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Alexa's avatar

Mount Rushmore??? Sorry I heard that and my brain buffered. What a crazy notion.

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Nurse Jodes's avatar

It’s ok. We can blast it with with our Jewish space lasers. 🤣

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Tracy Lynn's avatar

Now I’m picturing that laser scene in Richie Rich with their faces on the vault mountain 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Liz's avatar

Bahahaha!

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Rachel R.'s avatar

Fortunately, the mountain is unstable - the original plan was for the 4 current figures to have bodies but they had to stop with just the faces because it was already beginning to fall apart. It's unlikely to happen unless his goal is to completely destroy it.

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Cheryl Beck-Ruff's avatar

I mean…maybe? He seems to be destroying lots of other things. And honestly, I don’t think Mount Rushmore is big enough for his ego.

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Toby's avatar

This.

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Warrior4Justice's avatar

Maybe someone can help it to fall down into rubble..?

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Cheryl Trunnell's avatar

Will they paint it orange then? So incredibly stupid!

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nancy.z.c's avatar

That is just crazy.

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Energy_Empty's avatar

Not the spam bot comments 😂

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Melissa The Realtor's avatar

I’m very concerned for my transgendered son right now and what will happen at his school

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Lynds Nicole's avatar

I’m in grad school getting my masters in school counseling and clinical mental health counseling, and I’m currently a case manager. I work with several students that are part of the LGBTQIA+ community. Looks like I’m gonna end up in jail for protecting my students.

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Samantha Secord's avatar

My heart goes out to you and your son. This is certainly a scary time for all children in LGBTQ community. I am only one person, but I see you and I stand with you. Hang in there Mama.

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Cheryl Beck-Ruff's avatar

I am horrified and terrified for you. It’s beyond cruel. Your sweet child did nothing to deserve this. I have an LGBTQ+ daughter in a red state. I, too, see you and will support you however I can. 💔🏳️‍🌈

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Melissa The Realtor's avatar

I am in a red state too, it really shocks me how wrong people are about the LGBTQ+ community, kids who are transgendered don't just start taking hormones or surgery right away there is actual processes for this and it is a long one at that, transition therapy takes a long time before starting that part of the process. What is happening makes me sick

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Susan B. The Chronicler's avatar

Move to Maryland!

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The Daily Defiance's avatar

This Guantanamo bay thing is complete Insanity. This is a deliberate disregard for basic human rights ——— enshrined under international law! Including the right to seek asylum and the right to due process. And for anyone who wants to be triggered this morning, it has a horrific history of human rights violations and torture. The name itself gives me chills. 😡

Trigger warning… seriously.

https://open.substack.com/pub/thedailydefiance/p/this-is-how-it-starts-guantanamo?r=54x1jd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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Molly Spino's avatar

How can we stop this? We can’t let this happen

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The Daily Defiance's avatar

This would be the beginning of concentration camps in America. (We already have labor camps.) Get facts out there! I bet a Lot of people don’t know about Guantanamo and I think ANYONE would be shocked by it if they knew. There’s been a long fight to shut that place down. It was one of the first executive orders that Obama signed that TRUMP overturned his first stupid run. Be Loud on social media-Yes it does count as activism. If someone tells you otherwise I’ll fight them. :) Send articles to mainstream media! Flood them with emails and essays and outrage. Be the squeakiest, most ear splitting wheel. I know they seem completely useless but IF they pick up the story politicians can’t ignore it easily. Look at who we’re going to be supporting in the midterms and get the word out on that too.

The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) has made a big push for fighting this. refugeerights.org/news-…

The ACLU has also been fighting this! They both do amazing work and they both need some serious support. aclu.org

Also take it international! We know the rest of the world is looking at the US in horror right now. The UNHCR unhcr.org or Human Rights Watch hrw.org/united-states/i… can throw a lot of weight around!

Keep the conversation going! I know it’s all overwhelming but we are SURROUNDED by allies here and everywhere.

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Cheryl Trunnell's avatar

We ALL need to vote blue and get the power back in Congress and the Senate

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Warrior4Justice's avatar

Pure EVIL. Passing this info on as far as I can.

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The Daily Defiance's avatar

Thank you Susan ❤️🌱 We’re in this together. I’m with you.

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Remi Potgeter's avatar

cutting funding just because they support transgender youth and then also having the nerve to support adding him to mount rushmore is absolute insanity

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Molly Spino's avatar

I’m calling every educator to play the game — transgender youth? No, not here! Never even heard of that - the end!!! You know nothing, you say nothing, and snitches go in ditches - we don’t come to play

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E pearl's avatar

Thank you so much for re-recording

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Kat Kay-Bee's avatar

Our hearts 💔 for everyone affected by this tragedy. 😔

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Liz King's avatar

The Russian figure skaters were former world champions that now coach in the US. I can’t get confirmation but it appears their son, Maxim, was not on the flight. Maxim Naumov is an elite level skater who just placed 4th in the men’s senior division (top level of skating) at the National Championships in Wichita.

The figure skating community is reeling from the losses this morning.

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Dee's avatar

It was confirmed by the head of the Boston skating club where they skate, that Maxim was not on the plane. he and fathers of skaters who were on board the flight are en route to DC

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Jessica Fox's avatar

The wording of the plane crash by main stream media is weird, every report says plane collided with helicopter. Isn’t it pretty clear the helicopter hit the plane? The video that shows impact appears to clearly show that.

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Andi Gomez's avatar

Yeah! From what I can tell the helicopter flew into the plane, why are they saying it’s the plane that flew into a helicopter? 🤔

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LeeAnnCastillo's avatar

We saw the video, can't be mistaken, but they do their own editing for their benefit.

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Stop the BS247's avatar

It started out that way on our local channels as well, but after the video appeared they corrected and apologized for error.

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Jessica Fox's avatar

Aaron worded much better saying they collided at least. But almost every other media outlet is saying the plane collided with the helicopter!

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James G. Hermsen's avatar

We need to know what if any Trumps executive orders played in this event. He has fired so many people who would have made a difference. Trump is guilty and responsible for this tragedy. What was the purpose of this training mission? (for immigration issues?) The area is so monitored that no flight can go unnoticed anywhere near the capital

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Holly Ladd's avatar

I was thinking that very same thing! He's making this country more dangerous and unsafe with his reckless proclamations. I hate it here.

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Karen Schaaf's avatar

This "man" is such a POS. Mt. Rushmore? And what the heck, META???????? He deserved to be booted off those sites after J6. Ohhhhhh, it's Zuck. It will look like this huge win to Donald, while letting Zuck kiss some more a$$. Makes me ill. And to think he would target transgendered children is horrific!

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Beccy Howard's avatar

Exactly. The whole lawsuit is absolutely ridiculous! $25M over a social media account?? This world is insane

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Kelli Martin's avatar

This is my favorite format you do. I am a pretty anxious person so I cant handle all the updates, even though I love them when I’m looking for them. It’s nice to step away and just have to watch twice a day too. It’s definitely much better for my mental health.

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Heidi L's avatar

Same here.

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Havik's avatar

Thank you so much for re-recording. I appreciate your time with these updates.

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Elizabeth  Holguin's avatar

There is a lot of sadness from the wichita and surrounding communities right now.

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J Sto's avatar

In emporia and feeling absolutely gutted.

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Gloria Bean's avatar

I’m so sorry for the loved ones left behind.

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Robyn Neudeck's avatar

It's hilarious that the guy with gold bars in his closet and shoes stuffed with thousands of dollars that he "didn't know about" would call the system corrupt......really?

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Celeste O's avatar

My head just exploded thinking about Dumptrump on Mt Rushmore.

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