The United States is now officially a terrorist state, run by a criminal organization led by an insurrectionist traitor, convicted felon, and demented pedophile.
I suspect most brain-dead Americans (of the USA type anyway) will watch "the news" like playing some shoot-em-up video game, quickly get bored, and move on to the next shiny object Trump dangles in front of them. For what seems like an appropriate amount of time, some "good citizens" might even loudly express their outrage while it's trendy before returning to their petty little lives, entertaining themselves into oblivion, as usual.
And I also suspect, as usual, that the legacy, billionaire-owned media will cover "the story" ad nauseam, dissecting every angle of the dangle without ever uttering the salient truth, until it all turns into a big bowl of soft mush.
IMHO he's done this to increase his popularity. A "rally 'round the flag" effect, where Americans from different backgrounds will came together in a shared resolve against an external threat.
That will no doubt work for the uninformed masses of shallow "patriots." We can only hope, at the risk of sounding Pollyannaish, that this extremely dangerous but juvenile tactic, obviously diversionary, will backfire with the majority of concerned small-d democrats, who finally wake up to the fact of American authoritarianism/imperialism, who are finally fed up with a badly broken human being, posing as a reality-show president, and his shameless, power-hungry enablers.
Insecure presidents nearly always start "conflicts" to distract voters and use their insecurity to motivate re-election. That is clearly Trump's goal. Of course, it is more likely that Trump will have a stroke in the saddle before 2028, thanks to his aspirin addiction.
Trump, who apparently never read a book in his life, seems unaware of the folly of starting wars on multiple fronts (Nigeria, Ukraine, and now Venezuela). Just ask Hitler's ghost. Let us not overlook Taiwan, Greenland, and Iceland.
BTW, why can't Trump, et al. be impeached in early 2027 if Dems take back both houses?
But I don't think he cares about history.....for us, this is deja vu. 1983. Grenada. 1989. Panama. Except there's an economic aspect. We were sold Iraq by GWB in large part because the war was supposed top pay for itself -- inn oil revenues. IMHO Saudis put us up to it, to eliminate the competition.
1. Venezuelans in South Florida awoke Saturday to long-awaited, welcome news: Nicolás Maduro had been captured in the middle of the night by U.S. forces following military action in Caracas. The Venezuelan leader’s detention, announced by President Donald Trump, sparked hope — and uncertainty about what comes next for a nation long battered by repression, economic collapse and exile. Even before the sun rose, hundreds of people waving a sea of Venezuelan flags gathered outside El Arepazo, a well-known Venezuelan restaurant in Doral, the heart of the Venezuelan community in the U.S. Many cheered, danced, cried and embraced each other as they celebrated the capturing of Maduro, something they say will bring long needed change — and hopefully liberation — to their country.
3. The U.S. is aiming to access oil reserves and reshape energy markets, while many global powers condemn the intervention as a violation of sovereignty, raising regional tensions and concerns over Venezuela's future governance, though there's a general hope for a peaceful democratic transition and addressing the ongoing humanitarian crisis.
4. "Oil prices edge lower after biggest annual loss since 2020." CNBC at 2 p.m.
Only a demented ole megalomaniac would risk a war like Afghanistan to get control of a substance with no market value. It is like nuking Saudi Arabia to get control of their radioactive sand LOL. As for remotely running Venezuela, he cannot even run America
His next monthly MoCA cognitive test should have him point to where Venezuela is on a world map, or any other country he wants to bomb. I'll bet my middle finger he won't "ace" that one.
I disagree. If a strong case is made with witnesses and public exposure, and if the House managers are given the right to voir dire, it's possible to hold the senators to their oaths.
IMHO the house managers in Trump #45 impeachment # 2 committed legal malpractice when they failed to call witnesses....
I am going to repeat what I have said previously about Venezuela.
Apparently few were paying attention, especially in the media, when Chave so foolishly decided that Venezuelan oil belong to Venezuela and not Exxon Mobil, That started the whole problem.
It is no secret that the oil cabal with Exxon Mobil at it's head, exerts control over Congress and the government.
Flexing it's muscles it had the CIA, State Department and the DOD, attempt to take out Chavez,
First the State Department sponsored some internal coups, but that didn't work, as the people were solidly behind Chavez.
Then the CIA employed mercenaries to try and overthrow Chavez, but that didn't work, Chavez had a truck overturned on a bridge blocking their access, thus avoiding giving the government and excuse to declare war for killing Americans.
Then there came sanctions, which put the squeeze on middle and upper middle class, and upper class Venezuelans, who had lived large exploiting the peasants.
They emptied their banking accounts and bought plane tickets to Mexico, then hired transportation to show up at the border, freshly scrubbed in clean clothes, kids with soccer balls and dolls, claiming that they had traversed the 3,000 miles through Colombian Jungles, the dangerous Darien Gap, with it's fer de lance, jaguars, vampire bats, poisonous insects, hostile nativess and criminal gangs, not to mention the muddy and filthy trail, then the trip to the border, which would require money for transportation.
Americans are suckers for sob stories. It wasn't the peasants that were fleeing Venezuela.
Maduro isn't the real authority in Venezuela, the entire infrastructure is behind him and they want to keep the oil. not hand it back to Exxon Mobil.
Whatever Maduro is or did, just remember that the tactic to justify action is to lie and defame the person.
It certainly wasn't about drugs, because Trump just pardoned the former president of Honduras who was convicted of smuggling 400 tons of drugs. It isn't about crime, because he is friends with Bukele of El Salvador, who is actually head of MS 13, and is himself a criminal.
You're right in large part. IMHO most of the national wealth of Venezuela is located on Brickell Ave., Miami Fl 33131. Most of the rich Venezuelan families have ties to Miami.
Maduro was indicted on corruption, drug trafficking and other charges in 2020, and the State Department had a $50 million reward for information leading to his arrest or conviction.
In announcing the capture of Maduro, Trump said it was done in conjunction with U.S. law enforcement. The indictment was sworn out in the Southern District of New York.
Marco Rubio asserts that Nicolás Maduro was “arrested by U.S. personnel to stand trial on criminal charges in the United States.”
L'l Marco is also the long time mouthpiece for Norman Braman, local car dealer, who used to be an NFL owner and who has been advocating action against Iran. AI. Braman's connection to Iran primarily involves his strong advocacy against the Iranian regime, particularly concerning its nuclear ambitions and support for terrorism, often aligning with pro-Israel efforts, where he's been a significant backer of politicians and organizations critical of Iran, linking him to the "Iran hawk" perspective in US politics, notes jewishjournal.org. He co-chaired community efforts against Iran's nuclear program and is seen as a major figure funding anti-Iran policies, contrasting with the regime's narrative, as seen in Greater Miami Jewish Federation and Mondoweiss.
It is against international law and also an act of war, to invade another country, this puts Trump on par with Putin, who as we know is his handler.
As president he is setting precedence that he can send special operators into any country in the world to arrest an President or PM on spurious charges. No country is safe, and of course it is hypocritical as he pardoned the former President of Honduras who smuggled 400 tons of drugs.
He is setting the ground work for Mexico, claiming that Sheinbaum is not doing enough to stop narco terrorism (emphasis on the terrorism because that is hew excuse.
This map includes, as the Technate, Canada, Greenland, Mexico, Central America and in South America Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, the map is decades older than Triump, drawn up with the Technocracy movement in the 1930's.
Incidentally Trumps Shit House has 51 Xmas trees, one for each state (which symbolically is Canada.
Do you think that there is any in congress besides Democrats and a handful of Republicans who have the guts to issue an arrest warrant for Trump?
And the only police force that would do the job, if even that, would be the Sergeant at Arms of the House and Senate,but at present they are under control of Johnson and Thune.
I wager that if an attempt was made,Trump would use his own police and para military forces, in fact unless he dies in office, he isn't going to leave the white House even if by, a miracle he lost the election.
He is not leaving and he has his own police and military to protect him,, called the FBI, HSI, FBI, DEA, CBP, ICE, Army, Navy and Marines.m not to mention his volunteer Sturmabeitlung of Militia, KKK, Proud Boys and evangelicals.
The issue is whether he notified Congress under the War Powers Act. He claims he did. I haven't seen any substantiation. Even Mike Lee asked him to furnish a rationale....
I think you fall for propaganda. Trump is being played by the Batistianos and the Saudis. He has a conflict with Putin, who was a major Maduro supporter, if not sponsor.
The major reason he wants Greenland is to placate Putin.
Bull shit, that is all you have to say, attack me with accusations, ad hominems.?
You aren't the only one with knowledge and the ability to think and form their own opinions.
Unlike you I am not a deaf, dumb, blind loyalist. I soak up information, remember it best I can, evaluate it, analyze it and form my own opinions, not someone;s propaganda.
If I parrot propaganda, then give examples, in other words put up or shut up. Let's discuss particulars.
Exactly what propaganda am I parroting and whose propaganda is it.
In the present case. It certainly isn't the propaganda of Exxon, Trump,
Let;s discuss this propaganda that you say I am falling for.
Forming one;s own opinion after assessing available information is not falling for propaganda,. However mindlessly absorbing and parroting the party line like a mindless drone, certainly is.
Maybe it is you that are the disruptor, trying to get people to chase rabbits down holes, hunt for snipes and will o the wisps.
You have a distinct inability to communicate, If it weren't for AI overview your posts would be one liners.
You can bet TRump cut a deal about Venezuela with Putin. Add the Tech Bros and Crypto Creeps for dominance of the whole Western Hemisphere.
TRump's new shiny object to distract MAGA is the Maduros. Bondi will turn their trial into a spectacle. Maybe they took note the drug-dealing President of Honduras got a pardon. Why not them---for a price.
It is all a game to a psychopath like TRump. He said the invasion was like watching a TV show. He is gleeful. Shades of January 6th.
Spending our money making people miserable gives Drowsy Donold such pleasure. THAT won't prevent him from getting more demented, impeached, or stop Father Time. He'll be gone. We will not have to hear his voice again. See you in the streets.
Adjust the minimum wage to be sufficient to live on and adjust it annually for cost of living; don't tax those below that level; tax the rich to prevent income levels that are toxic to democracy; tax all capital gains as ordinary income and reinstitute reasonable inheritance taxes.
Trump sure makes his partner, Putin, look like a good guy. Doesn't the partnership of these two evil leaders make you proud of being an Amercan? They both deserve anything that happens to them.
I just looked you up on CoPilot, and you ranked 66th on Substack with 167,000 subscribers. That's not nearly enough people to stop what's happening in America today. What you're watching today is just another political SPECTACLE designed to defer attention from the economy and Epstein. You need millions of subscribers to make an impact. Truth tellers, like you, are being suffocated, lost in the chaos. America didn't listen!
The good news is that Thom's articles appear on many other outlets, such as Raw Story and ProPublica, among others. He also reaches people through YouTube, emails, interviews, and his many books. It's hard to quantify his impact, but I bet it could be in the millions over the lifetime he has been writing and talking.
From the few to the many...
It's like pouring a few drops of water into a sandbox, which quickly saturates the surrounding area. Then, others spread their droplets of truth until the whole box becomes wet — or at least enough to begin to effect real change.
Well the Putin puppet dances well is South America. Wonder where the leader of that country is going to be taken? Not a good place for sure. And what authority does Krasnov have in doing so? No Congressional authority. But Krasnov only needs Putin's favor not anybody else. Maga supports Russia over the CIA or any domestic agency. What Repub Congressional authority is supporting by law these actions? What discussions have occurred that inform the people of what is going on? Putin knows.
Everyone has their own view of and ideas about reality. However, there are realities which involve limits and elemental truths or universals and human capacities and tolerance levels. Trump and most of his co-conspirators in tearing down democracy and seizing unlimited power see a reality or have created a reality of their own making which ignores limits and constraints and the realities which exist regardless of their perceptions and illusions. They are soon going to discover that the reality that they imagine is far different from the reality which dictates the past, present, and future for mankind. They think they run this country. They do not, and their fantasy world is deteriorating daily, which is the reason for this distraction. They think they can "run" Venezuela. They cannot. They will screw everything up so massively from the start that their problems will merely multiply. My last Substack, which no one read, and no one will probably ever read was about this topic. The title is: Disassembling Worlds of Unreality, Rationalization, and False Beliefs, and its subtitle is: Unreality and Falsified Rationalizations Usually Have a Bitter Ending. This is a reason for hope, although we may still have a while to wait to see the unravelling and there will be much pain and grief before the day of reckoning.
Watching his completely incoherent press conference from the real White House, Mar-a-Lago.
The United States is now officially a terrorist state, run by a criminal organization led by an insurrectionist traitor, convicted felon, and demented pedophile.
USA! USA! USA!
deep,if you don't mind I'm going to use you're description on some fliers. Do you think people will know what has happened.
Have at it, Dave.
I suspect most brain-dead Americans (of the USA type anyway) will watch "the news" like playing some shoot-em-up video game, quickly get bored, and move on to the next shiny object Trump dangles in front of them. For what seems like an appropriate amount of time, some "good citizens" might even loudly express their outrage while it's trendy before returning to their petty little lives, entertaining themselves into oblivion, as usual.
And I also suspect, as usual, that the legacy, billionaire-owned media will cover "the story" ad nauseam, dissecting every angle of the dangle without ever uttering the salient truth, until it all turns into a big bowl of soft mush.
IMHO he's done this to increase his popularity. A "rally 'round the flag" effect, where Americans from different backgrounds will came together in a shared resolve against an external threat.
That will no doubt work for the uninformed masses of shallow "patriots." We can only hope, at the risk of sounding Pollyannaish, that this extremely dangerous but juvenile tactic, obviously diversionary, will backfire with the majority of concerned small-d democrats, who finally wake up to the fact of American authoritarianism/imperialism, who are finally fed up with a badly broken human being, posing as a reality-show president, and his shameless, power-hungry enablers.
Welcome to the new reality where 'treason' has lost all meaning.
As if we couldn't see it coming.....
Insecure presidents nearly always start "conflicts" to distract voters and use their insecurity to motivate re-election. That is clearly Trump's goal. Of course, it is more likely that Trump will have a stroke in the saddle before 2028, thanks to his aspirin addiction.
Trump, who apparently never read a book in his life, seems unaware of the folly of starting wars on multiple fronts (Nigeria, Ukraine, and now Venezuela). Just ask Hitler's ghost. Let us not overlook Taiwan, Greenland, and Iceland.
BTW, why can't Trump, et al. be impeached in early 2027 if Dems take back both houses?
You're the psychologist. IMHO meglomania.
But I don't think he cares about history.....for us, this is deja vu. 1983. Grenada. 1989. Panama. Except there's an economic aspect. We were sold Iraq by GWB in large part because the war was supposed top pay for itself -- inn oil revenues. IMHO Saudis put us up to it, to eliminate the competition.
1. Venezuelans in South Florida awoke Saturday to long-awaited, welcome news: Nicolás Maduro had been captured in the middle of the night by U.S. forces following military action in Caracas. The Venezuelan leader’s detention, announced by President Donald Trump, sparked hope — and uncertainty about what comes next for a nation long battered by repression, economic collapse and exile. Even before the sun rose, hundreds of people waving a sea of Venezuelan flags gathered outside El Arepazo, a well-known Venezuelan restaurant in Doral, the heart of the Venezuelan community in the U.S. Many cheered, danced, cried and embraced each other as they celebrated the capturing of Maduro, something they say will bring long needed change — and hopefully liberation — to their country.
Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article314137788.html#storylink=cpy
2. ‘We’re going to run it’: Trump says military to stay in Venezuela for now. By Claire Heddles
Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article314142792.html#storylink=cpy
3. The U.S. is aiming to access oil reserves and reshape energy markets, while many global powers condemn the intervention as a violation of sovereignty, raising regional tensions and concerns over Venezuela's future governance, though there's a general hope for a peaceful democratic transition and addressing the ongoing humanitarian crisis.
4. "Oil prices edge lower after biggest annual loss since 2020." CNBC at 2 p.m.
Only a demented ole megalomaniac would risk a war like Afghanistan to get control of a substance with no market value. It is like nuking Saudi Arabia to get control of their radioactive sand LOL. As for remotely running Venezuela, he cannot even run America
His next monthly MoCA cognitive test should have him point to where Venezuela is on a world map, or any other country he wants to bomb. I'll bet my middle finger he won't "ace" that one.
They’ll never get convicted by the corrupt GOP in the senate.
I disagree. If a strong case is made with witnesses and public exposure, and if the House managers are given the right to voir dire, it's possible to hold the senators to their oaths.
IMHO the house managers in Trump #45 impeachment # 2 committed legal malpractice when they failed to call witnesses....
Should have called Pence and McConnell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj5pvgXAgMs
Thanks Thom for being a lighthouse to so many. Appreciate you sticking to it, even as things get more and more the way we knew they were going to get.
I am going to repeat what I have said previously about Venezuela.
Apparently few were paying attention, especially in the media, when Chave so foolishly decided that Venezuelan oil belong to Venezuela and not Exxon Mobil, That started the whole problem.
It is no secret that the oil cabal with Exxon Mobil at it's head, exerts control over Congress and the government.
Flexing it's muscles it had the CIA, State Department and the DOD, attempt to take out Chavez,
First the State Department sponsored some internal coups, but that didn't work, as the people were solidly behind Chavez.
Then the CIA employed mercenaries to try and overthrow Chavez, but that didn't work, Chavez had a truck overturned on a bridge blocking their access, thus avoiding giving the government and excuse to declare war for killing Americans.
Then there came sanctions, which put the squeeze on middle and upper middle class, and upper class Venezuelans, who had lived large exploiting the peasants.
They emptied their banking accounts and bought plane tickets to Mexico, then hired transportation to show up at the border, freshly scrubbed in clean clothes, kids with soccer balls and dolls, claiming that they had traversed the 3,000 miles through Colombian Jungles, the dangerous Darien Gap, with it's fer de lance, jaguars, vampire bats, poisonous insects, hostile nativess and criminal gangs, not to mention the muddy and filthy trail, then the trip to the border, which would require money for transportation.
Americans are suckers for sob stories. It wasn't the peasants that were fleeing Venezuela.
Maduro isn't the real authority in Venezuela, the entire infrastructure is behind him and they want to keep the oil. not hand it back to Exxon Mobil.
Whatever Maduro is or did, just remember that the tactic to justify action is to lie and defame the person.
It certainly wasn't about drugs, because Trump just pardoned the former president of Honduras who was convicted of smuggling 400 tons of drugs. It isn't about crime, because he is friends with Bukele of El Salvador, who is actually head of MS 13, and is himself a criminal.
Thank you for the history lesson and the clarifications of actual motivations.
You're right in large part. IMHO most of the national wealth of Venezuela is located on Brickell Ave., Miami Fl 33131. Most of the rich Venezuelan families have ties to Miami.
Maduro was indicted on corruption, drug trafficking and other charges in 2020, and the State Department had a $50 million reward for information leading to his arrest or conviction.
In announcing the capture of Maduro, Trump said it was done in conjunction with U.S. law enforcement. The indictment was sworn out in the Southern District of New York.
Marco Rubio asserts that Nicolás Maduro was “arrested by U.S. personnel to stand trial on criminal charges in the United States.”
Here in Baghdad By the Sea we know that L'il Marco was the prime mover -- along with some of our Miami Batistianos who see Venezuela as a proxy/client of Cuba, and this may be a vehicle to retaliate. "Marco Rubio suggests Cuba may be next after Venezuela strike." https://floridapolitics.com/archives/771484-marco-rubio-suggests-cuba-may-be-next-after-venezuela-strike/
L'l Marco is also the long time mouthpiece for Norman Braman, local car dealer, who used to be an NFL owner and who has been advocating action against Iran. AI. Braman's connection to Iran primarily involves his strong advocacy against the Iranian regime, particularly concerning its nuclear ambitions and support for terrorism, often aligning with pro-Israel efforts, where he's been a significant backer of politicians and organizations critical of Iran, linking him to the "Iran hawk" perspective in US politics, notes jewishjournal.org. He co-chaired community efforts against Iran's nuclear program and is seen as a major figure funding anti-Iran policies, contrasting with the regime's narrative, as seen in Greater Miami Jewish Federation and Mondoweiss.
It is against international law and also an act of war, to invade another country, this puts Trump on par with Putin, who as we know is his handler.
As president he is setting precedence that he can send special operators into any country in the world to arrest an President or PM on spurious charges. No country is safe, and of course it is hypocritical as he pardoned the former President of Honduras who smuggled 400 tons of drugs.
He is setting the ground work for Mexico, claiming that Sheinbaum is not doing enough to stop narco terrorism (emphasis on the terrorism because that is hew excuse.
I must call attention to the grand design, it is not his, but he is simply an agent a tool, it is the Technate of America https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/ss:34227574
This map includes, as the Technate, Canada, Greenland, Mexico, Central America and in South America Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, the map is decades older than Triump, drawn up with the Technocracy movement in the 1930's.
Incidentally Trumps Shit House has 51 Xmas trees, one for each state (which symbolically is Canada.
Do you think that there is any in congress besides Democrats and a handful of Republicans who have the guts to issue an arrest warrant for Trump?
And the only police force that would do the job, if even that, would be the Sergeant at Arms of the House and Senate,but at present they are under control of Johnson and Thune.
I wager that if an attempt was made,Trump would use his own police and para military forces, in fact unless he dies in office, he isn't going to leave the white House even if by, a miracle he lost the election.
He is not leaving and he has his own police and military to protect him,, called the FBI, HSI, FBI, DEA, CBP, ICE, Army, Navy and Marines.m not to mention his volunteer Sturmabeitlung of Militia, KKK, Proud Boys and evangelicals.
You mean precedent? As dictator he doesn't need to make precedent.
Never up, never in. https://joycevance.substack.com/p/inherent-contempt
The issue is whether he notified Congress under the War Powers Act. He claims he did. I haven't seen any substantiation. Even Mike Lee asked him to furnish a rationale....
I think you fall for propaganda. Trump is being played by the Batistianos and the Saudis. He has a conflict with Putin, who was a major Maduro supporter, if not sponsor.
The major reason he wants Greenland is to placate Putin.
Wrong Daniel, not falling for the propaganda at all. Trump is Putin's, MSBs and the Emirs lap dog
I speculate that Putin told Trump he can have his Technate of America, his Oceania, just let him have Europe.
Any commerce between Putin and Russia was situational and pragmatic.
Maduro, like Castro, was sanctioned and needed an ally, and the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
As oil producers Russia and Venezuela were competitors, the Availabilty of Venezuelan oil, cut into the price of Russian oil.
Of course a dictator doesn't need precedent, Never said he did either.
Kind of strawman there Daniel, the first one in your comment, the second being that I fall for propaganda.
If so then what propaganda am I falling for? Oh I forget, you are the resident expert and only you have insight and knowledge.
My bad.
Why don't you try this for a change, add to the conversation rather than personally attacking me, you might make more headway.
Your attempts to denigrate me, only make you look bad and inept.
You parrot propaganda.
Bull shit, that is all you have to say, attack me with accusations, ad hominems.?
You aren't the only one with knowledge and the ability to think and form their own opinions.
Unlike you I am not a deaf, dumb, blind loyalist. I soak up information, remember it best I can, evaluate it, analyze it and form my own opinions, not someone;s propaganda.
If I parrot propaganda, then give examples, in other words put up or shut up. Let's discuss particulars.
Exactly what propaganda am I parroting and whose propaganda is it.
In the present case. It certainly isn't the propaganda of Exxon, Trump,
Let;s discuss this propaganda that you say I am falling for.
Forming one;s own opinion after assessing available information is not falling for propaganda,. However mindlessly absorbing and parroting the party line like a mindless drone, certainly is.
Maybe it is you that are the disruptor, trying to get people to chase rabbits down holes, hunt for snipes and will o the wisps.
You have a distinct inability to communicate, If it weren't for AI overview your posts would be one liners.
ANTI-WAR MARCHES ALL OVER AMERICA AND ALL OVER THE WORLD! How are his actions even possible??? "The US will run Venezuela..." WTF?
Listening to Trump and the Death Cult.....
C-Span can be painful. Informative too.
You can bet TRump cut a deal about Venezuela with Putin. Add the Tech Bros and Crypto Creeps for dominance of the whole Western Hemisphere.
TRump's new shiny object to distract MAGA is the Maduros. Bondi will turn their trial into a spectacle. Maybe they took note the drug-dealing President of Honduras got a pardon. Why not them---for a price.
It is all a game to a psychopath like TRump. He said the invasion was like watching a TV show. He is gleeful. Shades of January 6th.
Spending our money making people miserable gives Drowsy Donold such pleasure. THAT won't prevent him from getting more demented, impeached, or stop Father Time. He'll be gone. We will not have to hear his voice again. See you in the streets.
He may be gone, but then we get Vance - the 'real' plan all along.
Dang it! He probably blew his chance at the Nobel Peace Prize...
I am in shock! No words. We are now a rogue state.
The Patriotic Millionaires have the right approach. https://patrioticmillionaires.org/priorities/
Adjust the minimum wage to be sufficient to live on and adjust it annually for cost of living; don't tax those below that level; tax the rich to prevent income levels that are toxic to democracy; tax all capital gains as ordinary income and reinstitute reasonable inheritance taxes.
Trump sure makes his partner, Putin, look like a good guy. Doesn't the partnership of these two evil leaders make you proud of being an Amercan? They both deserve anything that happens to them.
Welcome to the regime ......2026
I just looked you up on CoPilot, and you ranked 66th on Substack with 167,000 subscribers. That's not nearly enough people to stop what's happening in America today. What you're watching today is just another political SPECTACLE designed to defer attention from the economy and Epstein. You need millions of subscribers to make an impact. Truth tellers, like you, are being suffocated, lost in the chaos. America didn't listen!
The good news is that Thom's articles appear on many other outlets, such as Raw Story and ProPublica, among others. He also reaches people through YouTube, emails, interviews, and his many books. It's hard to quantify his impact, but I bet it could be in the millions over the lifetime he has been writing and talking.
From the few to the many...
It's like pouring a few drops of water into a sandbox, which quickly saturates the surrounding area. Then, others spread their droplets of truth until the whole box becomes wet — or at least enough to begin to effect real change.
I keep telling him to interview Taylor Swift (500 million followers) and Selena Gomez (600 million).
You continue to do amazing work! Thank you.
Well the Putin puppet dances well is South America. Wonder where the leader of that country is going to be taken? Not a good place for sure. And what authority does Krasnov have in doing so? No Congressional authority. But Krasnov only needs Putin's favor not anybody else. Maga supports Russia over the CIA or any domestic agency. What Repub Congressional authority is supporting by law these actions? What discussions have occurred that inform the people of what is going on? Putin knows.
Everyone has their own view of and ideas about reality. However, there are realities which involve limits and elemental truths or universals and human capacities and tolerance levels. Trump and most of his co-conspirators in tearing down democracy and seizing unlimited power see a reality or have created a reality of their own making which ignores limits and constraints and the realities which exist regardless of their perceptions and illusions. They are soon going to discover that the reality that they imagine is far different from the reality which dictates the past, present, and future for mankind. They think they run this country. They do not, and their fantasy world is deteriorating daily, which is the reason for this distraction. They think they can "run" Venezuela. They cannot. They will screw everything up so massively from the start that their problems will merely multiply. My last Substack, which no one read, and no one will probably ever read was about this topic. The title is: Disassembling Worlds of Unreality, Rationalization, and False Beliefs, and its subtitle is: Unreality and Falsified Rationalizations Usually Have a Bitter Ending. This is a reason for hope, although we may still have a while to wait to see the unravelling and there will be much pain and grief before the day of reckoning.