What You May Have Missed
A roundup of the past seven days from the Hartmann Report
Is This What Trump Meant by “My Way” — Power, Control, Darkness, and Evil?
People feel like there’s a darkness that’s spread across America in the 15 months since Trump took office a second time. It’s being noticed all over the world, from the Pope to the leaders of our (formerly) allied nations, and is being embraced by dictators like Putin and MBS.
Republican Drafts a Bill That Would Make Joseph McCarthy Blush
Republicans are at it again, and it’s hard to overstate how chilling this is and what it tells you about the direction people in this Party want to take America.
Trump’s Morbidly Rich Machine Is Crushing Democracy
“Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
The Strategy That Built America’s Middle Class Still Works, So Why Won’t Democrats Deploy It?
The “liberal” commentators are shocked. It was reported yesterday that Graham Platner, the Democrat who’ll most likely win the primary to run for the US Senate from Maine, has staked out some “truly radical” positions. The former Marine combat veteran and oyster farmer has called for:
From Surveillance State to Kill Machine: Has the Line Already Been Crossed?
Ever think a drone could chase you down the street or fire a bullet through your living room window because you pissed off Trump, Miller, or their ICE thugs? If the answer is “that’s science fiction,” please read on: that reality may be only a few months away, and every single part of the spying and death-dealing infrastructure needed to make it happen …
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The Saturday Report 4/25/26 —What can be done about a sleep-deprived, paranoid 79-year-old w/the nuclear codes, awake at 3 am posting rage into a phone?
— So, we’re back to firing squads. In the year 2026, the United States government has officially decided that lining up human beings and shooting them to death is an acceptable use of federal power, as Todd Blanche announced this week. And the loudest voices cheering it on are the same hypocrites who never shut up about being “pro-life.”
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