I'm a retired large bank corporate lender. Married for 50+ yrs, proud of our two daughters. Very concerned about Americans who do not read or fact check. Trump gets away with lies because many Americans are willfully uninformed. Please be one that reads.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/u.... Trump was upset because Modi would not nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize even though Modi said the peace agreement between India & Pakistan had nothing to do with Trump. Coincidence that Trump later levied a 50% tariff against India for buying Russian oil?
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www.newsweek.com/map-list-cit.... Anti-Trump protest on Labor Day. See the map and list of cities hosting protests against his dictatorship, lies, corruption, illegal tariffs, his ugly bill that gave huge tax breaks to the rich & exploded our Nat'l debt, his call to cheat via extreme gerrymandering
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t.... My daughter sent this enlightening "Pivot" podcast to me. Kara Swisher interviews Gavin Newsom who says the Dems need to be everywhere, all the time, fighting fire with fire đĽ
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www.bloomberg.com/news/article... US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Friday upheld an earlier ruling by the Court of International Trade that Trump wrongfully invoked the law to hit nations across the globe with steep tariffs."
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CDC leaders who resigned said RFK Jr. undermined vaccine science, risking lives www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
ALL THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS SHOULD JOIN WITH GOVERNOR NEWSOM IN VOCIFEROUSLY OPPOSING TRUMP. VOTERS WANT THEIR LEADERS TO FIGHT. JOIN YOUR LOCAL PROTEST on 9/1/25.
reader.foreignaffairs.com/2025/08/19/t.... The problem for the U.S. is that Trump Is gutting the very resources that it needs to advance U.S. interests and protect against counter moves. The U. S.has made historic investments in the institutions, infrastructure, & weapons.Trump is undermining those
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Today, hypocrite Trump criticized Ukraine for not attacking enough. Per AI : based on recent reports, the Pentagon has quietly implemented an approval process that blocks Ukraine from using U.S.made long-range missiles, to strike targets deep inside Russia, a reversal of Biden's prior approval.
According to the Federal Reserve Act, a President cannot fire a Fed. Res. governor for policy disagreements; they can only be removed "for cause," which means gross misconduct, neglect of duty, or inefficiency (all unproven to date). She can sue to be reinstated. I hope she does.
Trump moves to fire top Fed. Reserve official Lisa Cook. The dollar dropped after Trump removed Fed. Res. Gov. Lisa Cook, raising concerns about the independence of the Fed. This is all based on an allegation. Trump doesn't have the authority to do this. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol.... Ask Russians who have Dictator Putin: over 700,000 dead in the war, an economy in shambles (a few oligarchs control), resulting in no competition, no innovation, no free press, no free speech, no free elections. Fear reigns. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
4. They do not believe in Statesâ rights as Trump recently stated, "Remember, the States are merely an âagentâ for the Federal Gov. in counting & tabulating the votes. âThey must do what the Fed. Govt. as represented by the President of the U.S tells them, FOR THE GOOD OF OUR COUNTRY, to do.â
3. They do not believe in good governance since Trump fired all of the key Inspectors General who are charged with detecting & preventing fraud, waste & mismanagement in government agencies. Rationalize that! Trump hired only incompetent loyalists who had to pledge that the 2020 election was stolen!
2. They do not believe in fiscal conservatism having passed a profligate tax bill w/ adds $3T to our already high deficit. They do not believe in free trade, having allowed Trump to tariff Brazil w/ whom the U.S. has a positive trade balance, because Trump wants to free insurrectionist Bolsonaro.
1. I THINK THE MEDIA SHOULD STOP REFERRING TO THE âREPUBLICANâ PARTY AND NOW REFER TO IT AS THE âAUTHORITARIANâ PARTY. They do not believe in the rule of law unless it helps Trump or his minions. They do not believe in a constitutional democracy (preferring a king), nor 3 equal branches of govt.
4. They do not believe in Statesâ rights as Trump recently stated, "Remember, the States are merely an âagentâ for the Federal Gov. in counting & tabulating the votes. âThey must do what the Fed. Govt. as represented by the President of the U.S tells them, FOR THE GOOD OF OUR COUNTRY, to do.â
3. They do not believe in good governance since Trump fired all of the key Inspectors General who are charged with detecting & preventing fraud, waste & mismanagement in government agencies. Rationalize that! Trump hired only incompetent loyalists who had to pledge that the 2020 election was stolen!
2. They do not believe in fiscal conservatism having passed a profligate tax bill w/ adds $3T to our already high deficit. They do not believe in free trade, having allowed Trump to tariff Brazil w/ whom the U.S. has a positive trade balance, because Trump wants to free insurrectionist Bolsonaro.
1. I THINK THE MEDIA SHOULD STOP REFERRING TO THE âREPUBLICANâ PARTY AND NOW REFER TO IT AS THE âAUTHORITARIANâ PARTY. They do not believe in the rule of law unless it helps Trump or his minions. They do not believe in a constitutional democracy (preferring a king), nor 3 equal branches of govt.
4. They do not believe in Statesâ rights as Trump recently stated, "Remember, the States are merely an âagentâ for the Federal Gov. in counting & tabulating the votes. âThey must do what the Fed. Govt. as represented by the President of the U.S tells them, FOR THE GOOD OF OUR COUNTRY, to do.â
3. They do not believe in good governance since Trump fired all of the key Inspectors General who are charged with detecting & preventing fraud, waste & mismanagement in government agencies. Rationalize that! Trump hired only incompetent loyalists who had to pledge that the 2020 election was stolen!
2. They do not believe in fiscal conservatism having passed a profligate tax bill w/ adds $3T to our already high deficit. They do not believe in free trade, having allowed Trump to tariff Brazil w/ whom the U.S. has a positive trade balance, because Trump wants to free insurrectionist Bolsonaro.
1. I THINK THE MEDIA SHOULD STOP REFERRING TO THE âREPUBLICANâ PARTY AND NOW REFER TO IT AS THE âAUTHORITARIANâ PARTY. They do not believe in the rule of law unless it helps Trump or his minions. They do not believe in a constitutional democracy (preferring a king), nor 3 equal branches of govt.
4. They do not believe in Statesâ rights as Trump recently stated, "Remember, the States are merely an âagentâ for the Federal Gov. in counting & tabulating the votes. âThey must do what the Fed. Govt. as represented by the President of the U.S tells them, FOR THE GOOD OF OUR COUNTRY, to do.â
3. They do not believe in good governance since Trump fired all of the key Inspectors General who are charged with detecting & preventing fraud, waste & mismanagement in government agencies. Rationalize that! Trump hired only incompetent loyalists who had to pledge that the 2020 election was stolen!
2. They do not believe in fiscal conservatism having passed a profligate tax bill w/ adds $3T to our already high deficit. They do not believe in free trade, having allowed Trump to tariff Brazil w/ whom the U.S. has a positive trade balance, because Trump wants to free insurrectionist Bolsonaro.
1. I THINK THE MEDIA SHOULD STOP REFERRING TO THE âREPUBLICANâ PARTY AND NOW REFER TO IT AS THE âAUTHORITARIANâ PARTY. They do not believe in the rule of law unless it helps Trump or his minions. They do not believe in a constitutional democracy (preferring a king), nor 3 equal branches of govt.
BOLTON'S HOME WAS RAIDED BECAUSE HE TOLD THE TRUTH. I read Bolton's book, "In the Room Where It Happened." A Rep., Bolton is an outspoken Trump critic, esp. on foreign policy. Bolton called Trumpâs summit with Putin a humiliation for the U.S. Trump met with a war criminal on U.S. soil & Putin won.
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/03/u.... TRUMP SUPPORTS LAWLESSNESS WHEN âHIS PEOPLEâ ARE CONVICTED. Today, Trump threatened Colorado with âharsh measuresâ if they donât release Tina Peters, the former clerk of Mesa County, CO, who was found guilty of tampering with voting machines under her control.
Dictator Trump spews more lies. He said in a recent post that âStates are merely an âagentâ for the Fed. Government in counting and tabulating the votes. They must do what the Federal Government, as represented by the President of the United States, tells them, FOR THE GOOD OF OUR COUNTRY, to do.â
Youâve been given free access to this article from The Economist as a gift. You can open the link 5 times within 7 days. After that it will expire. The US in brief: Trumpâs poll ratings plumb the depths www.economist.com/in-brief/202...
Youâve been given free access to this article from The Economist as a gift. You can open the link five times within 7 days. Afterwhich, it expires How AI-enhanced hackers are stealing billions. Stupid Trump doesn't realize that Russia is using AI enhanced malware. www.economist.com/business/202...
wapo.st/4lBfdEy Trump did not run for a 2nd term to help anybody but himself. He ran for (3) primary reasons: 1) First and foremost, to rid himself of all the indictments 2) To get revenge against all, who in his sick mind, attacked him even though they were doing their duty 3) To enrich himself.
wapo.st/41MO9Lp MAGA Republicans should be swept out of office. They are ceding their power of the purse to Trump. Vought is dangerous. He stated in Project 2025 that his final goal is to "bend or break the bureaucracy to the presidential will". This is unconstitutional and smacks of dictatorship.
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wapo.st/3V7nK7g Recall that in 2023, Fox News paid Dominion Voting Sys $787 million to avert a trial that would have exposed how the network promoted lies about the 2020 pres election. Happy for Dominion but what did our country get when lying Trump undermined our democracy? We need a statute!
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wapo.st/4oFW0nN This picture says it all. Putin is smirking at the dottering, half-witted fool.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08.... On Sat. weak & subservient Trump split from Ukraine & key European allies after his summit with war criminal Putin, backing Putinâs plan for a peace agreement based on Ukraine ceding territory it controls to Russia. Trump treats Putin better than our allies.
wapo.st/41IWK1F Weak and cowardly Trump meets with a war criminal. Instead of projecting strength & aggression against Putin, he is ceding land to Putin with no security guarantees. Putin wants all of Ukraine. Trump is actually quite stupid because Putin ONLY reacts to strength.
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Extreme Redistricting âCHEATING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE by Republicans: We must fight fire with fire to protect the will of the voters. This is not mere gerrymandering; this is an extreme authoritarian tactic to keep the House in Republican hands.Voters choose their leaders, not the other way around.
Newsom: "We're asking the voters for their consent to do mid-term redistricting"
On November 4th in California, you will have the power to stand up to Donald Trump. You will have the power to stand up for people. We're going to give the people of this state the power to stand up for democracy.
TRUMP WILL DO ANYTHING TO GET THE EPSTEIN CASE OUT OF THE NEWS, EVEN CALLING IN THE NATIONAL GUARD TO D.C. Why now when the FBI 2024 Reported Nationwide Crimes (released on 8/5/25) showed a YOY decrease in violent crime? Deflection mostly, but Trump sees it as a way to realign his simpleton base.
2. This Pay-to-Play scheme is dangerous & so typical of Trump's amoral grifts. We should track the money from this NVIDIA shakedown, but Trump fired all of the key 17 Inspectors Generals soon after he took office b/cause he didn't want anyone investigating all of his illegal/abuse of power actions.
1. TRUMPâS ILLEGAL SHAKEDOWN OF NVIDIA UNDERMINES NATâL SEC. TRUMP DOESNâT CARE AS LONG AS HE GETS THE $. Export controls exist to protect the U.S. NOT to generate revenue.Historically, these nat'l sec. decisions were considered non-negotiable & cos. could not buy their way out of them at ANY price.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/b.... While CPI was steady at 2.7 %, most consumers s/b tracking "Core CPI" (watched by the FED) w/ provides a clearer, more relevant gauge of underlying inflation trends. It jumped 0.3 percent over the course of the month, or 3.1% on a year-over-year basis.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08.... THIS IS NOT ABOUT CRIME IN DC WHICH IS DOWN. THIS IS ABOUT DICTATOR TRUMP WANTING TO USE MILITARY FORCE ON AMERICANS. Trump released a triple murderer in a prisoner exchange (below). He moved pedophile G. Maxwell to a low sec. prison. He pardoned violent 1/6 people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w.... He killed three people in Spain and fled to Venezuela, where he was sentenced to 30 years in prison, court documents show.
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New public comments đ¨ đď¸ We and 10 organizations responded to a recent EPA proposal to repeal emissions standards for the power sector. EPA doesn't account for #climate damages, which contradicts the best available science and economics. We argue they need to. policyintegrity.org/projects/upd...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/u.... There is no justification for this and none has been offered. We should all be outraged. Amoral Trump believes he can do anything. His malignant narcissism will only get worse. Read "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump" by Yale-trained psychiatrist, Dr. Bandy Lee.
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NEW VIDEO: As the DOJ is collecting sensitive voter data around the country and the GOP ups the stakes with their gerrymandering efforts in Texas, I am concerned what is going on is being overlooked. I lay out my concern and what we need to do now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2E3...
Ray I recently finished "How Countries Go Broke". I strongly disagree with your comments in Chapter 19: "and the Trump adm. will improve things because there are many inefficiencies and weaknesses that need to be fixed." Idiot Trump blew up the deficit! Your faith in Trump was misplaced.
NEW MUST READ: Republicans and their allies are laying the groundwork for weakening the crucial federal law that blocked many of their attempts to purge voter registration rolls on the eve of the 2024 election. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
New Hampshire joins Minnesota and Wisconsin as the latest states to reject the DOJâs request for full voter rolls, citing legal protections and concerns about federal overreach. More:
UPDATE: Under the new proposed map, the district that once held Texasâ capitol is now split into two with the building's extension parking being in one congressional district (CD 37) and the exit being in another (CD 10).
Texas map would add five safe Republican seats. What it means for the midterms. Democrats need to play hardball and ensure they fight fire with fire. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c.... Trump stupidly said that climate change was a âhoax.â Now his adm is trying to silence govt research that proves him wrong. Trump adm. has fired or let go hundreds of climate/weather scientists & cut ties to many more who work in academia. Zeldin has no environ exp
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u.... NYT 7/27: To hide the cost of renovating the plane Qatar donated to Trump, the Air Force appears to have transferred (est.$945M) from our land-based nuclear modernization program. Trump is just taking the $? Where is Congress??
wapo.st/4ofjsZ8 A really excellent article. A polygenic risk score (PRS) is a number that summarizes the estimated genetic risk of developing a specific disease or trait, based on the combined effects of many genetic variants.
Trumpâs imaginary numbers, from $1.99 gas to 1,500 percent price cuts www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Police officers donât wear masks. Judges donât hide their identity. Why does Trumpâs immigration force hide who they are? Itâs just a mechanism to get away with illegality and immorality. A tactic of authoritarianism.
3. is legally very problematic, but Maxwell might agree to wait to effectuate it until after the mid terms. Maxwell's attorney agrees to hold the signed commutation. If Trump is feeling all powerful, he may elect to pardon Maxwell but a full pardon before the mid-terms would be stupid.
2. (w/ retains her 5th Amend rights) vs an outright pardon (where she relinquishes that right since the pardon removes the legal jeopardy). The commutation is dated (required) & signed by Trump now since there is a risk Trump could die in the interim. POST DATING until after the mid terms ..
1. Speculation on a possible scheme to prevent G. Maxwell from disclosing info on the Epstein/Trump connection. Todd Blanche (Deputy AG) & D. Markus (Maxwellâs atty) are friends. If Blanche assesses that Maxwell has damaging info, Trump agrees to a substantial commutation of Maxwellâs sentence....
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NEW: Texas Democrats may âbreak quorumâ to block state Republicans from pushing a mid-decade redistricting plan to gain five House seats before the 2026 midterms. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has threatened to arrest them. From: @jenrice.bsky.social
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www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/u.... Mentally ill Trump reposted a FAKE video showing former President Barack Obama being arrested in the Oval Office. The short video, which appears to have been generated by AI and posted on TikTok, was reposted by Trump on his Truth Social account on Sunday.
wapo.st/3GKghrn Trump is afraid and resorts to cheating. He has already defunded & disbanded the "Election Infrastructure Information Sharing and Anal Center" that helps state and local officials monitor, analyze, and respond to cyber attacks targeting the nationâs election hardware and software.
Fact-hating Trump is closing the EPA's Office of Res and Dev. w/analyzes dangers posed by a variety of hazards, including toxic chemicals, climate change, smog, wildfires, indoor air contaminants, water pollution, watershed destruction and drinking water pollutants. Trump's ignorance is THE hazard!
CBS News price tracker shows how much food, gas, utility and housing costs are rising - CBS News share.google/QpcDoOKrwFiD...
wapo.st/3GGQqk5 While everyone is focused on Epstein, I didn't want folks to miss this story. Trump's OMB Director, R. Vought was one of the principal architects of Project 2025 w/ Trump said he knew nothing about (LIE).I think skipping a full budget is likely against the law.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a.... Hate to spend time on "non-strategic" issues, but Trump created his own mess by lying...again, and again, and again. Finally, it backfires on the lying, malignant narcissist.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u.... Special Note: AI's answer on CVI: "people with chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) are generally not in excellent health. CVI is a condition where blood flow is impaired in the leg veins, causing various symptoms and potentially impacting quality of life.