What You May Have Missed
A roundup of the past seven days, plus recommended newsletters from across Substack
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The Next Pandemic Could Be Brewing: Is Trump’s Team Ready to Fail Us Again?
“The political folks believed that because [Covid] was going to be relegated to Democratic states, that they could blame those governors, and that would be an effective political strategy.” — Vanity Fair’s Katherine Eban quoting Jared Kushner’s team in March, 2020
Is Democratic Leadership Missing in Action as Trump Tightens His Grip?
So much for American democracy and the concept that “no man is above the law.”
Can Democrats Turn Trump’s Trade War Into an Economic Revival?
The stürm und drang all over the media this week is about Trump, on Monday, doubling down on his tariffs saying that he’d impose across-the-board 25 percent tariffs on all goods from China, Mexico, and Canada until there’s no more fentanyl or undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers coming into the US.
Truth vs. Tyranny: How Americans Have Stood Against Lies Before
It’s probably, politically and spiritually, the darkest Thanksgiving for our nation in my lifetime. So how about a quick story out of America’s earliest history that somewhat echoes this moment and may give us some hope?
When Presidents Declare War on the Press: The Battle for Free Speech and Democracy
Yesterday, for Thanksgiving, I published a short history of Jefferson’s and his Democrats’ reaction to John Adams’ fearmongering for political power around the “XYZ Affair.” I referenced Adams’ shutting down the opposition newspapers in America, but a surprising number of people responded with:
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Saturday Report 11/30/24 - Trump is taking off the mask, after lying to us for over a year about Project 2025
— Trump is taking off the mask, after lying to us for over a year about not knowing anything about Project 2025. Former President Trump, who previously kept his distance from Project 2025, is now selecting its key architects for potential cabinet positions and wow, are they doozies. The 900-page conservative policy blueprint, which has alarmed Democrats…
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Recommended Reading
Thom Hartmann also writes three additional separate Substack newsletters. Each has both a free and paid subscription option. Below are links to one free newsletter from each Substack from the past week, plus other Substack newsletters of note that I read and recommend:
How can the election even be considered “democratic” and “fair” if Trump DECEIVED the voters with a “better economy”when his tariffs will raise prices much more?
Many of his voters want to take back their vote.
Now if we could get a hand recount in the swing states! (I saw your show with Spoonamore & read his Substack articles).
Isn’t there any way for Biden to execute his executive orders and make this happen?
Actually a RE-VOTE is more in order with all the purged votes & missing ballots.