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Karl Smith's avatar

Thanks for referring to us as a "thinking audience"! I would add for myself, I think we are an audience who cares, or in the vernacular, we give a shit.

Barb Marto's avatar

What an amazing and informative conversation. Thank you both.

The [re] UNION With CJ's avatar

I love you two together. It’s conversational politics, it’s easy listening. I unclench my jaw and relax while I listen to intelligent conversation.

Janell's avatar

Mike, are you still thinking the same way regarding SCOTUS Voting Rights Act decision? I was hoping you two might discuss this. Waj, Danielle and you need to have a discussion about the Voting Rights Act. To be clear, a discussion on substack that we can hear.

Michael Moreau's avatar

Tucker Carlson would lead us to full on fascism.

Frank Sanger's avatar

"Catcher in the Rye" was a treasure to me. I had been sexually assaulted, prepubescent, by a male teacher/councilor. That read drove home that that was abuse because of the asymmetry.

Linda Aldrich's avatar

I’m glad you had that book, Frank.

SMcCann's avatar

Thank you for inviting us to these conversations, most enjoyable!

Janet Nelson's avatar

I so enjoy this relationship

ZeroChaos 80's avatar

I have listened to Robert Arnold and he always brings me to tears. I would love to tell him my story and see if he could maybe come up with one of his essays because I can't bring the words out of my head myself. I'm okay as a writer for others but for my grief? No good at all for myself.

Doris McTague's avatar

Thank you both for such a relevant and important and wide ranging conversation. Encourage all Americans to pick up pen and paper now, write about their thoughts and feelings. Encourage the election of sane, sensible, and serious leaders. Visit writingpartnersforamerica.com.

Marge Falendysz's avatar

This was so fantastic ro see your origin stories!! ❤️💪

Marge Falendysz's avatar

He did this because he’s making fuck loads of money and he’s going to run away with it after he’s done he’ll die and his family will have these billions of dollars that’s his legacy to his family the billions of dollars he’s stealing from the stupid American taxpayers

Marge Falendysz's avatar

My grandchildren’s children will still be trying to fix and rebuild everything. This regime has torn apart. It is obscene disgusting, and never seen in our history.

Marge Falendysz's avatar

We don’t just look impotent we are we are so upside down and so embarrassing to all Americans. I’m ashamed to be an American under this president.

Marge Falendysz's avatar

He can’t link away he must be prosecuted for everything he did to this nation he must be impeached, prosecuted, and convicted, and then put in jail no pardon no other person in the world would get away with what Donald Trump has done. The billions of dollars this Trump family has stolen from the American taxpayers is disgusting. It needs to be clawed back and put back into our treasury and they need to go to jail every one of them.