“And one of these days, I predict, history will judge harshly those who stayed silent.” - Dr. Paul Krugman open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

TRUMP DESPERATELY SPEWS MORE LIES ON PRIME TIME TV - check the facts here… www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...

I miss having a human being as US President.

It will take two terms to get the smell out of the Oval Office.

“… if anyone still harbors any doubt that Trump is losing it — that his mind is in the grip of dementia, also likely paranoia — this post should make it clear. No rational person would post this.” - Dr. Robert Reich open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

STFU Archie -

The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is an unarmed Muslim fruit vendor.

In a world full of Archie Bunkers, be a Meathead. R.I.P. Rob Reiner

If a tree falls in the forest, and no one hears… “The true intent of the broligarchs’ actions is revealed by the… numbers… the broligarch campaign to take down independent media has gone into overdrive. And Larry Ellison is at the wheel.“ - Dr. Paul Krugman open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

"Truth is treason in an empire of lies." - George Orwell

Exactly.

“In the last five years alone, the wealthiest 20 Americans increased their net worth from $1.3 trillion to $3 trillion, Forbes reported. … the MAGA moment emboldens them to drop any pretense of civic virtue and just go full will-to-power…” - Michael Hirschorn www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...

And then there is this…

Per the Wall Street Journal - “The Indians struck a better deal when they sold Manhattan to the Dutch. Why would the President give away one of America’s chief technological advantages to an adversary and its chief economic competitor?” From Dr. Paul Krugman - open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

And then there is this…

KISS - my ass.

When is TRUMP’S TARIFF BAILOUT coming for us non-farmers?

“Who in their right mind would give Middle East wealth funds any leverage over CBS and CNN? Answer: Trump, whose family business is already deeply dependent on financing from the Middle East.” - Dr. Robert Reich open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Drug runners are camouflaging their boats so they don’t get blown up.

Yes - IT’S THE SAME MS13!!! Do you remember Aubrego Garcia’s “MS13 tattoos”? You can’t even make this shit up.

KISS - my ass.

“Despite the administration’s gaslighting, the Caribbean is not a war zone… The Trump administration is enlisting soldiers and sailors in potential war crimes… The U.S. military itself is not likely to rescue the constitutional order.” - Simon and Stevenson www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...

“So the “affordability tour” is off to a disastrous start. And it won’t get better, because while Trump insists that the problem is you, it’s actually him. And he isn’t going to change”. - Dr. Paul Krugman open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

The next Democratic administration should expand the court. There’s no other way to redeem SCOTUS at this point.

Is HOME DEPOT stealing pennies? We all saw Richard Pryor doing this in Superman III. HOW STUPID DO THEY THINK WE ARE? substack.com/@mtcali70/no...

Do as I say, not as I do… Given Trump’s position on situations like this, he’s going to either need to fire himself or refer himself to the Department of Justice,” said Kathleen Engel, a Suffolk University law professor and leading expert on mortgage finance. apple.news/Af9xzZhyNSJi...

“America has, in practice, become a digital narco-state”. - Dr. Paul Krugman open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

“Fate will allow the world only to glimpse him, then rob it of him quickly”. - Seamus Heaney www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

“Armed with unlimited authority to fire top regulators, it is hard to see why any future president would tolerate the presence of any agency official from the opposite political party who might dissent, legal experts say.” apple.news/AijdgHPkbQwO...

Was the pardon of Honduras’ Hernández a GIFT to his Crypto lords? www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/m...

THANK YOU Secretary Johnson. “… capability should never become a convenient and expedient substitute for law enforcement. That is the very definition of “extrajudicial killing.” - Jeh C. Johnson www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/o...

FAFO FIFA - I smell the blood of innocent men (on your hands).

“Memo to all of us: One of the first things to be done when sanity and legality are restored to Washington — demolition of Trump’s ballroom memorial to corruption.” - Dr. Robert Reich open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

The J6 MAGA BOMBER claims Trump has already pardoned him!

AI - THE GRIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING. Thank you Carl Benedikt Frey. The current late stage of US capitalism will not lend itself well to AI innovation. Rather, it will stifle innovation to maximize any and all immediate profit. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...

No. Per Rand Paul, those outboard motors would need to refilled 20 times before reaching the US. This is a royal Kabuki dance, aka a cover up.

People like Tom Cotton are the very reason we’ve reached this breaking point. He must have been raised by sadists.

“Focusing on the shipwrecked is a distraction… Even under a law of armed conflict, they were all civilians, and we are not actually in armed conflict. Either way, it was all murder.” - Ryan Goodman www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...

“… when I first read the Washington Post story, I thought of the terrified pair, struggling helplessly in the water before the next missile ended their lives. But I also thought of the men or women who fired those missiles. How does their conscience…” - D. French www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...

“This is one of the most shameful episodes in American foreign policy, and the entire Republican Party is complicit in its perpetuation.” “ There is no policymaking process, and there appear to be at least five people acting as the Secretary of State…” - T Friedman www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...

🎶 One of these things is not like the other ones 🎶

WTF is this? And where is our US Congress? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...

Mystery solved - Why did Trump pardon Hondura’s Fernandez? - an island named PROSPERA www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/m...