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BJ Zamora's avatar

We are all putting our lives on hold because our version of democracy feels subverted and stolen.

Historians will write thousands of words about the ease with which this man and his cadre of fellow travelers are destroying what we have.

If that sounds suspiciously like the language used by McCarthy, it should.

And we all should remember who he was and who Trump, Vance, Miller, Vought, and Bessent are.

Ken Chapman's avatar

May your return to your big camera come as peacefully and as quickly as you hope and deserve Heather.

George McCully's avatar

Vance is entangled in his own weakness. He's not insane and is not stupid, but he is not a skilled politician. He had a responsibility to lead us out of Trump's chaos, but chose not to take the risk of trying that—instead, he chose to drift and let our nation and the world drift, hoping that the people would rescue us in the mid-terms by defeating Trump, and that he would not have ruined his chances to become president, which is his main goal. But his failure to lead, showing his political weakness, has ruined those chances. Perhaps he would also have failed trying to rescue us—his situation was hopeless either way. So now he is trapped into saying stupid false things, pretendng loyalty in a vain attempt to keep afloat in the sinking ship.

Shelly Rellim M.'s avatar

George…ABSOLUTELY. He is another bought and sold Chameleon, right down to echoing his Nazi leader trump.

We also must remember he is bought and sold and mentored and ? by the Evil, Nazi, Technofascist, Eugenics, Sociopath Peter Thiel, Palantir, the Dialogue KKKlub, and his buddy Karp and their Nazi, Eugenics Manifesto. EVIL

Here’s an article by Lance Rosen…https://lancefrosen.substack.com/p/jd-vance-rams-his-salami-in-ramaswamy?r=71veyx&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer

Trad Wife, JD. …https://substack.com/@lancefrosen/note/p-215251760?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=71veyx

We are on a rough and potentially extremely dangerous path.

We VOTE BLUE, get others to VOTE BLUE, and frankly, hope those MAGA/MAWA KKKult’ers sit this one out!!

TJ's avatar

Thank you Heather. Hope soon the time comes for you to dust off that “big camera”.

There will be historians writing about this time and who knows how they will decide to write the depths of what so many have experienced. These last two days volunteered at the Center preparing and feeding hundreds of people. Good conversations with many from various ages and just watching families coming in and seeing the kids excited about Halloween coming. The board members who decided to open up this gymnasium larger sized facility to expand this more into not just a Senior Center but a Community Center to assist all who are struggling from day to day. The elderly that have made new friends that they now consider family that hurry to get to breakfast and bring something special awaiting who were perfect strangers a year ago that no longer are and those families who were strangers bringing even something special themselves to give to that new elderly friend. The volunteers of suppliers that are the local farmers who have donated livestock, crops and other items that assist the expenses to keep this available.

These last two days have seen more of that “circuit breaker” being switched as Obama mentioned on Saturday. These last two days there is no longer any of those damn “red hats” that were atop many heads. Live in a very “red” area. They are all gone…. Mentioned this on Sunday since was there all day for breakfast through dinner as all of us were cleaning up at the end of the day. Then on Monday afternoon as a number of us were prepping for dinner another volunteer mentioned that they haven’t seen one of those “red hats” for close to a week on anyone’s heads. As we were talking another lady who volunteers said that her brother threw all his “red hats” out into the trash last week. She said he told her he has had enough and that Ramaswamy, Trump along with Vance and all those a-holes have gone too far and his buddies apparently agree. He also said that it’s just plain BS that Ohio was given a tax cut from paying for gas but it’s climbed over .30+ cents in less than a week… it’s now $4.40 and if that tax cut wasn’t there it would be close to $5 bucks a gallon…. He told his sister that he was sorry and hope she forgives him for being a stupid ass for close to ten years but still loving him. She just laughed as she was telling us that all humans make mistakes but told her brother that it’s about time that you did take your head out of… and start to breathe some damn fresh air.

Will those “red hats” come back who knows maybe they will, or stay in a closet and historians can use that as a reference or the individuals thought process from the head that it sat atop of.

Today is driving some people to their voting locations. Hope what a powerful motivator..

— Vote

Shelly Rellim M.'s avatar

Thanks TJ and Heather,

We’d all love to get back to a day where we don’t live in fear of Civil War and WW3 and waking up to the latest evil Nazi Regime events.

I love that you keep up your volunteering and creating networks and real communities, uniting people.

I think the over 50 population, Veterans, and Women are the key to this VOTE…BLUE.

We can also hope that many of those MAGA/MAWA KKKult actually sit this one out! And those discarding their red hats realize they’ve been duped and can see what their eyes are showing them and not their KKKult leader and Regime are trying to sell, even if it is only about gas, diesel…at this point we NEED ALL their VOTES on Blue.

Be safe and well.❤️‍🩹Love all you do.

TJ's avatar

Good morning Shelly first doughnut & coffee stop with these good folks… What I didn’t mention was that the other lady volunteer sent this song to her brother who threw out his “red hats” that her granddaughter who lives with her plays this tune along with a number of Jesse Welles. As she said when talking with her brother, people make mistakes and it’s good you and your friends pulled your heads out of your own… to get a breathe of fresh air.. yet it didn’t occur to you until it only affected you about gas prices… she said she loves him but as a 74 year old man you should have known better.. you have grandkids of your own. But we learn and relearn from some things we should never forget about, don’t we.. She said he agreed and admittedly called himself worse than an a-hole and is going to somehow figure out how to do better. She said vote honey, just start with voting for a change that needs to come… that’s the first step to give to our kids and grandkids.. She’s another one of the volunteers who drive other’s to their voting locations and helped with signing up new voters.. So many gray haired people comprise a village, just an fyi-the ladies are the Rosie’s the men are the Palooka’s, the only thing we all had in common was that a really close relative, both genders served in WWII… those original Antifa fighters.. Enjoy the tune… What a hoot these five people were this morning..

https://youtube.com/shorts/I4L5WvJkvEI?is=HB_NmjUOX9wcTEJO

Shelly Rellim M.'s avatar

Wow…you all have a great group…community. I love it!

Thanks for the video…I’ll be sharing! ❤️‍🩹💙

Derek Smith's avatar

FORTRESS is all about the subjugation of Americans if martial law is enacted and We the People who oppose King Donald rise up in rebellion.

Paula Mutzel's avatar

The clock is ticking..the drum beats are getting louder..they’re on their last ditch efforts to try and pull a rabbit out of a big old top hat.

Let them keep trying..keep talking about Minaj’s ass..let JD keep spouting his hypocrisy..we see right through it all and none of it is working.

We the people are sick and tired of their callous selfish corruption..they ALL need to GO and soon many of them will be shown the door.

Hold fast.

V O T E if you haven’t already….

Rick Nelson's avatar

JD Vance is a product of Peter Thiel's imagination. Nothing more than a Manchurian candidate, who stands for Anything that will get him power, and nothing intrinsically. The fact that he is vying a presidential run is Hilarious. He has all the charisma of a Ted Cruz, (in other words, none).

See you in the trials, JD.

Ken Stavlund's avatar

Your thoughts are right on. Heather for president!!

Madeleine's avatar

Ken, well said - couldn’t think of a more worthy nominee than Heather! Wishing all of you the best of luck and roaring success in the coming week. From the UK 🤞

Weatogue Guy's avatar

Stop the war! Obama’s JCPOA had stopped Iran’s progress, and it was up to Trump to show us it wasn’t working. But Trump doesn’t produce evidence in the courtroom; he simply shouts charges on the courthouse steps.

Give us evidence, Trump; rally our allies, if war is necessary. Prepare our troops and our munitions for this battle.

But right now, you’re simply acting like one tyrant accusing another tyrant of tyranny. Stop the war!

Leigh Van Lydegraf's avatar

I voted yesterday in DeSoto County Florida...fortunately, no ICE HOLES in Arcadia...whew!!!

Carol H Shupek's avatar

I'm 85 years old and today with all this chaos, I believe I have outlived my time. I voted, I donated, I went to rallies and now I'm just waiting for the outcome on November 3rd. Bless us all.

Elyce's avatar

"Then Vance said something he might not have meant to about the direct correlation between gas prices and Donald Trump: “They skyrocket every time some tin-pot dictator decides to throw a tantrum.”

When I heard Vance say this yesterday, I got a mental image of that scene in the first ALIEN film, when a monster erupts from a guy's stomach...

Or in Shakespeare's words, " Truth will out..."

*RUMP and Vance have talked about "the enemy within", and they have SHOWN us who they are.

They have no respect or concern for " ordinary" people, or children.

But we ordinary people can show them who we are and what we can do.

Vickie Griffin's avatar

Jethro is as bad as his daddy.

Jacobs-Meadway Roberta's avatar

…loving America has never meant loving the people in power… exactly. The hypocrisy and mendacity of Vance showcase his lack of character and his lack of decency. He is a shape shifter for advantage and a disgrace to the office in which he squats.

Diversity has been our strength as Americans. Equity is not a dirty word. Inclusion is not a dirty word and those of us who have been marginalized or excluded or disadvantaged by virtue not of character or ability but because of race, religion, gender, or place of origin know this well.

As someone else once wrote: you need US to make the USA.

Julie's avatar

Great article Heather 💙🇺🇸🗳️✌🏻✊🏻

Vanessa's avatar

Dear Heather,

I'll tell you one thing Heather; you may be longing to go back to your camera and a more peaceful life and who could blame you? But, what you are doing now is something you'll be remembered for. I do so admire you and your family for your combined dedication to help bring about the end of this fascist administration.

DT and the ghouls behind him will only be remembered for their beastly, insidious and greedy behaviour, and be resigned to the history books as one of the most corrupt administrations ever.

Not long now!

Love from the UK.🇬🇧🇺🇸