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Judith's avatar

Eleanor,

Thank you SOOO VERY MUCH❣️

I cried so hard, because I NEEDED THIS. 😔

I don't know where to turn anymore.🥹

Love and hugs to all❤️🫶❤️

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Lisa Gonzalez's avatar

Thank you so much for sharing this — truly.

If this piece gave you even a moment of clarity, release, or recognition, then it’s already done what I hoped it would.

You’re not alone. You’re not imagining it. And you’re not the only one feeling this way.

I’m sending love right back — and I’m standing with you. ❤️‍🔥🫶

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Judith's avatar

Thank you❣️

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Jay Thacker's avatar

I was struck by how many issues were mentioned that neither side agrees on. I’ll go with the Blue side for most everything and I will stay on the moral side of history.

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Lisa Gonzalez's avatar

Thank you, Jay — that last line says it all.

Staying on the moral side of history means refusing to look away, even when the noise is deafening.

Grateful to be in this fight with you — clarity like yours gives me hope. ❤️‍🔥

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PATRICIA ROSENBERG's avatar

This is/was the way of the human condition. Dictators/Kings/Popes/Regimes rules ruthlessly, brutally, inhumanly for centuries because people were uneducated, ignorant, unable to read or write and superstitious beyond measure. It should not be the case today but here we are in America. Sad. Maddening.

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Lisa Gonzalez's avatar

You’re absolutely right, Patricia — history has shown us this pattern again and again.

What’s maddening is that with all we know, we’re still watching it play out in real time — in a country that claims to know better.

But seeing it clearly is the first step toward breaking the pattern.

Thank you for naming it. I’m with you in the sadness and the fight. ❤️‍🔥

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Virgin Monk Boy's avatar

This isn’t satire—it’s scripture for the age of disinformation. Sharp enough to make both tribes bleed, honest enough to remind us why we’re tired. The clown show is bipartisan, but the cost? Human. Always human.

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Lisa Gonzalez's avatar

You words always mean so much — but this?

This might be the most perfect thing anyone’s ever said about my work.

Scripture for the age of disinformation.

You saw the heart of it. The exhaustion. The cost.

Thank you for standing in it with me. And thank you for always saying the thing that cuts through everything else. ❤️‍🔥

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Sandra Roggero's avatar

Keep the faith! We need you! 🙏 Thank you for your strength and ability with words.

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Mary Veneziale's avatar

This was a great read totally enjoyed it. I wish I could afford your subscription.

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Lisa Gonzalez's avatar

Thank you so much — truly. That encouragement means everything right now.

I’m holding the line, and I’m not letting go.

We need each other in this. 🙏❤️‍🔥

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David the contemplative's avatar

Oh Lisa… this isn’t a post—it’s a post-mortem. Not on democracy, but on the part of our collective brainstem that once knew how to distinguish between a debate and a delusion.

This dialogue? It’s not “red vs. blue.” It’s a tragic improv show where half the cast thinks Google is part of the Illuminati and the other half is still trying to explain what a fact is without crying.

We’ve officially entered the era of Schrödinger’s Truth—where every conspiracy is both real and fake until it’s monetized on Rumble.

And don’t even get me started on “Do your own research.” That used to mean reading peer-reviewed journals. Now it means decoding a grainy TikTok by “@JesusWasARancher420” while sitting on the toilet.

Meanwhile, actual children are in actual cages, the ice caps are melting faster than Rudy Giuliani’s dignity, and somehow whales got dragged into this like they’re running QAnon.

But yeah, let’s definitely keep arguing about frog sexuality.

Brilliantly written. Painfully true. And if this doesn’t shake something loose in us… maybe we deserve the basement bunker with Kyle.

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Lisa Gonzalez's avatar

David — I don’t know you (yet), but I now understand why you’re in the scrolls with Virgin Monk Boy.

This is unhinged brilliance in the best sense — and the worst part is how much of it I want to get cross-stitched on a throw pillow.

“Schrödinger’s Truth” and “@JesusWasARancher420” broke me.

But that last paragraph? That’s the heartbeat. That’s what we’re screaming between the satire.

I’m so glad you found this. Please come back soon!

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Roxana Chitu's avatar

A big, beautiful and still beating Heart

Thank you for putting into words what most of us feel!

But we are all Humans and it doesn't always come with rainbows and butterflies

🙏❤️‍🔥

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Lisa Gonzalez's avatar

Thank you so much, Roxana. That “still beating heart” line really stayed with me.

You’re right — it’s messy, it’s painful, but it’s human.

And I’m glad we’re here for it together. 🙏❤️‍🔥

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Lorna Jones's avatar

That’s what it feels like when you still have a heart and a SOUL.

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Lisa Gonzalez's avatar

That hit me right in the chest.

A heart and a soul — that’s what we’re holding onto, even when everything else is unraveling.

Grateful you’re here. ❤️‍🔥

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Lorna Jones's avatar

I’m so grateful you’re brave enough to keep writing. You are making a difference. Thank you.

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