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Humans know in their bones when they are being lied to. It's really great to hear the lies of the past exposed so well by Michael and Chris. The pain in this American story is palpable and it screams for expression. Well done my brothers.

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RE; Texas Vigilante law ... noted below is a draft of my proposed counter attack:

The best way to counter the newly formed "Texas vigilante Abortion Law" is simple:

FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE ...

The current Vigilante Law allows ANYone, residing in Texas or elsewhere (including US Territories) to file suite against against anyone they PERCEIVE as aiding someone seeking an abortion within Texas

My counter plan is simple and will be devastating to all who decide to partake in the $10,000 "Money Grab".

I propose developing a data base of those willing to become "Vigilante Fire Fighters".

The Fire Fighter names will be anonymous, and will all be grouped by ZIP codes.

The moment a Vigilante files a law suite, which is a document OF RECORD, the data base automatically notifies all Vigilante Fire Fighters living in the same area code as the money-grabbing Vigilante. Any and all Fire Fighters living in the Vigilante's ZIP code immediately file suite against the Vigilante for aiding and abetting an abortion within the state of Texas.

The key to this system is that, just like the Vigilante, the charge does not have to be proven in a court of law. IN FACT when the charges fail to be DEFENDED, the Vigilante must pay the court cost ... which would be astronomical when the LARGE number of Fire Fighters in a given ZIP code are all filing individual law suites

That is my proposed plan for you, Michael, with all of your resources, to implement.

Respectfully,

Michael Pinchot

Orange County, CA

Google search: "Michael Pinchot, author"

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Looking forward to Mike's movie night!

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A thought-provoking, riveting listen. Distressing to hear, but knowing the truth is always better than remaining ignorant. I'm grateful to you both that I learned things I didn't know before listening to this podcast. (Thanks, also, for the gift that is Sheerpost!)

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Thank you with all my heart ❤ for having Professor Hedges. He is one of my super heroes - Ralph Nader- Chris Hedges - Michael Moore Bless you -I've been only to county jail but NO rights NONE

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Perfect, I would love to watch on my TV rather than my phone, just because I took typing in High School doesn’t mean I understand this new technology, maybe apple air play will put it on my TV? TV is new from last Christmas

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Michael, you and Hedges make a great team. Each of you provides expertise that the other lacks. Please continue to collaborate with him.

I just now subscribed (paying) to your Substack in order to put in this comment.

Thank you for your tireless work.

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A thought-provoking, riveting listen. Distressing to hear, but knowing the truth is always better than remaining ignorant. I'm grateful to you both that I learned things I didn't know before listening to this podcast. (Thanks, also, for the gift that is Sheerpost!)

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A thought-provoking, riveting listen. Distressing to hear, but knowing the truth is always better than remaining ignorant. I'm grateful to you both that I learned things I didn't know before listening to this podcast. (Thanks, also, for the gift that is Sheerpost!)

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Two of my favorites - thank you both!

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I am going to try to see if the American Solidarity Party can be a way out of Christian Nationalism for people of faith.

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💜💜💜💜 Attention- Attention-Attention It’s the Purple Heart Lady, Val from the Queen City and Buckeye State , Cincinnati, Ohio . Have you all missed me, especially you Mr. Moore. It’s been a rough week for me as I had been sick. Regarding this podcast, another amazing one once again Mr. Moore and @ Mr. Chris Hedges. Thank you so very dearly always for making my day healthier, happier, and more hopeful. Mr. Moore, all I want to say is I truly love you and I sincerely mean this, and it is because of the person you are inside and out. What really tugged at my heart in this podcast most of all is when you said we all have to learn the love one another and be kind to each other to work together and fight this or we won’t win ever and we have to be smart and committed. You pinned the tail on the donkey – AMEN sir. There is a church here in Cincinnati and their motto Is - “ Love Wins “. Isn’t this the truth? Love and kindness wins all. You also mentioned that there aren’t many people like Chris Hedges, well I would like to say there aren’t many people like you Michael Moore, in fact there is no one. You in my humble opinion deserve the Pulitzer Prize and more Oscars than you have gotten. I sincerely mean this. Lastly, I missed the news regarding Biden meeting with the Ukraine president. Very sad to hear this . I wonder behind closed doors if it has something to do with our past president which the public may not have been made aware of. You never know, because with meetings I don’t believe they tell us everything. They talk about a number of things as you know also. And ending, I wish you and everyone here a very sweet and relaxing weekend and I cannot wait , Mr. Moore for next Friday. Looking so forward to this movie night and I love the time you have it at. I a night 🦉 owl. Thank you again a million times over for all you do. We are all here for you and support you, and if nobody else does and they all decide to leave, I will always be here for you. You lift me up, make me laugh, and always give me a reason to get stronger for an extra day of life to live and for this I am deeply and eternally grateful. 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜 The Purple Heart Lady, The One and Only Val 😜🥰🥰🥰🤗🤗🤗P.S. Sending as Always Friendly Hugs of Thanks !

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Awesome, good begets good and have faith!

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Thanls so much for this conversation with Chris Hedges.

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Love that song! Good choice, Michael. I had 2 thoughts at the beginning of this 20 year fiasco. First, our military action is a textbook example of an imperialist war of aggression. Secondly, did anyone think to ask the Soviets about the years they spent in Afghanistan? Geez Louise, c’mon guys!

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It is clear that Hedges knows his Toynbee thoroughly. He is well aware that Western Civilization is in disintegration. Russia and China are in the Stage of Growth meeting their challenges. So far. They have a huge continent to plunder into ruin. That will take time.

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