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My call to action came when I got notice that one of the Capitol policemen is running for office— I signed up to send him a small sum every month and so hope he wins!— his name is Harry Dunn.

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I kicked in a one-time $25 to Dunn's campaign, added to my monthly support for Senator, (and future president!) Chris Murphy, and the CT. Democratic Party. As the election nears, I'll start a small monthly give to the Biden campaign.

Go to Act Blue at https://secure.actblue.com to channel support to any Democrat in the country.

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A Connecticut Nutmegger says thank you.

On Jan 20, 2021, I watched the inauguration of Joe Biden and as I watched, I wrote this song titled, "Broken Roads and Broken Trails -- Inauguration Day." It was a cloudy day but when the Poet Laurate came up to recite her song, the clouds parted for just a few moments and the blue sky shown through. I noted that in my song. Enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf7KHm3nLzA

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Out of total sight, Bill. A great song, well sung. ...and Ms Cat gave an excellent bow for you.

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Thank you. I recorded it a bit too slow but Babe won’t cooperate again so it stays.

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Thank you for sharing, Bill. I loved it!

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Thank you for your kind thoughts.

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Nice try. The Express is a British scandal sheet that lives to publish sensational articles. When they can't find enough real scandals to fill page one, they make stuff up.

Read the page that contains this article and you'll find out all you need to know about them, and about the likely (in)accuracy of this headline.

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Looks like you didn't read very far. That article was quoting Michael Cemblast, the Chairman of Market and Investment Strategy for J.P. Morgan Asset Management:

https://am.jpmorgan.com/us/en/asset-management/institutional/bios/michael-cembalest/

The fact that Cemblast would publicly float such a thought suggests that there have been back-room discussions regarding the career trajectory of "Corporate Joe" Biden.

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I read the article. It's a story about ten "surprise" predictions for 2024, made by someone who has nothing to do with the campaign or the party at all. He is a strategist - a financial strategist, not a political one. and in spite of all those conditionals, the headline of the article is "Joe Biden 'will pull out' of 2024 election on health grounds as approval rating plummets".

Clickbait, pure and simple. Speculation presented as fact, both by the Express and, now, by you.

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Troll be trolling.

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False information. I wouldn't try to spread it.

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You might want to check my reply to mobiguy above.

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You might wanna give it up ..

Y’all might wanna check MY reply to Treacle-Schmeeckle above …

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Um, no.

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What is your opinion of the events of Jan. 6, 2021 at the nation's Capitol?

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I suspect that, if the rioters had succeeded in disrupting the electoral vote certification in the House (as in the Senate), Trump would have declared martial law.

The point, of course, is that the counts in BOTH Houses had to be disrupted.

Trump couldn't have reasonably planned his presumed following move without solid support from both the military and the Supreme Court, which leads to further inferences...

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Did you follow the Jan.6 Committee hearings? If so, you would surely know how obvious it is that Trump was behind the insurrection. Even Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell laid the blame on Trump in the hours immediately following the insurrection. Why would Liz Cheney throw away her standing in the Republican Party unless she were convinced that Trump needed to be resisted?

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I feel that the only thing I can do, in addition to standing up to people in my community, is donate funds. I hope that seeing grassroots fund support from Democrats will get media attention.

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Thanks for the info Ralph. I too just donated to Dunn's campaign. I distinctly remember him while I watched on TV that day. That's the type of person we need in Congress!

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I will as soon as I move to a Cheaper apartment

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I tell myself, “You’re retired, living on a fixed income. Cool it!”

Should I win the Lottery, however, my intent is to become a Democratic fat cat.

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Have you considered writing postcards for your preferred candidate? It’s an inexpensive way to show your support.

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"In the just released 5th edition of 'Get Out the Vote: How to Increase Voter Turnout' by Donald Green and Alan Gerber, the authorities on voter turnout tactics, they conclude: "handwritten postcards generate an average of one vote per 71 postcards."" Copy & paste from an email from Postcards4VA.com. I'm looking forward to writing LOTS of postcards in the coming months.

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Don't stress yourself if things are tight. plenty of us who can afford it are donating. And what TLH says below.

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I’ve done the same.

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Thank you for that nudge. I just sent a donation to Harry Dunn’s campaign.

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I can’t afford much, but I sent him SOMETHING…He has been such a mensch through all of this. He has shown himself to be exactly the kind of person we need in Washington. We do what we can …

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Done

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Done!

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For anyone who's not familiar with him, here's his website: https://harrydunnforcongress.com/

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Legendary defender of the Capital.

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Just sent 25usd to Dunn. I have not donated to a political candidate since Liz Warren because they got my info. and I got constant pleas from Dem. candidates. My policy has been to gift bucks to every journalistic outlet on our side. But, I forgot about actblue....

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I send checks rather than use Act Blue.

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But Act Blue is a a reliable and responsible institution for people to use, Betsy. I have been doing it since they started 4 years ago.

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Act Blue takes a percentage of my donation. If I send a check, the recipient gets the whole thing. Act Blue participants dun me all year long. I'm pretty sure that I stopped using them more than four years ago since the credit card that they claimed to have on file for me expired longer ago than that. It makes me uneasy when a company has my card on file.

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Yes, I prefer to do that too. I set it up in my bill pay at the bank so it goes out automatically on a set schedule.

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I've used Act Blue in the past & now, like you, they dun me constantly, And they sent my information to candidates I don't know, so now I get texts from them, too.

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If I mail checks from Mexico ... they might make it by 2025.

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I hope that saying 25usd instead of $25 is just a habit from travels or work with international currencies.

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25usd is the same as $25. Sometimes I write 25$ But, that could still be pesos. I live in Mexico, where $25 is pesos.

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I take it you're an ex-pat American who has retained your citizenship. Good. I was afraid you were a citizen of a foreign country who is forbidden from contributing to US campaigns. Carry on ;-)

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Haha! What a joke....Putin contributes, why not anyone???

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We donated to Dunn yesterday. Yes, monthly donation.

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Well said and done, Liz. As I read Prof. Richardson's report about Valley Forge I couldn't help but feel a sense of immense gratitude to those who suffered, endured and who ultimately won for us the freedom, the democracy, that we enjoy today. It is very humbling. I have no doubt that each of us can do more, donate more, than we do presently. Now really is the time for all good men and women to come to the aid of their country.

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...Made up of " a remarkably diverse set of soldiers from all 13 colonies, including Black and Indigenous men" ..........Nearly brought me to tears.........We have to join those patriots in any way we can..........We are Heather's army.

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Yes Judith, we are Heather’s Army, diverse, good-hearted, and strong. Some of us can send money; many of us can call and send postcards to our representatives, telling them what we care about. And most of us can talk to our neighbors and friends in a quiet and respectful way. We won’t have our way with everyone--that wouldn’t be democracy--but every vote counts and we can to our best to make sure every vote is well considered, well educated, and fairly counted.

I’d like to see the secretaries of state come out with lots of material about how voting works in their state, the safeguards in place, how they prevent fraud, how the electoral college works etc, and publish it far and wide.

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Love it! 'Heather's Army' should be a t-shirt with proceeds going to Dems.!

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We need to realize that we're now at war and that this upcoming election is our 'Yorktown." We need this win to save our democracy. Had Washington and Rochambeau not defeated Cornwallis, the cause may have been lost. Washington marched his troops from New York to Yorktown, knowing that Cornwallis was in a vulnerable spot and needed to seize that advantage. Some of the troops had to wrap their feet in cloth for they had no shoes. The November election is our Yorktown. I need say no more.

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I'm wondering if there's other choices than "army"....I am going to embroider it on a shirt. It has to a be a strong word. ....... nothing airy fairy.

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Thank you Richard—I totally agree!

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Last night I started rewatching "John Adams" and was on the verge of tears several times thinking of how today's so-called "patriots" have totally subverted the meaning of the word. It took eight years of a bloody, costly war to win our freedom, another bloody, costly civil war to win our unity. Now we have a con man, his "henchmen" and his cultish followers trying to undo it all.

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At least now, we have an American Constitution which the Supreme Court must enforce.

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I've observed over the years that the Supreme Court has a habit of not enforcing the US Constitution if it gets in the way of a political objective. For example, its decisions regarding guns completely ignore the comma in the 2nd Amendment and have become increasingly unhinged. In other decisions it insists on "originalism," despite the framers including a method for amending the COTUS, in anticipation of things changing over time. Now the SCOTUS is subverting the Constitution even further by making decisions based on hypothetical situations and downright lies (303 Creative LLC v. Elenis).

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Maryland Third Congressional District.

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I too made a one time donation to Harry Dunn for Congress. We need to get the vile do nothings out of our government.

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maybe the best way is to donate/contribute to those races where the money will do the most good. Check out the States Project or Run for Something.

https://statesproject.org/

https://runforsomething.net/

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I'm with you!

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Thank you Liz. I will do the same! I just wish WAPO and the NYT felt the same about truth and the urgency declared by our remarkable President to defend our democracy. Maureen Dowd and David Brooks proved the arrogance of their paper yesterday. Making matters worse the times felt the need to counter the article about Biden’s speech with one which shows that he is in trouble with the youth vote. I urge everyone to support the Guardian and write the times expressing your dismay.

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Yes, I’m gonna too. Great idea. Joe Biden’s getting 10 bucks a month from me.... I wanna join friends of the Pod, too. So psyched that HCR cited Emptywheel in her notes. That is my go to website for the straight deal. Marcy Wheeler is excellent.

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That’s the spirit— we’re putting some money where our mouths and pens are👏🏻

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doesn't anyone care that Joe Biden is bypassing Congress to send stuff to Israel?? What do folk think about the influence of AIPAC in our government?? When will we get a true CEASEFIRE??

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I do care. I object to some of Bidens policies and decision. But the house is on fire, and one firetruck is pumping water and rescuing people. The other truck is pumping gasoline and pushing people back into the flames.

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Right. But. Many Dems might just stay home due to this "support for Israel".

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Can Biden do that for Ukraine?

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I thoroughly object to what Israel is doing and I don’t want my tax dollars supporting Netanyahu! I don’t like AIPAC either. But consider the alternative. What do you think Trump would do? He would never support a ceasefire or the mitigation of harm to Palestinians. You might not like it but we live in a two party system and either Biden or Trump will win the election. And one of those alternatives will burn it all down. So withhold your vote from Biden and see what happens.

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Withhold your vote for Biden if you want tfg to win! I vote for Biden....!!!!

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I find it nauseating that any money or weapons are being sent to Israel. I really hope Biden doesn't lose votes due to this and lose to tffg!

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I find it nauseating that you don't demand Hamas surrender today so we can quit shipping weapons to Israel. The war continues until Hamas said "no more."

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I fear we'll ONLY see that "true CEASEFIRE" after the government of Israel, assisted by the government of the United States, either kills or removes all the Palestinians from the state of Israel. It appears the government of Israel will never be able to admit the Palestinians as equal citizens of Israel or settle for a two-state solution from territory that once was Israeli. And, yes, it aggravates me to no end that the Israeli tail still wags the US dog. We should divert all weapons destined for Israel to Ukraine. They are the ones fighting for freedom.

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Palestinians are not equal citizens of Israel unless they choose to become Israeli citizens.

I hope that Palis and Israel can negotiate a two-state solution that will benefit both indigenous people of former Palestine. Palis need their own state to take care of their own citizens, but they won't get it by rewarding the vipers that are Hamas with governmental status, or cheering Hamas baking Jewish babies in ovens.

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Right...from your lips to Biden's ears.

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No. I couldn't care less. Biden's the commander in chief and can send old weapons to Israel if he wants. He should do the same for Ukraine.

As for AIPAC, what influence? It's not even in the 50 highest-spending lobbyists, as most of those spots go to Republican business bribers.

We will get a ceasefire the moment Hamas says "We surrender." Until then, the war continues, and properly.

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fellow MA resident 👋 hello!

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That's my Maryland district. John Sarbanes is not running again. There are 10 other dems competing to replace him, so it will be interesting. There are 8 house districts in MD. Only 1 is R (Andy Harris) and he is one of the Rs who voted to overturn the election. Sadly, his district loves him.

Check Steve Brodner's illustrations in Washington Post (gifted):

https://wapo.st/3RRkmeU

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This is excellent. The illustrations are perfect and I like the way they divided it up by region making it easier reading. Sadly, a lot of these people will be re-elected. Ugh.

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It might be hard to see in the online version, but the paper, which we get only on Sunday, really shows the regional divide. The Southern states take up 1/2 the page and the Northeast, Midwest, and West are lumped onto the other half. Quite revealing.

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That dominance of the Southern states comes across loud and clear online. I’m in NC; just kept (and kept) scrolling & seeing Southern states‘ initials noted. Rep for my district (cannot write that as “my rep”; he is not), Hudson (NC) is there; for 2024, he’s being redistricted to a spot deemed more GOP-friendly. And Foxx: Have known her a long time. She’s always been this way but, man, she’s shed all of the disguises now. Thanks for posting this link; I subscribe to WashPost but might not have found this on my own.

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See my post about challenging ballot eligibility for all of these insurrectionists ... ❣️

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Virginia Foxx is the reason I can never live in my ancestral home. She'll not live forever, that's for sure, but the fact that the people in NC-05 keep sending her back to Congress proves I just don't belong there. Well, that and the hyper-religiosity.

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Their (R insurrectionists) constituents can challenge their application for the ballot using Art. 14, Sec. 3 of the US Constitution. All 121 traitors still in Congress should have their candidacy challenged!

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This not just a gift,MK. It's priceless, each expression revealing the soul. Sobering to see how many people need to be voted out.

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Phenomenal artwork, design. Creates so much clarity.

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Please also consider donating to D candidates here in Arizona. Your donations can make such a huge impact in this purple state.

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Yes, we need to replace Senator Kyrsten Sinema with Ruben Gallego and try to get rid of "our" members of the Sedition Caucus: Andy Biggs, Paul Gosar, Debbie Lesko and now Eli Crane.

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I live in (comfortably blue) California, so I donate monthly to Ruben Gallego. I believe he is running against Kari Lake, who is a Trump follower.

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I will send Dunn a donation. I heard him give testimony to the J6 Committee. He's good!

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Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn is a native of Maryland #harrydunn.

Donated, Done. Twice ✔️✔️ not done.

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While I wish Harry Dunn well, there’s a whole bunch of Democrats running in his safe blue district. I generally don’t take sides in Democratic primaries. (Adam Schiff and Colin Allred are exceptions this year.).

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Heard same, in Maryland i think?

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Maryland's Third Congressional District, per TC.

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I, too, am supporting Harry Dunn. https://secure.actblue.com/donate/loc_hd_ad_q12024?refcode=LOC_Ad_Search_20240105_GS_Name_HDlaunch&gclid=Cj0KCQiAtOmsBhCnARIsAGPa5yYpal8NmG0rMPVdlJxxmgNOYul1pgCLJZx7fYCr-oU_NQMycsj7VqQaAkfwEALw_wcB

Perhaps it's time we ask the Biden Administration and Congress to erect a Memorial to those Capitol officers and staff who defended Congress from the Jan 6 attack on our Democratic Republic. Let them vote on the funding before the November election so we can see who supports our Democracy v. those who seek to overthrow our government (Boebert, MTG, Biggs to name a few). In fact, that is precisely what I'm going to do next: write my representative, Salud Carbajal.

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That's a terrific idea, pushing for a memorial and forcing a vote in mid-October!

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I did that as well!! Harry Dunn is worthy of my thanks and support

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Amen! Great news! Hope he wins. We need more patriot leaders such as him leading us. May he endure!

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Read pages 9-10 of the Colorado Supreme Court Decision here:

https://johnadamsingram.substack.com/p/colorado-supreme-court-decision

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