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Best of luck, Daniel. You’ve had a rough time lately. I can relate to that. Of all the things I need to do with an uncooperative, declining body, I managed to request my application for absentee ballots in SC. So proud of myself.

Then I had to laugh; this far ahead, have no idea 🤷🏼‍♀️ if I’ll survive to fill out those ballots and get them returned, but by Golly, I will be ready for a blue wave with my last breath. That and two 😽😽 keep me going. 😂🤣🌊🌊🌊

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Thanks loads, Judith.

I, too, do absentee ballot voting. Georgia has made it so damn difficult to do now. It’s their way of trying to discourage voter turnout. Like I told the lady at the voting office on the phone. Those assholes in Atlanta that have created all this debacle do not realize that they are cutting their throats despite their rage at trying to keep their Republican power. It’s making people like me angry and I’d never, ever, vote for any of them to return to office.

Yes, the 🌊🌊🌊🌊must prevail in all local, state, and federal elections from now through at least ‘30! Hopefully, by then, we will have killed this GQP and rid our political system of this cancer.

Judith, you take care of yourself. We have to survive!!! I’ll keep you in my prayers, my dear lady. I have no intention of going anywhere anytime soon, and neither do you!!!

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Thank you, Daniel. You’re my kind of guy! 😘

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Really!?!? I haven’t heard such a sexy line from a woman in over 35 years!!! Thanks!!! Making my heart flutter!

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😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

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Mar 23Liked by Daniel L. Cooper

Holy Smoke Daniel..and you’re up for keeping us on our toes? You de man!🙌

Glad to hear you’re in new digs and hoping the rest of the year is smooth…be careful!!!

Yes TFG is hell bent , scared, desperate, but his ego won’t permit any admitting the ruse is up , no apology, just more chaos , he thrives in it. Smokescreening. Last ditch efforts , all clamor is for attention and coverup! Such a pathetic broken record.

Biden’s doing a great job, even here in WV there’s a trending blue. It’s been a haul for many and oh brother the lessons! Hopefully we can tidy up the fall out , and…..there’s an inkling some bold former conservatives may sit it out a spell then regroup to work together with us …let’s hope.

Sending healthy healing hugs, Daniel

We are …💙VOTING BLUE💙

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Hey there, Patricia! I’ve missed you! It’s so good hearing from you, and all my friends on here. Actually, all of you are my family.

You are so right. We have to keep on keeping on. Preaching the BLUE WAVE. Hopefully it will turn into a Blue Tsunami!!!

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Peace and health to you, Daniel. We shall overcome!

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Thanks, Manuel! Yes, we shall overcome!!!

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Mar 23Liked by Daniel L. Cooper

Hope you're getting well quickly and you made the right move. And thanks for posting all this. I think not only Trump but 99.9% of his supporters are all out of their ever-loving minds. I say ship all the MAGAs off to some island somewhere and let them live the way they want to, and leave the rest of us alone!

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Charlotte, I must agree with you. Load them all onto a very slow boat to a remote island off of northern Siberia. That would be ultimately appropriate for all of them. And, once they offload them, make sure there’s no electricity, running water, internet, nothing. No “comforts of home”. Make them feel what the immigrants that are trying to enter this country are feeling, and searching for. Which, may I add, something that immigrants have been entering this nation ever since its beginning. Ohhh, lest I forget. Hadn’t all of Trump’s wives, including his current wife, been from m other countries. Russia, Slovenia? What about them getting thrown into his concentration camps and deported? He needs to be. Treasonous traitor. Giving our Top Secret documents to Russia, China, North Korea, Iraq.

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Mar 24Liked by Daniel L. Cooper

Daniel, so good to hear! We warriors for democracy need to support one another! I always look forward to your posts here and on the Professor’s page. Keep healing, my friend! 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

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Thanks, Jen. I intend to! Good Lord willing we shall wreak havoc to the GQP over the coming elections!!!💙🌊💙🌊💙🌊

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Mar 24Liked by Daniel L. Cooper

💪 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊💙

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Mar 24Liked by Daniel L. Cooper

I appreciate everything you say, Daniel. Thank you. However, most importantly, are you healing? Settling in? Getting the help you need? Your passion for democracy is inspiring! Keep on keeping on, my friend. We the people need you.

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Thank-you, Jen. Yes, I’m healing. One of my legs is being stubborn but the doctors and these hone nurses are keeping up the fight. I have absolutely no intention of giving up. I’m nowhere near ready to leave this earth. I intend to be a thorn in the side of all this GQP Trumpublican Party as long as humanly possible!

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Mar 24Liked by Daniel L. Cooper

Thanks for the update on your recent whereabouts, Daniel. I had a feeling that you were under the weather. It’s a relief to know that you’re bouncing back.

As usual, I’m in agreement with every reflection you have on the sorry state of affairs in the United States’ current political scene. Furthermore, everything is political now and the viewpoints from the Republicans are a disgrace to the true American people and values.

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Thanks, Bayjh. Yes, I hope I’ve made the right move. It just seems that everyone is all about that all American dollar. No one is willing to help anyone do anything without getting money from you. What the hell has happened to ‘helping others’? I used to do that all year long when I was in firefighting and law enforcement. We used to load our patrol cars, or fire pumpers with toys, clothes, and food, and take it around to the needy families in our district. That came out if our pocket. Not the city, county, or state. On $900 a month gross salary, $436 take home monthly, it was tough. Especially with 4 children at home myself, but we did it because we wanted to.

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Mar 23Liked by Daniel L. Cooper

My husband died in Sept. of ‘22 of COVID. My sister, only 5 years older than I, has dementia and is in hospice. Without my two adult daughters still living at home with me, I would be in the same boat as you are, except without the benefit of a dedicated caregiver. Everything you’ve written here is truth, and I’ve restacked it. I hope you feel better soon, Daniel! May we conquer this evil in our midst who threatens us all.

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Knitwish, I’m so sorry to hear about your husband passed ng from this horrible disease, and what you are going through with your sister. I will keep you, and her, in my nightly prayers. We all need all the prayers we can get. Especially now.

Thank you for your wonderful comments, and restocking this writing. I appreciate that also.

I offered the loss of my wife in March, 2022. She suffered about 6 months from two different types of Stage 4 Cancer. Once we finally convinced her to get to a doctor, we learned she had two large masses. One in her upper right lung, the other in her chest cavity on her left side. It had broken through the chest wall and gotten into her lower abdomen by then. Both were advanced Stage 4 and were inoperable. She started chemo, but after a week or so she stopped that and all treatment. A couple months later she was put in Hospice, and passed a few days after that.

She was stubborn. She smoked all her life and refused to quit, even after I quit in 1995, I begged her to put those cancer sticks down and she refused.

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Mar 24Liked by Daniel L. Cooper

Smoking is a difficult addiction, impossible to stop for some.

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Yes. I know. Although when the doctor told me if I didn’t quit he’d have to amputate my legs because they’d never heal, I ha bf why touched anything since. That was September ‘95.

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Mar 24Liked by Daniel L. Cooper

It’s kinda awful to “heart” such a sad history, but you know what I mean, Daniel. I’ll think of you every day and send all my good vibes. We are two of a kind, you and I.

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Thanks, Knitwish. Greatly appreciated!

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Mar 23Liked by Daniel L. Cooper

Glad you’re feeling like writing again.

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Thanks, Sooz. I too am glad.

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Apr 12Liked by Daniel L. Cooper

Thought I'd check out your writings after your "like" on my comment. Just out of curiosity. Hope you're doing much better and that your new place works well for you. I sure wish we'd get enough blue votes to get our country on the right track again. Living in TX is getting harder, much less our U.S.

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Thanks, Pat. I appreciate the feedback. Yes, I too hope we get these Trumpublicans out of office, at all levels. I continually preach that we must vote blue 💙💙💙💙 at the local, state, and federal levels. That’s the only way this country will survive now.

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Mar 25Liked by Daniel L. Cooper

Remember that the evil Mitch McConnell aided, abetted, and masterminded the Heritage Society's preferences to take over the federal judiciary. The pure evil of the GOP for past decades is astonishing. I hope the Democrat Party will quit their “fight fair and aboveboard” tactics. I don't want the Dems to resort to the evil cheating ways of GOP but it's time to acknowledge this is street fight so quit expecting the GOP to be honest and fair. Fight with eyes open and do every legal action to stop the GOP including changing laws. To hell with “appearing” partisan. Politics IS PARTISAN. The bending over to appear Fair as Merrick Garland has done is a losing fool’s game.

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LeeAnn, you have said a mouthful!!! Spot on with it. It’s time to pull the gloves off and begin the fight. We have got to defeat this mass bunch of Trump loving, lying, sheep 🐑! We must vote BLUE 💙💙💙💙at the local, state, and federal, levels. The GQP/GOP has to be defeated, soundly. We must leave no doubt!!!

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Mar 24Liked by Daniel L. Cooper

It would be wonderful to see a program for young folks in high school, or even beyond to volunteer a certain number of hours alongside a skilled caregiver every week. It would open their eyes to what’s really going on in parts of the world. It would also increase their level of compassion .

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Not to mention their education, skills, and love for the elderly. I did that back in the sixties when I was in high school. It helped mold me into my career decision to become a law enforcement officer and firefighter.

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Mar 24Liked by Daniel L. Cooper

Let’s Be Hoping & Praying You Get Back on Your Feet to A Swift Healthy Recovery. Thx for your Great Input!

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Thanks, Elvira!!! Appreciate the support!

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Mar 23Liked by Daniel L. Cooper

So sorry to hear of your troubles, hope the adjustments made work out well for all concerned, we need all hands on deck!

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I appreciate it, Shire. You aren’t kidding. It’s going to have to be all hands on deck for these upcoming elections. This MAFS group is going all out for this one. We MUST shut them down, permanently.

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Mar 23Liked by Daniel L. Cooper

You hit all the right nails on the head with this one! Hope you’re feeling better!

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Thanks, Anthony. I’m trying g to get my mind back none groove. It’s been a hell of a year so far!

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Mar 23Liked by Daniel L. Cooper

I know it has. My wife & I had about a two weeks bout with Covid. Awful stuff! We’ve got to work hard to see that the orange thug gets beat!

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Our Democracy, Constitution, freedoms, and livelihoods depend on this next election.

For the life of me, how is it a treasonous traitor can run for the highest office in the country?

Things need to be changed!

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Mar 23Liked by Daniel L. Cooper

I totally agree!

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G Bud, ohhh, you are soooo correct. I’m going to enjoy this. Thanks!!! I do have a “wondering” question. We here did they come up with these trial dates. My last recollection was they are all on ‘hold’ waiting on the Supreme Court ruling on the immunity issue that’s been raised as one of his delay tactics.

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