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Thank you The Bathrobe Guy 👘, Caro Henry, The One Minute Daily Boost, Dianne K, Rachel Hendricks, and many others for tuning into today’s Sick of this Show — poetry hour with me!

Join me tomorrow at 11am ET!

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Become a founding member today with an annual pledge of $200, or more, and with your pledge you will receive an annually commissioned poem and podcast episode!

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Engagement is the lock and you are the key!

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Thank you The Bathrobe Guy 👘, P. J. Schuster, julie elder, Kevin Paquette, KB 🙋🏼‍♀️🧩🔍⚖️✨, and many others for tuning into my live video with Lisa Joy 💜🏳️‍🌈! Join me for my next live video in the app.

Important notes on leaving comment to oppose the discriminatory VA anti-choice rule being proposed.

Directly quoted from the Find Out Podcast show notes for the episode Why Democrats Keep Blowing It.

* Deadline: September 3, 2025

* Comment here: https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/VA-2025-VHA-0073-0002

Speak from your own experience, your own values, your own understanding of what this country owes its veterans.

The most effective comments include your personal or professional perspective, identify how this rule would affect you or your community, and offer a specific recommendation or concern.

If you're a veteran, spouse, caregiver, or healthcare provider, your real-life experience is especially important for regulators to hear. Do not copy and paste someone else’s words. Anti-choice extremists are already doing that. We’re better than that. The government weighs unique, substantive comments more heavily. Speak in your own voice.

I highly recommend subscribing and listening to the Find Out team.

Ways to Support!

Sickest of them all

Become a founding member today with an annual pledge of $200, or more, and with your pledge you will receive an annually commissioned poem and podcast episode!

Paid subscribers

During the month of August (2025), become a paid subscriber today with a pledge of $1 monthly or $11 annually.

Engagement is the lock and you are the key!

Subscribe to the publication (all content is free, but those paid and founding subscriptions keep me able to do this work)

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Thank you Pamela, Samantha Paige (she/they), Robin Wilding, Jeanne Elbe, Sunny, and many others for tuning into my live video with Walter Rhein and Frederic Poag! Join me for my next live video in the app.

Important notes on leaving comment to oppose the discriminatory VA anti-choice rule being proposed.

Directly quoted from the Find Out Podcast show notes for the episode Why Democrats Keep Blowing It.

* Deadline: September 3, 2025

* Comment here: https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/VA-2025-VHA-0073-0002

Speak from your own experience, your own values, your own understanding of what this country owes its veterans.

The most effective comments include your personal or professional perspective, identify how this rule would affect you or your community, and offer a specific recommendation or concern.

If you're a veteran, spouse, caregiver, or healthcare provider, your real-life experience is especially important for regulators to hear. Do not copy and paste someone else’s words. Anti-choice extremists are already doing that. We’re better than that. The government weighs unique, substantive comments more heavily. Speak in your own voice.

I highly recommend subscribing and listening to the Find Out team.

Ways to Support!

Sickest of them all

Become a founding member today with an annual pledge of $200, or more, and with your pledge you will receive an annually commissioned poem and podcast episode!

Paid subscribers

During the month of August (2025), become a paid subscriber today with a pledge of $1 monthly or $11 annually.

Engagement is the lock and you are the key!

Subscribe to the publication (all content is free, but those paid and founding subscriptions keep me able to do this work)

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Thank you john king (MY HUMBLE OPINION), julie elder, Keli Osborne, Darlene Poer, Laura K, Soso, Sunny, and so many others for tuning into this alternative showing of GenXy’s The Daily Whatever for August 26th — Dana DuBois and Lawrence Winnerman for their next live!

Special thanks to Lawrence Winnerman and Jacob Summers for doing this together. I look forward to our next conversation!

Ways to Support!

Sickest of them all

Become a founding member today with an annual pledge of $200, or more, and with your pledge you will receive an annually commissioned poem and podcast episode!

Paid subscribers

During the month of August (2025), become a paid subscriber today with a pledge of $1 monthly or $11 annually.

Engagement is the lock and you are the key!

Subscribe to the publication (all content is free, but those paid and founding subscriptions keep me able to do this work)

Share this publication with all of those within your sphere of influence — restack, forward in emails, and spread to your other socials!

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Thank you Ellie Leonard, Rick Herbst, cynmac, Robin Wilding, Noel Keith, Beth Cruz, Sunny, LittleLT, and so many others for tuning into today’s Sick of this Show — A Politicized Armed Services, with our special guest and host of Lincoln Square, Retired Navy Commander Bobby Jones. Today’s show is hosted by two of the Banner & Backbone team — Veterans Advocate and Navy Veteran, Melissa Corrigan, she/her, and your own Army Veteran Nick Paro!

We are sick of this shit, and we’re asking you all to start doing the do — join us!

Show Notes

* This is your entry point to civic engagement — it’s free to subscribe, share, like, and restack this show with everyone you know.

* Call your state and federal Legislators at minimum ONCE a month — ideally ONCE a week or even ONCE a day — use 5calls.org for well written, simple messages you can leave to let your voice be heard.

* Follow, join, and support Organizations making content encouraging PEACEFUL and PATRIOTIC civic activities.

* Banner & Backbone Media is a publication and network cofounded by Nick Paro, Frederic Poag, and Lawrence Winnerman to ignite civic engagement by restoring integrity, service, and ethics to the American ethos.

* Veterans for Responsible Leadership, where Bobby Jones is the President of, is an Organization of military veterans, which deeply understand the need for leadership that reflects the inherent values of our nation and propels us responsibly forward. These principles never waiver and guide us in supporting the right candidates ready to lead our nation.

* Veterans Fighting Fascism is a nonprofit project built by and for veterans who believe defending democracy is a civic duty. Their mission is to educate, organize, and empower communities to resist fascism in all its forms—through historical literacy, mutual support, and local action.

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Sickest of them all

Become a founding member today with an annual pledge of $200, or more. With your pledge you will receive an annually commissioned Poem and Podcast episode!

In addition, all founding members can choose to be credited on all article notes for the your added support!

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During the month of August (2025), become a paid subscriber today with a pledge of $1 monthly or $10 annually.

Engagement is the lock and you are the key!

Subscribe to the publication (all content is free, but those paid and founding subscriptions keep me able to do this work)

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