Pour one out for Alexei. I don’t say this to be glib. I am quite serious that at this moment Americans need to take stock. Alexei Navalny represented a spirit of bravery and stoicism in standing up to corruption - and the oppression that always follows it - with a steadfast and unwavering resoluteness.
I had the privilege of watching the CNN Documentary Navalny with Yulia and his children in the audience. Maria Pevchic was interviewed. When we walked out someone said "we may have just seen the future first family of Russia! I was so taken by the heart wrenching Documentary that I prayed daily for him. After he passed I couldn't help but compare him to Christ as there was no room anywhere for Jesus to be born and no funeral home would take Navalny"s body for burial due to fear. God bless democracy and these United States and vote blue to continue to have no fear of showing disagreement with anything in our country!!!💔🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊💙💙💙💙💙✌
The media actually exceeded the frame of time I gave them to forget Alexei which was already pretty short. Though I often talk about the math and who is the audience and if their opinions are of any import which in the scheme of things I don't think so. Other people especially in other countries have not moved on the next big story.
In the end of the day our MSM is a product. It is a show and a boring one if you ask me. Certainly there must be something more stimulating to watch. Mind you I know a lot of people who work in the media. I've been there myself and it was went to school for. I was even put up in Malibu while working for the industry. I like a lot of the people behind the set and oil-makeup. But you ask them personally and to them it is also just a show. Most think anyone who thinks otherwise is a loon and not their problem. Most are primarily concerned with how well they looked and sounded on tv. Their audience share. How well their book is selling. Money. Units moved. Because it's a product and a job.
Just like any of the numerous influencers and monetizers that flood Twitter. Except more often they are selling no product at all other than Views and are equally unaware of to whom which it will often turn out is to no one. Embracing that is part of how many people working in the news media are finding themselves laid off. Because you can't sell something to one.
Ultimately the math works out that the media is in fact trapped within it's own echo chamber and it's audience, more often whom are watching it as entertainment as they use site Twitter for the same are in fact a fractional part of the world populace, US population and registered voters before engaged. In the end the only function they are performing is glaring mindlessly at screens, and there is nothing wrong with that as a past time as we are all doing just this, and chanting the very words they just saw on the screen to no one in particular for views alone.
All the above clock out of this "virtual reality" and head back to real life. I do concern for the one's who I can see have become so hardwired they believe this is their reality and have in turn neglected their real life in trade. Their own children even who I happen to chat with in a support group. But again as a fractional portion of the populace they can't take priority even if they are fancied by the media for it's narratives. Because they are in turn the only ones buying it.
Which comes back to Russia. It is not breaking news to anyone, most especially you that these people be it public servant, public figure or syndicated media have glaring leanings towards Russia. And it is you know and have for a long time the same reason I stated: Money. The Kremlin has a lot of money to burn. Russian oligarchs have a lot of money. They love money more than their own souls and they are accepting that money. We can all see the paper trails. Hence they kiss Putin's ass and have for a long, long time.
Same with Saudi Arabia and shout to my gov Katie Hobbs for sticking it to them. Not that the media cares because their audiences are not entertained by such things. They will be laser focused as usual when it comes to Arizona on whether they think Kari Lake, ugh, is sexy or if she is using a filter. Really and I note a few media outlets that did this in the last cycle no longer exist.
But they are bough and paid for and it should come as no surprise because everything they do circles around making more money. Everyone selling people, again in reality a fraction was is hopeful, taking and being sold and taken from in a big endless loop. All the above only concerned with having the biggest pot of gold themselves. Which reluctantly is why they can never work as a team. They will in time notice the next biggest of gold belongs to the person next to them and try and screw each other to get it. You really don't need to defeat anyone who is set to defeat themselves then when you think about it.
Thus your focus should be on the majority of people. Anyone but them. Your communities. People who need help. Your loved ones. The media underestimates your strength by acknowledging you exist. Because you exist outside of their frame and canon, see? But all the same you do and everything in this country you see was built by people just like you. People who had nothing but each other. And certainly they did not have lit screens and no talent opportunists yet they made due. And when you realize you outnumber them? Fear makes the wolf look bigger as they say and they do spend so much time peddling big fear.
So screw those people. They can rot. That's where I'm at. I care about all of you and everybody else, sincerely. And I have faith in all of you and your capabilities. They can sit and glare at screens until they stink and count money. It's their choice after all. And declare their love for Putin and such even. And I will reserve the right to think they suck when they do this.
Thank you, Noel. Those of us who admired Navalny for his extraordinary courage and patriotism need to keep him alive in our hearts and in our words. His death must become a catalyst for change. It’s up to all of us around the world to make that happen.
Alexi is a true martyr. It's a shame the word has become so tarnished. His cause was "life" for his people.
I wish that especially younger citizens understood the honest differences between our country and *especially, Russia. People feel differently about so much. It's a truly backward and cruel place in many ways. Tucker Carlson tried to show some stupid nonsense. He likely went to the most glamorous supermarket in Russia. We have Las Vegas by comparison.
If Chump died tomorrow, no MAGAt would be arrested for gnashing their teeth and wearing a sackcloth. The rest of us would be dancing in the streets though.
Born in Miami,I left in early 2000s when international Billionaires,began destroying the landscape with grotesque towers of Greed.Monte is Next.In 2022 I counted 20+ gigantic Oligarch yachts on the coast,while I was researching my book. They looked uninhabited, but surely some GOPers were partying.👿⛵⛵⛵Indian Creek was restricted from Jewish ownership most of its history..I guess word came down from Papa,to open the gates.They then cleared the way for Bezzos.Husband architected a house there..Well American Taxpsyers built Kush's 🏡 house s
Here’s my edited /enhanced version after being unable to edit mine if the 17th by way of the “3 dots” in the iPhone /iPad apps. (I do not have a laptop or desk top.)
“Don't forget that the Russian penal system is fostered, permitted, if not dictated by Trump’s idol Putin. Of course, Putin is revered by Trump for being “Strong”. “Strong” against humanity, “Strong” in favor of torture, “Strong” against permitting family visits, “Strong” against permitting a prisoner’s lawyers access, “Strong” against medical care, “Strong” against healthy sleep in prison prevented by constant light, etc.
It will be interesting to see how Trump reacts to any US prison he might ever be put in this country where our worst ones —when compared objectively attribute-by -attribute and as a whole —are light years better than the Putin model. Will Trump complain that the prison he is in is too harsh? Will he call for it to be harsher?
Certainly if he is elected, Dictator Trump will not be in jail after he is elected. It will be terrifying to see whether, if elected, Dictator Trump orders our prisons to be converted to Putin’s system.
(Just one more possible outcome to keep in mind when voting Blue.)
Farfetched alarmist you might think I am, Trump has already announced the military will rule the streets on the first day against ordinary citizens daring to object to his election: imagine “Kent State” on steroids with tanks, bayonets, tear gas, assault rifles.
Just imagine Dictator Trump’s First Day suspension of a) “due process“; b) the Constitution’s ban on and cruel and unusual punishment; c) the unleashing of white supremacist militia with their anti-semitic, anti--Muslim, anti-woman, anti-Asian, anti-gay and trans, anti-black, anti-Anyone—even police & military officers— “if they are anti-Trump” ideas; d) the emergency impeachment of all non-Trump judges and Justices; Congress; e) the wholesale firing of all non-Trump civil service and executive-level hires and appointees; and the millions of deportations and rounding up of population for concentration camps and cages.
ALL of the above have been fore-shadowed & foretold starting with the anti-black Trump rental practices, billboard purchased by Trump decades ago against the Central Park 5, the Muslim ban, “family separations and kids in cages”, and on & on ad nauseum. ALL will be “features” not “bugs” of a 2d & endless Trump RULE.”
And please note: I personally was at Kent State on May 3, 1970 when buildings were starting to be set on fire and tear gas used and on May 4th when the students were killed by the Ohio National Guard and I was on the periphery of the Cleveland riots before that. It is terrifying to see tanks in the streets and just Martial law had been imposed and not also “the Insurrection Act” to my knowledge.
Always recall that when Jared Kushner brings the Prime Minister of Israel to mind, it's Uncle Bibi. Psy-Ops run from Israel helped make djt president back in '16, not just Prigozhin and the St Petersburg troll farm. It all ties together
Noel, one of the many things I admire about you (and there are many) is that it's obvious you read the comments from your subscribers. You "like" so many of them which, because I subscribe to many substacks, I can tell you is unique in itself. I seldom see other authors responding to the comments or likng them. I still get the same burst of pride on substack when you "like" a response as I did for many years on Twitter. Your voice and experiences with the trump family got me through three election cycles and I'm counting on it to get me (and all of us) through this one.
You need to be a guest on every network to share your experiences with him, Celebrity Apprentice, the drugs, diapers, the Russian after parties, etc. You were the first - the very first to talk about the Depends and the guy called "Wet Wipes" on his staff and I believe the first to call attention to the drug use when Adderall flew out of his nose. Perhaps a guest spot on Deadline White House to highlight what you personally witnessed would help spread the message that this disgusting POS cannot be allowed near the Oval Office ever again. Thank you, Noel - for all of it! 💗
I am 62, so recall a bit more of the Cold War than you, Noel. Russian was to be greatly feared. When the wall came down, I never really trusted that anything had changed and when Putin rose to power, it was easy to reclaim that fear. Even for those who did not experience that time as we did, how can they not remember the lessons of WWII? I just don’t understand. And I don’t understand the isolationist point of view. These days, I’m putting a spin on it that drifts into my field but also has roots in history. Highly sensitive persons exist at about 20% of the human population and we’re the ones who understand and think about this kind of stuff with all of its repercussions. The conquerors caused this dynamic 5000 years ago, but it plays out every day everywhere I look. Eighty percent of the people out there really don’t “get it.” I don’t know, it somehow helps me feel better-I guess we are always looking for explanations.
They will not release he’s body to the family! How disgusting is that! His mother is there and they are refusing to let her get her sons body! Putin is quite pleased with this and trump will do the same if he wins the presidential election! We do not want to live under a dictator!!!
I hope ppl will understand how serious this is!!! Noel, Thank you for another wonderful article sir
May Navalny’s memory be a blessing 💙
A great review of the Putin takeover, and a very nice In Memoriam for Navalny, the only Russian hero in my long memory.
I had the privilege of watching the CNN Documentary Navalny with Yulia and his children in the audience. Maria Pevchic was interviewed. When we walked out someone said "we may have just seen the future first family of Russia! I was so taken by the heart wrenching Documentary that I prayed daily for him. After he passed I couldn't help but compare him to Christ as there was no room anywhere for Jesus to be born and no funeral home would take Navalny"s body for burial due to fear. God bless democracy and these United States and vote blue to continue to have no fear of showing disagreement with anything in our country!!!💔🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊💙💙💙💙💙✌
The media actually exceeded the frame of time I gave them to forget Alexei which was already pretty short. Though I often talk about the math and who is the audience and if their opinions are of any import which in the scheme of things I don't think so. Other people especially in other countries have not moved on the next big story.
In the end of the day our MSM is a product. It is a show and a boring one if you ask me. Certainly there must be something more stimulating to watch. Mind you I know a lot of people who work in the media. I've been there myself and it was went to school for. I was even put up in Malibu while working for the industry. I like a lot of the people behind the set and oil-makeup. But you ask them personally and to them it is also just a show. Most think anyone who thinks otherwise is a loon and not their problem. Most are primarily concerned with how well they looked and sounded on tv. Their audience share. How well their book is selling. Money. Units moved. Because it's a product and a job.
Just like any of the numerous influencers and monetizers that flood Twitter. Except more often they are selling no product at all other than Views and are equally unaware of to whom which it will often turn out is to no one. Embracing that is part of how many people working in the news media are finding themselves laid off. Because you can't sell something to one.
Ultimately the math works out that the media is in fact trapped within it's own echo chamber and it's audience, more often whom are watching it as entertainment as they use site Twitter for the same are in fact a fractional part of the world populace, US population and registered voters before engaged. In the end the only function they are performing is glaring mindlessly at screens, and there is nothing wrong with that as a past time as we are all doing just this, and chanting the very words they just saw on the screen to no one in particular for views alone.
All the above clock out of this "virtual reality" and head back to real life. I do concern for the one's who I can see have become so hardwired they believe this is their reality and have in turn neglected their real life in trade. Their own children even who I happen to chat with in a support group. But again as a fractional portion of the populace they can't take priority even if they are fancied by the media for it's narratives. Because they are in turn the only ones buying it.
Which comes back to Russia. It is not breaking news to anyone, most especially you that these people be it public servant, public figure or syndicated media have glaring leanings towards Russia. And it is you know and have for a long time the same reason I stated: Money. The Kremlin has a lot of money to burn. Russian oligarchs have a lot of money. They love money more than their own souls and they are accepting that money. We can all see the paper trails. Hence they kiss Putin's ass and have for a long, long time.
Same with Saudi Arabia and shout to my gov Katie Hobbs for sticking it to them. Not that the media cares because their audiences are not entertained by such things. They will be laser focused as usual when it comes to Arizona on whether they think Kari Lake, ugh, is sexy or if she is using a filter. Really and I note a few media outlets that did this in the last cycle no longer exist.
But they are bough and paid for and it should come as no surprise because everything they do circles around making more money. Everyone selling people, again in reality a fraction was is hopeful, taking and being sold and taken from in a big endless loop. All the above only concerned with having the biggest pot of gold themselves. Which reluctantly is why they can never work as a team. They will in time notice the next biggest of gold belongs to the person next to them and try and screw each other to get it. You really don't need to defeat anyone who is set to defeat themselves then when you think about it.
Thus your focus should be on the majority of people. Anyone but them. Your communities. People who need help. Your loved ones. The media underestimates your strength by acknowledging you exist. Because you exist outside of their frame and canon, see? But all the same you do and everything in this country you see was built by people just like you. People who had nothing but each other. And certainly they did not have lit screens and no talent opportunists yet they made due. And when you realize you outnumber them? Fear makes the wolf look bigger as they say and they do spend so much time peddling big fear.
So screw those people. They can rot. That's where I'm at. I care about all of you and everybody else, sincerely. And I have faith in all of you and your capabilities. They can sit and glare at screens until they stink and count money. It's their choice after all. And declare their love for Putin and such even. And I will reserve the right to think they suck when they do this.
Thank you, Noel. Those of us who admired Navalny for his extraordinary courage and patriotism need to keep him alive in our hearts and in our words. His death must become a catalyst for change. It’s up to all of us around the world to make that happen.
Also please spread Navalny’s daughter’s message:
https://youtu.be/l4Lq7gaKW4A?si=esNuqmoAYvglhSlv
Alexi is a true martyr. It's a shame the word has become so tarnished. His cause was "life" for his people.
I wish that especially younger citizens understood the honest differences between our country and *especially, Russia. People feel differently about so much. It's a truly backward and cruel place in many ways. Tucker Carlson tried to show some stupid nonsense. He likely went to the most glamorous supermarket in Russia. We have Las Vegas by comparison.
Thanks Noel, as always you are a light.
If Chump died tomorrow, no MAGAt would be arrested for gnashing their teeth and wearing a sackcloth. The rest of us would be dancing in the streets though.
Born in Miami,I left in early 2000s when international Billionaires,began destroying the landscape with grotesque towers of Greed.Monte is Next.In 2022 I counted 20+ gigantic Oligarch yachts on the coast,while I was researching my book. They looked uninhabited, but surely some GOPers were partying.👿⛵⛵⛵Indian Creek was restricted from Jewish ownership most of its history..I guess word came down from Papa,to open the gates.They then cleared the way for Bezzos.Husband architected a house there..Well American Taxpsyers built Kush's 🏡 house s
Here’s my edited /enhanced version after being unable to edit mine if the 17th by way of the “3 dots” in the iPhone /iPad apps. (I do not have a laptop or desk top.)
“Don't forget that the Russian penal system is fostered, permitted, if not dictated by Trump’s idol Putin. Of course, Putin is revered by Trump for being “Strong”. “Strong” against humanity, “Strong” in favor of torture, “Strong” against permitting family visits, “Strong” against permitting a prisoner’s lawyers access, “Strong” against medical care, “Strong” against healthy sleep in prison prevented by constant light, etc.
It will be interesting to see how Trump reacts to any US prison he might ever be put in this country where our worst ones —when compared objectively attribute-by -attribute and as a whole —are light years better than the Putin model. Will Trump complain that the prison he is in is too harsh? Will he call for it to be harsher?
Certainly if he is elected, Dictator Trump will not be in jail after he is elected. It will be terrifying to see whether, if elected, Dictator Trump orders our prisons to be converted to Putin’s system.
(Just one more possible outcome to keep in mind when voting Blue.)
Farfetched alarmist you might think I am, Trump has already announced the military will rule the streets on the first day against ordinary citizens daring to object to his election: imagine “Kent State” on steroids with tanks, bayonets, tear gas, assault rifles.
Just imagine Dictator Trump’s First Day suspension of a) “due process“; b) the Constitution’s ban on and cruel and unusual punishment; c) the unleashing of white supremacist militia with their anti-semitic, anti--Muslim, anti-woman, anti-Asian, anti-gay and trans, anti-black, anti-Anyone—even police & military officers— “if they are anti-Trump” ideas; d) the emergency impeachment of all non-Trump judges and Justices; Congress; e) the wholesale firing of all non-Trump civil service and executive-level hires and appointees; and the millions of deportations and rounding up of population for concentration camps and cages.
ALL of the above have been fore-shadowed & foretold starting with the anti-black Trump rental practices, billboard purchased by Trump decades ago against the Central Park 5, the Muslim ban, “family separations and kids in cages”, and on & on ad nauseum. ALL will be “features” not “bugs” of a 2d & endless Trump RULE.”
And please note: I personally was at Kent State on May 3, 1970 when buildings were starting to be set on fire and tear gas used and on May 4th when the students were killed by the Ohio National Guard and I was on the periphery of the Cleveland riots before that. It is terrifying to see tanks in the streets and just Martial law had been imposed and not also “the Insurrection Act” to my knowledge.
Always recall that when Jared Kushner brings the Prime Minister of Israel to mind, it's Uncle Bibi. Psy-Ops run from Israel helped make djt president back in '16, not just Prigozhin and the St Petersburg troll farm. It all ties together
Noel, one of the many things I admire about you (and there are many) is that it's obvious you read the comments from your subscribers. You "like" so many of them which, because I subscribe to many substacks, I can tell you is unique in itself. I seldom see other authors responding to the comments or likng them. I still get the same burst of pride on substack when you "like" a response as I did for many years on Twitter. Your voice and experiences with the trump family got me through three election cycles and I'm counting on it to get me (and all of us) through this one.
You need to be a guest on every network to share your experiences with him, Celebrity Apprentice, the drugs, diapers, the Russian after parties, etc. You were the first - the very first to talk about the Depends and the guy called "Wet Wipes" on his staff and I believe the first to call attention to the drug use when Adderall flew out of his nose. Perhaps a guest spot on Deadline White House to highlight what you personally witnessed would help spread the message that this disgusting POS cannot be allowed near the Oval Office ever again. Thank you, Noel - for all of it! 💗
Poodle permed. Smarmy frat bros.
Inspiration for new boy band names in the terrifying facts about GOP traitors.
Keep strumming. Makes beautiful words. And keep telling. It’s all on target.
And thank you.
Noel is brave, clear-eyed and articulate. He speaks truth to power.
I am 62, so recall a bit more of the Cold War than you, Noel. Russian was to be greatly feared. When the wall came down, I never really trusted that anything had changed and when Putin rose to power, it was easy to reclaim that fear. Even for those who did not experience that time as we did, how can they not remember the lessons of WWII? I just don’t understand. And I don’t understand the isolationist point of view. These days, I’m putting a spin on it that drifts into my field but also has roots in history. Highly sensitive persons exist at about 20% of the human population and we’re the ones who understand and think about this kind of stuff with all of its repercussions. The conquerors caused this dynamic 5000 years ago, but it plays out every day everywhere I look. Eighty percent of the people out there really don’t “get it.” I don’t know, it somehow helps me feel better-I guess we are always looking for explanations.
They will not release he’s body to the family! How disgusting is that! His mother is there and they are refusing to let her get her sons body! Putin is quite pleased with this and trump will do the same if he wins the presidential election! We do not want to live under a dictator!!!
I hope ppl will understand how serious this is!!! Noel, Thank you for another wonderful article sir
Thanks Noel 🙏 You nailed it 👌 ♥️