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Hazel Brown 🐾's avatar

Kudos to Biden on the off-shore drilling ban. I'm hoping he tosses in a few more "fuck yous" to the melon felon before January 20th.

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Cheryl ODonnell's avatar

I hope he rules to protect Alaskan wilderness while he’s at it.

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Gina's avatar

will such protections stick tho - trump doesn't care about rules and laws

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

The offshore protections are specified as permanent, so...

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Gina's avatar

like trump give a damn about laws, rules, practice

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celeste k.'s avatar

By the time the orange traitors' efforts to thwart the environmental protections get anywhere in the courts, he'll be out of office.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Rather dubious Gina!!

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Joel Rosenfeld's avatar

The Orange Blob already said his "lawyers" are working on it!!

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

He already did.

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Doreen Garza's avatar

Yes

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Andy Nilssen's avatar

I hope Joe pardons the brave patriots who testified before the Jan 6th committee. They do not deserve harassment nor can afford legal fees. Joe - the clock is ticking.

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Sharon Senkiew's avatar

Can’t pardon them- no crimes were committed.

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bruce somers's avatar

That's never stopped Republicans before,they make up the crimes as they go.

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

Oh, yes. . .

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Doreen Garza's avatar

I’m hoping too!!

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Tess's avatar

Thoroughly disgusting…I’m not watching any news today (bday) as I cannot fathom that the nazi’s won and some idiots I know voted for it. Blah. Felon, grifter, rapist, asshole…..

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Eva Porter's avatar

Today and every day for the foreseeable future when it comes to these greedy fools.

Recently I came upon a local news item about a man from South Tucson who runs a small business cleaning up what is a very under served area. He often hires homeless people to work for him, paying them and also feeding them. He noted that most of them work beyond the contracted time.

I’m going to focus on that guy, just a guy doing something for his community out of pride in his barrio. I grew up 6 blocks north of here and cannot express how awesome this is.

https://sites.google.com/view/barriorestoration/home

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

Just sent their link to The Daily Beast - they sometimes run feel good stories. And these guys deserve all the publicity and support they can get. (Unlike some. . . )

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Marie Martin's avatar

Got on mail list. Donating. This is beyond awesome.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

In Saint Paul Mn they are paying homeless people $20.00 per hour to clean up the city Marie, they have certain hours and days to work because of the volume of homeless people, but I love the idea!

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Marie Martin's avatar

That’s wonderful. We need more creative ideas like this as implemented in TVA by FDA in Great Depression.

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Nanette Jackson's avatar

Thank you for posting that link. I live in Tucson and got on their Instagram and Facebook page.

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

"in Donald Trump’s White House..."

You mean he hasn't spray painted it gold yet?

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arne link's avatar

Don't worry. Melanie will soon be there decorating the place in Early Bordello style.

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Linda Weide's avatar

I am sure Putin, who plastered her nude pics all over Russian television will be coming up with a show to mock Melania, or perhaps Trump. He needs everyone to know he is on top, not Trump and not Musk.

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Marla's avatar

The world waits to see what Putin will run on Russian State TV in response to notorious sex pest Brett Ratner's 'documentary' on Melania when it's released on Amazon Prime Video in the fall.

Be Best.

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Denise Donaldson's avatar

Yeah, like with those godawful red Christmas trees. One thing you can say about that couple: they're definitely in unison when it comes to tackiness. She showed who she was when she took out Jackie's Rose Garden. Skank.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

And remember she put in a "tennis pavilion", like the White House was her forever home, not a transitory place they were passing through. I hope she never goes there again, and he drops dead before Jan 20th.

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Bonnie Council's avatar

Together they will make it look like a taudry brothel. If they live there. My thought is that Melania is going to live in NY, and trump is going to run business from Maga-Largo, so his every move, meeting and decision can't be recorded. Beware.

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Diana-Sedona's avatar

Spray guns are probably filled and the White House sign will most likely be replaced with a sign with the motherf**ker's name! 🤬

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SPW's avatar

Give him a minute……….

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Robert Eckert's avatar

Or "King Osric" (the usurrrrperrrr)

As an insurrectionist. he is not constitutionally eligible to hold the Presidency or any other federal office. The office will become vacant, and the constitutional republic in a state of suspension, if not death.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Details of election interference and fraud are finally surfacing. It’s criminal the way the execrable wastrel has turned a certain prison cell into an ATM! Even more offensive to pardon the mob that beat police into submission to gain access into the capitol! The fact that the keys to the presidency are being gladly turned over to a career criminal and insurrectionist, flies in the face of the constitution! Thanks for laying out the truth Jeff. Forgive me for not smiling today!!

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Rick Calegari's avatar

Spot on Patrick. The orange turd from hell will continue to line his filthy pockets by grifting, taking money for favors and violating the Emoluments Clause. A proposed Trump Library which is a joke in itself will never see a cent from that $200 million. It's another example of blatant fraud and a library honoring a twice impeached, horseshit shoveling, treasonous convicted felon who never reads should never be built.

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

Yeah, but look on the bright side - that "library" is going to be a boon to comic book sales. . .

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Diana-Sedona's avatar

Or porn magazines with the first lady "gracing" some of the covers.

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Lisa K. Obrien's avatar

I was thinking ‘zines’ written with Sharpies.

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shee-rah's avatar

His ‘Presidential Library’ could fit in a closet. Since we know Dumbass doesn’t/can’t read, it will be filled with unsold Chinese bibles.

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Teri's avatar

Rick, I wonder if inaugural slush fund, $ from selling merch, now $200 million for "library" is available for E. Jean Carroll & NY's $454 million?

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Rick Calegari's avatar

You hope that he would have to give all of that cash to her and NY. Hell, they're nailing Rudy for contempt so his convicted boss should be as well.

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P. J. Schuster's avatar

It damned sure should be!! 🤬🤬🤬

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James Starr's avatar

if the evidence is telling and significant enough, I wish VP would delay certification of the election (if she hasn't already done so in advance) and halt the inauguration until a complete, thorough forensic audit is conducted on the election outcome.

And they should do it republican style, by taking their sweet ass time doing so.

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Rick Calegari's avatar

That would definitely cause the madman to blow a gasket or two. So disturbing that the White House is once again going to be headquarters for a major crime syndicate.

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James Starr's avatar

yeah well, too bad, he would do the same if he lost..and yes everything for sale now...

Whitehouse is a world wide crime syndicate... yep

and no one wants to stop him... the only ones who care and concerned about all this are American democrats and some Canadians, that is all... no one is circumventing all this.. i cannot believe it.. this will be worse than Hitler.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Sadly James the time limit has expired for a recount IIRC???

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Denise Donaldson's avatar

You're correct, Patrick.

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Robert Eckert's avatar

All states have audited their results in the customary manner. There is no evidence whatsoever of any shenanigans. Please don't turn Trumpish just because you don't want to believe that half of America has joined the cult: that's the reality and we need to face it.

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Denise Donaldson's avatar

Certification had to be done today. Also, it's too late for a recount in any swing state. I checked. 😡

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Susan Niemann's avatar

Birthday!!?? Well, thats something we can be happy about, Tess! Make it all about you today! 🎉🎉

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Tess's avatar

Thanks Susan! I already had a “shot” of red wine reading Jeff! But I’ll wait till later to enjoy another! lol

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Charles Austin's avatar

Happy Birthday 🎂

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

Be Best Today ❤️.

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

I don't think I have any open wine, but I do have an open bottle of bourbon. Heading out to the kitchen now...

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

I finished a quarter tea cup of bourbon and again Tess, a very happy birthday.

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Nightmaher's avatar

Happy Happy Tess

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Doreen Garza's avatar

Happy Birthday!!

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Diana-Sedona's avatar

Definitely a multi red wine day! Enjoy!

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Susan Keefer's avatar

Have a very Happy Birthday, Tess! 🎉

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Tess's avatar

Thanks Susan!

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Susan Keefer's avatar

❤️

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

💐💐💐I second the motion! 💐💐💐

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Rick Calegari's avatar

I third it.

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Diana-Sedona's avatar

Happy Birthday! Today marks our 41st anniversary! We were getting ready to go out to celebrate our 37th 4 years ago when we made the mistake of glancing at the TV before hitting the off button. We cancelled our plans and watched in disbelief. The travesty that was unfolding in real time before our eyes and the eyes of millions of others was surreal. The throngs of Magats denigrating OUR capitol will never leave our memories. Shame on McConnell for not pushing for impeachment in the Senate and shame on Merrick Garland for not starting at the top. The BS of going after the low hanging fruit was just that...BS! We, too, know idiots who voted for the orange shit stain, including my own daughter. They've allowed themselves to be brainwashed. Attempting to discuss why voting for a felon, grifter, rapist, asshole (your description is perfect) was wrong on many levels just falls on deaf ears. Their "leader" is always right. WTF! As Hillary once said, deprogramming will be needed. My husband and I (ages 73 & 71) hope to live to see the day justice is done but after watching the motherf**ker get back into the WH, we have our doubts we'll live to see it. Sucks for what is to come for all of our children and grandchildren if the Magats are not stopped. Thoroughly disgusting is so spot on!

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

Happy Anniversary to you and yours. Kinda hard to be jolly today, but best wishes anyway.

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Rick Calegari's avatar

Like

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Tess's avatar

So crazy! Well——Happy Anniversary—and let’s hope it’s not too late for the truth to sink in for our family and friends….🤞🏼

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Doreen Garza's avatar

I haven’t watched the news since Jan. 2nd!! I can’t look at that stinky clown 🤡 and his orange giant pores in his face…oh and the sphincter mouth!!

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Cathy Wray's avatar

Doreen, he does have the UGLIEST mouth, so puckery for his fuckery.

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David Olson's avatar

Actually, today is the day to watch despite the crummy outcome. We have returned to the place we should be. An acknowledgement and acceptance of the vote despite how much we detest it. I can think of no greater rebuke to MAGA, we Dems cling to our Constitution. And, I will never forget nor forgive the GOP of post 1/6/2021. Trump returns solely from their craven lust for power.

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celeste k.'s avatar

... and traitor.

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Beth's avatar

Happy Birthday Tess! 🎉✨🎂

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KP Johnson Austin, TX's avatar

How many readers have canceled their Amazon Prime accounts? I really want to know...thinking I need to do that.

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Mary Greenwald's avatar

Not me. I cannot get to stores so need Amazon to deliver stuff. I will not read New York Times, Washington Post or Chicago Tribune. I do not listen to NPR or MSNBC since they have joined the Big Three in giving Donnie's side the Truth side. Just Tiedrich, Legum, Heather Cox Richardson and Joyce Vance. That is my news.

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Jennifer Dyke's avatar

Yes, Mary, I'm in the same boat as you. My current lack of mobility has me using every delivery service possible to fulfill even my weekly grocery haul. It's an expensive way to live, but I have no choice. In the meantime, I'm as active on social media as I can be, constantly calling out Trump and his MAGATS wherever and whenever possible. Plus, my news now comes from the Internet, period. In fact, I haven't yet started ripping ABC and George Stephanopoulos a new one for capitulating to Dear Leader. I'd better get on that!

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skangirl's avatar

Me, too. (Or me, three.) No mo WAPO, but I rely on Amazon to deliver items that are not available locally and/or which are too heavy and/or unwieldy for me to shlepp from shelves to cart to car to house.

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Susan Jane's avatar

Me four. But there is guilt.

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Sharon Buchbinder, PhD's avatar

Me five. As an author, I have few choices for my work. It reaches every part of the globe.

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arne link's avatar

Bless you for doing your part. I hope you will regain your mobility soon.

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P. J. Schuster's avatar

George didn’t cave, his network’s owners did.

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Jennifer Dyke's avatar

From my perspective, George caved as well. He's a millionaire many times over and has been paid $15 million per year for his job at GMA and for, perhaps, hosting his Sunday political show (which he often doesn't host, Jonathon Karl does the job). Yes, the network caved first, but George had to also issue a verbal apology to Dear Leader. If I were George, I either would have resigned out of protest or, at minimum, I'd be plotting my exit at some point in the near future. He has enough money to continue his life style, plus he has his own production company. He could create his own new job and his next career move. Instead, he signs a new, multi-year deal with ABC for God knows how many more gazillions in salary. Perhaps he negotiated a sweet deal for himself since he (perhaps) was forced to capitulate along with ABC, so they gave him a consolation prize of a ton more money. Who knows. In the end, my mind is made up -- ABC and GMA suck, and George does too for not have a back bone and staunch journalistic principles.

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P. J. Schuster's avatar

I’ve never watched GMA nor George’s other show at all. Didn’t know that much about him, just knew it was “the boss’s decision; but you are correct, he could stand up for his values & resign.

I so admire Medhi Hasan who continued to speak about Gaza, even when his views were unpopular with the msm & had to leave msnbc over it.

That is why, when I saw that he was starting his own production co, I immediately subscribed as a founding member. I’m hoping that good journalists, like Maddow, Reid, & O’Donnell will find a new home on Zeteo, The Bulwark, or Meidas Touch when NBC inevitably pushes them to tone down the anti-trump talking points.

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kdsherpa's avatar

I also need Amazon, since I can no longer drive. I hate that. Like you, all of the major media is out for me (except Lawrence O'Donnell on MSNBC). It all makes me sick. In addition to your news sources, I also read Timothy Snyder, Jay Kuo, Rick Stevens, Steven Beschloss, Robert Hubbell, Dan Rather, and Dr. Bandy X. Lee, among a few others. People have suggested using other outlets which deliver, such as Walmart -- which makes me laugh: the Waltons are as disgusting as Bezos.

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Ingrid Robertshaw's avatar

Hi! I will soon in that category. I can rely on my sons .,but...that is also not so great..losing one's independence is hard...Thinking of you. 🥰

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kdsherpa's avatar

Thanks, Ingrid! I'm glad that your sons can help you out. Unless one is unable to drive, it's difficult to realize how much our independence is based on our ability to drive, and makes sense why isolation and loneliness become such major issues for the elderly who are confined to their homes -- particularly those who live alone by choice or by circumstance.

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SPW's avatar

Check this young woman out on You Tube as well. Nothing but the facts well presented.

https://youtu.be/2o4Wc0xJg_8?si=t5njy_p8HdOiOrzl

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Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

She’s right, SPW. it will be chaotic, as usual. Miller is just salivating to take children away from the undocumented people again. His nominees are highly questionable, one, a crazed-eyed lunatic, another, a white supremacist drunk, and the other, a whore cozying up to Assad and Putin. Actually, their fearless leader is a whore too.

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kdsherpa's avatar

Thanks for this reference!

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

Getting old is not as fun as mom said. Sorry. Am in the same boat 😔.

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kdsherpa's avatar

My mom never said it was fun! She was blind by 50 (two different eye diseases, one very rare), and had terminal lymphoma by age 64 -- died at age 66. Couldn't drive or read for 15 years. Couldn't get around well. Depressed (had been most of her life, anyway, but all that stuff didn't help.) Did you mother actually say it was fun? Or are you just joking? Sorry that we're in the boat together, although I must say that I love your company. xx

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

Mom was always better than everyone at everything including getting old. I love your company too.

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kdsherpa's avatar

How old was she when she died?

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Agreed KD’s!!

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Denise Donaldson's avatar

Some may disagree, but for me, there's also the matter of carbon footprint, kd. Most things I get from Amazon are things I can't get locally (I've checked online). So rather than having someone drive me all over town, or to other towns, and use all that gas, I get things from Amazon, whose trucks are on my street almost every day, anyway.

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Jodi Richard's avatar

I use Amazon as a search engine. Find what I want/need and read the reviews and then buy that product from the actual company. Most times that works. Sometimes you have to buy from Amazon but a lot of the times you can find that product from another vendor.

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kdsherpa's avatar

For me, the problem is the shipping cost + the difficulty with returns (including once again paying for shipping). Yes, I'm a prime member. It includes the prime TV channel, which is good (and therefore free). I admit it. Not happy to say it, but given what I need it way more than pays for itself.

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Jodi Richard's avatar

A lot of companies offer free shipping and returns. If you’re already online searching for stuff a few minutes researching what the actual company offers is worth it many times.

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Denise Donaldson's avatar

Agree on all points, kd.

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

You got THAT right, Jodi - it's often astonishing how much cheaper things are when you track them on other sites. A worth-while tip.

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Ole Anderson's avatar

And no money in baldy bezos’ pocket.

I haven’t used Amazon since before prime was introduced. And never will.

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

Me too.

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Marty's avatar

And, often without delivery fees!

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kdsherpa's avatar

So far, I haven't had much luck with that. Just purchased some items for around $300 from the seller, not Amazon. When I had to return two things, it cost me well over $20 -- plus a trip to UPS. Not worth it given my situation.

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Jodi Richard's avatar

Exactly!

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Eva Porter's avatar

Oh that’s smart. They have some garbage bags I like that I haven’t found anywhere else

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Kate's avatar

Have you tried switching to Target for at least some things? Plus 5% off every purchase if you get their card and use it!

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kdsherpa's avatar

Thanks, Kate. I'll look into that.

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

Another "oh, ick".

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Diana-Sedona's avatar

Cancelled our WaPo subscription over the "we don't endorse anyone" BS. We are in a similar situation with Amazon because of where we live, however, I do make an effort to find other retailers online and go directly to them even if it costs a little more. Amazon has become my last resort unlike in the past where it was always my first click. I know it's a drop in the bucket when it comes to Bezos but makes me feel a little better.

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MargaretT's avatar

Was thinking the same thing this morning. How do I disconnect from Amazon? I am temporarily immobile due to a recent accident, and I have an Amazon Prime account. I also have with Kindle books. I need to review if any strings are attached with Kindle. A local grocery chain in my area offers delivery service with enough perks that it can pay for itself, so at least essentials are covered.

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Cats🐈‍⬛'s avatar

Margaret, you might check with your local public library about their free books online. You may have to wait on a popular book, but it’s a small way not to support amazon.

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MargaretT's avatar

Yes, my local library has those services, and I enjoy the offerings. I have collected a number of obscure historical writings, diaries in Kindle format, and I add electronic notes to myself as I read them. I located most on Project Guttenberg (check it out; they rely on volunteers to digitize out of copyright, obscure old writings for years; you can move to a Kindle reader by emailing to the Kindle email address, but they also offer other digital formats). Many other Kindle books came from other sources besides Amazon. Some of this has less to do with where I found the books and more with how easily I can use the platform independently. There are too many to store all in a Kindle reader at one time. I doubt Amazon has made, or is making much profit on my odd collection. I just need to study steps of disengagement.

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Cheri Collins's avatar

Same here, Mary! I cancelled my NYT and WashPo a while ago. I no longer read the LA Times or NPR. The Atlantic, while expensive, is still worthwhile for the moment. I'll add Jay Kuo to the Substack group.

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Sharon C Storm's avatar

I have similar issues, so depend on Amazon to deliver things I can’t get otherwise. I do feel guilty, but I’m stuck.

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SPW's avatar

You might want to check Belle out on You Tube. https://youtu.be/2o4Wc0xJg_8?si=t5njy_p8HdOiOrzl

She and her husband who established the channel deal only with well-checked facts.

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T L Mills's avatar

This used to be Beau of the Fifth Column, didn't it?

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Robert Eckert's avatar

Beau is on medical leave. Belle is his wife.

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Linda Weide's avatar

I hear you. I also cancelled my news from these outlets. I do get the Sun Times, and my local newspaper, as well as The Guardian, and a few other news sources besides the ones you listed above, which I all get as well. I also have some daily European news sources since I mainly live in Europe now.

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Marla's avatar

Check out Harry Litman's Talking Feds substack. He very publically quit the LA Times in protest to Patrick Soon-Shiong's meddling with the news hole of the paper.

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arne link's avatar

Same here, although there are a few others I read. Now Trudeau is going to abdicate and another "conservative" government will take power.

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P. J. Schuster's avatar

That’s too bad that you’ve sworn off msnbc, Rachel Maddow spent longer than usual on her opening monologue, a full 37 minutes of speaking the real truth. She made it a point to show clips of individual Repub lawmakers denouncing drumph & the violence he caused, & contrasting those with later clips of those same lawmakers enforcing him or spewing propaganda about J6.

JoyAnn Reid, Rachel Maddow, & Lawrence O’Donnell have NOT obeyed in advance; they are not relaying drumph’s lies on their programs.

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

Don't people have organic food delivery? I can't remember the names of the services I used, plus Grove, and Fillgood in Berkeley which delivers around the Bay Area. Where do you live?

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kdsherpa's avatar

I'm in the same boat as you. But I came across this today. I know what I should do, ethically...

https://www.rawstory.com/amazon-warehouses/?u=fc5a865ddb237975f5666aa9d07b9cfee98a84cd107fb6ce638e80cbec3a424b

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SuNew's avatar

I did. And will not spend another cent at Amazon. In fact, we are curtailing all corporate spending whenever possible. Aside from strengthening local community - what else can we do?

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KP Johnson Austin, TX's avatar

I appreciate hearing this. I would rather do this than line his pockets. Only a small inconvenience for me--definitely a first-world problem.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Local communities are dying because of Amazon, Walmart, I’ll even toss Target into the picture Susan/Kate!!

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

This is the way to go. It's what we do, but we live in the Bay Area. Small businesses thrive here. In a way. The biggest businesses in Berkeley are the two Berkeley Bowl grocery stores and people come from all over the Bay Area to shop. They're non-union, but the city insists they pay union wages.

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KP Johnson Austin, TX's avatar

Just canceled it! Not painful. As my crazy friend said about Costco last week, "Go Woke, Go Broke", even though she would never put her money where her mouth is. My motto: Go trump, YOU FLUNK! (I'll see myself out).

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KP Johnson Austin, TX's avatar

Or....Go trump? I DUMP!

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BoomerAtLarge's avatar

You apparently didn't dump your MAGAT friend?

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KP Johnson Austin, TX's avatar

She happens to be my sister (I couldn't bring myself to say it earlier). We are very close, but never, NEVER discuss politics although we both slip in a zinger here and there. I can't dump her. My two sisters are all I have. I hope they will see the light as trump begins dismantling the country and the rest of the globe, but I ain't holding my breath.

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P. J. Schuster's avatar

You aren’t alone, my one remaining sister, & all my nieces, nephews, & cousins are all Republicans & trump voters except for 1 nephew & his wife. It’s really difficult. I haven’t actually spoken to my sister other than a brief text or 2 in almost a year. The last time I spoke on the ph with one maga nephew I ended up crying & yelling at him, asking him how he could vote to take away my rights & more importantly, his daughters rights?!?!

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

Well, I dumped my only sibling, because he stole at least half my inheritance. It's only been 12 years since this happened. This was most of my retirement. If he doesn't want to listen to my financial advice, I can't help him. I'm the one with a 44 year marriage, no debt, a paid off house, still more than him in savings, two EVs, solar, and retired. He's 71 and working.

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Lisa K. Obrien's avatar

My heart hurts for you. Our sisters are (if we’re lucky!) dear indeed. You have much strength to hang in there ❤️

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Dana's avatar

Never had one and never will!

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

I did. Doesn't hurt at all.

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Kay-El's avatar

I canceled Amazon years ago, WaPo and others in 2023 and Agent Orange in 2016, but the latter is like a zombie, always searching for brains.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Admire your style Kay-EI!!

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Beth's avatar

I am very very seriously thinking of cancelling Amazon and never again setting foot in a Whole Foods .... I am (forever) an organic foods foodie .... but thanks to hard work for decades .... "organic" (still check labels) is in most grocery stores

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Kate's avatar

Try Thrive Market online store for shelf stable items!

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Carol JLH's avatar

I use Vitacost instead of Thrive Market. Every time I do the math, Vitacost wins plus there's no subscription fee. I rely on Amazon/Whole Foods but also buy from 6 or 7 other sources. It's exhausting. Thankfully, we have a basement for storing pantry items. If you can buy in bulk and don't mind dealing with a very evangelical Christian organization, Azure Standard is good. We are gluten-free, and mostly organic. GF baking ingredients are crazy expensive but Azure has ALL the organic flours at the best prices. Most "drops" happen once a month and ordering online is pretty convenient.

https://www.azurestandard.com/shop/category/food/21244?subcategories=true&a_aid=7fEeiGozQm

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Kate's avatar

I use Vitacost on occasion too, but FYI in case people don’t know, Kroger owns them.

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

Judging by the replies, there's obviously a gap in the market for a company called "We're not Amazon!"

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Ole Anderson's avatar

Trouble is that baldy blocks a lot of his suppliers from selling through other sources so it couldn’t offer many of the items that come from Amazon.

Still I have managed to do without buying anything from Amazon since I bought a used book over 10 years ago. It can be done.

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arne link's avatar

I'm cancelling when my current month runs out. I've cancelled WAPO and other newspapers. I don't watch main stream media any more. I'm just too depressed to even watch Lawrence MSNBC.

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SPW's avatar

Still have 6 months on mine but will then.

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Lisa K. Obrien's avatar

I’m in the thick of the withdrawal process. It’s frustrating. The loss of my prime membership and purchases are insignificant to Bezos, but we have to try. I figure I got along without Amazon before and can do it again. The hardest hit, for me, will be driving further for groceries…Whole Foods is within walking distance of our house.

Due to injuries and subsequent surgeries, I was unable to walk or drive for years - I am very empathetic and cognizant that these delivery services make our lives possible. We all just do our miserable best, as my friend Tzerl says.

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

It's three blocks from mine, I shop at Berkeley Bowl. We drive our EV, and we can charge it in the basement parking lot, but actually we charge it at home on our solar.

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Lisa K. Obrien's avatar

Sigh. I love that Berkeley Bowl! We now live in Sonoma County and finally bought a little home. Put solar screens on the roof. Had electrical panel upgraded for home charging. Next up: buy an EV. This is all a long time dream/life goal of mine (after serving in the military with my sweetheart for 23 years). Our own home and telling PG&E to fuck off!

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So glad to hear it!!! We charge my husband's and son's cars off the solar on roof. We are getting our new stove (a heat pump thingy with oven) manufactured on 7th Street on the way to Berkeley Bowl West in February and, and, a battery storage for our panels, which we didn't think we needed in 2016 when we have the new roof put on with solar panels for my son, so we will hardly have any gas the for which PGE can bill us. City of Berkeley made us put in low flow faucets, sinks and a toilet so our water use is low (33 gal per person per day). We also had to put in insulation. Really, energy usage and costs are low, and we live right across from the Golden Gate in the flats. Living in Sonoma, it should easy to buy fruits and vegetables, meat (we purchase from Stempel), dairy (Clover--their regular dairy is as good/pure as their organic), and of course fruits and vegies from the farmers markets (you might be able to find Stempel there). We buy Alvarado Bread from Santa Rosa. I know Stempel is pricy, but it's organic/regenerational, but it's the best/best/best and we've been buying them since 2009. Any advice you want, just ask...

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Lisa K. Obrien's avatar

Thank you, Ellen! My grandma Stewart moved to Los Angeles from Scotland in 1913. I’m a fierce California girl, who has lived in other [red] states (thanks to the Coast Guard) and now appreciate our state even more. I worked in Berkeley for years. To my mind, that city has moved forward ahead of most other places. I will appreciate your advice!

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We like to say California is 10 years ahead of the other states and Berkeley is 20 years ahead of the rest of the country. However, and it is a big however, for the past 10 years Berkeley's city council has been taken over by carpetbaggers who have no connection to the city and who are on the payroll of property developers. I can remember when this happened before and we fought them off, but they're back and using the high price of rents and housing to pretend they want more housing/rentals and they forget to say at MUCH higher prices. We bought our foreclosure at $112,500 back in 92, but every house on our block sold in the past eight years has sold for over 1M. And this is below San Pablo! Our new state senator, Jesse Arreguin is a P-I-G and our state assemblywoman Buffy Wicks, is of the same ilk. And our city council woman was chased out of a meeting recently (my husband was there) and since then has been sending him emails about how important civility is in city government. Ugh.

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Carol JLH's avatar

So many of our household items are almost ungetatable elsewhere. However, I make it a point to go directly to the vendor's website to purchase when it's the same price or even slightly higher. And the Amazon/Whole Foods delivery service saves us a lot of time and money. Sadly, we won't be saying goodbye to that or Prime anytime soon.

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Lisa K. Obrien's avatar

Bezos was clever enough to make his company irresistible, I’ll give him that.

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Sharon Senkiew's avatar

Me 🙋🏻‍♀️

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

I have never had one.

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Jeanne Leduc's avatar

I have!

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

It's so cute the way he breaks with tradition.

Jeff, you tried. You were funny.

This is January 6th and I can't find my sense of humor. It's around here somewhere.

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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

yeah, it's another banner day for people cancelling their subscriptions. sigh

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Amy Swanson Salmon's avatar

Im sorry to read this. The news makes me so sick, I must stop reading sometimes but I won’t cancel my subscription here. Thanks for everything Jeff 🙏

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steve robertshaw's avatar

Look, people, the news is relentlessly depressing, every day. There is absolutely no need to watch the 24 hour cable constant news shows. There really isn't even a need to read a daily online or newsprint paper. Any really important NEW information will always be immediately available in the headline page of an online news aggregator, should you choose to check up on things every few hours during the rest of your day. But Jeff is very thorough in his topic selection and the pertinent details. As far as what passes for "news" in America these days, it's truly sufficient just to keep up with this substack site. Anything truly serious , you can and should then dig into deeper, but why create a constant subcurrent of anxiety by obsessively reading or watching nonstop media on the same topics? (I'm only responding here, this comment is not meant for any particular commenters, it's just the overall atmosphere now).

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

I try Al-Jazeera.

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steve robertshaw's avatar

For the reason that they're not a US-centric news agency, that's actually the type of alternative source of major news event coverage that I think is needed right now, to help those of us who simply can't bear to hear about trump-trump-trump and MAGA-MAGA-MAGA all day, every day. TO THE EXCLUSION OF ALL OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES. American news organizations are convinced that their readers and viewers are obsessed with non-stop trump coverage, and you have to leave US news media behind to get away from that. Unfortunately, not all are free to read, but then, neither are the US-politics-focused ones. Al Jazeera is free to read online, though it is itself guilty of WAY too much focus on its Middle East concerns to be an ideal alternative to trumpnews. I think The Guardian is free, but they really want a donation! There are very few choices, but I know I just can't read any more minute-by-minute coverage of every nonsense or insult or stupid plan that trump utters for the next 4 years. Jeff's site here is all that's needed to sum that daily shitstorm up into all the relevant issues.

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

Actually, I prefer Middle East/southern hemisphere alternatives, because I have a big interest in climate change issues.

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Marie Martin's avatar

Same. I don’t jump in like I used to. This whole thing is similar to a grieving process. We know we must carry on and not bury our heads, and we won’t do that. We just need time. Mr and I are trying to find balance: staying informed, yet not mainlining like we used to. But, Jeff, it has nothing to do with you. You’re terrific. You are in the top five of the “gotta” list.

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Rick Calegari's avatar

Nor will I.

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Eva Porter's avatar

Same!!

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arne link's avatar

I'm sorry. I won't cancel. You are the only writer who makes me laugh out loud. It's just that today is not a day for laughing. Thanks for all you have done, Jeff.

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Mike Phelan's avatar

JT, your work is exemplary and I’m a subscriber in perpetuity

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Susan Niemann's avatar

I can never leave here...it's my last thread of sanity and real community.

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Karen Hall's avatar

Same

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

Actually, Susan, you can build community almost anywhere. You'd be surprised what we have in common.

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Susan Niemann's avatar

I'm so aware, Ellen. I just happen to really like this particular bunch.

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

That's just plain stupid.

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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

c'est la vie. I don't like it, but as I say I my daily closing statement, people gotta do whatever they gotta do to get through this

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Kay-El's avatar

Humor is what’s going to get us through this. Four years of this shit will bring others into the fold.

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Susan Keefer's avatar

I don’t understand that. I look forward to reading your articles every day.

Looking forward to tomorrow.

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MargaretT's avatar

I haven't felt the need to cancel here, because I always appreciate the final advice to take care of ourselves, and I find the raw humor here to be a helpful emotional outlet. Take care of yourself too, Jeff Tiedrich!

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Ole Anderson's avatar

People won’t stop buying from baldy bezos but also won’t kick in a measly sawbuck every month to keep you publishing.

What is this place coming to?!! To say I’m disappointed won’t even touch how I feel about this.

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

But I'm nasty. If you didn't cancel the NYT when Judith Miller lied, you are just SO LATE to the party.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Appears mine left me before awakening Hannah!

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Lisa's avatar

Presidential library!!?!?! My god you should put a warning on that! I damn near spit my coffee on my computer laughing.

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CAM from 🇨🇦's avatar

It will be filled with all of his media briefing books. When you open them up, there’s nothing on the pristine white pages. Do you all remember the bumble head, Ms Kayleigh McEnany who would pretend to answer real questions by going through the motions of flipping through her briefing books. Hang on to your “chapeau”, there’ll be lots more of this type of feigning.

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skangirl's avatar

I think there were a lot of stick figure drawings to try to explain things to him. I doubt he ever looked at them.

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

That's what his advisors say.

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Marie Martin's avatar

Dang. This brings to light how much crap I had to simply wipe from my mental hard drive. I forgot about her. It’s painful to have to start remembering so much awful stuff.

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SPW's avatar

Been reading about your PM probably resigning today so y’all can head back to “conservative” rule?

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CAM from 🇨🇦's avatar

Yes, he has resigned. I’m glad he’s gone but the alternative is our mini Trump so we’ll wait till end of March to see who will run in his stead.

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

Those were "concepts".

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arne link's avatar

OK, that was funny. I mean, has the man ever read a book?

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Eva Porter's avatar

Full of small books with big pictures.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Considering illiteracy is merely one of rotting carcass of lab grown meat issues, his library cannot provide anything worthwhile to read Lisa!!

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Deborah Hunter's avatar

That moron can't even spell library, muchless have one.

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Tama2U's avatar

I’m not watching the inauguration or anything that features his grime crime diapered fat ass. That continues to include the news. SubStack has all the trusted sources of info I need to stay alerted to the ongoing shit show.

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Deborah Hunter's avatar

I go on vacation Saturday out of the country. Joe is my president. I return at the end of Jan and Trump will be. Makes me sick. So I won't be in the US for the inauguration. I'm going on a tour and I'd bet my life that some MAGA a-hole on the tour will run their mouth.

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Robert Eckert's avatar

In 2017 I superstitiously did not want to be in the US for the inauguration. I was visiting a friend in Boston, so I made my way back to Michigan by driving up to Quebec and across Canada.

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

Me, too, I'm going for a long walk and doing yard work. TV is off the agenda.

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Harry L.'s avatar

And eventually his Presidential Library? What in the world will be in his Presidential Library? Certainly not books as the guy never reads them. Documents, papers? Not those either as they are either torn up, flushed down the toilet, or shipped to the Golf Motel in Florida where they will sit in boxes in the bathroom until they are sold to the highest bidder. It will definitely be a Presidential Lies-brary...

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Tess's avatar

Lies-brary……I’m using it!

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

👏👏👏👏👏👏

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bruce somers's avatar

I believe the French had a much better way of dealing with the 1%.

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HI2thDoc's avatar

I wonder if they let 'em eat cake before the guillotine fell

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

You know it will be hamberders.

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

I think I still have one of those in the garage. Might be rusty.

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arne link's avatar

Even better!

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

I’d be happy to lend a hand putting a razor sharp edge on it for you Hannah!

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Richard Von Busack's avatar

But how can one snap the lunette of the national razor around Skippy the Dipshit’s neck when he hasn’t got one?

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

Sounds like we are going to need an engineer

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

The device releases a blade that falls about 89 in (226 cm). With the combined weight of the blade (88.2 pounds) and the mouton (a metal weight), the guillotine can cut through the neck in 0.005 seconds Hannah!!

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

You can be the engineer, errr, executioner.

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Teri's avatar

🤣🤣🤣

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Susan Niemann's avatar

Time to sharpen the damn blade. :(

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

They did and I still advocate it. And I advise to start with the Supreme Court Six.

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Brad Yazell's avatar

I'm still bewildered at the fact that Sporktoes Greene was re-elected. The stupid, it burns.

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SPW's avatar

She’s just one of the ones Garland’s DOJ let alone. Damn shame!

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

IIRC MTG asked for a pardon SPW???

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KP Johnson Austin, TX's avatar

Yes. but she has announced that she'll slog through the storm to get to that certification. Just don't break a hip, Marj.

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Jennifer Dyke's avatar

This was good news to hear from the Biden administration. I agree that Biden should keep hustling and do as much as he can to child-proof our government institutions, directives and laws from the tubby little toddler poised to crawl back up onto his throne January 20th.

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

Is there going to be a toilet behind the Resolute Desk?

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kdsherpa's avatar

I feel like vomiting. It is beyond my capacity to comprehend how -- four years later, on the exact anniversary of the orange sadist's attempted coup of our nation by disrupting the counting of electoral votes -- he will be confirmed "prezident". How is this possible??! It has echoes of what happened with Shitler: he became rose to leadership in the DAP, but was arrested for his attempted coup one year later (the Beer Hall Putsch in Bavaria) in 1922. Eventually by using national and international problems to his advantage, he ultimately became chancellor of Germany in January, 1933. The hell, the nightmare he created, which ultimately resulted in the deaths, whether by torture or fire or sheer hell, numbered as many as 85,000,000. Well over half were civilians. That now, 92 years later, the scenario plays itself out again, this time in America. "It can't happen here." Oh yes it can. And it is.

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D Kitterman's avatar

How? Institutional Corruption on an infinity scale, and a heaping helping of the public's malicious stupidity.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Following Hitlers textbook to a tee kd!

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

But I read Lucas Kunce's column and I nominate him to become our Eisenhower in WWIII. Make sure FDR's democracy is continued for the next 40 years if climate change doesn't get us.

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Carl Selfe's avatar

And one donor gave $277 million. What was the illegal quid pro pro? Don’t suggest to me that there was not a quid pro quo with Musk. There is no equality with the poor. They cannot donate, and hence get near-zero advocacy. The inequality in our politics is criminal. Then the wealthy decided that corporations can donate. Of course corporations demand a quid pro quo. They expect a quid pro quo, or they would be violating shareholder rights. You know that. I know that. Corporations in the game magnified the inequality of the poor. Corporations have just gotten a tax cut from 35% to 21%. They don’t need support with CEOs earning 600 times a laborer’s pay. Corporations need to be given the boot from the people’s politics. This quid pro quo business should be illegal. We can correct this by creating a new platform that ALL will support. https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/create-a-platform-for-all?r=3m1bs

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SPW's avatar

But corporations are PEOPLE, remember? Very, very BIG people 🤬🤬🤬.

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Kay-El's avatar

That doc with Melonhead should be labeled a horror movie. Rotten Tomatoes has pre rated it a -10.

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Lamorindalinda's avatar

MTG. Make J6 a national holiday. When you think it can’t get any worse, it does. What a disgrace this country has become.

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skangirl's avatar

A nano-second after saying "I do" in 2017, trump violated the emoluments clause(s) of the US Constitution, having multiple floors of his DC trump building rented by foreign governments that NEVER USED THE SPACE. Not long afterwards, trump referred to "the phony emoluments clause" even though it's in the fucking Constitution, douchebag, and just by saying that there *is* an emoluments clause, you are admitting that it's real (i.e., NOT PHONY).

No one called him to task for it, so the grifting exploded (no doubt partly because of the explosive effects of all the canned beans he and Ivanka posed with in the White House). WHY IS HE NEVER HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR ANYTHING?

"Foreign Emoluments Clause:

Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the Constitution prevents federal officials from accepting gifts, offices, or titles from foreign states or monarchies without congressional consent. The clause was designed to protect federal officials from foreign influences that could be corrupting.

Domestic Emoluments Clause:

Article II, Section 1, Clause 7 of the Constitution prevents the president from receiving any emoluments from the United States, or any other government, except for his fixed salary. The clause was designed to preserve the president's independence from the legislature."

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Sharon Hudnall's avatar

This is the Dawning of the Age of Kakistocracy in which no law against self-dealing and misuse of funds by the pay-to-play oligarchs will be enforced. Democrats are self-bound by a stiff legalistic interpretation of the Constitution, while Trump and his merry mob of plutocrats are all for situational justice, i.e., whatever they want it to be.

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Lynn Van Haren's avatar

It’s too depressing that tRump wasn’t held to acvount

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

He was protected as most CI’s are from law enforcement and justice department interference. TPTB want corporate, individual tax cuts along with deregulation of everything, to add to their treasure chests! Trump will gladly play the useful idiot role he was intended to play skangirl!!

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MzNicky in East Jesus, TN's avatar

It’s all one big $$ slush fund to Donnie. And no one cares. Not his cult, not his fellow mobsters, not the prosecutors of lawbreakers, no one, nada. Why bother to care? Apparently no one, and nothing, is ever going to stop him from doing whatever the fuck he wants, The End.

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Liz and Max the No. 1 Cat's avatar

Yes, while all the while he whines about how unfairly he's treated. I've known two year olds who don't whine as much as he does. He's had every goddamn thing in his life handed to him on a silver platter, everything he wants he gets and as you say, he does whatever the fuck he wants, he's never been held accountable for any shitty thing he's ever done and still he bitches and moans like he's the most put upon person in the universe. It makes those of us who have busted their asses to get even a little bit want to slap him upside the head with a cast iron skillet. Or is that just me?

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Ole Anderson's avatar

Plenty of us feel the same. It’s so damn frustrating to see the orange sh!t stain slide through life without one single consequence ever.

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

I think he will be surprised when he actually dies. I'm sure he thinks he won't . On the other hand, he'll probably think being with Hitler will be Heaven.

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Not just you.

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MzNicky in East Jesus, TN's avatar

He’s the Antichrist. His work here for now is almost done. Yes his current putrid incarnation will finally fail, and then his malevolent presence will hover around for a while before it finds its next host body. Not to be a conspiracy theorist or anything.

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