As always Scott, thanks for being here for us! Hope I can get here daily as I recuperate from my illness although it could be a while. Have a great day, Everyone. All prayers are appreciated for my recovery. Thanks!
The Citizens Bank story is huge. It proves that moving local government funds and organizing at the grassroots level hits these institutions right where it hurts. Absolutely pulling funds if my bank ever finances human suffering!
If I found out that my bank was funding ICE, yes I would definitely pull out my money. I closed ALL of my accounts at JP/Chase Morgan when I found out what they were doing with Epstein.
Seeing real, tangible wins like a major bank caving to community pressure and local towns protecting their water supply is the exact reminder we need right now. The regime can buy headlines, but organized people get results.
I truly believe we are so much stronger because we are quietly organized, Ms. Jonington! I love that we keep getting win after win while the headlines are constantly reporting about his losses! We just keep marching forward!
Great news, Scott! The latest 2 news article wins: Phang's asking for a $1,000 per day penalty for Blanch's stalled Trumpstein files release and the freeze on the Paramount merger. Let's keep the pressure on those miscreants! Less than 100 days till 11/3, we need to keep up the momentum 💪 There are more of us than them and the movement is getting louder and stronger!
Scott, I have to ask, even though it's not good news.
Why is it only Meidas that is covering the escalating war in Iran?
I listened to Ben's coverage this morning. I don't hear anyone else even touching the facts of what is happening. Thanks. I don't know who else to ask about this.
Meidas coverage of the war has been excellent! They also broke the lettuce-gate🥬 story.
March 2025: Taylor Farms contributes $1 million to MAGA Inc., days after the FDA delays the Food Traceability Rule.
The FDA informs Taylor Farms that one of its iceberg lettuce products tested positive for cyclospora, prompting a voluntary recall.
During the cyclospora outbreak: NYT reports Taylor Farms hires a former Trump WH official.
Last week: Taylor Farms executives meet with WH and FDA officials, where the company challenges aspects of the govt’s outbreak conclusions.
Now: Taylor Farms says the FDA apologized, calling the positive test a false positive and stating no Taylor Farms product has tested positive for cyclospora.”
Yes, I think I would take my money out. I think about the bus boycott 🤔 and how united people were to get the job done. We Americans no longer seem to be able to commit to that kind of level of discomfort. Other countries take to the streets daily. A few of us protest, but it's every few months. I'm still boycotting Target, but I can get stuff from other sources, I'm not doing without.
We need to build our inner strength to take some of these hard, meaningful steps.
In the days of the bus boycott, and the civil rights movement generally, there were three TV networks plus PBS. This helped wake some of the white North up to what was happening in the South. The 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, in which four young girls died. The murder of Medgar Evers. The murder of civil rights workers Viola Liuzzo, Andrew Goodman, Mickey Schwerner, and James Chaney. Seeing George Wallace standing in the schoolhouse door -- and especially the hate-filled white faces screaming at Black children trying to go to school. This had been happening in the South since the end of Reconstruction, but without the live visuals it didn't make much of an impression.
One reason the gruesome 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in Mississippi made a huge impression is that he was visiting from Chicago, where his family still lived. His mother, Mamie Till Mobley, insisted on an open-casket funeral so that people could see what was done to her son. This helped inspire the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which started in December of that year.
P.S. If you read up on the Montgomery bus boycott, you'll realize that a lot of community organizing and mutual support went into making it succeed. This is generally true of successful boycotts and strikes. Who do you mean by "we Americans," and where are people 'tak[ing] to the streets daily"?
I recently read the book The Barn. the story of Emmett Till and it shook me to my toes, I cried. The extent of ignorance and hate of the people in the Mississippi Delta were stupifying. I just don't understand and I never will..
Thanks Susanna, I'm aware of the history, and I mean most of us Americans are not marching and protesting daily. Certainly not the 3.5% many experts say we need.
Israel pre October7th had people in the streets every night protesting against the government trying to overturn basic laws and the power of their highest court, after many protested regularly against the Gaza war and for deals to be made to get the hostages back, and Albania recently against the Kirchners.
Compared to the U.S., Israel and Albania are small and relatively self-contained. Maybe pay more attention to what's going on in the U.S. states and large cities, e.g., what went down in Minneapolis in response to the ICE raids and then the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Resistance to ICE is happening everywhere. Keep in mind, too, that just because you haven't heard about it, doesn't mean it's not happening.
I hear you Lori, on how weak the people seem to be. On the other hand, I do hear more and more people avoiding the Big Box stores and online outlets like Amazon. The news does filter down about the connection between THE VERY RICH and where we spend our money.
Yea, I think ultimately we can't discount that if we each DO SOMETHING using our voice, our money, our bodies, in our local community, on line, on social media, it will make a difference. 🙏
🚨 Push for a pause to the development of AI to ensure the safety of humanity. https://bit.ly/4twnWMU
Pass Bill to Create 25th Amendment Commission https://tinyurl.com/44afaxvd
Stop Trump’s Illegal Plan to Destroy the US Forest Service: https://tinyurl.com/mrx8cvv7
Demand Acting AG Blanche release ALL of the Epstein files: https://tinyurl.com/2uc9vca9
Defend voting rights! https://tinyurl.com/3f3m728j
Stop Trump from deporting people with Temporary Protected Status https://tinyurl.com/yc8rfa7j
As always Scott, thanks for being here for us! Hope I can get here daily as I recuperate from my illness although it could be a while. Have a great day, Everyone. All prayers are appreciated for my recovery. Thanks!
All done!
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The Citizens Bank story is huge. It proves that moving local government funds and organizing at the grassroots level hits these institutions right where it hurts. Absolutely pulling funds if my bank ever finances human suffering!
Only works if you don't put your money back after
Definitely. I hope those people do not give back their money back to Citizens.
Use credit unions!
Agree....I wont do business there again!
Absofuckinglutely!!!!
If I found out that my bank was funding ICE, yes I would definitely pull out my money. I closed ALL of my accounts at JP/Chase Morgan when I found out what they were doing with Epstein.
Seeing real, tangible wins like a major bank caving to community pressure and local towns protecting their water supply is the exact reminder we need right now. The regime can buy headlines, but organized people get results.
I truly believe we are so much stronger because we are quietly organized, Ms. Jonington! I love that we keep getting win after win while the headlines are constantly reporting about his losses! We just keep marching forward!
Nicely worded!!
Great news, Scott! The latest 2 news article wins: Phang's asking for a $1,000 per day penalty for Blanch's stalled Trumpstein files release and the freeze on the Paramount merger. Let's keep the pressure on those miscreants! Less than 100 days till 11/3, we need to keep up the momentum 💪 There are more of us than them and the movement is getting louder and stronger!
I am loving all of these good happenings, thanks to all for the effort! I'm almost up on cloud nine. Many, many thanks!!
Scott, I have to ask, even though it's not good news.
Why is it only Meidas that is covering the escalating war in Iran?
I listened to Ben's coverage this morning. I don't hear anyone else even touching the facts of what is happening. Thanks. I don't know who else to ask about this.
Meidas coverage of the war has been excellent! They also broke the lettuce-gate🥬 story.
March 2025: Taylor Farms contributes $1 million to MAGA Inc., days after the FDA delays the Food Traceability Rule.
The FDA informs Taylor Farms that one of its iceberg lettuce products tested positive for cyclospora, prompting a voluntary recall.
During the cyclospora outbreak: NYT reports Taylor Farms hires a former Trump WH official.
Last week: Taylor Farms executives meet with WH and FDA officials, where the company challenges aspects of the govt’s outbreak conclusions.
Now: Taylor Farms says the FDA apologized, calling the positive test a false positive and stating no Taylor Farms product has tested positive for cyclospora.”
https://meidastouch.substack.com/p/today-in-politics-bulletin-422-72026?r=fqsxl&utm_medium=ios
OMG!!! there went my cloud nine. The lies and deception continue nonstop.
Sorry to bring up the bad stuff. I appreciate Scott every day for keeping the look positive.
I’d pull out ALL ties, money to my bank if it were funding the I.C.E. goon squads. . . in a heartbeat.
I'm with you 100%, Nancy
Yes, if I found out my bank was bankrolling ICE, I would pull my money out.
Yes, I think I would take my money out. I think about the bus boycott 🤔 and how united people were to get the job done. We Americans no longer seem to be able to commit to that kind of level of discomfort. Other countries take to the streets daily. A few of us protest, but it's every few months. I'm still boycotting Target, but I can get stuff from other sources, I'm not doing without.
We need to build our inner strength to take some of these hard, meaningful steps.
In the days of the bus boycott, and the civil rights movement generally, there were three TV networks plus PBS. This helped wake some of the white North up to what was happening in the South. The 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, in which four young girls died. The murder of Medgar Evers. The murder of civil rights workers Viola Liuzzo, Andrew Goodman, Mickey Schwerner, and James Chaney. Seeing George Wallace standing in the schoolhouse door -- and especially the hate-filled white faces screaming at Black children trying to go to school. This had been happening in the South since the end of Reconstruction, but without the live visuals it didn't make much of an impression.
One reason the gruesome 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in Mississippi made a huge impression is that he was visiting from Chicago, where his family still lived. His mother, Mamie Till Mobley, insisted on an open-casket funeral so that people could see what was done to her son. This helped inspire the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which started in December of that year.
P.S. If you read up on the Montgomery bus boycott, you'll realize that a lot of community organizing and mutual support went into making it succeed. This is generally true of successful boycotts and strikes. Who do you mean by "we Americans," and where are people 'tak[ing] to the streets daily"?
I recently read the book The Barn. the story of Emmett Till and it shook me to my toes, I cried. The extent of ignorance and hate of the people in the Mississippi Delta were stupifying. I just don't understand and I never will..
So awful. If you're ever in DC, The African American museum has a room set up like the funeral of Emmett Till, its a very powerful exhibit.
Thanks Susanna, I'm aware of the history, and I mean most of us Americans are not marching and protesting daily. Certainly not the 3.5% many experts say we need.
Israel pre October7th had people in the streets every night protesting against the government trying to overturn basic laws and the power of their highest court, after many protested regularly against the Gaza war and for deals to be made to get the hostages back, and Albania recently against the Kirchners.
Compared to the U.S., Israel and Albania are small and relatively self-contained. Maybe pay more attention to what's going on in the U.S. states and large cities, e.g., what went down in Minneapolis in response to the ICE raids and then the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Resistance to ICE is happening everywhere. Keep in mind, too, that just because you haven't heard about it, doesn't mean it's not happening.
True, true.
I hear you Lori, on how weak the people seem to be. On the other hand, I do hear more and more people avoiding the Big Box stores and online outlets like Amazon. The news does filter down about the connection between THE VERY RICH and where we spend our money.
Yea, I think ultimately we can't discount that if we each DO SOMETHING using our voice, our money, our bodies, in our local community, on line, on social media, it will make a difference. 🙏
And GOTV in November! 😉
Preach it!
The power of people. Each one of our voices are huge!
What bank is next? If it’s north eastern NJ, I’ll be there with bells on.
Yes I would find a different bank. I vote with my feet.
Absolutely I would pull my money out if my bank was funding ICE.
Yes I would remove my money.
Great news!!!!!