This is why for 20, twenty, years I’ve said we need to have progressive radio, podcasts, television and newspaper writers and reporters. I received zero responses to every idea I brought—this after being a network news executive who turned around failing stations, after being an investigative reporter documenting the decline of due process.
I could only conclude the people running things wanted me to be locked out and anyone who thinks like me. It remains true.
We’ve lived through wars, recessions, civil rights marches, and moments that tested the soul of our nation. Today, we face another such moment — one that demands our wisdom, our courage, and our voices.
🚨 Our military is being used against American citizens on American soil.
Let that sink in. Peaceful protestors — everyday Americans — are being met with force, intimidation, and surveillance. These are not isolated incidents. This is by intentional design.
🔍 Reports confirm that Stephen Miller, top Trump advisor, has called for a recent increase in ICE raids, targeting communities with heavy minority populations. These actions are tearing apart families and leaving children behind in fear. “Collateral damage” is treated like an acceptable consequence.
And under Donald Trump’s leadership, the use of federal agents and military force against peaceful protests has blurred the line between public safety and authoritarian control.
🕊️ But we are not powerless. In fact, we are essential.
As grandparents, elders, and lifelong patriots — we must be the steady hands that guide our families through this storm. Our grandchildren are watching. Let us teach them what real love of country looks like.
Here’s how to stand tall:
✅ Contact your state and federal representatives — tell them we oppose military force against protestors and the inhumane ICE raids.
✅ Support independent media — they are documenting what others won’t.
✅ Talk to your grandchildren and neighbors — share the truth, especially with those misled by propaganda.
✅ Peacefully protest, write, speak out — even from our porches and living rooms.
🗣️ This is our moment for GOOD TROUBLE.
We marched for civil rights. We stood up for women’s rights. We spoke out during Vietnam. Now, we stand for democracy.
🇺🇸 Let us rise once more — not with fear, but with fierce love for our country and the people in it.
In Solidarity,
Clarissa Sr, an American Grandma
✍️ Please share this with fellow elders, caregivers, and families of conscience. Let our voices be heard while we still can.
We stopped reading and watching MSM leftist media because they have been gaslighting us for over 30 years. They overplayed their hand in the past 15 years and sane, intelligent people have caught onto their lies and obfuscations; we refuse to pay any attention to them.
Nobody ever mentions Sinclair media that own a vast swath of the centre of the USA airwaves and minds. It is amazing that they are overlooked by the “left” media (that has never been truly “left” and used to be considered “right” wing)
This is why I subscribe to you. LOVE the analysis.
Gracias Meggles! 🙏🏼
Thank you for posting, Mike! You read my mind- I wanted your take on all of this!
Thank you Linda 🙏🏼 Mind reading services are free of charge
Wish I had your mind reading talent! Then I’d be able to catch your live when it’s actually live…
Thank you, Mike! You’re a master at understanding and explaining these dynamics.
Thank you Mike! Woke up in EU to a barrage of texts and couldn’t figure out what was going on at home.
Saw your Substack video and it was the first thing I watched. Thank you for the perspective.
Sounds like our Gov is starting to fight on the other guys terms.
Thank you 🙏🏼 unfortunately we must fight where they’re at not where healthy civility used to be
Good point.
I forwarded your Substack to a litany of people. Thanks for filtering out noise for the rest of us.
And get some sleep!!!
Mike, thanks for taking the time to explain this.
This is why for 20, twenty, years I’ve said we need to have progressive radio, podcasts, television and newspaper writers and reporters. I received zero responses to every idea I brought—this after being a network news executive who turned around failing stations, after being an investigative reporter documenting the decline of due process.
I could only conclude the people running things wanted me to be locked out and anyone who thinks like me. It remains true.
Thank you for your thoughtful analysis and mostly for your honesty.
We are in the deep end. Millions of us can’t swim. It’s a pretty direction.
So thank you for getting our attention in an intelligent way.
Thank you for this in-depth analysis.
Really great and informative session. Marines are now being sent to LA. Where is Posse Comitatus in all of this?
Dear Beloved Grandparents,
We’ve lived through wars, recessions, civil rights marches, and moments that tested the soul of our nation. Today, we face another such moment — one that demands our wisdom, our courage, and our voices.
🚨 Our military is being used against American citizens on American soil.
Let that sink in. Peaceful protestors — everyday Americans — are being met with force, intimidation, and surveillance. These are not isolated incidents. This is by intentional design.
🔍 Reports confirm that Stephen Miller, top Trump advisor, has called for a recent increase in ICE raids, targeting communities with heavy minority populations. These actions are tearing apart families and leaving children behind in fear. “Collateral damage” is treated like an acceptable consequence.
And under Donald Trump’s leadership, the use of federal agents and military force against peaceful protests has blurred the line between public safety and authoritarian control.
🕊️ But we are not powerless. In fact, we are essential.
As grandparents, elders, and lifelong patriots — we must be the steady hands that guide our families through this storm. Our grandchildren are watching. Let us teach them what real love of country looks like.
Here’s how to stand tall:
✅ Contact your state and federal representatives — tell them we oppose military force against protestors and the inhumane ICE raids.
✅ Support independent media — they are documenting what others won’t.
✅ Talk to your grandchildren and neighbors — share the truth, especially with those misled by propaganda.
✅ Peacefully protest, write, speak out — even from our porches and living rooms.
🗣️ This is our moment for GOOD TROUBLE.
We marched for civil rights. We stood up for women’s rights. We spoke out during Vietnam. Now, we stand for democracy.
🇺🇸 Let us rise once more — not with fear, but with fierce love for our country and the people in it.
In Solidarity,
Clarissa Sr, an American Grandma
✍️ Please share this with fellow elders, caregivers, and families of conscience. Let our voices be heard while we still can.
FOX IS NOT LICENSED AS A NEWS OUTLET. They are licensed as an entertainment outlet.
THAT’S why they can outright lie to their listeners with impunity!
That why we now have two realities in our country. The trumper facts and the real facts.
Theil and the globalists Vs freedom.
Create the ’problem’, then provide the ‘solution’…
https://substack.com/@sashalatypova/note/c-124185571?r=2n2xi1
@Senate Democrats please listen to him!
Hi mike good to see u
We stopped reading and watching MSM leftist media because they have been gaslighting us for over 30 years. They overplayed their hand in the past 15 years and sane, intelligent people have caught onto their lies and obfuscations; we refuse to pay any attention to them.
Nobody ever mentions Sinclair media that own a vast swath of the centre of the USA airwaves and minds. It is amazing that they are overlooked by the “left” media (that has never been truly “left” and used to be considered “right” wing)