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Deborah Jacobson's avatar

As always thank you for your voice.

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Jack Hopkins's avatar

You're welcome, Deborah. And, as always..thank YOU...for your support.

-Jack

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Ellen Zucker's avatar

Thank you. This article brings me hope. And hope is an antidote to despair.

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Jack Hopkins's avatar

You're welcome, Ellen. I'm glad it resonated with you...and...hope IS the antidote to despair.

Thank you for being here!

-Jack

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Sue Player's avatar

Thanks, Jack. I maybe wishful thinking but I see cracks in trump's veneer.

#HoldFast

Sue

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Jack Hopkins's avatar

Sue, you're welcome. Not wishful thinking...at all. What you're seeing...is very real.

#HOLDFAST

-Jack

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Mary E's avatar

Much needed post, Jack. Happy 2026!

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Jack Hopkins's avatar

Mary E...glad you liked it. Happy New Year to YOU!

-Jack

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Elizabeth Goodden's avatar

I love it when I read the comments and people thank you for bringing them hope. You can only do that if they trust what you are stating is true and honorable. Your combination of hard facts and honesty always hits home for me. I appreciate your inspiration, I look forward to being one of the cutters while MAGA dies a death from a thousand cuts. I love being sanding somebody’s gears and a thorn in their side….brings a 😁 to my face! Thanks, Jack! 🥰❤️👍

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James Aldridge's avatar

Excellent preview of our strategy for 2026...the year of accountability begins !!!

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Alexa Russell's avatar

Encouraging the youth vote with calmness and integrity is a must. Recall history and civics is not mandatory as ‘back in the day’. A good positive encounter without judgement and facts to prove a point in a state of coolness helps. They are our future, whether they know it or not. Kindness and compassion out-way anger, always.

Listen to ‘them’ and they ‘might’ listen to you. Thank you Jack. Steady as we go.

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Pamela Van Sickle's avatar

A little hope on New Year Day. Thank you, Jack. Do you think kitchen table issues will bring MAGAts to the correct side in their voting?

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HKJANE's avatar

Everyone wants to convince you it’s over. That democracy is exhausted. That the country has already been lost to chaos, money, and MAGA theatrics. Don’t buy it. Every overreach, every spectacle, every viral meltdown is a signal, not a surrender. The institutions still exist, voters still show up, and networks of resistance are alive in ways that can’t be measured in cable news cycles. Momentum is invisible until it breaks the surface — and when it does, it crushes complacency, shocks the establishment, and rewrites the rules. 2026 isn’t a year for despair; it’s a year for leverage, for strategy, for turning panic into fuel. They’re screaming because they know it isn’t over. The game is still ours if we dare to play it.

Excellent read, Jack. Every point hits — the panic they try to sell proves the fight isn’t over, and every overreach is just fuel for those showing up.

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Cherae Stone's avatar

Well written!

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Coco's avatar

YAY! I knew something was different about you, Jack. I am not in a doomsday loop. I am enlightened and empowered. I look forward to tomorrow, as in tomorrow, to represent every day. It's exhilarating. Thank you.

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Lillian Holsworth's avatar

A brilliant synopsis. Of what hell is in front of us & how to

Keep going!

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