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Michael Carroll's avatar

Have a beautiful vacation. This year especially you’ve earned it!

EJ's avatar

Cultivating moments of peace, joy, rest, and laughter are critical in any time but especially THESE times. Trumpianism thrives on unceasing chaos, and the rest of us never taking a break from it is exactly what they want. Don't give it to them. I refuse to. I know what I need to know, and I leave it at that. I refuse to be plugged into the Trump electrical outlet 24/7.

You continue to be one of my few remaining trusted sources of news and information, and I truly thank you for that ☺️🙏🏾.

Enjoy your time away, Michelangelo, and tend to your nervous system. In fact, I advise us ALL to tend to our nervous systems.

Larry's avatar

This is a well deserved vacation for you Michelangelo; we all need to re-energize bc this administration is all about turmoil and disruption (as evidenced by your need to avoid Columbia.) We need you to keep being a voice to help restore our democracy, so try to relax and renew. Be safe and enjoy. Nayyera is doing a great job this week. Her vast experience and passion for justice make her an excellent “fill in.”

Mike G's avatar

I hope you can put The Felon in your background for the rest of your vacation. I found it very therapeutic to do that on a recent trip out of the country. He'll still be here when you get back.

Michelle S's avatar

Enjoy your time off. We all need to make sure we're taking a break from this madness - take time for you and decompress.

Zinsky's avatar

Greetings Michaelangelo - I hope you are having a wonderful time on vacation. In late December, my family went to Belize for a week of rest and getaway from Trump. I live in a NE suburb of Minneapolis and I can tell you things are NOT normal here. Entire Mexican restaurants raided during business hours, employees led away and food and money left sitting on counters and tables! People pumping gas at a gas stations thrown to the ground and driven away while their cars sit at the pump! ICE thugs apparently have been told to be as brutal as possible here. We need swarms of peaceful volunteers to surround and harass these lawless criminals.

Craig B. Highberger's avatar

Dear Michelangelo, rest, recharge, revitalize but most of all ENJOY! You deserve it. Thanks for all you do for us and for America and for making things better. You are helping so many of us get through this terrible time together. xoxoxo

Sakina's avatar

Love you, Michelangelo! We'll be fine while you take time off, no need to check back in on this thread before next week :). You need to take time for yourself from time to time, as we all do. It's the best thing to do for our physical, mental, and spiritual health, especially during these chaotic times. I rewatched "The Diary of Anne Frank" last night, and it reminded me that we need to stop ICE and the regime running it. Rachel Maddow also had a hopeful monologue this week about how the people, the courts, and even the Republican-controlled Congress are pushing back more and more. More power to Sen. Mark Kelly for suing Hegseth, and more power to AG Ellison in Minnesota for suing the regime, just to name a couple of examples! Say her name: Renee Nicole Macklin Good! Release the Epstein files! Release Drumpf's medical records! Power to the people!

Marysharon's avatar

Thanks for sharing what so many of us are feeling, Mike. R&R refreshes creativity and we all need to start getting real creative. Time for the artists to get to work. Enjoy!

Ronnie Brooks's avatar

Hope you have a great vacation and thank you for what you do.

CarolH's avatar

Enjoy, Michelangelo! Always miss you when you are gone. Otherwise trying to make sense out of all this without you, seems overwhelming. However, you need a recharge and a break from it all. We all need that, especially when I fear it could get much worse for the next 6 months (if that could even be possible). Stay safe!

Gayla Kunis's avatar

What station number?

Sakina's avatar

Progress 127 on SiriusXM

Dwayne Johnson's avatar

Miss listening to your show. Can't listen to xm while abroad in Thailand.