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Doreen D's avatar

I literally cried. I was so ashamed and sick to my stomach. It’s a sad day in America.

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Catherine McKalip-Thompson's avatar

Almost worse than the horrible event itself is the complete deception in the interpretation by the right wingers. Marc Thiessen is either insane or an evil Liar. Those are the only two explanations for his opposite world depiction.

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Vivian's avatar

Thank you for speaking up & pushing back.

Yes,Adam, “if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck…”… in what world would we ever have imagined a US president to align our country with Russia? I’m just glad my daddy who proudly fought in WWII didnt live to see this. Chaney/ Kinzinger or Kinzinger/Chaney ticket asap.

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gail's avatar

I'm with Adam..he's a russian agent..not foolin!

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Twinky's avatar

The United States has in the space of 4 minutes completely destroyed any respect on the world stage as a mature and responsible global leader of the free world!! This is school yard bully tactics which the lowest and most deplorable and immature behavior and complete lack of restraint or State decorum of mature adult men!!!!!!

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Max the Cat's avatar

Like Adam, I have been swearing practically all the time now, which was not normal for me before Trump, but it just seems the only way to express what I’m experiencing! Given the current makeup of Congress I don’t know how we get Trump and Vance removed from office, but we must…. for treason. I agree Trump IS clearly compromised by Russia, and both are clearly (to me) wildly corrupt as well, using their offices for their own gain.

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Nancele Horton's avatar

Voices raised by Trump!

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Karen Hormel's avatar

Moses (RIP) and I totally agree. As we're 6000 miles away, while we receive all major cable and broadcast news outlets, they are mostly shortened by varying degrees. The Oval Office cluster fu** was, however, aired in full. QUESTION: We saw about a half hour of Fox--mostly clips of Laura and Jesse and the interview with President Zelensky. While the Oval Office video played in the background, it was soundless as the "news people" aired their grievances against Zelensky. Did they ever air the full video with sound? If not, one must wonder why.

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ChattyLion's avatar

Just throwing this out there on all the message boards I can. On April 19, 1775, the American Revolution started at Lexington and Concord with the “shot heard round the world.” April 19, 2025, just 50 days from today, is the 250th anniversary of that momentous event. How powerfully symbolic it would be to see thousands of people marching against our self proclaimed “king.” Is there any plan for a day of protest? How can we make this happen?

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Catherine McKalip-Thompson's avatar

Excellent idea! It conveniently falls on Saturday as well.

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Mary Flammer's avatar

Thank you!

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JVN's avatar

Thank you for the emergency video. It’s greatly appreciated. You are both voices of sanity and reason during this very difficult time. I have never seen such shame and embarrassment brought upon our country as we witnessed on Friday.

But it’s not just Trump and JD. Here’s Indiana congresswoman, Victoria Sparta - the only Ukrainian member of Congress, appearing on OAN with Matt Gaetz berating Zelensky and praising tRump as the dear strong leader we need to bring peace. Betraying her own home country. Wtf. How do you square that circle?!?

https://www.rawstory.com/victoria-spartz-2671243837/

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Karen Ennis's avatar

For people who take comfort in the thought that the cowards in Congress can be voted out, I fear it will be too late. The government and the guardrails have been purged, Trump will ignore court decisions, and we may never see another free and fair election.

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Rosemary Orlandi's avatar

What happened in the oval office Friday was obscene, disgusting !

I am 82. I have been watching politics for a long time. I still cannot believe

what I saw and heard. I am having a hard time processing this.....

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Amy A.'s avatar

I'm 55 and same....

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Laura Graham's avatar

Thank you.

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jpg's avatar

Trump promised that he would end the war in 24 hours (after being elected? Or maybe sworn in?). Odds of that were nil, odds of Trump ending the war in 2025, very low to nil, especially if you believe Putin wants Ukraine, the Baltic and Poland. So Trump has to blame someone else for his failure, what better Reality TV than an orchestrated ambush. Pathetic.

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Jan Krehel's avatar

What trump did is called GASLIGHTING. Ask women, they know about this. Trump now has a reason to discontinue any support for Ukraine. He thinks doing this on camera, so that he can use "disrespect" for the USA as an excuse, will protect him from his opponents. Putin asked for this. Putin owns trump and now Putin owns the USA.

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