The corruption and theft of tax dollars continues. From the NYT: Trump’s fund-raisers are circulating a pledge form, seeking contributions for the ballroom, which gives donors the option of withholding their identities from public disclosure. Donations could remain anonymous in perpetuity,

Such a disgusting pig. Plus his endless trips for golf are costing us something like 75million bucks to date. His crude gold decor, his destruction of the WH, his insulting social media posts say it all: Let them eat cake.

2025 and the former CEO of Intel (yes Intel!!!) is planning for the return of Christ. OMG . We are so screwed. “My life mission has been [to] work on a piece of technology that would improve the quality of life of every human on the planet and hasten the coming of Christ’s return,” he said.

HCR piece today. Nothing like a clear look at history to understand the present and possibly predict the future. Important read. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-28...

Another episode of Unraveled: Understanding Complex Illness now posted. youtu.be/RWZnPlA6pfA

Trump has destroyed the East Wing of the WH. He has defecated on American History. Please note, via ChatGPT, who has funded this desecration. We cannot stop Trump since, as our new fascist dictator, he can do whatever he wants. BUT we can and must hold these people and corporations accountable.

Even the NYT is finally waking up to the reality of our times. Trump is dedicated to the destruction of our democracy and the foundation of free and fair elections. The midterms will not save us. Finally, the Times is front paging the truth. Look at today's edition. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...

Unraveled: Understanding Complex Illness Another one of our Q&A, Ask Us Anything episodes published today. Please enjoy, comment, ask more questions, subscribe. Thanks! youtu.be/VJ7KgSfd9ok

But RFKjr knows better because he is a brilliant scientist.

Just published: Low-dose rapamycin alleviates clinical symptoms of fatigue and PEM in ME/CFS patients via improvement of autophagy: a pilot study. J Transl Med 23, 1148 (2025). doi.org/10.1186/s129...

Read this and realize where we are headed. Do not assume that the midterms will save us. This analysis lays out exactly what Trump can and will do to maintain control now and in the future. Call it martial law or 'insurrection act', the outcome will be the same. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/o...

Each day, each new event, each new Trump authoritarian edict makes me sicker and more ashamed to be an American. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/w...

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This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Having lived is Washington most of my life, I have perspective of how large a crowd this is. Easily over 100K, the Seattle Center is a large area. Proud of you Seattle!

Seattle No Kings from the monorail

Seattle No Kings!!

No Kings 10.18.25 Seattle, WA

Mind fucking boggling. She is a disgusting, repugnant, sickening low point in US politics and now even more corrupt, stealing our money to ride in luxury while she and her ICE thugs assault Americans.

Worth a read. It takes great courage and conviction to fight fascism. And the risks are huge. But do we have a choice? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/o...

This is what happens when we have a vindictive narcissistic fascist for president. The sad irony, of course, is that these states and districts send the largest proportion of tax dollars to the Feds. Blue funds Red and Red screws Blue. Get it? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Fascism at work. First the DOJ, then the so called Homeland Security and now the IRS. You better believe they are coming after us. More reasons--as if you needed them--to be out there on No Kings Day. "The Trump administration is said to consider ways to weaponize the I.R.S.

So much for the legitimacy of our elections. Republicans don't like that a Dem won a seat. Solution: refuse to seat her, refuse to recognize the election. See any pattern here? This is a preview of Trump at the midterms and 2028. Fascists don't relinquish control. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

THis is the new America. Fascist thugs attacking citizens. And if you still think the midterms can save us, just check out how the Supreme Court is about to rule, destroying the Voting Act. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

And then there's this. “Antifa is just as sophisticated as MS-13, as TDA [Tren de Aragua], as ISIS, as Hezbollah, as Hamas, as all of em,” Kristi Noem said at the event. “ What we are doing at the FBI is simple,” said Kash Patel. “We are following the money. Money never lies.

Read this piece by William Kristol. Truthful, painful, scary. " We the people ordained and established our free government. It’s up to us to keep it." www.thebulwark.com/p/its-gettin...

You need to read this. And as you read, realize these are the Republican 'kids'. And they are even worse, or at least more honest about what they believe, than their fascist elders. Sickening, scary, and beyond (sorry) fucked up. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

I was going to go thru the laborious process of highlighting quotes while constrained by the character limits, but hell, the whole piece is worth reading. As is the piece today from JVL. Get ready America: he is coming for us. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-guil... www.thebulwark.com/p/are-you-an...

This is what Baby Boomers should be thinking, saying, doing every second of every day.

Zach Bryan sings the truth or at the very least his OPINION: Bryan posted to Instagram last week, he sings: “The middle finger’s rising, and it won’t stop showing. Got some bad news. Thе fading of the red, white and blue.” And

Trump is killing our planet. We will fry and suffocate thanks to his cruel idiocy. You would think he would have a shred of concern for his grandchildren's future but I guess not. Maybe he plans on sending them to Mars with Elon. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/c...

A trillion dollars for the Dept of Defense...oops excuse Dept of War. Toys for Hegseth and his new warrior class. Interesting that they can't fund the government and have shut down the nation but the Republicans have no problem spending a trillion bucks. And of course, this is in the bill:

Trump, Bondi, MAGA at work. This is what happens when the president/dictator of the USA preaches violence and worse. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...

This is so revolting and insulting. PLus it makes me sick to look at her. Surprised she didn't dress up in camo and carry one of her guns. Beyond sickening.

As alarmed as people may be, they aren't alarmed enough. Trump just escalated this crisis from a fight between the federal government and a state, to a situation where one state is deploying armed forces to impose its will on another state. www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...

Guess who said this? Answer at the end of this post. Don't cheat. You must read the Substack post first. There will be no mercy. Anyone standing in our way will be cut down. Whoever thinks he can oppose this national command, whether directly or indirectly, shall fall.

Just as millions and millions become disabled with Long Covid, Trumps solution is this: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Ready to be sickened? Ready to see another grotesque way Trump wants to celebrate our 250th (and maybe last) birthday? "the “heads” side would have Trump’s profile and the “tails” side an image of him standing before the American flag and pumping his fist under the words “Fight, Fight, Fight.”

This is so sickening and enraging. Trump's private militia of thugs terrorizing our population. And what is being done? Where is the mass outcry? Read your history folks. This Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy. Click on the video and be ready to be nauseated. coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...

a bright moment in another grim day. Thanks Ruth Ann

This has been happening to families with kids with ME/CFS for literally decades!!! Cruel and outrageous.

Read this too and realize that this is what's really buried in the "Compact" (AKA ransom note): "the compact would violate the First Amendment in another way: requiring universities to have policies prohibiting “all university employees, in their capacity as university representatives,

Read this "Mr. Trump’s proposed ballroom, by contrast, suggests something else: The nation’s most enduring building will be reshaped in the image of Mr. Trump, one defined by over-the-top opulence, exaggerated scale and a preference for size over subtlety." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/o...

welcome to the USA, 2025.

Gee what a surpise. He is a lying corrupt pig. Project 2025 is the American future....

Do not think for one millisecond that this 'surveillance' is illegals and deportation. This is to find people like you and me posting and writing and exercising our free speech. They are after us.

Trump's memo, Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence, also known as NSPM-7, is the single most dangerous move against American liberty that I've seen in my lifetime. We're moving into a no man's land that threatens to further destabilize the bill of rights.

Thanks to Eric Topol for posting about this paper and the role of inflammation in cardiovascular heart disease. I think the issues discussed here are all relevant to Long Covid, ME/CFS and complex illness including POTS, SIBO, MCAS. www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...

A Compact with the devil. Our government--no wait, not 'our', their farce of a government--has turned into one vast criminal enterprise based on extortion, blackmail, and militarism. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

Welcome to Trump's America. Drones, helicopters, snipers attacking apartment buildings in Chicago. Read the whole piece to get the full picture of what is happening. This country will never recover. MAGA has destroyed our Democracy and disgraced our history. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/u...