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@allenfadness5622
June 14, 2026 at 7:46 pm
tread lightly
@hockeyguytj
June 14, 2026 at 7:50 pm
He should have named and shamed the callers.
@michaelblack3379
June 14, 2026 at 7:53 pm
If you are being accused of treason these days, you’re probably doing something right.
@knowbody5292
June 14, 2026 at 7:54 pm
Welcome to the republican party, Miles. “Conservative” is just a euphemism for violent, control obsessed person. Why do you Republicans argue about which groups it’s okay to attack first? …or which psychotic figure heads are fit to lead? The goals of conservatives are always the same. You want to take all freedoms and rights away from anyone who disagrees with you (eventually) while disparaging and scamming those with less means.
@JohnOBrien-l4q
June 14, 2026 at 7:56 pm
Amazing TED talk. Takes a whole lotta courage to speak out, especially in the face of an imbalanced power dynamic. We should all be so lucky to answer that call honorably…
@xitismail
June 14, 2026 at 8:02 pm
People need to speak up for the truth.
@jenhasken
June 14, 2026 at 8:06 pm
5:42 should be required reading for every American.
@knowbody5292
June 14, 2026 at 8:06 pm
You lost me with your both sides crap. The statistics may be accurate but there’s one party that ended democracy and got away with insurrection. There is one party that threatens and attacks anyone who challenges their complete control. One party that supports, stokes, and encourages violence. Therefore, while I don’t agree with violence as a solution, it’s not the same question being posed to supporters of the two parties. One party is already the victim of violence and terrorism and is contemplating defending themselves and the democratic way of life. The other is considering if violence is the quickest way to eliminate any opposition to their coup against the constitution.
@theupperroom52
June 14, 2026 at 8:09 pm
That should be a blaring red light to the Epstein class stop suppressing our wages stop poisoning people and the Earth…. Pick up a history book. See what happens in similar circumstances. 2 ours….It’s not great, it’s famine, droughts, disease, blood, violence and all-around chaos……. But remember you do have a chance to do the right thing. I don’t want that to happen and I pray that neither do you
@mikemmx
June 14, 2026 at 8:11 pm
MAGA cult calling…
@patrickskramstad1485
June 14, 2026 at 8:18 pm
3:23
@patrickskramstad1485
June 14, 2026 at 8:20 pm
5:15
@patrickskramstad1485
June 14, 2026 at 8:26 pm
9:37
@Tripleburn3
June 14, 2026 at 8:44 pm
🫡God bless you sir! Thank you🙏Please stay safe and strong 💪
@patrickskramstad1485
June 14, 2026 at 8:52 pm
13:12
@patrickskramstad1485
June 14, 2026 at 8:55 pm
13:45
@madeleinesuzette
June 14, 2026 at 8:56 pm
Watching America become Russia!! 🤯🤯🤯
@TheOriginalDeckBoy
June 14, 2026 at 8:58 pm
I look forward to you successfully suing trump
@taylor915-i5w
June 14, 2026 at 8:59 pm
Excellent TED talk! Bravo 👏🏾
@patrickskramstad1485
June 14, 2026 at 9:05 pm
14:14
“I am certain that my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency I will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our Nation impels. This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today. This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself–****nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.*** In every dark hour of our national life a leadership of frankness and vigor has met with that understanding and support of the people themselves which is essential to victory. I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
15:51
@OAGCougar21
June 14, 2026 at 9:06 pm
The reality is that Donald Trump has committed treason several times. The only difference is that Congress refused to hold him accountable and held up party lines. The Supreme Court has committed perjury and betrayed the American people. The law and the ‘servants of the People’ have been found lacking. Insurrectionists pardoned. War crimes committed. Funding genocide. When does ‘revolution’ become a duty?
@axatassabrae
June 14, 2026 at 9:09 pm
Our peace is so fragile
@TheIndicator13
June 14, 2026 at 9:19 pm
We need to protect this man at all costs!!! This was a great Tedtalk!
@sblowes
June 14, 2026 at 9:26 pm
16:59 No, it’s not irony, you mislabeled hypocrisy. You would have done better to own it than try to misdirect with a chuckle.
@Scottietheyoung
June 14, 2026 at 9:27 pm
Thank you for your bravery. Thank you for speaking.
@johnruhd5917
June 15, 2026 at 7:50 pm
Fascists become more violent when they fear losing power
@stefantrebinjac
June 15, 2026 at 7:52 pm
Respect for the message and for the data and for what Miles did here, on this TED. Wherther it was good criticism of Donald J. Trump and / or otherwise of any administration is up for debate. Though, often one can tell where fallacy is at; what and where in this case, Miles Taylor didn’t criticise, when he could have just as well. This is the number one trait of an agent running a psy-op, in the public light / awareness. Look into what a person didn’t say or act upon where that person could have done so, has seen, yet chosen not to.
This is where the true authenticity is at, and where one separates, “wheat from the chaff”. Is Miles Taylor willing and capable of criticising somebody else, or bringing up the criticism of another “administration”, that doesn’t happen to be Trump’s. Why not discuss at length at Timcast IRL, as an example? That’s where you could get a seat and debate much more in depth. That would be a way better money spending than any lawyers, to clear your name if it can be cleared, Miles Taylor. Being part of the debates and part of constructive discernment amplification and thus ultimately a uniting force would do good. To you and to everyone else, I believe.
Descent should be meaningful, provocative and quite rude, where appropriate and where deemed so by a person. It shouldn’t be a “curse” necessarily or a violent act, unless the violence is used on an un-imposing yet, potentially equally lethal and provocative “descender”. Who’s demand for answers, with proper questions, rightfully deserve a full explanation. Something governments fail to do utterly, for the wast majority of such circumstances.
Oftenmost, best possible “descent” onto the fallacious person / people is being authentic, being as good as you can be, embodying integrity, having clear and undeniably rational however paradoxical moral standards due to a potential filtering and amplification of said morals by the logic as well as appropriation in that person’s accordance, that aren’t directly imposing or judgemental of another undeniably so. If something is indirectly imposing, then that’s fair, you just gotta be indirectly imposing as well as a response if you wish to match the person whom you are in conflict with or perhaps better yet, do what I said before and don’t pay that person any attention, other than pointing it and or seeking an answer as to why that person is doing what they are doing. Maybe you bond with somebody else over something bizarre. Maybe it broadens your even horizon?
This is what I would advise and say.
– Nesferion / Phoenix A Star “Blackhole” (My Core / Me)
@FistandFootMartialArts
June 15, 2026 at 8:14 pm
Good talk.😉
🔵🔵🔵🔵
@dionbryant8653
June 15, 2026 at 8:14 pm
Sounds like Miles Taylor is currently on the right side of history
@RuggerDez
June 15, 2026 at 8:16 pm
Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is
education. – FDR
@Jen-c2z
June 15, 2026 at 8:16 pm
Thank you. ❤️
@Aaooee
June 15, 2026 at 8:25 pm
You lost me at barring anonymity.
@jkennedy1819
June 15, 2026 at 8:25 pm
All of those messages you received were by very bigly minded people. 🙄 If this cult mentality isn’t a red flag that we need to improve our education system, I don’t know what is.
@Michaellopez71
June 15, 2026 at 8:28 pm
I appreciate the spirit of the message and the call to action. AND it is inherently safer (and has always been) for some groups to speak openly than it is for others. So let’s also be clear that we need those folks with more privilege to speak first and affirm commitment because there have been times in the past where more vulnerable groups have had to lead the charge, and in turn they felt the greatest repercussions for speaking out.
@DypoMage
June 15, 2026 at 8:40 pm
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Enjoy Muricans!! 😀 😀 😀
@HorrorEmergency
June 15, 2026 at 8:41 pm
People are stupid.
@MauriceFiorenza
June 15, 2026 at 8:43 pm
You do know or do you. What is wrong is the watching of the growing children. There are entities within the government now keep an eye out on the intelligentsia. Yes any child that made be a prospect for their intelligence or there are political ideals. Ideals that can be molded especially. That’s the point of political corruption. It’s been going on for quite a few decades. Multiply your age Ted my at least five.
@CarolynsRVLife
June 15, 2026 at 8:47 pm
This is brilliant.
@RandallSchwed
June 15, 2026 at 8:47 pm
Trump.🦨>>> 💨 🤢
@not2bfound586
June 15, 2026 at 8:47 pm
Democracy held hostage
@SurlyShirley
June 15, 2026 at 8:55 pm
The president and his sycophants are a despicable bunch. How dare they!
@tomcuong9588
June 15, 2026 at 8:59 pm
This guy is a hero. Treat him with respect. This talk will be the start of something big
@IFHAM1942
June 15, 2026 at 9:00 pm
Anyone who supports the traitor in the White House has lost their mind. They will never be forgiven, not by people or history.
@daniellekbingham1104
June 15, 2026 at 9:01 pm
I hang my head in shame. Being anonymous is safe. It’s non-confrontational. It helps me keep my friends in my network. It helps keep me under the radar. It could help me get a job. Do I like being anonymous? No. It’s like a gag. But how do I justify being outspoken with staying employed?
@IFHAM1942
June 15, 2026 at 9:02 pm
And they claim violence comes from the left. It is being instructed by the president to his supporters!! 😡
@aliceputt3133
June 15, 2026 at 9:04 pm
Violating the Constitution, Free Speech and Laws by invoking violence against critics is the actual Treason.
@rebeccamartin3636
June 15, 2026 at 9:09 pm
Sharing this interview far and wide. Hunter Biden’s radical authenticity is inspiring.
@joeswanson420
June 15, 2026 at 9:23 pm
Kinda like the man in TN last year that got jailed for quoting the president for 5 weeks losing his job and racking up bills. Finally won his law suit and good on him fascism should be expensive AF.
@tiffhowell4014
June 15, 2026 at 9:24 pm
Thank you for sharing. We are certainly living in times that I never thought we in the US would be living through.
@wheelchair4x368
June 15, 2026 at 9:25 pm
With those you shown with voice mail. Would those be considered a threat. And being criminal act? So why are there no investigations and charges issued? Is it FBI feels when such acts are made against someone against the president are allowed to break laws?
Ok got it. Maybe , correct me if wrong… Laws apply to others but not to anyone wears TRUMP
@FlyFishing_Zen
June 16, 2026 at 6:02 pm
It’s not Trump. It’s our “party” system and voting rules. The dems are just as bad. We (regular not rich majority) should only vote for independents. All dems and republicans are corrupt shills for the uber rich.
@FlyFishing_Zen
June 16, 2026 at 6:06 pm
You sir have obviously never been sent to war by our government 😂
@ac521
June 16, 2026 at 6:11 pm
Most of these voicemails sound like they’re coming from people who would have been institutionalized 100 years ago. Trump feeds these loonies like Laura Loomer etc. The crazier the better when you’re a cult leader
@sheilamailhes3329
June 16, 2026 at 6:15 pm
He’s criticized because he and his minions are habitually critial. We ALL reap what we sow.🤷🏼♀️
He earns the criticism by who he is and what he does. He’s just an awful person.💯
@jasonight8911
June 16, 2026 at 6:20 pm
Trump did say he loves the uneducated people, and does it show when you listen to the messages.
@braden4526
June 16, 2026 at 6:43 pm
America is burning itself down to the ground, and the rest of the world is moving on without it. America will go down in history as the nation that ignored the lessons of the past and tore itself apart at the hands of a largely uneducated public
@theragnarok13
June 16, 2026 at 7:03 pm
It is still hilarious to see people believing in bipartisan system existence. It is a theatre to keep you busy, to keep you divided, whilst they’re laughing and profiting from this sh*tshow endlessly.
@Kai3Music
June 16, 2026 at 7:07 pm
I think Commissioner Gordon makes a very good point. And the metaphor is really apt. “It’s time to take off the mask.” This is true whether your goal is to reduce the price of dissent or discover Batman’s secret identity.
@DSS-MIIKA
June 16, 2026 at 7:07 pm
Former President Theodore Roosevelt, a man who actually served in the US Military, a man who was awarded the Medal of Honor (as opposed to a worthless coward whose father paid a bribe to a corrupt doctor to avoid military service) wrote this in 1918.
“The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct, his efficiency or inefficiency in rendering loyal, able, and disinterested service to the Nation as a whole. Therefore it is absolutely necessary that there should be full liberty to tell the truth about his acts, and this means that it is exactly necessary to blame him when he does wrong as to praise him when he does right. Any other attitude in an American citizen is both base and servile. To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else.”
Theodore Roosevelt
— The Kansas City Star, 7 May 1918
@lpolishuk99
June 16, 2026 at 7:22 pm
Trump needs to be prosecuted again for what he has done to you and your family.
@temporarystranger95
June 16, 2026 at 7:27 pm
How can anyone watching this not be outraged? Donald J Trump is a scourge that has plagued the United States for ten years and has infected his cult-like supporters with grievance, victimization, rage, and hate. I am not sure how our country survives.
@DonkeyEngine
June 16, 2026 at 7:39 pm
Trump didn’t win because of the number of people who are passionate about him. Trump won because of the number of people who are passionate about not having leftists running the country. Extremism is tearing this country apart. We need rational compromises on hot button social, economical, and political issues.
@jramsey75
June 16, 2026 at 7:42 pm
I encourage everyone to research the spiral of silence theory. Very applicable to what is going on with our society.
@soehnchen03
June 16, 2026 at 7:44 pm
Such nice Trumpers…
@sootgecko
June 16, 2026 at 7:52 pm
Three topics people cannot discuss maturely: politics, religion, and sports. Most people grow to become adults, just not mentally well adjusted adults.
@Aspen7780
June 16, 2026 at 8:02 pm
It makes me sick that patriotism is now
being redefined as being a full time all in member of the loyal Trump fan club.
@Saristaka
June 16, 2026 at 8:07 pm
Free speech is a thing of the past. Our universities have made sure of that.
@lukedstaten
June 16, 2026 at 8:20 pm
No one is more Anti-American than someone saying an American doesn’t belong in America,
@Gobbldeegoo1
June 16, 2026 at 8:29 pm
He wanted to make sure the US government never suffered consequences or blowback for its actions ever again. That’s “homeland security”. A literal agent of evil and genocide. The US deserves every bit of the terrible things that are going to happen to it this century, all of it.
@TonyRatagick
June 16, 2026 at 8:37 pm
Amazing.
@JSByDET
June 16, 2026 at 8:46 pm
These recordings support what I have said for a while: Trump followers behave like cult members.
@skunkjulio
June 16, 2026 at 8:52 pm
Great talk. Thanks for being brave enough to give it.
@niteflyer3380
June 16, 2026 at 9:00 pm
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐👍
@emsleywyatt3400
June 16, 2026 at 9:01 pm
Unelected bureaucrats are preferred to unelected plutocrats.
@EclecticianG
June 16, 2026 at 9:09 pm
I’m surprised I don’t get death threats. I have observed TDS in LOTS of right-wingers and Christian evangelists, including my family. Somehow, so far, I haven’t gotten death threat calls. Well, I guess I’m not trying hard enough!