The White House didn’t soften because it felt remorse — it softened because gaslighting stopped working. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

Whispers abound that the military may be the last guardrail against a malevolent administration. No one should mistake that condition for a cure. And yet… open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

What’s happening in Minneapolis isn’t chaos. It’s a test of how much violence can be normalized, how easily truth can be bent, and how quietly fear can be made routine. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

Thousands braved subzero Minnesota cold to shut down streets and businesses — not for optics, but to resist a federal operation that metastasized into a traveling spectacle of fear. Historic moment. Historic courage. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

Officials promise ICE agents invincibility. The law offers something very different. Will ICE Agents Ultimately Be the Patsies? Read the truth behind immunity and liability. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

A board for billionaires, chaired for life by Trump, pitching peace while profiting from war. Gaza’s rebuilding isn’t for Palestinians—it’s for the people who will displace them. Governance as an asset class: this is the Board of Peace. brucemaiman.substack.com/p/the-board-...

Trump at Davos: On the Idiot at the Summit—where the emperor arrives fully clothed and still manages to expose himself. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

Mark Carney didn’t attack America at Davos. He showed how a true leader acts and called on middle powers to adjust to a world where U.S. leadership is no longer reliable—or useful. brucemaiman.substack.com/p/mark-carne...

For 80 years, American power rested on alliances, trust, and restraint. Trump is foolishly dismantling that order. If you think defending that postwar order is too expensive, history suggests the alternative costs far more. Be careful what you wish for. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

The DOJ is investigating a governor, a mayor, and a grieving widow for criticizing federal agents, but not a fatal shooting. When criticism becomes “obstruction” and death becomes a PR problem, the law is no longer blind. It’s selective. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

Trump’s NYT interview isn’t spin or exaggeration. It’s an autopsy—of a mind unbound by limits, reality, or consequence. Yet, a greater threat lurks. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

In Praise of a WaPo Reporter Raided by the FBI brucemaiman.substack.com/p/fbi-raids-...

Hannah Natanson followed the story of federal employees under attack. The government responded with an FBI raid. Professionalism and courage have a price; Hannah proves why journalism matters. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

The FBI raided a journalist’s home. Dev2e7owr&utm_campaign=post&utm_mediumis not a “probe.” Not an escalation, but a declaration of war on the press. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

Tired of the endless Trump chaos? This essay explores how the flood of half-baked announcements and executive orders wears us down, breeds burnout, threatens civic engagement, and erodes democracy. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

A Ford autoworker heckled Donald Trump. Trump flipped him off. Ford suspended the worker. Tell me again who’s fragile. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

DHS spending taxpayer dollars to pay influencers to make ICE agents look like great guys doing a public service. Recruitment? Maybe. Propaganda? Definitely. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

This wasn’t a tragedy of one bad decision. It was the predictable outcome of reckless planning, lethal escalation, and leaders who refuse accountability. Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

An ICE agent breaks his own training, a woman dies, and the right’s first instinct is to sneer at the victim and sanctify the shooter. This is what a loyalty cult looks like. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

An ICE agent breaks his own training, a woman dies, and the right’s first instinct is to sneer at the victim and sanctify the shooter. This is what a loyalty cult looks like. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

ICE didn’t just lower its standards — it abolished them, building a force unprepared for restraint, judgment, or accountability. The result? Murder in Minneapolis. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

They condemned her before anyone saw the videos. ICE says self-defense, the footage says otherwise. Our first of four essays breaks down what actually happened in Minneapolis and why public trust matters more than ever. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

A 37-year-old woman was shot in the head by an ICE agent, left to bleed in her car, and then slandered as a “violent rioter.” This essay dissects the lie—and the machine behind it. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

The White House turned January 6 into a taunt. Trump’s communications director calls it a “trap.” Adults call it disgrace. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

Trump grabs Maduro. Facebook cheers like it’s a movie. But war isn’t 2hrs + credits. Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan taught us that. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

Seventy-four words. That’s all it took for Trump to announce a war, kidnap a sitting head of state, and shred 80 years of international norms. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

Trump promised "America First.” Instead, we're getting American Imperialism: Power, not permission, is now the currency of legitimacy. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

The Epstein files were supposed to bring transparency. Instead, we got black ink, blank pages, and a Justice Department warning us not to trust what it released. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

A falcon in Israel in 2017 becomes a presidential warning about eagles and windmills in 2025. Welcome to the Trump presidency: absurd, reckless, and deadly serious in its distraction. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

Social media Influencers — a billion-dollar industry around people whose main talent is self-promotion on a smartphone. The result? Vapid allegations without verification that shape policy and public perception, while eroding civic responsibility. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

A 23-year-old’s viral video on Minneapolis day cares caused a media uproar. No charges. No proof. Just outrage. My essay dissects the “influencer plague” and why we still need to fact-check even our mothers’ love. Read before you rage. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

America after Trump isn’t a thought experiment—it’s a reckoning. What would real recovery look like?https://open.substack.com/pub/brucemaiman/p/america-after-trump?r=2e7owr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

How Stephen Miller’s smug “tweet” exposes an ignorance and arrogance unworthy of power or influence. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

If you thought Ted Cruz was the pinnacle of political shapeshifting, wait till you meet his younger, slicker clone. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

GDP grew 4.3%. Commerce Sec Lutnick: 'That means ALL Americans earn 4.3% more.' Um… not even close. New essay unpacks the delusion — and why people share headlines they never read. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

Trump’s Christmas wish list just dropped: Annex Greenland. Appointed a sinking-state governor as envoy. Denmark’s response? Pure Scandinavian shade. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

Bluster isn’t policy, ego isn’t a strategy, and nostalgia doesn’t pay the bills. The Trump economy, one year in. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

The Trump Who Stole Christmas (an appropriate parody)

The Trump Who Stole Christmas open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

The MAGA succession war has gone public at AmericaFest. Meet the pathetic parade of egos auditioning for Trump's throne. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

Anne Applebaum called the administration’s new foreign policy “The Longest Suicide Note in American History.” She’s right, but it’s worse than that: gunboat cosplay, civilizational delusion, and self-sabotage on steroids. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

Today's Epstein files: Thousands of pages, a whole lot of nuthin’. To protect who? #EpsteinFiles #JusticeForVictims #NoMoreSecrets open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

Everyone’s reacting to Trump’s primetime speech — some cheering, some mocking. But the question no one’s asking: What was the actual point? And who did it really serve? open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

The Susie Wiles interview shows, in Trump’s White House, how loyalty is measured by how fast you defend what you may not believe. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

Bondi Beach, antisemitic terror, and the myth that gun laws don’t work. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

ICE Follies: This is what state terror looks like when it wears a badge and demands obedience. A government that needs masks to enforce its laws has already lost the moral argument. When will enough be enough? open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

A Venezuelan tanker seized, but the real prize might be buried in the ground under the oil that will shape global power for decades.

Democrats Push to Stop Another Trump Vanity Project. Trump on a dollar coin, minted in delusion, stamped in ego, circulated among the gullible. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

Pam Bondi found a new “domestic terrorist.” Anyone with an opinion she doesn’t like. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...

A U.S. senator thinks dual citizenship is the real threat to America. Not healthcare costs. Not the debt. Not anything real. Nope — passports. Two of them. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...