Category Archives: Donald Trump

The Dogs of War

By Robert Reich/ RobertReich.substack.com/ June 22, 2025 Friends, The United States is now at war with Iran.  A single person — Donald J. Trump — has released the dogs of war on one of the most dangerous countries in the … Continue reading

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Trump’s Police State

It endangers all of us By Robert Reich/ RobertReich.com/substack/ January 9, 2025 Friends, Now that Trump’s tariffs have been halted, his One Big Beautiful Bill has been stymied, and his multibillionaire tech bro has turned on him, how does he … Continue reading

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Who Owns America? Musk and Trump Are Fighting Over the Deed

A Supreme Court justice handed the keys of our democracy to billionaires — and now they’re crashing it in public… By Thom Hartmann / ThomHartmann.com/ June 6, 2025 The alpha-male dick-measuring contest between Trump and Musk isn’t entertainment: it’s the … Continue reading

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Who Can Fix This Country?

Hal Ginsberg, the host of the YouTube videocast, Halitics, and I (on my weekly guest appearance) share the frustration of making sense of what is going on in the political world. The Trump Administration doesn’t seem to have a clue … Continue reading

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Elon Musk Calls Trump’s Big Bill ‘Disgusting Abomination’

By Amanda Castro/ Newsweek/ June 3, 2025 Elon Musk launched a scathing attack on President Donald Trump‘s marquee spending proposal Tuesday, calling the so-called “big, beautiful bill” a “disgusting abomination” in a series of posts on X. Musk, who leads the … Continue reading

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Conspiracy Theory Dementia

It’s hard to believe many Americans think this guy has a fully functioning brain……{TBPR Editor} President Trump shared an outlandish conspiracy theory on social media on Saturday night saying former President Joseph R. Biden had been “executed in 2020” and … Continue reading

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Pardons become the latest Trump flex

How President Trump is changing government, the country and its politics When it comes to pardons, presidents are able to use unlimited power to give pardons to anyone the president wants to, even to those who have been declared guilty … Continue reading

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All Trump, All the Time

Donald Trump is the greatest president ever, according to millions of Americans. But millions of others will say he is easily the worst. I’m in the latter camp, and Halitics host Hal Ginsberg, on his YouTube videocast, won’t dispute my … Continue reading

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The Biggest Political Con of the Last Century Unmasked

Why the destruction of public institutions, the middle class, and government itself may not be a mistake — but the mission… By Thom Hartmann/ Hartmannreport.com/ May 21, 2025 Neal deGrasse Tyson makes a very relevant point this week: “If a foreign … Continue reading

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Trump as King: ‘Hidden’ Provision in Trump’s Big Bill Could Disarm US Supreme Court

There can be no doubt that Donald Trump wants to be king, and with the help of the fearful and weak Republicans in Congress, we are on course to be his subjects. His people are chipping away at what’s left … Continue reading

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