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Jacob Soboroff
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Jul 4, 05:43 AM
hey, i want you to be a part of my show this weekend. with the 4th coming up, everyone is talking about patriotism and what it means to be an American. but i want to hear from YOU. what does being an American mean to YOU? 🇺🇸 lmk and we might share on @connectwithjacob.bsky.social. 💙
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"Hey what's up everybody happy almost 4th of July. It is going to be our country's 250th birthday and I am excited but I'm hearing way too many people try to limit what being an American is and what patriotism looks like and I just wanted to share my my two cents that throughout my career across so many of our 50 states each person has a different connection to this country some have families who have lived here for generations others are recent immigrants but everybody that I talk to always says they love this place and and it is their home. What does being an American mean to you? I would love to share some of your thoughts this weekend on my show connect with Jacob Soboroff Saturdays and Sundays 10 o'clock Eastern 7 o'clock Pacific leave them in the comments and and tune in this weekend happy happy 4th see you guys"
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Jacob Soboroff
@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social
· Jul 3, 05:03 PM
hey, i want you to be a part of my show this weekend. with the 4th coming up, everyone is talking about patriotism and what it means to be an American. but i want to hear from YOU. what does being an American mean to YOU? 🇺🇸 lmk and we might share on @connectwithjacob.bsky.social. 💙
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 3, 06:22 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">I love America because it stand for hope. You can be who you want to be. I will never take that for granted.💙</p>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 3, 05:09 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">To me, 'being American' is upholding honorable ideals we strive for, against all odds. All the time.</p>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 3, 05:16 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">The American Dream isn't accessible to all. The right to life, liberty &amp; the pursuit of happiness isn't a guarantee. Freedoms are impinged upon, people are marginalized, misogyny is real. And yet...We The People have a promising Spirit that craves fulfillment. If we only knew how to utilize it.</p>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 3, 06:01 PM</span>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 5, 04:20 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">To me what it means to be an American is:
INCLUSIVE...enough said!</p>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 3, 07:44 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">I was born to a WWII GI and his war bride in Italy. He brought us home to America where I never:
• Was shot at after curfew
• Molested and Raped
• Had family killed by invaders
• Had home and property confiscated
In America I have the best life possible making it easy to be patriotic.</p>
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<span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@bearlooms.bsky.social</span>
<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 4, 04:54 AM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Always wanted to see Europe, thought I should see my own country 1st. With lifelong friend, in 1976, traveled on a shoestring across the country-buses, trains, subway, ferries, car, a horse. Philly on the 4th, NYC, DC, The Reds,+. Learned people are more alike than different. Country worth keeping.</p>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 3, 06:57 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">It means to be compassionate, honest, participate in the community, but also be boss because we have air conditioning 😁</p>
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<span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@joannkennedy.bsky.social</span>
<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 3, 05:39 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">I just can't believe at 69 I have to march &amp; protest again like I did during Nam, Earth Day, NOW/ERA with Gloria, civil rights etc
What I have learned is living and loving your nation is an every day patriotic duty</p>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 5, 02:58 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Your post was just shown by @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social on MSNOW.</p>
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&lt;p class=&quot;text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words&quot;&gt;Cause @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social
And I go back to HuffPost Live
I was one of the members in the Live Well
Along with @marclamonthill.bsky.social and
@aliciamenendez.bsky.social
All excellent journalists
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 3, 09:09 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Unfortunately these days it just means one embarrassment after another.</p>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 3, 07:21 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">It means loving the country that by the grace of God I was born in. It means being devoted to her success and the success of her citizens. Sometimes we’re described as loud, rude and obnoxious but we are also kind, caring and generous. I pray that we will get back to a heavier portion of the latter.</p>
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<span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@michigansuej.bsky.social</span>
<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 3, 05:28 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">A true American always believes and practices respect, liberty and justice FOR ALL. With a smile in the soul.</p>
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<span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@joannkennedy.bsky.social</span>
<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 3, 05:40 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Every day
Daily living mantra</p>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 3, 07:51 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">🤔
To me America is an Imperfect Country that strives to be a country for the betterment of ALL Peoples. One whose hopes and dreams are only limited By the people who live here.
One where ALL Patriotic people go to the voting both and add their voice to the ongoing Building Of the American dream.</p>
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<span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@exhaustedradical.bsky.social</span>
<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 3, 05:04 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">It means constant embarrassment.</p>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 3, 07:28 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">It means we will never have to endure a mentally unstable president who thinks he is king. O wait......</p>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 3, 05:07 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Sadly, right now it looks like the end of our “experiment”. In my life I watched the struggle toward justice make headway and with Trump it is all destroyed because the rule of law is dead, he controls SCOTUS and Congress, destroyed our relationship with NATO and Russias creating a new feudal system</p>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">We&#39;re in a civilization collapse, alright. All the financial earmarks are there (see attachment below), as are the lack of trust he&#39;s sown in government agencies, social discord between the citizenry he&#39;s encouraged, and the environmental degradation he&#39;s legalized.</p>
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&lt;span class=&quot;text-[9px] text-slate-600&quot;&gt;· Jul 3, 05:34 PM&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words&quot;&gt;We can fix this!&lt;/p&gt;
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&amp;lt;p class=&amp;quot;text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words&amp;quot;&amp;gt;(final thoughts) If we want America to continue past this point &amp;amp;amp;amp; thrive in the future, we have to admit we haven&amp;amp;#39;t made the progress we needed to over the last 250 years. We allowed money &amp;amp;amp;amp; personal ambitions &amp;amp;amp;amp; prejudice to corrupt our government. It forgot its real job was to serve ALL THE PEOPLE.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
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&amp;lt;p class=&amp;quot;text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words&amp;quot;&amp;gt;(cont) The Judiciary &amp;amp;amp;amp; Legislative branches, literally, cannot stop the Executive right now if it decided it wanted to rule (the Executive branch owns the military, nuke codes, &amp;amp;amp;amp; law enforcement. The one with the guns &amp;amp;amp;amp; will to use them always wins in a coup). Project 2025 saw that and exploited it.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
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&amp;lt;p class=&amp;quot;text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Basically, we need to revamp the checks &amp;amp;amp;amp; balances. The Executive has been expanding its authority since Nixon, and it&amp;amp;#39;s time to rein that in. It&amp;amp;#39;s become a danger to our democracy and rule of law, clearly.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
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&amp;lt;p class=&amp;quot;text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words&amp;quot;&amp;gt;(cont) All independent federal agencies of the U.S. need to report to a joint Judiciary &amp;amp;amp;amp; Congress committee, not the Executive branch - who should have no authority other than to recommend appointees to head positions.
Lobbying &amp;amp;amp;quot;gifts&amp;amp;amp;quot; (definition to be expanded) outlawed across the board.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
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&amp;lt;p class=&amp;quot;text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words&amp;quot;&amp;gt;(cont) Govt employment AND govt contracting needs to be completely revamped, and Contract awards needs to be complete revamped (too long a post for here, but I&amp;amp;#39;ve got it written down &amp;amp;amp;amp; sent to my Congressional members already).
Govt website needs to be controlled by separate non-partisan dept.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
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&amp;lt;p class=&amp;quot;text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words&amp;quot;&amp;gt;(cont) DOJ needs to report to Judicial branch, not Executive &amp;amp;amp;amp; needs to be an appointed member by a 9 panel committee of judges with strict qualifications for appointment.
All cabinet/department heads needs to pass strict qualification measures for appointment - no more appointment by the pres.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
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&amp;lt;p class=&amp;quot;text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words&amp;quot;&amp;gt;(cont) Enshrine Habeas corpus, bodily autonomy, freedom FROM religion, no fault divorce, federal min age of consent to 18. Also, pass an Equal Rights Amendment for women &amp;amp;amp;amp; outlaw &amp;amp;#39;administrative warrants&amp;amp;#39;, Executive Orders. Move the military to split legislative &amp;amp;amp;amp; judicial branch authority.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
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&amp;lt;p class=&amp;quot;text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We need to undo everything Project 2025 required &amp;amp;amp;amp; which Dumpty has done. We need to undo everything SCOTUS has done since 2000. We need to rewrite laws: no govt employee stock trading at any contracting &amp;amp;amp;amp; employment level, term limits for SCOTUS, no Executive Branch pardons on any level (state/fed)&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Protesting this corrupt regime at Takedown Tesla in Lyndhurst Ohio!
Can’t think of a better way to celebrate 🙌</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">Kathy Upstate New York 🇺🇦🇵🇱🇺🇸🏳️🌈🇬🇱🇨🇦</span>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 3, 09:13 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Thank you! ❤️🤍💙</p>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 3, 05:55 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Being an American is I can be angry at the travesty the current administration regime is making of the most celebratory moment in our country's history--our 250th birthday--or celebrate Jan. 3 when justice returns to help us right the many wrongs that have been done. I CHOOSE THE LATTER.</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">Kristi</span>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 3, 05:33 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">America is a two-tiered society today; the haves and the have-nots.
The “haves” purchased themselves a willing government and we are all paying the price. As I near my 7th decade I still love my country and hope we can fix what went so wrong. I’ll acknowledge the 250th but won’t be celebrating.</p>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 3, 05:07 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">To me it means embracing diversity, lifting all voices and caring for the less fortunate of us, including the environment.</p>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">I remember having so much fun celebrating with friends and family during the bicentennial in 1976! In 2026 unfortunately not so much. Patriotism is remembering those who bravely sacrificed for our freedom and knowing our awesome country will rise through the current challenges. Happy 4th</p>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">My ancestors came to the US from Europe (1864-1884). The opportunity to own land transformed their lives. Sadly African-Americans &amp; other immigrants had limitations on their ability to own land &amp; built wealth. This is a great story to cover!</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">John W Cavanaugh, PhD ⭐🇺🇲 🇮🇪</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">&quot;Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.&quot;
~ Representative John Lewis 🩶⚖️</p>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">&amp;quot;Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America&amp;quot;. Please Americans VOTE BLUE WHEN YOU VOTE FOR YOUR PRESIDENT. I have always erged you all to Vote Blue. Now it is the most important time that you really hold your heads up choose Integrity and Democracy. For without</p>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Honoring and respecting the “melting pot” that *is* the American culture; and participating in self-governance by staying informed and voting. It means I do me and you do you.</p>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">America is the melting pot of the world. My ancestors came from different countries to America for the opportunity to live free from oppression and pursue their dreams of freedom of religion. They were Revolutionary Patriots who fought for freedoms. Patriotism is continuing that pursuit for all.</p>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">It's a difficult time. I am repulsed by every symbol of America, because Trump has made them about himself. I believe we will survive, but it will take decades to elevate our collective aspirations to the promise that was America. While never realized, they are ideals well worth aspiring to.</p>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">It means having spent my entire life from childhood into adulthood being afraid I'll be murdered for existing at all, expressly because I'm trans, and having spent my entire lifetime wishing I were born in a better country than this.</p>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">I grew up in the 1970s in SF with PSAs on TV like a kid proclaiming “I’m proud to be Chinese American!” I always had dozens of nationalities represented in my schools growing up and it was really an era where the United States as a “melting pot” was celebrated.
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">So I love our country for its diversity of people, which beautifully complements our diversity of landscapes, we are everything! For everyone. I can’t fathom why some think that is a bad thing.
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