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UpInArms

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22. He was very kind and I really knew so little
Mon Feb 26, 2024, 08:20 AM
Feb 2024

and he knew so much. I was writing articles and I reached out to him and he was so responsive. I didn’t know his history … only has read some of his work. I also had pretty extensive correspondence with Robert Parry. They were both so encouraging and fearless.

They taught me a lot. They both said to never fear telling the truth and naming names. Told me to keep digging.

Thanks for understanding how special Blum was. He will always be one of my heroes.

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This. Easterncedar Feb 2024 #1
Thank you for taking the time to see it. It's such a far cry from the American lie of American identity, isn't it? Judi Lynn Feb 2024 #10
Elliott Abrams and John Negroponte should be tried for crimes against humanity Easterncedar Feb 2024 #11
They even look evil. You're so right about those monsters. Judi Lynn Feb 2024 #12
a pox on everyone who voted for that piece of shit Skittles Feb 2024 #2
He was probably the unknown Pied Piper of Teabaggery which lead us directly to Trump. Judi Lynn Feb 2024 #6
Dear God I hated Reagan. calimary Feb 2024 #3
And GHWB UpInArms Feb 2024 #4
Extraordinary idiots, weren't they? So much rotten corruption happened in plain sight with that crew, too. Judi Lynn Feb 2024 #8
Same here UpInArms Feb 2024 #15
Sorry for my long response but reading your comment triggered a chain of thoughts and I hope it's useful. Judi Lynn Feb 2024 #5
Your final sentence just REALLY nails it. calimary Feb 2024 #14
With all of what we know UpInArms Feb 2024 #16
She paid dearly for standing up to the predators, didn't she? They're still doing business as usual, unfortunately, Judi Lynn Feb 2024 #17
It's so easy for others to not even know UpInArms Feb 2024 #18
You shared a priceless resource. Have been referred there so many times in reading. Incomparable. Judi Lynn Feb 2024 #19
At some point in all of my reading and research UpInArms Feb 2024 #20
Amazed to read you corresponded with William Blum. Can't imagine how stunning that would be. He was a dazzling light. Judi Lynn Feb 2024 #21
He was very kind and I really knew so little UpInArms Feb 2024 #22
He will never be replaced, he illuminated what Washington tried wildly to bury forever, far from public scrutiny. Judi Lynn Feb 2024 #23
He was a back-stabber, sneaky, and treacherous as a younger man in Hollywood, then as California's governor. Judi Lynn Feb 2024 #7
The majority of people there despise our RW presidents. Witness Nixon's car. GreenWave Feb 2024 #9
Evidence from a witness: yowzayowzayowza Feb 2024 #13
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