Nowhere To Go But Up

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  • #57 The injustices out of the Northern District of Texas during Judge McBryde's reign of TERROR...

    In this episode I am talking to 2 of the contributors of this book and how they came upon these methamphetamine possession with the intent to distribute conspiracy's that were being carried out of the norther district of Texas by a judge named John McBryde. Who by the way has a disciplinary record while he was in the 5th circuit, and most of his reviews are unpleasant and unfavorable.
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    Direct link to Judge McBryde's reviews:
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    http://therobingroom.com/Judge.aspx?ID=965
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    Book Intro:
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    If someone is guilty of a crime, does it matter how guilty? In this book, we talk to victims of the Northern District of Texas court system. The question of the degree of guilt lies at the heart of these cases. How could a struggling addict who was homeless and selling drugs to support their habit, receive sentences similar to those given to drug kingpins selling millions of dollars of contraband? These are people who had no assets or property of their own. Are they deserving of sentences os 20, 30, 40, 50 years or even life? Most people would say no. All people who break the law deserve a punishment, but it must be one that fits the crime. That question is important and needs to be answered. But, more importantly, how did the law allow these sentences? And what evidence was used to give these extraordinary sentences. You will be shocked when you learn the reason.Why should you care? Martin Luther King said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Look into these cases and see if you think they were handled fairly. Many of these people have exhausted all legal remedies and are just left to age in prison. You and I are their only hope!About the authorInmate Options LLC, is an inmate service company. The people who work with us strive to improve the lives of the incarcerated. We have no desire for individual fame.Many people contributed to this book. Many took this cause personally. Because the people whose stories we shared had no recourse, they turned to us asking us to do something to help.It is their prayer that you will feel that same desire! We have chosen to identify four people that contributed a lot of time and effort into this book, by initials. D.R, M.D, D.S, A.C. This is not about them; it’s about the people needing our support on the inside. You can contact Inmate Options at:[email protected] or write:Inmate Options LLCP.O. Box 550Fargo, ND 58107 Inmate Options is completely self-funded.
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    Inmate Options LLC. YouTube channel:
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    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-6s9IEAC4sVvuo23dzTFHA/videos
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    Amazon link for the book:
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    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08F6YD3D1?ref=cm_sw_fb_r_rw_mw_blV65LrGnahnd&fbclid=IwAR0jAok71fQN3HTEPF8vaEQ7l0eWsRbZdcXX-E8q9wG6VKwsDAa8_0jCgjM
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    Website for "The Con" :
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    https://www.thecon.tv/
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    To support the show through Patreon:
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    https://www.patreon.com/user?u=19859993
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    All the ways to listen, support, find, ect.. go here:
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    https://linktr.ee/Nowheretogobutup

    1 hr 6 min
  • #57 The injustices out of the Northern District of Texas during Judge McBryde's reign of TERROR...

    In this episode I am talking to 2 of the contributors of this book and how they came upon these methamphetamine possession with the intent to distribute conspiracy's that were being carried out of the norther district of Texas by a judge named John McBryde. Who by the way has a disciplinary record while he was in the 5th circuit, and most of his reviews are unpleasant and unfavorable.
    .
    Direct link to Judge McBryde's reviews:
    .
    http://therobingroom.com/Judge.aspx?ID=965
    .
    .
    Book Intro:
    .
    If someone is guilty of a crime, does it matter how guilty? In this book, we talk to victims of the Northern District of Texas court system. The question of the degree of guilt lies at the heart of these cases. How could a struggling addict who was homeless and selling drugs to support their habit, receive sentences similar to those given to drug kingpins selling millions of dollars of contraband? These are people who had no assets or property of their own. Are they deserving of sentences os 20, 30, 40, 50 years or even life? Most people would say no. All people who break the law deserve a punishment, but it must be one that fits the crime. That question is important and needs to be answered. But, more importantly, how did the law allow these sentences? And what evidence was used to give these extraordinary sentences. You will be shocked when you learn the reason.Why should you care? Martin Luther King said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Look into these cases and see if you think they were handled fairly. Many of these people have exhausted all legal remedies and are just left to age in prison. You and I are their only hope!About the authorInmate Options LLC, is an inmate service company. The people who work with us strive to improve the lives of the incarcerated. We have no desire for individual fame.Many people contributed to this book. Many took this cause personally. Because the people whose stories we shared had no recourse, they turned to us asking us to do something to help.It is their prayer that you will feel that same desire! We have chosen to identify four people that contributed a lot of time and effort into this book, by initials. D.R, M.D, D.S, A.C. This is not about them; it’s about the people needing our support on the inside. You can contact Inmate Options at:[email protected] or write:Inmate Options LLCP.O. Box 550Fargo, ND 58107 Inmate Options is completely self-funded.
    .
    Inmate Options LLC. YouTube channel:
    .
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-6s9IEAC4sVvuo23dzTFHA/videos
    .
    Amazon link for the book:
    .
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08F6YD3D1?ref=cm_sw_fb_r_rw_mw_blV65LrGnahnd&fbclid=IwAR0jAok71fQN3HTEPF8vaEQ7l0eWsRbZdcXX-E8q9wG6VKwsDAa8_0jCgjM
    .
    Website for "The Con" :
    .
    https://www.thecon.tv/
    .
    To support the show through Patreon:
    .
    https://www.patreon.com/user?u=19859993
    .
    All the ways to listen, support, find, ect.. go here:
    .
    https://linktr.ee/Nowheretogobutup

    1 hr 6 min
  • #56 Reformed!! Rehabilitated!!! Richard Is In Jeopardy Of Losing His Freedom Again...#justice4richardmidkiff

    *Excerpt from floridapolitics.com publication:
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    #justice4richardmidkiff
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    https://floridapolitics.com/…/349775-he-was-the-picture-of-…
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    "The Con" watch episode 1 for free tomorrow night @ 8pm EST link below.
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    https://www.thecon.tv/event
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    You can also check out the co-hosted interview I did with "The Ripple Effect" Podcast, and the producer of "The Con" Patrick Lovell.
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    Podcast Direct Play Link:
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    https://pdcn.co/…/now…/Patrick_Lovell_Final_Cut-auphonic.mp3
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    Connect to the show here:
    https://linktr.ee/Nowheretogobutup
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    Help support the show here:
    https://www.patreon.com/user?u=19859993
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    *Midkiff was released from his sentence after a series of U.S. Supreme Court rulings in the 2010s affording prisoners who were sentenced to long terms as juveniles the right to have their cases reviewed.

    The man who actually killed Waters, J. Patrick Swett, was just 17 at the time of the murder and was released from his sentence early after a review under those new provisions.

    Because the original plea deal included a request from the victim’s family that the killer spend more time in jail than the accomplice, leading prosecutors to add six months more to Swett’s sentence than Midkiff’s.

    Midkiff’s attorney’s argued that meant he too should be released, and they won.

    But later, the office of Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody sought an appeal, arguing he was not subject to early release under sentencing review because he wasn’t a juvenile at the time. Midkiff’s legal team thought he was safe, but later learned the appeal was successful because the victims’ family request was in the killer’s plea deal, not Midkiff’s.

    He could be sent back to prison any day.
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    TUNE IN TO FIND OUT WHY???

    51 min
  • #56 Reformed!! Rehabilitated!!! Richard Is In Jeopardy Of Losing His Freedom Again...#justice4richardmidkiff

    *Excerpt from floridapolitics.com publication:
    .
    #justice4richardmidkiff
    .
    https://floridapolitics.com/…/349775-he-was-the-picture-of-…
    .
    "The Con" watch episode 1 for free tomorrow night @ 8pm EST link below.
    .
    https://www.thecon.tv/event
    .
    You can also check out the co-hosted interview I did with "The Ripple Effect" Podcast, and the producer of "The Con" Patrick Lovell.
    .
    Podcast Direct Play Link:
    .
    https://pdcn.co/…/now…/Patrick_Lovell_Final_Cut-auphonic.mp3
    .
    Connect to the show here:
    https://linktr.ee/Nowheretogobutup
    .
    Help support the show here:
    https://www.patreon.com/user?u=19859993
    .
    .
    *Midkiff was released from his sentence after a series of U.S. Supreme Court rulings in the 2010s affording prisoners who were sentenced to long terms as juveniles the right to have their cases reviewed.

    The man who actually killed Waters, J. Patrick Swett, was just 17 at the time of the murder and was released from his sentence early after a review under those new provisions.

    Because the original plea deal included a request from the victim’s family that the killer spend more time in jail than the accomplice, leading prosecutors to add six months more to Swett’s sentence than Midkiff’s.

    Midkiff’s attorney’s argued that meant he too should be released, and they won.

    But later, the office of Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody sought an appeal, arguing he was not subject to early release under sentencing review because he wasn’t a juvenile at the time. Midkiff’s legal team thought he was safe, but later learned the appeal was successful because the victims’ family request was in the killer’s plea deal, not Midkiff’s.

    He could be sent back to prison any day.
    .
    TUNE IN TO FIND OUT WHY???

    51 min
  • #55 Swap-Cast w/ "The Ripple Effect" Podcast & Patrick Lovell the Producer of "The Con"
    Ricky Varandas and I teamed up to do a swap-cast which is 1 recording 2 podcasts. We both release it as an episode on our shows. I was pretty excited to be a part of this whole process leading up to the release of "The Con" a true crime documentary series releasing on virtual cinemas 8/7/20. Catch the 1st episode for free on 8/5/20 @ 8pm EST links are below. Great conversation and series. Don't forget to check out "The Ripple Effect" Podcast links are below as well. . I did a pretty lengthy intro I went off on a rant. So if you want to skip all that and get to the point skip to 19:23 in the show. Thanks for listening!! . #CANCELCORRUPTION . Episode YouTube video: https://youtu.be/yDndqxZ3JD8 . The Con Description: . The 2008 financial crisis seemed to hit the American landscape out of nowhere. But in reality, it was both the inevitable conclusion to 40 years of Wall Street misconduct, and a warning for the meltdown that threatens to engulf us now. In the gripping original five-part docuseries THE CON, filmmaker Patrick Lovell investigates what happened, beginning with personal stories — including the foreclosure of his own Utah home, and the suicide of a 91-year-old African American widow in Akron, Ohio — before zooming out to examine the corrupt systems that doomed the United States to government funded bailouts that would only perpetuate a predatory system. Lovell also looks back to when the government properly functioned for the people it represented by holding banks accountable during the Great Depression and rescuing the country from the S&L Crisis of the late 1980s. Through interviews with those inside the 2008 crisis — regulators, former officials, foreclosure victims, industry whistleblowers, and journalists — Lovell and writer-director Eric Vaughan connect the dots to what America used to be, and most crucially, where we’re going in 2020, as nearly 40 million Americans are claiming unemployment by summer 2020.
    1 hr 37 min
  • #55 Swap-Cast w/ "The Ripple Effect" Podcast & Patrick Lovell the Producer of "The Con"
    Ricky Varandas and I teamed up to do a swap-cast which is 1 recording 2 podcasts. We both release it as an episode on our shows. I was pretty excited to be a part of this whole process leading up to the release of "The Con" a true crime documentary series releasing on virtual cinemas 8/7/20. Catch the 1st episode for free on 8/5/20 @ 8pm EST links are below. Great conversation and series. Don't forget to check out "The Ripple Effect" Podcast links are below as well. . I did a pretty lengthy intro I went off on a rant. So if you want to skip all that and get to the point skip to 19:23 in the show. Thanks for listening!! . #CANCELCORRUPTION . Episode YouTube video: https://youtu.be/yDndqxZ3JD8 . The Con Description: . The 2008 financial crisis seemed to hit the American landscape out of nowhere. But in reality, it was both the inevitable conclusion to 40 years of Wall Street misconduct, and a warning for the meltdown that threatens to engulf us now. In the gripping original five-part docuseries THE CON, filmmaker Patrick Lovell investigates what happened, beginning with personal stories — including the foreclosure of his own Utah home, and the suicide of a 91-year-old African American widow in Akron, Ohio — before zooming out to examine the corrupt systems that doomed the United States to government funded bailouts that would only perpetuate a predatory system. Lovell also looks back to when the government properly functioned for the people it represented by holding banks accountable during the Great Depression and rescuing the country from the S&L Crisis of the late 1980s. Through interviews with those inside the 2008 crisis — regulators, former officials, foreclosure victims, industry whistleblowers, and journalists — Lovell and writer-director Eric Vaughan connect the dots to what America used to be, and most crucially, where we’re going in 2020, as nearly 40 million Americans are claiming unemployment by summer 2020.   Amongst the many heartbreaks and horrors of the COVID-19 pandemic, the cracks that it exposed in the fragile financial tapestry of the world’s biggest economy are more evidence that THE CON is still on. . You can watch the 1st episode of this 5 part series free on 8/5/20 @ 8pm EST follow the link below. . https://www.thecon.tv/event… . The Ripple Effect Podcast Trailer: . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypGv7y501YY . You can find Ricky here: . Website: https://rvtheory6.podomatic.com/ . instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rvtheory6/ . Twitter: https://twitter.com/RvTheory6 . Here is where you can find me: . Linktree: . https://linktr.ee/Nowheretogobutup
    1 hr 37 min
  • #54 Melissa Veatch Federal Inmate #69224080 Serving 33 Years For Conspiracy (aka hearsay)

    In this episode I talk to Melissa Veatch who is currently serving 33 years at FCI Wasica in Minnesota. Melissa originally caught her case in Fort Worth, TX. The reason I wanted to talk to Melissa is her case is just one of thousands that are very similar in the federal justice system. You no longer need hard evidence or even to be in possession of the very drugs that you will be sent to prison for supposedly selling in the first place.

    All the prosecution needs is a willing criminal that is motivated to get a reduction in time by providing names to the prosecutor of people that they sold/bought drugs from to add to the indictment. No vetting or investigating the claims just round them up and slap them with charges and convince them that if they fight it and lose they will be facing an even harsher sentence. At every turn once you are arrested you are being indirectly coerced to cooperate or take a plea deal even if you are innocent.

    Melissa by her own admission says that she isn't innocent and is guilty of being addicted to methamphetamine and participating in a lifestyle and behaviors that would ultimately lead to the loss of her freedom. The problem is the amount of time that is being handed out for non violent victimless crimes. Low level drug addicts that should be getting treatment not saddled with 30 years of labor for Unicor to profit off of the fact that you were to week, meek, poor, and ignorant to fight the federal government.

    If you can help Melissa out in any way I am including how you can write a letter to her to start the process. Make sure to include your email address so she can add you as a contact so you can correspond electronically.

    Melissa's info:

    Melissa Veatch #69224080

    P.O. Box 1731

    Wasica, MN 56093

     

    Here is where you can find me:

    Linktree:

    https://linktr.ee/Nowheretogobutup

     

    49 min
  • #54 Melissa Veatch Federal Inmate #69224080 Serving 33 Years For Conspiracy (aka hearsay)

    In this episode I talk to Melissa Veatch who is currently serving 33 years at FCI Wasica in Minnesota. Melissa originally caught her case in Fort Worth, TX. The reason I wanted to talk to Melissa is her case is just one of thousands that are very similar in the federal justice system. You no longer need hard evidence or even to be in possession of the very drugs that you will be sent to prison for supposedly selling in the first place.

    All the prosecution needs is a willing criminal that is motivated to get a reduction in time by providing names to the prosecutor of people that they sold/bought drugs from to add to the indictment. No vetting or investigating the claims just round them up and slap them with charges and convince them that if they fight it and lose they will be facing an even harsher sentence. At every turn once you are arrested you are being indirectly coerced to cooperate or take a plea deal even if you are innocent.

    Melissa by her own admission says that she isn't innocent and is guilty of being addicted to methamphetamine and participating in a lifestyle and behaviors that would ultimately lead to the loss of her freedom. The problem is the amount of time that is being handed out for non violent victimless crimes. Low level drug addicts that should be getting treatment not saddled with 30 years of labor for Unicor to profit off of the fact that you were to week, meek, poor, and ignorant to fight the federal government.

    If you can help Melissa out in any way I am including how you can write a letter to her to start the process. Make sure to include your email address so she can add you as a contact so you can correspond electronically.

    Melissa's info:

    Melissa Veatch #69224080

    P.O. Box 1731

    Wasica, MN 56093

     

    Here is where you can find me:

    Linktree:

    https://linktr.ee/Nowheretogobutup

     

    49 min
  • #53 20 Year Air Force Vet, Author, Transitional Coach & I Share Perspectives...

    In this episode I have a long conversation with Kevin McNulty who served in the Air Force for 20 years. After Kevin Retired that career. He began his journey in the private sector as a consultant and speaker. Now Kevin has his own consulting firm called Huma-dyne, Life skills Institute that offers soft skills and work place dynamics consulting and training. 

    Kevin is also an Author of a book titled "The Gap Between Two Worlds" as well as the host of a show called "Get The Edge" Podcast.

    Kevin's info:

    Website:

    www.kevinmcnultyspeaks.com   Book: www.tinyurl.com/TheGapBetweenTwoWorlds   Social Media: KevinMcNultySpeaks   Bio:  Kevin McNulty is an international speaker, author, and coach
    based in Nashville, Tennessee. To meet Kevin is to immediately
    learn about his passion and enthusiasm to help people. But
    along with that enthusiasm comes 30 years of study and work in
    the personal & professional growth and human/workplace
    dynamics arenas. He is also the founder of Humadyn-Life Skills
    Institute (pronounced Huma-Dyne).
    Kevin cut his teeth in the United States Air Force...advising
    senior military commanders in dealing with people problems. In
    2000, he retired a 20-year career and began his work in the
    private sector as a coach, consultant and speaker.
    Beyond his work expertise, Kevin is known for his uncanny ability
    to engage in meaningful conversations. And as a coach, speaker,
    and podcaster, Kevin creates conversations that matter to
    transform people in their personal and professional lives.
    Kevin’s path to his current state has been extraordinary. To be
    sure, it has been filled with deep struggles, amazing adventures,
    spiritual awakenings, serious belly laughs, great risks,
    embarrassing moments, and lots of fun—and he has the scars
    (and stories) to prove it. He has lived and traveled all around
    the world, written many songs, served in a diplomatic capacity,
    and even performed in a Super Bowl Halftime Show.

    About "The Con" plus links: 

    A new true crime documentary series is coming out called "The Con". You can watch the 1st episode for free August 5, 2020 at 8:oopm EST; on The Con Facebook page or the Real Progressives Facebook page links below. The series will officially launch on August 7th on virtual cinema. I had the pleasure of talking to the producer Patrick S. Lovell and had him on a show that I co-hosted with Ricky Varandas from "The Ripple Effect" Podcast. Episode will be available Monday August 3rd.

    If you thought you knew what happened to cause the mortgage crisis in 2008; it is way worse than you think!!! I was able to preview the entire 5 part series, and WOW!!!

    "The Con" tells you who was involved from bottom to top. How it was structured. Who they targeted. How it could have been prevented and wasn't. Interviews with the victims and the whistle-blowers.

    What really hit home for me was when they interviewed a couple of iron workers. Hard working American Union Tradesman; that sacrificed watching their kids growing up to work all the OT they can get to provide their family a good life and a good pension and retirement to finish out their days comfortably.

    If the

    2 hr 14 min
  • #53 20 Year Air Force Vet, Author, Transitional Coach & I Share Perspectives...

    In this episode I have a long conversation with Kevin McNulty who served in the Air Force for 20 years. After Kevin Retired that career. He began his journey in the private sector as a consultant and speaker. Now Kevin has his own consulting firm called Huma-dyne, Life skills Institute that offers soft skills and work place dynamics consulting and training. 

    Kevin is also an Author of a book titled "The Gap Between Two Worlds" as well as the host of a show called "Get The Edge" Podcast.

    Kevin's info:

    Website:

    www.kevinmcnultyspeaks.com   Book: www.tinyurl.com/TheGapBetweenTwoWorlds   Social Media: KevinMcNultySpeaks   Bio:  Kevin McNulty is an international speaker, author, and coach
    based in Nashville, Tennessee. To meet Kevin is to immediately
    learn about his passion and enthusiasm to help people. But
    along with that enthusiasm comes 30 years of study and work in
    the personal & professional growth and human/workplace
    dynamics arenas. He is also the founder of Humadyn-Life Skills
    Institute (pronounced Huma-Dyne).
    Kevin cut his teeth in the United States Air Force...advising
    senior military commanders in dealing with people problems. In
    2000, he retired a 20-year career and began his work in the
    private sector as a coach, consultant and speaker.
    Beyond his work expertise, Kevin is known for his uncanny ability
    to engage in meaningful conversations. And as a coach, speaker,
    and podcaster, Kevin creates conversations that matter to
    transform people in their personal and professional lives.
    Kevin’s path to his current state has been extraordinary. To be
    sure, it has been filled with deep struggles, amazing adventures,
    spiritual awakenings, serious belly laughs, great risks,
    embarrassing moments, and lots of fun—and he has the scars
    (and stories) to prove it. He has lived and traveled all around
    the world, written many songs, served in a diplomatic capacity,
    and even performed in a Super Bowl Halftime Show.

    About "The Con" plus links: 

    A new true crime documentary series is coming out called "The Con". You can watch the 1st episode for free August 5, 2020 at 8:oopm EST; on The Con Facebook page or the Real Progressives Facebook page links below. The series will officially launch on August 7th on virtual cinema. I had the pleasure of talking to the producer Patrick S. Lovell and had him on a show that I co-hosted with Ricky Varandas from "The Ripple Effect" Podcast. Episode will be available Monday August 3rd.

    If you thought you knew what happened to cause the mortgage crisis in 2008; it is way worse than you think!!! I was able to preview the entire 5 part series, and WOW!!!

    "The Con" tells you who was involved from bottom to top. How it was structured. Who they targeted. How it could have been prevented and wasn't. Interviews with the victims and the whistle-blowers.

    What really hit home for me was when they interviewed a couple of iron workers. Hard working American Union Tradesman; that sacrificed watching their kids growing up to work all the OT they can get to provide their family a good life and a good pension and retirement to finish out their days comfortably.

    If the mortgage fraud just knocked you down. The stock market tank would be the finishing blow to bring you to your knees.

    When I watched these guys tell their stories and all of the other victims. I could see myself in them. I could see my own grandmother in Addie Polk. This is one of the most important pieces of visual art and truth that I have seen in my lifetime.

    I will post links to where you can find "The Con" when it launches as soon as I get them. I am going to drop some links for the Trailer, website, interviews with the production team, ect...

    #cancelcorruption

    Website:

    https://www.thecon.tv/

    The Con Facebook page:

    https://www.facebook.com/TheConSeries/

    The Real Progressives Facebook page:

    https://www.facebook.com/RealProgressive/

    Production team explaining The Con live-stream 7/22:

    https://www.facebook.com/RealProgressive/videos/317680362945576/

    Macro and Cheese Podcast explaining The Con:

    http://macroncheese.com/the-con-with-bill-black-patrick-lovell-and-eric-vaughan

    The Con news article:

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/wall-street-docuseries-con-set-virtual-premiere-1299640?fbclid=IwAR2bWW5x5SNTy-zHyAqg2F3EnUIhm70DORA-KFV-MCGHoDAvcx-fU9GdxNI

    YouTube trailer:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=NeYCg_Is2nY&feature=emb_logo

     

    Here is where you can find me:

    Linktree:

    https://linktr.ee/Nowheretogobutup

    2 hr 14 min

About Nowhere To Go But Up

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Have you ever hit a bottom in your life? Have you ever been at a point so low that there was nowhere to go but up? If this is you. If you have overcome tough circumstances, or challenging life changing situations. You are in the right place!