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Yuri Bezmenov's avatar

Thanks for fighting for our civilization, Joe. Charlie and Iryna are martyrs. We need to win the narrative and culture while dismantling leftist msm propaganda that leads to and memory holes tragedies: https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/iryna-zarutska-nyt-propaganda

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Syd Thompson's avatar

Your courage should and needs to be infectious. I confess that I feel helpless trying to make a difference, and know that it is the wrong place to be. Thank you for all that you do. Hopefully, if said enough, there will be a turning point and get back-benchers like me into the game.

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Bill McGannnon's avatar

Imagine what a healthy city could look like?

Healthy public schools not influenced by special interest groups or unionized teachers?

A solid police force that behaved not like a military invasion force?

Government that listened to the community not the lobbyists and employees that acknowledged they are civil servants and actually worked a 8 hour day

Highways and neighborhood streets not full of pot holds.

Trash collectors that actually picked up all the trash.

Neighborhoods that did not fear night time and criminal activity.

Go figure

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Eaton Moregina's avatar

Well said. God Bless.

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Sam Havelock's avatar

So this notion of governance seems to have escaped the collective understanding of those elected to govern. Both left and right share blame. Deeply embedded special interests undermining the health and vitality of a nation through lobbyists. Politicians whose only interest is re-election to self serve while conducting insider trading at scale and in plain sight. Big Pharma's stranglehold on Washington and a Health Care system that increases cost and delivers worse patient outcomes. A middle class and job market for new entrants deteriorating at an unprecedented scale. Then finally Social Media's radicalization of American Society against each other in search of digital engagement because of the business model. This isn't the America I risked my life to defend, and it isn't the one that my father conducted amphibious landings in WW2 to guarantee a future worth having. But I trust in God and I trust there will be a way out. I pray for it every day. May Christ hold Charlie and his family in the palm of his hands as Charlie begins his Glorious Journey.

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Philip Livingston's avatar

Well said Joe. We need real solutions and your outline is important start.

Spending $100M of taxpayer money on lobbying is unbelievable.

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Brian Freed's avatar

Thank you for your leadership

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Ben Slivka's avatar

Amen Brother.

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Ira Stoll's avatar

Good stuff. See relatedly this piece from a few days ago. https://www.theeditors.com/p/trump-should-take-over-bostons-south-station

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