Project 2025 is in full swing. Congress and courts have not stopped him. Buy only necessities. Protect your assets. Hunker down and prepare for America Inc to have total control of us endentured servants. Saturday, April 5th, every courthouse everywhere USA. We are the resistance.
Tim Snyder historian, author of several books fighting fascism. He and his wife moved to Canada. For those of us who can't leave, we must educate ourselves and resist. Establish a core group of friends and plan for the worst. 2025 is here and happening now.
"Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief." - Chris Murphy (read his summary below)
They've been doing it all along. How many times has he fluctuated the market with this bullshit. Each time they know in advance so they can adjust accordingly.
Yeah, not sure there is a way to prove it but I’d bet everything I have on the fact that trump and all of his benefactors make killings off of insider trading decisions related to the chaos he inflicts on the markets
They started by destroying regulatory agencies and inspectors general so we would never know about their new crimes. They learned what stood in their way in the first term.
I peaked at my 401k a month ago and saw it's dismal state. I haven't gone back to see it since then. There's no point. I know what's happening to it. "I didn't vote for him" feels good but it isnt helping me in any way.
NYC, LA, Seattle, and other ports of entry should eject all CPB agents from their cities and declare they won't collect these ruinous tariffs¹. Hold a blue wall against this illegal administration!
¹ Much easier and more moral than withholding income and payroll taxes
My question: When corporations start individually negotiating, (and by negotiating I mean paying him) with Trump to remove the tariff that affects their company specifically - what do we, the average people, do about it? the lure of lower prices for us is strong. How do we combat this?
The bs on the US trade page is unbelievable. "Parameter values for ε and φ were selected. The price elasticity of import demand, ε, was set at 4. The elasticity of import prices with respect to tariffs, φ, is 0.25." Note that 4*.25 = 1 so ε and φ are bs "greek" constants that cancel out.
15 Senate Democrats backed a pair of resolutions from Sanders to stop sending billions of dollars for bombs to the war criminal Netanyahu of Apartheid Israel to continue its genocide in Gaza
Senator Booker joined MAGA Republicans in support for Israel's imperialistic land grab and ethnic cleansing
AI is not ready for prime time. If this is what it's doing to the financial world market, imagine what it's gonna do to aviation when planes start dropping out at the sky because Elon decided to replace the FAA with his AI.
Via email, tonight’s post is lots of old DOS type gibberish until one gets half way through the message. Still being hacked or some other problem? Here’s a screenshot. Hopefully all fixed soon.
As a senior citizen, I am scared that the government is trying to steal my earned benefits. As an American, I am embarrassed by the greed-motivated policies and appalled by the mobster mentality of the boy-man in the White House.
Slash and burn is not policy- by any measure. As a consumer, I am angered by elected Republicans, who could stop Trump’s tariffs at any time. As a librarian, I grieve for the lost funding of our community institutions.
The only way is to get through this sh*t as fast as possible, pick up the pieces, and start to build a new version of ourselves that's even better than before. Hopefully, it won't take more than...........I'm afraid to guess. But we just have to do it.
Trump alluded to "other ways" he'd get a "3rd term"
No one wants the job... the one who does won't be the best in America & will have Jimmy Carter-level obstacles - resulting in a terrible term, blamed for everything.
It appears the success of these insane AI-driven tariffs is going to depend on other nations. Do they want to negotiate with a bully or have they had it with chaos and want to form alliances that leave out the US? And will foreign corporations deal directly with Trump? Its a wait and see. Scary!
There's no question that the so-called leader of the United States is acting as the biggest, baddest thug on the global scene, and relishes it. What wounds my patriotic spirit is how many MAGAts respond, "Yes, and we are here for it."
MAGAts accused sane folks of hand-wringing when we warned last year that P2025 was an existential threat to American democracy, but now they are celebrating exactly that. Meanwhile, they now rail against sane folks raising the stakes through less mannered forms of civil disobedience and rebellion.
From the perspective of England, the American revolutionaries were traitors. I can only assume, since the GOP has labeled this a revolution, that they are admitting they are traitors. All sympathizers, accessory, and accomplices need to be so labeled by those who are not part of this coup.
Isn’t that special, the heritage foundation is relying on the good hearts of the left not to start a bloody civil war. Keep poking the the bear and see the left, middle and many on the right stand up to ‘heritage’ bullshit.
President of the Heritage Foundation, Roberts believes that the 2020 election was stolen. He believes that the Foundation’s mission is to institutionalize Trumpism. He wrote the forward to Project 2025.
So, I am now a member of a foreign power that is being sent "against" America? i was fucking born here. I am not an invading force, I.AM.AMERICA. And I'm a liberal.
Technically, I was in a US Army hospital abroad. I have a document from the State Department that says I am a native born American who happens to have been delivered while my parents were serving our nation. I look forward to the moment some functionary says I'm not a natural born citizen.
(I love your work and follow you here b/c of the crap on Facebook. But just as a data point, I'm interested in the reasoned analysis. Not in having random right-wing outrages amplified into my feed. Such as this one. )
It caused a major kerfuffle at the time. Chicken Little was running around. Of course we didn't have 18-minute news cycles in those days. Maybe it was a BFD only in DC where I grew up.
Kevin Roberts' notion about how men and women are different: To him, women exist to bear children for men. That's all. Men exist to rule (if they are cis straight white and Christian). Women's divinely-appointed purpose is to obey men. Misogyny is the glue that holds the MAGA coalition together.
As a Life Long Gun Owner I Welcome A Ban on Assault Rifles & Hand Guns. In this Right Wing “Fantasy” where you Shoot it Out with the Government a Shotgun or Deer Rifle will work just fine.
It seems Kevin Roberts was right all along. “We The People” just rolled over, our congress rolled over, our mainstream media rolled over and our universities rolled over. A fellow named Luigi got us all talking about the injustices of our healthcare system….
As you probably know, Facebook is blocking these letters. I copied and posted today’s on Facebook. It has remained so far. If many, many people copy and past these letters, it would keep the information flowing. Post to other outlets as well, such as X🙂
Democrats must win House and Senate in 2026 so that the Mob Boss can be impeached and convicted, assuming there are any vestiges of our Democracy left.
Each morning your column is in my e-mail and it's how I start my day. Been like that for a long time. But this morning it wasn't there. Somehow it was in the spam folder.
Of course he will be playing golf. It's really exhausting spending his time with Laura Looney, his new advisor, and playing with his sharpies. As for her, the magic of plastic surgery seems to have turned her from a 31 year old to a woman who looks like she spent too much money on her face at 60.
Sgt. Jose Duenez, Jr., 25, Joliet, IL; Sgt. Edvin F. Franco, 25, Glendale, CA; and Pfc. Dante D. Taitano, 21, Dededo, Guam. Staff Sgt. Troy S. Knutson-Collins, a 28 of Battle Creek, MI
These are the latest deceased service members that tRump doesn’t care about.
President of the U.S.: "Honor those suckers and losers? No way - it's a good day to golf with Saudis as I squeeze more money out of this position. The best part is it's all paid for by the taxpayers! Talk about sucker and losers. HAHAHAHAHA!"
Well, he did say people who served in the military were suckers and losers. And if rain was forecasted, you know he couldn't chance his bird's nest getting wet.
We were his 'experiment' when he dismantled the Global Health Security/Biodefence in June 2018, after meeting with Kim Jong Un prior in May 2018.
It was called COVID!
Many 'patients' did not survive, Did not heal and are still suffering.
"THE OPERATION IS OVER! THE PATIENT LIVED, AND IS HEALING. THE PROGNOSIS IS THAT THE PATIENT WILL BE FAR STRONGER, BIGGER, BETTER, AND MORE RESILIENT THAN EVER BEFORE."
Being used as his personal 'experiment' is disturbing
Turns out the calculation they used for the tariffs is based on the trade deficit the us has with other countries.
And the rest of the world is pissed off and there's a real chance they'll just cut the us loose instead of negotiating anything.
Let us not forget that Tarifs and financial pressure (ie Universities) are instruments of persuasion. Financial Relief will be granted to those businesses and institutions that fall in line and uphold his agenda and talking points. It’s an ancient practice.
Thank you so much for your letters. They are a bright spot in the day and my 3rd grade twins love listening over breakfast before school! We appreciate you and your efforts to document and educate. 💌
They ask every day to listen to your letters and are quite outspoken with their peers about social justice, the common good, and history. Thank you for being an important part of their education!
Doesn’t anybody know or write about the ‘Trade Imbalance’ and why it actually exists? Anybody? Anybody? We purchase more than we save; MEANING we import more than we export; MEANING => TRADE IMBALANCE! We have no emergency. Lack of manufacturing is an EXCUSE!
Fucking dumb-ASS
They didn't actually calculate tariff rates + non-tariff barriers, as they say they did. Instead, for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country’s exports to us.
So, we have a $18 billion trade deficit with Indonesia. Its exports to us are $28 billion. $18/$28 = 64%, which Trump claims is the tariff rate Indonesia charges us. What nonsense!
I’m glad. That was one of those letters that took many, many hours to make coherent. I love it when they end up looking easy, but that one was decidedly not.
I asked ChatGPT what Trump should have done differently with his tariff calculations.
"Trump could've targeted tariffs more strategically, focusing on key sectors while avoiding broad hikes that hit consumers. He should've worked with allies and used data to limit inflation and economic harm."
Seeing the list of other cuts is maybe the saddest part of all. Beyond the madness, the Mafia tactics (which make sense because of his history through the ‘70’s-‘90’s). He is taking that wrecking ball to everything.
Let’s check back in in 100 years or so… If there’s a country left.
Thank you so much for all you do. If there are historians after Trump is done with destroying America and the world as we knew it. Your substack will be the primary source. And they will all shake their heads wondering how this was allowed to happen.
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"Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief." - Chris Murphy (read his summary below)
Trump doesnt give a damn about what is happening. He's partying at his golf course.
Hey, Donald: Mar-a-Lagofuckyourself!
¹ Much easier and more moral than withholding income and payroll taxes
Senator Booker joined MAGA Republicans in support for Israel's imperialistic land grab and ethnic cleansing
Very disturbing that AI was used to calculate this nonsense...
Explains how uninhibited places got pegged.
Trump ADMIRES cruel dictators & wants to BE one
Putin is a MASTER of manipulation & EASILY exploits Trump's narcissism
Trump's kids ADMIT huge $$$ came in from Russia
Putin got Trump elected twice
Put this all together & here we are today
STOP Putin & his puppet Trump
Let them NOT get re-elected!
Ignorance is bliss to them
Trump alluded to "other ways" he'd get a "3rd term"
No one wants the job... the one who does won't be the best in America & will have Jimmy Carter-level obstacles - resulting in a terrible term, blamed for everything.
MAGA returns, yet again, with I Told You So.
Blame the Voters
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The right could show you - they seem to be comatose right now.
P. S. It probably won't be bloodless. Jan 6th was just the start.
When we have true conservatives again who create bipartisan solutions, that’s the revolution.
Any questions?
Some like to see this stuff & are here for it, as uncomfortable as it is often
It’s hard to avoid—maybe just check in on the daily letters in email or on the Substack website/app as an alternative
We know we’re different. It’s why we want funding for research for women’s health - we aren’t just small men.
Oh. You meant less than men? Yeah. I thought so. Where do I sign my life away to support your ego and power grab?
Going to get much worse, the plan is to privatize and create a white power techno fascist prison state.
Time to go out of bounds and fight back beyond the courts, congress, protests and such.
Revolutions frequently come to violence. Be prepared.
How about breaking a record for the Least days in office before Impeachment...
He would love the attention, Bragg about it, BE THE FIRST, etc...
Q: was he funded to begin with? ... yeah, didn't think so
Someone else's suggestion, and I agree.
One of those clowns should be there
These are the latest deceased service members that tRump doesn’t care about.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/fourth-missing-us-soldier-found-dead-lithuania-rcna199112
Perhaps I'm being generous but I find it hard to believe anyone with a full picture of that man's values (and lack of decency) could support him.
Sgt. Jose Duenez, Jr., 25, Joliet, IL
Sgt. Edvin F. Franco, 25, Glendale, CA
Pfc. Dante D. Taitano, 21, Dededo, Guam
Staff Sgt. Troy S. Knutson-Collins, a 28 of Battle Creek, MI
Doing right in a time of wrongness.
Oh wait, I don't need one, have AI.
I thought it was bad enough that in 1st term he ran the country on Twitter and golfing...
This time he's added AI..
God help us all.
He's an f n pig
It was called COVID!
Many 'patients' did not survive, Did not heal and are still suffering.
Being used as his personal 'experiment' is disturbing
And the rest of the world is pissed off and there's a real chance they'll just cut the us loose instead of negotiating anything.
Thank you, Heather 🙏
Fucking dumb-ASS
Our federal government is infected with Donald Trump, rotting, & crawling with infectious MAGAts.
The prognosis is very unfavorable unless Congress suddenly decides to become American.
& We need a new Speaker.
'We have no emergency. Lack of manufacturing is an EXCUSE!
Fucking dumb-ASS'
Especially since businesses will shut down due to his ridiculous ignorance on tariffs to start with...
"Trump could've targeted tariffs more strategically, focusing on key sectors while avoiding broad hikes that hit consumers. He should've worked with allies and used data to limit inflation and economic harm."
https://youtu.be/d5RQD4qWeIc
Let’s check back in in 100 years or so… If there’s a country left.
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