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Thank goodness I got a response!! I figured that I pushed the wrong buttons and lost track of you folks thank you for responding to me!! It's been a long journey--good to know why nothing's been on my phone for a while--I'm doing all right thanks to me and for asking God bless you 😏🤗💐
So glad you are doing ok. So much has happened, I'm sure Ari will have a newsletter for us soon. Take care my friend. God bless you, and may you have restful and beautiful day.🙏💝😂
Same to you 🤗💖 since you text me back earlier I've been ok--all is right in my world. My subscription is good until March 2023 at which time I will renew it hopefully. So far my health is holding firm! Bye for now. We'll hear from Ari soon-- he's probably been very very busy and maybe he took a little time off which he deserves! 👍😊
V.G.....Um! You are one of them, don't forget those days you've had old diva & me...crackup laughing; that's what I remember these past 9+ months.....since I joined you ALL (:
Hi Bernie, OMG!!! We have had some fun moments. Imagine if one glorious day we all might be able to meet up in person. We might be that group that is asked to leave the restaurant because we are being too loud.😁
Thanks for the heart. Maybe remind Ari, 9/11 would be a perfect day to arrest someone of treason selling secrets to the nation that those terrorists originated from.
Good afternoon Ari, I’d like to say I watch you every evening. I only ask during your program if by any chance you can limit showing #45 picture as your reporting on the story.. For me your giving him yo much air time as it is. Please just show his mug less.
Good point, from here, but hard to do . . . this goes with my visceral reactions to the words ‘right,’ ‘conservative,’ and ‘theory.’ When we use those words to describe traitors, we are giving them free compliments while we lament and address their actions and positions.
There is nothing ‘right’ about them. This is a virus that will be hard to get out of our system. ‘Right’ means correct, it means good, it means which side of the deity . . . but none of that is right, in this context.
There is nothing ‘conservative’ about them. Robert Reich has a good essay about this. Patriotic citizens of the USA want to preserve and maintain human rights, voting rights, women’s rights, and the prosperity that our forbears have built for us, the blessings of liberty for us and our posterity. Nazis are not ‘conservatives.’ Bigots are not ‘conservatives’ Klan members are not ‘conservative.’ Religious nuts are not ‘conservative’. They are all attacking our hard won blessings and way of life.
‘Theory’ is a sacred word in my secular world. Calling lies and corrupt insane assertions ‘theories’ is just giving the traitorous whack jobs the highest compliment, yet again, while we are working so hard to blunt and deflect the effects of these outright lies. Conjecture - hypothesis - thesis - theory is my rough description of the progress of knowledge. But the crap we keep calling ‘conspiracy theories’ doesn’t even rise to the level of conjecture, none of it passes the barest whiff of a smell test.
But each of these words is used constantly in otherwise responsible analysis and reporting, unintentionally bolstering the madding crowd.
To go on a little too long, one of my best friends often mentions a visit to a castle in England, guided to a very long hall of portraits of the ancestral patriarchs and matriarchs of the family. Impressive, one after the other, but then a portrait was shrouded in heavy black cloth. ‘What about that one?’ my friend asked. The guide replied darkly, ‘Oh, we don’t talk about that one.’
Saw your segment today on the interviewer who digs into people's past and your comments on how that brings out something different that the celebrity they have become.
If you don't know it already check out Borges: Borges and I.
"The other one, the one called Borges, is the one things
happen to..."
"It would be an exaggeration to
say that ours is a hostile relationship; I live, let myself go
on living, so that Borges may contrive his literature, and
Please inform why Louis Dejoy hasn't been replaced as post master general given he removed postal boxes and destroyed machinery during an election Why is he the only one retained from Trump administration 🤔 this part of the house needs cleaning why not done immediately Hard to understand given his actions He's not committed to postal employees and postal services Everything happening daily we need this to be addressed too Mý father was a postal employee he must be turning over in his grave
Good question, Helen. I thought they had finally put the people in place to vote him out. I’m amazed at the liberties these rule/lawbreakers get, without punishment.
Helen I was wondering that, myself....every time "something-goes-array" in our small village, in the northern subs of Illinois.....it's a bloody nuisance, isn't it? "Bernie"
Don't understand why he has been removed as his actions during an election was to inhìbit voters from voting Money recently was given to post office to improve services Yet the price of stamps have increased Postal employees have not received a raise in how long? Dejoy has stated his goal was to prìvitiz the postal services. No problem putting money into post office Dejòy said employees will lose their jobs iñ near future No one compete to replace him. I've tried to get a response The onĺy answer I received He's being monitored What? A Trump appointment that makes me wonder 🤔 Very puzzling. Dejoy brìngs no jòy Maybe Arì can provide answer Ari said he would answer our questions. He should have been replaced many yesterdays ago especially because of his actions Hope yòucan /will pursue why he hasn't been replaced by president Biden This is an easy fix compared to all the issues facing America I'm sure I'm not the only one wondering and concerned
I've only been able too watch you (on cable) since approx...Oct/Nov 2021! I've often wondered why you..are cleaned shaven, then other times you have a shadow?
Could it be that you've had a VERY long day.....or another reason? Hey! I'm just curious, what else can I ask......OH! When & where, did you become sooooo adept at the way in which you "encourage" a guest..who is otherwise "closed-lipped"? That's when I listen/watch most intently learning how you "get-away-with-things" with very smooth talking....I could go-on but, that's enough for now; many thanks Ari...you're the greatest interviewer on television :) "Bernie"
Aug 25, 2022·edited Aug 26, 2022Liked by Ari Melber
As an adoptive mother of a child of color, my eyes have recently become wide open to the racial inequality still alive and well in this country. I am ashamed of how blind I was to it before, but I have always been white. I didn’t grow up fearing for my life any time I saw a member of LE. I am doing my darndest to raise a good human, a human who respects authority, doesn’t flirt with breaking the law, and perceives LE as people who protect and serve. I am also raising her to be a smart, strong, empowered, and contributing member of the human race. But how will she be treated in the world? That question keeps me up lots of nights.
Which brings me to your latest news segments, and this post. Ari, these last few weeks, you are so on point! I thoroughly appreciate your ability to distill all the noise down to cold, hard facts, and you are very insightful. Given your heritage, I know you understand the topics of racial profiling and discrimination viscerally.
Keep speaking the truth! The world needs great thinkers and truth tellers. Thanks for being that kind of human! Wish I could buy you a coffee and meld minds.
P.s. I just finished your Nardwuar segment! He’s so cool! I think his secret sauce is his spidey sense. And I am guessing he’s an empath. He can feel what others feel and what question will bring them joy.
You’re right. CNN has no one like you. You’re one of a kind. Here’s your flowers. 💐
Your words "But how will she be treated in the world? That question keeps me up lots of nights" got me. 💔 Raising smart, strong, empowered and civic-minded Black girls isn't easy, but it can be done! Lots of love, conversations, research, regrouping, support etc. needed, but worth. every. minute. Just take it one day at a time. ❤️
Ari: Thank you for your critically honest summation. The horrifying part is this policing happens before our eyes while people like trump endanger all our lives yet remain I without reprimand or jail time. His hypocrites called supporters get away with murder. Literally. I do not believe in sitting back or tip toeing around the nightmare of trump & fox. We will be living in an autocracy. Biden & Garland need to fight back. Sherry Mangan
Sherry M....do you sometimes wonder if "Donny-Boy's" followers, have a "problem" with ANY truth or, are they soooo bloody ignorant that they don't even CARE?
Funny thing I saw President Biden last night.....TRULY AGITATED in a speech he was giving........perhaps, the First Lady/wife.....had something to do w/ it; let's hope someone DID!
I love your writing and never miss your show (thank you DVR). As a senior Jewish woman I don’t get most of your music references but I love seeing you so tickled when you make them. Wish you’d given a closer look at your high school picture and pointed out which one was you.
Thanks Ari, your shows were awesome this week, (honestly they're always great) . It's so hard to know what to say about everything that has gone down with the former guy for the past 7 years. But we all know that "He Stole The Documents". My question is, who in MAGA world would know exactly what documents to take that would be of any value? Someone had to direct the steal!!!😒
I agree with your question: who indeed! For a man who was bored by security briefings (except nuclear secrsts apparently), how would he know which docs to take? Stealing highly classified documents is one thing, but lying and fighting to keep them is quite another. WHY?
Hi Sandra!!!✋ It seems like every week things keep getting more confusing about what actually occurred. It concerns me that we will never get to the real truth. So many lies and cover-ups
"If innocent Breonna Taylor or no-threat Walter Scott had been policed by the standard used for guilty, convicted Steve Bannon, they would be alive today."
Thank you. I have been waiting for someone in the media to point out the disparity between the faux GOP outrage over the legally executed search warrant at Mar-a-Largo, and their reaction to the no-knock warrants being executed in Louisville. The warrant against the former president was legally obtained; the warrant that allowed the shooting of Breonna Taylor was fraudulently obtained. In the former case, evidence of a crime was found, in the second, no evidence was produced.
The selective enforcement of the law is, sadly, nothing new. This needs to be called out - GOP officials need to be put on the record with their hypocritical "law and order" posturing.
It's natural that criticism of the Mar-a-Lago search by the FBI would come. What is disheartening (and also not such a surprise) is that much of it ignores the evidence. The "It must be false because I haven't seen anything to contradict it (but I also haven't tried or gone out of my way)" statement, presented to the MAGA world is taken to mean "There is no evidence to contradict it so we're right." Sometimes, I think the MAGA movement is akin to mass hysteria, except I think of it as mass narcissism.
Yes, different policing is possible. It used to be the way things were, wasn't it? I think the change came when law enforcement agencies started arming themselves as if they were going to war. They needed a war to use those armored vehicles, automatic weapons and Kevlar, so they created a war. On citizens, in particular Black and Brown citizens. And they got away with it for a long time. That kind of war mentality then drew men (predominately) with aggressive tendencies (and yes, white supremacy ideations) and it's snowballed until we have unfathomable murders committed by those we hired to "protect and serve" us. I'm against the death penalty in all cases, but passing a fake $20 bill cannot be a capital offense.
Off topic, I didn't see where to post this opinion on your page or social media, but yes, there is life out there in the universe. It would be ridiculous to think otherwise. What kind of life? That's the question. We can't be the highest form of life in the universe (oh, God, please no!). But I don't believe aliens have visited Earth to figure out how our reproductive systems work. We already have enough ignorant Republicans who don't know that!!!!!!
I think of the mass narcissism a little more sinister...as "We just want our way, we like the guy and want him back in, and we are a minority, so we have to do it by force like ISIS, we'll use the most populous religion if the region and make it law because it gives us an automatic 30% and we will say anyone who us against having OUR way us against G_d." Like Franco did. We let it go too far analyzing all the could he's and might, or maybe. But now boy, it's all exposed C. Thomas, everything is revealed in the string theory to Make Democracy Miserable and maybe the Dems. Will vote this guy out...it's extremism is showing and it all looks connected, infected, undeniable. We can name it, and they have caught on they are outed and are calling us facists. Thus could end in a new era a correction, the fix everything legislation may be allowed to happen, claw back some if the 21 to 38% Corp. Tax x5 yrs. SI far at $1.7T or $2.2T into perpetuity, it's over $11T in lost revenue and we only have two categories individuals or business, no democracy can sustain this, we never could have built NYC, Detroit, Seattle, Dallas, Cleveland, natl parks.
AJ...I've often wondered (over the years), what's-with-all those "CAVE" drawings etc...replica's in England and many areas throughout this planet.
You know the figures w/large heads and skinny torso's..they ALL look alike, scattered in many countries...I find THAT interesting; but have never heard of an "excuse" as to who/how they got there.....HERE!!!!!! Just wondered :)
The skeptic in me says the chances that aliens who all looked the same visited primitive Earthlings in so many places and the only traces they left were petroglyph depictions (and no, I don't believe anything Von Daniken wrote) are remote. Could it be true? Perhaps, but I'm still skeptical, as I am of reports that the rock art drawings supposedly of aliens is exactly alike. I don't think there are scientific journals that say that. I could be wrong, of course!
Thanks for the continuous shedding light on the so called advice that Trump and his fellow far right wingers preach - just comply.
They are the first ones to say, “ Blue Lives Matter”.
All those hypocrites should practice what they preach…all American citizens must obey the law.
As for Trump, Navarro and Eastman complaining about the way law enforcement treated them: at least they are alive and have the guts to complain unlike those that you listed in this newsletter that are no longer here with us.
Do you think the criticism of the Trump search is fair?
What is to be criticized? Trump took the most sensitive and classified U.S. government documents and the U.S. government wants their documents back.
The documents are stored and should be stored in Washington D.C. not In a residential area in Florida
Revealing? Yes because Trump might have or potentially put all of us in danger…we all don’t know what he did with those documents and why he took them (I highly recommend investigating this because Trump is unhinged).
Ok, I am getting ready to tune into The Beat tonight at 6pm to watch and listen to what you have for us😃
Keep doing the excellent work that you do, Ari👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Hi Sandra!!!✋I too think our national security has been compromised by the former guy years ago. His admiration of certain dictators has always been alarming to to me. He has proven to take their side so many times. Why something wasn't done to protect us from this obvious treasonous behavior is puzzling to me. Hope they get to the truth of what he did and why!
On another lighter note, have a blessed and safe weekend!!!🙏💕😊
Agree, remember when the lite was that T's hostility toward NATO and blabby sidling up to criminal dictators so profuse that allies were holding back some intelligence from us. Imagine...as we let him continue. sigh.
Exactly and well said👍🏽 I hope that this has taught us Americans who to vote for and who are not allowed to set foot in the White House...not so sure about this because of our division but I am still hopeful that people are paying attention.
Republicans were great at changing the game and making the WH about BS, opposed to issues about America and its citizenry. Also, FOX NEWS keeps their viewers (GOP supporters) entrenched in lies and just plain crap. If we can get people to lose the apathy and vote to hold onto congress (and increase the seats), we might be able to loosen that grip of craziness.
Hi Ms O! Nothing he does is surprising. He has the best criminal and emotional game going—up to now. Maybe, that quiet, little Garland has more gusto than he emits. My visual is Trump in an orange jumpsuit, a prison haircut, sitting in one of his gold chairs. The irony of it all. A Blessed and Happy weekend, Sandra!❤️
Hi Olddiva, Yes indeed ...hopefully Trump will wear that orange suit....I cannot wait to see that. I am now digging Garland’s approach: quiet and no one knows what he is up to next...This suits dealing with Trump as it will not be easy for him to guess what Garland will do👍🏽
Hi Ari:) Thank you for this great piece:) Regarding the amount of time it took for Trump to hand over documents, and the nature of who he has shown himself to be, should there not be concern that he may have taken photos of these documents, or have had others do the same? Everyone has a cellphone with a camera. Seems like in this day and age, there would be more concern and urgency to make sure docs were not photographed, duplicated, or passed on already. Shouldn’t DOJ also have seized his phones and devices to error on the side of caution? Or is he getting special considerations because he is a former president?🤔
I think it’s more than staggering racially motivated hypocrisy. When right wing pundits say just comply do they honestly believe we will think they give a shit about what happens to brown or black Americans; I don’t believe they care at all and the evidence of just comply working and preventing death for black or brown Americans is dishonest at best. If it weren’t so completely tragic it would be comical.
Hi Truda!!! Yes they couldn't care less about the innocent lives taken by police. As long as it's not one of their own. Hypocritical rhetoric from all of them. Sickening!!!😑
I know. I can’t believe they think we would believe their “concern”- just comply and you won’t die. Such bullshit. Sometimes I think they assume everyone has amnesia! Have a lovely weekend.
Truda S..Hello, the only statment (after reading your comment) is, "DO THEY EVEN HAVE A BRAIN, OR ARE THEY SO STUPID...that it's beyond WORDS..to describe lol
No, the criticism of the Trump’s search is not fair, but it’s revealing, as you have outlined on “The Beat” and in this commentary. As you have shown, different policing is possible, by the contrasting cases you presented.
Ari, as I’ve shared with you on a previous occasion, my 17 y/o brother was walking home, stopped by the police, handcuffed, beaten and shot seven times in his back and head (June 12, 1965, although they wrote June 13th). It was ruled justifiable homicide. Still, I feel the police are a necessary entity, but in serious need of a hiring criteria and governing parameters. Every time another one of these police shootings occur, it takes me back to those distraught memories of that 18 y/o girl, sitting, waiting for her brother to come home, so we could attend the James Brown concert. My brother didn’t need ALL the privileges of a Trump, Bannon, or MAGA, he just needed to live.
Your words, "My brother didn’t need ALL the privileges of a Trump, Bannon, or MAGA, he just needed to live," broke my heart in a million pieces. He was *complying* being handcuffed and all, so the police violence visited on his beautiful young body was anything BUT justified! Good lord, that was 1965 and continues to this day. Yet there are those who would dare say some of us "overreact."
I truly, truly feel sorry for the loss of your beloved brother and for the ongoing triggers that bring back the pain and memories as if this were yesterday. May you and yours find some comfort in the memories of your brother's smile, laughter, and sweet moments shared. Your brother did NOT deserve that and you and yours did NOT deserve all the trauma caused by police violence.
Olddiva.....I'm so SHOCKED as to your loss...all those years & remembering as if it happened yesterday.....I've just a memory of my son who died on August 31st....."Anniversay" of his (departure) it's just 4 days away......I'm dreading that reminder of David's death..God Bless! "Bernie"..hugs...
I am truly sorry for the loss of your beloved son David, and that you experienced a parent's worst nightmare.
President Biden, who also lost a beloved son, once said, " The time will come when [his] memory will bring a smile to your lips before it brings a tear to your eyes." I pray this day will come one day for you and yours. 🙏🏾❤️
Bernie I'm thinking about you today. 😑Losing a child is a mother's nightmare. Nothing can take away the pain of your loss. Hope the memories you shared with him, have helped you on those hard days.. May he be rejoicing in the arms of the angels, and watching over you everyday.. Sending you a hug. God bless you!!!🙏
Thanks, Bernie and sorry about your loss. We are expected to outlive our children, but that power is not always in our hands. I shall keep you in prayer on that day. Sending love and HUGS your way!❤️ n 🤗
Oh Diva, reading your comment brought me to tears. What a tragedy for your family. So sorry for the loss of your brother. No matter how long ago, it still hurts to remember how his life was taken. You were so close in age, and I'm certain you both shared many things together. I'm certain music was one of those happy times... It breaks my heart when I hear how many families have experienced the loss of a loved one through a preventable incident. Sending you a hug my friend.💕 Have a safe and blessed weekend.🙏
With a business on the outskirts of Jackson MS near a rail line, I get to see a lot of interaction between the police and the people who have fallen through society's cracks. Personally, I would rather see us invest in a social worker who could be attached to every percent who could help these people reconnect with the system and perhaps learn to help themselves.
When I was a kid I thought of a policeman as a guy in a blue shirt and a black cap who may carry a billy club. Now I see them in full riot gear often blacked out identification and snatching citizens who dissent off the streets. We keep spending tax money on better riot gear and we keep getting bigger better riots.
As far as Trump whining about getting raided it's just another fine example of a con man at work. It's a classic grift to take a little truth and use it to drag you to a wrong conclusion or work your emotions of sympathy and empathy to get you to give him something. That guy is a one-note wonder just fleecing the unwashed.
Unfortunately, this behavior is neither new nor is it uncommon. The difference to me is the expectancy that they should not, would not or could not be stopped or denied the “right” to do whatever they damn well pleased … because of their race.
I watched your interviews with Navarro and his complete shock that HE, HE was handcuffed and shackled ... imagine if he was subjected to the normal "use of force" we have now been able to see due to handheld camera phones and body cameras.
Keep reminding these duplicitous individuals of what they have said, compared to their own actions and continue to do the good work on behalf of all people!
Trump and his cronies believe in " Do as I say, not as I do". They want everyone they want to control to comply. However, since they see themselves as the elite, they are free from compiling because law enforcement should never be bothering them with minor items like obeying the law. The double standard of law enforcement was very clear during the Trump reign. Now we hope that Attorney General Garland and the DOJ will bring equal justice for all to the for front and prosecute all who are guilty.
Ari, your commment, "and they are still raging at being subjected to the law" speaks volumes to these people. Good leaders don't promote "blue lives matter...until it effects me" I am a federal employee and I can tell you if it was me who took classified material home, I don't believe I would have been asked politely to give them back, even once. They would have seized them immediately and the only thing I would be "offered" is one phone call from jail. Bottom line, no one is above the law, its a great equalizer.
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Well said and that is what I love about this newsletter and the subscribers and of course the distinguished Ari Melber Esq.😃
Yes Carol, that's why we come here. It's a safe and fun forum. We have met so many kind and intelligent people. Shout out to Ari!!!!👍
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Hi Nancy. We haven't had a newsletter for a while. So we haven't posted any comments. Are you doing ok?
Thank goodness I got a response!! I figured that I pushed the wrong buttons and lost track of you folks thank you for responding to me!! It's been a long journey--good to know why nothing's been on my phone for a while--I'm doing all right thanks to me and for asking God bless you 😏🤗💐
So glad you are doing ok. So much has happened, I'm sure Ari will have a newsletter for us soon. Take care my friend. God bless you, and may you have restful and beautiful day.🙏💝😂
Same to you 🤗💖 since you text me back earlier I've been ok--all is right in my world. My subscription is good until March 2023 at which time I will renew it hopefully. So far my health is holding firm! Bye for now. We'll hear from Ari soon-- he's probably been very very busy and maybe he took a little time off which he deserves! 👍😊
V.G.....Um! You are one of them, don't forget those days you've had old diva & me...crackup laughing; that's what I remember these past 9+ months.....since I joined you ALL (:
Hi Bernie, OMG!!! We have had some fun moments. Imagine if one glorious day we all might be able to meet up in person. We might be that group that is asked to leave the restaurant because we are being too loud.😁
I like this. I think we are all "Rebels With a Cause"----DEMOCRACY!
We are all having "Fun, Fun, Fun Before Daddy takes Our T-Bird Away." so to speak. Daddy being ARI and T-Bird being ARI's Newsletter.
I'm just leaving this link here in case you check out stories "the Beat" may find interesting. It's open source. Not monetized.
https://seeit360.substack.com
Thanks for the heart. Maybe remind Ari, 9/11 would be a perfect day to arrest someone of treason selling secrets to the nation that those terrorists originated from.
Corinne I've only (had the channel) on cable to watch since last December 2021.........Just imagine what I've missed....."Bernie"
Hi everyone, I'll respond to some of your qs and comments!...
Good afternoon Ari, I’d like to say I watch you every evening. I only ask during your program if by any chance you can limit showing #45 picture as your reporting on the story.. For me your giving him yo much air time as it is. Please just show his mug less.
Yes J., I agree. Seeing clips of those traitors makes me cringe. A caricature would suffice.😡
Agree 100%, same with the Peter Navarro clip.
Good point, from here, but hard to do . . . this goes with my visceral reactions to the words ‘right,’ ‘conservative,’ and ‘theory.’ When we use those words to describe traitors, we are giving them free compliments while we lament and address their actions and positions.
There is nothing ‘right’ about them. This is a virus that will be hard to get out of our system. ‘Right’ means correct, it means good, it means which side of the deity . . . but none of that is right, in this context.
There is nothing ‘conservative’ about them. Robert Reich has a good essay about this. Patriotic citizens of the USA want to preserve and maintain human rights, voting rights, women’s rights, and the prosperity that our forbears have built for us, the blessings of liberty for us and our posterity. Nazis are not ‘conservatives.’ Bigots are not ‘conservatives’ Klan members are not ‘conservative.’ Religious nuts are not ‘conservative’. They are all attacking our hard won blessings and way of life.
‘Theory’ is a sacred word in my secular world. Calling lies and corrupt insane assertions ‘theories’ is just giving the traitorous whack jobs the highest compliment, yet again, while we are working so hard to blunt and deflect the effects of these outright lies. Conjecture - hypothesis - thesis - theory is my rough description of the progress of knowledge. But the crap we keep calling ‘conspiracy theories’ doesn’t even rise to the level of conjecture, none of it passes the barest whiff of a smell test.
But each of these words is used constantly in otherwise responsible analysis and reporting, unintentionally bolstering the madding crowd.
To go on a little too long, one of my best friends often mentions a visit to a castle in England, guided to a very long hall of portraits of the ancestral patriarchs and matriarchs of the family. Impressive, one after the other, but then a portrait was shrouded in heavy black cloth. ‘What about that one?’ my friend asked. The guide replied darkly, ‘Oh, we don’t talk about that one.’
good example — best luck to US, b.rad
Saw your segment today on the interviewer who digs into people's past and your comments on how that brings out something different that the celebrity they have become.
If you don't know it already check out Borges: Borges and I.
"The other one, the one called Borges, is the one things
happen to..."
"It would be an exaggeration to
say that ours is a hostile relationship; I live, let myself go
on living, so that Borges may contrive his literature, and
this literature justifies me. ...."
Yes, Nardwuar!
Doot Doot!!!!
V.G. Hello again....same question I just asked Ari....Doot Doot??????? "Bernie"
Hi Bernie, Google Nardwuar/Ari Melber on You Tube.
O.K. Ari......"yes, Nardwuar??????
Remember I'm from the u.k. and (still) am not completely "tuned-in" regarding these
American comments........slow-on-the-up-take? Not really lol
Please inform why Louis Dejoy hasn't been replaced as post master general given he removed postal boxes and destroyed machinery during an election Why is he the only one retained from Trump administration 🤔 this part of the house needs cleaning why not done immediately Hard to understand given his actions He's not committed to postal employees and postal services Everything happening daily we need this to be addressed too Mý father was a postal employee he must be turning over in his grave
Good question, Helen. I thought they had finally put the people in place to vote him out. I’m amazed at the liberties these rule/lawbreakers get, without punishment.
Helen I was wondering that, myself....every time "something-goes-array" in our small village, in the northern subs of Illinois.....it's a bloody nuisance, isn't it? "Bernie"
Don't understand why he has been removed as his actions during an election was to inhìbit voters from voting Money recently was given to post office to improve services Yet the price of stamps have increased Postal employees have not received a raise in how long? Dejoy has stated his goal was to prìvitiz the postal services. No problem putting money into post office Dejòy said employees will lose their jobs iñ near future No one compete to replace him. I've tried to get a response The onĺy answer I received He's being monitored What? A Trump appointment that makes me wonder 🤔 Very puzzling. Dejoy brìngs no jòy Maybe Arì can provide answer Ari said he would answer our questions. He should have been replaced many yesterdays ago especially because of his actions Hope yòucan /will pursue why he hasn't been replaced by president Biden This is an easy fix compared to all the issues facing America I'm sure I'm not the only one wondering and concerned
I've only been able too watch you (on cable) since approx...Oct/Nov 2021! I've often wondered why you..are cleaned shaven, then other times you have a shadow?
Could it be that you've had a VERY long day.....or another reason? Hey! I'm just curious, what else can I ask......OH! When & where, did you become sooooo adept at the way in which you "encourage" a guest..who is otherwise "closed-lipped"? That's when I listen/watch most intently learning how you "get-away-with-things" with very smooth talking....I could go-on but, that's enough for now; many thanks Ari...you're the greatest interviewer on television :) "Bernie"
Hi Ari 👋
Hi Ari, have you heard the story of Golf-gate?
Hi Ari!!!!✋
Please respond appreciated ĺouis Dejoy
🏴🇬🇧 YOUR VERY LOYAL SCOTTISH BRITISH SUPPORTER IN GLASGOW, WATCH YOUR PROGRAME DAILY. HATE YOUR MUSIC SECTION. 🏴🇬🇧
Hi, Lassie....my mum was born in your country, of Scotland....wild country, to say the least :)
I am male
As an adoptive mother of a child of color, my eyes have recently become wide open to the racial inequality still alive and well in this country. I am ashamed of how blind I was to it before, but I have always been white. I didn’t grow up fearing for my life any time I saw a member of LE. I am doing my darndest to raise a good human, a human who respects authority, doesn’t flirt with breaking the law, and perceives LE as people who protect and serve. I am also raising her to be a smart, strong, empowered, and contributing member of the human race. But how will she be treated in the world? That question keeps me up lots of nights.
Which brings me to your latest news segments, and this post. Ari, these last few weeks, you are so on point! I thoroughly appreciate your ability to distill all the noise down to cold, hard facts, and you are very insightful. Given your heritage, I know you understand the topics of racial profiling and discrimination viscerally.
Keep speaking the truth! The world needs great thinkers and truth tellers. Thanks for being that kind of human! Wish I could buy you a coffee and meld minds.
P.s. I just finished your Nardwuar segment! He’s so cool! I think his secret sauce is his spidey sense. And I am guessing he’s an empath. He can feel what others feel and what question will bring them joy.
You’re right. CNN has no one like you. You’re one of a kind. Here’s your flowers. 💐
Hello Carol,
Your words "But how will she be treated in the world? That question keeps me up lots of nights" got me. 💔 Raising smart, strong, empowered and civic-minded Black girls isn't easy, but it can be done! Lots of love, conversations, research, regrouping, support etc. needed, but worth. every. minute. Just take it one day at a time. ❤️
And P.S. As a mom, you never quit worrying. 😟🙏🏾
P.P.S. ...and girls of color.
I'm so glad to be a part of a group that have kind and caring hearts. 💗
🤗
Ari: Thank you for your critically honest summation. The horrifying part is this policing happens before our eyes while people like trump endanger all our lives yet remain I without reprimand or jail time. His hypocrites called supporters get away with murder. Literally. I do not believe in sitting back or tip toeing around the nightmare of trump & fox. We will be living in an autocracy. Biden & Garland need to fight back. Sherry Mangan
Sherry M....do you sometimes wonder if "Donny-Boy's" followers, have a "problem" with ANY truth or, are they soooo bloody ignorant that they don't even CARE?
Funny thing I saw President Biden last night.....TRULY AGITATED in a speech he was giving........perhaps, the First Lady/wife.....had something to do w/ it; let's hope someone DID!
I love your writing and never miss your show (thank you DVR). As a senior Jewish woman I don’t get most of your music references but I love seeing you so tickled when you make them. Wish you’d given a closer look at your high school picture and pointed out which one was you.
Cindy
Hi Cindy, yes The Beat is unique, and extremely informative thanks to Ari's style of reporting.
Cindy...He's the very TALL young man to the left....
Where can I see the picture?
Thanks Ari, your shows were awesome this week, (honestly they're always great) . It's so hard to know what to say about everything that has gone down with the former guy for the past 7 years. But we all know that "He Stole The Documents". My question is, who in MAGA world would know exactly what documents to take that would be of any value? Someone had to direct the steal!!!😒
Hello V,
I agree with your question: who indeed! For a man who was bored by security briefings (except nuclear secrsts apparently), how would he know which docs to take? Stealing highly classified documents is one thing, but lying and fighting to keep them is quite another. WHY?
Hi Sandra!!!✋ It seems like every week things keep getting more confusing about what actually occurred. It concerns me that we will never get to the real truth. So many lies and cover-ups
Have a safe and blessed week.!!!!🙏 💕😊
Hello V,
Have a wonderful week as well!! 🎉❤️
"If innocent Breonna Taylor or no-threat Walter Scott had been policed by the standard used for guilty, convicted Steve Bannon, they would be alive today."
Thank you. I have been waiting for someone in the media to point out the disparity between the faux GOP outrage over the legally executed search warrant at Mar-a-Largo, and their reaction to the no-knock warrants being executed in Louisville. The warrant against the former president was legally obtained; the warrant that allowed the shooting of Breonna Taylor was fraudulently obtained. In the former case, evidence of a crime was found, in the second, no evidence was produced.
The selective enforcement of the law is, sadly, nothing new. This needs to be called out - GOP officials need to be put on the record with their hypocritical "law and order" posturing.
Nothing new and important to scrutinize
You're right Ken. The sad part is these GOP traitors go to right wing platforms to spew their lies, and their comments go unchallenged.
That’s a great name for them, “FAUX NEWS!”
It's natural that criticism of the Mar-a-Lago search by the FBI would come. What is disheartening (and also not such a surprise) is that much of it ignores the evidence. The "It must be false because I haven't seen anything to contradict it (but I also haven't tried or gone out of my way)" statement, presented to the MAGA world is taken to mean "There is no evidence to contradict it so we're right." Sometimes, I think the MAGA movement is akin to mass hysteria, except I think of it as mass narcissism.
Yes, different policing is possible. It used to be the way things were, wasn't it? I think the change came when law enforcement agencies started arming themselves as if they were going to war. They needed a war to use those armored vehicles, automatic weapons and Kevlar, so they created a war. On citizens, in particular Black and Brown citizens. And they got away with it for a long time. That kind of war mentality then drew men (predominately) with aggressive tendencies (and yes, white supremacy ideations) and it's snowballed until we have unfathomable murders committed by those we hired to "protect and serve" us. I'm against the death penalty in all cases, but passing a fake $20 bill cannot be a capital offense.
Off topic, I didn't see where to post this opinion on your page or social media, but yes, there is life out there in the universe. It would be ridiculous to think otherwise. What kind of life? That's the question. We can't be the highest form of life in the universe (oh, God, please no!). But I don't believe aliens have visited Earth to figure out how our reproductive systems work. We already have enough ignorant Republicans who don't know that!!!!!!
Peace,
AJ
Everything you said - on point 👍🏽
Thank you so much!
I think of the mass narcissism a little more sinister...as "We just want our way, we like the guy and want him back in, and we are a minority, so we have to do it by force like ISIS, we'll use the most populous religion if the region and make it law because it gives us an automatic 30% and we will say anyone who us against having OUR way us against G_d." Like Franco did. We let it go too far analyzing all the could he's and might, or maybe. But now boy, it's all exposed C. Thomas, everything is revealed in the string theory to Make Democracy Miserable and maybe the Dems. Will vote this guy out...it's extremism is showing and it all looks connected, infected, undeniable. We can name it, and they have caught on they are outed and are calling us facists. Thus could end in a new era a correction, the fix everything legislation may be allowed to happen, claw back some if the 21 to 38% Corp. Tax x5 yrs. SI far at $1.7T or $2.2T into perpetuity, it's over $11T in lost revenue and we only have two categories individuals or business, no democracy can sustain this, we never could have built NYC, Detroit, Seattle, Dallas, Cleveland, natl parks.
AJ...I've often wondered (over the years), what's-with-all those "CAVE" drawings etc...replica's in England and many areas throughout this planet.
You know the figures w/large heads and skinny torso's..they ALL look alike, scattered in many countries...I find THAT interesting; but have never heard of an "excuse" as to who/how they got there.....HERE!!!!!! Just wondered :)
The skeptic in me says the chances that aliens who all looked the same visited primitive Earthlings in so many places and the only traces they left were petroglyph depictions (and no, I don't believe anything Von Daniken wrote) are remote. Could it be true? Perhaps, but I'm still skeptical, as I am of reports that the rock art drawings supposedly of aliens is exactly alike. I don't think there are scientific journals that say that. I could be wrong, of course!
Great comment A.J.!!👍
Thank you!
Hi Ari and Happy Almost Fri-YAY (Happy Thursday😃)
Thanks for the continuous shedding light on the so called advice that Trump and his fellow far right wingers preach - just comply.
They are the first ones to say, “ Blue Lives Matter”.
All those hypocrites should practice what they preach…all American citizens must obey the law.
As for Trump, Navarro and Eastman complaining about the way law enforcement treated them: at least they are alive and have the guts to complain unlike those that you listed in this newsletter that are no longer here with us.
Do you think the criticism of the Trump search is fair?
What is to be criticized? Trump took the most sensitive and classified U.S. government documents and the U.S. government wants their documents back.
The documents are stored and should be stored in Washington D.C. not In a residential area in Florida
Revealing? Yes because Trump might have or potentially put all of us in danger…we all don’t know what he did with those documents and why he took them (I highly recommend investigating this because Trump is unhinged).
Ok, I am getting ready to tune into The Beat tonight at 6pm to watch and listen to what you have for us😃
Keep doing the excellent work that you do, Ari👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Cheers🍾🥂
#FactsMatter
Hi Sandra!!!✋I too think our national security has been compromised by the former guy years ago. His admiration of certain dictators has always been alarming to to me. He has proven to take their side so many times. Why something wasn't done to protect us from this obvious treasonous behavior is puzzling to me. Hope they get to the truth of what he did and why!
On another lighter note, have a blessed and safe weekend!!!🙏💕😊
Agree, remember when the lite was that T's hostility toward NATO and blabby sidling up to criminal dictators so profuse that allies were holding back some intelligence from us. Imagine...as we let him continue. sigh.
Exactly and well said👍🏽 I hope that this has taught us Americans who to vote for and who are not allowed to set foot in the White House...not so sure about this because of our division but I am still hopeful that people are paying attention.
Have a nice and lovely weekend😃😃😃
Republicans were great at changing the game and making the WH about BS, opposed to issues about America and its citizenry. Also, FOX NEWS keeps their viewers (GOP supporters) entrenched in lies and just plain crap. If we can get people to lose the apathy and vote to hold onto congress (and increase the seats), we might be able to loosen that grip of craziness.
Good statement...
I might also add that the mantra, “most cops are good cops,” has all but disappeared with respect to an FBI run by a Trump appointee.
Hi Ms O! Nothing he does is surprising. He has the best criminal and emotional game going—up to now. Maybe, that quiet, little Garland has more gusto than he emits. My visual is Trump in an orange jumpsuit, a prison haircut, sitting in one of his gold chairs. The irony of it all. A Blessed and Happy weekend, Sandra!❤️
Hi Olddiva, Yes indeed ...hopefully Trump will wear that orange suit....I cannot wait to see that. I am now digging Garland’s approach: quiet and no one knows what he is up to next...This suits dealing with Trump as it will not be easy for him to guess what Garland will do👍🏽
Have a nice weekend too 😃😃😃
Hello! Sandra.....You're a better person than me......I can only call this person "DONNY BOY!
Since that's the image in my head every time I hear/see his names.....yuck! I've got other names, but this is the only one (I dare-to-share) :)
Hi Ari:) Thank you for this great piece:) Regarding the amount of time it took for Trump to hand over documents, and the nature of who he has shown himself to be, should there not be concern that he may have taken photos of these documents, or have had others do the same? Everyone has a cellphone with a camera. Seems like in this day and age, there would be more concern and urgency to make sure docs were not photographed, duplicated, or passed on already. Shouldn’t DOJ also have seized his phones and devices to error on the side of caution? Or is he getting special considerations because he is a former president?🤔
Btw Ari:) it’s my birthday today! Any kind of shout out you may wanna give me, is much appreciated! 🥳😂🎉✌🏽
I’m late, but hoping you had a fabulous birthday, Tasha!🎁🎈🎂❤️
The most Happy Birthday to you Tasha! Hope you enjoy it!🎂
Thank you Kim! I had an amazing day!
🥳💃🏽🙏🏽😁
Happy Birthday Tasha and wishing you all the best...Cheers🍾🥂🎁🎈🎉🍰🎂
Thanks Sandra! I appreciate it:)
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Happy Belated Birthday Tasha!!!🎂🎈🎉💕
Hope you had a fun day, and that your celebrating continues into the weekend!!!😊
Be safe, be blessed!!!🙏
Thank you! I appreciate it! 💃🏽🎉🥳🙏🏽
Happy Birthday Tasha🎂
Thanks!🥳
I think it’s more than staggering racially motivated hypocrisy. When right wing pundits say just comply do they honestly believe we will think they give a shit about what happens to brown or black Americans; I don’t believe they care at all and the evidence of just comply working and preventing death for black or brown Americans is dishonest at best. If it weren’t so completely tragic it would be comical.
Hi Truda!!! Yes they couldn't care less about the innocent lives taken by police. As long as it's not one of their own. Hypocritical rhetoric from all of them. Sickening!!!😑
I know. I can’t believe they think we would believe their “concern”- just comply and you won’t die. Such bullshit. Sometimes I think they assume everyone has amnesia! Have a lovely weekend.
Hello Truda,
For them, it's just comply "for you, not I." 🙄
So true
Truda...more like they (PRETEND) to have AMNESIA.....which to me, is MUCH worse!!!
You too have a safe and blessed weekend!!!🙏
Thx sweetheart
Truda S..Hello, the only statment (after reading your comment) is, "DO THEY EVEN HAVE A BRAIN, OR ARE THEY SO STUPID...that it's beyond WORDS..to describe lol
I agree. Thanks. Have a good weekend
No, the criticism of the Trump’s search is not fair, but it’s revealing, as you have outlined on “The Beat” and in this commentary. As you have shown, different policing is possible, by the contrasting cases you presented.
Ari, as I’ve shared with you on a previous occasion, my 17 y/o brother was walking home, stopped by the police, handcuffed, beaten and shot seven times in his back and head (June 12, 1965, although they wrote June 13th). It was ruled justifiable homicide. Still, I feel the police are a necessary entity, but in serious need of a hiring criteria and governing parameters. Every time another one of these police shootings occur, it takes me back to those distraught memories of that 18 y/o girl, sitting, waiting for her brother to come home, so we could attend the James Brown concert. My brother didn’t need ALL the privileges of a Trump, Bannon, or MAGA, he just needed to live.
Hello Olddiva,
Your words, "My brother didn’t need ALL the privileges of a Trump, Bannon, or MAGA, he just needed to live," broke my heart in a million pieces. He was *complying* being handcuffed and all, so the police violence visited on his beautiful young body was anything BUT justified! Good lord, that was 1965 and continues to this day. Yet there are those who would dare say some of us "overreact."
I truly, truly feel sorry for the loss of your beloved brother and for the ongoing triggers that bring back the pain and memories as if this were yesterday. May you and yours find some comfort in the memories of your brother's smile, laughter, and sweet moments shared. Your brother did NOT deserve that and you and yours did NOT deserve all the trauma caused by police violence.
May your brother rest in eternal power. 🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️
Olddiva.....I'm so SHOCKED as to your loss...all those years & remembering as if it happened yesterday.....I've just a memory of my son who died on August 31st....."Anniversay" of his (departure) it's just 4 days away......I'm dreading that reminder of David's death..God Bless! "Bernie"..hugs...
Hello Bernie,
I am truly sorry for the loss of your beloved son David, and that you experienced a parent's worst nightmare.
President Biden, who also lost a beloved son, once said, " The time will come when [his] memory will bring a smile to your lips before it brings a tear to your eyes." I pray this day will come one day for you and yours. 🙏🏾❤️
Bernie I'm thinking about you today. 😑Losing a child is a mother's nightmare. Nothing can take away the pain of your loss. Hope the memories you shared with him, have helped you on those hard days.. May he be rejoicing in the arms of the angels, and watching over you everyday.. Sending you a hug. God bless you!!!🙏
Hi,Bernie. I’m repeating all the kind expressions, sent by V. Extending a bushel of lLOVE and HUGS! 🤗❤️🙏🏽
Thanks, Bernie and sorry about your loss. We are expected to outlive our children, but that power is not always in our hands. I shall keep you in prayer on that day. Sending love and HUGS your way!❤️ n 🤗
Oh Diva, reading your comment brought me to tears. What a tragedy for your family. So sorry for the loss of your brother. No matter how long ago, it still hurts to remember how his life was taken. You were so close in age, and I'm certain you both shared many things together. I'm certain music was one of those happy times... It breaks my heart when I hear how many families have experienced the loss of a loved one through a preventable incident. Sending you a hug my friend.💕 Have a safe and blessed weekend.🙏
V, you are forever sweet and kind. Thank you so very much! A safe and Blessed weekend to you, as well!❤️🤗
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With a business on the outskirts of Jackson MS near a rail line, I get to see a lot of interaction between the police and the people who have fallen through society's cracks. Personally, I would rather see us invest in a social worker who could be attached to every percent who could help these people reconnect with the system and perhaps learn to help themselves.
When I was a kid I thought of a policeman as a guy in a blue shirt and a black cap who may carry a billy club. Now I see them in full riot gear often blacked out identification and snatching citizens who dissent off the streets. We keep spending tax money on better riot gear and we keep getting bigger better riots.
As far as Trump whining about getting raided it's just another fine example of a con man at work. It's a classic grift to take a little truth and use it to drag you to a wrong conclusion or work your emotions of sympathy and empathy to get you to give him something. That guy is a one-note wonder just fleecing the unwashed.
Unfortunately, this behavior is neither new nor is it uncommon. The difference to me is the expectancy that they should not, would not or could not be stopped or denied the “right” to do whatever they damn well pleased … because of their race.
I watched your interviews with Navarro and his complete shock that HE, HE was handcuffed and shackled ... imagine if he was subjected to the normal "use of force" we have now been able to see due to handheld camera phones and body cameras.
Keep reminding these duplicitous individuals of what they have said, compared to their own actions and continue to do the good work on behalf of all people!
Mr. Fox........all I could SEE.....was your one comment i.e. 'because of their race' ???????????
Presuming that your Caucasian privilege would prevent any harm or enforcement that would befall persons of color.
Fox, that doed seem to be the now recognized, underlying assumption.
Trump and his cronies believe in " Do as I say, not as I do". They want everyone they want to control to comply. However, since they see themselves as the elite, they are free from compiling because law enforcement should never be bothering them with minor items like obeying the law. The double standard of law enforcement was very clear during the Trump reign. Now we hope that Attorney General Garland and the DOJ will bring equal justice for all to the for front and prosecute all who are guilty.
So true Albaiza, if Garland can't somehow...Fanni Willis surely will.
We're keeping hope alive!!!!!
Ari, your commment, "and they are still raging at being subjected to the law" speaks volumes to these people. Good leaders don't promote "blue lives matter...until it effects me" I am a federal employee and I can tell you if it was me who took classified material home, I don't believe I would have been asked politely to give them back, even once. They would have seized them immediately and the only thing I would be "offered" is one phone call from jail. Bottom line, no one is above the law, its a great equalizer.