The president is handing out oversized clown shoes to his cabinet — and watching to see who refuses to wear them. It's Solzhenitsyn's Stalin story come to life: the first person to stop applauding ended up in the gulag. The lesson then, as now — never be the first to stop clapping.

Yup, spot on.

The Independent Read more: trib.al/fMtk1ko

“It’s a recipe for disaster,” a senior counterterrorism official who left the government a few months ago said of the Trump administration’s yearlong bombing spree. “It’s ‘Groundhog Day’ — every day we’re just killing people and making more enemies.” www.propublica.org/article/trum...

4 Things Billionaires Are Doing With Their Money to Influence Elections www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...

For nearly two decades, Trump has been lying about elections and threatening the democratic process. A small group of us has been sounding this alarm, but far too few people in positions of power have been willing to act. The result is that things have only gotten worse.

He Didn’t Kill Anyone. Alabama Is About to Execute Him Anyway. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/o...

“Not since Adolf Hitler blew his brains out in a bunker beneath the garden of the German Reich Chancellery on April 30, 1945, have the lives of so many people around the world been so buffeted by the psychosis of a single man.” March 7, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

America Cannot Withstand the Economic Shock That’s Coming www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/o...

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The Trilateral Commission, Epstein & the Shaping of Modern Britain www.thelibertybeacon.com/from-rockefe...

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there. They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

Fascinating reading: The Trilateral Commission, Epstein & the Shaping of Modern Britain www.thelibertybeacon.com/from-rockefe...

leaders of the firms that cut deals with Trump must be seen as pariahs in law — just as the Ellisons in media and Sam Altman in tech. We must be clear about who stood up for our democracy and who was willing to let it fall for personal gain. newsletters.democracydocket.com/trump-drops-...

A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else. We mustn’t let this war do so.

Exactly. Blindly hooting for the Buffoon-in-Chief as he unlawfully orders airstrikes without a coherent plan isn't a foreign policy, and isn't patriotic; it's just stupid, and dangerous.

More thoughts: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-the-mounting-costs

If the United States is going to go around the world causing regime changes, we should practice here first.

“CNN being delivered into the maw of the Trumpist/MAGA beast is a very bad thing for independent media and news. Very bad.” JM The Epic, Mega Skydance Paramount Warner Deal: Some Thoughts talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-e...

“It appears Epstein was involved in criminal activity that went way beyond pedophilia and sex trafficking, which makes it even more outrageous that [Attorney General] Pam Bondi is sitting on several million unreleased files.” February 27, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Time for the States to Gear Up for Trump’s Fake Elections Exec Order talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/time-...

Last month, a Pennsylvania farmer rejected $15M from data center developers to sell his farmland. Another in Wisconsin turned down $80M. America's farmers and others across the country are pushing back on Big Tech. This is what integrity looks like.

Yes, This Latest Trump Revelation Out of the Epstein Files Seem Big talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/yes-t...

Derp, MAGA; Duh, America Firsters! 🥴 The Looming Taiwan Chip Disaster That Silicon Valley Has Long Ignored www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/t...

“I heard the officer say ‘that ain’t shit’.” NASHVILLE — ICE shatter a car window in front of a newborn, refuse to look at man’s license & work visa… drag him out of his car, hit him, mock him for being Guatemalan (he’s from Mexico), laugh when he begs to say goodbye.

Donald Trump, Jeff Epstein and the Politics of Impunity talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/donal...

What $70 million in taxpayer money buys: a private luxury jet for Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski to jet-set around on. And we’re supposed to believe it’s used for deporting undocumented immigrants.

🤮🤯🤬 Despite Epstein’s Toxicity, Steve Bannon Stood by Him, Texts Indicate www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...

🚨🔅Scott Galloway's Brutal Take on the "Epstein Class" – They've Damaged America Why Should You Care About Epstein? Because You're Not in the "Epstein Class" Jim Acosta 2/15/2026 www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7GI... #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinGate #EpsteinAndTrump #EpsteinClass

Federal judge orders Trump administration to restore slavery exhibits to the President’s House share.inquirer.com/Lf5C0v

The Trump administration’s white nationalist project was on full display this weekend at the 62nd Munich Security Conference… February 15, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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These are the oligarchs who seek to rule every aspect of our lives, and the current US regime is doing everything possible to facilitate that because it is owned by them.

We are way past disagreement at this point.

For those unaware, a quick primer on perhaps the most dangerous of the oligarchs. Peter Thiel.

Wow! This is some top-notch investigative journalism. The report claims the 3 million Epstein files released are only 2% of the total. The massive scale of what’s still missing is hard to comprehend.

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How FIRE, a Philly-based free-speech group, went from ‘cancel culture’ watchdog to Trump antagonist www.inquirer.com/news/a/fire-...

U.S. officials say Trump is "the greatest president" ever. And it's creepier than you think. open.substack.com/pub/defiance...

Regulations are what keeps ordinary Americans healthy and, often, alive. It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water. Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.

Wow … 🤯 How do the loyal MAGAs buy his blathering crap? I’ll just never understand… 😞

Ukrainians rally in support of banned Olympic athlete Heraskevych www.npr.org/2026/02/12/n...

Rep. Pramila Jayapal accused Bondi and the DOJ of “spying” on members of Congress by keeping track of their search history of the Epstein files.