What You May Have Missed
A roundup of the past seven days, plus recommended newsletters from across Substack
The Supreme Court is Corrupt, Congress is a Rubber Stamp, & the President is Lawless—What Happens Next?
So, JD Vance is now saying that he and Trump don’t have to obey federal judges, tweeting, “judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power.” This is how autocrats run things; it’s an extraordinarily dangerous moment.
They Think They Are Free — But For How Long?
A new poll from CBS News finds that most Americans agree with Trump’s policies of gutting protections for women and Black people while arresting and deporting Brown people here without documentation. Roughly two-thirds of respondents called him “tough,” “energetic,” “focused” and “effective.”
Bowing to the Butcher: Trump Grovels to Putin and Promises to Abandon Ukraine
The betrayal of our Democratic allies has begun.
The GOP Taliban to Women: Shut Up, Sit Down, and Stay Home on Election Days
The Republican Taliban doesn’t want my wife, Louise Hartmann, to vote. And they may well put that desire into law this year.
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Saturday Report 2/15/25 - CA, OR, and WA state are invited to join Canada and get “free healthcare” and “safe streets”...
— Are we seeing the beginnings of World War III brought to us by Trump and Putin? Trump’s reflexive ass-kissing of Putin is putting Europe at risk of war, repeating the big mistake that Neville Chamberlain made at the Munich conference on September 30, 1938. Expansionist dictators like Putin are not interested in peace …
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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 another Substack newsletter of note that I read and recommend:
Dr Dennis Callahan
Dr’s Notes Substack
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You might find my substack article " How do we spell treason?" interesting. We have the a different viewpoint in expression but in agreement as to what needs to be said!
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