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Dr. Deborah Hall's avatar

I'll tell you something good:

Builders BUILD.

Destroyers can build nothing.

Builders are stronger than destroyers.

That's why builders win.

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Bill Alstrom (MA/Maine/MA)'s avatar

Thanks for this, Dr Hall. We should remember that we had a Build Back Better bill. Now we have a Big Beautiful Bill that destroys. That builds wealth for the wealthy.

Some are calling it a Murder Bill.

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Dave Conant - MO's avatar

And when something breaks or is broken, builders can put it back together and make it stronger. That's what yesterday was all about.

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Dr. Deborah Hall's avatar

amen

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Dave Conant - MO's avatar

Good one Bill. The overriding theme of the signs in a very diverse crowd here was "NO Faux King Way".

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Cathy Cohen's avatar

Alexa change the President !!! So proud !!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Yesterday removed any doubt about who really won the election !!! They couldn’t intimidate us even though Florida Sheriff Ivy was saying they could run down protestors !! Floridians showed up and Patriots showed up everywhere !!!

Hope and UNITY won the day yesterday; FASCISM FALLS WHEN THE PEOPLE RISE !

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Justin Sayn's avatar

"Alexa, please change the President!". I saw that somewhere and it made me smile".

Thank you for posting something so uplifting and full of good values and life and love and pride and hope for future!

I too am long in the tooth and live in a community with great teachers. Yours is clearly focused on lessons that are valuable to the young students and to us all.

Clearly you understand that children are the future, and that a government of the people, for the people, by the people should not perish from the earth.

I'm fortunate enough to live near my adult children and grandchildren and am proud that they are focused on doing good things for others. They have always taught me more than I could teach them.

These days I mainly teach not with words but with just setting a good example. But I'm not too old to learn. Soon I'm going to finally get around to reading The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker.

Thank you again♥️

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Carol T Cox (NJ to VA to FL)'s avatar

YES! Great focus on what our youth are thinking about, researching, and learning. They are our future! Thanks so much for posting this, Bill. Glad you are projecting the positive!

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James Vander Poel's avatar

Yesterday's protest in Worcester saw a much more age diverse audience than the April Hands Off rally. I wandered through the crowd as a marshal, and met and talked with a lot of folks. There was a goodly number of high school and college students in the crowd, some noticeably wearing masks - not masking for COVID, but for identity. I think they have taken the lessons of the ICE kidnappings to heart. And there were quite a few signs against the ICE Gestapo.

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Fay Reid's avatar

Thank you, Bill. Yesterday was a very good day. Your turnout of 500 was probably bigger than our 5000 on a per capita basis. The population of just the city of Sacramento in 500,000 making our turnout 0.1%, but it was a joyous determined crowd, I was proud to be a part. Thanks for the plug!

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Justin Sayn's avatar

Thank you Fay, for contributing to Sacramento's joyful peaceful protest. I worked in Sacramento my entire career as both of my adult children still do. Keep doing good things♥️

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Carol Kocivar's avatar

Nice event! We all should celebrate the civic activities of our students. An idea for all to share: encourage your school to have a robust voter registration drive.

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Mike S's avatar

Have a great day Bill. If you are a Dad, Happy Father's Day!

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

Trump's polling numbers on immigration have tanked in the last few days since he volunteered to save us from socialism. See the chart here.

https://kathleenweber.substack.com/p/great-day-for-democracy

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