A perfect example for us to follow here in the U. S. Today we are in. Bad place. All it took was a mistake many of us made believing a liar. Now we are paying for it.
You seem to be light years ahead of us.
Thanks for setting such a clear example of empowerment!
I was extremely moved by this and then got to the end where Alison mentioned being impressed by us Americans that are trying our level best to right our ship, and I started to cry… Happy tears though.
Charlie, thank you for this post. Personally I think people across the world should be pushing back djt and his regime. He's a made man and so unhinged I worry he'll start WW111. He shouldn't be in the Office of the Presidency at all, he isn't intelligent and speaks out of impulse threatening attacking other countries if he doesn't get his way. He is a threat and there's no doubt about that.
I fear it's not dating acting alone. It's the whole Project 2025 gang. They are the driving force behind him. I really believe it's more sinister than the news tells us.
The plan is to destroy Government eliminate it put the Oligarchs in charge of running the Country and turn America into a SLAVE NATION. The people are to be beholding to them for everything. If you don't go along you won't get along. We are headed to financial collapse and that's all part of the plan too. They will allow elections but they will have no power they'll just be figure heads.
It's all in Project 2025 and Steven Miller is driving it forward at lightning speed. He's running the Government now and djt is his puppet.
I pray the BLUE WAVE WILL SAVE US. GOD ONLY KNOWS.
GOD HELP US 🙏🇺🇸🌊
PEOPLE CAN'T BE QUIET OR COMPLACENT.
NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE IS NOT FUTILE PROTEST PROTEST PROTEST PROTEST PROTEST
CALL 📞 EVERY SENATOR EVERY CONGRESS PERSON EVERY DAY TO VOICE YOUR DISDAIN.
Thanks Janet & Steve for your insights. Janet, what you summed up in that last reply took me most of my life to learn n see. I can't deny what I read is true. Like the face in the mirror shows ya. ☮💜
Thank you Charlie, and Alison -- I am reading your words at the end of a hard day. The news coming out of the concentration camp in Florida has me sick at heart, and also very angry. What is being done there to the captives constitute crimes against humanity, without a doubt. Your words, Alison, make me feel not-so-quite-alone this evening. Cheers from Ontario.
The human hamster wheel of redundant stupidity. You all voted for it. Now we all have to suffer the consequences or fight like hell. I've lived a long hardworking life till my body said "enough". I could die for this fight, who knows maybe I just might when ICE comes for me.
Thankyou again Charlie & Alison. We "Americans" as well as the world are flirting with the idea of a feudal system in the new age. It's been about a thousand (probably more) years since it started. Thru the ages adapted itself by adding religion Will we be forced to live & work outside the oligarths castle walls. To pay homage for scraps to survive while still paying taxes to support their greed & control, knowing they will never remove the yoke that burdens their very existence and self esteem & confidence. Sooner or later history will surely repeat itself with no "rhyme" or reason resulting in death & destruction leading to that inevitable reconstruction just to start the process over again
I am encouraged by Allison story and trust me as I have been an advocate for first not mowing down milkweed along a power servitude and bike path Going it alone didn't stop the mowing but pulling a small group together to come up with an answer and backup for every excuse we were given did. I have since moved on the vouching for native plants and wildlife in particular native bees and butterflies. It is often discouraging as there seems to be little information our city provide or that they even know. However, if I come against a discouragement I dust myself off and go at it again... Like Allison I do my best the keep the issue visible and pull others onto the trail with me.
Please forgive the hint of selfishness but I kinda think my book, written within weeks of Trumps first descent-by-elevator into our lives is an example of resistance. Courage? Not so much. But the book was written to illustrate the plight of non-Americans and even tourists residing in an ICE and MAGA militia world. It forecast fascism. It forecast the police state and it forecast Canadian resistance. When it was published I sent a copy to AARP for review. They review books for and about seniors. But they wouldn't review mine. "We don't review political books." Translation: the AARP rep was a Trumpian.
Was your book published J.? You could plug it here! I'd like to see it.
IMHO, AARP is just another insurance salesman in sheeps clothing. Yea I'm still a member I do the petitions & that stuff with no additional money sent. I pay my membership every year. Did you know that one of it's biggest commercial proponents Is United Healthcare who along with Aetma is planning on dropping participating in the Affordable Care Act program in 2026. Aetna already started by dropping the hospital and providers affiliated with University of Washington where I just completed treatments for throat & colon cancer and am finally clean. What about the folks in treatment? I believe they will offer 50% less coverage, stiffing those poor folks into a huge possibly bankrupting situation! Horrible. So Aetna & United Healthcare (as well as others) policyholders beware!
Thank you Ahbee. I don't feel quite so much a huckster if I reply to a request. It's called ACCIDENTAL FUGITIVES. Amazon. Or, better for everyone's pocketbook, the library carries it. The 'magic' of the book is NOT the writing....I wrote it because I was 66 at the time and wanting a senior to be in a cheap B action flick as the aging-but-able and brave Canadian. The book is kind of a cross between a paperback novel and a screenplay. Very quick read. Aaaaaaand, at that very moment......along came Trump and his evil entourage. The storyline just popped and I wrote it in about a week. Bottomline: it was extremely prescient but, in retrospect, Trump was to become even worse with his second term. He was must the background villain in Accidental Fugitives.
Alison’s story of resistance is so impressive and full of determination for the long haul. We need this, especially in climate action, which is easily shoved aside by other pressing issues. Thanks for this inspiration.
Charlie, many of us here in the US aspire for a leader like yourself. Very few have the voice, the courage and the skill to properly bolster a resistance. As one of these Americans, I can positively say the only politician I was truly excited about was Obama - and I'm not that young.
But the way you articulate yourself, and are able to clearly state your message is extremely inspirational. You don't BS around or whitewash things. You say it as it is. And we need that. I'd love to see this Substack gain traction.
In many ways, even though you are not here - you ARE a leader. I personally am trying to get the 50501 movement, and many of my fellow countryman without a voice to follow this Substack. And I will continue to do so - we consider people like you our REAL allies. Because nobody else is.
I was inspired by this sub and called the staff to my congressperson (GOP). Told them that people around the world and country are referring to Alligator Alcatraz as a literal concentration camp (which I know it is).
As a first step I politely asked that humanitarian organizations as well as democrats (who were declined entry) among others need to make sure that these people are humanely treated (they aren't) and that if America wants to improve it's image they'll need to show the world that it isn't a hotbed for concentration camps.
Yes, I literally said the word "concentration camp" as politely as I could.
I know when calling I need to be polite and not accusatory. I'm still very new to calling my representative - so please be patient! Hopefully my messaging will get stronger.
Perfect motivation for us in the US who are so overwhelmed by ALL the ills of the trump regime. Pick a cause that you love and focus your efforts/resistance on it.
The group in this article are showing how to do it while building community.
Thank you for your sustained patriotism. Lunenberg NS is my paternal ancestral home (earliest settlers) and New England is my maternal ancestral home (Mayflower and Great Migration). I'm dual citizen. I love both my countries deeply. In my 76 years I never imagined what is happening in both... it's horrifying. I find it mentally challenging to live each day with the level of cruelty, hate, chaos, and anti-democratic actions that are happening minute by minute. It's becoming a living hell. Frankly I have no idea how all this horrific chaos will end but I fear it won't be peacefully.
Nice words Barbara like you my folks were Mayflowers and some also from NS and Eastport ME. as well.
At age 21 I got to circumnavigate Nova Scotia on my motorcycle. The Cabot Trail is still a fond memory even 50 years later. I live in Seattle area now but long to return as I didn't get to see Fundy! Nor did I know I came from people there and Eastport. Who knows if the fates allow, maybe one day...☮💜🇨🇦🇺🇸💜☮
nice... thanks for replying... maybe some day each of us will find our way back home...I live in ruby red Indiana now and our Trumpet governor is destroying the state....we get a double whammy to try to navigate 😜
A perfect example for us to follow here in the U. S. Today we are in. Bad place. All it took was a mistake many of us made believing a liar. Now we are paying for it.
You seem to be light years ahead of us.
Thanks for setting such a clear example of empowerment!
I was extremely moved by this and then got to the end where Alison mentioned being impressed by us Americans that are trying our level best to right our ship, and I started to cry… Happy tears though.
Charlie, thank you for this post. Personally I think people across the world should be pushing back djt and his regime. He's a made man and so unhinged I worry he'll start WW111. He shouldn't be in the Office of the Presidency at all, he isn't intelligent and speaks out of impulse threatening attacking other countries if he doesn't get his way. He is a threat and there's no doubt about that.
I fear it's not dating acting alone. It's the whole Project 2025 gang. They are the driving force behind him. I really believe it's more sinister than the news tells us.
The plan is to destroy Government eliminate it put the Oligarchs in charge of running the Country and turn America into a SLAVE NATION. The people are to be beholding to them for everything. If you don't go along you won't get along. We are headed to financial collapse and that's all part of the plan too. They will allow elections but they will have no power they'll just be figure heads.
It's all in Project 2025 and Steven Miller is driving it forward at lightning speed. He's running the Government now and djt is his puppet.
I pray the BLUE WAVE WILL SAVE US. GOD ONLY KNOWS.
GOD HELP US 🙏🇺🇸🌊
PEOPLE CAN'T BE QUIET OR COMPLACENT.
NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE IS NOT FUTILE PROTEST PROTEST PROTEST PROTEST PROTEST
CALL 📞 EVERY SENATOR EVERY CONGRESS PERSON EVERY DAY TO VOICE YOUR DISDAIN.
AMERICA CAN'T GO DOWN QUIETLY.
Thanks Janet & Steve for your insights. Janet, what you summed up in that last reply took me most of my life to learn n see. I can't deny what I read is true. Like the face in the mirror shows ya. ☮💜
Thank you Charlie, and Alison -- I am reading your words at the end of a hard day. The news coming out of the concentration camp in Florida has me sick at heart, and also very angry. What is being done there to the captives constitute crimes against humanity, without a doubt. Your words, Alison, make me feel not-so-quite-alone this evening. Cheers from Ontario.
The human hamster wheel of redundant stupidity. You all voted for it. Now we all have to suffer the consequences or fight like hell. I've lived a long hardworking life till my body said "enough". I could die for this fight, who knows maybe I just might when ICE comes for me.
Thankyou again Charlie & Alison. We "Americans" as well as the world are flirting with the idea of a feudal system in the new age. It's been about a thousand (probably more) years since it started. Thru the ages adapted itself by adding religion Will we be forced to live & work outside the oligarths castle walls. To pay homage for scraps to survive while still paying taxes to support their greed & control, knowing they will never remove the yoke that burdens their very existence and self esteem & confidence. Sooner or later history will surely repeat itself with no "rhyme" or reason resulting in death & destruction leading to that inevitable reconstruction just to start the process over again
Please put on your website where I can send a cheque! I don’t trust the internet with my credit card! And my old lady friends neither!
Thank you for sharing Alison's story. I am inspired by it. It's up to us to stand together, demand more from our politicians and our "leaders".
I am encouraged by Allison story and trust me as I have been an advocate for first not mowing down milkweed along a power servitude and bike path Going it alone didn't stop the mowing but pulling a small group together to come up with an answer and backup for every excuse we were given did. I have since moved on the vouching for native plants and wildlife in particular native bees and butterflies. It is often discouraging as there seems to be little information our city provide or that they even know. However, if I come against a discouragement I dust myself off and go at it again... Like Allison I do my best the keep the issue visible and pull others onto the trail with me.
Please forgive the hint of selfishness but I kinda think my book, written within weeks of Trumps first descent-by-elevator into our lives is an example of resistance. Courage? Not so much. But the book was written to illustrate the plight of non-Americans and even tourists residing in an ICE and MAGA militia world. It forecast fascism. It forecast the police state and it forecast Canadian resistance. When it was published I sent a copy to AARP for review. They review books for and about seniors. But they wouldn't review mine. "We don't review political books." Translation: the AARP rep was a Trumpian.
Was your book published J.? You could plug it here! I'd like to see it.
IMHO, AARP is just another insurance salesman in sheeps clothing. Yea I'm still a member I do the petitions & that stuff with no additional money sent. I pay my membership every year. Did you know that one of it's biggest commercial proponents Is United Healthcare who along with Aetma is planning on dropping participating in the Affordable Care Act program in 2026. Aetna already started by dropping the hospital and providers affiliated with University of Washington where I just completed treatments for throat & colon cancer and am finally clean. What about the folks in treatment? I believe they will offer 50% less coverage, stiffing those poor folks into a huge possibly bankrupting situation! Horrible. So Aetna & United Healthcare (as well as others) policyholders beware!
🚑🥼⛑🏥💉💊⚰?
💜☮
https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/trump-affordable-care-act-final-rule-enrollment-verification/751280/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/news/content/ar-AA1E9Hzw?ocid=sapphireappshare
Id start shopping now and watchout for maga sales reps. You know where they're gonna send ya....
Thank you Ahbee. I don't feel quite so much a huckster if I reply to a request. It's called ACCIDENTAL FUGITIVES. Amazon. Or, better for everyone's pocketbook, the library carries it. The 'magic' of the book is NOT the writing....I wrote it because I was 66 at the time and wanting a senior to be in a cheap B action flick as the aging-but-able and brave Canadian. The book is kind of a cross between a paperback novel and a screenplay. Very quick read. Aaaaaaand, at that very moment......along came Trump and his evil entourage. The storyline just popped and I wrote it in about a week. Bottomline: it was extremely prescient but, in retrospect, Trump was to become even worse with his second term. He was must the background villain in Accidental Fugitives.
Well perhaps you should get goin on AF2.0? I dont wanna wait too long after I read the 1st one. I might not remember to look for 2.o
🙄😁☮💜
Alison’s story of resistance is so impressive and full of determination for the long haul. We need this, especially in climate action, which is easily shoved aside by other pressing issues. Thanks for this inspiration.
Charlie, many of us here in the US aspire for a leader like yourself. Very few have the voice, the courage and the skill to properly bolster a resistance. As one of these Americans, I can positively say the only politician I was truly excited about was Obama - and I'm not that young.
But the way you articulate yourself, and are able to clearly state your message is extremely inspirational. You don't BS around or whitewash things. You say it as it is. And we need that. I'd love to see this Substack gain traction.
In many ways, even though you are not here - you ARE a leader. I personally am trying to get the 50501 movement, and many of my fellow countryman without a voice to follow this Substack. And I will continue to do so - we consider people like you our REAL allies. Because nobody else is.
I was inspired by this sub and called the staff to my congressperson (GOP). Told them that people around the world and country are referring to Alligator Alcatraz as a literal concentration camp (which I know it is).
As a first step I politely asked that humanitarian organizations as well as democrats (who were declined entry) among others need to make sure that these people are humanely treated (they aren't) and that if America wants to improve it's image they'll need to show the world that it isn't a hotbed for concentration camps.
Yes, I literally said the word "concentration camp" as politely as I could.
I know when calling I need to be polite and not accusatory. I'm still very new to calling my representative - so please be patient! Hopefully my messaging will get stronger.
Perfect motivation for us in the US who are so overwhelmed by ALL the ills of the trump regime. Pick a cause that you love and focus your efforts/resistance on it.
The group in this article are showing how to do it while building community.
Thanks for sharing their inspiring story.
Thank you for your sustained patriotism. Lunenberg NS is my paternal ancestral home (earliest settlers) and New England is my maternal ancestral home (Mayflower and Great Migration). I'm dual citizen. I love both my countries deeply. In my 76 years I never imagined what is happening in both... it's horrifying. I find it mentally challenging to live each day with the level of cruelty, hate, chaos, and anti-democratic actions that are happening minute by minute. It's becoming a living hell. Frankly I have no idea how all this horrific chaos will end but I fear it won't be peacefully.
Nice words Barbara like you my folks were Mayflowers and some also from NS and Eastport ME. as well.
At age 21 I got to circumnavigate Nova Scotia on my motorcycle. The Cabot Trail is still a fond memory even 50 years later. I live in Seattle area now but long to return as I didn't get to see Fundy! Nor did I know I came from people there and Eastport. Who knows if the fates allow, maybe one day...☮💜🇨🇦🇺🇸💜☮
nice... thanks for replying... maybe some day each of us will find our way back home...I live in ruby red Indiana now and our Trumpet governor is destroying the state....we get a double whammy to try to navigate 😜
Alison’s story is so impressive. 4 years, every week, protesting the wrongs that blight our country. What an amazing example of activism. 💕