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Oct 13Liked by Joyce Vance

Will this also be in print form at some time? I’m deaf so listening in is not an option.

Thanks

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Let me check with Substack so I can let you know about transcription on this.

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I love this request! I’m in a time zone where 8 p.m. Eastern is 2:00 in the morning, so for different reasons I’ll be looking for a recording or transcript after the fact. (Great illustration of the “curb cut principle” - accommodation benefits everybody! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curb_cut_effect)

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Same. Appreciate it the question.

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Oct 13Liked by Joyce Vance

Wish Kamala happy birthday. Mine is also in October, a few days after hers.

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Oct 13Liked by Joyce Vance

What an opportunity Joyce. Judd is legend.

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Couldn't agree more. I'm really excited about getting to do this!

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I see Tulsi Gabbard is part of this series do we really have to give her Oxygen? I don’t want to see her name even remotely close to yours!!!!

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Is Trump able to vote in Florida as a convicted felon?

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Short answer is yes, he will, at least for this election because of the state the New York case is at.

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Could you give more detail? Is it because he hasn’t been sentenced?

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NY allows felons to vote so long as they're not incarcerated. Florida (for now...) follows the voting law of the state in which the conviction took place.

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Oct 13Liked by Joyce Vance

Alas, I'll be in choir rehearsal on Wednesday evening. I hope the conversation will be available later, maybe on YouTube? I learn so much from you! Thank you.

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I'm afraid this one won't be taped, but I'm hoping to do more of these video chats.

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I went to read Judd Legum's column regarding the government of Florida's illegal and unconstitutional attempts to influence and interfere with the vote on the ballot measure to affirm women's right to choose regarding abortion. It seems that the proponents of the measure were shut out in two cases by Florida courts when they opposed the state's illegal interference. But I'm wondering why they should not in the first instance send their own "cease and desist" letters to the so-called State Department of Health regarding its heavy-handed election interference and its unlawful presumption of authority in issuing letters telling the proponents of the amendment to stop their advertisements.

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Please tell us what time on the 16th and what time zone your chat will begin. That way I will know to go to the app myself without needing to enable Substack notifications. I fear enabling notifications because I believe that would mean I would be flooded with notifications from a great many people. Thanks for understanding and for letting us know the time and time zone when your chat will begin. Looking forward to participating!

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If you click on the link in the last paragraph about looking at all the events, it lists each event and the time and time zone.

Joyce's discussion will be at 8 ET. It looks like they are all ET.

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Thanks for the help. I clicked on that link and saw the menu of conversations Substack is offering.

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I just heard Oliva Troy report how when Dr. Fauci raised alarm bells to the Cabinet and VP and their teams, that Trump was withholding COVID related equipment from NY- Fauci reporting to them that he was on the phone with Emergency Room doctors telling him necessary equipment was not available and was being held back. And the Trump administration’s response from Jared Kushner was ‘F&$#K NY, its Como’. 1. My dad died from COVID, 2. I work at a large Bronx healthcare system and witnessed firsthand the frantic efforts to secure necessary equipment , everything from masks to testing components to IV equiment to other protective gear- you name it. What I witnessed working it the epicenter of the pandemic, nobody should. This was on top of the stress of the explosive number of cases. Until today, I have never heard a member of the Trump administration specifically state Trump intentionally withheld vital equipment because NY electoral votes went to the democratic candidate. What can be done? Was this conduct in anyway criminal? I know this was amoral. I am a real life example of the direct harm from Trumps actions. I am sick over this.

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I am so sorry for everything you've been through. I still cry over Covid almost every day. We seem to have just gotten over it, but wait ... A million+ just gone? Because of his ego? I had to turn the TV off this morning, after less than a minute, because they were saying the race is a dead heat. HTF is that even possible? This has to stop.

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I will need more info about ‘conversation’ technically I’ve not seen a video function in the app (on my phone). Timothy Snyder invites his followers to a ‘live’ and we ended up getting a message about a new chat thread where the ‘live’ unfolded. The format didn’t work for me. It was him in the equivalent of a zoom chat trying to answer what ever he could. No function to moderate the many comments flying by.

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I was part of Timothy Snyder’s group chat and found Substack’s chat technology completely inadequate to the task. I won’t go into details here, but it was infuriating to my humble autistic brain.

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I’ve since found there is a live video function. The plus button on your phone offers the option to upload a photo, a saved video or to launch your camera as a video camera live. Apparently you can invite someone else to participate as a speaker in conversation. I assume this is what will happen now… but who knows.

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Get fired up & #VoteBlue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkf0_Ku-vgA

The GOP has been captured by fraudsters & power by any means authoritarians. The projection & propaganda never stops.

Trump, Vance & their election denying sycophants can’t handle the truth threatening fact checkers, whistleblowers & truth tellers with retribution. https://wapo.st/3XXgHPt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaL0eCSFHGU

Trump & MAGA whine about booming Bidenomics: 98% of jobs created since 1989 were created during Democratic administrations. Republicans have lost jobs while ballooning the deficit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbPBuk5QoV8 Trump's top general calls Trump "a fascist to the core...the most dangerous person to this country” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98OkyUCJ6V0"

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Substack makes no sense to me. I would rather just read your pieces in my email, because signing into Substack gets me nowhere.

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I get that, but I think this is pretty simple. If you click on the link and add the app to your phone, you'll get a notification when Judd and I start. Or, you can just open the app at that time and find us.

But I get that this new stuff can be a problem. If you'd like, I can ask the nice folks at Substack to give us a step by stop for instructions on how to do this?

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I will be on the Link & can post the steps to participate. No problem.

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I read and thoroughly enjoy this every morning ... also am addicted to Sisters-in-Law.

But not for lack of trying MANY times I cannot get the Substack app to I might hear your interviews and such. Can we get them printed in your Substack?

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Thank you so much for all you Do For Us.

My question is; for rural America- why doesn’t the Harris Waltz campaign Putting Up Billboards?

It’s a way for people in the country to see and know what Kamala & Tim stand for because maybe they may only see Fox or Sinclair broadcasts.

Here in Colorado, it was reported a rich Tim MELLON of banking family fame put up a “Venezuela Ahead” billboard along I25 heading south. It costs $1200 per month to have that billboard up.

Because the billboard company requires that who supports the message has to have their name on them, so we know it’s Mellon.

$1200 a month is cheap & it gets to a group of Rural, country folks.

Why isn’t that outreach being considered?? Sure seems reasonable to me & a simple way to counter so much misinformation/ aka Lies.

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I always wonder if there are a body of seemingly obedient Rs who in the privacy of a "voting booth" will actually vote for Harris b/c they know he is bat-shit crazy. Or, are they all in for the fascism that Vance and Proj 2025 will bring? I'm not talking about the Mitt Rs and the Rs who don't have the backbone to publicly endorse Harris, but all the ones who are just watching him publicly decompensating into his true fascist self. Would love to hear you and Judd Legum touch on this. Of course I know we can never really know this but does anyone else think about this?

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I do not want to download the Substack app. I do not do these things on my phone. So, I am sad to miss it. I hope there will be a video of it posted later.

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Speaking of law and this election, if you watch Jen Psaki's interview of Neal Katyal today (Oct 13) l and understand the likelihood of the Republicans pressuring the courts, state legislators and executives, and members of Congress to oveturn the will of the people if Harris wins enough of the swing states to clinch the election ... we may all need to consult with legal and financial advisors. And advisors on emigration to more sane nations. Katyal used the phrase that the GOP could overturn the vote "through shenanigan," by using technical aspects of the election certification process. What say you, Joyce, about the countermeasures against such a "shenanigan" strategy?

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