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Marianne, please never ever ever stop talking. I've been listening to you talk since the early 90s, and your voice - what you say and how you say it - is profound. Always. Thank you for having the heart and the multi-dimensionality to cover SO much ground . . . from God to politics.

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I feel what you’re saying is important! We all need you.

Many blessings! 🩵

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God bless, Marianne. This is so beautiful. You look your best. There is something very good about just keeping on. It may be your best platform. No striving. Just sharing. So very very good.

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You are a wonderful spark of inspiration focused toward HOPE and Happiness for ALL. WE 🇨🇦🌎 need you . Your great Message can gain a huge supporting group of voices here in Canada. Our platform will be supported fairly here. Your Theme of governance would ignite a blaze of support which would yield a unified advancement of your message of Peace Faith and Security through your LUCK - Love Understanding Care & Kindness. ☮️ Peace and best wishes

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Thank you so much, Marianne! I'm not American, or living in America, but I feel what you are saying and doing is important for the whole world. You are giving us hope. Thank you for your vision and love 💖🙏 much love and may all our guardian spirits gather to support your precious vision, clarity and courage.

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Run for Congress!

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I think that's a waste of her precious life at this juncture. Her voice would be buried there too. We must find another avenue to free ourselves from the corporate rule that has been embedded into our governance. Not enough people are disenchanted with our systems yet since they don't take the time to understand what's happening because they are caught in their own grips of despair for numerous reasons.

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Echoing so many here... do NOT stop talking, exploring, revealing, leading. There are many ways to do that, and although your spirit may need tending, please please keep on helping us all to see a different way. I often think about Elizabeth Warren, and the way the establishment tried to silence here on the floor. And yet she persisted. That's my mantra, my personal motto, for mot keeping my mouth shut in the last few years. Of course, with kindness and respect always. You GO, Marianne, we all need you, and each other!

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I LOVE YOU MARIANNE!!! Thank you for everything you bring to this world. I continue to feel authentically inspired and hold this vision as well. So grateful ♥️

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Just marked my ballot for you. The vision is alive in San Diego. Thanks, Marianne!

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This is a Wonderful Video … What you say and have been saying is important … and people need to continue to hear you, especially since the majority of the people, and especially Democrats, never have … Keep this message alive … Every day you are connecting with more and more people … and perhaps you will have an affect on what eventually happens in our Presidential Politics … If I were asked … I would say … Follow Your Heart!

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Thank you for standing strong in the midst of all the confusion. Blessings to you! ❤️

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The suspension of the campaign is not a success. Nor is it a failure. It's irrelevant. It'd be impossible to win a rigged game. And it's definitely impossible to win a non-existent one. So if someone is serious about their attempts to usher in change, they are going to have to create their own game first. And the first question they should ask themselves - what is the main thing that made the introduction of the New Deal possible...or inevitable?

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Zoetroper, I have been pondering, as all of us who care often do, that the only way for policies, like Marianne proposes to see the light of day is a major 'catalyst' that prompts 'the people' to want more social safety nets to secure their survival. What prompted the New Deal, of course, was a struggling time in America with the Great Depression brought on, in part, by the collapse of our manipulated markets and banking systems. Plus, we had FDR--a national leader who came from privilege but gained moral compassion through his own struggles. On many days, we are on the verge of a similar economic collapse but its implications gets buried by MSM distractions; Taylor Swift, Speaker Johnson, even Navalny . So it seems the difference between now and the 1920s/1930s is the oligarchy takeover of MSM and all institutions. And too many folks rely upon social media for their information that doesn't adhere to the original principles of journalism--a 'free press' whereby a fair view of reality exists and not just tied to corporate interests but to the people as a whole. Thus, we are no longer in charge to be able to easily make educated decisions as necessary to sustain democracy. So I am not certain even if painful economic surface we can save this nation from rule by oligarchy or fascism. I envision the only catalyst that probably can alter our situation as well as the world will be the climate emergency--not sufficiently addressed. This goes beyond concerns of the wealth gap or whether or not people are getting livable wages, etc. It seems Nature will be the great interventionist; otherwise, it's a wash and repeat cycle. Your take? .Joan

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You are right, in a way. People ARE constantly "distracted". But only because they CHOOSE to be. It's always a matter of choice. Opting for Taylor Swift over Gaza is a decision. And actually a very deliberate one at that. Look at the Comment Section of this Substack, for example. All these people who were parading their spirituality for months here and probably for years and decades outside and who, at the same time, seem to have no qualms about supporting the Democratic Party or Biden even after 12 000 dead kids. Do you think they are somehow manipulated into such a stance against their will? They don't know what they are doing? Are you going to describe them as zombies brainwashed by entertainment blended with propaganda? Because they'd disagree. And that would be for a good reason. The reason being they know what they are doing. They simply make their choices...

Back to our million dollar question, though... The Great Depression created the need for something like the New Deal. And FDR proved to be instrumental in terms of eventually introducing it. But what made this introduction possible? I would agree that the Oligarchy has a more comprehensive control over all the institutions now if compared to the 20-30s. But the situation wasn't much better at the time. And it was incomparably worse as far as access to information goes (I'm not a dyed-in-the-wool fan of social media, but...where are we having this discussion?) The Elites of that period already controlled pretty much everything. And those Robber Barons were no less rapacious than modern ones. So why had they conceded? Or rather... why did they have to concede?

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Zoetroper, I am not sure they ever conceded but just went undercover. Did you see this good piece by Robert Reich today? It's an example of the realities of uncontrolled wealth in our society that keeps the gap wide. So the barons have never gone away...maybe just more clever? https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/WhctKKZWfcwBtKVkFTvxQgpQVJxnKjKcNrlNdmCqZDVjQRbhrCXmpqfcBmztsTBrLfPdHvGhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/WhctKKZWfcwBtKVkFTvxQgpQVJxnKjKcNrlNdmCqZDVjQRbhrCXmpqfcBmztsTBrLfPdHvG

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I didn't mean that they had ceded even an ounce of their overall power or control or privilege. Of course, not. But they had to concede this specific thing - the New Deal. They had to...deal with it :) Why?

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Feb 20·edited Feb 20

Yes, they never really conceded at all but instead have spent the past several decades working behind the scenes to undue what FDR accomplished since it made them fighting mad and they knew the only way was to legislate the changes they desire--and they haven't quit trying--as you have noticed!

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Feb 19·edited Feb 19

I just think Trump supporters have been innoculated against economic policies that would help them because they associate them with fear-based vilification of "others" like immigrants, the LGBTQ community, choice advocates, people concerned about the environment, and people crying out against gun violence. It's all they care about. Those issues conveniently short-circuit policy discussions because their imagined foes are painted as the reason for all of their woes, including economic ones. I think this reframing of the problem makes it very hard to convince them that government programs (which they've also been conditioned to fear) will help them as long as those evil "others" roam free. It's right out of Hitler's playbook, and Trump's team has known that all along.

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I have to try tell you Marianne you don't Disappoint. You are steadfast in your resolve and impeccable in your determination. Anyone who has the the ' eyes to see', will know you do possess the courage and determination to stand up to these godless people who are ruining our Nation. Both democrat and republican alike.

It is so easy to fall into dispair in these Dark Days that are upon us. God's Children truly get 'hurt' both Spiritually and physically by just hearing about and seeing Evil. It hurts us to see others suffer, to be lied to. Even Jesus faltered when touched by evil. Mark5:28-30. The godless mock us. Say we are too weak. Because we do not possess the same 'thick skin' like they do ... Like the snakes they are.

You once said... That maybe God is waiting for us to call Him, instead of everyone just waiting around for God (like the calvary) to come rushing out of the horizon to save us.

I believe that also. But the more I see how cruel Evil is... It becomes apparent to me just how unfair this battle is for (God's Children) to fight against them here ... when they can lie, cheat and murder without impunity. And we 'suffer' just by watching them do it.

That is why we need as you say, a Miracle. We need our Fathers help. We cannot do it without Him.

It is true... The people have been broken, their morals and Good Graces have been compromised. But the fact is, if we are truly at the abyss as you say. than there is no better Time than now to fight them. They continue to destroy us by weakening our Hope and Faith to stand against them.Our God is truly the only one they fear and I am sure it is only when we All pray to our Creator to join us, will we be saved.

I believe He has already put you on a path of His choosing.... Even though you thought it was your idea. I personally feel it would be a Powerful event if All God's Children could come together for a Mass Vigil to petition God to join us in our time of need against these godless heretics in Washington DC. To be

Coordinated with Rev. William Barber and his Repairers of the Breach, Code Pink, Rashida Tlaib and her Arab sisters and Brothers , all our Black and Indigenous brothers and sisters and all others who hate how these evil bastards are running this country.it would be a monumental thing to behold. Just Dreaming

But until than, I wish you all God's blessings in all of your endeavors...

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Keep talking, Marianne! Especially to Americans who are under 35 and came of voting age in a very disenchanted political climate. They do not even know what it means to have a functioning democracy. Obama had total opposition from the Republican Congress. He was a bright light. But the dark forces which have taken over the Republican Party are deeply rooted and have gripped the lesser instincts of dissatisfied Americans and used that against the best interests of the citizenry. The supporters of the Trump brand have become the puppets ( and henchmen) of the international oligarchs.

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I see a pox on both their houses--not just the Republicans.

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As an elected official involved in Depolorization efforts I look forward to your reflections on practical options

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