Billionaire cash steers the agenda, military and police power set the boundaries, and religious messaging sells it as virtue, all while taxpayers fund the very system that excludes them…
The only reason evil prevails is because people are evil.
Trump was upfront about who he was, and yet people voted for him twice, and yes we wuz robbed, but that has nothing to do with the fact that millions of people voted for evil, and that wealth financed evil and the vote.
Evil is triumphing and yet 35 to 40% of the population supports him, and though a minority, they are well funded and organized, and a minority can and has taken control of a country.
Kingdoms were ruled by a minority, a minority took control of Germany, and Russia, Bolshevik means majority, but the Bolsheviks were actually a minority and a well organized minority.
Calling themselves Bolsheviks, was an excellent example of use of words, to influence or control men's minds. It is like Putin claiming to be victim.
A cohesive minority can subjugate a population, if they have the numbers which is about 17%. MAGA has 35 - 40%, aided and abetted by press,pulpit, and plutocrats.
We wuz robbed has EVERYTHING to do with getting justice.
“Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.” ― Joseph Stalin.
1. We still have a chance to get Congress to act.
2. The court decisions are working. After losing repeatedly, Trump announced he is abandoning his efforts to deploy the National Guard in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Ore.
The Ninth Circuit just ruled that the Trump administration has to return hundreds of California National Guard troops to state control.
3. As I said yesterday, MAGA and Trump increasing make unforced errors, like his two vetos of bipartisan bills that offend his own people. Like the Ukraine situation. Like the tariffs.
Yep, and to get the people organized, the Democratic party is going to have to attract those people who bolted to the Republican party, and it is going to take more than words, words are cheap.
I will say this, if the Democrats had given us Universal Health Care during Obama's admin there would be no Trump. However AHIP, Hedge Funds, PhRMA would have been pissed,and poured millions into the Republican party...wait, didn't they do that anyway?
I checked the site searched using key word appeal, most of the rulings areGovernment Action not blocked pending appeal, the rest are mostly temporary stays, thus giving the government the abilityto appeal
And what happens when the hit the appellate courts, Checking that most rulings are with Trump, such as The First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the Trump administration today in Svitlana Doe v. Noem, ruling that the administration’s termination of humanitarian parole was lawful. This ruling impacts the lawful parole status and work authorization for half a million “CHNV” humanitarian parole recipients from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. This is the first ruling in Svitlana since the Supreme Court granted the Trump Administration’s extraordinary request on May 30 to reverse the district court’s order blocking the termination — even before the First Circuit heard the case on appeal in July
And where the appellate court does not rule in favor of Trump, it is appealed to the Supreme Court. Which only dismisses cases on the shadow docket, if they are in favor of Trump, otherwise they schedule a hearing and so far, the SCOTUS has ruled with Trump 20 out of 22 times, and the times that it ruled against Trump he has ignored the ruling.
A court ruled that he couldn't send National Guard into Chicago, but that hasn't stopped him from sending National Guard into other cities.
It is axiomatic that Trump will veto any bills that are opposed to his own ideas and policies.
Which brings up the Epstein Files HR 4505, the only reason he signed it is because he knew that Bondi would not comply and scrub his name and name of his friends and sponsors., leaving only Democrats.
By the way very chagrined to see a photo of Bannon and Chomsky chumming it up so friendly. Which makes sense Bannon admitted he is a Trotskyite, Chomsky didn't come out and say it, but it is the consequences of his ideology.
The photo is proof of something I have long thought that Bannon and Chomsky are aligned in one aspect the destruction of the Administrative State, which means the Destruction of the American Democracy
The point Dear Daniel, is that you delight in citing a handful of lower court decisions against Trump, but ignore the appellate rulings in his favor, and then ignore the Shadow Docket and SCOTUS rulings in his favor.
You are wanting us to believe that a 5 or 10 yard advance, means a win, and ignore the touch downs and field goals of the opposition..
One reason many countries have failed to keep a democracy is because they don’t have a heritage of democracy. It is hard to convince people to think differently if they have little experience of a different society.
We do have a heritage of democracy, at least in our constitution if not always practiced. It is easier for us to see that things have gone wrong (even as we have trouble believing what we are seeing).
Thanks to you, Thom, and so many others, we are constantly reminded that we are in existential trouble and need to act to recapture our heritage of democracy.
Let's start with a "Western Interstate Healthcare Program" (WIHP), an interstate compact system providing Medicare-like benefits to residents of joining states. The seeds are already there in several states. A key element noted by Mark Cuban in a recent interview is the need to build radical transparency into the costs of procedures and treatments. WIHP could start there and then make a reasoned jump into benefits management.
With a number of Western states joining forces--perhaps 8 or 9, the size of the Congressional delegation would be sufficient to push through needed changes to the waivers at a Federal level.
Thom is right about this. The three forms of hierarchical rule--of tyranny--are military, religion, and business. The Constitution addresses military power by putting it under civilian control; Congress budgets it and the civilian president is commander in chief. The Constitution also addresses religious authority by separating State from Church, though not in so many words. But corporate power is not dealt with, or even mentioned, in the Constitution. That's the weakness that has been routinely exploited throughout our history, from the robber barons to the tech bros.
The king was in his counting house, Counting out his money. The queen was in the parlour, Eating bread and honey.
Once again Thom knocks it out of the park.
I just listened to another very smart person describe that TRump is building his "temple complex" in the midst of OUR Capital City. Next professional told me that he has all the symptoms of prefrontal dementia. That was convincing too. His prognosis is grim for him and the country.
We best prepare for the theocracy stage that the current iteration of Vance is "into", because before all of this is over, it's becoming clearer that is going to be the last bit we will need to crush. WE CAN DO THIS! See you in the streets.
“Warlord kings. The morbidly rich. And theocrats.” Memo to Ken Martin and all Democrats running for any office anywhere: Therein lies the essence of your campaign. If for any reason you can’t sincerely and forcefully address each of these issues, kindly step aside and make way for someone who can.
JamelX had a wonderful article today, comparing the democracy of Denmark to the USA. It’s astounding. How these two countries differ, when it comes to the daily stress we go through compared to Denmark that actually puts the well being of its citizens and the environment they live in as a priority over corporate greed and corruption.
And I do believe the separation of these two countries happened when reganomics took control in the 1980s. So yes Thom Hartmann you were right about this.
We remember the importance of democracy. We teach real history and real civics....
We resist. In the streets, in town halls, at school board meetings, and at city councils. We call Congress...
And we reform...
Here’s what we’re doing in a rural county in Washington State, across the Columbia River from Portland, Oregon.
Like many rural Democratic parties, we’re the default organization for supporting protests like “No Kings” and other activities. But we realized we need longer term strategies that build participation with regular activities.
As a union organizer, I was steeped in the concept of getting large numbers of people involved at every step. First, do something that was perceived as low risk. Maybe signing a petition. Wearing a sticker that everyone wore. You build up from there. Keeping the large numbers but increasing the perceived risk of the activity.
We’re sponsoring, along with other community groups, a Conference on Strategies to Oppose Authoritarianism on January 10.
After a 9:00 am reception, the program begins at 10:00 am with history and political science professors speaking on the parallels in history to our situation today, and how authoritarianism has been opposed.
Featured speakers are Dr. Janet Campbell, Director of the Mount Hood Community College Political Science Department, along with Dr. Seth Cotlar from the Willamette University History Department and Dr. Donna Sinclair from the Washington State University Vancouver History Department.
Afternoon workshops will give participants opportunities to discuss and join projects that oppose authoritarian measures currently being rolled out by the federal government. The workshops will be on opposing ICE, ways to deal with stress and create community, organizing regular activities through Indivisible, supporting trans people under attack, working with Democrats in neighborhood activities and door-to-door conversations.
The conference takes place Saturday Jan. 10 at Rock Creek Hegewald Center, 710 Rock Creek Dr in Stevenson, Washington. It is sponsored by Columbia Gorge Women’s Action Network, Skamania County Democrats, Klickitat County Democrats, Skamania Pride, Hood River Latino Network along with other participating organizations. Go to skamaniademocrats.org for info.
Thank you Thom for making it clear that the time has come....
Avoid paying all (at least as much as possible) of your taxes to this king and his henchmen/barons. I am not paying mine - they will have to ask for it individually. Let's see what their failing tax agency can do first.
Few are able to zero in on who we have become as brilliantly as Hartmann. I’ve tried to come up with a couple of one-liners, such as: America needs to get religion out of politics, politics out of religion, and religion, politics, and money out of the government. The other thought I’ve had is that I believe we’re currently simultaneously experiencing another revolutionary war, a civil war, and a world war. And as a result, far too many are overwhelmed and in culture shock not understanding what’s happening to them or what to do so they isolate assuming someone else will fix the problem. Sadly, this is an all-hands-on-deck challenge , and the window of opportunity to save democracy is shrinking daily. I think we all need to become civic education messengers and tell America’s story to everyone in our respective communities. Some will learn it for the first time. Others need to be reminded of it and that democracy isn’t free: every generation has an obligation to fight for it.
We can add a ghost of things that could be to this: corporate control. Corporatocracy
This could force people—real people—into a feudal-like society. Corporations controlling where we work, our present and future abilities to support ourself, where we live, how we educate and how much we are able to educate ourselves and our children. It would keep us fixed in one place with little or no options, or opportunities much as serfs were tied to a fief where they lived at the employer “pleasure” for as long as we’re good little “employees”. And, where we pledged allegiance to our employers.
This type of existence, if you want to call it that, has been attempted by corporations since then. Look at mining towns where families lived in company housing and had little opportunity to better their lives. Whole generations of people tied to work and housing where little belonged to them, or ever would.
If only my energy were as powerful as your writing.
😮💨
But, it does rejuvenate ones’ thinking. That picks up the Dog’s ears” to the call of being well cared for. And to the prescription of how to get that care. Do not let the vulgarly wealthy have all with no pay. This is our money as Mr. Hartmann points out time and again. Demand high taxes, regulation of all and strong unions. And stop allowing those we’ve hired to get paid for working for America to get by without any work. (Supreme Court 6).
Teachers should take note! If you are doing your job( teaching truth and facts ) you should be paid for life!!
I listen to and read news from all over the world and one thing is becoming crystal clear. The money is running out. As in leaving the U.S. to go to other countries that are more stable. Big corporations have gotten the message. The days of profit in the U.S. are gone.
There will be a shift in geography as global corporations move their operations out of the U.S. within the next few short years. It's already starting. Once the money runs out, so will the oligarchs in charge. They will crawl back into the dark recesses they came from to find other victims to leach from.
As other countries, like Mexico and Canada, move away from the U.S., other countries will take the hint and do the same. Again, this has already started. The current U.S. economy depends on being the financial anchor of the world. That anchor is turning into a pile of rusty metal under Trump. He's just putting gold paint on rusty metal in an attempt to keep selling the world on the idea of American exceptionalism.
When Canada and Mexico come to the negotiating table later this year to renegotiate the CUSMA treaty, I expect things will be a lot different this time around. Mexico and Canada will be negotiating from a position of strength this time as they don't need the U.S. anymore to survive. The world is watching and waiting. Other countries, like the central Africa three in the Sahel, are already telling the world that Americans are no longer welcome as they once were.
The United States has worn out its welcome around the world, thanks to Trump, and the economic effects are going to show themselves dramatically in 2026. The U.S. is going to learn in dramatic fashion this year, that it is no longer the world's largest economy anymore.
The damage is now so bad, with regard to reputation, that it will take many years for the Americans to regain that financial trust once again. In the meantime, the average American citizen is going to be enduring financial hardships they haven't experienced in decades.
I have been trying to prepare for this for months. I just hope I have prepared enough.
Long ago, Caesar joined forces with the apostles and made Christianity the state religion. It encouraged moral behavior by ceding authority to God so they could reduce their garrison sizes in conquered nations. Henceforth, no ruler in Europe could take the throne without being blessed by a bishop of Rome. Birth alone was not sufficient entitlement anymore.
It is amusing that our Bible-Salesman-in-Chief and his toady Veep pretend to be Christians while behaving like pagans. Trump's modern fascist predecessors, Hitler and Mussolini, did too. They used Christ to con the masses that, like monarchs before them, their grabbing power was God's will. So, no surprise that Trump has been waving bibles and surrounding himself with evangelical sycophants. Trump almost pulled off his coup on Jan 6, but he grossly underestimated DOD's unwillingness to join the insurrection. That is surely why we have a failed soldier and toady mental moron SECDEF today, who emphasizes macho over honor.
Trump and his oligarchs have learned many lessons, and this time the coup might succeed. So, I think Thom is right that we all need to get a bit more active in politics to undermine the MAGAs.
We shouldn't need to be reminded by Ken Burns that the Amercian Revolution was a war. Our patriots died in battle. This was the cost of freedom. As Trump, MAGA, Trumpism, whatever we want to call it, becomes entrenched, when the cement of despotism hardens, is there any way that the guardrails we assumed would stop this will hold, or are even there? What can be done if what I wrote about in "Trump and death politics: Hitler practiced hard death politics, Trump has intiated soft death politics" comes to pass? >> https://halbrown.substack.com/p/trump-and-death-politics-hitler-practiced
The present spiritual shift the earth is going thru will make everyone aware of who has been naught or nice. The masks people use in the karmic world make violence something few notice. Actually, spiritually people know but their conscious awareness remains in the unconscious. The violence people hold are hid making pediphilia possible and easy for the morbidly rich. The justice system is suppose to be a benchmark against such things, but the morbidly rich know how to use and rig the system to be on their side. With the shift the masks fall off and the people become Santa knowing who has been naught and nice. Time is up.
The only reason evil prevails is because people are evil.
Trump was upfront about who he was, and yet people voted for him twice, and yes we wuz robbed, but that has nothing to do with the fact that millions of people voted for evil, and that wealth financed evil and the vote.
Evil is triumphing and yet 35 to 40% of the population supports him, and though a minority, they are well funded and organized, and a minority can and has taken control of a country.
Kingdoms were ruled by a minority, a minority took control of Germany, and Russia, Bolshevik means majority, but the Bolsheviks were actually a minority and a well organized minority.
Calling themselves Bolsheviks, was an excellent example of use of words, to influence or control men's minds. It is like Putin claiming to be victim.
A cohesive minority can subjugate a population, if they have the numbers which is about 17%. MAGA has 35 - 40%, aided and abetted by press,pulpit, and plutocrats.
We wuz robbed has EVERYTHING to do with getting justice.
“Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.” ― Joseph Stalin.
1. We still have a chance to get Congress to act.
2. The court decisions are working. After losing repeatedly, Trump announced he is abandoning his efforts to deploy the National Guard in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Ore.
The Ninth Circuit just ruled that the Trump administration has to return hundreds of California National Guard troops to state control.
3. As I said yesterday, MAGA and Trump increasing make unforced errors, like his two vetos of bipartisan bills that offend his own people. Like the Ukraine situation. Like the tariffs.
Yep, and to get the people organized, the Democratic party is going to have to attract those people who bolted to the Republican party, and it is going to take more than words, words are cheap.
I will say this, if the Democrats had given us Universal Health Care during Obama's admin there would be no Trump. However AHIP, Hedge Funds, PhRMA would have been pissed,and poured millions into the Republican party...wait, didn't they do that anyway?
You keep vaunting court decisions. https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/
I checked the site searched using key word appeal, most of the rulings areGovernment Action not blocked pending appeal, the rest are mostly temporary stays, thus giving the government the abilityto appeal
And what happens when the hit the appellate courts, Checking that most rulings are with Trump, such as The First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the Trump administration today in Svitlana Doe v. Noem, ruling that the administration’s termination of humanitarian parole was lawful. This ruling impacts the lawful parole status and work authorization for half a million “CHNV” humanitarian parole recipients from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. This is the first ruling in Svitlana since the Supreme Court granted the Trump Administration’s extraordinary request on May 30 to reverse the district court’s order blocking the termination — even before the First Circuit heard the case on appeal in July
And where the appellate court does not rule in favor of Trump, it is appealed to the Supreme Court. Which only dismisses cases on the shadow docket, if they are in favor of Trump, otherwise they schedule a hearing and so far, the SCOTUS has ruled with Trump 20 out of 22 times, and the times that it ruled against Trump he has ignored the ruling.
A court ruled that he couldn't send National Guard into Chicago, but that hasn't stopped him from sending National Guard into other cities.
It is axiomatic that Trump will veto any bills that are opposed to his own ideas and policies.
Which brings up the Epstein Files HR 4505, the only reason he signed it is because he knew that Bondi would not comply and scrub his name and name of his friends and sponsors., leaving only Democrats.
By the way very chagrined to see a photo of Bannon and Chomsky chumming it up so friendly. Which makes sense Bannon admitted he is a Trotskyite, Chomsky didn't come out and say it, but it is the consequences of his ideology.
The photo is proof of something I have long thought that Bannon and Chomsky are aligned in one aspect the destruction of the Administrative State, which means the Destruction of the American Democracy
The point Dear Daniel, is that you delight in citing a handful of lower court decisions against Trump, but ignore the appellate rulings in his favor, and then ignore the Shadow Docket and SCOTUS rulings in his favor.
You are wanting us to believe that a 5 or 10 yard advance, means a win, and ignore the touch downs and field goals of the opposition..
A
Trump Epstein is a giant opportunity. Not just statutory rape, sex traffiicing, pimping, pandering, procuring, operating houses of ill repute.
Possible treason and/or money laundering. Extortion and bribery.
How about obstruction of justice?
E.G. Turns out that while Trump was #45, the FBI was investigating Julie Brown of the Miami Herald rather than the perps.
Purely for purient interests, MAGA should want to know more about Bubba
One reason many countries have failed to keep a democracy is because they don’t have a heritage of democracy. It is hard to convince people to think differently if they have little experience of a different society.
We do have a heritage of democracy, at least in our constitution if not always practiced. It is easier for us to see that things have gone wrong (even as we have trouble believing what we are seeing).
Thanks to you, Thom, and so many others, we are constantly reminded that we are in existential trouble and need to act to recapture our heritage of democracy.
We can do this.
Age-old human behaviors do persist. So what do we do?
The growing soft succession idea described by Chris Ameritage a few months ago makes sense. https://open.substack.com/pub/cmarmitage/p/its-time-for-americans-to-start-talking?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web. And, it's happening.
Let's start with a "Western Interstate Healthcare Program" (WIHP), an interstate compact system providing Medicare-like benefits to residents of joining states. The seeds are already there in several states. A key element noted by Mark Cuban in a recent interview is the need to build radical transparency into the costs of procedures and treatments. WIHP could start there and then make a reasoned jump into benefits management.
With a number of Western states joining forces--perhaps 8 or 9, the size of the Congressional delegation would be sufficient to push through needed changes to the waivers at a Federal level.
S_L_O_W.
We can pressure Congress re Obamacare today!
Thom is right about this. The three forms of hierarchical rule--of tyranny--are military, religion, and business. The Constitution addresses military power by putting it under civilian control; Congress budgets it and the civilian president is commander in chief. The Constitution also addresses religious authority by separating State from Church, though not in so many words. But corporate power is not dealt with, or even mentioned, in the Constitution. That's the weakness that has been routinely exploited throughout our history, from the robber barons to the tech bros.
The king was in his counting house, Counting out his money. The queen was in the parlour, Eating bread and honey.
Once again Thom knocks it out of the park.
I just listened to another very smart person describe that TRump is building his "temple complex" in the midst of OUR Capital City. Next professional told me that he has all the symptoms of prefrontal dementia. That was convincing too. His prognosis is grim for him and the country.
We best prepare for the theocracy stage that the current iteration of Vance is "into", because before all of this is over, it's becoming clearer that is going to be the last bit we will need to crush. WE CAN DO THIS! See you in the streets.
IMHO we have an opportunity to help Trump victims.
Here's what's happening in Pittsburgh in response to some of the Trump pardons. Many of the victims are Republican donors.
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2026/01/01/david-fentile-fraud-trump-commute/stories/202601010016
BTW the Post Gazette has been a right wing apologist for Trump.
I agree they need help. Couldn't get past the paywall, Daniel.
“Warlord kings. The morbidly rich. And theocrats.” Memo to Ken Martin and all Democrats running for any office anywhere: Therein lies the essence of your campaign. If for any reason you can’t sincerely and forcefully address each of these issues, kindly step aside and make way for someone who can.
Tell them youself. https://blueprint.democrats.org/
As if we are a top down autocracy.
JamelX had a wonderful article today, comparing the democracy of Denmark to the USA. It’s astounding. How these two countries differ, when it comes to the daily stress we go through compared to Denmark that actually puts the well being of its citizens and the environment they live in as a priority over corporate greed and corruption.
And I do believe the separation of these two countries happened when reganomics took control in the 1980s. So yes Thom Hartmann you were right about this.
Woops it was Norway not Denmark in Jamel x article.
So what do we do? As Thom points out:
We remember the importance of democracy. We teach real history and real civics....
We resist. In the streets, in town halls, at school board meetings, and at city councils. We call Congress...
And we reform...
Here’s what we’re doing in a rural county in Washington State, across the Columbia River from Portland, Oregon.
Like many rural Democratic parties, we’re the default organization for supporting protests like “No Kings” and other activities. But we realized we need longer term strategies that build participation with regular activities.
As a union organizer, I was steeped in the concept of getting large numbers of people involved at every step. First, do something that was perceived as low risk. Maybe signing a petition. Wearing a sticker that everyone wore. You build up from there. Keeping the large numbers but increasing the perceived risk of the activity.
We’re sponsoring, along with other community groups, a Conference on Strategies to Oppose Authoritarianism on January 10.
After a 9:00 am reception, the program begins at 10:00 am with history and political science professors speaking on the parallels in history to our situation today, and how authoritarianism has been opposed.
Featured speakers are Dr. Janet Campbell, Director of the Mount Hood Community College Political Science Department, along with Dr. Seth Cotlar from the Willamette University History Department and Dr. Donna Sinclair from the Washington State University Vancouver History Department.
Afternoon workshops will give participants opportunities to discuss and join projects that oppose authoritarian measures currently being rolled out by the federal government. The workshops will be on opposing ICE, ways to deal with stress and create community, organizing regular activities through Indivisible, supporting trans people under attack, working with Democrats in neighborhood activities and door-to-door conversations.
The conference takes place Saturday Jan. 10 at Rock Creek Hegewald Center, 710 Rock Creek Dr in Stevenson, Washington. It is sponsored by Columbia Gorge Women’s Action Network, Skamania County Democrats, Klickitat County Democrats, Skamania Pride, Hood River Latino Network along with other participating organizations. Go to skamaniademocrats.org for info.
Thank you Thom for making it clear that the time has come....
Avoid paying all (at least as much as possible) of your taxes to this king and his henchmen/barons. I am not paying mine - they will have to ask for it individually. Let's see what their failing tax agency can do first.
Few are able to zero in on who we have become as brilliantly as Hartmann. I’ve tried to come up with a couple of one-liners, such as: America needs to get religion out of politics, politics out of religion, and religion, politics, and money out of the government. The other thought I’ve had is that I believe we’re currently simultaneously experiencing another revolutionary war, a civil war, and a world war. And as a result, far too many are overwhelmed and in culture shock not understanding what’s happening to them or what to do so they isolate assuming someone else will fix the problem. Sadly, this is an all-hands-on-deck challenge , and the window of opportunity to save democracy is shrinking daily. I think we all need to become civic education messengers and tell America’s story to everyone in our respective communities. Some will learn it for the first time. Others need to be reminded of it and that democracy isn’t free: every generation has an obligation to fight for it.
All so true, Thom.
We can add a ghost of things that could be to this: corporate control. Corporatocracy
This could force people—real people—into a feudal-like society. Corporations controlling where we work, our present and future abilities to support ourself, where we live, how we educate and how much we are able to educate ourselves and our children. It would keep us fixed in one place with little or no options, or opportunities much as serfs were tied to a fief where they lived at the employer “pleasure” for as long as we’re good little “employees”. And, where we pledged allegiance to our employers.
This type of existence, if you want to call it that, has been attempted by corporations since then. Look at mining towns where families lived in company housing and had little opportunity to better their lives. Whole generations of people tied to work and housing where little belonged to them, or ever would.
If only my energy were as powerful as your writing.
😮💨
But, it does rejuvenate ones’ thinking. That picks up the Dog’s ears” to the call of being well cared for. And to the prescription of how to get that care. Do not let the vulgarly wealthy have all with no pay. This is our money as Mr. Hartmann points out time and again. Demand high taxes, regulation of all and strong unions. And stop allowing those we’ve hired to get paid for working for America to get by without any work. (Supreme Court 6).
Teachers should take note! If you are doing your job( teaching truth and facts ) you should be paid for life!!
I listen to and read news from all over the world and one thing is becoming crystal clear. The money is running out. As in leaving the U.S. to go to other countries that are more stable. Big corporations have gotten the message. The days of profit in the U.S. are gone.
There will be a shift in geography as global corporations move their operations out of the U.S. within the next few short years. It's already starting. Once the money runs out, so will the oligarchs in charge. They will crawl back into the dark recesses they came from to find other victims to leach from.
As other countries, like Mexico and Canada, move away from the U.S., other countries will take the hint and do the same. Again, this has already started. The current U.S. economy depends on being the financial anchor of the world. That anchor is turning into a pile of rusty metal under Trump. He's just putting gold paint on rusty metal in an attempt to keep selling the world on the idea of American exceptionalism.
When Canada and Mexico come to the negotiating table later this year to renegotiate the CUSMA treaty, I expect things will be a lot different this time around. Mexico and Canada will be negotiating from a position of strength this time as they don't need the U.S. anymore to survive. The world is watching and waiting. Other countries, like the central Africa three in the Sahel, are already telling the world that Americans are no longer welcome as they once were.
The United States has worn out its welcome around the world, thanks to Trump, and the economic effects are going to show themselves dramatically in 2026. The U.S. is going to learn in dramatic fashion this year, that it is no longer the world's largest economy anymore.
The damage is now so bad, with regard to reputation, that it will take many years for the Americans to regain that financial trust once again. In the meantime, the average American citizen is going to be enduring financial hardships they haven't experienced in decades.
I have been trying to prepare for this for months. I just hope I have prepared enough.
Long ago, Caesar joined forces with the apostles and made Christianity the state religion. It encouraged moral behavior by ceding authority to God so they could reduce their garrison sizes in conquered nations. Henceforth, no ruler in Europe could take the throne without being blessed by a bishop of Rome. Birth alone was not sufficient entitlement anymore.
It is amusing that our Bible-Salesman-in-Chief and his toady Veep pretend to be Christians while behaving like pagans. Trump's modern fascist predecessors, Hitler and Mussolini, did too. They used Christ to con the masses that, like monarchs before them, their grabbing power was God's will. So, no surprise that Trump has been waving bibles and surrounding himself with evangelical sycophants. Trump almost pulled off his coup on Jan 6, but he grossly underestimated DOD's unwillingness to join the insurrection. That is surely why we have a failed soldier and toady mental moron SECDEF today, who emphasizes macho over honor.
Trump and his oligarchs have learned many lessons, and this time the coup might succeed. So, I think Thom is right that we all need to get a bit more active in politics to undermine the MAGAs.
We shouldn't need to be reminded by Ken Burns that the Amercian Revolution was a war. Our patriots died in battle. This was the cost of freedom. As Trump, MAGA, Trumpism, whatever we want to call it, becomes entrenched, when the cement of despotism hardens, is there any way that the guardrails we assumed would stop this will hold, or are even there? What can be done if what I wrote about in "Trump and death politics: Hitler practiced hard death politics, Trump has intiated soft death politics" comes to pass? >> https://halbrown.substack.com/p/trump-and-death-politics-hitler-practiced
The present spiritual shift the earth is going thru will make everyone aware of who has been naught or nice. The masks people use in the karmic world make violence something few notice. Actually, spiritually people know but their conscious awareness remains in the unconscious. The violence people hold are hid making pediphilia possible and easy for the morbidly rich. The justice system is suppose to be a benchmark against such things, but the morbidly rich know how to use and rig the system to be on their side. With the shift the masks fall off and the people become Santa knowing who has been naught and nice. Time is up.