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Too much to think about. Too depressing and infuriating. I'm sure if the Democrats take back the House and Senate, big whining baby will scream that the voting process was illegal. And by the way, how come Democrats didn't scream about the voting process being screwed up, when big orange baby won the recent presidential election? Everywhere we turn, our lives and the nature of this country are viciously threatened.

This is what happens when voters don't pay attention and give the reins to the devil. Now, how will we ever get out of this situation?

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Misinformation silos and voter suppression also played a huge role.

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Gerrymandering also. He won by only 1.5%

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HE CHEATED. Watch the Vigilantes Inc. videos at gregpalast.com or on Utube. Mr. Palast estimates that around 3.5M voters (many POC) were cut from the red state rolls about a month or two prior to the 2024 election. This was enough to make a difference in the outcome (see Mr. Palasts' analysis on his website). Another post-election analysis of Clarke county voting show that a large number of mail-in votes were removed from the postal system. I don't know what is in the "SAFE" legislation contains, but it will likely legitimize cheating in the 2026 race. I notified a number of Democratic parties in red states multiple times prior to the 2024 election and received no answers to my emails.

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Thank you Heather. I learn so much from you…

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Absolutely! Me as well!!!!

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Me too!

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Equal rights have never existed in America. Make America Great for Once: endorse Equal Rights. Arrest Trump as a Traitor and a National Security Threat and if that won’t work IMPEACH TRUMP. America will become great only when ALL PEOPLE ARE EQUAL. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US.

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But who can arrest Trump?

We are divided in many ways, yet all that matters is the 1% and the rest of us— working families.

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Is there a way to get to the letter itself in substance? Old school here. Would rather read than listen

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I have the same question... can I read the letter instead of having to listen to it?

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Click the three dots above the audio and click view publication and you will see the text version. It's posted by another username which is why it doesn't show up on her feed.

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Thank you doesn't "cut it" for your hard work, brilliance and writing prowess,

but I am extremely grateful for your clarity for all of us.

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Perversity and provocation, as long as it's pro-Trump, is prized. Thus DJT has turned Zen Buddhist about Waltz and Hegseth when they both clearly broke the law. and endangered members of the US military.

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Thanks again Heather. What a mess! Your clear thoughts and voice continually give me hope. Let's all stay engaged at resisting Trump's assault on our better angels.

Now I'll go check on the latest Banksy art and decompress for a little while. Big sigh.

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Mr. Trump needs to be IMPEACHED and ARRESTED...maybe institutionalized, too....thank you, Heather, for your letters.

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When will an amendment be initiated to prevent a convicted felon or a person who has committed other such criminal acts or offenses be prevented from running for the office of President of the United (?) States of America? Perhaps the credentials for this position need to be revisited. Help!

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When will your military leap into actions d arrest all Putin assets currently occupying the WH?!?!?!

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Trump summarily fired three (probably all) black generals with the "DEI Hire" accusation. I am sure that they have purged most of the Democratic voting officers out by now, so don't expect help from the military.

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Thanks for directing me to transcript, but that's not an option on my podcast. I did however find the letter, sort of disembodied from the podcast, as a prior entry on substack. Now I know where to go. Thanks everyone.

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Trust in God if you wish, or must, trust in Trump at the peril of your nation.

The repugniclans are the primary responsible party, pun intended, they should be the first contacted on the list. The dimocraps should be second on that list. We will never get enough of those who voted for this brain less slug to admit they were wrong. Have of them likely do not remember.

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I hate the substack app. I cannot access my paid subscriptions to "Letters from an American" or Timothy Snyder's "Thinking About" on my iPhone without first giving substack access to contacts on my iPhone. I can read and listen on my laptop, but not my phone. What other kinds of despicable practices is substack capable of?

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I never gave this problem.have never been asjed to give access to my contacts on Substack while on my phone. I'm sorry this is happening to you.

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We need to keep up the alarms on signal gate and waltz used previously as well. Everything else is a distraction away from something that has teeth in the moment and for which some heads should roll. Once some heads roll we have achieved some real teeth in showing this administration the people mean business and we will not obey, we will not be gaslit

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Agree!

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Heather Cox Richardson, while it makes great copy, please, please don't write or talk about the Trump wet dream for a third term. Even in his fog filled brain knows this won't happen. He bring this up to see how pissed off the socialist DEI left gets hearing this. While late night talking heads will be telling jokes and making fun of Trump, he is empowering the rest of his regime to in able them to arrest without due process, stomp on your/our civil rights as we direct our attention to his newest distraction. The Fascist smiles and jokes of a third term while getting his rocks off and if the Democrats had done their job in 2024 Trump would never have had a second term. Enough already about a third term, we first have to survive his second term! David Porter Misso Modoc California.

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Trump is not leaving. Ever. Until he dies. Then someone else of his ilk will rise up. MAGA is cancer.

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Since immigrants who have legal US citizenship are being detained when they travel and try to return to the States because of previous minor crimes, would Trump be detained if he left the country and tried to return? After all, is he not a convicted felon? My, my, my!!!

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