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For 400 years so much of our male leadership in America has betrayed all human beings. The solution will include more women and moms in positions of power. Their heart and grace will be a massive part of the light that rebuilds humanity. The other part of the solution is to begin building children who are so mentally and emotionally positively empowered that they cannot possibly become seduced by the insanity that has devoured so many good people. The Adams sisters and their, "Paper for Water" are examples of our human potential to do great things. This needs to be the norm not the exception. If we want better people in the white house we are going to have to build better people. One generation at a time. Dismantling what the white man has done and still is doing, may well be our highest priority. We need generations of female presidents to undue the harm the white man has done.

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Hope you send us a registration link for Feb 16!!! Guess what, my song Don't Lose Heart made it to #1 in 180 countries last summer! Glad you're in D.C.!!! CandaceAsher.com

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"Either the experiment is going to end, or it’s going to be revitalized. Which one it will be is entirely up to us" ... And it is up to us ... We need to support these candidates and tip the balance in Congress from a "Corporatist Congress" to a "For the People Congress" ... We need to donate and support them! ... Thank you Marianne ... Your voice is needed!

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I agree with you and also believe we must form a coalition of women who have the hearts and minds to make these changes. After the very first debate in 2020 when they broke all the democratic candidates into 2 groups over 2 nights. I sent an email from Twitter to you Marianne, Tulsi, Yang, Beto, Castro and suggested you all form a coalition with each other and any others you thought understood the need. Tell everyone at the second debate if any of you won the nomination for president the rest would be in the executive admin. We all know that didn’t happen.

But it can and must happen now. Women are more than 50% of the voters, runs this coalition as a non party, all parties welcome, all the independents, 3rd parties and former non voters will join you. It will take all of us to over come the power elite corruption of the duopoly. As it gains momentum the frustrated, humanity first, congress members will join in this coalition.

I’m so proud of the Justice Democrats for helping get more young people of color and integrity into politics. RepresentUS.com for the years of state level work to get RCV. Yang’s HumanityForward for supporting candidates at all levels and you Marianne for doing the same now.

I think if you are willing and I know you are able to start this Coalition of Independent Women for Humanity. We could have an executive administration of all women. Mothers, grandmothers, young, single, married, widowed. But passionate about real, honest, humanity first governance.

Please bring this idea to the table for a conversation.

I’m counting on you. It’s your time to lead this coalition of Women.🌏🕊💕

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Excellent! Thank you for doing this Holy Work! xoxo

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If it's any consolation, according to some archeologists, the initial human civilizations were peaceful, cooperative and egalitarian. There is hope that a return to love, can turn it around. https://youtu.be/BRV8EiXS_q4

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The Course teaches that a problem needs to be tackled at it's source. It also teaches that there are no problems. Heal the problem of the separation that never really occurred and you have the answer. Everyone needs to be taught to transcend the ego. Everyone needs to read and study A Course in Miracles. Miracles will save the world. (I do apologise that what I have written isn't exactly in line with the intention of today's article but this is 'Transform' and as Gandhi said and is regularly quoted as saying "to transform the world we must begin with ourselves.")

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I am totally inspired that we are moving out of the old world and allowing the unfolding of a new world, or the world that's always been here that we haven't been open to before - the Heaven on Earth that is often referenced. I believe in this world because it's the only world I hear about in all the different zoom calls and events that I attend. I don't have TV and I haven't for over 30 years so I am not exposed to the world that is presented in the media. We are moving out of a world of survival and into a world of thrive, because more and more people are talking about what they want more of instead of talking about what they don't want. I have an intention that I say everyday that maybe some of you all might be interested in saying as well -

Humanity – WE feel and know that OUR highest good is now coming to US. WE hold OUR miracle intention -that all governments of the world are transformed, benevolent, loving custodians of the people they serve, working towards global peace, Unity and Universal abundance. …..with Love in OUR hearts and WE see it manifesting in OUR lives in perfect timing. WE give thanks, And so it is.

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A simple formula is all that is needed. Point out that they are dividers by showing their division. Expose their puppeteers by showing their strings. I support you all, your power together is compelling.

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Thank you for focusing on the corporate corruption issue. This is fundamental. This is why our corporate media simply cannot be trusted. As they lied us into wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, they are now trying to lie us into a wasteful war with Russia. This why our corporate owned politicians deceive us. (Professional con artists are always skillfully convincing.) Schumer and Pelosi are every bit as corrupt as McConnell and McCarthy. This corruption is deeply entrenched and will not be simple to root out. But being aware of it is the necessary starting point.

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You have great intentions but the solution is to elect Representatives that are Independents. Both Parties have an image problem and too much baggage. When Tulsi could not break through in the polls, I came up with a solution to get an Independent Party candidate, elected as President.

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The current situation harkens back to another trying time when the late John Prine sang in "Chain of Sorrow":

You can gaze out the window, get mad and get madder

Throw your hands in the air, say, "What does it matter?"

But it don't do no good to get angry,

So help me, I know.

For a heart stained in anger grows weak and grows bitter.

You become your own prisoner as you watch yourself sit there

Wrapped up in a trap of your very own

Chain of sorrow.

So the new generation of leaders who will cut the strings pulled by corporatists (great neologism by the way) offer promise and keep me from staring out the window getting madder by the day. Instead of protecting opiod peddlers, we need to protect the human resources that make the United States strong.

I'll be sure to tune in.

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I am one of those cynical people and I believe that the experiment is dead. There are still incredible people like you out there who keep fighting, but this is a nation of functional idiots and if people have not woken up to this moment, they will never will. I will still attend since I try to do what you encourage as in "You don't have to win the war, but you can't abandon the struggle", but I have no hope. Every progressive candidate that I have supported and gave money too, either lost to corporate shills by wide margins (Nina Turner and Alex Morse come to mind) or just betrayed their promises after election (AOC, attending gala like a moron, or Edd Markey for promoting censorship). The progressive movement has been abject failure and seems to only promote cowards and liars. The absolute corruption in our government has been present for decades and has been in the open for the past 20 years and things are getting worse and population is becoming more and more stupid, hateful and divided.

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By the way, for those who didn't catch the nuance in the "RCV" reference,

here is some info to describe what it means :

First, the source page: https://campaignlegal.org/

This is one of their educational links:

https://campaignlegal.org/democracyu

A good explanation of Ranked Choice Voting:

https://campaignlegal.org/democracyu/accountability/ranked-choice-voting

RCV is one of many tools outlined in the Democracy-U policy page.

Very much worth the time for your *followers to read.

Have a great day, Marianne.

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Marianne - I came here to talk about stumbling into your interview with Judy Woodruff during the 2020 campaign - the absolute best interview you gave, in my opinion - and how I would like to see you progress with your political interest if you REALLY want to be active in the coming elections (not as a candidate, but as an ORGANIZER, since here you seem to have a flair).

But when I read the comments below, I decided to engage your other readers.

There's some really good stuff in the comments here.

I hope you can really hear some of it, and take it into consideration.

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