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RFK, Jr. is the only candidate who has the experience fighting and winning against the captured regulatory agencies which are eroding our freedoms. Many of his supporters have been following him for years and continue to pray for his safety and success!

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Great job David! Have you listened to Kennedy's "Path To Peace" podcast? A real conversation with Israelis and Palestinians dedicated to peace - not propaganda! https://open.spotify.com/episode/4glSIGqoocjCu0VHNImXp8?si=bp3bCwKhQPGENL57VKvV7A

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Yes I did listen and I applaud Bobby for finally addressing this issue. As I say, even when he's wrong (or partly right), he's always thoughtful. Much more than the other two leaders in the presidential race, who speak in slogans, are scripted, and shallow thinkers.

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"Thoughtful"? Hardly. On Gaza, RFK keeps repeating the same, tired hasbara AIPAC talking points, over and over again.

As I promised Glenn Tamir, I listened to the full podcast last week. Unfortunately, RFK and his quests barely mentioned the Gaza Genocide, and RFK and the Israel speaker displayed Hamas derangement syndrome by repeating several lies about the "atrocities" of Oct 7th. Disappointing, I was hoping for more.

RFK needs to get out of his AIPAC/Schumly Boteach echo chamber and listen to folks with more integrity like Jeremy R. Hammond, Max Blumenthal, Aaron Mate, Miko Peled, Norm Finkelstein, etc. (Norm's 2018 book "Gaza" presents the history leading up to the present day). But, unfortunately, RFK has refused to speak with Max (and RFK is now afraid to go on the big "left" podcasts where he knows he will get knowledgable pushback against his AIPAC talking points).

It's a shame. RFK Jr should be following in his father's footsteps and being the antiwar candidate. As Jeffery Sachs said, he would win the election with the right stand. Instead, for whatever reason, he's supporting Genocide and refusing to "thoughtfully" look at the evidence. Like Jimmy Dore, Dave Smith, and Aaron Good have said, RFK has chosen to throw away his best chance to win his campaign. Tragic, and heartbreaking.

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Someone else I think you will appreciate and for anyone who truly wants to understand the situation between Israel, the Palestinians, Hamas, and the Arabs/Iranians, you will listen well to Dr. Einat Wilf. She was a member of the Israeli "Peace Camp" in the Israeli Parliament, when the Oslo Accords were signed - I think 1993.

EVERYTHING Dr. Wilf says here is 100% truth. Her description of "WestSplaining" as being delusional and actually contributing to the problem of enabling Israel and Palestine to make REAL progress for peace. Please listen to the ENTIRE talk. Her analogy to the post-war Marshall Plan with Germany and Japan is brilliant and extremely useful to find a path forward - not just a cease-fire until the next war..

It's long but without question, one of the most brilliant AND accurate views of the past and visions of the future for REAL peace. Einat Wilf - Unraveling The Israeli - Palestinian Conflict: An Insightful Exploration of History and Delusions - https://youtu.be/o1ku4cE_e4U?si=NzkhMl5n31QUPkDe

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GO Mr Talbot ! Another home run sir!

I suggest people buy a bag of 100$ groceries- people look @ the news for what it is a tool of vitriolic division of the people!

Look @ your median while driving and see people begging!!

The party parties are over… literally!

We as a nation have been in a steady decline since the assassinations of JFK , Malcolm X , MLKJr & RFK the Last true leaders of substance and the courage to walk the walk they talked for the good of the people as a whole !!

Look around it’s a madhouse you can no longer deny it -the terror and fear people are acting out of is palpable !

This Movement we are in , in which Bobby has had the courage to lead , was almost snuffed out with the murders of those great men.

“We” with Bobby’s courageous voice and leadership , are reigniting that flame 🔥 that torch , which Bobby’s has been divinely charged to carry!

Your books as your current words are beacons Mr Talbot, lighthouses, as we navigate coming out of the tempests of time to reclaim the spiritual axioms that those men started.

Bobby embodies their posture and is the one to lead us back to the principles of what they started.

Love , compassion ,generosity of justice kindness towards ALL , unity , equality, prosperity for ALL that which “we” are ALL thirsting for!!

Keep inspiring -you inspire me greatly.

As does My dear friend Bobby, to be a better person in all I do !!

“We” are a tsunami 🌊 building and growing we won’t be slowed or stopped, the spirit for change is too strong.

We want change and need change for our children’s children’s children!!

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Bobby starred in “Immune to Normal” on The Daily Show this week.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/immune-to-normal-robert-f-kennedy-jr-gets-roasted-on-the-daily-show/ar-BB1j09tB

Some of it was funny. Some of it was mean. I’m sure Bobby would find it funny. After all, no bad publicity and all that nonsense. Discussing it afterward my husband and I thought it was pretty cool that he’s being portrayed as the political bad boy. I mean, isn’t that what we all want at this point? BTW, I’m 70 and my husband is 73. We’re boomers. We’ve been Bobby’s fans for more than 20 years.

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Kennedy is telling his false Zionist Talking Points truth actually about Israel/Palestine and he supports Genocide, Ethnic Cleansing and Mass Murder of tens of thousands of defenseless mostly women and children. How could any thinking and sensitive human being could take this position? He is a fraud and a coward and bought and paid for and likely blackmailed b**** for the Zionist Supremacists.

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Pls. see my post to Guy Montag. #kennedy24

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Have you listened to Kennedy's "Path To Peace" podcast? A real conversation with Israelis and Palestinians dedicated to peace - not propaganda! https://open.spotify.com/episode/4glSIGqoocjCu0VHNImXp8?si=bp3bCwKhQPGENL57VKvV7A

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And provoking wars all over isn’t genocide? And forcing the worst crimes against humanity since nazi Germany shots that neither worked or were safe it was all BS !!!!and new 19 year old dropped dead yesterday . You are monsters and psychopaths and your karma is coming

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Go Back to School Stupid 🤬

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"Go Back to School Stupid" That's exactly what made you less informed and uneducated. Tow the line Psyche

There's nothing complicated about murdering civilians in cold blood.

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You are talking about the 19 year old that dropped dead this morning after his boost . Those corporations are monsters. Psychopaths without a developed conscience and their karma bus is going to stop hard on them

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Hey, I don’t fit into any categories, except sick and tired of corruption. It’s not the first time I thought the candidates had major flaws.

I like Bobby because he comes from the heart, loves the people, is extremely well self educated, loves Nature and the Constitution. There are a couple of thoughts that are bugs, like Israel first and it is an oxymoron because Bobby doesn’t support forever war.

His fight against 5G is epic. Talk about taking on the Establishment. Go Bobby, let’s UN establish them.

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With deep disappointment, I cannot vote for him. Like many others, I have waited years for someone like him to come along. He seems so passionate on most of the right issues. Then it all started to fall apart when he was thrilled of an endorsement by Roger Waters only to then cancel him after Rogers' views on Zionists was made know to him. He seemed he had to run to and embrace Rabbi Shmuley and pledge his unquestionable allegiance to Israel. It was uncomfortable to see but telling. Also Dennis Kucinich left his campaign only to be replaced by an ex- CIA family member - has he spoken the truth about how this came about yet?

Then after Oct.7 Bobby's Zionist views become apparent for others to see with his complete disregard for genocide and Palestinian lives. His hatred for Palestinians was made clear by Lisa Pease (though somewhat understandable by his father's murder). How does genocide and his apparent faith square with this? Would Jesus Christ make the same call? Does much of his campaign money come from Israeli money? David, you've mentioned that you hoped his views would come around on this. Has it?

Finally, will he endorse Biden in the end as Bernie did?

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Have you listened to Kennedy's "Path To Peace" podcast? A real conversation with Israelis and Palestinians dedicated to peace - not propaganda! https://open.spotify.com/episode/4glSIGqoocjCu0VHNImXp8?si=bp3bCwKhQPGENL57VKvV7A

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Sorry, unless he sees this now as a genocide happening in real time and Israel has too much influence on the US, he and his followers have been conditioned not to see reality.

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You don’t even have those details. Seemingly out of nowhere, Bobby tweeted that Roger Waters is a hero and the high priests of totalitarianism were trying to shut him down. About 8 hours later the high priests apparently did shut Bobby down because he deleted the tweet, but he never retracted his praise of him and during the interview with Greenwald, Bobby repeated that he still thinks Roger is a hero. He also has stated many times he supports the Palestinian people, that he has Palestinian friends and that Sirhan didn’t kill his father. But just to be clear, i completely understand why this is still a deal breaker for many people; on this issue Jill Stein or Cornel West have the moral ground, not Kennedy. It is also the case that Bobby’s views have been so grossly mischaracterized and exaggerated that people don’t even know what his position is or how he would try to solve the conflict. That’s the sad part, because even on Israel/Palestine Bobby is far better than Trump or Biden and on every other issue Bobby is incomparably better.

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Anyone who thinks that Bobby supports Palestines genocide is ignorant…. It is a complicated situation and every comment gets misconstrued… Israel paid Hamas to attack and I believe Hamas hired Senegal 🇸🇳 mercenaries to do much of the job … do you know any Black Palestians ⁉️🤬

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Have you listened to Kennedy's "Path To Peace" podcast? A real conversation with Israelis and Palestinians dedicated to peace - not propaganda! https://open.spotify.com/episode/4glSIGqoocjCu0VHNImXp8?si=bp3bCwKhQPGENL57VKvV7A

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Psyche you obviously are delusional. Kennedy openly supports the Genocide of Palestine with his boyfriend smut merchant Shmuley. I wish it was different as I was one of his biggest supporters for many years up to then.

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"Bobby’s Appeal? He Speaks the Truth"

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... except on Palestine? RFK's "facts" on the Gaza conflict are mostly just "hasbara" For example, RFK has repeatedly claimed that Hamas leaders have stolen money meant for Gaza and are now billionaire, citing "Forbes" magazine. But ... that is a forged cover by Israel's Foreign Ministry: https://misbar.com/en/editorial/2023/11/10/fabricated-forbes-cover-by-israeli-ministry-lists-khaled-mashal-at-5-billion

Also, "jillcicle" provides two useful links @ https://www.reddit.com/r/IsraelPalestine/comments/17jwnms/verifiable_information_on_hamas_leaders_net_worths/

https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/51835/are-some-of-hamas-current-and-former-leaders-billionaires

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-cash-to-crypto-global-finance-maze-israels-sights-2023-10-16/

So, at best, RFK has placed too much uncritical trust in his friend Schumly Boteach and repeats his lies instead of truth. I'd love for RFK (or anyone else) to "Show me where I'm wrong." Not telling the truth about Gaza is not going to win him a lot of votes with informed young & Arab voters here in Michigan (Tuesday, in MI, 13% voted "uncommitted" against Biden's genocide. Come November, RFK will lose a lot of votes on this issue because of his repeating easily debunked lies. It's a shame, since he should have been the "peace candidate" of this election (as was his father back in '68).

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There’s an excellent movie out, The Real RFK Jr. , and I encourage all of you Kennedy haters, naysayers to watch it and convince people this peace loving environmentalist is for war and genocide! I will give you my email address and you can watch it for free. You people are so off base!! He will make a great POTUS and it’s a shame many are blindsided! Cheers. #kennedy24

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I don’t listen to the poorly crafted propeganda by the Biden psychopaths . I lived the truth every single day for the last 3 years with family dropping dead all around me, not from covid but from the shots but from the medicine to prevent it . Absolutely diabolical monsters

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I agree, I've watched part of the movie; its' well made and worth watching. Last June, I read the book. I think RFK is by far the best of the 3 major candidates running. However, his support for the Gaza Genocide (whether due to willful ignorance, political calculation, or Hamas derangement syndrome) is a red line for me. I knocked on 700 doors for Bernie in 2020. And, before Oct 7th, I was planning to do the same for RFK. Now, the most I'll do is sign his MI petition. Come November, if the polls are close in MI, I'll vote RFK as the lesser of three evils (or Jill Stein otherwise). His stance on Gaza has been disheartening.

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Have you listened to Kennedy's "Path To Peace" podcast? A real conversation with Israelis and Palestinians dedicated to peace - not propaganda! https://open.spotify.com/episode/4glSIGqoocjCu0VHNImXp8?si=bp3bCwKhQPGENL57VKvV7A

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As promised, I listened to the full podcast last week. Unfortunately, RFK and his quests barely mentioned the Gaza Genocide, and the Israel speaker displayed Hamas derangement syndrome by repeating several lies about the "atrocities" of Oct 7th. Disappointing, I was hoping for more.

RFK needs to get out of his AIPAC/Schumly Boteach echo chamber and listen to folks with more integrity like Jeremy R. Hammond, Max Blumenthal, Aaron Mate, Miko Peled, Norm Finkelstein, etc. (Norm's 2018 book "Gaza" presents the history leading up to the present day). But, unfortunately, RFK has refused to speak with Max (and RFK is now afraid to go on the big "left" podcasts where he knows he will get knowledgable pushback against his AIPAC talking points).

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Have you listened to Kennedy's "Path To Peace" podcast? A real conversation with Israelis and Palestinians dedicated to peace - not propaganda! https://open.spotify.com/episode/4glSIGqoocjCu0VHNImXp8?si=bp3bCwKhQPGENL57VKvV7A

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No, thanks for the link. I'll take a listen.

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As promised, I listened to the full podcast last week. Unfortunately, RFK and his quests barely mentioned the Gaza Genocide, and the Israel speaker displayed Hamas derangement syndrome by repeating several lies about the "atrocities" of Oct 7th. Disappointing, I was hoping for more.

RFK needs to get out of his AIPAC/Schumly Boteach echo chamber and listen to folks with more integrity like Jeremy R. Hammond, Max Blumenthal, Aaron Mate, Miko Peled, Norm Finkelstein, etc. (Norm's 2018 book "Gaza" presents the history leading up to the present day). But, unfortunately, RFK has refused to speak with Max (and RFK is now afraid to go on the big "left" podcasts where he knows he will get knowledgable pushback against his AIPAC talking points).

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I like and admire RFK, Jr. I believe he's honest, a constitutionalist and has enormous integrity. He would make an excellent president.

The downside is that if he wins the presidency, the DC establishment and their global oligarchs paymasters will attack and work to block RFK, Jr. just like they attacked and worked against Trump.

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Speaking truth TO power is a waste of our time and other dwindling resources.

Instead, let us speak truth ABOUT power to those who suffer its excesses.

Once observed and acted upon, this distinction can become the catalyst for the paradigm shifting, reform-based liberation we so desperately need and seek.

Dr. King spoke truth ABOUT power directly to millions of oppressed people. He taught them that their righteous cause and overwhelming numbers represent true, lasting, irresistible power beyond the wildest dreams of the oppressors.

Gandhi knew this power as satyagraha.

Black Elk implored us to know the power that is peace.

John F. Kennedy, with five months of his life on this planet remaining, taught that the power of peace can be realized only when weaponized tribal rituals of songs, pledges, banners and borders are replaced by embrace of our standing as citizens of Creation.

Robert Kennedy, Sr. touched the million black and brown and red and yellow and white hands that grasped him, and the enlightenment he bestowed exposed a limitless peace power to shatter the strongest chains of physical, ideological and spiritual slavery.

Speak truth ABOUT power!

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Good! However, recognizing the obvious genocide and speaking out against it is the one remaining factor that can galvanize support . Needs to get done!

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Have you listened to Kennedy's "Path To Peace" podcast? A real conversation with Israelis and Palestinians dedicated to peace - not propaganda! https://open.spotify.com/episode/4glSIGqoocjCu0VHNImXp8?si=bp3bCwKhQPGENL57VKvV7A

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Insightful commentary exploring Bobby’s appeal. He does tell the truth and there are more of us waking up thanks to him giving us a chance. I was all in for abandoning our country getting a passport to expatriate me and my loved ones to Costa Arica til Bobby entered the race. With his leadership I turned around too and now am digging in my heels and fighting like hell to help him right this great ship of nation. We will win. Truth force . Satyagraha.

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Glenn I listened to the podcast you noted with hope. Unfortunately it demonstrated Kennedy's cowardliness, that he is bought and paid for and likely blackmailed by Mossad and possibly the CIA and his disgusting of support for Genocide-but now craftily hidden though it was not before with his partner Smut Merchant Shmuley. His Campaign Manager (his daughter-in law is ex-CIA and you are never ex-CIA-you are in for life). His position was to be an Honest Broker for this discussion and he was anything but-always patently skewing things in Zionist Israel's favor.

He avoided the words such as Genocide, Ethnic Cleansing, Apartheid, War Crimes (though it is worse than War Crimes because it is not a war and Israel is not fighting an Army-Navy-Air Force they are genociding mostly defenseless women and children). He never noted that Zionist Israel is the Occupier of Gaza and West Bank and the Palestinians are the Occupied and the Occupied have a Right and Duty to arm resistance (Just like the French, Italian, Norwegian, Greek and other Partisans in WW II against the Nazi's. And especially like the Jewish Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi's-so all of these groups/people are heroes but when the Palestinians fight back with less than 1% of the firepower Israel uses on them they are terrible?-Utter BS). He never noted the voting in the International Court and the UN which was overwhelmingly against Zionist Israel. Everything was about October 7th but how about the past 100 years of Zionist Israel's Terrorism of Palestinians including 100 October 7th's, 100 October 8th's and so on?

How about the illegal Settlements and torturing of the Palestinians for the little bit they have left.

Could Jewish Supremacy Programming explain the last 100 years of terrorism on the Palestinians? Read the Torah, Talmud and Old Testament its all there and just listen to Netanyahu, his Cabinet Ministers, Crazed Rabbi's calling for the murder of the goyim on the media even quoting passages from these books.

He goes on about Anti-Semitism but the Arabs are all Semites and the Jews are not all Semites. The Zionists are the Anti-Semites (against the Arabs).

Israel is the number 1 recipient of foreign aid from the USA for almost 30 years and part of the money is utilized for lobbying for Israel in the USA as well as Mossad Blackmail Operations such as Epstein;s which is much more than underage girls as terrible as that is.

I could go on and on and have pages of notes but that gives you a touch of reality.

There are good people on both sides but at least 250 Palestinians have been murdered for every Jewish Israeli the past 100 years.

The Palestinian had great courage and the Israeli seemed to be reasonable and searching for a real solution.

One State, Two State-hopefully but it seems that time has passed with the months of Genociding of Defenseless women and children and the sewer will backup on the horrible actions done by the Zionist Israeli and their Psychotic leader Netanyahu whose own Psychiatrist committed suicide because of the evilness Netanyahu exhibited at his sessions. Do you see that on CNN or Fox?

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Have you listened to Kennedy's "Path To Peace" podcast? A real conversation with Israelis and Palestinians dedicated to peace - not propaganda! https://open.spotify.com/episode/4glSIGqoocjCu0VHNImXp8?si=bp3bCwKhQPGENL57VKvV7A

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No. Thank you I will.

I gave up on Kennedy after watching his antics with Smut-Merchant Shmuley denying it was Genocide and actually blaming the Palestinians.

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