On Monday, February 23, Daniel Ruetenik, Pat Milton, and Cara Tabachnick of CBS News reported a newly uncovered document in the Epstein files shows that the U.S.
I trust that the DOJ will review the files on Trump about as far as I could throw an elephant 🤦♀️
Be LOUD. These are unprecedented times and we deserve WAY better 💔🤍💙
Use/share this spreadsheet (bit.ly/Goodtrouble) to contact members of Congress, the Cabinet and news organizations. Call. Write. Email. Protest. Unrelentingly.
Reach out (beyond your own) to as many in the Senate and House as you can. All of this is bigger than “I only represent my constituents” issues.
I love the part where President Bill Clinton said, “...America was built upon the idea that no person is above the law, even Presidents—especially Presidents.” He was pointing to the concept of a Republic. I am being loud in my Memorandum, which includes poster size downloads to share the web page where I say in part, “John Adams was the primary author of the new Constitution of Massachusetts (1780). He framed a grant of powers from the people to a government but separated the power to govern among three separate branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. Thus, no branch had enough power to become a tyrant: a king. In Article 30, he made clear that it was a separation of powers, "to the end it may be a government of laws and not of men". Thus, the phrase “rule of law” means that everyone, including those elected to office and the government itself, must obey written law and be held accountable to it as opposed to having a monarch, dictator, or tyrant claiming to be the sovereign possessing ultimate power and being immune from their actions no matter how bold and unhesitating: a law unto themself.”
“On September 17, 1787 after the signing of the Constitution of the United States, framed with the same Separation of Powers as the Massachusetts Constitution, as delegates were leaving Independence Hall, Elizabeth W. Powel asked Benjamin Franklin, ‘Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?’ He replied, ‘A republic, if you can keep it,’” In Section 1, of my model amendment language at the end of my Memorandum I include a full meaning of a Republic with the words of John Adams edited to say, "..., to the end it shall be a government of laws and not of any persons acting above the law, thus no monarch, dictator, or tyrant shall exist ..." UnitedWeAmend.org.
Since there is a desire to name presidents especially ex presidents after places, I highly recommend that Donald Trump’s name is attached to every municipal trash dump in the nation. Example: The Donald Trump Washington Dump. My city; The Donald Trump Hartford Trash Heap. The West Palm BeachDonald Trump Trash Center of NonRecycleables.
The "Tea Party" is the name that really angered me, especially when they called themselves "Tea Party Patriots." They are Corporatist Fascist RINO's. In my Memorandum cited above I state, "...ever since the Boston Tea Party in 1773, as in this present crisis, lowering taxes and regulations on powerful corporations is not the solution to our problem; lowering taxes and regulations on powerful corporations has always been our problem." That is what should come to the minds of Americans when they think about the Boston Tea Party.
My understanding is that a massive amount to tea belonging to the British East India Corporation, the same government allied corporatists who brutally subjugated India, was given a crony exemption from charging the Crown's tax on tea; which gave the favored company a tax/sales price advantage, and therefore vandalized. It was still an issue of taxation without representation, but in this case taxation unevenly and undeservedly applied to an obnoxious wealthy corporation. Not that anything like that could happen in the present.
I've made this comment several times before & I'll say it again, the republican party that I once knew, that I once was a member is extinct, dead and never to return to the principles of Pres. Lincoln. It's the maga cult and PLEASE stop calling them republicans
What do we call them? A-sho-es? That's what I like. I don't like MAGA, but maybe that's it? They can't be called conservatives; they are not conserving; they are destroying.
NEOFASCISTS. Because that's what they're called all over the world.
The difference between fascists (the 1930s ones) and neofascists is that neofascists learned from the defeat of European fascists. Hitler believed that he basically had to conquer and control the entire world, if he wanted to keep a fascist regime inside Germany. Neofascists have realized that that isn't necessary. As Putin's palace ideologue, Alexander Dugin, proposed, a much better alternative is to divide the world into a handful of huge neofascist empires. In that case, democracies won't try to fight back anymore, and negotiations and bribes will keep global peace.
This also allows each neofascist empire to cultivate a "religious" nationalism based on a fundamentalist, hollowed-out version of its OWN dominant religion (Christian Orthodoxy in Russia (with its USSR territory restored), Christian Protestantism in the Americas (north and south, all controlled by the US), Islam in the Middle East, etc).
Fascism is the opposite of democracy.
In a democracy, the three branches of government are constitutionally independent and separate. In a fascist regime, the power of the legislative branch (Congress) and the judiciary branch (the courts) is bundled into the power of the executive branch (the White House; not necessarily the president himself).
So when Mike Johnson said, a few months ago, that he sees the job of Congress to "codify the executive orders the president signed", so to turn them into law (rather than letting representatives of the people negotiate bills and then send them to the WH to be signed into law, as is the case in a democracy), he is literally telling us that he is a neofascist.
As to MAGA: that just a small movement created by Steve Bannon based on the worst lies he and Fox spread systematically, turning failed businessman and convicted criminal Trump into a hero. Usually, these people think Kamala Harris was a fascist, so they WANT democracy. And as many reports show, aside from the minority of Neo-Nazis and white supremacists among them, their rallies are mostly social events where they create a cult-like sense of "belonging". Often, these same people already leave Trump speeches long before they're over because they had a long day together with their MAGA friends already and just want to go home...
Kay, I suggest "trumpholes," given that trump and ass are synonymous.
I agree that MAGA is a misnomer, not to mention that repeating that acronym just serves to help Donald market his other brand (second to his own surname).
As with all other brands and themes advanced by that party, following their policies would definitely, emphatically NOT make America great. And truthfully, the U.S. has aspired to greatness, but has never fully achieved it, so there's no "again" to it.
Keep stressing that the GOP is the fascist party, it has been actively undercutting our democracy for decades. I have only seen one Republican acknowledge the truth and apologize for his part in the election of Republicans. Anyone who ever backed GOP efforts to restrict voting, purge voter rolls and make it more difficult for anyone to vote is responsible for everything the party has done up to and Including today.
Kay, no, they are not conservatives, but far right regressive radicals. I call him death star because he is a ball of destruction hurtling through our lives.
I consider the scientific method to be a conservative approach because it leaves room for doubt, like a "conservative" estimate, or investment. "Conservative" politics, or religion is hubris gone off the chart, It's hard to find anything conservative about it. In my view conservative self-questioning INTEGRATED with bold, imaginative thinking is the formula for beneficial and responsible innovation wild-ass ideas like the elasticity of space/time, with the evidence and calculation necessary to make it applicable, as Einstein was able. That's even true in it arts in the horsework it takes to crate something with impact and meaning that that is admired and conjured with for centuries.
I don't disagree but what should we call them? Authoritarians? Nazis? Christian nationalists? Anti Christs? Hypocrits? Anarchists? Insurrectionists?
Without trying to force my Christian beliefs on anyone else there is a Proverb of wisdom that I couldn't help but think of - Proverbs 26:27 "Whoever digs a pit will fall into it; if someone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them." I think " trump's own" fulfilled that wisdom when they forced the Clinton's to testify.
At this point, let's just call them MAGA. They're still wearing the name proudly and it's already become shorthand for Trumpers, Christian Nationalists, Insurrectionists, authoritarians, xenophobes, racists and deplorables of all stripes. If the hat fits, let 'em wear it.
I call them the Greedy Oligarch Party aka Guardians Of Pedophiles. I try to keep my focus on staying united as citizens and let everyday citizens understand that we have to stay united against the TACO Regime, Project 2025 and the rich who have taken over the GOP. Our power remains in our numbers.
I fully agree, TJB. Although I am more of left wing beliefs, I have made this statement, as you have, several times on HCR’s letters. Freedom caucus, Tea Party, Federalist Society, and whatever the hell they will call themselves next, is and will always be an insult to Lincoln’s Party.
I do not write comments using the name Republican, as in Republican Party. I use the term Maga Party, it is the truth. It is also an invitation to those who used to be Rebublicans to complete their political exorcism.
"Now it is true that I believe this country is following a dangerous trend when it permits too great a degree of centralization of governmental functions. I oppose this — in some instances the fight is a rather desperate one. But to attain any success it is quite clear that the Federal government cannot avoid or escape responsibilities which the mass of the people firmly believe should be undertaken by it. The political processes of our country are such that if a rule of reason is not applied in this effort, we will lose everything — even to a possible and drastic change in the Constitution. This is what I mean by my constant insistence upon “moderation” in government. Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things. Among them are H.L. Hunt (you possibly know his background), a few other Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or business man from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid." - Dwight Eisenhower
Alas, Ike was not likely to have imagined that we would hand over control of media, election, and legislative outcomes to this current degree, to the Uber-wealthy. Note too how often it is those with very most advantage and property, who most passionately oppose any assistance to those less fortunate, even back then.
Not so ironic since 1964 and the Republican embrace of the Southern Strategy. It has been a steady decline to the fascist party today. The GOP is the fascist party.
The full historical iriny here is that one the first two political “parties” formed in the US called itself the Democratic Republicans. You can’t make this stuff up!
The Democratic-Republican Party was formed in the early 1790s by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. In Section 1, of the model amendment of my Memorandum I include the meaning of a Republic, the people have the power and grant some of that power to a Government with separate legislative, executive, and judicial branches and through a democracy of fair elections elect persons to run that government. Thus the name "Democratic-Republican Party" sounds like a true American idea. UnitedWeAmend.org.
I knew Trump would attack Iran which is no friend on mine. But this was coordinated to take some of the child abuse charges being leveled against him. Next up for invasion: Cuba.
He is making war on his own. He is breaking the law. This should have been a decision by Congress. He is murdering people in boats, waging war on Iran, and doing everything he can to rig the election. FED UP!
It's stunning the non-chalance with which you USians parle about another horrific attack on another country, that is not even of the slightest threat to you. That's the 9th attack within the last 12 - 19 months. That's why you are so hated around the world, and every day more. So far you haven't quite beaten god's chosen in global disgust, but it's going to be a close race.
Hysterical is of course that you honestly have the guts to critizise Putin - what a joke!
Agreed. Somehow I expected him to announce it in the State of the Union address, but of course that would have been like waving it in front of the body that might have stopped him. Gotta say that I'm glad the Clintons have sprung back.
I've been sharing this same concern many times as well. What's dangerous is that is 40% can determine a presidential victory in the swing states. I often said it I were King for a Day of the US, I'd get rid of the 2nd Amendment... Not any more, I'd get rid of the electoral college & take away the minority grip hold on presidential elections
Last number I saw for that was 34%; he's losing some ground. Not enough, but I think that it is an accurate reflection of the "before times" population of idiots.
Ally, I think that the true believers will never change and I know that they post on your page regularly. Talk about cavalier in terms of misuse of our military and weapons. However, I also read about people who now realize they made a mistake voting for death star.
It is not one person or small group of Republicans, it is the whole right-wing. Why do so many cling to the belief that it is only trump?
Why is it so difficult to see that it is far more massive than a small contingent of the Republican party? Wake up people, and realize the dire reality that we confront today. It is going to require a massive citizen uprising to save our democracy.
I think that such generalizations are problematic. While the Republican Party has been far more single focused that the Democrats, there are significant rifts there.
If you were ever ok with the right-wing efforts to disenfranchise any citizen's right to vote, you are also responsible for today's fascist coup.
Undermining our democracy in any way is traitorous as far as I'm concerned. Maybe there are some who will see their collusion and try to make amends, but knowing many right-wingers over the past fifty years, I don't think many will.
Patrick Henry who said "give me liberty, or give me death" thereafter tried to pass a bill in Virginia to tax people to support his church. Jefferson's Bill No. 82, "A Bill For establishing religious freedom" won. It was the later inspiration for the religion clauses of the First Amendment. It is a beautiful read. https://www.monticello.org/encyclopedia/virginia-statute-religious-freedom
Which Establishment Clause has been increasingly under attack by the Roberts Court for some years now.
Jefferson to me has always represented the complex and often contradictory of the American character. A slave owner who preached freedom and individual rights but who never believed black people at all equal to whites. A man who supported the French Revolution even after it had descended into bloody chaos. A man who thought we should completely renew our democracy every twenty years or so, somehow imagining that we could build a stable nation while espousing period revolutions in which every old rule was tossed out. A man always in debt because of his extravagant tastes. A man who preached limited central government until he was president, then was happy to use the power of the Federal government when he found it necessary.
We owe him much, no question. But I think he lived in a world of his own creation which sometimes had little relation to political reality.
In Section 5, of my model amendment I write that the single executive (a President) be repealed and replaced with seven executives. Only the Attorney General, elected b y U.S. Citizens in a national US election, would hod the pardon power. Yet even then there must be new evidence supporting a reasonable belief that the jury would not have convicted if such evidence was presented at trial. Thus no such thing as a preemptive pardon, which I feel is B.S. on it's face to begin with. UnitedWeAmend.org
If I were “betting individual”, I’d stake my money on the news of “the idiot” and possibly his good friend in Israel Netanyahu’s attacks on Iran this morning will have a connection to the Epstein [trump] Files!!!
That sounds like a very good possibility. This Epstein stuff wasn’t on my radar until relatively recently — this stuff should take down quite a few notable and prominent people — even with all the money and work that has been and will continue to be thrown around to keep these files hidden!
The Felon launched a major operation against Venezuela on January 3, 2026. Now, 8 weeks 0 days, or 56 calendar days later, he attacks Iran. The difference is Iran is the big kid on the block in the Middle East. My point is the Felon is unilaterally declaring war against a much stronger country. This may be a trend if we continue demanding the TrumpStein Pedo Files. Thus this Felon who demands the Nobel Peace prize has just committed another impeachable offense, under Article II, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution, a "high Crimes and Misdemeanors", e.g., an act of WAR ... AGAIN. All without Congress, which holds the constitutional power to formally declare war, as defined by Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the U.S. Constitution . Thus the Felon also committed a breach of the public trust also in violating his Oath of Office to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution." Article II, Section 1, Clause 8 of the U.S. Constitution. This is what happens when a Felon becomes President.
Trump is getting away with lawlessness. Whether as an elected official or within his own businesses, this is who he is. He has no morality or character.
In every business relationship....which includes the Presidency...he is in it for one thing....to enrich himself and his family who are a group of thugs. They are being allowed to engage in lawlessness throughout the world. Most of those within his administration are getting away with as much as they can for as long as they are able under his Presidency. I see no one stopping them.
That so many Christians....approve of Trump is stunning to me.
I am very grateful for the few very brave men and women who are bringing to the forefront "The Epstein Files". May the TRUTH be brought to the forefront for all to see! May proper actions be taken to save our country from being taken over by thugs!!!!
The sexual victimization of terrorized children by the Trumpstein Cult is the immediate precursor of the terror the MAGAstapo is now unleashing on anyone who refuses to kowtow to the ChristoNazi theocracy. Thus the vital, know-our-enemy relevance of the full text of the Jane Doe lawsuit against Trump and Epstein -- later withdrawn by the plaintiff in response to credible death threats: https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/Johnson_TrumpEpstein_Lawsuit.pdf
And now we know the Trumpstein revelations are so unspeakably odious, the Regime is willing to destroy the world to prevent their disclosure. As the ChristoNazi End-Times fanatics cheer their approval. Like they ritualistically dance about with venomous serpents -- only these snakes are thermonuclear bombs.
A while ago, I downloaded the full text of the Jane Doe lawsuit to which you refer, Mr. Bliss. I did so to preserve the evidence and to have control over it. These are THE crimes that must NEVER be washed away by time.
I so sincerely appreciate your continuing to make others aware of THESE crimes. I am a survivor of childhood sexual rape. This is a sick, sick world we live in.
Linda, I am a Christian, and I want to mention that I respect all religions and those with no faith. In the last decade, as more and more of the CINOs bastardize Christianity, I have come to understand why so many hate Christians--or anyone who believes in God. I really do.
I read a book recently that I have recommended to the forum, for those of any faith or without. It has helped me to keep my sanity and my humanity--both of which I feel like this regime is attempting to strip from me.
You might find it an interesting perspective. It is "The Tears of Things" by Fr. Richard Rohr. The only political figure that seems to walk the talk of Fr. Rohr is Texan James Talarico whose in a primary against Jasmine Crockett.
Fox host Rachel Campos-Duffy on Venezuela: “The Trump admin is getting too cozy with communist Delcy Rodriguez. She can’t be trusted. Every time President Trump says he’s working great with her, he drops 5 points in South Florida, where people know the dangers of communism.”
Here in Baghdad By the Sea, its deja vu all over again.
"Trump hinted Friday that talks with Cuban leaders are progressing and suggested the island’s profound economic collapse could open the door for the United States to regain significant influence over decisions on the Caribbean island just 90 miles off the Florida Keys."
“The Cuban government is talking with us,” Trump said. “They’re in a big deal of trouble, as you know, they have no money. They have no anything right now, but they’re talking with us, and maybe we’ll have a friendly takeover of Cuba.”
Albert, but of course we know turnip has not read the Constitution & wouldn't be able to grasp its meaning if shown specific parts. I clearly recall the day that man offered turnip his copy of the Constitution!
Perhaps a good research project for a think tank would be to list each offense. Here is an article on point. Noe the paragraph about taking a luxury private jet from Qatar, and his trading national security secrets to a foreign nation in exchange for a $2 billion investment in his cryptocurrency. Now, looking back after the attack on Iran it should be clear exactly what he sold those Middle East countries for a jet and $2B. https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5684495-chris-murphy-donald-trump/
He's starting the hot war he needs to keep the focus off the Epstein files. It isn't going to work. And I believe he is underestimating his base if he thinks they will allow him to put our armed forces in harm's way for another unnecessary pretend war.
James I've often thought if trump feels cornered he would blow up the planet before he'd allow the truth to come out about the epstein files. He is so unstable and demented. Scary stuff.
The War Powers Resolution of 1973 (or War Powers Act) is a federal law restricting the U.S. President's ability to commit armed forces to combat without congressional approval. It requires the president to notify Congress within 48 hours of deploying troops and mandates their removal within 60 to 90 days unless Congress declares war or authorizes an extension
Seriously? You actually believe that someone who has always broken uncountable laws, as well as moralities, would even consider stopping any action that might distract everyone from his and his ilk past and present vomit-inducing actions? Remember his declarations about being able to do anything he wants to do? Nothing has changed in that area and won’t unless and until there is enough pressure on the legal system and Congress to take definitive actions!
Bibi Netanyahu has tried through several American Presidents tenure to get the US to fight Iran on Israel’s behalf. He finally found one who is stupid enough to do it.
He should be breathing fetid air in a dank prison cell....as should a multitude of billionaire criminals world wide who have been involved in Epstein's schemes and crimes.
We can hope Trump's undeclared war on Iran will finally be a bridge too far for his base. However, there are some who will be cheering it on as they will see it as a means of bringing on what they call the end times. Extremist evangelicals like Mike Huckabee, for example, who happens to be the ambassador to Israel. Russell Vought and Pete Hegseth too. It's mind boggling and terrifying.
Kamila, it won't be. They will be fed the propaganda that tells them it is right, honorable, and justified, and they will bleat it back like the gospels.
I agree with you Ally. In my opinion, the people who embrace this belief care nothing about Israelis, Iranians, or Americans. They see this undeclared war as a means to an end. To hell with the rest of humankind as long as they get "raptured".
Yes, Kamila! You've written it so I don't have to. 34% of the U.S. population identify as evangelical (which explains why Donald's approval ratings will remain in the 30s).
Evangelicals are horny for a war in the Middle East because their misinterpretation of the biblical book of Revelation states that "the Battle of Armageddon" will take place in the Middle East, in which Satan will be defeated once and for all, ushering in "The Millennium," the thousand years' reign of peace, during which Jesus will sit on a global throne. Most importantly, he will appoint all his Christians to positions of power.
They think Donald is giving them what they want, so they're happy to give him a pass on his crimes and general moral depravity.
If this war does bring on the “rapturing” of all these wacko evangelical fundamentalists that would be a very good thing. With them gone from this planet we could probably achieve a thousand years of peace. Take their stupidity away from the world and sanity would reign.
Trump's head is so far up his own ass that he conflates War with Peace. I wish someone in the press pool or Congress would call him out on that - loudly and publicly.
Saturday at noon per Senator Mark Warner & a member of the Gang of 8: Warner: " it's a War of unconstitutional choice with no threat to the U.S.". See, also TOM NICHOL's article in The Atlantic.
Breaking:
Netanyayu claiming: "There are many signals indicating the "supreme Leader" has been killed.
But, no "signals" offered to the World much less evidence.
The NYT report on trump's War distraction is only 18 minutes old. No pay wall on this one
Per the apnnews.com Link: The U.S. & Israel have begun major military operations. Thank you Loren Bliss.
Per Reuters, trump admits some Americans may die. Per former CIA Officer, Marc Polyoperus on MS NOW interview, this War is a "regime assassination" strategy. Other lives & regions at enormous risk. No U.S. Congressional involvement.
Every day is scarier. We have self-centered idiots at the wheel who only see gain for themselves. They care nothing for the regular human beings trying to get through each day, find work, care for their families, help to provide a hope and a future for their children....care for our planet...our natural resources!!!!
Our military is being used for the personal gain of those who want to insight wars. Have they forgotten that those in the military also have families at home? Yes, those within the military signed up to serve but our leaders and citizens have the responsibility to fight when necessary, not to use the commitment of those within the armed services to line the personal coffers of greedy, lawless men and women! War destroys the entire infrastructure of countries and its people!!!! War destroys the future and hope of children.
Stealing resources from other countries is also wrong! The leaders of a country SHOULD use their resources to help build up their population ie better schools, improve healthcare, contribute to employment opportunities....etc.
We should be helping others, not stealing from others!
Update from ABC's IAN PENNELL wearing a flak jacket on the perimeter of Tel Aviv. Reporter Pennel with his weathered face looked right at the camera & his audience & stated: "That no one knowns in this region" is how long in this military campaign will continue.
Loren, wonder if turnip hid underground at Maralogo! Pretty disgusting that he wouldn't even get to DC to meet with officials. Oh, wait! Most of the people in government are at their own homes and all the other military or state dept. folks are hiding. Great view for We the People. Thank you for the updates.
But it sure suits Trump as a distraction, and a reason to fund DHS because of the Muslim terrorist threat we now are exposed to domestically, and a reason to not send arms to Ukraine because we will need them for Iran which will be the quid pro quo for Russia not sending arms to Iran.
NYT analysts say some of the attacks are obviously intended to destroy the Iranian Air Force on the ground, thereby establishing USian air superiority, which suggests there are much larger actions to follow. (The psychics who claim Trump is the actual reincarnation of Hitler will no doubt take note of how Hitler identically employed his Luftwaffe to almost completely destroy the Red Air Force at the beginning of his Operation Barbarossa blitzkrieg.) My own biggest concern -- given Iran's military alliance with North Korea -- is Iran's possible use of North Korean rocketry to nuke the former United States. (See: https://www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com/north-korea-iran and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_with_nuclear_weapons ) I'll also not be surprised if Trump takes advantage of the chaos resulting from this war to invade Greenland, Panama, Cuba and possibly even Canada. The wild card is Russia; also closely allied with Iran, will it support the Islamist Ayatollahs or the ChristoNazi Plutocrats? Whichever, I cannot forget the prophecy voiced by my oldest half-brother shortly before he died. One of the founding directors of the EPA, he said the 2016 election of Trump was the beginning of the real end of the world. On this matter I have vacillated between belief and disbelief. But now it would not surprise me to discover we are witnessing the beginning of World War III -- an apocalypse inflicted by ChristoNazis who will literally destroy the world to prevent disclosure of the hideous magnitude of Trumpstein Evil -- which would certainly explain all the unknowns of the Regime's recent behavior, including the unprecedented morally imbecilic arrogance of Trump's appointees and the fact they've all taken residence in proximity to the bomb-proof underground compounds that reportedly define our military bases.
Loren, thank you so much for all your posts. I always enjoy your info and perspective. The only “correction” to this one is that I believe it’s Stephen Miller who is Hitler reincarnated. Completely. He is a stone cold sociopathic person. Trump is egoic and mean and entitled but I don’t think he’d come up with all these lethal strategies without Miller. Miller will push him to firing squads here on our soil if he sees the opportunity or if his puppet president gets his feelings hurt, too badly by some liberal. Stephen Miller is a near and present danger.
Russia is going with the Christo-Nazis. Putin alredy has the Russian Orthodox church captive. He has gotten all of the drone and missile tech from Iran that he needs and is building shahed-style drones in his own factories with newer tech dual-use parts coming in from China.
Trump is going to cop out on PURL contracts for weapons for Ukraine because he will critically need them for the war with Iran, so Russia gets a free hand in Ukraine from the US. Russia reciprocates and gives Trump a free hand in Iran. The US is currently conveniently removing all troops in left in Syria, so Russia could walk back in there if it so desired. The evacuation should be complete in a month.
Iran is too big a country, I think,f or the US to take out all of the Iranian Air Force in a first strike. I am sure they moved planes over the last week when the US threat grew, just like they moved the bulk of their enriched uranium.
If the US had been smart, it would have done what Europe has, and gotten drone tech from Ukraine to take out the Iranian Air Force on the ground with drones at far less expense. But Trump has too big a grudge against Zelenskyy to listen to any of his advisers like Razin’ Caine on that.
Thank you, Georgia, for awakening me to the fact drone warfare is revolutionizing 21st Century warfare in the same way the advent of rifling revolutionized 19th Century warfare; gotta give that some serious thought. Apropos Ukraine, I'd expect Germany, France and Britain to try to make up for Trump's betrayal, though their success would surely prompt Trump to sandbag NATO by invading Greenland and Canada. And I don't for a New York Minute doubt Trump has already secretly agreed to give Alaska back to Russia in return for Putin's help both in conquering Canada and using Russian troops to suppress dissent here at home. To follow this order-of-battle summary to a conclusion, Pakistan is a staunch ally of Iran, and after it deals with the Taliban problem in Afghanistan, I've no doubt it will join the war against Trump and Putin. India I'd guess will remain neutral. The proverbial elephant on the global chessboard is China; it plays its cards right -- that's assuming Earth hasn't already been nuked to a lifeless Martian barren -- it could emerge as the sole global benefactor, even more powerful than the U.S. was after V-J Day in 1945. Note too that instead of weaponizing AI to reduce human workers to death by starvation, China is doing something quite different with it: https://asiatimes.com/2026/02/china-building-a-different-ai-future-than-the-west/ That said, I'm probably still too much in shock to be thinking with maximum clarity, but I'm also too damn energized to go to bed.
Excellent reporting Georgia.... Appalling and heartbreaking.. Zelenskyy is a hero... Hope the Ukrainian strategy can outwit Putin as it has before... Trump's "distractions"( i.e. threat of Epstein file contents) and dementia and lack of basic intelligence and being a puppet to Putin will keep him from making any sane decisions. Not to mention the maniacs like Miller, Vought, and Vance egging him on to try to save their own sorry souls from prison... Have to go...Thanks for always carrying a torch to help light our way...
Scary stuff Loren. Instead of trump being the reincarnation of Hitler I believe he is the antichrist. World destruction to follow. It makes me so angry thinking about all who are still supporting him because without that support he could be taken down. Then all the ugliness of the epstein files could be revealed.
Our worst nightmares are a possibility, let's hope it is a very distant possibility. The Iran attack is like opening Pandora's box. No one can foresee the consequences of this action.
Yes it is just plain wrong. What I wrote are the excuses Trump and his minions will use to justify what they want to do anyway. Trump was thwarted in 1.0 on the Muslim bans. He is itching to take his second shot.
And he is pissed at Democrats on holding up funding for his private army of goons, and he will never ever ever forgive Zelenskyy for the first impeachment. So three birds with one stone...
Thinking like Stephen Miller, there is a small "bonus" in reducing minorities in a war, In the 17-41 age group (those in the enlisted age category) demographic in the military 55% are white compared to 69% in the general population.
32.5% of active-duty members identify with “racial minority groups” (DoD definition: Black/African American, Asian, American Indian/Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, multi-racial, and “unknown”).
20.4% of active-duty members are Hispanic or Latino (which DoD treats as an ethnicity and can overlap with any race).
Thanks, Georgia. I have contacted my 3 reps about "No War With Iran" for a few days now. AND, I trust all three (Democrats) can "walk and chew gum at the same time;" so have called for each of them to pressure DOJ to release the unredacted Epstein Files (Trumpstein), without survivor info. I have mentioned to them those files for many months now!
I've done the same, several times, even though my Congressional cohort is Markey, Warren, and McGovern. Just to make sure they know we have their backs in opposing this criminal enterprise. I only wish they had the power of arrest.
Thanks for the reminder to contact re; this. You might also send Oregon's Ron Wyden a note, thanking him for representing you as well as me. He's a big picture guy.
Your Senator Wyden is a badass worth keeping. Watched his conversation with HCR a few weeks ago. He’s the guy that’ll take them all down just like the accountant did to Al Capone!!
Is this the beginning of the excuse the Feds need to take oversight of the 2026 election? Our "security" is at risk, therefore, only the Executive branch should control the states' right to control all elections?
This is what my spineless FL US MAGA Rep just sent when I asked him to sign onto the War Powers Resolution amend…it would be funny if it all weren’t so deadly serious.
“Legislation recently introduced in Congress to restrict the president’s ability to protect our national security interests around the world by amending the War Powers Resolution would infringe on his constitutional powers as commander-in-chief. I cannot support hindering the president’s freedom of action in cases where American lives and interests are at stake.”
Remind him/her of Article I Section 8 of the Constitution which he /she obviously hasn’t read, on the powers of Congress.
To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
And I would ask him/her in all seriousness, if they would like you to send them a pocket copy of the Constitution so that they can check for themselves what it says and not be so egregiously and embarrassingly wrong about what their job involves. I would also send the copy of their response to you, and your response back to them to all the local media in your district, and the national media, and post it on Bluesky and Twitter. I would also send it to your district’s Democratic party leadership and tell them that you will write them a check (can be small) to help fund a mailing to all voters in the district.
You can’t get more powerful receipts that what you got back. Make sure it is used. Ask if they will go to Dover AFB to show respect to their dead constituents when the bodies start coming back home. Ask to be sent a photo to commorate the solemn moment.
Thanks,Georgia! I did send a response,started with “you’ve got to be kidding” and then reminded him of his oath and duty to the Constitution.Although I’m not as eloquent/knowledgable as you.The kicker, he is a former college history professor…and very slick.IMO the worst kind of MAGA.
I have gone back and forth with our local Gannett paper OpEditor(his friend) and the Exec Editor about how they platform him by allowing Rep’s OpEd’s and favorable coverage with absolutely no pushback.I do write frequent Letters To Ed which are published.Perhaps after I caught OpEditor lying about “printing all letters received”.
Good suggestion to try national media.
I’m not on social media although have had great face -to -face convos with my messaging t’s and yard signs here in MAGA-ville.
Keep doing what you are doing. Send the story to Rachel Madow. That he is a former history professor just ties it up with a bow on it. An irresistable hook.
That horse is out of the barn. The morons have gone to war in an area where there the likelihood of the entire Middle East, if not the world may blow up into a world war. These fools, like most rightwingers have no ability to think through their actions to a logical outcome. Everything is based on immediate gratification without any thought about what the goal is or the aftermath looks like.
Never too late--I remember the draft lottery for the Viet Nam war when I was in college. I wish more people had been protesting earlier. Any Viet Nam vet who was overseas came back changed and wounded in some way.
It gave a lot of men no choice far into the conflict.
Who in their right mind will want to go into the military now with President Pedo in charge. He doesn't give a damn about anyone getting killed so that he doesn't get impeached.
The Republicans are hanging on by a thread in the House with yet another sexual predator Tony Gonzalez having an extra-marital affair. And I'm sure he's not the only one.
Let's bring back the draft and make sure that ALL Congressmen and Senators have sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters, nieces and nephews get drafted. No deferments for any of them or any of the oligarchs kids.
Of course, that's a fantasy since there is no justice when Republicans are involved.
And Trump has used starvation as a weapon as does Bibi, Putin and many other despots. Trump cares nothing for human life. If he replaced Putin, he would be more than willing to throw his perceived enemies out of 10th floor windows.
I was in college when the lottery happened -- all those young men waiting for their number to come up. It felt like the Hunger Games. There were huge and meaningful protests in Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan when I was there - but I too wish they had started earlier.
it took me till i was around 35 yo to realize that my father's emotional inaccessibility...and his reactions to emotionally complex issues were due to PTSD from his time in the Phillipines/WWII. which he never spoke about... it definitely had an impact on our relationship...
but at least that was a cause worth fighting for. those since(and now THIS one)? very questionable, to my mind...
Thank you Megan for your excellent research and always being on the ball for saying what needs to be said. The draft dodger-liar-creep thinks he is scaring us by putting his nasty photoshopped face on our Federal buildings while grifting billions of dollars. Republican legislators who are covering up for him and supporting his murderous ways, especially the “christians,” need to take responsibility for what they have done to Democracy and the Constitution and the citizens and voters whose lives they have spoiled. Can we save one of those disgusting warehouses for them?
Hey Ginny, I actually heard you were on Epstein island and refused to leave. You were having so much fun getting banged around quite a bit but I guess you liked it that’s what we heard.
Thank you. He gets a lot of negative garbage sent from my retired cop cohort that I'm pretty sure he appreciates comments. I hope none of them got a copy of your list...
What a pity, to have such a sycophantic, worthless head of the DOJ at this time D.J. Trump has to be the luckiest, worthless creature ever to set foot on this planet. A psychological profile of Pam Bondi would be an interesting read. All of them are misfits.
Here’s a special analysis of the issues and everybody else here and I’m going to display it all day long today…I’m here. I’m just gonna give you an overview and then the rest of the day I’m gonna give it a detail.
And by the way, as I said to you for a long time now, and I will continue to say it and watch while you sit here in pain, waiting for nothing to happen, which is exactly what’s going to happen nothing. Matter who is in power three years from now or 50 years from now. Every single piece of Nervin sent you when your body is hate Trump.
Guess you didn’t listen when Bill Clinton said Donald Trump has never said anything to me about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein nor do I think I have any reason to believe that Trump was involved! Bet you that’s not how your media put it but go listen to his words exactly. This last part is just for you and your happy listeners lol
So how’s the country running now? EPSTEIN…
how’s the economy?EPSTEIN. Running at top speed
How is the crime EPSTEIN. Lowest crime statistics since 1900 and lowest murder rate, since then, which you will see below if you look it up
How is the crime in Washington DC now?EPSTEIN. Washington DC crime has almost disappeared. Thank you, Mr. Trump
How’s the murder rate in the US? EPSTEIN. Murder rate lowest in the last 125 years
How’s the quality of life? EPSTEIN. AOK except trying to get rid of the illegals who should be here in the first places
How are gas prices? EPSTEIN
Two dollars lower than Biden
How is inflation compared to Biden? EPSTEIN
Trumpet less than 3% Biden at nine
How are prescription drug prices? As low as anywhere in the world NOW. As Trump negotiated World pricing
EPSTEIN How are the 5 peace deals working That Trump created? EPSTEIN
How many illegals has Trump arrested or caused to go home?EPSTEIN
Not enough
how is that $13 trillion of additional investment into America by foreign and US investors going? EPSTEIN
Japan, just come finished its biggest steel plant right here in the United States of America instead of doing it in Else in the world investing up to $4 billion in that plant
how’s the stock market? EPSTEIN? All three indexes have hit record highs pretty much all year long. The Dow hit a record high 53 times.
How much money are the tariffs bringing in? EPSTEIN. Almost 200,000,000,000 and more coming in this year
How is IRAN doing since Trump destroyed their nuclear arsenal and their threats to the world? EPSTEIN.
See you should’ve asked this question yesterday rather than today because now we know how Gerardo is doing and how the world is celebrating as I posted earlier every single Muslim country has been supportive of what happened in Iran countries that are not happy. You’ll love it France and England. And you probably know why if you don’t ask me
How is trumps deal with NATO going to advise them to triple the amount they are depositing for the own protection against Russia? EPSTEIN
NATO is now seeing the light and is projected to deposit 5% of their GDP in order to protect themselves from Russian aggression because of Trump’s insistence
How is the big beautiful bill working….including less taxes for the most needy with no tax on tips no tax on overtime and no tax on Social Security? EPSTEIN
What happened to that impending doom but all the little pundits predicted recession, depression, stock, market collapse, inflation, increase. ? EPSTEIN
lots more to come, but for right now I’ll just say. you have a nice day ..ya heyah
Oh, and if you would like some links to find out how things really are, I’d be more than happy to provide them, but I’m gonna have to warn in advance… you’re gonna hate everyone.
Heather gets all the indicators in line -- they are closing in on criminal rapist Donald.
But his final mission is in another ball game – subvert November’s mid-terms, arrogating all power to himself.
It’s illegal. Unconstitutional. The states have sole provenance over elections. But he’s intent on nationalizing them alone to be ruler for the rest of his life. Then through pardons, his corrupted enrichments for himself, and the spinelessness of all fellow Republicans, he can anoint the others who will divvy up bits and pieces of his empire after his passing.
How do the tens of millions of Americans still applaud such abject fascism?
Dems have avoided facing it, but they’re going to have to reform education so K-12 teaches more than passivity to standardized testing, and so that “higher” ed more than congeals to all the silos of neutered specialization.
We’ll have humanized standards not only when no American ever votes again for a bullying, raping murderer, but when students learn the apt citing of humanities so we all know how they enable most apt, most humane connections – never the trivialities of merely showing off oneself.
Hello Phil... Israel just launched Missile Strikes against Iran allegedly in coordination with DJT... Is this to distract from the upcoming Primaries, and Elections?.... How many have to die for DJT's Survival?...
Yes, Apache -- helping Netanyahu kill and destroy nicely distracts, too, from Epstein.
But we must not discount the pure savage joy at the base of barbarians and murderers such as Donald, Netanyahu, Putin, and that entire phalanx so totally outside civilization.
And, too, still another dimension. In the same proportion as they're equipped with nothing human inside them, further joy mounts from the addition and convergence of further numbers: numbers of missiles sent flying, number of jet sorties, number of buildings blown to smithereens, and number of dead bodies.
And numbers of casualties. Numbers of mothers left crying over husbands killed, children killed, parents killed.
So much perverse intensity bestirring our zombie ogres, our ruling death trip elites all in consort with each other.
Hello Phil... When You Get A Chance, View DJT's 'Truth ( Pravda ) Posting Announcing His War... DJT is indeed Insane... Constitutionally only Congress can Declare War.... Will Congress Stop This?... Are They Capable Of Doing So?... An Existential Congressional Crisis May Be Upon Us....
You don’t know why this is happening and neither do I. Nor does anyone. If it’s a “distraction” from Epstein, it’s the dumbest one imaginable. I can think of a hundred other things they might try first that don’t involve joining Israel in a new Gulf war. Whatever constituency out there that wants a joint war with Israel against Iran, it’s a damn small one. Not even MAGA wants this, despite their misguided views on virtually everything else.
Monotonous, repetitive screeds against “evil” where you mix the whole kitchen sink together with the kaboodle are poor substitutes for true investigation or analysis.
Want "true investigation or analysis," ICTT (or, might any of Heather's readers?):
After the Powell memo of 1971, the first person to take a reckoning of the new corporate drift atop corporate academe was Wendell Berry, in his 1977 "The Unsettling of America." He looked especially at how corporate hegemons took over the once and long-venerable system of land grant colleges and universities.
There followed John Ralston Saul's 1992 "Voltaire's Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West." This looks at how our intellectuals have given in to the left-brain rule of the linear, abstracted, segmented, packaged, and programmed – all, of course, always dehumanized.
Christopher Simpson’s "The Splendid Blond Beast: Money, Law, and Genocide in the Twentieth Century" (1995) looked at how elites of the U.S. Ivy League led America’s biggest banks, utilities, and industries into investments and alliances with Hitler and his Waffen SS banks and industries.
Diane Ravitch's 2003 "The Language Police" examined – with dozens of pages of detailed appendices – the killing off of local, regional language in all corporate textbooks and standardized tests, in favor of the neutered only.
Jennifer Washburn's 2005 "University Inc.: The Corporate Corruption of Higher Education" summed up what had become by then absolute control by dehumanized, money-grubbing hegemons only.
Eliot Weinberger’s 2009 "Oranges & Peanuts for Sale" has three chapters on college humanities avoiding public issues: “The Arts and the Writer in Iraq” (2007); “The Post-National Writer” (2005); and “Poetry is News” (2003).
Jane Mayer’s “Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right” (2016).
Minae Mizumura has probed effects upon schools and artists in "The Fall of Language in the Age of English" (English translation, Columbia U Press, 2016).
Robert H. Lustig has most recently surveyed the reach of the living dead in corporate academe in "The Hacking of the American Mind: The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains" (2017).
In 2020 Kurt Andersen published "Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America." This makes up for what he missed in his 2017 "Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: a 500-year history." The earlier book covered how for long Americans entertained massive delusions. The latter book looks more at how elites from high finance especially have organized their evils. Andersen had failed to mention the Powell memo in "Fantasyland." He covers it here, but leaves out entirely its first campaign – the neutering of corporate academe.
There was also *The Moral Collapse of the University* a few decades ago ... bottom line: all are complicit. It is an interlocking web of deceit despite the lofty goals of universities. What a mess.
Yep, ever since the Democrats have woken the university chains, they’re all complicit in stupidity, and her teaching children and I’m adults more about their genitals than they are about math and science
No serious police department or prosecutor’s office would ever hire you as a detective, Mr. Balla. The key questions are — as they always have been — motive first, followed by means and opportunity. Who gains, who loses, who wants this and why. This is no exception. You can name-drop until the cows come home. It’s not an explanation of anything, except the workings of your own mind perhaps. And nothing to do with standardized testing, of course, or public schools, the Gutenberg Bible or much else.
This is about murder and its consequences, not a parlor game designed to uncover how many book titles you can quote.
Hello ICTT... It is happening for various Reasons.... None Good... Epstein-Gate, the Forthcoming Elections, AIPAC, Netanyahu... Watch DJT's 'Pravda' Post...
Hello ICTT... DJT does not do 'Careful' Work... DJT is impulsive, and Disrupts... In Dealing with War, time is of essence.... Let's see if these 'Various' Reasons are invalid....
You can’t be this fucking stupid or ignorant or both to make a comment like you just did. Go to AutoSource and find a word that’s more profound and intellectually driven then the simple word, moron. You projected so much more profusely, so there has to be something to describe you a little bit better
Let me help you Jeffrey Epstein is dead as a Julius Caesar and the Epstein files or is dead as a Dead Sea Scrolls but you keep hanging on and living on hopes and dreams that will never come through while you sit there in pain for the next three years
Here’s a special analysis of the issues and everybody else here and I’m going to display it all day long today…I’m here. I’m just gonna give you an overview and then the rest of the day I’m gonna give it a detail.
And by the way, as I said to you for a long time now, and I will continue to say it and watch while you sit here in pain, waiting for nothing to happen, which is exactly what’s going to happen nothing. Matter who is in power three years from now or 50 years from now. Every single piece of Nervin sent you when your body is hate Trump.
Guess you didn’t listen when Bill Clinton said Donald Trump has never said anything to me about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein nor do I think I have any reason to believe that Trump was involved! Bet you that’s not how your media put it but go listen to his words exactly. This last part is just for you and your happy listeners lol
So how’s the country running now? EPSTEIN…
how’s the economy?EPSTEIN. Running at top speed
How is the crime EPSTEIN. Lowest crime statistics since 1900 and lowest murder rate, since then, which you will see below if you look it up
How is the crime in Washington DC now?EPSTEIN. Washington DC crime has almost disappeared. Thank you, Mr. Trump
How’s the murder rate in the US? EPSTEIN. Murder rate lowest in the last 125 years
How’s the quality of life? EPSTEIN. AOK except trying to get rid of the illegals who should be here in the first places
How are gas prices? EPSTEIN
Two dollars lower than Biden
How is inflation compared to Biden? EPSTEIN
Trumpet less than 3% Biden at nine
How are prescription drug prices? As low as anywhere in the world NOW. As Trump negotiated World pricing
EPSTEIN How are the 5 peace deals working That Trump created? EPSTEIN
How many illegals has Trump arrested or caused to go home?EPSTEIN
Not enough
how is that $13 trillion of additional investment into America by foreign and US investors going? EPSTEIN
Japan, just come finished its biggest steel plant right here in the United States of America instead of doing it in Else in the world investing up to $4 billion in that plant
how’s the stock market? EPSTEIN? All three indexes have hit record highs pretty much all year long. The Dow hit a record high 53 times.
How much money are the tariffs bringing in? EPSTEIN. Almost 200,000,000,000 and more coming in this year
How is IRAN doing since Trump destroyed their nuclear arsenal and their threats to the world? EPSTEIN.
See you should’ve asked this question yesterday rather than today because now we know how Gerardo is doing and how the world is celebrating as I posted earlier every single Muslim country has been supportive of what happened in Iran countries that are not happy. You’ll love it France and England. And you probably know why if you don’t ask me
How is trumps deal with NATO going to advise them to triple the amount they are depositing for the own protection against Russia? EPSTEIN
NATO is now seeing the light and is projected to deposit 5% of their GDP in order to protect themselves from Russian aggression because of Trump’s insistence
How is the big beautiful bill working….including less taxes for the most needy with no tax on tips no tax on overtime and no tax on Social Security? EPSTEIN
What happened to that impending doom but all the little pundits predicted recession, depression, stock, market collapse, inflation, increase. ? EPSTEIN
lots more to come, but for right now I’ll just say. you have a nice day ..ya heyah
Oh, and if you would like some links to find out how things really are, I’d be more than happy to provide them, but I’m gonna have to warn in advance… you’re gonna hate everyone.
Trump is so dumb that he thinks a war time economy is. a good thing.
When Trump tore up the Iran deal crafted in 2016 by John Kerrey and others this day became inevitable. Our economy is tanking, every promise Trump made was a lie and the group of Americans that hate Trump the most are Independents. How weird is that?
How will China and Russia react when they are both tied to Iran? Does Trump's boss Putin know about this?
When Trump bombed the nuclear facilities last year he said he ended the Iranian nuclear threat. That cost us close to a billion dollars and apparently it was just another Trumpian lie.
I think it’s more likely that he figures he will be able to improve his approval ratings as a war president. And now discussing Cuba takeover. How much is this idiot going to spend while giving huge tax breaks.
Hey Apache, have you lost your mind he just liberated to run and the world.
And almost every single Muslim nation is come out in favor of Trump‘s actions and you know who doesn’t like Trump’s actions this is gonna be funny and crack you up France and England don’t like it but all the Muslims they love it, so who do you think knows better the people that live there are people that have too many immigrants that are afraid to say a word about it
Hello Rick.... It depends how long this lasts... A few days Good... Longer increasingly Worse... Don't forget that the Muslim Nations are divided into Sunni vs Shia....
They can now choose their own government they canal return to the days of the Shah in theory.. and as I said, nothing happens overnight and there’s a lot to work through, but at least they don’t have to deal with a despot. They don’t have to deal with a person who hires groups of people to be terrorist and to kill Israel
Now they have to figure it out for themselves just like Trump said if you heard him, this is their opportunity to renew what they had back in the 70s when Iran was one of the most highly respected professional, intellectual and sophisticated companies in the in the middle East
Have you ever seen a war last two days? But this is not a war but what I’m hearing is very positive news that even some of his revolutionary regard don’t wanna fight anymore and since he’s killed about 30 to 50,000 of his people in the past month or so there’s gonna be a stronger uprising now that he’s not there to to kill more
And further, if they try to make more problems, they know that the US is waiting by to do whatever it needs to do to take care of that as well
I have friends Apache that are Muslims that hated Humani that were thrown out of the country when Humani took over by one friend was the doctor to the Shaw and they were exiled to England for a number of years and State. And they were crying tonight when I spoke with them with happiness that Herman was actually gone
This is gonna be a permanent solution and it’s not gonna happen overnight so be reasonable.
And by the way, my wife’s half brother is in a bunker in an underground bomb shelter in the middle of Israel and is thrilled to death with what’s Despite what he’s having to go through an 80 years old in a bunker for a few days
All that you describe underlines the need for deep societal reform. Trump and ilk are working overtime to see that women return to chattel status, owned by men and good for producing offspring only. As long as men think rape is a right, not a crime, we are looking at a society that cannot move forward towards equality for all. This is all about creating a new slave state with women and people of color in chains. They are a sick, demented bunch. They need to be held accountable, every one.
Project 2025 mandates that only white evangelical christian men will have the right to vote. So the vast majority of citizens will be under the rule of a small minority of delusional religious freaks. The white evangelical religion is the official fascist religion in America.
With another war, the looming threat of midterm chaos, and the horror of Epstein unfolding, I’m feeling existentialitis coming on. God help anyone named Jeffrey Epstein.
Bravo, Phil Balla! Having learned patriotism early (my favorite uncle was in the South China Sea in a submarine in 1934; my father was “watching” Europe daily from 1938 with newspapers and radio; as a second grader in 1941-42, I became part of the War Effort) and not been “protected” from broadcast news or Life Magazine photos, I learned geography, history,
and patriotism while learning to knit squares for afghans for soldiers and how to flatten tin cans for recycling.
Remembering the introduction of multiple choice from time to time and hating it because of its ambiguities.
In third grade it was a distraction from the marionette stage in the classroom which was all about creativity.
Looking back at the education I got during and after WWII in a small (350 students grades 1-12) poor public country school, the preparation for college and university was so far beyond anything imaginable today in a similar setting, that my good luck at having been able to begin Latin and French simultaneously and have my first piano lessons at school, seems almost unreal in a world of standardized testing and now AI.
Thank you for this. When Trump won, I started looking at reasons, remembering having learned in 1952 that the lowest 25% of SAT scorers were getting degrees in Education. Multiple choice, low pay, money not learning taking first place has done the rest. Now we are represented by a total illiterate.
How do the tens of millions of Americans still applaud such abject fascism?
Ignorance. I know 2 females who can't wait to vote for him again. Neither engage with any news except conspiracy theories and lies. They have zero information about the truth and stick to the lines fox presents them with. It is an own the libs things. Neither have a clue as to the danger.
Ally, do you really think ‘they think’? Your former cohorts ..& TG former… have a muscle somewhere they think with, but I’m doubting it’s the one attached to their necks.
Hey Phil, when did you stop being a rapist come on come clean. Wait a minute the rumor is that you were on Epstein island. So maybe you didn’t think it was rape
You better hope they don’t have photos because that could cause a problem if they are real and if your visit is validated 50 years from now when the people here are so worried about epstein
It is becoming very clear why monied interests were so fervently behind Trump in the last election. It's not just raping little girls. It's financial crimes they're trying to hide.
How on earth did the people of the USA ever elect this scam artist I'll never understand.
It's all of the dark money out there lying to the American people as well as the oligarchs like Musk, Thiel, Ellison etc. buying the politicians so they will sit on their hands and let Donald do whatever he wants.
Here is Maine we are already get bombarded with lies about how Susan Collins is helping us.
I hear you! I'm from Pennsylvania and it was astonishing to watch my neighbors ignore the evidence of their own eyes. My own mother, who lost her own father to Black Lung Disease waxed rhapsodic about how they'd made coal green now and were going to bring back all those mining jobs. You mean the jobs you were all so anxious to get away from because they were killing even young healthy people? Dark money sure hires smart rhetoricians!
Hello, Kass. I'm from Pennsylvania too. It's been about extraction here for a long time. Timber, coal, oil and gas, and now water and our feckless senators are all in. Of course, the biggest extraction scheme is money. They take what they can and care nothing for the destruction left in their wake.
Novicki? Wow, that is a Coal Region name for sure! When I was a kid, my first memory of politics was writing letters to state reps asking them to bring in more jobs. We got garbage dumps and prisons. Not many jobs added and the factory my Mom worked in (and all the others) closed. I left just as they were building that ugly pipline. No one was ever going to bring jobs to Pennsylvania. Just destruction.
I ask myself this every day. I honestly don't think Trump voters are stupid. I just think somehow they never learned to think critically. People seem to believe crazy, convoluted conspiracy theories rather than the simple, straightforward truth that's in front of them. I do not get it.
I hear you! Why are they not thinking critically? Also, who cares if someone gets something they don't deserve as long as no one is suffering? I've never been able to understand why the richest nation in the history of the world has people sleeping on the streets (or how "Christians" can justify starving the poor and throwing out the foreiner).
PT, read the Powell memorandum written in 1971. Lewis F. Powell was a corporate lawyer who wrote the memo to Eugene Sydnor, who chaired the Education Committee of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The memo claimed that American business was "under attack" and outlined how U.S. business could "fight back." A primary thrust of Powell's strategy was to neutralize education in the U.S. You can download a copy of the memo here:
Powell used his subsequent position as a SCOTUS "justice" to further the cause of U.S. business attacks on education. The stupid approaches to education that followed originated in the Powell Memo.
Wtf. I’m so sick of corporations and their greedy psychopath “leaders” sticking their nose where it doesn’t belong. If I had It to do all over again I’d have nothing to do with any of them.
PT, it got eliminated in "No Child Left Behind" and "Teach to the Test" training (I won't call it "teaching") that took hold of the USian educational system in the late 70's/early 80's.
Obviously to imagine that Trumpstein Republicans will keep their agreements is to imagine that cottonmouth moccasins aren't poisonous and don't bite. (Thank you, Dr. Richardson, for this most excellent report.)
Thanks HCR - Wyden is my Senator in Oregon and I’ll email him a big :: THANK YOU ::
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The other big high-five goes to Anthropic’s CEO for standing up to the bullying from our Gov’t because their company had AI Safety Governance that Trump demanded they change.
The Pentagon vs. Anthropic: What You Need to Know (2/26/26)
FEB 27 2026, Anthropic is resisting immense pressure from the Pentagon, unless they allow unrestricted military use of their AI models. CEO Dario Amodei stated they cannot "in good conscience" accede to demands that bypass their safety policies, calling the Pentagon's actions retaliatory and bullying.
The Stance: Anthropic refused to violate its constitutional AI safety policies, refusing to supply technology for ‘autonomous weapons’ or ‘mass surveillance’.
“Companies, especially technology companies, often fail to live up to their public statements and internal policies related to human rights and civil liberties for all sorts of reasons, including profit. Government pressure shouldn’t be one of those reasons.
“Anthropic should stick by their principles and refuse to allow their technology to be used in the two ways they have publicly stated they would not support: autonomous weapons systems and surveillance.” ~EFF
And OPEN AI already has signed on with the Pentagon because Sam Altman will not hold his company to account for doing Trump's bidding, as Dario Amodei did I assume.
YES!! I had the wrong name identified with that. I just drove through your neck of the woods taking my horn to Willamette Valley Music about 2 months ago.
Hillary Clinton just completed yesterday over 6 hours of being legally deposed by 26 Republican Representatives and their army of staff who were trying their best to get her to say something they could use as political propaganda. They asked her about “pizzagate” a MAGA QAnon conspiracy theory accusing her of engaging in pedophilia in the basement of a pizza parlor that had no basement and that was fabricated to smear her reputation. But Hillary Clinton has a completely opposite history.
Hillary Clinton significantly advanced women’s rights throughout her career: as First Lady (1993–2001), she championed global gender equality, famously declaring "women's rights are human rights" in Beijing. As a U.S. Senator (2001–2009), she focused on economic equality, supporting the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and reproductive health access. As Secretary of State (2009–2013), she integrated gender issues into foreign policy.
The American Presidency Project
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As First Lady (1993–2001):
Global Advocacy: Led the U.S. delegation to the 1995 U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, defining women's rights as human rights.
Family & Health Policy: Supported the Family and Medical Leave Act, advocated for increased childcare funding, and helped create the Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
Public Awareness: Promoted health, safety, and education for women and children, including through her book It Takes a Village.
National Archives (.gov) +3
As U.S. Senator (2001–2009):
Equal Pay: Championed the Paycheck Fairness Act and co-sponsored the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.
Health Access: Fought to protect access to emergency contraception and reproductive healthcare.
Workplace Rights: Advocated for paid sick leave and paid parental leave for federal employees.
The American Presidency Project +1
As Secretary of State (2009–2013):
Foreign Policy Pivot: Made women’s rights a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy, focusing on economic participation and reducing gender-based violence.
Institutional Change: Created the position of Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues.
International Action: Spearheaded initiatives to empower women, including in conflict resolution and economic development.
Someone with this history has about zero likelihood of being knowingly involved with pedophiles like Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. However she might in a news conference immediately after the exhausting interrogation show some signs of anxiety, anger, and fear of saying something that could be distorted or exaggerated into propaganda or a news reporters headline “scoop”.
Oh, how different things would be if the Electoral College jibbed with the popular vote and declared Hillary as POTUS-elect. She won the popular vote, after all, by some 7 million votes. Suspect the margin would have been larger, but so many folks fell for the Hillary-bashing rumors & negative press…she was kinda sandbagged IMHO. Oh, and she’s a woman. Sigh, then we (as a nation) shot ourselves in the foot again by not electing Kamala. Would love to visit an alternative universe where they were elected and to see what the state of the union & world are under their tutelage. 🤷🏻♀️
The electoral college has no place in our day: everyone can travel to a voting booth these days, and the popular vote must be the one deciding who should become President. Our political system has become a joke; and a very ineffective one at that.
thanks for saving me the trouble, Ligia...it amaaaaazes me that Americans are still allowing for ANYthing besides 'one person...one vote'. i've railed against the electoral college system all of my life...it's like having the winning lottery ticket but the cash is awarded to someone else...how many would stand for THAT?!??!
Everyone can travel to a voting booth? Really? In rural areas this can be quite difficult; impossible without personal transportation as there is no public transportation. And if you are elderly or disabled? It's a big country; the one-size-fits-all reality does not fit.
And, sadly, you-know-who is trying to get rid of mail-in voting—saying he will do an executive order to make it so. The guy has delusions of grandeur…oh, wait, I mean delusions about, well, everything!
Sky Blue, when I look at the entirety of all that has transpired since Vladimir rose to power in Russia, I see him viewing himself as a great white or mako shark. They need to keep swimming forward to stay alive.
I think Vlad was focused on getting Donald into the White House, not because he was afraid of Hillary, but because Donald would be so much more useful as a vehicle to advance Vlad's interests.
I believe that history will eventually show that in 2016, Donald was already a Russian asset, owing to his longtime association with Russia through Bratva, the Russian mafia, in his business operations.
Hillary would have been an impediment, sure. But promoting Donald was of greater importance than stopping Hillary because Donald would help Vladimir continue swimming forward in his quest to control Europe. By all appearances, Vladimir was right.
So it’s not the Treasury Department’s job to investigate Epstein’s financial crimes, huh Scott Bessent? Tell us Scott, what is your job other than covering for Trump and his fellow pedophiles? It surely isn’t your economic expertise since you extol the alleged virtues of tariffs when we know damn well that you don’t believe a word of what you are saying about that. When Trump’s Administration is concluded, you’ll be Private Citizen Scott Bessent, and your name and reputation will be mud for the rest of eternity.
Bessent seems to always be smugly smiling and condescending in interviews while he’s also covering for Trump Epstein pedophile cabal. This regime is toxically, blatantly corrupt and rotten to the core.
I am happy to see that the DOJ under the Obama administration was seriously investigating Epstein and associates but disappointed they didn't bring charges before trump could quash the investigation and destroy the department handling that investigation.
I'm hoping that we will learn every aspect of this story in the future.
I wonder if trump is implicated in this part of Epsteins criminal organization. I wouldn't be surprised if he was.
Lies, lies and more lies. That is the GOP brand. And any reporter who is serious about doing his or her job should preface every story they report with "We know the following statements to be lies". Stenographic reporting (without context) is killing democracy as much as anything else taking place in America today. Reporters should make THE TRUTH their primary objective. And they should recognize that (with the rare exceptions of those members who are attacking Trump) they will NEVER get the truth from a member of the GOP.
Just another paragraph that pulled all the players together.
[The DEA's Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces] "OCDETF frequently targeted dangerous drug cartels , the Russian mafia and violent gangs moving fentanyl and weapons.” The Trump administration dismantled OCDETF."
And of course the OCDETF was investigating Epstein...
I would love to read more about James Comer to turn the spotlight on the wannabe grand inquisitor. An online search shows he has faced many allegations of corrupt business dealings and an abusive relationship.
After seeing him talking to the press after yesterday's testimony, I can say that he has assumed the title 'dumbest person in Congress' - one that used to be held by Louis Gohmert. And he's better at standing up and lying to the press than Gohmert.
Now hold on there, pardner! Dumbest in Congress? Why, many contenders vie for that coveted mantle. And while we zoom in on the men, lettuce not forget Lauren Boob-Art, who thought she’d be all cutesy with her photo of Hillary taken during the hearing and sent to a fright-wing influencer — against the rules. Why, nobody would suspect lil’ ole’ me, the ‘naughty librarian lady’ — I’m SURE to get away with it, heh heh heh.. 🤪😎😜
As you mentioned, there are too many contenders for dumbest in Congress. But the senator from Alabama, Tommy Tuberville, consistently ranks among the dumbest. Another race to the bottom for America in the Trumpian era.
YES. My vote is with Tommy Dumb-as-a-Tuber! The guy who couldn’t find his own ass in broad daylight with both hands and a flashlight! Alabama — They’re Number One!
Oh, I know there is an entire cohort vying for the title. And I forgot for a moment Boob-Art's appearance on Bill Maher's show the other night. Somedays it's hard to choose.
Gohmert might have even admitted to being the dumbest member of Congress. But there are so many that are in competition for the title. Senators Marsha Blackburn from Tennessee and Tommy Tuberville from Alabama, as well as Rep. Comer, are all seeming to compete for being the dumbest members of Congress.
Senator Wyden is taking an intelligent route that hopefully proves very fruitful! Getting the Clinton's involved is going to backfire they are way smarter than anyone connected to Trump. Maybe not as evil or conniving but smarter and better at speaking in public.
The people that dislike the Clintons want to say that they KNEW Epstein and Maxwell so they must have been "involved". This shows a lack of critical thinking.
Epstein was an influence peddler and collected powerful people. Just talking to him at a business event, or even riding on a chartered plane that he owned doesn't mean guilt. The emails mention all kinds of people and businesses. Like, if you own a bakery and he mentions that he loves your scones.
I believe there were at least three levels of mention. The first level is the hot zone. The inner circle. THESE ARE ALL CRIMINALS.
The second level are movers and shakers that knew him in regards to their company, foundation, or campaign, but they did not go to the ranch or the island, or partake in criminal activities. The man was on a dozen boards. He knew EVERYONE. Should the powerful have somehow "known" he was bent? Not necessarily.
The third level, like my example of a bakery, where he mentions a product or celebrity he or they enjoy. These people have no real involvement at all.
Respond to Sky Blue: I believe someone in tRump’s cabal had Epstein murdered. Fortunately there were many emails, videos, and written material around, to keep the truth popping up. I wonder how much of it took a trip to a Florida ballroom and bathroom?
Let’s let Sen. Wyden know we’ve got his back. Thank him for his leadership. And urge him to move his bill, S.2746, the Produce Epstein Treasury Records Act (PETRA) forward in the Senate.
My favourite anecdote about how the Clintons met. Hillary Rodham was in the library and aware of being watched. She went over and said, "If you're going to stare at me you might as well know my name. It's Hillary Rodham. Who are you?"
Thank you Dr Richardson for your ongoing work and for this particular report. My 21 year old daughter Stephanie so bright, happy, fun athletic, artistic daughter OD on heroin laced with fentanyl June 2011. She made a bad decision although we know who likely deceived her. It’s been 15 years since and the US war on drugs has been a failure. A failure because wealthy men in power alienate themselves using middlemen to never be named all the while drug deaths nationwide continue and at one point were approximately 50,000 a year.
And NOW….we know Trump pardoned the largest drug lord for his trafficking tons of cocaine in to the US. And as you noted, ended the DEA’s investigation once back in office.
Hundreds of thousands of families have suffered such a tragic loss because wealthy, powerful men and women in government lie, steal and cheat to protect their secret….be it heroin, fentanyl, cocaine or young girls. They’re all connected people and it didn’t just start.
We live with it everyday. What they say and what they do……are 180 degrees apart! They will LIE to keep this cash rich, tax free
scheme alive while killing society.
We must start electing more honest, intelligent , capable , serious, responsible people to lead……“We The People”.
I'm so sorry for your loss. The loss of a loved one (especially a child) is forever heartbreaking. Please know that other humans acknowledge that kind of pain, having experienced it themselves.
Michael, not only what a tragedy - Stephanie's death, your loss, the loss to the family and community: I'm very sorry this happened. Saying her name personalizes this struggle for truth and accountability even more and (for me) turns this struggle/ resistance/ action into a fight for all of the Stephanie's -- and for all of the Epstein children (now women) whose names we may never know - though we're finally learning of their existence and entrapment: memories and tears also form for the Iranian people and the school children (again, girls primarily) killed today. Take care..
Michael, what a tragedy.. And yes -- I agree with you.
It seems however that our People in the states are challenged when we find ourselves in a situation that warrants "calling something and/or someone out": somehow, tragically -- we've confused "being nice" with looking the other way and not really seeing/ knowing what's being done.. In fact, where I grew up calling people out was what Yankees did: from memory, we also had a large population of closet alcoholics in the south.. We pay a high price to not know, what we know
Trumps purported war on drug dealers ties interestingly to these disclosures. Is trump trying to stamp out drugs or take control of their distribution. Trying to eliminate the problem or the competition?
Gary-That’s a great question. Targeting drug boats is really curious given other, more effective ways drugs are trafficked. According to the Epstein documents drugs clearly played a role in their human trafficking operation.
I trust that the DOJ will review the files on Trump about as far as I could throw an elephant 🤦♀️
Be LOUD. These are unprecedented times and we deserve WAY better 💔🤍💙
Use/share this spreadsheet (bit.ly/Goodtrouble) to contact members of Congress, the Cabinet and news organizations. Call. Write. Email. Protest. Unrelentingly.
Reach out (beyond your own) to as many in the Senate and House as you can. All of this is bigger than “I only represent my constituents” issues.
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Yes. Be loud, and be as courageous as you can. See you in the streets.
I love the part where President Bill Clinton said, “...America was built upon the idea that no person is above the law, even Presidents—especially Presidents.” He was pointing to the concept of a Republic. I am being loud in my Memorandum, which includes poster size downloads to share the web page where I say in part, “John Adams was the primary author of the new Constitution of Massachusetts (1780). He framed a grant of powers from the people to a government but separated the power to govern among three separate branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. Thus, no branch had enough power to become a tyrant: a king. In Article 30, he made clear that it was a separation of powers, "to the end it may be a government of laws and not of men". Thus, the phrase “rule of law” means that everyone, including those elected to office and the government itself, must obey written law and be held accountable to it as opposed to having a monarch, dictator, or tyrant claiming to be the sovereign possessing ultimate power and being immune from their actions no matter how bold and unhesitating: a law unto themself.”
“On September 17, 1787 after the signing of the Constitution of the United States, framed with the same Separation of Powers as the Massachusetts Constitution, as delegates were leaving Independence Hall, Elizabeth W. Powel asked Benjamin Franklin, ‘Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?’ He replied, ‘A republic, if you can keep it,’” In Section 1, of my model amendment language at the end of my Memorandum I include a full meaning of a Republic with the words of John Adams edited to say, "..., to the end it shall be a government of laws and not of any persons acting above the law, thus no monarch, dictator, or tyrant shall exist ..." UnitedWeAmend.org.
Ironic that enemies of the republican form of government still call themselves "Republicans".
Every name they put on everything is directly the opposite of what they intend. It's a tell.
Freedom Caucus.
Heritage Foundation.
Federalist Society
Since there is a desire to name presidents especially ex presidents after places, I highly recommend that Donald Trump’s name is attached to every municipal trash dump in the nation. Example: The Donald Trump Washington Dump. My city; The Donald Trump Hartford Trash Heap. The West Palm BeachDonald Trump Trash Center of NonRecycleables.
That would be great, but trump has a copy write on the name so he could make money on anything named trump.
There is trash, and there is Trump. Designated SuperFund Noxiously Hazardous Trumpsites may be a better match.
If we have a need to name, that would be more than appropriate.
What a wonderful idea Bill! Dump Trump! Hey, how are the kittens?
The "Tea Party" is the name that really angered me, especially when they called themselves "Tea Party Patriots." They are Corporatist Fascist RINO's. In my Memorandum cited above I state, "...ever since the Boston Tea Party in 1773, as in this present crisis, lowering taxes and regulations on powerful corporations is not the solution to our problem; lowering taxes and regulations on powerful corporations has always been our problem." That is what should come to the minds of Americans when they think about the Boston Tea Party.
My understanding is that a massive amount to tea belonging to the British East India Corporation, the same government allied corporatists who brutally subjugated India, was given a crony exemption from charging the Crown's tax on tea; which gave the favored company a tax/sales price advantage, and therefore vandalized. It was still an issue of taxation without representation, but in this case taxation unevenly and undeservedly applied to an obnoxious wealthy corporation. Not that anything like that could happen in the present.
Jen, exactly. To me it is along the line of Arbeit macht frei. And more lightly, Alice in Wonderland.
Yep, they take the Orwell Prize year after year. It's like there is a definite pattern there.
I've made this comment several times before & I'll say it again, the republican party that I once knew, that I once was a member is extinct, dead and never to return to the principles of Pres. Lincoln. It's the maga cult and PLEASE stop calling them republicans
What do we call them? A-sho-es? That's what I like. I don't like MAGA, but maybe that's it? They can't be called conservatives; they are not conserving; they are destroying.
NEOFASCISTS. Because that's what they're called all over the world.
The difference between fascists (the 1930s ones) and neofascists is that neofascists learned from the defeat of European fascists. Hitler believed that he basically had to conquer and control the entire world, if he wanted to keep a fascist regime inside Germany. Neofascists have realized that that isn't necessary. As Putin's palace ideologue, Alexander Dugin, proposed, a much better alternative is to divide the world into a handful of huge neofascist empires. In that case, democracies won't try to fight back anymore, and negotiations and bribes will keep global peace.
This also allows each neofascist empire to cultivate a "religious" nationalism based on a fundamentalist, hollowed-out version of its OWN dominant religion (Christian Orthodoxy in Russia (with its USSR territory restored), Christian Protestantism in the Americas (north and south, all controlled by the US), Islam in the Middle East, etc).
Fascism is the opposite of democracy.
In a democracy, the three branches of government are constitutionally independent and separate. In a fascist regime, the power of the legislative branch (Congress) and the judiciary branch (the courts) is bundled into the power of the executive branch (the White House; not necessarily the president himself).
So when Mike Johnson said, a few months ago, that he sees the job of Congress to "codify the executive orders the president signed", so to turn them into law (rather than letting representatives of the people negotiate bills and then send them to the WH to be signed into law, as is the case in a democracy), he is literally telling us that he is a neofascist.
As to MAGA: that just a small movement created by Steve Bannon based on the worst lies he and Fox spread systematically, turning failed businessman and convicted criminal Trump into a hero. Usually, these people think Kamala Harris was a fascist, so they WANT democracy. And as many reports show, aside from the minority of Neo-Nazis and white supremacists among them, their rallies are mostly social events where they create a cult-like sense of "belonging". Often, these same people already leave Trump speeches long before they're over because they had a long day together with their MAGA friends already and just want to go home...
Kay, I suggest "trumpholes," given that trump and ass are synonymous.
I agree that MAGA is a misnomer, not to mention that repeating that acronym just serves to help Donald market his other brand (second to his own surname).
As with all other brands and themes advanced by that party, following their policies would definitely, emphatically NOT make America great. And truthfully, the U.S. has aspired to greatness, but has never fully achieved it, so there's no "again" to it.
Keep stressing that the GOP is the fascist party, it has been actively undercutting our democracy for decades. I have only seen one Republican acknowledge the truth and apologize for his part in the election of Republicans. Anyone who ever backed GOP efforts to restrict voting, purge voter rolls and make it more difficult for anyone to vote is responsible for everything the party has done up to and Including today.
Kay, no, they are not conservatives, but far right regressive radicals. I call him death star because he is a ball of destruction hurtling through our lives.
Pronounce it "A-SHOW-EES"!
Trumpkins
I consider the scientific method to be a conservative approach because it leaves room for doubt, like a "conservative" estimate, or investment. "Conservative" politics, or religion is hubris gone off the chart, It's hard to find anything conservative about it. In my view conservative self-questioning INTEGRATED with bold, imaginative thinking is the formula for beneficial and responsible innovation wild-ass ideas like the elasticity of space/time, with the evidence and calculation necessary to make it applicable, as Einstein was able. That's even true in it arts in the horsework it takes to crate something with impact and meaning that that is admired and conjured with for centuries.
I don't disagree but what should we call them? Authoritarians? Nazis? Christian nationalists? Anti Christs? Hypocrits? Anarchists? Insurrectionists?
Without trying to force my Christian beliefs on anyone else there is a Proverb of wisdom that I couldn't help but think of - Proverbs 26:27 "Whoever digs a pit will fall into it; if someone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them." I think " trump's own" fulfilled that wisdom when they forced the Clinton's to testify.
Maybe "trump's own" instead of republican?
criminals
Neofascists. That's what the ideology of the GOP leaders who use Trump as their clown in chief is called in the rest of the world.
At this point, let's just call them MAGA. They're still wearing the name proudly and it's already become shorthand for Trumpers, Christian Nationalists, Insurrectionists, authoritarians, xenophobes, racists and deplorables of all stripes. If the hat fits, let 'em wear it.
Mark, sometimes Biblical quotes are apt.
Mark, the words in Proverbs 26 are a good description of pay- backs for being a bad person. 'trump's own' is a good label!
I call them the Greedy Oligarch Party aka Guardians Of Pedophiles. I try to keep my focus on staying united as citizens and let everyday citizens understand that we have to stay united against the TACO Regime, Project 2025 and the rich who have taken over the GOP. Our power remains in our numbers.
I fully agree, TJB. Although I am more of left wing beliefs, I have made this statement, as you have, several times on HCR’s letters. Freedom caucus, Tea Party, Federalist Society, and whatever the hell they will call themselves next, is and will always be an insult to Lincoln’s Party.
I do not write comments using the name Republican, as in Republican Party. I use the term Maga Party, it is the truth. It is also an invitation to those who used to be Rebublicans to complete their political exorcism.
Democrats have the same problem with Democratic Socialists. DS are a different breed altogether
"Now it is true that I believe this country is following a dangerous trend when it permits too great a degree of centralization of governmental functions. I oppose this — in some instances the fight is a rather desperate one. But to attain any success it is quite clear that the Federal government cannot avoid or escape responsibilities which the mass of the people firmly believe should be undertaken by it. The political processes of our country are such that if a rule of reason is not applied in this effort, we will lose everything — even to a possible and drastic change in the Constitution. This is what I mean by my constant insistence upon “moderation” in government. Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things. Among them are H.L. Hunt (you possibly know his background), a few other Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or business man from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid." - Dwight Eisenhower
Alas, Ike was not likely to have imagined that we would hand over control of media, election, and legislative outcomes to this current degree, to the Uber-wealthy. Note too how often it is those with very most advantage and property, who most passionately oppose any assistance to those less fortunate, even back then.
Not so ironic since 1964 and the Republican embrace of the Southern Strategy. It has been a steady decline to the fascist party today. The GOP is the fascist party.
One of my shirts reads: Feminist VS Fascists. Always get grins & nods while wearing it. Fascist sure describes their views.
J L Graham, I missed the profound irony there. You didn’t. Thanks for pointing it out!
The full historical iriny here is that one the first two political “parties” formed in the US called itself the Democratic Republicans. You can’t make this stuff up!
The Democratic-Republican Party was formed in the early 1790s by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. In Section 1, of the model amendment of my Memorandum I include the meaning of a Republic, the people have the power and grant some of that power to a Government with separate legislative, executive, and judicial branches and through a democracy of fair elections elect persons to run that government. Thus the name "Democratic-Republican Party" sounds like a true American idea. UnitedWeAmend.org.
names are like umbrellas
Yeah, JL. Interesting how that group commandeered the term to mean something so opposite from the republican government.
And now we have a monarch, dictator and tyrant, all in one person. 40% of us think that’s pretty special.
many of us think it's pretty special - but most of us think it's specially horrible and illegal (and disgusting etc etc)
I knew Trump would attack Iran which is no friend on mine. But this was coordinated to take some of the child abuse charges being leveled against him. Next up for invasion: Cuba.
He is making war on his own. He is breaking the law. This should have been a decision by Congress. He is murdering people in boats, waging war on Iran, and doing everything he can to rig the election. FED UP!
It's stunning the non-chalance with which you USians parle about another horrific attack on another country, that is not even of the slightest threat to you. That's the 9th attack within the last 12 - 19 months. That's why you are so hated around the world, and every day more. So far you haven't quite beaten god's chosen in global disgust, but it's going to be a close race.
Hysterical is of course that you honestly have the guts to critizise Putin - what a joke!
Agreed. Somehow I expected him to announce it in the State of the Union address, but of course that would have been like waving it in front of the body that might have stopped him. Gotta say that I'm glad the Clintons have sprung back.
I hope that you're wrong on both counts.
Yup Bill! Deny, deflect, distract! Rinse & repeat.
I've been sharing this same concern many times as well. What's dangerous is that is 40% can determine a presidential victory in the swing states. I often said it I were King for a Day of the US, I'd get rid of the 2nd Amendment... Not any more, I'd get rid of the electoral college & take away the minority grip hold on presidential elections
Last number I saw for that was 34%; he's losing some ground. Not enough, but I think that it is an accurate reflection of the "before times" population of idiots.
Ally, I think that the true believers will never change and I know that they post on your page regularly. Talk about cavalier in terms of misuse of our military and weapons. However, I also read about people who now realize they made a mistake voting for death star.
It is not one person or small group of Republicans, it is the whole right-wing. Why do so many cling to the belief that it is only trump?
Why is it so difficult to see that it is far more massive than a small contingent of the Republican party? Wake up people, and realize the dire reality that we confront today. It is going to require a massive citizen uprising to save our democracy.
I think that such generalizations are problematic. While the Republican Party has been far more single focused that the Democrats, there are significant rifts there.
If you were ever ok with the right-wing efforts to disenfranchise any citizen's right to vote, you are also responsible for today's fascist coup.
Undermining our democracy in any way is traitorous as far as I'm concerned. Maybe there are some who will see their collusion and try to make amends, but knowing many right-wingers over the past fifty years, I don't think many will.
Gary, Especially sick! I think we should all get outside & turn over as many rocks as we can to free the folks hiding from the true reality!
Of course it was also John Adams who put in place the Alien and Sedition Acts, a blatantly unconstitutional law.
Patrick Henry who said "give me liberty, or give me death" thereafter tried to pass a bill in Virginia to tax people to support his church. Jefferson's Bill No. 82, "A Bill For establishing religious freedom" won. It was the later inspiration for the religion clauses of the First Amendment. It is a beautiful read. https://www.monticello.org/encyclopedia/virginia-statute-religious-freedom
Which Establishment Clause has been increasingly under attack by the Roberts Court for some years now.
Jefferson to me has always represented the complex and often contradictory of the American character. A slave owner who preached freedom and individual rights but who never believed black people at all equal to whites. A man who supported the French Revolution even after it had descended into bloody chaos. A man who thought we should completely renew our democracy every twenty years or so, somehow imagining that we could build a stable nation while espousing period revolutions in which every old rule was tossed out. A man always in debt because of his extravagant tastes. A man who preached limited central government until he was president, then was happy to use the power of the Federal government when he found it necessary.
We owe him much, no question. But I think he lived in a world of his own creation which sometimes had little relation to political reality.
Thomas Jefferson was complex. John Adams was complex. Context is important. The Alien and Sedition Acts may need further analysis.
If Presidents could do no wrong, why was Nixon preemptively pardoned (if blanket immunity is even what a "pardon" is)?
In Section 5, of my model amendment I write that the single executive (a President) be repealed and replaced with seven executives. Only the Attorney General, elected b y U.S. Citizens in a national US election, would hod the pardon power. Yet even then there must be new evidence supporting a reasonable belief that the jury would not have convicted if such evidence was presented at trial. Thus no such thing as a preemptive pardon, which I feel is B.S. on it's face to begin with. UnitedWeAmend.org
If I were “betting individual”, I’d stake my money on the news of “the idiot” and possibly his good friend in Israel Netanyahu’s attacks on Iran this morning will have a connection to the Epstein [trump] Files!!!
IMHO Trump is very compromised by both Putin and Netanyahu because they know all about his involvement with Epstein.
That sounds like a very good possibility. This Epstein stuff wasn’t on my radar until relatively recently — this stuff should take down quite a few notable and prominent people — even with all the money and work that has been and will continue to be thrown around to keep these files hidden!
BREAKING w/ live updates (not paywalled) https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02/28/world/iran-strikes-trump?unlocked_article_code=1.PlA.tLeA.wcNBjyqaRTEB&smid=url-share
https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-explosion-tehran-c2f11247d8a66e36929266f2c557a54c (go to https://apnews.com/ for live updates)
The Felon launched a major operation against Venezuela on January 3, 2026. Now, 8 weeks 0 days, or 56 calendar days later, he attacks Iran. The difference is Iran is the big kid on the block in the Middle East. My point is the Felon is unilaterally declaring war against a much stronger country. This may be a trend if we continue demanding the TrumpStein Pedo Files. Thus this Felon who demands the Nobel Peace prize has just committed another impeachable offense, under Article II, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution, a "high Crimes and Misdemeanors", e.g., an act of WAR ... AGAIN. All without Congress, which holds the constitutional power to formally declare war, as defined by Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the U.S. Constitution . Thus the Felon also committed a breach of the public trust also in violating his Oath of Office to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution." Article II, Section 1, Clause 8 of the U.S. Constitution. This is what happens when a Felon becomes President.
Albert R. Killackey, Esq.,
Trump is getting away with lawlessness. Whether as an elected official or within his own businesses, this is who he is. He has no morality or character.
In every business relationship....which includes the Presidency...he is in it for one thing....to enrich himself and his family who are a group of thugs. They are being allowed to engage in lawlessness throughout the world. Most of those within his administration are getting away with as much as they can for as long as they are able under his Presidency. I see no one stopping them.
That so many Christians....approve of Trump is stunning to me.
I am very grateful for the few very brave men and women who are bringing to the forefront "The Epstein Files". May the TRUTH be brought to the forefront for all to see! May proper actions be taken to save our country from being taken over by thugs!!!!
The sexual victimization of terrorized children by the Trumpstein Cult is the immediate precursor of the terror the MAGAstapo is now unleashing on anyone who refuses to kowtow to the ChristoNazi theocracy. Thus the vital, know-our-enemy relevance of the full text of the Jane Doe lawsuit against Trump and Epstein -- later withdrawn by the plaintiff in response to credible death threats: https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/Johnson_TrumpEpstein_Lawsuit.pdf
And now we know the Trumpstein revelations are so unspeakably odious, the Regime is willing to destroy the world to prevent their disclosure. As the ChristoNazi End-Times fanatics cheer their approval. Like they ritualistically dance about with venomous serpents -- only these snakes are thermonuclear bombs.
A while ago, I downloaded the full text of the Jane Doe lawsuit to which you refer, Mr. Bliss. I did so to preserve the evidence and to have control over it. These are THE crimes that must NEVER be washed away by time.
I so sincerely appreciate your continuing to make others aware of THESE crimes. I am a survivor of childhood sexual rape. This is a sick, sick world we live in.
Just because those “Christian’s” claim to be Christian’s, it only takes a look at their actions to confirm that they are nothing of the sort.
It is more of the age old ploy of committing atrocities while pretending that “god” is behind their
Behavior and that “he” is on their side.
Linda, I am a Christian, and I want to mention that I respect all religions and those with no faith. In the last decade, as more and more of the CINOs bastardize Christianity, I have come to understand why so many hate Christians--or anyone who believes in God. I really do.
I read a book recently that I have recommended to the forum, for those of any faith or without. It has helped me to keep my sanity and my humanity--both of which I feel like this regime is attempting to strip from me.
You might find it an interesting perspective. It is "The Tears of Things" by Fr. Richard Rohr. The only political figure that seems to walk the talk of Fr. Rohr is Texan James Talarico whose in a primary against Jasmine Crockett.
Fox host Rachel Campos-Duffy on Venezuela: “The Trump admin is getting too cozy with communist Delcy Rodriguez. She can’t be trusted. Every time President Trump says he’s working great with her, he drops 5 points in South Florida, where people know the dangers of communism.”
https://meidastouch.substack.com/p/today-in-politics-bulletin-317-22726?
He's compensating.
Here in Baghdad By the Sea, its deja vu all over again.
"Trump hinted Friday that talks with Cuban leaders are progressing and suggested the island’s profound economic collapse could open the door for the United States to regain significant influence over decisions on the Caribbean island just 90 miles off the Florida Keys."
“The Cuban government is talking with us,” Trump said. “They’re in a big deal of trouble, as you know, they have no money. They have no anything right now, but they’re talking with us, and maybe we’ll have a friendly takeover of Cuba.”
Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article314867643.html#storylink=cpy
And.
https://theconversationus.substack.com/p/history-shadows-a-deepening-uscuba?utm_campaign=email-half-post&r=zc69i&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
I think "decompensating" is a more accurate term.
Especially like, Albert, your "Pedo Files."
Albert, but of course we know turnip has not read the Constitution & wouldn't be able to grasp its meaning if shown specific parts. I clearly recall the day that man offered turnip his copy of the Constitution!
Yes Albert, another impeachable offense. So, how many does this make?
Perhaps a good research project for a think tank would be to list each offense. Here is an article on point. Noe the paragraph about taking a luxury private jet from Qatar, and his trading national security secrets to a foreign nation in exchange for a $2 billion investment in his cryptocurrency. Now, looking back after the attack on Iran it should be clear exactly what he sold those Middle East countries for a jet and $2B. https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5684495-chris-murphy-donald-trump/
He's starting the hot war he needs to keep the focus off the Epstein files. It isn't going to work. And I believe he is underestimating his base if he thinks they will allow him to put our armed forces in harm's way for another unnecessary pretend war.
James I've often thought if trump feels cornered he would blow up the planet before he'd allow the truth to come out about the epstein files. He is so unstable and demented. Scary stuff.
Maybe this where Rand Paul and the Freedom Caucus break ranks and we get the senate back….they hate war.
Maybe. Check out the Tejas elections Tuesday.
The War Powers Resolution of 1973 (or War Powers Act) is a federal law restricting the U.S. President's ability to commit armed forces to combat without congressional approval. It requires the president to notify Congress within 48 hours of deploying troops and mandates their removal within 60 to 90 days unless Congress declares war or authorizes an extension
Seriously? You actually believe that someone who has always broken uncountable laws, as well as moralities, would even consider stopping any action that might distract everyone from his and his ilk past and present vomit-inducing actions? Remember his declarations about being able to do anything he wants to do? Nothing has changed in that area and won’t unless and until there is enough pressure on the legal system and Congress to take definitive actions!
Bibi Netanyahu has tried through several American Presidents tenure to get the US to fight Iran on Israel’s behalf. He finally found one who is stupid enough to do it.
And Bibi still breathes air Linda. How does he manage that?
He should be breathing fetid air in a dank prison cell....as should a multitude of billionaire criminals world wide who have been involved in Epstein's schemes and crimes.
We can hope Trump's undeclared war on Iran will finally be a bridge too far for his base. However, there are some who will be cheering it on as they will see it as a means of bringing on what they call the end times. Extremist evangelicals like Mike Huckabee, for example, who happens to be the ambassador to Israel. Russell Vought and Pete Hegseth too. It's mind boggling and terrifying.
Kamila, it won't be. They will be fed the propaganda that tells them it is right, honorable, and justified, and they will bleat it back like the gospels.
I agree with you Ally. In my opinion, the people who embrace this belief care nothing about Israelis, Iranians, or Americans. They see this undeclared war as a means to an end. To hell with the rest of humankind as long as they get "raptured".
Yes, Kamila! You've written it so I don't have to. 34% of the U.S. population identify as evangelical (which explains why Donald's approval ratings will remain in the 30s).
Evangelicals are horny for a war in the Middle East because their misinterpretation of the biblical book of Revelation states that "the Battle of Armageddon" will take place in the Middle East, in which Satan will be defeated once and for all, ushering in "The Millennium," the thousand years' reign of peace, during which Jesus will sit on a global throne. Most importantly, he will appoint all his Christians to positions of power.
They think Donald is giving them what they want, so they're happy to give him a pass on his crimes and general moral depravity.
If this war does bring on the “rapturing” of all these wacko evangelical fundamentalists that would be a very good thing. With them gone from this planet we could probably achieve a thousand years of peace. Take their stupidity away from the world and sanity would reign.
8:00 aM ET First Iranian retaliatory strike on US base in Bahrain.
The are already in harm's way in a real war that is 4 hours old.
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/2/28/iran-strikes-us-military-base-in-bahrain-as-explosions-heard-across-gulf#flips-6390137153112:0
The Epstein War to keep secret the videos of Trump on top a 14 years old.
May will die. Israel will get's way. Israel; our ally.
I hope Iran has 100 ballistic missals pointed at Israel.
Israelis in shelters that do not include Palestinian citizens of Israel.
Another war the USA will lose.
Your comment cut to the chase James.
I also think "Kegsbreath" wants to play war in real life.
As long as he is safely behind a desk in DC
It isn't going to work!
That would be under the direction of the guy who wants the Nobel Peace Prize, huh?
Trump's head is so far up his own ass that he conflates War with Peace. I wish someone in the press pool or Congress would call him out on that - loudly and publicly.
Oregon Senator Ron Wyden & others.
Update:
Saturday at noon per Senator Mark Warner & a member of the Gang of 8: Warner: " it's a War of unconstitutional choice with no threat to the U.S.". See, also TOM NICHOL's article in The Atlantic.
Breaking:
Netanyayu claiming: "There are many signals indicating the "supreme Leader" has been killed.
But, no "signals" offered to the World much less evidence.
Yes indeed -- there are a few strong voices. I wish there were more.
The NYT report on trump's War distraction is only 18 minutes old. No pay wall on this one
Per the apnnews.com Link: The U.S. & Israel have begun major military operations. Thank you Loren Bliss.
Per Reuters, trump admits some Americans may die. Per former CIA Officer, Marc Polyoperus on MS NOW interview, this War is a "regime assassination" strategy. Other lives & regions at enormous risk. No U.S. Congressional involvement.
Bryan Sean McKown,
Every day is scarier. We have self-centered idiots at the wheel who only see gain for themselves. They care nothing for the regular human beings trying to get through each day, find work, care for their families, help to provide a hope and a future for their children....care for our planet...our natural resources!!!!
Our military is being used for the personal gain of those who want to insight wars. Have they forgotten that those in the military also have families at home? Yes, those within the military signed up to serve but our leaders and citizens have the responsibility to fight when necessary, not to use the commitment of those within the armed services to line the personal coffers of greedy, lawless men and women! War destroys the entire infrastructure of countries and its people!!!! War destroys the future and hope of children.
Stealing resources from other countries is also wrong! The leaders of a country SHOULD use their resources to help build up their population ie better schools, improve healthcare, contribute to employment opportunities....etc.
We should be helping others, not stealing from others!
Emily, I concur.🙏
Update from ABC's IAN PENNELL wearing a flak jacket on the perimeter of Tel Aviv. Reporter Pennel with his weathered face looked right at the camera & his audience & stated: "That no one knowns in this region" is how long in this military campaign will continue.
Days, Weeks, Months, Longer?
All please note the NYT link is constantly updated.
Thank you, Counselor.
It happened…. I knew it would . The final desperate distraction which will cost so many lives, and already has. And possibly start a World War.
Cl
Loren, wonder if turnip hid underground at Maralogo! Pretty disgusting that he wouldn't even get to DC to meet with officials. Oh, wait! Most of the people in government are at their own homes and all the other military or state dept. folks are hiding. Great view for We the People. Thank you for the updates.
8:01 AM ET First retaliatory strikes on US base in Bahrain.
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/2/28/iran-strikes-us-military-base-in-bahrain-as-explosions-heard-across-gulf#flips-6390137153112:0
Write to you members of Congress today--NO WAR WITH IRAN. No Dead American soldiers in another twenty year war.
No war. We can’t afford it financially or morally.
We can't.
The country can't.
But it sure suits Trump as a distraction, and a reason to fund DHS because of the Muslim terrorist threat we now are exposed to domestically, and a reason to not send arms to Ukraine because we will need them for Iran which will be the quid pro quo for Russia not sending arms to Iran.
NYT analysts say some of the attacks are obviously intended to destroy the Iranian Air Force on the ground, thereby establishing USian air superiority, which suggests there are much larger actions to follow. (The psychics who claim Trump is the actual reincarnation of Hitler will no doubt take note of how Hitler identically employed his Luftwaffe to almost completely destroy the Red Air Force at the beginning of his Operation Barbarossa blitzkrieg.) My own biggest concern -- given Iran's military alliance with North Korea -- is Iran's possible use of North Korean rocketry to nuke the former United States. (See: https://www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com/north-korea-iran and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_with_nuclear_weapons ) I'll also not be surprised if Trump takes advantage of the chaos resulting from this war to invade Greenland, Panama, Cuba and possibly even Canada. The wild card is Russia; also closely allied with Iran, will it support the Islamist Ayatollahs or the ChristoNazi Plutocrats? Whichever, I cannot forget the prophecy voiced by my oldest half-brother shortly before he died. One of the founding directors of the EPA, he said the 2016 election of Trump was the beginning of the real end of the world. On this matter I have vacillated between belief and disbelief. But now it would not surprise me to discover we are witnessing the beginning of World War III -- an apocalypse inflicted by ChristoNazis who will literally destroy the world to prevent disclosure of the hideous magnitude of Trumpstein Evil -- which would certainly explain all the unknowns of the Regime's recent behavior, including the unprecedented morally imbecilic arrogance of Trump's appointees and the fact they've all taken residence in proximity to the bomb-proof underground compounds that reportedly define our military bases.
Loren, thank you so much for all your posts. I always enjoy your info and perspective. The only “correction” to this one is that I believe it’s Stephen Miller who is Hitler reincarnated. Completely. He is a stone cold sociopathic person. Trump is egoic and mean and entitled but I don’t think he’d come up with all these lethal strategies without Miller. Miller will push him to firing squads here on our soil if he sees the opportunity or if his puppet president gets his feelings hurt, too badly by some liberal. Stephen Miller is a near and present danger.
Thank you.
Russia is going with the Christo-Nazis. Putin alredy has the Russian Orthodox church captive. He has gotten all of the drone and missile tech from Iran that he needs and is building shahed-style drones in his own factories with newer tech dual-use parts coming in from China.
Trump is going to cop out on PURL contracts for weapons for Ukraine because he will critically need them for the war with Iran, so Russia gets a free hand in Ukraine from the US. Russia reciprocates and gives Trump a free hand in Iran. The US is currently conveniently removing all troops in left in Syria, so Russia could walk back in there if it so desired. The evacuation should be complete in a month.
Iran is too big a country, I think,f or the US to take out all of the Iranian Air Force in a first strike. I am sure they moved planes over the last week when the US threat grew, just like they moved the bulk of their enriched uranium.
If the US had been smart, it would have done what Europe has, and gotten drone tech from Ukraine to take out the Iranian Air Force on the ground with drones at far less expense. But Trump has too big a grudge against Zelenskyy to listen to any of his advisers like Razin’ Caine on that.
Thank you, Georgia, for awakening me to the fact drone warfare is revolutionizing 21st Century warfare in the same way the advent of rifling revolutionized 19th Century warfare; gotta give that some serious thought. Apropos Ukraine, I'd expect Germany, France and Britain to try to make up for Trump's betrayal, though their success would surely prompt Trump to sandbag NATO by invading Greenland and Canada. And I don't for a New York Minute doubt Trump has already secretly agreed to give Alaska back to Russia in return for Putin's help both in conquering Canada and using Russian troops to suppress dissent here at home. To follow this order-of-battle summary to a conclusion, Pakistan is a staunch ally of Iran, and after it deals with the Taliban problem in Afghanistan, I've no doubt it will join the war against Trump and Putin. India I'd guess will remain neutral. The proverbial elephant on the global chessboard is China; it plays its cards right -- that's assuming Earth hasn't already been nuked to a lifeless Martian barren -- it could emerge as the sole global benefactor, even more powerful than the U.S. was after V-J Day in 1945. Note too that instead of weaponizing AI to reduce human workers to death by starvation, China is doing something quite different with it: https://asiatimes.com/2026/02/china-building-a-different-ai-future-than-the-west/ That said, I'm probably still too much in shock to be thinking with maximum clarity, but I'm also too damn energized to go to bed.
Excellent reporting Georgia.... Appalling and heartbreaking.. Zelenskyy is a hero... Hope the Ukrainian strategy can outwit Putin as it has before... Trump's "distractions"( i.e. threat of Epstein file contents) and dementia and lack of basic intelligence and being a puppet to Putin will keep him from making any sane decisions. Not to mention the maniacs like Miller, Vought, and Vance egging him on to try to save their own sorry souls from prison... Have to go...Thanks for always carrying a torch to help light our way...
Scary stuff Loren. Instead of trump being the reincarnation of Hitler I believe he is the antichrist. World destruction to follow. It makes me so angry thinking about all who are still supporting him because without that support he could be taken down. Then all the ugliness of the epstein files could be revealed.
Loren Bliss,
Thanks for the information and real warnings. We will not escape this chaos and suffering!!!! When the world suffers, so do we !
My grandchildren who are each great human beings deserve a better future!!!
Thank you. May the Fates keep you and yours safe and well.
Thank you, Loren. Your assessment of the "chaos" impetus is chillin.
Our worst nightmares are a possibility, let's hope it is a very distant possibility. The Iran attack is like opening Pandora's box. No one can foresee the consequences of this action.
And it's also just plain wrong.
Yes it is just plain wrong. What I wrote are the excuses Trump and his minions will use to justify what they want to do anyway. Trump was thwarted in 1.0 on the Muslim bans. He is itching to take his second shot.
And he is pissed at Democrats on holding up funding for his private army of goons, and he will never ever ever forgive Zelenskyy for the first impeachment. So three birds with one stone...
Thinking like Stephen Miller, there is a small "bonus" in reducing minorities in a war, In the 17-41 age group (those in the enlisted age category) demographic in the military 55% are white compared to 69% in the general population.
32.5% of active-duty members identify with “racial minority groups” (DoD definition: Black/African American, Asian, American Indian/Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, multi-racial, and “unknown”).
20.4% of active-duty members are Hispanic or Latino (which DoD treats as an ethnicity and can overlap with any race).
Thanks, Georgia. I have contacted my 3 reps about "No War With Iran" for a few days now. AND, I trust all three (Democrats) can "walk and chew gum at the same time;" so have called for each of them to pressure DOJ to release the unredacted Epstein Files (Trumpstein), without survivor info. I have mentioned to them those files for many months now!
I've done the same, several times, even though my Congressional cohort is Markey, Warren, and McGovern. Just to make sure they know we have their backs in opposing this criminal enterprise. I only wish they had the power of arrest.
Thanks for the reminder to contact re; this. You might also send Oregon's Ron Wyden a note, thanking him for representing you as well as me. He's a big picture guy.
Morning, Ally!
Will do.
Your Senator Wyden is a badass worth keeping. Watched his conversation with HCR a few weeks ago. He’s the guy that’ll take them all down just like the accountant did to Al Capone!!
He really is. His town halls are something else. I've not been able to get to one recently, but I'm hoping to.
Might as well write to the tooth fairy.
BREAKING NEWS Feb. 28, 2026, 2:10 a.m. ET
Associated Press
U.S. and Israel Conduct Strikes on Iran
The United States and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday, according to American and Israeli officials, as multiple explosions resounded in Tehran.
Is this the beginning of the excuse the Feds need to take oversight of the 2026 election? Our "security" is at risk, therefore, only the Executive branch should control the states' right to control all elections?
Just one of the many “advantages” for starting a war.
This is what my spineless FL US MAGA Rep just sent when I asked him to sign onto the War Powers Resolution amend…it would be funny if it all weren’t so deadly serious.
“Legislation recently introduced in Congress to restrict the president’s ability to protect our national security interests around the world by amending the War Powers Resolution would infringe on his constitutional powers as commander-in-chief. I cannot support hindering the president’s freedom of action in cases where American lives and interests are at stake.”
Alas,I will keep calling and writing.
Never.Give.Up.
💪💙
Remind him/her of Article I Section 8 of the Constitution which he /she obviously hasn’t read, on the powers of Congress.
To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
And I would ask him/her in all seriousness, if they would like you to send them a pocket copy of the Constitution so that they can check for themselves what it says and not be so egregiously and embarrassingly wrong about what their job involves. I would also send the copy of their response to you, and your response back to them to all the local media in your district, and the national media, and post it on Bluesky and Twitter. I would also send it to your district’s Democratic party leadership and tell them that you will write them a check (can be small) to help fund a mailing to all voters in the district.
You can’t get more powerful receipts that what you got back. Make sure it is used. Ask if they will go to Dover AFB to show respect to their dead constituents when the bodies start coming back home. Ask to be sent a photo to commorate the solemn moment.
Thanks,Georgia! I did send a response,started with “you’ve got to be kidding” and then reminded him of his oath and duty to the Constitution.Although I’m not as eloquent/knowledgable as you.The kicker, he is a former college history professor…and very slick.IMO the worst kind of MAGA.
I have gone back and forth with our local Gannett paper OpEditor(his friend) and the Exec Editor about how they platform him by allowing Rep’s OpEd’s and favorable coverage with absolutely no pushback.I do write frequent Letters To Ed which are published.Perhaps after I caught OpEditor lying about “printing all letters received”.
Good suggestion to try national media.
I’m not on social media although have had great face -to -face convos with my messaging t’s and yard signs here in MAGA-ville.
Always appreciate your informative posts.
Yuck! Definitely sold his soul to the devil…
Keep doing what you are doing. Send the story to Rachel Madow. That he is a former history professor just ties it up with a bow on it. An irresistable hook.
At least your Gannett rag still has an op-ed. Ours eliminated it years ago.
That horse is out of the barn. The morons have gone to war in an area where there the likelihood of the entire Middle East, if not the world may blow up into a world war. These fools, like most rightwingers have no ability to think through their actions to a logical outcome. Everything is based on immediate gratification without any thought about what the goal is or the aftermath looks like.
8:00 AM ET First Iranian retaliatory strikes on a US base in Bahrain.
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/2/28/iran-strikes-us-military-base-in-bahrain-as-explosions-heard-across-gulf#flips-6390137153112:0
Calling is more effective than writing from what I've heard from numerous sources.
No dead ANYBODY!
Too late. . .
Never too late--I remember the draft lottery for the Viet Nam war when I was in college. I wish more people had been protesting earlier. Any Viet Nam vet who was overseas came back changed and wounded in some way.
It gave a lot of men no choice far into the conflict.
Who in their right mind will want to go into the military now with President Pedo in charge. He doesn't give a damn about anyone getting killed so that he doesn't get impeached.
The Republicans are hanging on by a thread in the House with yet another sexual predator Tony Gonzalez having an extra-marital affair. And I'm sure he's not the only one.
Let's bring back the draft and make sure that ALL Congressmen and Senators have sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters, nieces and nephews get drafted. No deferments for any of them or any of the oligarchs kids.
Of course, that's a fantasy since there is no justice when Republicans are involved.
And Trump has repeatedly denigrated service members as "Losers" To him they are just cannon fodder.
And Trump has used starvation as a weapon as does Bibi, Putin and many other despots. Trump cares nothing for human life. If he replaced Putin, he would be more than willing to throw his perceived enemies out of 10th floor windows.
they may bring "the Draft" back..
I was in college when the lottery happened -- all those young men waiting for their number to come up. It felt like the Hunger Games. There were huge and meaningful protests in Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan when I was there - but I too wish they had started earlier.
". . . came back changed and wounded in some way."
Yes, Georgia, but not only for Viet vets. See William Wyler's "The Best Years of our Lives" (1946).
it took me till i was around 35 yo to realize that my father's emotional inaccessibility...and his reactions to emotionally complex issues were due to PTSD from his time in the Phillipines/WWII. which he never spoke about... it definitely had an impact on our relationship...
but at least that was a cause worth fighting for. those since(and now THIS one)? very questionable, to my mind...
If everyone served…
Everyone should serve. Mandatory service in either the military, Peace Corps, or a new version of the CCC.
Too late.
Thank you Megan for your excellent research and always being on the ball for saying what needs to be said. The draft dodger-liar-creep thinks he is scaring us by putting his nasty photoshopped face on our Federal buildings while grifting billions of dollars. Republican legislators who are covering up for him and supporting his murderous ways, especially the “christians,” need to take responsibility for what they have done to Democracy and the Constitution and the citizens and voters whose lives they have spoiled. Can we save one of those disgusting warehouses for them?
Thank you, Megan!!
Let’s send a snowstorm of messages and make a rainstorm of calls. Every contact gets counted.
I already sent yet another message to my "concerned" Senator Susan.
What a bunch of cowardly hateful do-nothings.
Support trump good call
Find your voices and do whatever you can to be heard!
Heather's newsletter just prompted me to reach out to Senator Wyden to thank him for all he's doing for us. I'm from Ohio.
Agree!! Expose the DirtyOldMan and his hooker wife (no offense to hookers)
Hey Ginny, I actually heard you were on Epstein island and refused to leave. You were having so much fun getting banged around quite a bit but I guess you liked it that’s what we heard.
Send Senator Wyden of Oregon an appreciation note. He gets plenty of garbage from Oregonians.
Yes! I did right after Professor Richardson’s letter!
Thank you. He gets a lot of negative garbage sent from my retired cop cohort that I'm pretty sure he appreciates comments. I hope none of them got a copy of your list...
Well, Oregonians are sure I’ll therapies. I wonder if Oregon wants to secede from Oregon
As always thank you Megan
What a pity, to have such a sycophantic, worthless head of the DOJ at this time D.J. Trump has to be the luckiest, worthless creature ever to set foot on this planet. A psychological profile of Pam Bondi would be an interesting read. All of them are misfits.
Anyone who ran into mean girls in High School knows all about Pam Bondi.
Some of them grow out of it. She never did.
Linda, I believe you are right about Pam B. There is NO there there.
I didn’t know the deaf, dumb and blind were allowed to post here
I shared your spreadsheet everywhere - thank you~!
Thank you for helping share it so we can be extra loud!
Thank you.
Here’s a special analysis of the issues and everybody else here and I’m going to display it all day long today…I’m here. I’m just gonna give you an overview and then the rest of the day I’m gonna give it a detail.
And by the way, as I said to you for a long time now, and I will continue to say it and watch while you sit here in pain, waiting for nothing to happen, which is exactly what’s going to happen nothing. Matter who is in power three years from now or 50 years from now. Every single piece of Nervin sent you when your body is hate Trump.
Guess you didn’t listen when Bill Clinton said Donald Trump has never said anything to me about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein nor do I think I have any reason to believe that Trump was involved! Bet you that’s not how your media put it but go listen to his words exactly. This last part is just for you and your happy listeners lol
So how’s the country running now? EPSTEIN…
how’s the economy?EPSTEIN. Running at top speed
How is the crime EPSTEIN. Lowest crime statistics since 1900 and lowest murder rate, since then, which you will see below if you look it up
https://x.com/chicago1ray/status/1956162669800521925?s=43
How is the crime in Washington DC now?EPSTEIN. Washington DC crime has almost disappeared. Thank you, Mr. Trump
How’s the murder rate in the US? EPSTEIN. Murder rate lowest in the last 125 years
How’s the quality of life? EPSTEIN. AOK except trying to get rid of the illegals who should be here in the first places
How are gas prices? EPSTEIN
Two dollars lower than Biden
How is inflation compared to Biden? EPSTEIN
Trumpet less than 3% Biden at nine
How are prescription drug prices? As low as anywhere in the world NOW. As Trump negotiated World pricing
EPSTEIN How are the 5 peace deals working That Trump created? EPSTEIN
How many illegals has Trump arrested or caused to go home?EPSTEIN
Not enough
how is that $13 trillion of additional investment into America by foreign and US investors going? EPSTEIN
Japan, just come finished its biggest steel plant right here in the United States of America instead of doing it in Else in the world investing up to $4 billion in that plant
how’s the stock market? EPSTEIN? All three indexes have hit record highs pretty much all year long. The Dow hit a record high 53 times.
How much money are the tariffs bringing in? EPSTEIN. Almost 200,000,000,000 and more coming in this year
How is IRAN doing since Trump destroyed their nuclear arsenal and their threats to the world? EPSTEIN.
See you should’ve asked this question yesterday rather than today because now we know how Gerardo is doing and how the world is celebrating as I posted earlier every single Muslim country has been supportive of what happened in Iran countries that are not happy. You’ll love it France and England. And you probably know why if you don’t ask me
How is trumps deal with NATO going to advise them to triple the amount they are depositing for the own protection against Russia? EPSTEIN
NATO is now seeing the light and is projected to deposit 5% of their GDP in order to protect themselves from Russian aggression because of Trump’s insistence
How is the big beautiful bill working….including less taxes for the most needy with no tax on tips no tax on overtime and no tax on Social Security? EPSTEIN
What happened to that impending doom but all the little pundits predicted recession, depression, stock, market collapse, inflation, increase. ? EPSTEIN
lots more to come, but for right now I’ll just say. you have a nice day ..ya heyah
Oh, and if you would like some links to find out how things really are, I’d be more than happy to provide them, but I’m gonna have to warn in advance… you’re gonna hate everyone.
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Thank you, Megan. Your work supports the public voice in government. That’s something too many in Congress have entirely neglected to do.
Heather gets all the indicators in line -- they are closing in on criminal rapist Donald.
But his final mission is in another ball game – subvert November’s mid-terms, arrogating all power to himself.
It’s illegal. Unconstitutional. The states have sole provenance over elections. But he’s intent on nationalizing them alone to be ruler for the rest of his life. Then through pardons, his corrupted enrichments for himself, and the spinelessness of all fellow Republicans, he can anoint the others who will divvy up bits and pieces of his empire after his passing.
How do the tens of millions of Americans still applaud such abject fascism?
Dems have avoided facing it, but they’re going to have to reform education so K-12 teaches more than passivity to standardized testing, and so that “higher” ed more than congeals to all the silos of neutered specialization.
We’ll have humanized standards not only when no American ever votes again for a bullying, raping murderer, but when students learn the apt citing of humanities so we all know how they enable most apt, most humane connections – never the trivialities of merely showing off oneself.
Hello Phil... Israel just launched Missile Strikes against Iran allegedly in coordination with DJT... Is this to distract from the upcoming Primaries, and Elections?.... How many have to die for DJT's Survival?...
Yes, Apache -- helping Netanyahu kill and destroy nicely distracts, too, from Epstein.
But we must not discount the pure savage joy at the base of barbarians and murderers such as Donald, Netanyahu, Putin, and that entire phalanx so totally outside civilization.
And, too, still another dimension. In the same proportion as they're equipped with nothing human inside them, further joy mounts from the addition and convergence of further numbers: numbers of missiles sent flying, number of jet sorties, number of buildings blown to smithereens, and number of dead bodies.
And numbers of casualties. Numbers of mothers left crying over husbands killed, children killed, parents killed.
So much perverse intensity bestirring our zombie ogres, our ruling death trip elites all in consort with each other.
putin and netanyahu STARTED a WAR to stay IN POWER and OUT of PRISON!!
trump IS doing the SAME THING NOW!!
WE ARE NOT INTIMIDATED!!
WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER!!!
And WE SHALL and MUST OVERCOME!!
Hello Phil... When You Get A Chance, View DJT's 'Truth ( Pravda ) Posting Announcing His War... DJT is indeed Insane... Constitutionally only Congress can Declare War.... Will Congress Stop This?... Are They Capable Of Doing So?... An Existential Congressional Crisis May Be Upon Us....
You don’t know why this is happening and neither do I. Nor does anyone. If it’s a “distraction” from Epstein, it’s the dumbest one imaginable. I can think of a hundred other things they might try first that don’t involve joining Israel in a new Gulf war. Whatever constituency out there that wants a joint war with Israel against Iran, it’s a damn small one. Not even MAGA wants this, despite their misguided views on virtually everything else.
Monotonous, repetitive screeds against “evil” where you mix the whole kitchen sink together with the kaboodle are poor substitutes for true investigation or analysis.
Want "true investigation or analysis," ICTT (or, might any of Heather's readers?):
After the Powell memo of 1971, the first person to take a reckoning of the new corporate drift atop corporate academe was Wendell Berry, in his 1977 "The Unsettling of America." He looked especially at how corporate hegemons took over the once and long-venerable system of land grant colleges and universities.
There followed John Ralston Saul's 1992 "Voltaire's Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West." This looks at how our intellectuals have given in to the left-brain rule of the linear, abstracted, segmented, packaged, and programmed – all, of course, always dehumanized.
Christopher Simpson’s "The Splendid Blond Beast: Money, Law, and Genocide in the Twentieth Century" (1995) looked at how elites of the U.S. Ivy League led America’s biggest banks, utilities, and industries into investments and alliances with Hitler and his Waffen SS banks and industries.
Diane Ravitch's 2003 "The Language Police" examined – with dozens of pages of detailed appendices – the killing off of local, regional language in all corporate textbooks and standardized tests, in favor of the neutered only.
Jennifer Washburn's 2005 "University Inc.: The Corporate Corruption of Higher Education" summed up what had become by then absolute control by dehumanized, money-grubbing hegemons only.
Eliot Weinberger’s 2009 "Oranges & Peanuts for Sale" has three chapters on college humanities avoiding public issues: “The Arts and the Writer in Iraq” (2007); “The Post-National Writer” (2005); and “Poetry is News” (2003).
Jane Mayer’s “Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right” (2016).
Minae Mizumura has probed effects upon schools and artists in "The Fall of Language in the Age of English" (English translation, Columbia U Press, 2016).
Robert H. Lustig has most recently surveyed the reach of the living dead in corporate academe in "The Hacking of the American Mind: The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains" (2017).
In 2020 Kurt Andersen published "Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America." This makes up for what he missed in his 2017 "Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: a 500-year history." The earlier book covered how for long Americans entertained massive delusions. The latter book looks more at how elites from high finance especially have organized their evils. Andersen had failed to mention the Powell memo in "Fantasyland." He covers it here, but leaves out entirely its first campaign – the neutering of corporate academe.
nice work, phil...
An abomination
There was also *The Moral Collapse of the University* a few decades ago ... bottom line: all are complicit. It is an interlocking web of deceit despite the lofty goals of universities. What a mess.
Yep, ever since the Democrats have woken the university chains, they’re all complicit in stupidity, and her teaching children and I’m adults more about their genitals than they are about math and science
Thank You Phil.... This is Excellent...
No serious police department or prosecutor’s office would ever hire you as a detective, Mr. Balla. The key questions are — as they always have been — motive first, followed by means and opportunity. Who gains, who loses, who wants this and why. This is no exception. You can name-drop until the cows come home. It’s not an explanation of anything, except the workings of your own mind perhaps. And nothing to do with standardized testing, of course, or public schools, the Gutenberg Bible or much else.
This is about murder and its consequences, not a parlor game designed to uncover how many book titles you can quote.
Hello ICTT... It is happening for various Reasons.... None Good... Epstein-Gate, the Forthcoming Elections, AIPAC, Netanyahu... Watch DJT's 'Pravda' Post...
For “various” reasons is almost as helpful as saying there are “many” benefits of good food, clean water and right living. It’s not detective work.
Hello ICTT... DJT does not do 'Careful' Work... DJT is impulsive, and Disrupts... In Dealing with War, time is of essence.... Let's see if these 'Various' Reasons are invalid....
You can’t be this fucking stupid or ignorant or both to make a comment like you just did. Go to AutoSource and find a word that’s more profound and intellectually driven then the simple word, moron. You projected so much more profusely, so there has to be something to describe you a little bit better
Let me help you Jeffrey Epstein is dead as a Julius Caesar and the Epstein files or is dead as a Dead Sea Scrolls but you keep hanging on and living on hopes and dreams that will never come through while you sit there in pain for the next three years
Here’s a special analysis of the issues and everybody else here and I’m going to display it all day long today…I’m here. I’m just gonna give you an overview and then the rest of the day I’m gonna give it a detail.
And by the way, as I said to you for a long time now, and I will continue to say it and watch while you sit here in pain, waiting for nothing to happen, which is exactly what’s going to happen nothing. Matter who is in power three years from now or 50 years from now. Every single piece of Nervin sent you when your body is hate Trump.
Guess you didn’t listen when Bill Clinton said Donald Trump has never said anything to me about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein nor do I think I have any reason to believe that Trump was involved! Bet you that’s not how your media put it but go listen to his words exactly. This last part is just for you and your happy listeners lol
So how’s the country running now? EPSTEIN…
how’s the economy?EPSTEIN. Running at top speed
How is the crime EPSTEIN. Lowest crime statistics since 1900 and lowest murder rate, since then, which you will see below if you look it up
https://x.com/chicago1ray/status/1956162669800521925?s=43
How is the crime in Washington DC now?EPSTEIN. Washington DC crime has almost disappeared. Thank you, Mr. Trump
How’s the murder rate in the US? EPSTEIN. Murder rate lowest in the last 125 years
How’s the quality of life? EPSTEIN. AOK except trying to get rid of the illegals who should be here in the first places
How are gas prices? EPSTEIN
Two dollars lower than Biden
How is inflation compared to Biden? EPSTEIN
Trumpet less than 3% Biden at nine
How are prescription drug prices? As low as anywhere in the world NOW. As Trump negotiated World pricing
EPSTEIN How are the 5 peace deals working That Trump created? EPSTEIN
How many illegals has Trump arrested or caused to go home?EPSTEIN
Not enough
how is that $13 trillion of additional investment into America by foreign and US investors going? EPSTEIN
Japan, just come finished its biggest steel plant right here in the United States of America instead of doing it in Else in the world investing up to $4 billion in that plant
how’s the stock market? EPSTEIN? All three indexes have hit record highs pretty much all year long. The Dow hit a record high 53 times.
How much money are the tariffs bringing in? EPSTEIN. Almost 200,000,000,000 and more coming in this year
How is IRAN doing since Trump destroyed their nuclear arsenal and their threats to the world? EPSTEIN.
See you should’ve asked this question yesterday rather than today because now we know how Gerardo is doing and how the world is celebrating as I posted earlier every single Muslim country has been supportive of what happened in Iran countries that are not happy. You’ll love it France and England. And you probably know why if you don’t ask me
How is trumps deal with NATO going to advise them to triple the amount they are depositing for the own protection against Russia? EPSTEIN
NATO is now seeing the light and is projected to deposit 5% of their GDP in order to protect themselves from Russian aggression because of Trump’s insistence
How is the big beautiful bill working….including less taxes for the most needy with no tax on tips no tax on overtime and no tax on Social Security? EPSTEIN
What happened to that impending doom but all the little pundits predicted recession, depression, stock, market collapse, inflation, increase. ? EPSTEIN
lots more to come, but for right now I’ll just say. you have a nice day ..ya heyah
Oh, and if you would like some links to find out how things really are, I’d be more than happy to provide them, but I’m gonna have to warn in advance… you’re gonna hate everyone.
Trump is so dumb that he thinks a war time economy is. a good thing.
When Trump tore up the Iran deal crafted in 2016 by John Kerrey and others this day became inevitable. Our economy is tanking, every promise Trump made was a lie and the group of Americans that hate Trump the most are Independents. How weird is that?
How will China and Russia react when they are both tied to Iran? Does Trump's boss Putin know about this?
When Trump bombed the nuclear facilities last year he said he ended the Iranian nuclear threat. That cost us close to a billion dollars and apparently it was just another Trumpian lie.
I think it’s more likely that he figures he will be able to improve his approval ratings as a war president. And now discussing Cuba takeover. How much is this idiot going to spend while giving huge tax breaks.
Did the dishonest murdering moron win the Nobel Peace Prize yet?
It doesn't matter according to the scumbag president. You should know better Apache. It's DJT we are talking about.
Hey Apache, have you lost your mind he just liberated to run and the world.
And almost every single Muslim nation is come out in favor of Trump‘s actions and you know who doesn’t like Trump’s actions this is gonna be funny and crack you up France and England don’t like it but all the Muslims they love it, so who do you think knows better the people that live there are people that have too many immigrants that are afraid to say a word about it
Hello Rick.... It depends how long this lasts... A few days Good... Longer increasingly Worse... Don't forget that the Muslim Nations are divided into Sunni vs Shia....
🚨BREAKING: Iranians FLOOD into the streets of Western cities, waving flags and cheering the United States while celebrating the dawn of a FREE Iran. The Iranian people are done waiting they want their country back. 🇮🇷 https://t.co/2OzZnArJGmhttps://x.com/thebritlad/status/2027798684675514835?s=58
They can now choose their own government they canal return to the days of the Shah in theory.. and as I said, nothing happens overnight and there’s a lot to work through, but at least they don’t have to deal with a despot. They don’t have to deal with a person who hires groups of people to be terrorist and to kill Israel
Now they have to figure it out for themselves just like Trump said if you heard him, this is their opportunity to renew what they had back in the 70s when Iran was one of the most highly respected professional, intellectual and sophisticated companies in the in the middle East
Have you ever seen a war last two days? But this is not a war but what I’m hearing is very positive news that even some of his revolutionary regard don’t wanna fight anymore and since he’s killed about 30 to 50,000 of his people in the past month or so there’s gonna be a stronger uprising now that he’s not there to to kill more
And further, if they try to make more problems, they know that the US is waiting by to do whatever it needs to do to take care of that as well
I have friends Apache that are Muslims that hated Humani that were thrown out of the country when Humani took over by one friend was the doctor to the Shaw and they were exiled to England for a number of years and State. And they were crying tonight when I spoke with them with happiness that Herman was actually gone
This is gonna be a permanent solution and it’s not gonna happen overnight so be reasonable.
And by the way, my wife’s half brother is in a bunker in an underground bomb shelter in the middle of Israel and is thrilled to death with what’s Despite what he’s having to go through an 80 years old in a bunker for a few days
All that you describe underlines the need for deep societal reform. Trump and ilk are working overtime to see that women return to chattel status, owned by men and good for producing offspring only. As long as men think rape is a right, not a crime, we are looking at a society that cannot move forward towards equality for all. This is all about creating a new slave state with women and people of color in chains. They are a sick, demented bunch. They need to be held accountable, every one.
Project 2025 mandates that only white evangelical christian men will have the right to vote. So the vast majority of citizens will be under the rule of a small minority of delusional religious freaks. The white evangelical religion is the official fascist religion in America.
With another war, the looming threat of midterm chaos, and the horror of Epstein unfolding, I’m feeling existentialitis coming on. God help anyone named Jeffrey Epstein.
Bravo, Phil Balla! Having learned patriotism early (my favorite uncle was in the South China Sea in a submarine in 1934; my father was “watching” Europe daily from 1938 with newspapers and radio; as a second grader in 1941-42, I became part of the War Effort) and not been “protected” from broadcast news or Life Magazine photos, I learned geography, history,
and patriotism while learning to knit squares for afghans for soldiers and how to flatten tin cans for recycling.
Remembering the introduction of multiple choice from time to time and hating it because of its ambiguities.
In third grade it was a distraction from the marionette stage in the classroom which was all about creativity.
Looking back at the education I got during and after WWII in a small (350 students grades 1-12) poor public country school, the preparation for college and university was so far beyond anything imaginable today in a similar setting, that my good luck at having been able to begin Latin and French simultaneously and have my first piano lessons at school, seems almost unreal in a world of standardized testing and now AI.
I am your age and relate so very much to what you have described. For me it was violin lessons at school.
Thank you for this. When Trump won, I started looking at reasons, remembering having learned in 1952 that the lowest 25% of SAT scorers were getting degrees in Education. Multiple choice, low pay, money not learning taking first place has done the rest. Now we are represented by a total illiterate.
Bless you and may you be well.
How do the tens of millions of Americans still applaud such abject fascism?
Ignorance. I know 2 females who can't wait to vote for him again. Neither engage with any news except conspiracy theories and lies. They have zero information about the truth and stick to the lines fox presents them with. It is an own the libs things. Neither have a clue as to the danger.
You write of my former work cop cohort. They have no clue, and yet think I am the one that is clueless. SMH.
Ally, do you really think ‘they think’? Your former cohorts ..& TG former… have a muscle somewhere they think with, but I’m doubting it’s the one attached to their necks.
Just saying:-)
Well, for our age group, it is allegedly the one attached to their necks. I think.
Note: allegedly:m’thinks yours definitely is. However, for those others, I’d guess perhaps further down their corpus.
😂😂😂
You are describing my brothers and sisters-in law
They live in Foxlandia
Hey Phil, when did you stop being a rapist come on come clean. Wait a minute the rumor is that you were on Epstein island. So maybe you didn’t think it was rape
You better hope they don’t have photos because that could cause a problem if they are real and if your visit is validated 50 years from now when the people here are so worried about epstein
It is becoming very clear why monied interests were so fervently behind Trump in the last election. It's not just raping little girls. It's financial crimes they're trying to hide.
How on earth did the people of the USA ever elect this scam artist I'll never understand.
Ask that question to elon musk
I believe trump really lost!
as do i.
Same.
It's all of the dark money out there lying to the American people as well as the oligarchs like Musk, Thiel, Ellison etc. buying the politicians so they will sit on their hands and let Donald do whatever he wants.
Here is Maine we are already get bombarded with lies about how Susan Collins is helping us.
All paid for with dark money.
I hear you! I'm from Pennsylvania and it was astonishing to watch my neighbors ignore the evidence of their own eyes. My own mother, who lost her own father to Black Lung Disease waxed rhapsodic about how they'd made coal green now and were going to bring back all those mining jobs. You mean the jobs you were all so anxious to get away from because they were killing even young healthy people? Dark money sure hires smart rhetoricians!
Hello, Kass. I'm from Pennsylvania too. It's been about extraction here for a long time. Timber, coal, oil and gas, and now water and our feckless senators are all in. Of course, the biggest extraction scheme is money. They take what they can and care nothing for the destruction left in their wake.
Novicki? Wow, that is a Coal Region name for sure! When I was a kid, my first memory of politics was writing letters to state reps asking them to bring in more jobs. We got garbage dumps and prisons. Not many jobs added and the factory my Mom worked in (and all the others) closed. I left just as they were building that ugly pipline. No one was ever going to bring jobs to Pennsylvania. Just destruction.
It's nice to meet you, Kass.
May I ask what town you're from? I'm from Kulpmont, near the infamous "hot spot", Centralia.
Whatever happened to critical thinking? That people even pay attention and believe the bs these guys and gals sling is an insult to intelligence.
I ask myself this every day. I honestly don't think Trump voters are stupid. I just think somehow they never learned to think critically. People seem to believe crazy, convoluted conspiracy theories rather than the simple, straightforward truth that's in front of them. I do not get it.
My college educated, professional brothers voted for him.
They believed the Reagan welfare queen sins
Taxes is the only thing they care about
Someone is getting something they do not deserve
Same old shit
Different hat
I hear you! Why are they not thinking critically? Also, who cares if someone gets something they don't deserve as long as no one is suffering? I've never been able to understand why the richest nation in the history of the world has people sleeping on the streets (or how "Christians" can justify starving the poor and throwing out the foreiner).
PT, read the Powell memorandum written in 1971. Lewis F. Powell was a corporate lawyer who wrote the memo to Eugene Sydnor, who chaired the Education Committee of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The memo claimed that American business was "under attack" and outlined how U.S. business could "fight back." A primary thrust of Powell's strategy was to neutralize education in the U.S. You can download a copy of the memo here:
https://scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/powellmemo/
Powell used his subsequent position as a SCOTUS "justice" to further the cause of U.S. business attacks on education. The stupid approaches to education that followed originated in the Powell Memo.
Wtf. I’m so sick of corporations and their greedy psychopath “leaders” sticking their nose where it doesn’t belong. If I had It to do all over again I’d have nothing to do with any of them.
PT, it got eliminated in "No Child Left Behind" and "Teach to the Test" training (I won't call it "teaching") that took hold of the USian educational system in the late 70's/early 80's.
They didn’t. Kamala won.
Obviously to imagine that Trumpstein Republicans will keep their agreements is to imagine that cottonmouth moccasins aren't poisonous and don't bite. (Thank you, Dr. Richardson, for this most excellent report.)
The only truthful thing don the cruel has said to us is when he recited the poem that ended with YOU KNEW I WAS A SNAKE.
Thanks HCR - Wyden is my Senator in Oregon and I’ll email him a big :: THANK YOU ::
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The other big high-five goes to Anthropic’s CEO for standing up to the bullying from our Gov’t because their company had AI Safety Governance that Trump demanded they change.
The Pentagon vs. Anthropic: What You Need to Know (2/26/26)
https://youtube.com/shorts/VAQzjWeM1Dk?si=VBamGfjGgQ4ok2Fo
FEB 27 2026, Anthropic is resisting immense pressure from the Pentagon, unless they allow unrestricted military use of their AI models. CEO Dario Amodei stated they cannot "in good conscience" accede to demands that bypass their safety policies, calling the Pentagon's actions retaliatory and bullying.
The Stance: Anthropic refused to violate its constitutional AI safety policies, refusing to supply technology for ‘autonomous weapons’ or ‘mass surveillance’.
“Companies, especially technology companies, often fail to live up to their public statements and internal policies related to human rights and civil liberties for all sorts of reasons, including profit. Government pressure shouldn’t be one of those reasons.
“Anthropic should stick by their principles and refuse to allow their technology to be used in the two ways they have publicly stated they would not support: autonomous weapons systems and surveillance.” ~EFF
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/tech-companies-shouldnt-be-bullied-doing-surveillance.
EFF | Electronic Frontier Foundation
‘Tech Companies Shouldn’t Be Bullied Into Doing Surveillance’
BY MATTHEW GUARIGLIA
FEB 24, 2026
It's astounding, JK, the role reversal between a private company protecting our privacy (mass surveillance) against a government who is not!
I was thinking the same thing - Hegseth wants AI to be able to make autonomous lethal decisions and surveil the American Public???? WTAF.
And OPEN AI already has signed on with the Pentagon because Sam Altman will not hold his company to account for doing Trump's bidding, as Dario Amodei did I assume.
Morning, Lynell! You just articulated a perfect illustration of the "backwards time" we're living in!
i'm glad you mentioned that about Anthropic, JaKsaa. it amazes me that people like that resist. and for VERY good reasons...
Thanks, neighbor. I may have asked already; where? I'm in Eugene.
Ally, we carpooled to the HCR live event. Time flies, huh?
YES!! I had the wrong name identified with that. I just drove through your neck of the woods taking my horn to Willamette Valley Music about 2 months ago.
Hillary Clinton just completed yesterday over 6 hours of being legally deposed by 26 Republican Representatives and their army of staff who were trying their best to get her to say something they could use as political propaganda. They asked her about “pizzagate” a MAGA QAnon conspiracy theory accusing her of engaging in pedophilia in the basement of a pizza parlor that had no basement and that was fabricated to smear her reputation. But Hillary Clinton has a completely opposite history.
Hillary Clinton significantly advanced women’s rights throughout her career: as First Lady (1993–2001), she championed global gender equality, famously declaring "women's rights are human rights" in Beijing. As a U.S. Senator (2001–2009), she focused on economic equality, supporting the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and reproductive health access. As Secretary of State (2009–2013), she integrated gender issues into foreign policy.
The American Presidency Project
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As First Lady (1993–2001):
Global Advocacy: Led the U.S. delegation to the 1995 U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, defining women's rights as human rights.
Family & Health Policy: Supported the Family and Medical Leave Act, advocated for increased childcare funding, and helped create the Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
Public Awareness: Promoted health, safety, and education for women and children, including through her book It Takes a Village.
National Archives (.gov) +3
As U.S. Senator (2001–2009):
Equal Pay: Championed the Paycheck Fairness Act and co-sponsored the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.
Health Access: Fought to protect access to emergency contraception and reproductive healthcare.
Workplace Rights: Advocated for paid sick leave and paid parental leave for federal employees.
The American Presidency Project +1
As Secretary of State (2009–2013):
Foreign Policy Pivot: Made women’s rights a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy, focusing on economic participation and reducing gender-based violence.
Institutional Change: Created the position of Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues.
International Action: Spearheaded initiatives to empower women, including in conflict resolution and economic development.
Someone with this history has about zero likelihood of being knowingly involved with pedophiles like Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. However she might in a news conference immediately after the exhausting interrogation show some signs of anxiety, anger, and fear of saying something that could be distorted or exaggerated into propaganda or a news reporters headline “scoop”.
Oh, how different things would be if the Electoral College jibbed with the popular vote and declared Hillary as POTUS-elect. She won the popular vote, after all, by some 7 million votes. Suspect the margin would have been larger, but so many folks fell for the Hillary-bashing rumors & negative press…she was kinda sandbagged IMHO. Oh, and she’s a woman. Sigh, then we (as a nation) shot ourselves in the foot again by not electing Kamala. Would love to visit an alternative universe where they were elected and to see what the state of the union & world are under their tutelage. 🤷🏻♀️
The electoral college has no place in our day: everyone can travel to a voting booth these days, and the popular vote must be the one deciding who should become President. Our political system has become a joke; and a very ineffective one at that.
thanks for saving me the trouble, Ligia...it amaaaaazes me that Americans are still allowing for ANYthing besides 'one person...one vote'. i've railed against the electoral college system all of my life...it's like having the winning lottery ticket but the cash is awarded to someone else...how many would stand for THAT?!??!
Indeed! I like your analogy.
Issac, agree with Ligia’s comment…good analogy…ha! one that most folks could envision & then get really pissed off about!
Everyone can travel to a voting booth? Really? In rural areas this can be quite difficult; impossible without personal transportation as there is no public transportation. And if you are elderly or disabled? It's a big country; the one-size-fits-all reality does not fit.
That is what mail-in votes are for.
Refer to your original comment: "everyone can travel to a voting booth these days..."
I will change it to "most" everyone...
And, sadly, you-know-who is trying to get rid of mail-in voting—saying he will do an executive order to make it so. The guy has delusions of grandeur…oh, wait, I mean delusions about, well, everything!
putin was SO worried about what Hillary Clinton would do to him as President of the United States...
that I believe SHE WAS the MAIN REASON putin had to got trump elected by ANY MEANS POSSIBLE!
Sky Blue, when I look at the entirety of all that has transpired since Vladimir rose to power in Russia, I see him viewing himself as a great white or mako shark. They need to keep swimming forward to stay alive.
I think Vlad was focused on getting Donald into the White House, not because he was afraid of Hillary, but because Donald would be so much more useful as a vehicle to advance Vlad's interests.
I believe that history will eventually show that in 2016, Donald was already a Russian asset, owing to his longtime association with Russia through Bratva, the Russian mafia, in his business operations.
Hillary would have been an impediment, sure. But promoting Donald was of greater importance than stopping Hillary because Donald would help Vladimir continue swimming forward in his quest to control Europe. By all appearances, Vladimir was right.
So it’s not the Treasury Department’s job to investigate Epstein’s financial crimes, huh Scott Bessent? Tell us Scott, what is your job other than covering for Trump and his fellow pedophiles? It surely isn’t your economic expertise since you extol the alleged virtues of tariffs when we know damn well that you don’t believe a word of what you are saying about that. When Trump’s Administration is concluded, you’ll be Private Citizen Scott Bessent, and your name and reputation will be mud for the rest of eternity.
Bessent seems to always be smugly smiling and condescending in interviews while he’s also covering for Trump Epstein pedophile cabal. This regime is toxically, blatantly corrupt and rotten to the core.
horhai,
"Payday someday"....the sooner the better....while we still have a country!
Better be quick!
Tell us Scott, what is your job other than covering for Trump and his fellow pedophiles? I
“I’m actually a soybean farmer,” Bessent said over the weekend in an ABC News interview. “I have felt this pain, too,” he told Martha Raddatz.”🙄
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/economy/bessent-soybean-china
Do you know what scott bessents husband does?
Bessent’s husband, John Freeman, is described as a former prosecutor in New York City.
I am happy to see that the DOJ under the Obama administration was seriously investigating Epstein and associates but disappointed they didn't bring charges before trump could quash the investigation and destroy the department handling that investigation.
I'm hoping that we will learn every aspect of this story in the future.
I wonder if trump is implicated in this part of Epsteins criminal organization. I wouldn't be surprised if he was.
Lies, lies and more lies. That is the GOP brand. And any reporter who is serious about doing his or her job should preface every story they report with "We know the following statements to be lies". Stenographic reporting (without context) is killing democracy as much as anything else taking place in America today. Reporters should make THE TRUTH their primary objective. And they should recognize that (with the rare exceptions of those members who are attacking Trump) they will NEVER get the truth from a member of the GOP.
Same washing everything Trump does or says. With the Old Grey Lady leading the pack
“Sane washing” indeed. We MUST call it out publicly every chance we get!
It is part of the fascist playbook.
The Paramount Warner deal will result in more right-wing propaganda masquerading as legitimate news.
Just another paragraph that pulled all the players together.
[The DEA's Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces] "OCDETF frequently targeted dangerous drug cartels , the Russian mafia and violent gangs moving fentanyl and weapons.” The Trump administration dismantled OCDETF."
And of course the OCDETF was investigating Epstein...
Fentanyl - good god, was trump involved at all? Money laundering for sure, but … ?
I think "the Russian mafia" is the key phrase.
Those who operate in the shadows fear the light.
Release the Clinton testimony and subpoena trump and Melania.
Let’s see who can withstand the light.
I would love to read more about James Comer to turn the spotlight on the wannabe grand inquisitor. An online search shows he has faced many allegations of corrupt business dealings and an abusive relationship.
After seeing him talking to the press after yesterday's testimony, I can say that he has assumed the title 'dumbest person in Congress' - one that used to be held by Louis Gohmert. And he's better at standing up and lying to the press than Gohmert.
Now hold on there, pardner! Dumbest in Congress? Why, many contenders vie for that coveted mantle. And while we zoom in on the men, lettuce not forget Lauren Boob-Art, who thought she’d be all cutesy with her photo of Hillary taken during the hearing and sent to a fright-wing influencer — against the rules. Why, nobody would suspect lil’ ole’ me, the ‘naughty librarian lady’ — I’m SURE to get away with it, heh heh heh.. 🤪😎😜
As you mentioned, there are too many contenders for dumbest in Congress. But the senator from Alabama, Tommy Tuberville, consistently ranks among the dumbest. Another race to the bottom for America in the Trumpian era.
YES. My vote is with Tommy Dumb-as-a-Tuber! The guy who couldn’t find his own ass in broad daylight with both hands and a flashlight! Alabama — They’re Number One!
Well, Tommy could reach for either end of himself – and still be right.
Oh, I know there is an entire cohort vying for the title. And I forgot for a moment Boob-Art's appearance on Bill Maher's show the other night. Somedays it's hard to choose.
Rep Boebert tries to define inflation.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/633A5kSX0Is
Given her obsession with guns and ... er ... um ... eggplants, Jeff Tiedrich refers to her as "Handy Oakley," which seems apt.
High time to send Lauren back to a remedial third-grade course.
Gohmert might have even admitted to being the dumbest member of Congress. But there are so many that are in competition for the title. Senators Marsha Blackburn from Tennessee and Tommy Tuberville from Alabama, as well as Rep. Comer, are all seeming to compete for being the dumbest members of Congress.
In a way, it's too bad MTG quit. When she was in Congress, the choice was clear.
Senator Wyden is taking an intelligent route that hopefully proves very fruitful! Getting the Clinton's involved is going to backfire they are way smarter than anyone connected to Trump. Maybe not as evil or conniving but smarter and better at speaking in public.
The people that dislike the Clintons want to say that they KNEW Epstein and Maxwell so they must have been "involved". This shows a lack of critical thinking.
Epstein was an influence peddler and collected powerful people. Just talking to him at a business event, or even riding on a chartered plane that he owned doesn't mean guilt. The emails mention all kinds of people and businesses. Like, if you own a bakery and he mentions that he loves your scones.
I believe there were at least three levels of mention. The first level is the hot zone. The inner circle. THESE ARE ALL CRIMINALS.
The second level are movers and shakers that knew him in regards to their company, foundation, or campaign, but they did not go to the ranch or the island, or partake in criminal activities. The man was on a dozen boards. He knew EVERYONE. Should the powerful have somehow "known" he was bent? Not necessarily.
The third level, like my example of a bakery, where he mentions a product or celebrity he or they enjoy. These people have no real involvement at all.
And I believe trump had him murdered.
Respond to Sky Blue: I believe someone in tRump’s cabal had Epstein murdered. Fortunately there were many emails, videos, and written material around, to keep the truth popping up. I wonder how much of it took a trip to a Florida ballroom and bathroom?
Drugs too. We start to see how he got so extremely rich.
Howard Nutlick accused Epstein of becoming very wealthy because he was a blackmailer, I wonder if Nutlick was himself a blackmail victim of Epstein.
THEY were ALL blackmailing and extorting each other!!
THEY ARE ALL EQUALLY GUILTY!!
Let’s let Sen. Wyden know we’ve got his back. Thank him for his leadership. And urge him to move his bill, S.2746, the Produce Epstein Treasury Records Act (PETRA) forward in the Senate.
Senator Ron Wyden DC Office: (202) 224-5244
https://www.wyden.senate.gov/contact/email-ron
Yes, Wyden deserves our thanks and support for his efforts and exposing these financial tentacles of the Epstein cabal.
Fifty years ago, then Hillary Rodham famously asked about Watergate, "What to the President [Nixon] know and when did he know it?
Half a century later. Hillary is asking a similar question, "What did the President [Trump] DO and when did he do it?
My favourite anecdote about how the Clintons met. Hillary Rodham was in the library and aware of being watched. She went over and said, "If you're going to stare at me you might as well know my name. It's Hillary Rodham. Who are you?"
Thank you Dr Richardson for your ongoing work and for this particular report. My 21 year old daughter Stephanie so bright, happy, fun athletic, artistic daughter OD on heroin laced with fentanyl June 2011. She made a bad decision although we know who likely deceived her. It’s been 15 years since and the US war on drugs has been a failure. A failure because wealthy men in power alienate themselves using middlemen to never be named all the while drug deaths nationwide continue and at one point were approximately 50,000 a year.
And NOW….we know Trump pardoned the largest drug lord for his trafficking tons of cocaine in to the US. And as you noted, ended the DEA’s investigation once back in office.
Hundreds of thousands of families have suffered such a tragic loss because wealthy, powerful men and women in government lie, steal and cheat to protect their secret….be it heroin, fentanyl, cocaine or young girls. They’re all connected people and it didn’t just start.
We live with it everyday. What they say and what they do……are 180 degrees apart! They will LIE to keep this cash rich, tax free
scheme alive while killing society.
We must start electing more honest, intelligent , capable , serious, responsible people to lead……“We The People”.
I'm so sorry for your loss. The loss of a loved one (especially a child) is forever heartbreaking. Please know that other humans acknowledge that kind of pain, having experienced it themselves.
Michael, I am so so sorry for your devastating loss.
I'm so sorry. A tragedy on many levels. But most of all, for your daughter, an innocent young woman, and her family.
Michael, not only what a tragedy - Stephanie's death, your loss, the loss to the family and community: I'm very sorry this happened. Saying her name personalizes this struggle for truth and accountability even more and (for me) turns this struggle/ resistance/ action into a fight for all of the Stephanie's -- and for all of the Epstein children (now women) whose names we may never know - though we're finally learning of their existence and entrapment: memories and tears also form for the Iranian people and the school children (again, girls primarily) killed today. Take care..
Michael, what a tragedy.. And yes -- I agree with you.
It seems however that our People in the states are challenged when we find ourselves in a situation that warrants "calling something and/or someone out": somehow, tragically -- we've confused "being nice" with looking the other way and not really seeing/ knowing what's being done.. In fact, where I grew up calling people out was what Yankees did: from memory, we also had a large population of closet alcoholics in the south.. We pay a high price to not know, what we know
Trumps purported war on drug dealers ties interestingly to these disclosures. Is trump trying to stamp out drugs or take control of their distribution. Trying to eliminate the problem or the competition?
Gary-That’s a great question. Targeting drug boats is really curious given other, more effective ways drugs are trafficked. According to the Epstein documents drugs clearly played a role in their human trafficking operation.
Maybe trump was laundering money for that operation.
That could be where all that Russian financing for trump company was coming from.