“In 2025, we are living with the consequences of a Court that has been …captured by ideological extremists. It no longer functions as a neutral arbiter of law but as a political weapon serving the interests of a radical minority…recently, a convicted felon…” open.substack.com/pub/alisav/p...

Neoliberalism, neoconservatism, and a neoliberal and neoconservative SCOTUS have hobbled American democracy and brought us fascist authoritarianism and despotic autocracy. open.substack.com/pub/thenatio...

“Without the complicity of quiescent subjects, tyranny could not survive.” - James Miller in “Examined Lives: From Socrates to Nietzsche”

Money in politics on both sides of the political aisle has driven the interests of voters and their elected representatives further away, undermining faith and confidence in our institutions. Our public policies are decades behind the functional liberal democracies of the world. Let’s catch up now.

Sadly, 50 plus years later, the Southern strategy is still in play and still works for Republican politicians. Nixon knew that racism extended throughout the country, and the strategy would be effective everywhere - the southernization of America. We have a long way to go to racial justice.

Power, control, and revenge are the drug of the malignant narcissist. They endlessly pursue their fix, while destroying everything and damaging everyone in their path - including those who attempt to ingratiate themselves to the narcissist. Narcissists are soul collectors, an invasive species.

"Silence is complicity and white America’s silence on the issue of racial injustice condones and perpetuates the cycle of inequality...We all have a moral duty to defend all people in the face of marginalization." open.substack.com/pub/tcavant/...

During the Great Prosperity, we taxed the rich and had the best middle class run in American history. In 1944, the top tax rate was 94%, and it never dipped below 70% through the 50s, 60s, and 70s. In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan lowered rates to 28%. Income inequality has soared since.

For any sustained period of progress - similar to the Great Prosperity - and to rebuild our government after banishing Trump/MAGA, we’ll need a progressive Democratic Party that can deliver socially democratic programs and policies that benefit the working class - as we had in the New Deal era.

For all the MAGA faithful attempting to rewrite history and project Pam Bondi’s political weaponization of the DOJ onto Biden’s DOJ, it’s important to remember that Hunter Biden was indicted and convicted by Merrick Garland’s DOJ while Joe Biden was president.

Unfortunately, it will get worse before it gets better. Expect more damage, destruction, criminality, and the infliction of pain and suffering on the American and world populace from this narcissistic and tyrannical regime. Our leaders dropped the ball when they had the chance to impeach/convict.

The soul of a malignant narcissist is a bottomless pit. For those assuming Trump, Miller, etc. will awaken one day and realize they’ve gone too far, they won’t. They thrive on control, and as their power is threatened, tyrants become more destructive. They don’t willfully relinquish power (1/6/21).

Without adoration and constant attention, a narcissist feels less than zero, which opens the narcissistic wound and threatens the “false-self” - a confident and capable persona they try to portray to the world to mask their true feelings.

“The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.” - Samuel Johnson

Has the Democratic establishment received the memo? It’s time to ditch the party’s “consultants” and “pundits”. It’s a new era, and if the Democratic Party wants to be viable long term and win elections, embracing democratic socialism is a necessity. Will the lifeline be accepted by party leaders?

People are susceptible to demagoguery. The desired outcome is to reduce the masses who embrace it to their lowest moral and ethical form and manipulate people - through their fears and biases - to support people and positions that do not offer valid benefits or solutions to improve their lives.

“‘In honor of President Trump’s visit to the UK, Britain’s Channel 4 News will run what they describe as the ‘longest uninterrupted reel of untruths, falsehoods and distortions ever broadcast on television.’” open.substack.com/pub/politicu...

“We were very careful because we know you people would be after us,” Trump said. This statement tells a lot about an amoral psychopathic mind: He’s admitting there’s no moral or ethical need to be careful about killing civilians; only to appease the media. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

The Democratic Party is now the "conservative" party in American politics - "conserving" the progressive achievements of the last century - while the GOP is a personality cult of fascist autocracy, trying to burn it all down. At this rate, it's hard to see how we "progress" as an American society.

The GOP has displayed repeatedly that it’s purported values (law and order, transparency in government, fiscal responsibility, etc.) were all a sham. There's nothing “conservative” about a party hellbent on destroying - not “conserving” - democratic values, institutions, and the rule of law.

The autocratic playbook is being executed here, now, and in rapid fashion. theconversation.com/so-you-want-...

Deploying troops to U.S. cities controlled by Democratic leaders - under the guise of “law and order” - is nothing more than a tactic to instill fear and a test run for voter suppression in these Democratic voter strongholds for the 2026 midterms.

I hate when I’m forced to agree with him. bsky.app/profile/patr...

In a country where basic social safety nets such as universal healthcare aren’t provided, dark money groups are allowed unlimited spending on elections and designated tax-exempt “social welfare” organizations, with no obligation to disclose their donors. We are an oligarchy. Let’s demand better.

In America, we spend more per capita on healthcare and have worse health outcomes than other industrialized nations, all of whom operate universal healthcare systems. The answer: Stop the madness; demand Democrats running for office support universal healthcare. Our lives depend on it.

“From 1970 to 2010, spending per person on health care in the United States increased…nearly 420 percent…Profits and executive salaries in the health care industry-including at supposedly non-profit tax-exempt hospitals-increased at the same pace…” - Steven Brill in “Tailspin”

This is an example of justice in a functional democracy, which we are not.

In a sane world, Fox host Brian Kilmeade would be fired and shunned for his depraved comments that homeless people should be euthanized. That’s sick (and deeply ignorant), but sicker still is that it’s tolerated.

Colin Kaepernick is a true patriot who exhibited true strength. He was willing to take an unpopular action to stand up for racial justice. He sacrificed his multi-million dollar career to speak truth to power. Shame on the NFL and its owners for not allowing him to continue his career in his prime.

Empathy - the ability to understand and share the feelings of others - is the cornerstone of a peaceful democratic society. Hannah Arendt stated: “The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.” open.substack.com/pub/tcavant/...

To attempt to justify one’s atrocities toward another people, the oppressor must attempt to convince himself/herself that the oppressed is less than human. The pejorative label “woke” is being used to attempt to “hush” the minds and hearts of the American people. open.substack.com/pub/tcavant/...

Alexis de Tocqueville stated in Democracy in America in the 19th century, that he didn’t know of any country where there was “less independence of mind, and true freedom of discussion, than in America.” open.substack.com/pub/tcavant/...

“And yet Trump and his cronies immediately blamed the left…Because that’s their playbook. They never let facts get in the way of a narrative. They see every tragedy as an opportunity to divide the country…scapegoat their enemies…keep their base foaming…with rage.” open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

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It’s quite refreshing to hear honest, ethical American politicians such as AOC who aren’t bribed and muzzled by corporate interests and who actually take a stand for what’s right.

For decades, the South has unanimously supported/elected GOP politicians, while trailing the nation in quality of life indicators. Tribalism, hate, and bigotry are powerful forces. Will white southerners ever awaken (woke) from the insanity and masochistic spiral, as American democracy slips away?

For decades, the American South has led the nation in poverty, lowest median incomes and economic mobility, least education funding, lowest high school graduation rates, sickest, lowest life expectancy, and highest rates of obesity, morbidity, and infant mortality. It’s also supported the GOP.

“Mamdani is making corporate Democrats cringe. Hillary Clinton endorsed Andrew Cuomo for New York mayor. Trump may, too. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is eschewing the progressive Senate candidates I’ve mentioned in favor of so-called ‘moderates.’” open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

For all hoping this court would somehow step up, do the right thing, reign in this lawless regime, and rule objectively based on the law instead of radically partisan political loyalty, those hopes died early on in Trump 2.0. Our worst fears have come true; No branch is protecting our freedoms.

“Once again, Trump asked a highly partisan Supreme Court to rubber-stamp a blatantly political action, one that clearly violates the spirit and letter of the law — and the court obliged.” www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

This is a court far out of step with the nation’s values and tainted by special interests/conflicts of interest - with no oversight; indoctrinated in radical rightwing political ideology. Its decisions are based less on the law and more on political loyalty to a party with minority public support.

Trust fund narcissists should never be given power. Emotional neglect plus emotional entitlement (those born into wealth and privilege) can create a toxic stew in an individual - a constant need for attention and validation combined with the view that others are simply objects to serve their needs.

Truth to the narcissist is malleable; truth is whatever it needs to be at that particular moment for the narcissist to get what he needs or desires. Malignant narcissists are extremely thin-skinned, with a deep-rooted insecurity masked as confidence and superiority. The slightest criticism lingers.

Marshall Frady in 1968: “The sheer hope, the happy half-reckless presumption of his [George Wallace’s] candidacy for the highest office in the land, gives one the sense that the demonic is still at work in human affairs…his candidacy is a reminder that...the unthinkable, can happen in a democracy."

Crying as I type . . .

My thanks to these 3 for their integrity and true patriotism. They stand against corporate and special interest influence in politics. They maintain their independence and fight for the working class. Shame on the Democratic establishment for withholding its support of them! I proudly support all 3.