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Stephen Trafficante's avatar

Happy New year Michael. I feel that you are a beacon for common sense in an era where the word "compassion" is thought of as weak.

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dzrlib's avatar

Another thought, on the extended middle class, is that the WW2 taxes generally remained in effect until Ronald Reagan who, with the succeeding Republican presidents, kept reducing taxes on the rich, to the detriment of the rest of us.

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Alma Arias's avatar

As always Michael Moore, never forget the past….why are humans so god damn greedy…. The rich don’t get it…. They will die like everybody else… reckon with your creator… only 1 ticket to heaven, they just don’t care…like dogs… they live n the moment….stay well Michael…. We need you big time! Newsom/Kelly ….

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Lisa Botwinick's avatar

Happy New Year 2026!

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Richard  Cooke's avatar

Love you Michael. FDR helped get us Social Secuity and LBJ worked for Medicare, alongside the work of many regular Americans. Since then corporate Democrats have been successful at stopping passage of any meaningful legislation giving the American working class any part of the economic pie. So lately poor folks are voting for Trump. Now, with you , Bernie, AOC and us grass roots, old and young We are gonna turn this around. Medicare for all, Student loan forgiveness, Peace with Justice.

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Eliza Bethany's avatar

In the new year I hope we show how deeply we care about all our neighbors, at home and everywhere else. I hope we avert disasters daily, together, then finish work and share meals. I hope we can tear away the veils around evils, letting the hot air inside out. So many wrongs now to make right. So many solutions to adjust and carry forward. So many good, insightful voices to listen to, and be bolstered by. Thank you.

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Gail Harris's avatar

I was born in 1936…. I had NO idea that that is when the UAW was born….Quite remarkable as it was during the Depression!!!!

My parents moved from Moosejaw, Saskatchewan (during the Depression) to Huntington Park, CA. My mother became a US citizen and voted in every election. I went with her to vote for Harry Truman. (Her friend, a Republican, stayed home and did not vote, she knew Dewey was going to win.) My Dad worked for Convair during WWII and in 1949, when the jobs began to fade we moved from Bayview Terrace (Pacific Beach)CA to Ft. Worth, TX. I was 13. Texas was NOT what I expected…. my college, North Texas State integrated on the Graduate level my Sr.Yr. 1957 (I think) I hitched a ride with a woman who helped integrate the college…. She helped me understand why NTSC was able to avoid any demonstrations, crossburnings, phamphlets on campus…. The President had it cleaned up before the students went to class…. He told the new Graduate students that they were welcome to talk to the Press IN HIS OFFICE…. “It was the law of the land, and he would see to it that North Texas complied” (my words, his action)…. Down the road at another college, riots, crossburnings, did occur. And the year that NTSC was fully integrated, a young athlete named Joe Green was enrolled…. All of this and YOU are how I hold on to hope…. Thank YOU

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McGreta's avatar

My father always said "HISTORY! You must look at the HISTORY!"

I thank you, Michael Moore, for connecting these histories. May we gain hope through action in 2026 with a free Palestine and and an end to all global conflicts through boycotting, divesting and sanctioning and following our brave moral compasses of compassion and loving kindness and justice.

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Colleen Graney's avatar

Thank you for all the years of your documentary reporting. I know that this is the start of a new year and struggle to make things right. We can do this but it may take some time. Happy New Year!

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westportaquarium's avatar

Get off the phone and help a fellow hard worker. Gather in in p-person groups, we started a writing group in our area...a new Beat Poets group of sorts, we have a Printing press and a hand crank film projector we are teaching the public to use. 😉 We will survive. But we do have to help each other! I am mystified as to what to do for Gaza. I have talked to my legislators, I have sent donations to Gaza. But I hear the help is not getting to them. Even the flotilla ran into difficulty. Are we even getting the real news? I am so worried but not sure what is helping them? Hats off to your family's history in the Unions!!! Power to the people!!! In fact don't work for factories at all!!! Start your own businesses and never get as big as a corporation!!! 😉

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Manuel's avatar

Feliz Año Nuevo todo lo mejor para Usted en 2026.

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Tom Kurhajetz's avatar

Project 2026 If Brazil can do it, so can we!

Win the Senate and House, Impeach and Prosecute.

ORGANIZE ORGANIZE ORGANIZE!!!!!

ORGANIZE OVER THE COMMON GOOD DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. JUST READ THE PLATFORM BULLET POINTS. ORGANIZE!!!!

ALLEGIANCE TO OUR PLATFORM AND THE CANDIDATE THAT PROMOTES OUR PLATFORM!

GOOGLE YOUR STATES DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM TO READ IT!

MAKE AMERICA GRATEFUL AGAIN!

The Democratic Platform IS the Preamble to Our Constitution

The Preamble

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

The Democratic Party should be the party of Interdependent voters..

Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth (Official Audio) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp5JCrSXkJY

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