It just keeps getting worse.

main economic message from the president is that you will be poorer and you will like it

“.. If you want to live in the best country on the earth, that is also the safest, and the one that will actually respect your work and offer you the right environment to flourish, well, come to Canada,” she said. 🇨🇦 @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/w...

Step one: Don’t let anybody in from outside. Step two: Don’t let anybody out from inside. It’s the Soviet way.

This is INSANE www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t... and these are our closest allies!

New Orleans Is Watching You, Fuckers. open.substack.com/pub/howthing...

The Costs of Climate: Smart Economic Populism Can Include Climate Costs in an Affordability Agenda open.substack.com/pub/dougport...

ICE OUT OF SAN DIEGO California Thursdays thru March 5

The Racist Rot Baked into Trump’s Vitriol open.substack.com/pub/dougport...

Same headline. Seven years apart. 🤡 @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

🗣️ My new goal in life: Work as hard as I can to end up on the new FBI list of Americans deemed potential “domestic extremists who oppose law and immigration enforcement, have extreme views in favor of mass migration and radical gender ideology.” Wanna join me?

Every Western European country scores higher on the global ranking of freedom and democracy than the U.S. does, according to Freedom House, a U.S.-based nonprofit that ranks countries according to measures such as election process, rule of law and individual rights.

NEW: Carol Loennig tells Nicoll Wallace on MSNOW that the DOJ intends to try and indict Letitia James a THIRD time. The trouble with that is these multiple tries help James prove her vindictive and selective prosecution bid, and bolster a case to get the grand jury materials.

Wow. Projection much?

WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN

We already know the Trump administration has been lying about ICE “targeting the worst of the worst” — the actual numbers tell the truth. The government’s own data shows only 15 % of those detained had any prior criminal convictions, and just 3 % were violent offenders.

TED Talks Coming to San Diego: Any Chance of Getting a Slot ? open.substack.com/pub/dougport...

Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE

Turn Up the Noise Against Trump's Tantrums (San Diego Protest Calendar) open.substack.com/pub/dougport...

These are good moments to remember that the CEOs of all the biggest companies in America are happy to go to White House dinners and slap this guy’s back. They do not care about this. Remember this, years from now, when they want you to forget.

War Criminal Hegseth & Venezuela's Incredible Business Opportunities open.substack.com/pub/dougport...

Perfect!

The Democrats Have a Superweapon. They Use It to Shake Us Down. open.substack.com/pub/paultsha...

Here comes the new boss, same as the old boss

It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration. But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants. The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.

A Faux Peace Plan for Ukraine open.substack.com/pub/dougport...

🐸 🦄🐔😻 www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLo5...

Esquire: ICE Is Coming to Bust a Church Near You This Holiday Season. Seriously. Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, it's going to be extra ICY, stay safe out there! #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace

WSJ reporting that Hegseth did give the spoken order to "kill them all" on the 2 Sept double-tap strike "A Defense Department official on Monday provided a similar account to The Wall Street Journal and said Hegseth was the “target engagement authority,” the key figure who authorized the strike."

The Human Toll of Tariffs open.substack.com/pub/bradwill...

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The heart and soul of Trumpism in one tweet

A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing. And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.

Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback. www.reuters.com/investigates...

Called it.

No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.

Flying out of #san new terminal. Lunch on a patio. crowds reasonable. Bravo San Diego!

The movement to destroy liberal democracy is international, and so must be its defense

Disarray is way too mild a word to describe what we are seeing in the DC GOP now…..

Some Things to Be Grateful for This Thanksgiving Week open.substack.com/pub/dougport...