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Valerie's avatar

I am 100% with Jeff on the importance of incremental steps and against blackpilling. These officials have to work within a system, we all hate the system, but it’s still the structure. We have to have patience and let them work their way through. We won’t get everything we want, but they’re already making significant progress.

Beckadee's avatar

Agree and my example is my niece. I've mention here previously of her 'awakening' in her job as Community Outreach Director for a Louisiana hospital. One day she's parroting IVM as a horse dewormer, fast forward to meeting a woman who treated her breast cancer with IVM and just last week sent me photos of her standing behind LA Gov. Landry and RFK Jr when the Gov. signed a MAHA bill for Louisiana. In her MAHA Louisiana cap of course. My only reply to her, "That's my girl"!

Beckadee's avatar

It is. I understood what was happening to her. She started her new job Jan 2020 so it was a given she was being bombarded with nonsense from day 1 of Covid. Still, I told her after she woke up, I had wanted to snatch a knot in her tail after that horse dewormer comment on FB. I encouraged her to get involved locally since she's a smart woman and knows her way around LA politics. Previously, she was for 10 yrs the assistant to the local parish president. She and her husband are raising 3 children and she's still just under 40 so there is time for her to bust out and make a move! Possibilities are endless for her IMO.

PapayaSF's avatar

"snatch a knot in her tail” – Today I learned a new bit of slang.

DRK's avatar

Please pass along our congratulations to your niece on her awakening!

And our gratitude for the important work she is doing and will do for the health and the medical freedom of Americans.

No doubt she is now aware of the many published and pre-print studies available online on the wide range of health benefits of what some now jokingly call 'Vitamin I'. Among other off-patent products with excellent safety profiles an proven benefits.

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DRK's avatar

For the food we cannot raise ourselves, we should look first to independent farms, market gardeners, and 'homesteaders' in our local areas.

Many of these use zero vaccines, mRNA injections, synthetic hormones, antibiotics, or growth promoters. Some also avoid all chemicals in or on their animals, or on their land, or on their produce - opting instead for natural methods.

Independent food producers can be found at farmers markets, online, or in the Farm $ Garden section of Craigslist.

Rick Olivier's avatar

tell her to stay firm on IVM "OTC" legislation in La.!

DMK72's avatar

Jeff Landry & team are doing great things for Louisiana!

10 Commandments in all classrooms, Constitutional Carry and much more!

LMWC's avatar

Once again and again, I feel the media is on the major hook for all of the pandemic lies. Like it or not, they are still the major news highway, especially for seniors and those locked away in assisted living. I still see masks in grocery stores. But the funny thing, they are on mostly the young twenty somethings.

If any legacy media had pushed calm and “wait and see” attitudes, we may not have fallen off that cliff. But as with covid stirring up my faith walk, I am coming to terms with all of this had to happen. God always knows what He is doing.

Rob's avatar

The media is part of the problem & they made money along with the rest of the connected during the pandemic takeover.

Mary Ann Caton's avatar

I will consider it a major victory if pharma is banned from all tv advertising. Actually, all advertising whatsoever.

Kathryn's avatar

I hope we can consider a different solution to solve this problem, instead of calling for more government regulation to limit freedom of speech (ie, to prohibit pharma advertising). I do see the problem here: that pharma advertising is hooking naive people into taking pharma's often useless and harmful drugs, and that the pharma advertising money is a large percentage of income for the news media and so is serving as a payoff to keep the news media's reporting as biased and favorable to pharma and their controllers.

So, maybe we don't like pharma's freedom of speech in the news media. However, I support freedom of speech even if I don't like the speaker or their message. Another solution is ... more freedom of speech -- by us. That solution is to help the public become aware of the situation -- of harmful pharma products, seductive advertising, and most especially of the compromised bought-off snakey news media.

I think one crucial thing we can do to save our country is to help the general public realize the treachery of the mainstream news media. The point about pharma paying off the news media via drug advertising is a fairly easy point to explain, and so it can serve as an easy first step toward that understanding. Then, when that first little candle is lit in a dark room, people can look around and start to notice the draped ugly shapes in the corners -- and maybe realize those uglies are real, as we've been saying. We need for the general public to become aware of the situation in our country, and to pull with us to save it.

pretty-red, old guy's avatar

Yep, I will second that one, Mary!

My Favorite Things's avatar

Mary Ann,

I agree! Symptoms should be treated and discussed by patients & Practioners.

Dena's avatar

The promotion of drugs is supposedly regulated by FDA. Stopping the ads on TV promoting pharmaceuticals would seem a good next move by HHS.

Carolyn's avatar

Exactly. They were paid BIG time for spewing those lies. AARP is still pushing it. So are local stations.

Melissa MB's avatar

My husband and I joined AMAC, (Mature American Citizens, Inc.)Conservative for seniors and they named Trump the Man of the Year for 2024.

SteelJ's avatar

AARP has been a cancer since long before 2020. We dropped that membership as soon as they showed who they are.

Debra's avatar

I think I had an AARP membership one time when I turned 50. Then they became a liberal tool and I dropped them like a hot potato. They offer nothing old just like Planned Parenthood to the young.

Sue Rosenthal's avatar

At some point in my 50's many close relatives and friends were telling me it was time to join AARP, and what a good thing the perks and benefits were.

So I did some research. I remember thinking to myself, well this just sounds like a big fat union, so I'm not gonna do it.

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I would argue that the mainstream media is the most powerful entity in the country though it is showing signs of weakening in its influence. Congress would do well to pass a law requiring any private or publicly funded cable or network news program as well as newpapers, to declare whether they lean left, right or are neutral and if they claim to be neutral, a "Neutral tax" would be imposed that is large enough to consume any of their profits because there ain't a single soul alive who is neutral and certainly not our news outlets.

Leskunque Lepew's avatar

The Transnational captured MSM is their main weapon used to attack our country.

Roger Beal's avatar

The same reasoning explains how the (D) party got away with the 2020 election fraud, and the installation of President (Mashed) Potatoes. Our Lord works in mysterious ways, the logic of which may not be immediately apparent.

Karmy's avatar

Totally agree that all this was part of God’s plan. From Trump’s first administration where he railed about the fake news and ripped the masks off to show the corruption to the pandemic excesses which showcased the tyranny against the American people we have been exposed to so much that has been hidden. After living through the morally degenerate Biden administration we have been given a second chance to turn back to God and follow His ways. Thankfully President Trump recognizes that God was responsible for sparing his life and giving him the opportunity to return our country back to its roots.

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True. Government and corporations that made billions from the COVID debacle both used mainstream media / legacy media outlets to generate needless fear, and get the masses to do what they wanted.

Yet we each have the responsibility to think for ourselves. To not throw common sense out the window, and believe every cry of 'The sky is falling!'.

It wasn't difficult to find credentialed experts - physicians, epidemiologists, medical data experts, etc. - who pointed out that EVERY measure promoted by the government went against long proven responses to an epidemic*, and common sense. Everything except washing our hands regularly & not sneezing in someone else's face- but didn't we all do that already??

*A pandemic is just an epidemic occurring in more than one country at a time, but it sounds scarier.

A well-proven fact is that no medical test is 100% accurate. They all produce some false positives, ESPECIALLY when large numbers of "asymptomatic" - aka healthy - people are tested.

Moreso when the "test" is the PCR process, which the inventor, Kary Mullis (who was awarded the Nobel Prize for it) pointed out was unsuited for use as a diagnostic test of active cases. PCR can be 'rigged' 3 ways I am aware of to yield the desired result:

-which DNA segments are chosen to be amplified (RNA has to be converted to DNA in PCR)

-the length of those segments (DNA & RNA are 4 'letter' codes, so shorter and ore common segments will likely match random bits of genetic material in the environment)

-excess cycles of amplification.

The 'death ticker' running across screens became "cases reported" by health departments - because their weren't enough deaths. Not even when alcohol poisoning and motorcycle accidents were reported as 'COVID-19 deaths'. And deaths due to the KNOWN toxic remdesivir. And medical mismanagement on ventilators.

These "cases" were not people ill with one or more distinguishing symptom- which has always been the definition of a medical "case" of disease. Nope. Positive "test"' results were reported as "cases".

Many older people were among those we knew who didn't fall for the hype, not relinquish their common sense. But those who had been following government & corporate advice for decades on what to eat & their health (some researchers call Alzheimer' disease Type 3 diabetes; aluminum & mercury in flu shots are neurotoxins; cholesterol is essential to life & statins damage both muscle and the brain)*...

...and who were captive audiences in front of MSM news on TV, it is understandable that many of them were fooled. Most often because they trusted GOVERNMENT & CORPORATIONS to have the best interests of the public in mind.

Sigh.

*References documenting the truth of these statements is available upon request.

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"It wasn't difficult to find credentialed experts - physicians, epidemiologists, medical data experts, etc. - who pointed out that EVERY measure promoted by the government went against long proven responses to an epidemic*, and common sense."

Right!!!?! I mean, that's what I thought too!

A few days ago, one of the C&C army members, Tonya, made a comment saying that the sheer numbers of everyone around her that went along with the mandates and lockdowns was even more demoralizing than the actual mandates and lockdowns. (Or something along those lines) Reading her comment, I flashed back to the first time I went into my favorite grocery store. I was greeted at the door by the manager and two checkers who were not allowing people to go into the store without masks on their faces. And when I got into the store, the lines at the checkout stands were all the way down the aisles to the back where the meat department is because there were round spots taped down on the floor 6 feet apart that people had to stand on. Then when you got up to the register, there was plexiglass separating you and the cashier. If you wanted to pay in cash instead of tapping your card, you had to go to the end of the check stand and reach around the plexiglass to put your cash in the checker's gloved hand. It was surreal. As I drove home, a scene from The Titantic flashed so vividly in my head and I thought to myself omg, I'm Kathy Bates!😧

Sitting in a lifeboat!😧

In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean!😧"I don't understand a one of you. What's the matter with ya?!?!"

MaryAnn's avatar

Sue R: reading your recap of grocery shopping during the days of ‘liquor stores and video gaming parlors are open but churches are not allowed to hold in-person services’ gave me s bit of flash-back PTSD. 😳🙁

LMWC's avatar

You are right, the info was out there, but it was blocked out as soon as some new info calling out the scamdemic was published. I remember Dr Dan Ericsson’s video coming out from CA. He took the St Clara testing and figured out herd immunity was already taking place to stop the spread. His video had over 2 million views overnight, then poof! it was gone. Pulled down, censored. Corporations, legacy media, all claimed they were coerced, but never really changed their tune.

Leo's avatar

I saw online a similar chart posted by Johns Hopkins - which disappeared within days. Oppsie...

MaryAnn's avatar

Good points DRK. I can still hear my adult son asking me where the body bags holding all the victims of the vid were stacked? Nowhere to be found. It was not a pandemic of any sort.

RunningLogic's avatar

Well said, all great points.

Lori's avatar

I am only finding masks on those in their 70's and above. Have not noted anyone my age or younger wearing them thank goodness.

MeeMaw123's avatar

Go to the airport. There are definitely 20-somethings in masks walking around. And at the Apple Store there’s a Genius or two wearing them.

There may be some shame creeping in. My husband asked one recently about his mask. He claimed to be allergic to pollen. I think he was afraid to admit it was still about Covid.

Frontera Lupita's avatar

Wearing a mask is not going to protect one from pollen exposure! They won’t admit that they now have C*v*D PTSD! Or perhaps they don’t know that’s what they are suffering from that has them still wearing a mask!

Lori's avatar

None at the huge mall nor outside the airport when I picked up relatives recently. Perhaps it is demographics.

RunningLogic's avatar

Yep, I was going to say the same about airports, I noticed that the other day, too.

Frontera Lupita's avatar

Actually where I live out in SoCA (and all up and down the coastal band of CA) I have seen “young people” with masks on. Working in stores and what not. There’s also the older crowd that clings onto wearing them as well. I shop at Whole Foods occasionally. That’s where I see the older shoppers with masks on and a few of the younger workers wearing them as well. Then there’s the occasional delusional person wearing a mask when driving…often they are Asian.

Lori's avatar

I suspect its bc you are in a liberal state, I am not and that most likely is the reason.

BillS's avatar

I live in the DC area and I see young people with masks on the regular. About as many as the old folks. It's about 2% of people from my best estimate.

Lori's avatar

It appears the liberal states can't give up the covid ptsd. so sad.

KATHERINE JERNIGAN's avatar

Many younger people wear them.

Lori's avatar

Thank goodness not where I am! What a sadness these young people can't think for themselves. They are walking themselves into Orwell's 1984.

James Heard's avatar

I'm 71 and wear a COVID mask when I mow my lawn when the ragweed is in bloom... couldn't breathe or cut my grass for the sneezing and snot running down my face otherwise.

LMWC's avatar

Did you wear a mask mowing lawn before covid?

Baldmichael's avatar

I live in a village in the UK. I saw a young man, perhaps a teenager playing frisbee with a friend. He had a mask, the other didn't, yet the mask was around his chin.

I do a small circuit. When I came back he had it over his mouth and nose. Bizarre behaviour.

Lori's avatar

What all this has done to confuse and stress our young people is a sin. If this young man is jabbed, I wonder if it has messed with his mental health. We know it has caused severe physical issues but how much has it affected mental health? Please stay safe and healthy in your beautiful UK.

Mike's avatar

In the market here in "red" Eagle Idaho, several of all age groups in masks!?!?

Lori's avatar

is Idaho lib or not? if lib, that explains it.

Mark Hopeman's avatar

I think he was referring to masks on protestors.

Mpup's avatar

TAW.....His Truth always wins.

Baldmichael's avatar

Mainstream media has serious issues. Mainstream is the broad way that leads to destruction.

https://baldmichael.substack.com/p/whats-really-wrong-with-the-mainstream?utm_source=publication-search

RunningLogic's avatar

It’s hilarious to me how immediately after your post, the black-pillers responded with cynical doom and gloom takes.

Valerie's avatar

Right? Being black pilled is so bad for one’s mental health, but whatevs.

Margot Wooster's avatar

We knew it would be that way!

CHop's avatar

Agree. If it would be done all at once, the backlash would be harsh. Plus, small steps will give people time to digest what has been done for all these years. Otherwise, we would create a nation of depressed citizens because they wouldn't be able to comprehend it all.

Cousin Clem's avatar

I don't see any real progress. As long as the system exists, nothing will change.

🌱Nard🙏's avatar

Really? I’ve seen a LOT of progress:

(Thanks to MS Copilot for assisting with this summary)

In the last four months (FOUR MONTHS!!), Bobby K has:

• Dismissed the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP): All 17 members were removed and replaced with individuals more aligned with Kennedy’s views on vaccine safety and personal choice.

• Reduced Federal Public Health Funding: Cut over $11 billion from COVID-19 response programs, including childhood vaccination efforts and disease surveillance infrastructure.

• Promoted Vaccine Choice: Shifted HHS policy to emphasize individual freedom over mandates, drawing both support from civil liberties groups and criticism from mainstream medical organizations.

• Eliminated DEI Programs: Removed diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives from HHS, framing the move as a return to “gold-standard science” and neutrality in public health.

• Launched the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) Initiative: A campaign targeting ultra-processed foods, artificial additives, and environmental toxins as root causes of chronic illness in children and adults.

• Pressured Major Food Companies to Reformulate Products: Held closed-door meetings with executives from Kellogg’s, General Mills, and others, urging them to eliminate artificial dyes and preservatives.

• Praised Industry Shifts: Publicly commended brands like Steak ’n Shake for replacing seed oils with beef tallow, encouraging others to follow suit.

• Published the MAHA Report: A federal document highlighting the health risks of ultra-processed foods, linking them to obesity, diabetes, and behavioral issues in children.

• Collaborated with Health Influencers: Partnered with figures like Vani Hari (“Food Babe”) to amplify messaging around food transparency and clean labeling.

All of this in FOUR MONTHS. In the words of Jeff Childers, “Let the man work.”

CStone's avatar

Thanks Nard…..I’m getting fed-up with those who refuse to take into account how deep the corruption is and thought it could be drained overnight.

I cannot remember at the moment, but Kennedy has been there what?……4 months, at the most? I know it took forever for each one of these folks to get through the confirmation hearing because of the hysteria of the leftist demoniacs in Congress.

I’m reminded of the 12 spies that were sent into Canaan to spy out the land. To reconnoiter. 10 came back with a negative report, while Joshua and Caleb came back excited to do what needed to be done.

These negative-‘Nellie’s’ expect this massive Ship of State to turn on a dime. I know little about ships, but I do know that it would capsize if that kind of maneuver were attempted. I want to scream “Trump has been President, Captain, if you will, for SIX FREAKIN MONTHS, you DUMMY!!!! What did YOU do with the last SIX MONTHS OF YOUR LIFE????!!!!!””

Rant over.

I’m going to go wash dishes now.

Help Needed in KS's avatar

"I’m reminded of the 12 spies that were sent into Canaan to spy out the land." I read that 4 times and thought it said CANADA! I need more sleep...

Sharon Beautiful Evening's avatar

Love your cynical, humorous 'touch', C!! Much akin to our intrepid 'author', Jeff Childers' approach to 'news', lawfare and life in general!

🌱Nard🙏's avatar

My dishes are waitingtoo lol!

MaryAnn's avatar

CStone—am I correct that RFKJr still does not have a Director for the CDC (a google search was not helpful)? He is doing the work of several in the HHS.

Margot Wooster's avatar

If Cousin Clem had a brain, he’d be dangerous.

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Valerie's avatar

Amen Nard! Appreciate the progress. We’ve never seen anything like it in our lifetimes.

Cousin Clem's avatar

The vaccine schedule remains unchanged. And the new ACIP recommended RSV jabs for newborns. One step forward, two steps back. I think it was Trump who eliminated DEI. Until RFKjr is willing to question the paradigm that there are viruses and that these viruses need to be countered with injections of toxic substances, the entire vaccine program remains intact. They remove dyes from Cocoa Puffs and Fruit Loops but they don't stop making these products which are less healthy than eating the box. They don't address the glyphosate being used in the fields that produce these cereals and many other crops. It's in everything and states are creating laws to PROTECT Bayer-Monsanto from the harm caused by glyphosate. They aren't addressing GMO crops. All reports, suggestions and messaging are simply that--suggestions, not rules or laws. I will let the man work but I remain skeptical of real change. I applaud the information presented to the public but people addicted to cheap, artificially flavored fake foods won't change their behaviors. It will be up to people to stop buying/consuming them. That is when corporations will change. When the public knows that something they've been told all their lives, that vaccines save lives, is a lie, perhaps they will start to refuse them. But MAHA is firmly in the vaccine camp as their last recommendation proves.

Mary Ann Caton's avatar

I see a strategy here. Like an investigation into a crime, you begin in the outer most reaches and work your way in to find the rotten center. So Kennedy started with the easy stuff, food dyes. With each successive decision he’s working his way closer to the goal. And along the way, chalking up smaller victories that lead to the big ones.

CStone's avatar

He’s been there FOUR FREAKING MONTHS. That’s all. FOUR.

MayBella82's avatar

This evil didn't happen overnight and it won't be solved overnight. RFK Jr is headed in the right direction and he is surrounding himself with good people. i believe there are a few more to go and they will.

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Karen's avatar

If you want to know how well things are going, just tune in to some left wing propaganda (MSNBC will do) and watch them rant and complain. That will tell you what good has been accomplished.

Erin Montgomery's avatar

I’m sorry, (not), those additives should be removed within 6 mo at most. Saying they will do it by the end of 2027, means to me the companies will change their minds depending on which way the political wind is blowing for the next President. Most of those companies already sell healthier dye free, lower chem foods to Canada and the European nations. I call BS.

🌱Nard🙏's avatar

Time will tell. Baby steps and patience. He’s up against a mammoth of an industry.

CStone's avatar

Kenned has nah been there FOUR FREAKING MONTHS.

Mary Ann Caton's avatar

The word is out. There’s no going back for them now.

Mary Ann Caton's avatar

I will say this with zero love in my heart for food processors: they will need time to find suppliers for natural food dyes, recipe changes for how they make their crap, and then design and have made the machines that will make their crap in new ways. Oh, they also have to redo their packaging, particularly the ingredients list to reflect the ingredients.

Jeff S's avatar

Wow. Nice list. Thanks.

DRK's avatar

GREAT post!

"• Dismissed the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP): All 17 members were removed and replaced with individuals more aligned with Kennedy’s views on vaccine safety and personal choice."

Note also that those 17 former members of the ACIP were not dismissed just because they didn't align with RFKjr's views on "vaccine safety" and medical freedom - they were each deeply compromised by financial ties to Big Pharma.

RFK Jr. has revealed that NONE of the vaccines on the CDC's "recommended childhood vaccine schedule" - which has unConstitutionally been given product liability immunity by Congress, signed into law by REGAN - has EVER been properly tested against a true placebo, such as a saline injection. Nor has any testing every been done of the entire recommended schedule, giving multiple jabs in one visit to "catch up" on the schedule.

Nor has the government ever conducted a rigorous analysis of the medical records of vaccinated versus not vaccinated* children- which was supposed to be the main purpose of the federal government requiring medical records be made not private and easily available to corporations supplying medical software - and hackers. Thank you, Obama.

*Vaccination cannot be undone. There is no such thing as an "un-vaccinated" person.

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The improvements cited have been made within the same system which created the problem in the first place. When I was a kid, for example, what has become mistakenly called 'health care' was run pretty much by private doctors and without government being involved. People themselves decided what to do with the help and advice of the doctors.

Okay. I don't dispute that improvements have been made. But the basic problem will not go away as long as America is ruled by Communist/Marxist assumptions in control of and running the government. Nor will anyone be in anything other than economic slavery.

🌱Nard🙏's avatar

I pray that we’re on the precipice of the dismantling of the system.

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gave that a begrudging like . 😇

DebraJaye's avatar

Terrific list of accomplishments!

Lynn46's avatar

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DK0hyF-SqRG/?igsh=NjZiM2M3MzIxNA==

This is what they are doing to our bread. I don't eat very much bread lately bc of the way it makes me feel. I will be looking for European style bread from now on. Trader Joe's carries one.

DebraJaye's avatar

I have a bread machine and will end up making my own bread. Now to find organic, non-bleached, non-gmo flour. I also know neighbors who make sour dough but that sounds too complicated for me in the kitchen. We just have to get back to basics. We can do this!

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Limited government equals limited grift opportunities. That is, keeping as much money in private hands as possible means money is properly invested and we all benefit from the proper and efficient use of capital.

Limited government would abolish Forever Wars grifting and thereby save millions of people being murdered by the corporate government killing machine. We do not need a Trillion dollar military with close to a thousand military bases around the world. Empire is always corruption and over-reach, and it is bleeding us out.

So, agreed. The present system must be dismantled.

Mary Ann Caton's avatar

If politics is downstream from culture, eventually we’ll see the system change. It will take longer than we like, but chipping away works.

John infinity N's's avatar

And I still don’t see any change in gas prices except in went up 20 cents to 2.99 again last week. Been in the 2.69-2.99 range for a couple years now.

🌱Nard🙏's avatar

The national average for gas in June of 2024 was 3.50/gallon. This year, $3.19…without stripping national reserves and leaving us vulnerable. Lower gas prices = increased travel = more $ pumped into the economy….So. It’s all good.

Mary Ann Caton's avatar

Our gas was stuck on high prices and began coming down fast just before the Israeli attack on Iran. After our bomb went off, the price went up again. Price decreases happen slowly, price increases happen quickly. I am guessing the recent increase is due to market uncertainty.

Erin Montgomery's avatar

Montana gas prices 2 weeks ago; Glendive, Billings$2.85, same time Helena region $3.19. Currently Helena $3.29.

Lynn46's avatar

Would I love to see those gas prices here in SoCal. Here it's $4.45 for regular thanks to Gruesomes unlimited gas taxes.

STH's avatar

Try living in WA state! Our gas is the highest in the nation , I just paid over $5/gal as I use premium, and another new tax is going into effect this week 😵‍💫

SteelJ's avatar

Why are you in a position where you use premium gas unless you're so wealthy cost doesn't matter? I'm 74, owned enough vehicles it's hard to remember them all. Never bought premium. Neither has my wife. What kind of vehicle needs premium? Jaguar or Ferrari maybe? Got another F150 I love. My wife's on her third Camry, loved them all. Anyone bemoaning the price of premium gas seems to be coming from a strange place, IMO. If you care about the the cost of fuel, it should be factored into your choice of vehicle.

Debra's avatar

Same in Oregon. We are slaves to taxes.

Catherine's avatar

Please read Jeff's Sunday C&C. Specifically where he says the NYT was forced to report that "Summer Gas Prices Haven't Been This Low Since 2021"

St. Alia the Knife's avatar

I would love to have your gas prices! Here in the People's Republic of Washington (state) around the Puget Sound area, gas prices dipped from 4.09 - 4.15 to 3.89 around Inauguration Day and have been going back up ever since. This past week it has gone from 4.25 to 4.39. That is at the "cheap" gas stations such as Safeway or QFC. The Texacos and Mobils, etc. have been around 4.89 for weeks, if not a couple of months. Tomorrow, July 1st, our gas tax is going up by another .06/gallon, and our CO2 tax is going up by another .06/gallon. So I am filling up today before our gas prices go up at least another .12 per gallon.

Mrs. "the Knife"

Brenda Ping's avatar

Same in California. July 1 is another increase. Our Governor Newsom is just too greedy!! Using climate change scam to increase taxes. And wants illegals to stay…

Carolyn's avatar

Then you must have been on another planet. It is certainly lower than during Biden's reign. There have been times way before Trump that it was higher for periods of times but this year it is down.

Debra's avatar

Oregon just keeps raising the taxes on gas so we never get a break.

MayBella82's avatar

It's called location. Your state, county and city effect your gas prices too. Come to the Florida panhandle, you will enjoy the prices... but you get the bugs. It is a trade off.

Karmy's avatar

In SW Montana, gas was 3.14 last week.

The Real Mary Rose's avatar

Same. Seems to me they are just playing a shell game (as usual, which has gone on as long as I've been old enough to pay attention, and I'm 61).

Anne Emerson Hall's avatar

What the psalmist said:

Search me, O God, and know my heart;

Try me and know my anxious thoughts;

And see if there be any hurtful way in me,

And lead me in the everlasting way.

— Psalm 139:17-18; 23-24 NAS

Helpful reminder courtesy of Janice.

CStone's avatar

Then why do you expect them to be able to get all the rot out in 4 months, since it has been this way your whole life?

The Real Mary Rose's avatar

Because Trump is still bragging about "Operation Warp Speed" and chemtrails are still littering the sky?

SteelJ's avatar

I agree with Jeff for the most part about RFK Jr's strategy so far. What worries me is health freedom advocates think RFK is one of them, and they're setting themselves up for crushing disappointment at some point. The good thing about RFK is he recognizes the dangers of vaccines and other health threats, and he is not a fan of the rampant corruption in the medical system and government regulatory agencies. But - he's a big government lib and believes in top-down direction, not so much individual choice (although more so than those he replaced). He said Glenn Beck was guilty of treason for even questioning the global warming narrative - that's telling, and never forget that's who he is. He's a vast improvement. But he's no freedom lover, and has blind spots. I expect that proclivity to make any reforms he institutes fall well short of what I'd like to see. Still, I never thought I'd see this much winning in my lifetime and very happy overall.

Lori's avatar

We are much better off than what just happened in Canada with Carney. They just turned 1984/Brave New World in one fell swoop.

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Enjoy your duping + I hope you can work on the anger problem.

Joze's avatar

Please try not to think that way and focus on the positive... The reason the left is up in arms is because they couldn't see past the end of their nose and just wanted MORE OF THE SAME.... Trump learned from Trump1 and Trump2 is change for the sake of change; plainly not more of the Same. ... if it interests you I shared in a couple other posts example of:

More of the same:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_disaster

Reality:

https://www.statista.com/statistics/191129/reported-violent-crime-in-the-us-since-1990/

Not so bad, egh?

Ray Bob's avatar

Hey cuz ,I guess you missed the whole paragraph about the black pills

MayBella82's avatar

If you live your life seeing every as the glass is half full, that is all you will ever

see. Try changing the way you look at life... if tgat doesn't work, then each night tey thankning God for the roof over your head, the food on your table etc... you get tge idea. We are a very blessed nation and we forget that point often.

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The Real Mary Rose's avatar

Yes, your blindness is exasperating.

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SM's avatar

I’d like to see significant progress in Florida regarding new legislation that limits any kind of “EUA” powers or Emergency public health declarations made by the federal government. There needs to be increased and intense scrutiny for government contracts and oversight over the way they are awarded.

Honestly, the government isn’t a doctor and shouldn’t have the authority to impose any kind of medical recommendations unless the public has voted for such a thing. If we elect a panel of doctors, and their authority was strictly limited to presenting the truth about health risks and all possible treatments, I MIGHT take that seriously. Otherwise there’s no telling how many emergency health declarations the government will attempt, and nothing to stop the grift, abuse and fraud. There also needs to be serious consequences for fraud and abuse during a time of “emergency “ similar to the increased penalties during time of war.

Lori's avatar

...the govt isn't a doctor...(neither are most of the so called docs!) How many do you trust since the covid sacrilege began. I don't trust any except those like Dr. Kory and those that risked all for their patients. Naturopaths and holistic MDs are fine too for the most part.

Leo's avatar

Valerie, Yes - Jeff's calling out the "Debbie Downers" is right on. They are handicapped by their "my way or the highway" = "Mental Frame" that Van Jones referred to. That is where Jeff's snark and humor can help - by shaking up one's mental frame so we can take another look. Besides, there's nothing like a good laugh!

Susan Harman's avatar

I absolutely agree. We are playing the long game and those who get distracted by the trees will not get out of the forest.

Jeff S's avatar

"Nuke*" the system.

* That's not what I really wanted to write, but this is a family publication.

Valerie's avatar

That’s called a coup and we aren’t here for that, we’re working for drastic change from within.

The Real Mary Rose's avatar

"Change from within" - where have I heard that before? Oh right, every single election promise since I've been of voting age, back in the 1980s.

Margot Wooster's avatar

Oh, hush. You need Jesus! Trusting Him is THE important thing.

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Willing Spirit...Before Rockefeller demonized homeopathic and herbal medicine, there were hundreds of hospitals employing these remedies. At the time (1930's) he was overlord of oil. There were byproducts from refining that he used to create "modern medicine" and make a profit. He co-opted healthcare by systematically demonizing anything medical that wasn't allopathic. He had tons of money and used it to destroy healthcare. Fast forward to the present and you realize med schools and the medical boards have become the mouthpiece of big pharma. So the alternative "system" I envision is personal choice for healthcare. Get insurance companies out, and allow so called "alternative" practices to be normalized. The FDA currently works to destroy anything that gets in the way of profits for pharma.

Jeff S's avatar

I was thinking we could have something like the system in "The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu." Can't decide if I want to be The Mikado; or Pooh-Bah, Lord High Everything Else; or Ko-Ko, The Lord High Executioner of Titipu.

Jennifer Beebe's avatar

I totally agree! I have been very frustrated with people on X cutting down MAHA and saying how disappointed they are. When Naomi Wolf, who I have followed and really liked, said “grossed out by MAHA” I was done! As I have said before, no more circular firing squads- can we just show grace and look forward and trust who we voted for? I certainly do! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

PapayaSF's avatar

This is my problem with Massie and Paul and other libertarian purists. I think they are too unwilling to compromise and take incremental wins. Socialism didn’t advance in the US because Socialists won elections. It advanced because socialists infiltrated the Democratic Party and won incremental gains over decades. Libertarians should be pushing Trump, not blocking him.

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PapayaSF's avatar

I don’t think so. Lots of libertarians are purists without any orders. I know a number of them.

FloridaTransplant's avatar

Still wish RFK Jr. would slash & burn the agencies under his control. Their size presents a clear and present danger the instant a MAHA leader is no longer at the helm. There is NO SUCH THING as “government efficiency” — it’s an oxymoron. SLASHING bureaucrats to the point that there are not enough of them to reconstitute a threat is the only answer (IMHO).

James Mead's avatar

It didn't happen overnight, so it will take some time for every W

Words Beyond Me-Janice Powell's avatar

How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!

How vast is the sum of them!

If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand.

When I awake, I am still with You.

. . .

Search me, O God, and know my heart;

Try me and know my anxious thoughts;

And see if there be any hurtful way in me,

And lead me in the everlasting way.

— Psalm 139:17-18; 23-24 NAS

Susan Clack's avatar

My favorite Psalm! Thank you, Janice, for your faithfulness....🙌🏼🕊️🙏🏼😇

NancyP's avatar

Thank you for providing wonderful scriptures.

JCrutcher's avatar

By the powerful name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Amen.

Jamie's avatar

Amen.

Dangerous prayer!!!

Uncle Juan's avatar

The 1830s was mentioned…. Don’t forget the government school system started in the 1830s.

Bard Joseph's avatar

Actually schools were local until Carnegie created the system in the 1920 with the Federal Reserve, tax exempt foundations and the income tax. (And teachers unions)

RunningLogic's avatar

But teachers unions didn’t get collective bargaining rights until much later though.

Joze's avatar

Thank You - Never realized .... This is soooo interesting, because look what immediately followed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_disaster

dixiebunc's avatar

I worked in a health system (in administration) during the first year of the pandemic. It was shocking to watch professionals I had respected go along with obvious nonsense. All for money.

Kathleen Janoski's avatar

Our trust in the medical community is forever broken.

I had a medical resident for an appointment at the VA. I refused to take the shingles vaccine. One of the many reasons is that the shot has a FDA black box warning on it for Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS).

GBS is an autoimmune disease that can cause partial or complete paralysis. Complete paralysis like you end up in a nursing home wearing a diaper, eating mashed up food, and wishing for death to put you out of your misery.

I was so stunned by her response that GBS was "treatable" that I was totally without words.

Nikki (Gayle) Nicholson's avatar

I remember working in the late 80's early 90's at Shands Hospital, (as an RN) and 1/2 of the floor was from Guillain-Barre patients who had gotten the flu shot. Since than I have been anti flu and vaccine shots.

Karen C. Wilkinson's avatar

I personally know 3 people who had GBS post flu shot just last year.

laura-ann Knox's avatar

My personal trainer got it from flu shot a long time ago. So, no more jabs for him since (especially THIS one)

Kathy's avatar

Wow. Thanks for sharing that. I wonder if there was a particularly bad batch.

SD Scott's avatar

Immune systems ruined by the c-19 jabs, I’d be willing to bet. Like the cancer upsurge.

Michael Miller's avatar

I had to dump Mayo Clinic for forced masks and high pressure for jabs. They never relented even after the scam became obvious.

Based Florida Man's avatar

Mayo Clinic was SO zealous with the covidism.

Debra's avatar

Do you think money was a motivator? (she said sarcastically)

Help Needed in KS's avatar

GBS is treatable, so get the shingles vaccine. A gun shot wound is also treatable and I don't want one of those either!

Michelle's avatar

Great response! I need to remember that! I’m also originally from KS, but sadly now live in WA.

KC & the Sunshine's avatar

A nurse friend of mine was very upset that her doc told

her NOT to get the jabs bc she had had POTS after some

other shots a few years back. Her face was paralyzed like Justin Beiber’s for weeks on end! But she came around after seeing others in dire straits.

laura-ann Knox's avatar

Any idea how the Beebs is doing? What about tragic Celine Dion and get Stiff Person Syndrome?

Susan Seas's avatar

Good grief these people are EVILE!!!!

Kathleen Janoski's avatar

What saddens me is that how many veterans would believe her horrible health care advice?

I had a PCP question me when I also refused to take the TDaP. At that time there were only 28 cases reported to the CDC in 2022. More recent numbers for 2023 are only 15 cases of tetanus.

79SmithW60's avatar

They were purposefully trying to kill off veterans, knowing that we are mostly on the correct side of the political spectrum (the freedom/constitutional side).

Susan Seas's avatar

Yes it’s terrible especially in the elderly who rely on Drs for everything. Going after Veterans is 🤬🤬🤬

Karen Bandy's avatar

They use those numbers as proof the shots ‘work’. It’s a catch 22.

CHop's avatar

My mom refused the shingles shot for the single reason her friends who got it ended up getting shingles.

Melissa S's avatar

A C-vaxxed family member in her 60's was diagnosed with Guillain-Barre. She was paralyzed from the neck down. Had to wear diapers and be fed liquids. She could not even chew her food and had difficulty swallowing. She eventually improved after several months and "free" medical care due to living in a country with socialized medicine. (I'm sure her care here in the US would have run into the hundreds of thousands.) She was deeply depressed, of course couldn't work, and I worried during her worst times if her husband would give up on her. Have her institutionalized because it was so very difficult for him to care for her. And he couldn't work during this time in their business which had two workers. He and his wife. So, while it is true that she improved, not everyone does so, according to the research.

BTW, a 12 year old grandchild of mine was recommended to get the adult pneumonia vax. Not for risk of pneumonia, but because the doctor wanted to see if something showed up in the blood test for a medical problem my grandchild was having. Guillain-Barre is listed by the FDA as a potential adverse event of the pneumonia vax. I assume the doctor was totally ignorant about the side effects. But my grandchild did not get the vax. It was a Hell NO to both the vax and the doctor.

Kathleen Janoski's avatar

I had side effects from taking the pneumonia vaccine.

Vision problems for 18 months and balance problems. The balance problems have remained and have lessened.

Melissa S's avatar

Terrible! What really makes me the angriest about the pneumonia vax is that it was designed and tested for adults 60 and over. But also approved for 2 year olds and up, and at the same dosage. Those people are literal monsters!

Help Needed in KS's avatar

Was the Dr. doing some kind of research on the side? Did you get a new Dr.?

Kathleen Janoski's avatar

Yes, I do have a new doctor but I never addressed the adverse events from the pneumonia shot because I did not want to get gaslighted.

Lori's avatar

I hope you told that doc he/she is nuts and to read TATWD....

Dr Linda's avatar

I heard you!! I have educated a number of physicians, technicians, & nurses at the VA.

Always kind and respectful so I don’t get a Code Orange (generally carrying my “The Real Antony Fauci”, my constant companion at the VA)

Lori's avatar

What is a Code Orange Dr. Linda? My first thought was something to do with Trump.

ViaVeritasVita's avatar

Maybe she'd like to tell that to Justin Bieber.

Kathy's avatar

It’s so tragic that the damn Covid genetic injections caused more shingles, outbreaks, which fueled propaganda directed at Senior’s to go get shingles shots.

JasonT's avatar

Shingles is treatable.

Kathleen Janoski's avatar

Yes, there are anti-virals to treat shingles.

JasonT's avatar

And have been since I had shingles 45 years ago at the age of about 21.

Marilynne Martin's avatar

I believe they are still making healthcare workers take the flu vaccine or wear a mask during flu season.

You should have told her that the flu is treatable also!

Here is CDC's flu shot efficacy for the past 20 years.

https://www.cdc.gov/flu-vaccines-work/php/effectiveness-studies/past-seasons-estimates.html

Note: There were only 3 years which the efficacy went above 50% and never higher than 55%. (By the way, the title of the page on the top is "Flu Shots Work" - I kid you not)

It would have been nice if one of the new and revised ACIP members would have brought up for discussion why they continue to recommend a shot that does not work. How could the money spent on these shots be repurposed for a better cause.

Do the kids really need it?

LB's avatar

I applied to our local hospital to volunteer as a Baby Cuddler. The only vaccine they “required” that couldn’t be declined was the flu shot, so I sadly declined volunteering. (All other volunteers EXCEPT Baby Cuddlers could decline the flu shot.)🤷🏻‍♀️😔

Margot Wooster's avatar

Wow, Kathleen, that resident’s response says it all. I just finished reading an update on Substack by Grace Schara’s dad about the wrongful death (murder by hospital) trial that just ended. Chilling.

Kathleen Janoski's avatar

The medical murder of Grace is so heartbreaking.

Rosalind McGill's avatar

My uncle got that from the legionnaires vax , he was a marathon runner and died in a hospital paralyzed.

Kathleen Janoski's avatar

Hard to "like" your comment, but I wanted you to know I read it.

Copernicus's avatar

What an idiot. That resident likely also believes myocarditis is a mild, self-limiting condition too and can be treated.

Lori's avatar

Indoctrination 100.0 for that resident.

Kathleen Janoski's avatar

I was so stunned by her response that I was actually at a loss for words.

Dan (100% All in MAGA)'s avatar

The pLandemic was a created crisis to steal the country (and every western society) to impose global marxism. It also resulted in millions of grievous MURDERS and BILLIONS upon BILLIONS grifted. These are facts and yet I don't see any prosecutions starting up, not even any investigations which would lead to prosecutions of pond scum like BIll Gates who put all of it in place. Please somebody tell me I'm wrong, tell me accountability for all the rats is coming. Tell me the human cockroach will be squashed under the foot of REAL science and medicine.

Kathleen Janoski's avatar

Bill Gates was even at Bezos' wedding in Venice.

Walking around free as a bird just like Fauci.

Dan (100% All in MAGA)'s avatar

Gates is as dirty and evil a motherfucker as exists on the face of the earth. He and fauci were locked at the hip on hurting humanity since 1985.

Mary H.'s avatar

Perhaps not in our lifetime, but justice will be coming.

Tiny basket of deplorable's avatar

I truly believe we won’t see the pond scum be held responsible in our lifetime but God’s judgment will hold a lot more weight anyway. This lifetime is just a wisp compared to eternity burning in hell. Not that I wish that on anyone. I pray they will find the Lord

Lori's avatar

Dan, although it is so hard to wait, God sees, knows and does not forget. Vengeance is mine says the Lord. I have had to put my faith in that otherwise I would run mad.

Alice Ball's avatar

Well, RFK already retracted billions of dollars to GAVI, Gates’ worldwide vaccine initiative. That tells you they’ve got their eye on him. In my heart of hearts, I know that this administration is going to go after all of them. They not only know what we know, they know a lot more and have the tools to bring them all to justice. It took 10 years from when Trump came down the escalator to get to where we are now and there’s a lot of malfeasance in those 10 years, so be patient and give them time. I think a whole lot of big wigs are going to jail. I guess we will have to wait and see if the auto pen pardons are legal, because you know that’s gonna come up. Especially with Fauci.

Rosalind McGill's avatar

Appreciate your enthusiasm . Wish o shared it.

Dan (100% All in MAGA)'s avatar

I think if they let the auto pen pardons stand we will all know the fix is in. And I'm not talking about Trump putting the fix in... Im talking about the deep state still in power in places like SCOTUS, Congress, and the Executive.

MayBella82's avatar

You are not looking in the right places. The DOJ is very busy these days. As it has been noted many times today... they have not been in their

jobs very long...and they had to get confirmed. I am positive they are all working a lot more hours then anyone one of us (we have time to actually comment on here).

Dave aka Geezermann's avatar

Speaking of bank accounts, I have banked with the online bank based in Oklahoma - Old Glory Bank - for two years now. They are patriot owned and run, and have the best customer service.

william howard's avatar

leftist hypocrisy knows no bounds - they are ok with forcing a cake baker to violate his religious faith but have no problems debanking conservatives - it's all politics for them

Dan (100% All in MAGA)'s avatar

Its more than politics. They want to bury us. Literally.

Catherine's avatar

They are also cheering on some florist who refused to serve Trump supporters. Hypocrisy, much?

Lori's avatar

Chase debanked Dr. Mercola and all his top employees about 2 years ago.

william howard's avatar

I remember that - it is truly amazing that any company or any executive takes a public political stand potentially potentially alienating a significant customer base - I'll never buy another NIKE product or see a Disney movie

Juju's avatar

I switched to them in January. I am very pleased with the customer service so far as well as the ease of their app. The only thing I wish they would do is allow us to connect our accounts with Zelle, etc. Their Glory Pay solution only allows transferring between other Old Glory account holders. So I miss the convenience I had paying my hairdresser or lawn care provider, etc. Still, I’ll never switch back to any of the other banks because I love what this bank and their leaders stand for.

Kathy's avatar

It is nice to pay people who provide services for you in cash. Keeping cash flowing helps slow the oncoming freight train of CBDC.

Dave aka Geezermann's avatar

I do have a physical debit card with them which I use locally. And I still have a PayPal account which I use similar to Zelle, and it is connected to my Old Glory account for ease of transfers in either direction. They also now offer home loans and Heloc's.

shayne's avatar

I have checks, envelopes and stamps :) That's how I pay everyone except my utilities. I pay them from my billpayer with my bank.

MaryAnn's avatar

A friend recently posted that her check to the IRS was ‘washed’ and cashed by a perp at our local USPS. Gel pens are not susceptible to washing so add a measure of protection.

Karen Bandy's avatar

I still use checks too, but they do go ‘missing’. Lots of hassles recovering the funds.

Copernicus's avatar

I quit using PayPal when they issued their policy about fining people with unacceptable viewpoints. Nope.

Juju's avatar

Yeah we have the debit cards and PayPal too, but certain small business services don’t accept cards at all (usage rates make it impossible,) so even my Paypal debit is worthless. So connecting a Zelle-type payment system inside the banking app the way my old bank did it was quite convenient. But, like I said, it’s not enough to make me want to continue to support those big banks anymore. Heck even the lower interest rates on my accounts aren’t enough to go back. I understand that things like that might be necessary for a bank in the very beginning as the bank is trying to grow and will eventually even out, especially in such a monopolistic environment. But only those with hundreds of thousands of dollars sitting in accounts will see the interest rates as an important factor. For people like us whose American Dream was top sized I’m not going to quibble over a difference of $98 in interest. 😆 In a sense poor people have more freedom to patron banks that value our freedoms and be a part of helping them grow. For anyone trying to make sure they earn that extra $1,000 in interest each year, I’d ask if supporting the present corrupt banking system is worth it.

Dave aka Geezermann's avatar

I also keep in mind that one of Trump's goals is ending the Federal Reserve, and replacing it with a constitutional means of monetary exchange, without the debt to a central bank. He is also replacing the IRS with the ERS, External Revenue Service via tariffs.

Karen Bandy's avatar

Perhaps try Venmo for smaller things.

Michelle's avatar

Venmo is owned by PayPal.

Copernicus's avatar

I think Venmo is owned by PayPal, and PayPal has their censorial policy whereby they threaten fines for folks with unacceptable viewpoints. I quit PayPal when that came out.

Michelle's avatar

My daughter is quite angry with me for quitting PayPal. She wants to start an online business taking PayPal as payment, and I refuse to cosign.

Karen Bandy's avatar

Yea, I think you’re right. Darnit.

I have a paypal account but my card is expired, haven’t bothered to delete the account. I should.

Juju's avatar

Yeah I have Venmo too. It was just a nice convenience to be able to make a payment from within my banking app directly to them. So yeah, Zelle or Venmo connected to the app would be nice.

Karen Bandy's avatar

My hair gal loves cash!

Jpeach's avatar

A shout out to Kevin Freeman, author of “Pirate Money”.

P Flournoy's avatar

He’s been working on that for years! I heard him speak several times, including the day he was in Austin to try to persuade our legislature. I was privileged to be able to email and talk with several of them on that day regarding having the gold standard for currency in Texas. It took at least three years after that for this to pass. Just goes to show everything that you want to do in the political realm takes time. So, I hope everyone will be thinking about that as they watch the Maha progress.

Marty Kiner's avatar

I’ve banked at my credit union for fifty years. Even when I left Michigan and moved to Florida I’ve remained with my same credit union.

Dave aka Geezermann's avatar

Credit Unions are a great place to bank, if someone has access to a local one.

Marty Kiner's avatar

I’m 1200 miles away from mine. With online banking and mobile deposits etc I can do everything I need to do. Publix has charge free ATMs and CUs do have sister agreements where I can withdraw larger amounts of cash if needed from a local credit union.

Deb S's avatar

Let’s compare ACIP to our school system. In education, Dems played the long game. They didn’t just pop in one day and announce that they were going to completely change the way we educate (indoctrinate) our children. They did it over DECADES. They were patient and methodical. The changes were small and incremental. When they got pushback, they temporarily retreated, regrouped, and looked for another avenue. Now, I’m hoping that all the badly needed changes to healthcare don’t take decades, but Jeff is right. We need to celebrate the wins. Because every win is a little boost in the momentum.

RunningLogic's avatar

And it’s easier to dismantle the changes when they haven’t settled into the culture yet. That’s why going against the vaccine narrative is such an uphill battle. But we’ll have a better chance of winning if we work to change people’s mindsets and default settings, and make lasting change possible.

CHop's avatar

💯! It gives people time to digest the evil that was done to them. We can't just hit them over the head with everything at once.

Pithy Thoughts's avatar

A very long game!

"The civilized world has been thoroughly saturated with Christianity for 2000 years.

Any country grounded in Judeo-Christian values cannot be overthrown until those roots are cut. But to cut the roots - to change culture - a long march through the institutions is necessary."

- Antonio Gramsci, Italian Marxist theorist and politician (1891-1937)

kapoore's avatar

A long time ago (mid-nineties), I couldn’t keep my daughter well. It was weird how whatever was going around she got it and it took multiple rounds of antibiotics before she was OK. She would get strep five times a year. She struggled in school, had black circles under her eyes, and I was her best friend. Because she was tired all the time I thought she needed an amphetamine. But the psychiatrist said she was on the “spectrum” and that she was vaccine injured. She also had multiple autoimmune diseases, and viral overload. She had VAIDS. Anyway, I expected headlines around the world would soon announce that vaccines were toxic and making kids sick. Instead, forced vaccination became the norm and the vaccine schedule exploded as did autism and autoimmune disease. The vaccine industry has a narcissistic personality disorder. If you push they blast you. Walk softly, ever so softly with those creeps. It’s a long road. Go Bobby.

Jeff S's avatar

Sorry to read that about your daughter. Hope she is better. Prayers for you and your girl.

kapoore's avatar

Thank you. She is. A lot of spectrum disorders can be cured with diet, supplements, and obviously never take another vaccine.

Jeff S's avatar

Good. Wish youse continued success in the battle.

Kathy's avatar

Hope you have found a good functional doctor for your daughter, and perhaps worked on rebuilding her micro biome. 🙏🏽

Jaime's avatar

Hi cc!! Can I get a JAR ??

jeffs always right!!

We need merch and a candc cruise !

Talent on loan from God bumper sticker

Joze's avatar

"JAR JAR BILT" ;)

Jeffs Always Right, Jeffs Always Right, Bathing In Liberal Tears !!!!!!

Jamison's avatar

Hmm… that’s Rush’s moniker.

Melissa MB's avatar

Yes I doubt Jeff would want to take it, yet he deserves it. I’m amazed at this writing and his talent.

Jaime's avatar

Yes and apt in both cases… God filled some big shoes with some big shoes- 🙏🏻🙏🏻

ViaVeritasVita's avatar

I like that bumper sticker.

Donna in MO's avatar

Van Jones may 'get it' but the rank and file are still highly motivated by any orange man bad argument as it confirms the narrative they cling to like driftwood after a shipwreck.

JenniferS's avatar

The TDS is certainly very strong with some; but as Jeff C. says, incremental changes are to be celebrated...and there can be no doubt that we are seeing incremental changes in every demographic except (sadly) mine (old white women who may or may not have a cat).

Beckadee's avatar

Old white woman here too with 3 stray cats, drives a Subaru Outback with Trump/Vance sticker, a FA-45 FO-47 sticker and a Biden Laptop Matters sticker. Just in case someone might confuse me as a Lesbian Libtard based on my ride. Has been known to power wash on my sidewalk- LETS GO BRANDON. I could go on. lol

shayne's avatar

I have Trump bumper stickers along the back of my car, plus several NRA stickers around my car, and an All Lives Matter as well. Old ladies are the ones who flip me off LOL!!!!!! And I'm an old boomer with 5 cats and 3 more I feed.

JenniferS's avatar

I apologize for my cohort. Ever since the Kavanaugh hearings, I thought older women who have adult male children, husbands, brothers, and grandchildren would envision their own loved ones under such preposterous attack, and get wise. Not to mention females competing athletically with XYs. It is baffling.

Help Needed in KS's avatar

FA-45 FO-47 sticker ..... Funny 😁

Anita from Tucson - Now In MI's avatar

"It Took 2000 Mules

To Install 1 Jackass"

One sticker on each side of my SUV back windows...

Kathy's avatar

Our kind of girl!

DebraJaye's avatar

Oh I like your FA-45 FO-47 bumper sticker. I'll have to look for one. I have a

"FJB Edition" silver 3D badge decal that looks like it came with the vehicle. My friends that at figured it out wanted one!

P Flournoy's avatar

Good for you and I like those bumper stickers haven’t ever seen them before.

Beckadee's avatar

https://marcopolo501c3.substack.com/

I've been supporting Garrett Ziegler and his Marco Polo group for awhile now re Hunter's laptop. The FAFO sticker was a quick find I don't think they were able to fully get it going- finding a printing company etc.

Donna in MO's avatar

Hey now, I am an old (ish - coming up on 60) white woman with FOUR cats....

But yeah, have more or less cut ties with some of my unhinged peers whose hobby seems to be screaming at the sky.

JenniferS's avatar

Enjoy your fifties and sixties, young cat lady!

Bard Joseph's avatar

Jones is in the club playing his part in media.

Rosalind McGill's avatar

He still looks like bill hicks .

CecilRhodes's avatar

Gradually then suddenly. I'm seeing subtile movement in that demographic. All it will take is for the right group leaders to shift views (like Rogan with the men) and the rest will suddenly hold consistent opinions.

Donna in MO's avatar

Wonder who that will be? My town has a very large retirement community - everything from maintenance provided homes to memory care and they have a 'Seniors for Social Justice' group that meets regularly and holds a local candidate forum every year. If anything, I would say the group is getting larger, if the forum turnout is any indication. They are part of two of the most liberal precincts in the city and voter turnout runs 5-8 % points over Conservative precincts.

Tracy F's avatar

Hi Donna. I’m a SW Missouri resident. Went to UMC. My mother in law (a conservative) lives at large assisted living place in Columbia MO. It is filled with old, liberal, highly vaxxed progressives. I am very thankful to no longer live in Columbia! Hang in there!!

Donna in MO's avatar

Your poor mom!! My mom is a centrist D (refuses to see her party left her) and in a smaller AL place in town but they don't have any political groups.

Anne Emerson Hall's avatar

Or, is “Orange man bad” all their weak reasoning can muster?

Donna in MO's avatar

My experience with TRYING to reason with most of them is that that any whiff of dissent just sends them into a fit of pique or rage (there is no reasoning involved - weak or otherwise) especially since 2020 happened. I actually had a few liberal or liberal leaning friends and relatives, that while we mostly just avoided politics, if it came up, had a few conversations where we DID manage to have an exchange, and agree to disagree and move on. Not anymore. Have all but given up trying.

JBell's avatar

I prefer the acronym TIGER - Trump Is Getting Everything Right!

Cathy's avatar

Or JIGER. Jeff is getting everything right!

Michael Miller's avatar

Not when it comes to promoting peace. He hasn’t pulled the plug on Ukraine fiasco. Jury still out on Israel Middle East hegemony.

P Flournoy's avatar

Yeah, I’ll be sure and look at the glass half empty

Ellen W's avatar

Right… optimism is nice, but the primary reason I voted for him was his promise to get us out of these endless wars.

Everyone keeps saying how complicated it is. Actually, it isn’t. You call back all of our personnel, you cut off all funding, and you quit sending any military supplies.

The genocide in Gaza has now gone on for 20 months. 200K dead. And Ukraine is just a mess.

AMERICA FIRST!!!

RJ Rambler's avatar

I like TAW. It sounds like dah in Russian. 😁

Juju's avatar

Ohhhh I like this one!!!

Jo Highet's avatar

My father, now 74, is still working everyday to survive and pay the bills. He owns a small business in NM. During Covid he and my step-mom took out a PPE loan of approximately 40k. They spent the next 3-4 years paying off every last penny of it. I often wonder why his loans were not forgiven while so many other businesses, including the one I worked for at the time, had their loans to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars forgiven. The grift and waste of taxpayer dollars during that time was enormous. And in the end, the hard-working, diligent small business owner, and every day taxpayer, are once again the losers.

RunningLogic's avatar

Right??!! I have the exact same questions and complaints!!

P Flournoy's avatar

Part of the problem is New Mexico. Terrible governor and terrible politicians who do not give a rip for their constituents.

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Copernicus's avatar

Thanks for this. Makes for fascinating and head-exploding reading.

Seems a lot of loans were given in April and May of '20 ... we were not supposed to have a months long shutdown... yet small orgs were getting tens of thousands of dollars and more. Such fear.

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Jo Highet's avatar

Omg. Just looked at my zip code and I’m floored. Ex. 500k forgiven - 100% to payroll yea right. Name after name of individuals - 10k loans all forgiven. So many….

Based Florida Man's avatar

"DOJ now faces a target-rich environment."

Will be interesting if we actually see some perp walks.

We're entering the 2nd half of the year with no significant arrests yet.

Plenty of Faux News appearances tho!

Justin's avatar

Given Gavin's effort to maintain power (er, emergency powers), and his billion dollar no-bid contract for masks, he'd be a good target. Especially with his Triad connections. I would think a conviction would stop all presidential aspirations.

(speaking for a friend)

MOMinator's avatar

Illinois Gov Pritzker too

The Real Mary Rose's avatar

It'll never happen. The elites won't go after each other.

They just snark at each other in public for show.

The Real Mary Rose's avatar

And isn't it odd that for years (decades?) on end, those congressional hearings are held with all sorts of evil POS-es admitting they have lied under oath, or broke the law, and yet not one of them is ever arrested afterwards? Things that make you go "hmmmm."

alongername's avatar

my hmmmmm has now changed to " i'm fkn tired of this charade ! "

P Flournoy's avatar

It may make you go hmmmm. But I have screaming fits at times.

Anita from Tucson - Now In MI's avatar

Supposedly, the election EO cases start late summer.

We have to fix 2020.

It's not over.

Johnny-O's avatar

I recall months ago hearing some journalists chuckle at the idea that anything meaningful would happen with the Epstein Files......

alongername's avatar

sometimes your brain gets set off much the way mine does ..bfm

like an alarm clock !

Carlos's avatar

Gavin Newsom got PPP loans for his PLUMP JACK restaurants in CA-within a week of the loan being announced ( what an amazing accounting team!)

He ended up paying the manager of 1 outlet...1.4 Million dollars - for 6 months work ( managers average about $60,000/yr- what an amazing manager!)

That manager was his SISTER. And the restaurant did 75% less business during that 6 months.

🤔🤔🤕

RunningLogic's avatar

😡😡🤬🤬

Surprise surprise 😡

RJ Rambler's avatar

Earthly justice is right and good but it often falls short. I'm comforted that God forgives eternal damnation against those who repent but also reserves it for those who maintain their arrogance against Himself and His believers.

Romans 12:19 Beloved, never AVENGE YOURSELVES, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

MayBella82's avatar

And He sees all...it gives me comfort to know every person will be held accountable.

Unapologetically Me's avatar

How about them 'wearables" though Bobby?

Does the end justify the Means?

Based Florida Man's avatar

Please just opt in and comply.

Compliance is Science.

Do your part to keep us all safe!

Johnny-O's avatar

Trump admin is busy giving huge contracts to absolutely orwellian horrific companies like Palantir. They are pushing hard to get every last bit of our data. DOGE already has a treasure trove that they paid nothing for (and which we got nothing for).

🌱Nard🙏's avatar

🤣

But seriously, I’m not on board. There’s something weirdly weird about all of it, too. I’m hopeful he has something waiting in the wings that will make all of this go away…and this is just a ploy to buy more time.

Ellen W's avatar

Love the pun!!

Words cannot express my deep disappointment, overall, with RFK Jr. I expected that he would only be able to accomplish maybe 20% of what he wanted to. But the mystifying part is when he actually goes against what he has stood for for so many years.

The wearables statement is insanity.

So, sure, take a victory lap for this initial bit of very important ACIP news. But holding our officials feet to the fire is not blackpilling when people continue to die and be injured.

Marilynne Martin's avatar

This new "black pill" narrative is a psyop just like "conspiracy theory". It is meant to shut down debate and discussion. They don't want criticism.

The sheeple are going to be periodically given "crumbs" and told to cheer and be happy with it. I saw it with other issues over the years.

Go back 3 months and read the newsletters when DOGE was breaking all rules and moving lightning speed - because "that is the only way to get things done". Disrupt things! Remember - it was perfectly ok to e-mail people their termination letters.

Now, we must be patient, things take time. Perhaps Jeff or others can post the rule book so I can better understand what is ok to "disrupt" and what "takes time".

Ellen W's avatar

Agree. The moms and dads who have been dealing with vaccine injured children, or who continue to grieve the loss of their child due to a vaccine, have been patient enough and have suffered enough.

Crumbs, indeed.

Now strap on that wearable!

KC & the Sunshine's avatar

I’m sure he’s gotten an earful about that nonsense.

Kathy's avatar

Good one! I definitely disagree with him on this issue.

shayne's avatar

Not with a 10 foot barge pole.

DMK72's avatar

Yes! # 1

DMK72's avatar

Can now scratch this off my bucket list! 😀 Jeff, best guy/ blog on the internet! So thankful for all assembled here!

Kathy Sullivan's avatar

Not to mention, each time the pandemic was renewed, the medicaid, food stamp and unemployment money was flowing without a turn off valve! Landlords were forced to forgive rent and so much more! Many of us are still grappling from this encouraged scam!