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Kristin's avatar

Kimmel is back, btw. We DO have power; we just need to coordinate our response!

Blue Dot in MT's avatar

I write I call - crickets! I’m in a red state with 4 MAGA representatives. They listen to nothing. They’re ignorant greedy and know full well that the MAGA machine will buy the next election for them.

ellmarree's avatar

I agree 100%. I call , I write and will continue to. I found many offices have “ our mail is full”! Instead of just hanging up the phone, I call the switchboard and ask that my message be sent. It gets sent directly from the switchboard. We call, we write and we STAND UP for our Constitution & Democracy. We are fortunate to have Stacey Abrams fighting with truth! DEI is alive!

Jacqueline Henriquez's avatar

Email. All of our members of Congress in both houses, have an email address.

Pamela Usrey's avatar

I shame them about what they are doing will do to THEIR families ie children and grand children. I also talk about how history will remember them. ie Hitler, Stalin, Franco, and their enablers.

I talk about what will happen when they fail to them and their families.

All this might not move them but I hope they think about these things in the dark when the house is silent and they cannot sleep.

Also, it makes me feel better to say how I feel and know I tried. I say calling is better than nothing. I think an email or letter might be better. Makes more of an impression and I think more of your thoughts might can through than just a recording on a phone that someone lightly.summarizes. I also attended a NO Kings protest and do boycotts of products companies and stores.

Pamela Usrey's avatar

Man, I must have been tired when I wrote the above. Should have checked it. This has started with my aging. Sorry

Marilyn Sieckmann's avatar

I will continue to write to my representatives about what we want

Kristin's avatar

Same here (NE): the avoid hearing us. Deb Fisher has a list of people not allowed into her public meetings. Pete Ricketts is doing the same now. (Flood is the only one holding public meetings...and suffering for it...maybe have seen clips of these on Colbert and MSNBC.) I used to think they believed the next election will be bought, but now wonder if it will be rigged, due to one company now owning voting machines (& related programs), so they are just raking in money from insider trading while things fall apart. Plus, T has loyalists in M.Zuckerberg and J.Bezos.

Christy B.'s avatar

I'm sorry to hear that. It's terrible to feel unrepresented. I've been there.

Are they holding townhalls? If not, and maybe even if so, maybe you can call or email the office of AOC or Bernie Sanders or another Dem Senator or Rep you like and ask them to do a townhall in your area. Tell them it's an opportunity to flip some red to blue. It's worth a try.

Best of luck!

Deborah Hart's avatar

Maybe 🤔 Trump will leave it high and dry like he has everyone else. Perhaps a position for someone smart like you can run and win.

TerryWells's avatar

Trust that as small as you think your one voice is… when joined with others is THE LOUDEST VOICE IN THE WORLD!

Ruthless Patriot (peaceful)'s avatar

Me too SickOfIt. It is so hard. I use my energy organizing in other ways.

Love & strength to you❤️

Julia Christelle's avatar

I’m in a Blue state, but the electoral districts for the U. S. House are entirely gerrymandered to make sure that we get 3 Dems and 3 Republicans in the U.S. House. I don’t think that my U.S. Rep (Tom Emmer) have ever agreed on any issue. And before Emmer, we had nutcase Michelle Bachman.

Blue Dot in MT's avatar

Yeah a lot of people do t like democracy

Claerice Falls's avatar

Republicans are trying too rewrite history. Trump clearly called for his followers to FIGHT .He is completely guilty of trying to over throw the election.No matter what republicans say it’s on tape for anyone to see .Protect that clip for all humanity to see.We must push forward and put the truth out there. There will always be the non believers,we can’t stop those numb skulls,they live with there head buried in the sand.We must win this battle or it will happen again.And the next time we may not be so lucky to have it all on tape for the world to see.

Everybody's Mamá's avatar

Boycotting is a very powerful way to support our ECONOMIC BLACKOUTS & DISRUPTIONS designed to bring down the oligarchs! Here's a list of businesses and reasons to boycott them:

https://onemommy.substack.com/p/boycotts-to-defeat-the-trumps-oligarchs?r=113nff

Livier Ochoa's avatar

With you 100%!!!

Much love from Garden Grove,California. USA!!!

Ellis's avatar

This might sound petty given the seriousness of this conversation. However, I lovevthe fact that Stacey wears her own beautiful hair.

Elizabeth Wright's avatar

Wow this is GREAT. I feel such hope from these solutions. Looking forward to checking out the literature. Thank you for this blueprint on fighting back against authoritarianism. We NEED this NOW.

I'm in Canada, but we have hints of this issue popping up and it's never a bad time to build community and protect the good in humanity. Let's show up! ❤️💪

Elizabeth Wright's avatar

Wow. Watching from Canada. What's happening to you guys can happen here. This is incredibly relevant information. Thank you for such clarity and for putting so much dedication and heart into preparing us with the truth ❤️💪🙏

Oscar Carrizales's avatar

Amen , so shall it be. See it, manifest it.

AR's avatar

Totally understand. TN!!!!

Andrea B's avatar

I’m afraid that this goes much deeper than Trump; that he is the designated mouthpiece for much more powerful and darker power.

Deborah Hart's avatar

Power starts much deeper. Plus it starts long before anyone knows. Horrid ideas that take the unsuspecting public by surprise. Those that wish to have freedom and democracy can not sleep or these people will run over us in the dark. They will offer no help and they have no consciences or empathy.

Christy B.'s avatar

It can look bleak out there, but taking action really does help us to feel EMPOWERED again, especially if we're SHARING with others what we've done and ENCOURAGING them to do the same or something else. Everyone can do something. And even you posting your comment was doing something, and it got MY attention so there's that. 🤗

TIP: A starting point could be sharing the website 10stepscampaign.org on your own substack or subscribing to Stacey Abrams "Assembly Required" substack. Bringing info to others or leading others to find their own info IS doing something. From there you may get yet more feedback. Keep the faith. Know that you're not alone.

Be well!

Andrea B's avatar

I believe this started in the Nixon era in the 1970’s, with the Heritage Foundation.

Ellis's avatar

Its much bigger than a moron like trump.

OutInNaturePhoto's avatar

It goes deeper than just the US. Read Whitney Webbs “One Nation Under Blackmail,”

Mercedes Harrington's avatar

You're correct tRump is the mouth piece of a truly dangerous nation. This country is in complete turmoil! I commit!!!

Andrea B's avatar

That is absolutely true. I had only thought of the people surrounding him. You’re right, though! It is much of the nation that wants this. That is dangerous and terrifying.

Mercedes Harrington's avatar

We must find each other (same mind set) and commit to what’s right! 🙏🏽🤲🏽❣️

XSan XSan's avatar

Agree, for the obvious reasons!

Awage4's avatar

I still think the people hold the power. Our job is getting more on board and eyes opened.

Dobie Chessman's avatar

Stephen Miller and Russel Voight are unhinged the show. Trump is just a distraction. Next year JD Vance will call Trump incompetent and take power for the Heritage Foundation. ((In my opinion.).

Jennifer Ringwald's avatar

That's a brilliant opinion that measures up 😁👏

Boatsailor566's avatar

That greasy fat ass cunts is a multi time LOOOOOSER !!!%

Dumber than A Very VERY big ass bag of liquid dog shit !!!%

Paddy Holly's avatar

Miller, Vought, Theil, Carr and the Zionist OILYgarchs are the Ruling Elite.

Zionism is a Political Ideology NOT a Religious One.

Donold is a yappy PINO who's quickly becoming a liability. V.D is the uuncharasmatic Heir Apparent. Eeew!

Sydney Levine's avatar

I wish this post put Stacey Abrams on top, not himself listening to Ger. The print obscures her speaking.

Kelly Zachrich's avatar

Love this!! Thank you!’

Boatsailor566's avatar

Keep sucking that media cock princess guzzle down the demokkkrat jizz slave monkey !!!%

Nancy Banaszak's avatar

Kahlil, I love your platform! And Stacey Abrams is amazing and inspiring!

Margaret Cameron's avatar

Awesome interview Kahlil!

I am from Arkansas.

Christy B.'s avatar

Ohhh. Is Tom Cotton your Senator or Boozman? If so, I understand why you're here looking for answers. Cotton is up for re-election in 2026, and he's on the hot seat to prove he's going to help the farmers in AK who are really struggling. They need markets, workers and capital. Even if 64% are said to have voted for Trump, there's a ripe opportunity for Dems to convert hearts and minds there and to turn Cotton's seat BLUE in 2026 and to vote BLUE in 2028.

I'd reach out (call/email) to the Bill Clinton Foundation and ask them what they can do. They may be able to get some Dems to do a townhall there or give you some other ideas. One step at a time. One voice can make a difference. Best to you!

Yeh Tung's avatar

Good interview! So good to hear from Stacey Abrams!

Velma's avatar

AR. Arkansan here, born and raised, still here.

These folks been voting red and will stay voting red til they die. They've been told and then SHOWN R's DGAF bout them, but that doesn't matter to them. You gotta understand how these folks minds (don't) work. Status quo is what they like, especially if it hurts a brown or Black person, but not them, then they're extra cool with whatever is happening 😎

They think that even if (has) Wig hurt em, the next white man elected won't and “order” will be restored. They just gotta hold on, or so they think. Elonia said hard times would be coming. Remember that?

Wig said Elonia messed with the votes. Remember that? Yet folks STILL think voting is fool proof when it isn't. Dissent in bloom has amazing articles on here that show who owns what regarding voting machines; the nitty gritty. Please check her out and support her if you feel inclined. She truly knows her stuff with facts, no fluff or reading into what isn't there. She put in one place what i knew from reading various articles with trickle truth.

Wig said we wouldn't have to have another election if he was voted in. I think that's one instance where he told the absolute truth. I say this because of P2025, Agenda 2030, etc.

None of us would have ever thought, especially in 2025, we'd be in 1930s Deutschland with a dicktator, yet here we are. The parallels are so strong that one would have to be a fool to not see them…or so blinded by white supremacy, which America has been for generations, but I digress.

Arkansans had the chance to have a freakin MIT grad as gov, but they chose fuckabee (google the name of AR's gov and her dad, who once was gov here, but now is the ambassador to isnotreal due to his religious background and politics) bc she's white and yuckabee's daughter. Plenty of whites here are now comfortable saying that loudly and that's how it's been confirmed: I heard them.

Chris Jones, the MIT grad i spoke of, is Black and he is what our state and nation needs. He isn't just educated, but is a family man and an actual follower of Christ, not Christian Nationalism which is just a fancy phrase for white supremacy. Again, I digress. He is going to be running for state representative.

Wig has shown her since her election he doesn't care about her either. He denied her request for help for our state. She ain't no better bc she has caused havoc in this state.

Research the podium and trip to Paris. Who paid for all of that? Who lied and the consequences? The podium, she even posted a video saying come get it. Smart mouth wench with no sense.

As u can see, she ain't shit here and lied daily in Washington.

Christy B.'s avatar

It's such a tragic state of affairs when people's hate of color overpowers even their own need for help - that they themselves would rather suffer than do anything to help their fellow man (person of color). That's a true diagnosable sickness! That an entire state could get that way before it ever got stopped, even after so many laws passed, tells me this goes back generationally. Talk about the untold other half of the story of (white) ROOTS and exactly how did a people get so ingrained in that type of mentality and thinking! It sounds like crazy talk, and it's hard for me to relate to that kind of thinking here in CA, but I believe it is how you say it is. I know your state isn't the only one either. I don't know how you make it there.

I do thank you for your input.

And I really enjoyed your style of writing and expressing yourself. I will check out the substack you mentioned, Bloom in Dissent, and the info on the voting machines. There's another substack (The Truth Will Hold?) that has also done a series of articles about

the meddling with voting machines. It certainly is enough to cast doubt on the process and make one wonder how we might ever hold another accurate election. I do recall "him" saying that they (the Evangelists) may never have to vote again of they just vote for him THIS time, but then since his falling out with Musk I thought maybe he won't have access to that kind of technical advice around algorithms this time, but i'm aware that HE is now aware that voting algorithms can be changed, likely doesn't need Musk anymore, and perhaps why he was pushing the paper ballots because those paper readers as I understand it can be tampered with, and why he is so against mail in ballots, which are harder to tamper with or challenge (and judges have certified the ones that were challenged in the 2024 election, for instance in the NC Supreme Court race). Then someone also said Ivanka has purchased voting machines (for use in what election, idk, but that is also curious). So I do think there will be an election, but I'm urging everyone to vote by mail-in ballot, as early as possible, so there will be plenty of time to count the votes - as he has also said he prefers to have all the votes.Come in and be counted in one day. Given how he's been operating, i wouldn't put it past him to call the election closed at midnight on election day, in an attempt to eliminate the votes of millions of people.

Anyway, thanks for the info. We have to me armed with as much information as possible.

And hold his feet to the fire as much as possible in the meantime. I'm very happy that our judicial system is holding strong, at least offering some initial relief at the lower court levels.

Be well!

Paul's avatar

I unsubscribed from TikTok the minute I heard it would be owned by Ellison.

Sheila Planck's avatar

We can talk this to death, we must act. Go over how we do this.

Christy B.'s avatar

10stepscampaign.org or Assembly Required substack.

Thanks for asking!

Prashant Tayshetye's avatar

The First Stage of Genocide Is Not Killing

It is dehumanization.

It is the slow training of a population to believe that some people deserve what happens to them. That some cities are “violent anyway.” That some deaths are “collateral.” That some citizens are “threats.”

It is the cultural decision to treat human beings as problems.

Once that happens, the shooting is easy.

Minneapolis Was Not the End.

It was the rehearsal.

And the rest of the country is now being tested:

Will we demand truth even when it’s uncomfortable?

Will we protect each other even when it’s inconvenient?

Will we resist the narrative machine even when it attacks us personally?

Or will we scroll past the smoke and wait for the fire to reach us?

Because it will.

Not because we are doomed.

But because silence teaches power what it can get away with.

If You’re Reading This, You Are Being Warned.

Not by the government.

Not by the news.

By history.

By pattern recognition.

By the simple fact that violence becomes policy when the public becomes passive.

So don’t just read this. Do something:

talk to people offline

build local networks that don’t rely on platforms

support independent reporting

record and archive events

learn your rights

demand transparency

refuse dehumanization

refuse to look away

Because the future isn’t chosen by the people with the most weapons.

It’s chosen by the people with the most courage.

And courage is contagious—if someone goes first.

Will it be you?

Sheila Planck's avatar

I completely agree with you on the the destabilizing that is happening. When I hear comments like "they are getting what they deserve or they all need to be shipped off," I become livid.

Barb Lewis's avatar

MASSIVE RECALL OF CONGRESS WAKE THESE FUCKERS UP-UNITE-THEY ARE THE ENABLERS

DirtyGirlTrailBlazer's avatar

Stacy Abrams knows what she is talking about!

die weisse Rose 2025's avatar

We need to know the names of the people and corporations funding all of this… most government creatures - even the democrats - are beholden to big money. Name them and boycott! Give your patronage to the small mom and pop shops. ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏼✊️✊🏽🌻

JLeaHthat'sme's avatar

My dream would be seeing her as POTUS! She is what this country needs to heal!

Everybody's Mamá's avatar

For those of you who are bitching that I comment too much. I don't write on behalf of myself. I write in support of the National Anti-tRump / Fight the Oligarchs Resistance.

Many of the writers and broadcasters, their readers and I have a common goal - to bring down the tRump, his administration from hell, his ICE henchmen and the billionaire oligarchs that own and control them all!

I'm not a computer scientist but I do know that the more comments my favorite writers get the stronger their Substack's become. Our country's true leaders are telling us that - the People are the only ones with the power to end this nightmare. The writers/journalists know that spreading the word is the most powerful tool we have to support this new Civil Rights Movement! All of our resistance efforts have failed to bring down the tRump. They fail because the majority of Americans never hear about them.

Most of the organizers are volunteers, many are seniors. They are not professionals. They are not oligarchs with unlimited marketing funds. They don't have corporate sponsors. I found a way to support the organizers and broadcasters at the same time by listening to the broadcasts while using the comments to support the organizers. The writers, the journalist and the resistance organizers all benefit from my comments. United we stand, divided we fall.

I never ask for people to follow me but, my Substack continues to grow. People want to help. They appreciate having optional ways to defeat the tRump. I am already struggling to keep up with my readers I want to respond to them all but I don't have enough time anymore. Unfortunately, my notifications disappear if I can't get to them fast enough (apologies to those I don't get to reply back to). So I was happy to discover that I could save time using the comments while listening to my favorite broadcasters.

No one makes anyone read my comments or anyone else's. Bypass them if you don't like them. Block me if you don't want to see them. If you don't want to save our democracy and restore our civil liberties don't read anything I write.

Thanks for reading. Thanks for supporting the Anti-tRump / Fight the Oligarchs Resistance!

Fekeetsa ANTIFA's avatar

ALL GOOD TROUBLE AND GOOD WORKS START LOCAL.

Kristin's avatar

This morning, nonviolent protesters were being attacked and arrested local police in L.A.? I thought the mayor supported Newsome...yet local police are working with I.C.E.?

Christy B.'s avatar

Troublesome. I suggest capturing in-person video or off of the screen you're watching and send it to the L.A. Mayor and to Newsom and to MSNBC (aka MS-NOW) and bring it to their attention or to that of the public as in send it/bring it to your local news station, or put it on your own substack (go to substack.com and create an account for free).

Newsom HAS increased attempts to curtail crime in CA, but city police are under no obligation to help ICE with immigrant arrests unless there is probable cause, as I believe they operate under separate jurisdictions. If it's happening make them explain WHY. And, in any case, it's lawful to protest non-violently. It's our constitutional right. So I would put any videos you obtain if this nature on blast. You can make a difference.

Be well!

Calleen De Oliveira's avatar

Yes, it’s the entourage, including the supreme court

shewbread's avatar

this should be a top priority

Mair16's avatar

So crystal clear in her explanations