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Laura H's avatar

Aaron - anyone who says your pitching yourself in your updates doesn't understand what's happening with the media. People pay crazy amounts for cable to get network news - and balking at the few $ a month to support you isn't justified. Your work is phenomonal and don't let what the administration or the people saying your videos is a sales pitch isn't worth the stress - what you're doing is so important to so many people - stay the course!

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Aaron Parnas's avatar

Appreciate the support!

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Lois W. Halbert's avatar

I agree entirely. I am on fixed income but felt it important to subscribe because I'm getting independent news. Mainstream media except for my local station and PBS and NPR have gone to the dark side. They are not letting their hosts report real news. It is my opinion that we are sitting in the mess we are is because media spotlighted Trump. Look at newspapers today like Washington Post. Bezos took away editorial privilege just like the LA times. Look at the fiasco on MSNBC. Mainstream media caves to Trump.

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Deanna Jarvis's avatar

Now they have blocked funding for NPR

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Eileen's avatar

Agreed!!!! He rocks it and tells it like it is

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Genevieve ✨'s avatar

Could not agree more! You provide so much at no cost where other news sources make you pay for just reading one article. You need to make a living to keep doing the wonderful job you are!

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SuzPru's avatar

💯 Agreed!!

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Jackie's avatar

I found it great to be able to read all of the news I’m getting on here!

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AERussell's avatar

BRUCE,BRUCE,BRUCE!!!!💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

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Christine McArthur's avatar

So glad Bruce Springsteen kicked off the tour with “Let freedom ring” message. I’ve been waiting to hear some words from the Boss…

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Shawn Miller's avatar

Way to go, Bruce! But be careful what’s on your phone when you return to the States—they just might use it as evidence that you’re un-American and deport you! 🙄

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Rhoda Ozen's avatar

Buy a burner and pack your phone hoping like hell they don’t search your suitcase.

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Sue's avatar
May 15Edited

The idea already occurred to me that he might need to apply for asylum in the U.K. Remember what "patriotic Americans" did to the Dixie Chicks? Of course, they weren't national icons in the way that Springsteen is.

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Gail Sumpter's avatar

Kids can "make do" with two dolls but he needs a new jet because his current one isn't opulent enough - he is so enamored with wealth and power

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Eric Glover's avatar

I'm going to do my part! Instead of casually drinking 2 beers on Father's Day I'm going to drink 30 beers, maybe 33 or 35 beers?😜

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Debbie Riches's avatar

So stressful and awful

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Klara Berne's avatar

He’s rationing pencils, raising prices, and cutting jobs and health insurance for Americans while he and his family are stuffing their pockets with all the cash and crypto and gifts and bribes they can get. Fake maga austerity values for the peasants, but not the aspiring king or his court 👑

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Sue's avatar

And AF 1 isn't good enough for him, he needs a gilded palace in the sky with a huge master-bedroom. Remember King Charles's coronation? Even with Charles's austerity policies, it was a pretty over-the-top display of gold, jewels, furs and designer gowns for the women. The point is that the King is so far above us mere mortals that he needs all this glitz and bling to show that he is God's anointed. Trump stuffs gold kitsch into the Oval Office and crypto loot into his bank account for the same reason.

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Klara Berne's avatar

Exactly

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Eileen's avatar

Greedy bastard crook

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Fun Fact and Ugly Truths's avatar

The air traffic control situation is dangerous

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Debbie Riches's avatar

So awful and horrifying for that one person working. I cannot imagine the stress.

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Fun Fact and Ugly Truths's avatar

Oh I can. I work fire and EMS dispatch for 911 we are in a staffing shortage too... Not that bad being a major city but we have 3 call takers for a city with a population of over 800k

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Sue's avatar

They tried to tell us about that 45 years ago. Reagan just broke their union, fired them all, and Americans said "What a strong leader!" while the number of deadly crashes per year increased steadily.

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Chris's avatar

My 2 daughters and their families are flying to New York in a few days and I'm so worried.

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Eileen's avatar

I am staying local at this point and not flying. Several

Of my friends were air traffic controllers and they aren’t allowed to have one trained and one trainee faa operator

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Ann's avatar

I wonder if people will be able to sue if something happens since they are aware of the risks

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Sue's avatar

I won't fly or cross a border for the foreseeable future.

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Donna Nolte's avatar

I'm wondering how the guy checked out 100 books. Every library I've ever known has a limit of 10 or so. And they don't play - you don't get any more until you turn those back in.

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Sue's avatar

He'd better pay for the replacement value of every single one of them.

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Keri Wyckoff's avatar

Kristi Noem makes me so sick, talking her BS talking points over all the questions by the members…just lie lie lie

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Tammy K. Hutchins, Esq.'s avatar

She makes me sick. She's nothing but a filthy puppy killer.

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Danita Hamilton's avatar

I know right she is so smug she looks so botched from her doctors Botox

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Deanna Jarvis's avatar

Horrible woman, she is so evil that although she could be considered attractive by some her cruelty shines through her pancake makeup.

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Keri Wyckoff's avatar

Truly!!!

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kelly beeson's avatar

Noem needs to be deported to El Salvador. She is an idiot.

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Danita Hamilton's avatar

Put her in a cage where she belongs

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Teacup PANdemonium's avatar

So the guy who is burning books is getting a huge fine from the library for overdue checkouts, right? Cool, they can use that money to reorder the books.

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Sylvia Rivers's avatar

Aaron, the CEO of United Health group was not the one murdered. It was the CEO of United Healthcare. May have been a slip up.

FREE LUIGI!

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Aaron Parnas's avatar

Ah yes, my bad!! That was just a slip up.

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Sylvia Rivers's avatar

No problem!

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Sandra Lee's avatar

Luigi is still a murderer

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Robin D's avatar

Thank you Sandra. What kind of an upside down world are we living in.I don't understand this. If he looked like Charles Manson would people be swooning for this cold blooded premeditated killer? Caught On Tape! I still don't know what his manifesto was nor do I care. I don't know what KFA's defense is going to be, but I hope it's insanity and not trying to prove he is innocent when we all saw it on tape.

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Teresa S's avatar

He is innocent until proven guilty. Right now he’s only an alleged murderer.

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Sandra Lee's avatar

It is easy to prove he did it. In broad daylight and all. GUILTY

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Sylvia Rivers's avatar

Luigi did not do it. You haven’t been following closely. You are caught up with the inflammatory media. Which is why there are a lot of MAGA. They are caught up, too. Yet many MAGA support Luigi as well.

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Robin D's avatar

What inflammatory media? I live in NYC. I know exactly where it happened. I watched it on the local news. Drop the MAGA. They are the last people on the planet I care about or listen to. Im a 69 year old woman, not some teeny bopper. No, I am not obviously as caught up on it as you are. WHO DID IT IN THAT VIDEO? They have him on camera. They have the ghost gun. By all means he is entitled to due process and his day in court like Charles Manson, but if he LOOKED like Charles Manson we wouldn't be having this discussion. He gets love letters and gifts sent to prison. And I have no wish to follow it or him any further. I'm more worried about living in Nazi Germany than I am about Luigi Mangione.

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Sylvia Rivers's avatar

Good for you. I’m upstate and have been following the case right along. You clearly have a biased view and do not believe in DUE PROCESS.

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Sandra Lee's avatar

I believe in due process for all, even Luigi caught red handed on video and the guy who murdered Rachel Moran in Maryland. He got his process and had photos on his phone. GUILTY

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Sylvia Rivers's avatar

LUIGI did not do it!

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Sandra Lee's avatar

I wish it was true what you say about Luigi . I do believe in due process. Even for the hundreds, probably now thousands of illegals flown out In secret, deported with no proof. The lost souls were disappeared. No longer listed. Poof…..gone. if they aren’t given a fare shake…. The line is never drawn UNTILL it is my loved one or myself.

ARE YOU MEGA PROTECTED? The think they ard

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Sylvia Rivers's avatar

No you don’t wish it were true for Luigi, nor do you believe in due process. You have already convicted him by the way the MEDIA depicted what happened.

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Sandra Lee's avatar

Fuck Luigi. He is getting his due process. I don’t want to loose my right to due process 💙💙💙

Where is the line

That is the point

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Sylvia Rivers's avatar

Then we can’t “Fuck Luigi” you won’t get due process either, that is privileged behavior. Good luck to you

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Sandra Lee's avatar

They think they are protected

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Sandra Lee's avatar

On video, guilty

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Sylvia Rivers's avatar

PROVE that is luigi? There were 2 people. There are many FACTS that you do not know. You are entitled to your opinion, and it is why you’ll never be a juror. You do not believe in due process. The media has you convinced.

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Danita Hamilton's avatar

Exactly

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Debbie Riches's avatar

FREE LUIGI!

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Sandra Lee's avatar

He is a murderer so no

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Debbie Riches's avatar

He has not been convicted. Due process and all.

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amyeg123's avatar

We are not safe under Trump.

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Kymm's avatar

You heard the Boss!! ❤️‍🔥🔥Thank you!! Bruce!! and E Street Band!! This is one of many reasons I’m a long time fan!! 🙏🇺🇸☮️❤️‍🔥🔥💙🩵 💖

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Megan Rothery's avatar

Use this spreadsheet to call/email/write any of our representatives as often as possible. Not just your own state reps, reach out to those in other states. Be as loud as you can and share this. Use your voice and make some “good trouble.”

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13lYafj0P-6owAJcH-5_xcpcRvMUZI7rkBPW-Ma9e7hw/edit

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Sylvia Rivers's avatar

If you call other state reps, you will not be heard. They only want their constituents. The 5 calls app is an excellent resource to get all scripts and are updated frequently.

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Megan Rothery's avatar

5calls is amazing. That’s what I was using for a while but then wanted to be able to email after my kids go to bed. It’s at the top of my spreadsheet with a note about awesome scripts too.

I understand it’s “generally” ineffective, however I personally believe right now requires a lot of noise. It requires overwhelming those who are supposed to be upholding the Constitution, and work on committees that are supposed to think of the average American. I get it some of my emails or calls might not be counted, but who knows if the volume itself will sway some staffers because right now we are not ok as a nation. We are (I believe) in a major turning point and we need to be loud however we can.

Granted, my spreadsheet helps people contact just their own reps if they want, so either way maybe it will remind people to look for their reps and speak up.

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Dorothy's avatar

Contact them anyway. Flood their in-boxes!

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JB's avatar

Any one of these events should be scaring the hell out of Americans and all together they paint a picture of our slow, painful downfall. I pray that a blue wave in 2026 will be in time!

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Melody  Allen's avatar

I think it’s funny that the subtitles said gnome when you said Noem 🤣

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Tania Finch's avatar

I noticed that too (knome) and thought that’s exactly what she is 😂

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DLH's avatar
May 15Edited

Aaron — don’t answer any more dumb questions on here, your DMs nor your emails, about why you ask for financial support. It should be very OBVIOUS. I hope that businesses will begin to sponsor you to advertise their products only if you like and/or agree w/ their products.

And to the people that keep asking Aaron these dumb questions about him asking for financial support— his “monthly” subscription cost WAY LESS than that fast food you buy every so often, or that restaurant bill you had the other day, or your coffee/latte addictions you supply to yourself everyday. Whatever poison you pick that cost way more than his MONTHLY (NOT daily) subscription, stop acting like he’s asking for a limb. If you cannot afford to help, then donate whenever and/or whatever you can. He is working as an Independent Reporter/Journalist. Traveling here and there, constantly researching to cut through the BS just to deliver us the truth—everyday. The man rarely takes a break and when he does, it’s b/c it catches up to him, but then he turns right back around and jump back on that daily news horse. He’s by himself. No staff to help him source and no help w/ anyone getting him any marketing $$. He’s not obligated to do this, but he loves doing it and the least you can do IS help him along the way.

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Amy Giaculli's avatar

Thanks for your continued courage, Aaron! ♥️

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