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Amazing! Thank you both! Olivia, you are such a badass! Thank you for being an amazing example and calling out the Christian manipulation/hypocrisy that’s happening!

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Respectfully: Please get some help with the audio quality. I've missed your voice in my ears for the past year, but the audio quality needs some help.

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It sounds OK to me.

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Olivia Troye is my hero!…and yea! more great dog pictures

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“Fearless Foe of Falsity”

Thank you for your expertise and courage to stand up as exemplary female. You outshine the darkest days of anti/democracy. Your shield is the truth.

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Is Patel more unfit for FBI head than Bondi as AG, RFK Jr, Hegseth, Gabbard, or Vaught? Even little Marco, the so called normie, is way over his skis.

But it is kinda of fun watching one con man make a stooge of another con man…. Trump is being out maneuvered… Trump is a half wit and Musk 3 quarters of a wit.. and they are making America great again? Or poor again

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Up and at 'em Atom Ants! We can do this! Find avenues and your voice--do not give up or give in!

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Excellent discussion between you and your guest, Ms. Troye. I am no longer surprised when some women demonstrate that they have more cojones than their male colleagues. More power to her.

In my opinion, we lost the respect from many of our allies when we, the US electorate, chose to return Donald J Trump to the White House. In my opinion, our foreign relations will never be the same.

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Guantanamo is NOT being prepared for Mexicans crossing in Texas or Haitians crossing the Caribbean. It is being prepared for American enemies of Trumpism, out of reach of even a Trump Department of Justice.

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Isn't the point of Gitmo is that it is outside of the jurisdiction of the US? That was the Bush reasoning if I remember correctly. Is that still in effect?

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My assumption (not "guess", that's too weak to describe my conviction) is that not only will the Bush justification of Guantanamo be reinstituted, it will be expanded to include imprisonment of American citizens in outright defiance of the 1st, 4th, and 5th (imprisonment without due process) Amendments. Essentially, these detainees will be non-persons with no rights at all. Trump:

"You want them back? Come get them. I've instructed the Marine Corps to provide you with accommodations".

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Thank you Olivia for your expertise and knowledge. 👏🏽💙

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I am so happy you are back, Charlie. It’s so great to hear your voice again. I’m really enjoying the new pod but I miss your opening monologue/news summaries that you did on the old pod. I guess I just want to hear more of your thoughts on everything. Thanks so much for jumping back in. You’ve been missed.

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Great show Charlie! Love and respect Olivia Troye.

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Thank you Charlie. I am so glad that you are back. Have been reading your emails for the year, but had missed your podcasts.

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Thanks for this podcast with Olivia, a true hero. I love the description of the cabinet: clownish and absurd. And the spectacle of Noem in what is supposed to be a serious job?!? This is further proof that it’s all about the show and ratings. With all of them! At the risk of being accused of watching the show, I will wait to see most if not all of them thrown in the woodchipper under the bus!

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Hey Charlie- wish all of you starting these substacks could get under one umbrella -maybe Steve Job’s widow, source of The Atlantic’s solid footing,would underwrite something like that or another billionaire on our side. TBH, if I became a paid subscriber to the many substacks I have free access to, it would be 20x monthly cost of cancelled WP subscription. You should find a way to bundle… just saying.

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Charlie, I have to say I really miss your daily written words. The interviews are excellent, but I often read your wonderful emails when I am sitting at a gallery I volunteer at or just because I love to read. Your opinions matter to us so thanks for everything you do!

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Olivia, like so many of us, has values that run more than an inch deep and aren't just about her wants and needs. We love our country more than a low price for eggs and gas. I just got my new passport and on the first page it says "of the people, by the people, for the people". Some people forget it means ALL the people.

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