Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches Trump, his family & friends are making millions/billions right now because he is monetizing the presidency. How many laws must he break for Congressional Republicans to impeach him. A stain on our country he is. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

10 Crucial Things You Can Do in 2026 Things we can do to support our neighbors and our democracy. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Happy New Year! May 2026 turn out to be the year you hope it will be.

This is horrifying. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. I wish the military who are flying these planes, or are helping them or servicing these planes would exercise their right not to do something illegal, which this is. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...

George Will, in The Washington Post, called this White House "a sickening slum of an administration." Well put.

Almost my favorite Elvis song. So poignant today. www.pandora.com/artist/elvis...

Sunday thought: The reckoning Robert Reich is right - perhaps this is what it took to open our eyes. After this nightmare is over, we need to create a country which is fair and equitable to all so that all might benefit, and not just a very few. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

December 27, 2025 Another authoritarian grab. :( open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

You know, I've been thinking that because of the horrible times we're going through & because there are so many nefarious characters in the Trump administration to comment on, I may be getting too comfortable using lots of unkind words to describe them, and I don't want them to change me.

Ethics Shmethics Where, indeed? open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

I love Steve Schmidt. youtu.be/9RciIBN4HJo?...

I am a big fan of Steve Schmidt's "The Warning." He speaks the truth every day, with blunt honesty. youtu.be/UuuUtUwZi_k?...

Don't let it be forgot that once there was a spot...

Excellent story on what's going on with media capitulating to Trump. Nothing good, that's for sure. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Farewell to "60 Minutes" Excellent piece - how the mighty have fallen. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

More context for what/why CBS pulled the "60 Minutes" report on CECOT last night. And none of it is good. :( www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

December 21, 2025 JD Vance wants Christianity to the the religion of the US, forgetting the Constitution prohibits the establishment of a state religion and giving all the freedom to worship or not the God of their choice. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

The Immanent Joy of Detrumpification I am all in for this! newrepublic.com/article/2046... via @newrepublic.com

A national disgrace I read Steve Schmidt's "The Warning" every day. This is a very good one. open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...

Donald Trump is no John F. Kennedy I read Steven Schmidt every day - his pieces are great and blunt about what's happening. In this one, you even get to hear a JFK speech. open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...

December 18, 2025 Every day, Heather Cox Richardson's columns remind us on whose shoulders we stand...and why we must continue to fight for our precious country and its freedoms. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother.And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accursed they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day."(the US now)

“THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." - Thomas Paine in "The American Crisis."

When Congress Walks Away Excellent piece from Terry Moran this a.m. open.substack.com/pub/terrymor...

"The real scandal, I believe, is not what the executive branch is doing. It is what the 119th Congress—especially the Republican leadership and rank and file—is choosing not to do." - part of an excellent post by Terry Moran this a.m.

The Washington Post has an article out this a.m., describing the regime as: "A sickening, moral slum of an administration." And so it is.

No one more deserves to be impeached than the entire bunch of low-life evil-doers, starting with Trump.

A good review of Trump's "speech" last night. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

The real threat in Trump’s madness I had not thought of this risk, but here we are. :( open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

The New Republic has a lengthy and fascinating look at Stephen Miller in its current edition. It traces his own family's Jewish roots, when they immigrated to this country, and how their lives unfolded. Some of the information comes from a book Miller's grandmother wrote about their experiences.

You know, as things unfold in our country's horror show, I wonder if Russell Vought and Stephen Miller thought the America people would engage in more push-back or less. Do you think they're surprised or relieved by the level of push-back?

I read today that Barak & Michelle Obama were supposed to have dinner with Rob & Michelle Reiner the night their bodies were found. I don't know if they were supposed to go to the Reiner home, but I think about a potential horrific coincidence, if the murderer came the night the Obamas were there.

Words & Phrases That Have Lost All Meaning The writer sums up Trump's party, and it's certainly not Republican. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

The True Catastrophe of Trump, as seen from north of the border This column is as frightening as it is horribly true. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

The Politics of Hollow Platitudes A very good column. Other countries do lots more to prevent gun violence - why can't we? open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

The Truth About Trump Derangement Syndrome A good piece from Jim Acosta. open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...

The Road To Brown University A heartbreaking look at gun violence in our country. open.substack.com/pub/terrymor...

Everywhere there is violence The saddest. open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...

The Joseph Welch Award for Standing Up to Tyrants Goes To … Robert Reich does a whole piece praising Indiana, where I live. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

What Are We Doing to Our Children? Just heartbreaking, and it occurred the day before the 13th anniversary of the Sandy Hook massacre. We have learned nothing. We have done nothing in all this time to protect our children. Shame on us all. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Yet again. Yet again. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Trump’s “Gold Card” Million-Dollar Citizenship Scheme Exposed Unf--king-believable! open.substack.com/pub/michaelp...

This kind of stinks. www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

CBS News becomes official propaganda arm of the Trump movement I'm a big fan of Steve Schmidt & his Substack, "The Warning." This is a very powerful piece, on more than Bari Weis & CBS, inc. a video of a heartbreaking speech by Ellie Wiesel. So worth seeing. open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...

I'd forgotten how much I love this sweet version of A Christmas Carol. Very good Jule Styne music. www.dailymotion.com/video/x55fqu0

10 Christmas Movies All Older Adults Remember - As a woman of a certain age, I've seen all of these. How about you? www.seniorresource.com/10-christmas...

Holiday Diet Tips Once again, Dave Barry comes through with the laughs we need right now. Enjoy. open.substack.com/pub/davebarr...

I think this kind of stinks. Many of us have been hoping articles of impeachment would be brought against the president. Now they have, and enough Dems voted no to table it. :( www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

Christmas Memories. youtu.be/SvK3jEXJFdg?...