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Patrick Moran's avatar

As ever Rebecca well said. I’m still basking in the little beam of light that shone through this morning from Wisconsin. Poor Musk rat. 20 million dollars on the campaign and several more to maga voters in his unconstitutional lottery and he lost. Rejoice in the everyday little victories. I’m told by an American friend that there is a nation wide protest on the 5 April by all the decent Americans who are “sick of this shit”

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Rebecca Mack ☕'s avatar

Yay! Nationwide protest sounds amazing. Literally as I write more heroes emerge… we will turn this tide of hate and harm, one protest, one post at a time!

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Mary Gilbert's avatar

I love that you remind us that we are ALL in this together! Whether American, British, French, Greenlander, Danish, etc we must all fight this MAGA Mentality of cruelty, self-service, bigotry & hatred of ‘other’. Bless you & all here that follow you & share your feelings. I’m an American who is ashamed of what this crazy-ass administration is doing to the US and to the rest of the world.

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Rebecca Mack ☕'s avatar

The shame is all theirs Mary. Be proud of your resistance. We are all in this together, we all live under the same big sky. The fights is ours… as is the victory! Glad you are part of this community of revolutionary tea drinkers. Cheers! ☕️

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Daniel Puzzo's avatar

Honestly now Rebecca, you're way too kind - 'wonderful' is pretty misleading, you might've just caught me on a good day 🤣

This was a beautiful and epic screed. So therapeutic to read, it helps make sense of all this utter madness.

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Rebecca Mack ☕'s avatar

You are my kind of wonderful Daniel! My husband watched the podcast and concluded ‘wow, what a top guy!’… I’m still waiting for my compliment 😉

Glad you enjoyed reading the post and it had some therapeutic value. We will overcome Daniel… one cup of tea at a time! ☕️

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Daniel Puzzo's avatar

Oh, I think you’re wonderful too! (or did you mean a compliment from your husband?) 🤣

You’ll have to forgive me for this, it’s the English teacher in me speaking (and I can’t resist) -

Compare:

We will overcome Daniel

We will overcome, Daniel

It’s not me that you need to overcome 🤣🤣🤣

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Rebecca Mack ☕'s avatar

Or in the case of Russia, not charge at all.

Pity the penguins of Heard and McDonlad islands though …they will be having sleepless nights now! 🐧

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Rebecca Mack ☕'s avatar

🤣… that’s so funny Daniel… both my sisters have English degrees. My eldest sister has a degree in English Studies and was also an ESL teacher. She constantly corrects me (she has done this since we were kids)…. I don’t mind though, you can’t help yourself you English teachers!

I meant a compliment from my husband but I was just being sarcastic (he reads my Substack). He was very complimentary about us both and really enjoyed the podcast. It really was fun and we should do it again… it’s not like we won’t have plenty of material to talk about! 😆

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Michael Patrick O’Leary's avatar

Get a room, you two! We shall overcomb. Or, in the light of the tariffs, We shall overcharge.

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Lisa | Well Edited Life's avatar

Thank you for being in it with us! I’m an American who is also so sick of this sh*t, and until yesterday’s 25+ hour speech by Senator Booker, I was feeling absolutely hopeless. I will be one among many protesters on Saturday, in my home state. Send us some good vibes please! 🙏 Most of us are older white folks, so we’re as safe as anyone could be around here, but we’re still a bit worried. Worried and hopeful we’ll be heard, all at once!

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Rebecca Mack ☕'s avatar

Oh I am sending you tons of good vibes Lisa… I’m only sad ☹️ I can’t be there myself! The tide will turn, I am convinced of it… it won’t be quick or easy but it will happen. Wave a placard 🪧 for me will you?

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Lisa | Well Edited Life's avatar

Thank you, and I will think of you and everyone around the world cheering us on.

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Rebecca Mack ☕'s avatar

🙌🏻

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Jim Wert's avatar

A great roundup of heroes indeed!! Thank you! ❤️🙏😍

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Rebecca Mack ☕'s avatar

Glad you like it Jim.. aren’t we all just too sick of this sh*t to remain silent!!

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C Leonard's avatar

“walking cadaver” is the BEST adjective for miller, EVER!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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Rebecca Mack ☕'s avatar

Feel free to use at any and every possible opportunity!

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C Leonard's avatar

Thank you so much for all your support of us women folk over here in Handmaid’sTaleLand. We need ALL YOUR ENERGY!!! (And thanks for the cadaver😉)

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Rebecca Mack ☕'s avatar

I’m here for you… when they come for one of us, they come for all of us and God help them for thinking they will succeed! 💪🏻

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Mark Kureishy's avatar

I’m in awe of your eloquence and stamina…all I can muster is ‘Twats!’…all of ‘em!

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Rebecca Mack ☕'s avatar

‘Twats’ is good… not sure the non British understand it though!

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Frances's avatar

Another great post . Feel like tossing my cast iron pan at the bastards. It's the Hands off Protest tomorrow.✌️🌼💪

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Rebecca Mack ☕'s avatar

Thanks Frances… wave another placard for me 🪧 … we are so sick of this shit 💩!

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Zivah Avraham's avatar

The daffodils have bloomed at last. My seed-sown aquilegias are growing, the first anemone has bloomed and its my favourite deep purple colour, the cherry tree is blooming wonderfully this year, and there are lambs boinging in the fields across the way.

Aaaaand, relax.

Until the next time.

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Rebecca Mack ☕'s avatar

Sounds lovely Zivah. Very zen 🧘. Enjoy.

The next time will be coming. 😕

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Corlis Robe's avatar

How fun would it be if Rasmussen and Carney got a joint Nobel Peace Prize (for not choking the batshittery out of you know)?

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Rebecca Mack ☕'s avatar

Absolutely… they have both got my vote Corlis.

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Corlis Robe's avatar

I love me a 'new' word. Batshittery! So apt for these days.

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Rebecca Mack ☕'s avatar

’ ittery’ is the gift that keeps on giving… fuckwittery, batshittery…. Use it at your leisure.

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Corlis Robe's avatar

You are such a kind and sharing person.

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Wayne Reed's avatar

I agree wholeheartedly. We still have one person, one vote. Wisconsin proved that it doesn’t matter how much money you have the people have the vote.

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Rebecca Mack ☕'s avatar

Go Wisconsin! Just the inspiration we need really now… there is more of us than there is of them, one vote is all it needs!

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Holding on Together / Amy K's avatar

Have you considered trying to get a humor column somewhere? Making commentary on Trump and Musk?

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Rebecca Mack ☕'s avatar

Who would have me? Answers in comments please!

I would love to do that, the material practically writes itself to be honest… these guys, comedy gold (if they weren’t so frickin dangerous). If anyone has any ideas please shout out. I’ve just found out an online publication called the Wonkette from one of my readers … maybe they have room for an angry, erudite, tea drinking British mother? Stranger things have happened… a bloody Felon and sex offender became president of America. Twice. 😮

Thanks for the suggestion Amy, much appreciated.

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Holding on Together / Amy K's avatar

I used to be a magazine and newspaper writer. DM me and I might be able to help guide you a little, although I have zero media connections at this point.

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Rebecca Mack ☕'s avatar

Thanks so much Amy, that is really kind.

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Cakes We Like's avatar

All this tea could do with some cake to accompany it.

I recommend a slice of lemon drizzle cake (vegan versions are nice too, if you want an egg-free version).

Tea and cake to celebrate Cory Booker, Mark Carney, the Wisconsin Supreme Court results, and the continued downfall of Elon Musk.

It is the way

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Rebecca Mack ☕'s avatar

Oh yes please. I am such a big cake fan.. where have you been all my life? ☺️

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Cakes We Like's avatar

It took me a long time to build up the confidence to start writing. The wonderful editor of Wonkette gave me a chance and I've been writing a monthly recipe post for them for 2 years now.

I'll be putting more effort into writing recipes on my own Substack once I finish my History degree this year.

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Rebecca Mack ☕'s avatar

Brilliant… we always love new cake ideas at sick of this sh*t… you have found your people here! Happy to support your work and look forward to your posts… I’ve just subscribed 🍰

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Cakes We Like's avatar

I saw. Thank you.

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Rebecca Mack ☕'s avatar

Oh lemon drizzle… be still my heart ❤️… you can’t beat a nice slice of lemon drizzle and a cup of tea… with so much to celebrate it would be rude not to… post us a pic if you have one, we can always enjoy one virtually 🍰 or drop a recipe/ pic in the Sick of this sh*t chat (it’s a free chat even though it looks like it’s not.. writing I can do, tech is beyond me!). 😆

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Cakes We Like's avatar

I'll be writing up a recipe for this weekend. I can link to it when I post it on Sunday.

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Digital Canary 💪💪🇨🇦🇺🇦🗽's avatar

Thanks from 🇨🇦 Rebecca.

We don’t have as much of the dry wit that your side of the pond exhibits, but we sure can appreciate it. And we produced Leslie Nielsen.

Here’s to the Commonwealth & to reclaiming “Four Eyes” from insult to freedom fighters.

(And to the entire free world: NATO-🇺🇸, EU-🇭🇺&🇹🇷?, La Francophonie, our Asia Pacific partners, and many others 🥂)

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Michael Patrick O’Leary's avatar

Elon and Felon. JD Pance used to be a writer. How could a writer say “cold as shit?” Shit is not cold. It is notoriously warm and steamy. Ask any fly.

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Rebecca Mack ☕'s avatar

JD should know… he is full of the stuff.

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