129 Comments
User's avatar
PennsylvaniaFarmGirl's avatar

As a single woman living alone in PA, I just want to say thank you, sir. I try to put on a brave front, but with my nearest family hours away, I can't help but be scared. Especially with the potential for a total information blackout, because let's be honest, mainstream media isn't going to suddenly remember their true purpose. So even this reminder that there are others out there helps keep dark thoughts at bay.

Expand full comment
Mykah37's avatar

I will pray that God grant you peace as we go through this dark time dear lady. Remember God will never leave or forsake us.

Expand full comment
PennsylvaniaFarmGirl's avatar

Thank you and God Bless.

Expand full comment
Rachel Lee's avatar

Bless you, FarmGirl! The God I serve never slumbers or sleeps and I am praying for folks like you. Blessings, Rachel Lee

Expand full comment
PennsylvaniaFarmGirl's avatar

God Bless you Rachel, thank you for the reminder that God is with us. Sometimes I forget to look to Him when I should.

Expand full comment
Rick's avatar

Same in NH. You’re not alone. 75 million will be over for dinner. 7?

Expand full comment
PennsylvaniaFarmGirl's avatar

Ha, sounds amazing but I work 2nd shift, dinner break's at 8, can we push it back an hour?

Expand full comment
Beth's avatar

Prayers for you Pa farm girl!!

Expand full comment
PennsylvaniaFarmGirl's avatar

Prayers for you as well, Beth, thank you.

Expand full comment
Mule skinner's avatar

Hey. 74 Million Patriots are there with you. If your in the light you can never again be in the dark again. Fear not. We are here.

Expand full comment
PennsylvaniaFarmGirl's avatar

Thank you, it's so amazing to see this much support, and know I am not alone.

Expand full comment
Kat's avatar

I have been saying for a while - what are these people afraid of the truth? What are they hiding. Pelosi is totally deranged and scared as hell today & has been. I'm in my 70s and this is so stressful. My mom is in her 90s and she's downright scared and wants to die with all this - she remembers WWII.

Expand full comment
PennsylvaniaFarmGirl's avatar

Prayers for you both, these are scary times, especially for someone that has seen such tactics before, it's scary enough for me and I only have my history lessons to go on.

Expand full comment
Kat's avatar

Yes, I'm praying constantly for people to wake up and see what's happening - Pelosi is truly nuts & showing it. Maybe Trump is letting her hang herself. We've been locked down and I can't event get to my mom's but luckily my brother is with her. I remember the 60s and 70s -these same people are the ones trying to take over now. I'm so disappointed that there aren't more good people in Washington.

Expand full comment
PennsylvaniaFarmGirl's avatar

Yes, I take comfort that my parents at least are down in Florida with DeSantis and Gaetz standing guard over their state I am confident of their safety but I worry for family in Delaware.

Expand full comment
Pamela J's avatar

Praying for you both. May God comfort you 🙏

Expand full comment
Kat's avatar

We all have to keep praying and know God is at work in his time, that's hard to do & when you're older you really can't do much else. I think the Dems are going to far as usual and hopefully more people will wake up. My husband comes from a Socialist country & it scares him -his family in that country is scared for America - the world is afraid for America. I don't give a lot of information anywhere about myself because I haven't trusted online anywhere; especially after what they did to Parler. I would think all decent Americans would wake up after that. They need real history in school so people know the facts about communism and Nazis. They do eventually eat their own cause those in power trust no one.

Expand full comment
Kathy M's avatar

I will be 70 soon and for the first time in my life I'm afraid of how this will all turn out.

Expand full comment
PennsylvaniaFarmGirl's avatar

I am too, but as others reminded me, we aren't alone, not really. Mr. Stein was wonderful in creating this safe space for us to know we have support and a friendly ear through these troubled times. As others here have given me a shoulder to lean on, I'll offer mine to you, Kathy.

Expand full comment
Kathy M's avatar

So kind. Thank you.

Expand full comment
Kellener's avatar

Kathy,

Yes it's terrifying- the control that they have over us. And it like like nothing is going to be done. I've never felt so hopeless..

Expand full comment
Kathy M's avatar

Yes. That's how I feel, too. "Vengence is mine sayeth the Lord". I just read that. I'm sharing. I hope He hurries up!

Expand full comment
Kellener's avatar

Me too! And I hope parler has a successful case against Amazon.

Expand full comment
Pamela J's avatar

My husband and I just said we need to Be still and wait on God. So hard in this stressful situation

Expand full comment
Rachel Kelly's avatar

Fight the good fight! We will not be silenced. Worst case scenario, you can write pamphlets - in cursive!

We will be here

Expand full comment
Anne Schulman's avatar

Cursive....LOVE IT!

Expand full comment
BRad6765's avatar

Me too

Expand full comment
Gina's avatar

Please leave FBook. Don't support that disgusting site of censorship. Join and help build MeWe (or any other place), until they go down the tubes, too, as all huge tech companies seem to do when they get big enough to lose site of what's important. I hope we get Parler back intact.

Expand full comment
Kellener's avatar

We cannot support platforms that are AGAINST us! Every single click gives suckaturd $$$! I'll never type that word into my search engine again. Neverrrrr!

Expand full comment
Rachel Lee's avatar

I am leaving Facebook. Not that I matter in the microscopic world I live in, but in the macro accumulation it might matter as it piles up and shows a domino effect. Blessings, Rachel Lee

Expand full comment
Linnie's avatar

Rachel Lee...do not underestimate the power of the individual. It takes five fingers to make a fist. We must keep fighting the good fight with both hands up!!

Expand full comment
Linnie's avatar

Agreed Gina. I deleted my Facebook account and joined MeeWee. Have been sending invites to friends and family who are receptive to the change. All it takes is a small pebble to initiate the larger ripple. Also will no longer patronize Bed Bath & Beyond, Kohls or any other chain who selects merchants based on their political and/ or moral compass...hit them where it really hurts...in their pocket!!

Expand full comment
Amy M F's avatar

My husband and I are raising the next generation and we don’t want to fail them. We want to give them what they need to thrive, the ability to think for themselves and the opportunity to see what’s beyond the screen.

Expand full comment
Kellener's avatar

Yes it does! One thing I've learned.. If someone will lie to you. They will cheat you, steal from you. And hurt you. They don't want the Truth to be known. They don't care about anything but themselves and their agenda.

Expand full comment
Nicole chou's avatar

Thank you Ben for the encouraging words. It’s always hard to remember these truth when you are being attacked.

Expand full comment
Sarah Love's avatar

Fighting for freedom was never promised to be easy. It was promised to be worth it.

Thank you, Ben, for all the time, effort and bravery put into making this newsletter. May God continue to bless you.

Expand full comment
Kellener's avatar

Im Particularly pissed that pelosi can have any power to made up her little stupid rules. Especially the gender neutral BS! Awoman? gentlewoman? Makes my blood boil that this pickled hag has this ability!

Expand full comment
GailaTN's avatar

Thank you Ben from a lady in Tennessee! Keep up the fight... I feel likeI am in a strange void but thankful to read these messages of hope!

Expand full comment
Rdcopps's avatar

Please consider adding additional social media sites like Gab. There is no telling how long it will take Parler to return or what else may be in store. The more options, the better.

Expand full comment
Rock Breath's avatar

Parler will be back up and running within a week...

Expand full comment
Kellener's avatar

Actually the person who runs Parler posted today. They said it should be back Tuesday.

Expand full comment
PennsylvaniaFarmGirl's avatar

Go to Western Journal, interview there said it would be longer. Host sites they had been communicating with suddenly backed out. On the plus side an ISP out in Idaho has told it's customers that unless they opt out individually, the ISP will be blocking Twitter and Facebook for their shenanigans.

Expand full comment
Kat's avatar

I'm starting to have worries about Parler. I'm hoping our information was safe like they said - that our personal information wasn't kept. I'm hoping it wasn't hacked. I got off facebook years ago because of not trusting them. Also, the way they are getting people for supposedly violent stuff. I posted stuff about the history and the truth, like the French Revolution and how it never ended well for the elites like Pelosi. They ended up doing their own in with you know the device. Can they consider that inciting violence? All of this that the left is doing is very frightening if you look at history (Stalin, Lenin, nazis, China, etc.) but this is fact and history what they did to people.

Expand full comment
Pamela J's avatar

I am unable to.use gab. Clouthub was working now that isn't working. Reading some Brietbart and Epoch times, but really feel out of the loop. Waiting on God's complete.plan for this

Expand full comment
Jake Zwart's avatar

Just wanna say i enjoy The World According to Ben Stein and that to see this time period re-recorded in history saddens me. Thank You for everything you do and your cast of characters on your show! Bless You Sir 🇺🇸❤

Expand full comment
Ben Stein's avatar

We will be discussing tomorrow night.

Expand full comment
Kat's avatar

They are saying data was breached on Parler - Ben can you let us know if our personal info was stolen - they assured us it was a safe site & they wouldn't let our personal info out. I would appreciate knowing what's going on.

Expand full comment
PennsylvaniaFarmGirl's avatar

I don't know what data would have been breached. I don't know about anyone else but I don't remember giving them an address or phone number, certainly didn't need a credit card. I didn't have any private messages, everything I posted was public domain. I don't know how long they will be down but if they aren't up and running by Tuesday then I will try one of the alternates to see if I can learn something.

Expand full comment
Pamela J's avatar

To be verified on Parler you were to download license or id of some kind. Many were verified with the badges,any not . . .?

Expand full comment
PennsylvaniaFarmGirl's avatar

That would only affect verified members, not the average person. I never sought verification, many of the people I followed were not verified. While this may affect those that were, I've heard nothing to confirm it has happened from the execs of Parler. They have indicated in an interview with Western Journal that they will be down longer than expected. Several sites with the capability to host them suddenly backed out of doing so.

Expand full comment
Rebecca LePage's avatar

Outraged that our representatives in Congress&the Senate are silent on Unelected&misdirected

Big tech has been able to silence conservatives and free speech.We will not be silenced,write,call email your representatives now.Deactivate your social media account s now.

We need to be heard.Call major networks,ABC,CBS etc.&the advertisers you won’t buy their products or networks &Social media platforms that suppress free-speech and enterprise.

Expand full comment
Kathy M's avatar

I agree and am outraged!

Expand full comment
Kellener's avatar

Yes!! Everyone should do these things. Hit them where it hurts!

Expand full comment