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Michael, you are a brilliant man with such a huge heart, I wonder how it fits in your body. Thank you for saying everything I wish I could say. Thank you for speaking to the President. I hope he can hear your wisdom and act like the compassionate man I think he is. Thank you, Michael. Let there be peace in the world, and let it begin with me.

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Bravo Michael! Your sense of humanity and history is critical to this tragic conversation. We continue to spend billions on death and destruction. Your voice is needed more than ever.. Peace Andy

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You are a shining light in these times. You have the megaphone and you used it, on behalf of all of us—especially Gen Z but also all the way up in age to us Boomers who are sickened by this situation.

We ALL need to step up in significant ways, together, inter-generationally.

I am an older Columbia grad living in Idaho, but I have actually thought about going back to join the encampments and get arrested. Why not? Compared to the young people, I have so much less of a future to lose.

Thank you again—you are our voice.

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Thanks Michael! The way you speak to Joe Biden is so great!!!!

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shut up! he got no business saying the shit he’s saying, and has no idea what it takes to be the president of the united states! he couldn’t be a mayor apparently or he would’ve! he didn’t cuz he’s got no idea what takes! he’s a big mouth whiner and in that way he is exactly like trump both of them got no idea but think they know everything! stop blowing smoke yo his ass….. you’ll run outta smoke!

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Demonstrate. Protest Speak Out if you must. But in November, vote for Biden. Will a Trump presidency really help the Palestinian / Israeli conflict? Not voting for Biden will damage the USA more.

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WHY vote for warmonger Biden when he is complicit in genocide.

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oh, so, electing trump is your better suggestion? “#### NO!”

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Did I say that? I don't give a fig who you vote for both parties are the same to me.

Jill Stein.

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this election is clearly favoring 2 candidates. this is another election where we have a horrific choice with one candidate and a not great but a truer democratic candidate with the other.

yes, there are other choices - but, they really are not choices because votes for either of these less funded candidates are essentially powerless votes. i sure as hell do not wish to cast a powerless vote that may give the win to trump.

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Trump & Biden are the same??? Come on. Read and Listen how many they differ.

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I am right there with you Michael and appreciate all you articulate, clearly, historically, fact based. You have provided such clarity that I marvel at the ignorance and vested interest dogma all around us, in our MSM and the branches of government. I have been sreaming about the Likud fascists who backed Mussolinni for years.

Likud is to the Jewish people as Hamas is to the Palestinians.

I do hope someone, if not Biden himself heard your important points and warning. I do know Biden has been working on containing Netanyahu night and day since October 7. Smething has to give.

Thank you.

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Your civility is only exceeded by your knowledge and understanding. Thank you for demonstrating these qualities for this cause.

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Dear God I hope he was watching, or someone on his staff shares the interview with him!

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Well, guys and gals praising Moore. Congratulations on helping to sink the Biden Presidency. Liberals will not fail to shoot themselves in the foot. His numbers are sinking and will continue to sink and we will have Trump in the White House again with his host of criminals. Keep it up Michael! Reality will hit you all when Trump takes away your social security, your medicare, women's right to choose anythinig, the power of unions. Gaza is tough and we all agree and wish that Israel would knuckle under to Biden's will. But the reality is that a very high percentage of Israelis support his handling of the war and about 40% belief that the IDF is not aggressive enough.

Why does Michael focus on ONE humanitarian crisis in a world where hundreds of thousands are being massacred and starved and have no rights at all. We do not live in a perfedt world. It is a cesspool, a fact that will never change, no matter how much we want it to change. The forces of evil and disinformation are winning and Michael is becoming a part of that diatribe. Put it all on Biden. 5000 years of fighting, hatred - recorded in the old and new testament and somehow Biden is supposed to make things right. The tide is turning in Trump's favor and if you are upset about the horrors in Gaza, wait, there will be much more to come in a Trump second term. The people that surround Trump right now are licking their chops, ready to decimate our institutions, take away our freedom, wreak havoc among the nations of the world. Gaza IS NOT Vietnam! We provide aid to Israel because it is our ally and if you think that Biden can simply flick a switch and end the atrocities in Gaza, think again. I am convinced that with Biden's polling numbers sinking and young people everywhere convinced that he is the devil in sheep's clothing that a turn by the Israelis in the right direction will be too little too late. I have news for you all, Putin wins, the Iranians win, the Chinese win, and all the repressive governments in the world win because the party of the man you are terrified will return to the Oval Office will stand behind him no matter what horrible crimes he commits. But Biden, doing everything right for ALL Americans, repairing strenghening our ties with our allies in NATO, carrying on the fight in the Ukraine, has one very diffiult problem that has been festering for millenium that he cannot solve and liberals are heding for the exits. I am sorry to say that I believe that we have past the tipping point. Trump will win in November and then the destruction of our institutions and our way of life will end. I hope the polls are wrong and Biden can recover, but at this late date, it appears he will not. I woke up a few minutes ago to the new polling numbers by CNN and it no longer looks like the Biden Presidency will survive. Time to find a place of safety somewhere on the planet because, in the words of Boy Dylan, "a hard rain is gonna fall" or Jimi Hendrix, "castles made of sand will fall into the sea...eventually." Make no mistake about it, Hamas knew exactly how to pull the trigger on the IDF and Netanyahu. So Biden is left standing against Putin, Iran, China, North Korea, Hamas, Hezbollah, MAGA, young people, billionaires who want to suck every dollalr out of our economy, men who would make women subsurient, who would take away their right to control their own bodies, to have children, and the monster who will destroy our institutions and the middleclass and fill our beaurocracy with loyalists who will do exactly what they are told. I guess America will get exactly what it deserves. Keep it up MIchael. You will never really suffer. Your millions will protect you. It in times like these I think of the Pogo comic strip and a quote, "We looked at the enemy and it is us." And i thought we had a really big chance to win big in November. Michael, you keep repeating the mantra that we can win because there many more us. Well, it appears that is no longer true.

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I think you are missing the point of Michael’s comment? Biden still has time to stop using US taxpayer funds to fund a far-right wing government that continues to perpetrate mass atrocities. If he chooses not to, his support will continue to tank. Those are facts, not opinion. I don’t think that’s what you want?

The real agents of chaos here seem to be the US constituency that supports what’s going on? That’s the group that is at the root of this. Biden needed to distance himself from any supporters of the far-right, but because of the flow of political money, he didn’t? And not enough people united to give him cover to do this? So really it’s on all of us.

So many people tried to course-correct Johnson during the Vietnam War. Inexplicably he wouldn’t listen, throwing the election for the Dems to a perceived far-right “strongman.” That’s unacceptable to Michael, as it should be for all of us?

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The Group of the UNI party is AIPAC.

You are owned by Israel.

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His numbers are NOT sinking.

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Oh yes they are and Michael is complicit.

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Then show me the numbers.

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I'm as concern as Richard unfortunately he is right Moore clarified that 98% of Israelis and Palestinians are peacefully protesting in unity but to bash Biden NO The GOP House and Supreme Court support Right Wing dogma and Trump.s dictatorship and to prevent Biden and Liberals from the White House I'm an old lefty from the seventies and to recklessly relinquish the presidency to Trump is unforgiven Bibi is a right wing bellicose psychotic How come the young are not critical thinkers and yes. Moore if the rust belt Stares fall We all do plus RK Jr in on the Michigan ballot pulling votes from Biden I feel this impending election is not the lesser of two evils but Democracy Rule of Law which Biden is asserting and fighting refusing to be subjected to a Trumps reality too reminiscent of the thirties in which my family lost family

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Sadly, I agree with you. The Russian bots are working overtime to divide us permanently, so that we will destroy our own democracy. Then, they will take over us, and continue to take over the rest of the world.

We have to stop the violent protesting because the students have been sucked into this mess by outside professional agitators.

They have the right to protest their objections to Gaza, but not at the expense of hurting others and destroying property.

Yes, I was there at Kent State in May of 1970 where I watched the outside professionals take over our campus, and after they destroyed the downtown businesses and they burned down the R.O.T.C. Buildings over the weekend.

No one should have died that day on May 4th, 1970 because of the Vietnam protests.

I truly believe that the communists were behind May 4th, and they are doing the very same thing today.

Democracy is very fragile, and all of us need to unite to get rid of any elected official who is causing havoc with it. Vote them out in 2024!

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Sadly..so true

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Agree 100%! This is the most important! Thank you Michael.

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You did it, Michael Moore! You spoke directly to Biden via CNN. CNN is not my favorite source of news, but let's give praise where praise is due. Praise CNN for having the foresight to invite you to speak tonight. You said what you've been saying to all of us, your devoted subscribers on Substack, and tonight, you said it brilliantly and from your heart, appealing directly to Biden as a fellow Catholic. We so needed you to do this, Michael. Biden needs you! The Palestinians need you! The Israelis need you. This country needs you. Thank you for being our voice of reason & compassion when we most need a voice like yours —a wise voice, a prophetic voice, a voice that's tried and true.

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We can hash this out ‘til the cows come home. Yes, Israel is a disaster, but where were all our protests over the past many decades as we turned a blind eye when Israeli settlement developers were plowing down Palestinian’s ancient olive groves or walling them inside their prison? Were we marching on the streets of Washington?

There is only one way forward towards survival of our freedoms and that is to roll up our sleeves and get to work communicating with our good citizens young and old. First let them talk and then ask them to join us in a plan for November. Voting for Biden is for a four-year term. Don’t forget not voting for him will certainly end with the grave potential that Trump will be in office until he kicks the bucket. The four years with Trump were like dog years. Remember?

Democracy is not a spectator sport. You must be in contact with your representatives even in times of peace.

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1. The US is NOT a Democracy.

You have 2 parties owned by AIPAC.

Grow up America

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Hi Jenny,

It is a struggling democracy as voters don’t pay enough attention to who they are electing. We must engage with politicians on one main issue, will you vote to reform campaign financing. Otherwise, as you say we are owned by the biggest donors. First we must get to a majority in the three branches of government and put the power to make the changes we want to see back into the hands of the voters. Collectively we usually make the right decisions.

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Jill Stein.

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If you’d like to talk about her I’d be happy to listen.

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I've lived through and participated in protests since the 1950s.

This is the wrong protest, taking place in the wrong places, and focused on the wrong person.

The protests should be in front of every consulate/Embassy of Israel and every Arab/Muslim country in the ME that continues to bolster The Insanity.

The protests should be to Netanyahu, every Arab/Muslim leader.

The protests should be to form a human chain

The protests against the global wars right now ... https://geneva-academy.ch/galleries/today-s-armed-conflicts

The Insanity must stop!

From an article by ishaan.tharoor@washpost.com

"the Palestinians will be blocked from returning to their homeland like a previous generation of Palestinian refugees.”

With all due respect from an old woman … The Abrahamic faiths have to stop the 2000+ years of Insanity. Israel is no more the ‘homeland’ to Palestinians than to Arabs, Muslims, Christian, Jews and all the others who have moved through and lived in that area for thousands of years.

WHO CONTROLLED JERUSELEUM THE LONGEST

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GCXhKpoml0&t=174s

ISRAEL … MALCOLM NANCE

PART 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkPqR-Vm2ss

’Never again’ and ‘From the river to the sea’ must include everyone … We are ALL One Humanity.

This area has been a place where The Great Global Truths have been lived as well as denied.

When the Global Truths are denied then Insanity takes place.

As Two of the faiths spread around the world, they brought death and destruction to hundreds of millions under the guise of ‘convert or be wiped out’. Both have attacked the 3rd that is now joining the Insanity.

In my life-time, the conservative, radical Islamists have continued the death and destruction and oppression of hundreds and hundreds of millions.

In the past 40 years, the rise of conservative, radical Christianity has been working in Israel to bring forth The End Times .. and trump helped them see their goal as closer by moving the Embassy. And they are on the rise … supporting putin instead of Ukraine because he leads ’the last white christian nation’ and supporting netanyahu for the same reason. And you know that white christian nationalism is rising in the US and other European countries.

CHRISTIANS IN ISRAEL

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67422238

PASTORS ARE EXCITED ABOUT GAZA/BELIEVE IT OR NOT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mQpCjxR3MI

HOW MEDIA SHIFTED FROM TRUTH TO DISAPPEARING TRUTH

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGwpbl6tsBA

THE TROLL FARM CONNECTED TO THE DISAPPEARING TRUTHS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owKmIVvwzgI&t=295s

The Insanity must stop. We … Humans … can choose to follow The Great Global Truths that can lead to a Great Global Renewal or we will continue towards a Great Global Destruction

1. We are ALL one humanity. We all blink, cough, and can tighten our muscles. Any woman can get pregnant by any man. Any child can be brought up in any culture, religion, language, part of the world. We use Distorted Mind Beliefs to deny and suppress this Truth and see ‘Us’ and ‘Other’.

2. We are ALL born naked. Every Woman knows this. We are made to feel shame or unsafe due to Distorted Mind Beliefs and denied the Truth

3. We are ALL born equal because the sun shines on each of us. Distorted Mind Beliefs deny and suppress this Truth.

4. We ALL live on one planet shared with the Commons (Waters, Airs, Soils), All Species and Each Others. We use Distorted Mind Beliefs as a reason to kill one another, The Commons and Species.

I do not know what the Quran or Torah says about humanity and our Planet (I was not brought up in the 3 Abrahamic faiths) but we all know the Bible says: ‘Man has dominion over the Earth’. What if the Bible had said: ‘Humanity has a caring responsibility to All The Waters, Soils, Airs, Species and One Another’

The Insanity must stop. If these young people don’t vote, trump is likely to get elected. What are trump's plans? Muslim ban, deportation of hundreds of millions, Project 2025, Agenda 47 and furthering the push for the End Times war ... why do you think the GOP in congress supports Israel and the destruction of Muslims in Gaza and supports Putin instead of Ukraine.

The Insanity must stop … Oct 7 should never have happened but where do you start? The Insanity of 2000+ years must stop. Wrong protest, wrong places, wrong person!

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Michael..you are a brilliant man. Truly. This will also be your failing though..a Trump presidency will be the undoing of all of us. You have to see that. I agree that this war must end..but to put Biden’s reelection on the line ..is far too great a sacrifice. Gazans will be no better off with Trump as President!

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How can anyone with a HEART VOTE FOR WARMONGER BIDEN!

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Because BIDEN did not start this war and it is not within his power to end it. Israel is our strategic ally. We cannot completely withhold financial support Biden is doing what he can..increasingly trying to get Netanyahu to show humanity. There are countries all throughout this world that are persecuting their people and have US dollars behind them. The ignorance to think that King Biden can control all that they do. If I had to pick between Biden and Trump I would vote Biden all day long. You could put a cardboard cutout against trump and i would vote for the cutout HAPPILY. Why..because I want to preserve my civil liberties here! I want my daughter to have the right to control her body, I want a government that asks tough questions and tries however imperfectly to better the lives of all of its citizens rather than the top 1%. I want a President that abides by the laws of this land, that pays his taxes, that doesn’t mock those that are disabled or prey on women. How can anyone make a choice to not support anyone that stands in the way of TRUMP

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As Liz says below. The buck stops with Biden.

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Michael, I listened to you podcast today, how the Unions of the United States can possibly/ hopefully over the next four years set the USA on a correct direction of looking after its people. I’m in Australia, we have Medicare, (mostly free but really good health care), a national minimum wage of $25 per hour, time and a half on Saturdays, double time on Sundays! It’s been the norm for many decades! It seems to me, listening to you today, the Unions may be able to do more than any political party to bring both health care and a living wage to the citizens and residents of the USA! Keep using your voice, and if the worker’s unions in the USA stick to their four year plan their VOICE and increased membership will do more for the wellbeing of ordinary people, than the politicians can. Maybe they’ll force the politicians act , or a least the public demand more!! MAFA! M A Fair Again!! Maybe a blue cap:) all the best. R

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you’re just being a fool! Hiw the fuck can he stop some shit lihe this in another man’s country!! He didn’t finance israel the whole fuckin congress and senate passed the bill!! but you ginna run your big mouth and blame it on biden!! you are tryin to give this to trump! These protesters ain’t protesting trump!! you’re making it about biden and the election, and I’m truly sad to say this but your a fuckin traitor, mike! why don’t you have the balls to blame all this on what it is! This the same thing that a genocide is always about! fuckin religion mike!!! why would anybody in their right fuckin mind decide to invade a 2500 year old muslim settlement with a bunch of lilly white europeans jews that have no blood connection to palestine and haven’t since time took it from them and the england took it from rome 2500 yrs ago. And england still has it as their territory when the did thus totally fuckin stupid ass shit of forcing these jews on the muslim community that their great great great grandparents passed on to them. What did they think was gonna happen??! a religious cold war is what the fuck they started! and so your stupid ass can understand why you’re wrong to put this on biden, he was a baby when this shit started. So blame organized fuckin religion, but get the fuck off of bidens ass with this you ain’t no fuckin hero and haven’t been for quite some time mike! What are you doing a cornel west publicity grab?! huh? feeling fucking neglected, don’t hurt this country mike, please stop before you do!!! you’re wrong on this!! dead ass wrong!!

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The buck stops with Biden.

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bullshit, it don’t even start with him or ukraine wouldn’t have gone so long getting there ass kicked in a real war of aggression! nit this same old shit middle eastern fuckin religious wars! this is not bidens war! he did not start it and has expressed his disapproval of the out of control killing in fuckin gaza! wtf do you want him to do!! he didn’t pass the bill! the house did! if didn't sign it. ukraine wouldn’t have gotten theirs. and that’s a real threat let these arab mother fuckers shoot each other up until when oil goes outta style and we will be done with this bullshit for good. religious genocide will continue! we just won’t hear about becuz oil won’t matter and they can kill each other off or whatever in the hell they wanna do! But this does NOT belong to biden!! no fuckin way!! ..it is as it has been…. Biden ain’t got shit to do about it! period. Or he would’ve done it!

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I suggest you read Aaron Mate on Ukraine. Not Michael Moore.

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