs is gutting programs that affect children. The orange narcissist has zero empathy for anyone. Pitiful!

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Suzanne Brahnshaw's avatar

Thank you Michael. Your daily voice and articles are so appreciated and valued on Substack!

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MaryAnnP's avatar

Thank you for another excellent article. You have such a gift for writing.

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Lynn Busby's avatar

Thank you! Chat GPT 4.0 does most of the finished copy

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Cheryl Schroeder's avatar

Preach it brother. Love your articles. Say it louder so they can hear it in the back. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Cat Lady USA's avatar

Is he building up the Pentagon so he can invade Canada 🇨🇦 or Greenland 🇬🇱 or Panama 🇵🇦?

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Deb's avatar

He will find out what happens if he tries what Putin did to Ukraine. Canadians are really pissed off with trump’s betrayal and threats & we are united in our hatred of that goon.

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Karen Sinclair's avatar

Two things jump out if your article (well many more than two but two main ones for me) that feel soooo authoritarian:

1) Make sure all your citizens have no choice but to live in corporate owned housing so that rents can be controlled at the top,

2) Take away as many forms of education and education supports as possible so that govt and corps can feed whatever crap they want to their people who will believe they are All Knowing!

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Ninah's avatar

Most of the folks I know haven’t been hit financially yet. They also refuse to look at the news because it’s too depressing. But will they act? It seems that they have to be on the street and actually destitute before they’ll react to their “leader in Chief”. Well, seems like that’s coming, but it’ll be too late by then.

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Wanda's avatar

The repunklicans and congress are a Disgrace to AMERICA!! 🇺🇸

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Lynn Johnson's avatar

Another perfectly written article. You realize, of course, that we will give you the people you need and we will take him down. I only hope that we ship him off to El Salvador. I would delight in watching them shave his head. Revengeful? You bet it is.

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Arthur Zweig's avatar

Michael,

I tried to send emails to the representatives we got on Thursday but because I was not in their district it would not go through. I plan on calling their offices on Monday.

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An Advocate for Spirit's avatar

The one thing about donny-boy ( no insult meant to the Irish Ballad ), is that he, throughout his entire life was never told 'no'. He conived his way through any obstacle before him. But we did tell him when he was impeached the in his first term in office ( this is why I often refer to him as -45 ). When he is told no, he relies on 'fixers'. These fixers, have to stop enabling him. The vengeance he reaps now, is for all parties that created his expulsion from office. One at a time, his effort is pure hate against those that he did not see as useful to his reach for even greater power.

Hey donny:

GULF OF MEXICO!

DUE PROCESSS!

OUR CONSTITUTION!

and...

IMPEACHMENT IS COMING AGAIN!

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Judy Cross's avatar

I really don't know what to say. I am just so mad at all of his cuts and everything that he is doing to our country. I just want him gone, so far away that nobody can see or hear him again. I know that the rich maga are going to keep their money and not pay into the government. Any idea how much tRump won't be paying? I would like to see those figures along with the figures for his bit coin, while using the WH to sell it. Another thing I would like to see how much he is making off the Saudi golf course. Again while making personal deals, using the WH as a prop. What a crooked bastard! All that, and not even working a 40 hour week, using our money to go golfing and not his own. I used to golf and nobody paid for me. Why are we paying for his entertainment? Tell him to drive one of the telsa's he bought when he wants to go golfing at our expense. I'm sure it can drive itself. I suspect that he didn't pay for that either or if he did, it wasn't out of his pocket, but ours.

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