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Matt Taibbi, Sasha Stone, Michael Shellenberger. I salute your courage in taking on this battle. I am grateful for your moral and intellectual integrity, when it would have been easier to follow your former herd.

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Agreed. As Sasha stated: “But their loss is our gain.” I really like how she is part of “OUR”.

Our gain indeed! Every single one of them.

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I kid you not Sasha. I have listened to Matts speech four times in the past 20 hours.

I shared it on my stack!

Glorious...

https://healthyfamilies.substack.com/p/matt-taibbi-full-speech-at-the-rescue

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Got me. I’m only up to 3.

“ ...launch them into the fucking sun.”

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I know, right?

Pee themselves when they see a mean tweet.

I read that whole paragraph out loud to my husband right before we fell asleep last night.

There is something about Matts lisp and “naughty little boy” smirk that is so AMERICAN, I just want to cry with relief that someone gets it.

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You read that whole paragraph out loud to your husband right before you fell asleep last night?

Do you have a sister? who is single? Preferably who reads steamy political Substacks aloud in bed? There is just no sleep right after those words. Just sayin’.

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Go take a cold shower Kurt.

I am a grandma…

My sisters are all married.

My husband loves it when I whisper sweet nothings about American Elites peeing themselves when they read a mean tweet.

Who needs nighttime pillow talk when you can be reading a Taibbi speech out loud to each other?

Chuckling.

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Matt’s speech is my ideal of Gen X leadership in action!

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Thank you for curating and posting these, Sasha. I wonder if YouTube will have the chops to leave them up?

Back around 2005 or so Taibbi is the reason I cancelled my Rolling Stone subscription. I was tired of his leftist drivel when all I wanted to do was read about music. Best thing that could have happened is him leaving RS. Back then I didn't realize he had principles, but time has proven this as our two dominate political parties have completely switched roles, and his principles remain in tact. Now he's the only other Substack subscription I pay for, besides yours. The America This Week podcasts with Walter Kirn are an excellent bonus.

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Watched it live, but it's so great to have it in shorter pieces. I thought Dr. Pierre Kory, Dr. Robert Malone andd RFK, Jr. were also fantastic. Russell Brand was terriifc with Jordan Petersen. And Matt Taibbi was heroic. They were all heroic!

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Jordan & Russell were 🔥

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Matt's speech so good!!!! "Motherfucker, I'm an American!" Bravo Matty!!!!

Substitute Michael Hayden, John Brennan, James Clapper, Mike McFaul and Rick Stengel who make up America’s self-appointed behavior police for Dr. Stadler, Wesley Mouch, Floyd Ferris, et. al. and you're living in Atlas Shrugged.

Who is John Galt?

Seems like the bad guys literally using Atlas Shrugged, 1984, and Animal Farm not as a warning, but as a playbook.......

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Matt Taibbi was amazing. "Motherfucker, I'm an American..."omg. Glorious indeed. I will say Brett's wife Heather Heying; also killed it.

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She did! Heather’s speech was fantastic!

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Sep 30·edited Sep 30

Please watch these, especially Matt's - truly inspirational.

A gentle correction to the newly departed Kris Kristofersten - Freedom's just another word for all you've got to lose.

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I thought that was from Janis Joplin? Was it originally from K.K.?

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Kris wrote it.

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Sasha, you are the best. Thank you so much. You rock. Totally.

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Motherfucker, I am an American!! Pass it on Spartacus style!

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I agree, Taibbi is great. He posted his speech on his Stack, and it’s fantastic! Unfortunately most of his wisdom falls on deaf ears among my liberal friends…

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All the speakers did a fantastic job. It really lifted my spirits to see all these souls unite for such an important common cause. And from where I sit, it puts Kamala's "joy" campaign to shame. Hats off to everyone that participated.

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I actually subscribed to Rolling Stone for awhile primarily to read Matt Taibbi.

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Sep 30·edited Sep 30

Someone repost them to Rumble. Google can’t erase them there.

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The entire event is available to watch on Rumble at Rescue the Republic.

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Matt has a great story; trying living in Russia when he did. Good folks... all of these finally free Americans.

The Trump presence has finally freed many of you who choose not to remain on your island.

I remember when Trump went to meet Putin for a personal meeting and watching the Blob and its media are absolutely freak out. Being 55 I have grown up with Trump in my life and thought he was a egocentric ass, but uniquely American. I was wrong and knew it the day he met with Putin and all the other dictators in the world; he knows precisely who he is dealing with and how to deal with them. Now he knows who he is dealing with in our own government(rats).

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Every needs to see the economist who spoke early on in the event on CBDCs.

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I think you are referring to Chris Martenson. He’s the only speaker I recall addressing CBDCs. Here’s his talk on YouTube https://youtu.be/OTRrhROedfg

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Thank you for sharing this

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