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Christine Nelson's avatar

Beautifully written, as always. For so many, you are that remarkable and unwavering light that keeps us going during these very dark days. Thank you for your words of inspiration, guidance, and hope.

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Mary's avatar

So well written I’ve become a paid subscriber.

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Susan M Sorensen, LE's avatar

The Trump – Epstein spiderweb grows ever more complex and sinister as more files are released. It is beyond the realm of rational thought that Trump has been permitted to remain in office. Thank you for illuminating the main characters in this never ending nightmare so well, Noel. Your unique and valuable perspective is one to which everyone should be paying attention. Thank you for doing the heavy lifting and taking the time to so meticulously document a part of our American history we could never imagine.

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Kelley Smoot's avatar

Thanks Noel, for leading a fearless fight against these techno-autocrats who are destroying American democracy.

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True Britt's avatar

We can also lay some responsibility at the feet of Robert Morgenthau, Cyrus Vance, and Mark Burnett for helping clear the path for this monster’s rise. As the saying goes, “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing”—and when inaction meets the greed and bigotry of others, the result is exactly this.

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Cindy Kennedy's avatar

“Here is to peace and progress in the new year”.

This is my mantra for 2026. We cannot give up 💜🙏🏼

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Lynne D. Feldman's avatar

In my recent research for a published paper on cults I found numerous studies confirming that hard Right-wing conservatives have smaller capacities for empathy, critical thinking, and deviating from black/white duality thinking. It begs the question of our founding motto that all "men" (read humans) are created equal and are governed by reason. Dr. Steven Hassan wrote the critically acclaimed book THE CULT OF TRUMP. Indeed, MAGAs appear to be captured within a malignant cult, unable to reason based upon facts. I have no answer for this except to note that perhaps 33% to 38% of voters will never escape from trumpism. If accurate, our future relies on your readers and those who resonate with what you write. We need to make sure that the reasonable 60+% are educated in facts and ready to take on the future task of rebuilding what these demons have destroyed.

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Deb Haugh's avatar

“Love is what we need to pursue in the coming days and months”. We need to be defiant and scrupulous with our media consumption. Defiance is a super power. And so is love.

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Marshall Geer's avatar

Thanks for your insights. It’s really depressing how many people in our country still can’t see what a corrupt imbecile Trump is and always has been.

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Max's avatar

This was a tough read because 99-100% of it is "true" and can be confirmed and documented if only we had the will and courage to see it. It won't be until our fellow Americans take the blinders off and see the truth, that we will continue to be faced with this stench of what a 5 alarm fire smells like. Noel has known and seen these truths for years, and we need to thank him for being unafraid for saying and printing it. The rest of us have lived with this rot, delusion, corruption, and lies for over 10 years now. I hear there's going to be another protest on Jan 20. Spread the word.

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Bailey's avatar

Really great piece Noel. Your ongoing articulate insights are very much appreciated.

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Annabelle's avatar

Incredible, so true, and extremely frightening. If i had the ways and means, I would stop that rotten, old pedophile myself. His lies, greed, perversions are overwhelming to me, and WHY people are still supporting him I'll never understand. Remember his 1000% reduction in prescription costs? 2 of my most important heart meds just went from $400 to $1000+ A MONTH. It's because of his cruelty, greed, lies, lack of empathy, and wanting to rid the country of everyone except people like him, kid ketamine, bezos, Zuckerberg, and the rest of the billion/millionaires. If regular people, like me, get rounded up, and killed off, the wealthy can continue with their sick perverted, disgusting, oh so harmful lifestyles. I can't write what is in my mind that I'd like to do about this "so-called" president...that maga elected, but suffice it to say, I WANT HIM, AND THE REST OF THIS CLUSTER-FUCK of an administration REMOVED. NOW. IMMEDIATELY.

Again, thank you Noel for such a wonderful article. I appreciate you and your insights

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Twyla 🇨🇦's avatar

I don’t know if it’s possible but have you looked at Canadian or Mexican pharmacies?

They might be able to deliver your prescription medication for less than what your local pharmacy is charging.

FYI that not everyone voted for trump. He cheated, with assistance from Musk and who knows who else. His presidency is fraudulent but the corporate Dems aren’t doing anything about it and worse, they aren’t protecting Americans.

See www.electiontruthalliance.org and @ThisWillHold here on Substack for details on how corrupt the vote counting was.

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Annabelle's avatar

Twyla, I finally got my cardiologist and he came unglued! Said I couldn't live very long without these meds. I'm not sure what happened, but within a couple hours it was DELIVERED to my door! So, I'm good for another month. I do have an appointment on the 10th, I'm sure there'll be a discussion...thank you for caring enough to respond to me. I really appreciate that. 🫶👏👏

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Twyla 🇨🇦's avatar

I’m relieved that you got your meds. Sometimes the drug companies will provide them at low or no cost for patients who can’t afford them and require them to stay alive.

You could ask your pharmacy for details and what will happen going forward as far as coverage.

Then you’ll be prepared if you need to start looking for an alternate way or place to get them, though I hope you won’t need to. Good luck! 🤞

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Annabelle's avatar

Thank you! I'll check into that! Bless your heart. 🫂

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Annabelle's avatar

Thank you, Twyla, I'm in communication with the Dr office this morning so we'll see how it goes. Oh, honey, I KNOW the election was illegal, I knew it as soon as kid ketamine jumped on stage that day during t***p's campaign. It was beyond obvious, to me, at least

Thank you so much, as I said, I will let you know what's up!

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LOIS MITCHELL-RABEN's avatar

Excellent….thank you.

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