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Writer, researchaholic. http://linktr.ee/trace_wood The origins of almost every serious current problem in America began with Reagan. This book brings the receipts. https://raygunrevolution.com/
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Faulkender ran the PPP program during COVID. Y'know, the program that accumulated more than $450 billion in fraud, where only about 25% went to the people who needed it and much of what went to the top incomes was forgiven? That guy is in charge of the IRS now. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

Because firing government workers is making things work better?! Because there is zero evidence that is true. The only thing that has been proven 100% true is that American citizens are being ripped off by DOGE hubris and incompetence. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

More proof that Trump will never be anything more than a beta, no matter how much of a bully he tries to be. www.axios.com/2025/04/18/r...

The problem w Trump's current trade war w China is that before he decided to go all in against them, he essentially declared the same war against all the other countries he's hoping will join his effort, especially our close allies. Why would they join someone who attacked them first?

I would love to hear the argument that any gang member in the history of the United States has caused more death and destruction with their conduct than Donald Trump—because just on the pandemic alone, Trump has all of gang and mafia history beat by at least 500,000 dead bodies.

If you think people aren't interested in fair wages, affordable healthcare, rule of law, inclusion, etc & feel your only recourse is to extend a hand to people who refuse to understand such things... then you're doing it wrong! Figure out a better way to deliver your message rather than polluting it

I'm tired of people saying we need more centrists in Congress. No, we absolutely do not. Centrists did nothing to combat the rise of ignorance & fascism. How would putting MORE of them in power solve the problem they enabled? Tired tropes & no action won't cut it anymore.

So Tesla vehicles fall apart, illegally video you, crash into walls in "self-driving" mode, lock you in when they catch fire & defraud you to avoid warranty repairs. Oh, & they are built by a company owned by a Nazi. But other than that, how do you like it? www.reuters.com/business/aut...

Yep. He sure did. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

No lie detected. Imagine if they put that wealth toward making the world a safer, more sustainable and healthy place. They could. Easily. But they choose not to.

Here's the pitch. Give it a shot.

This is a fantastic idea. I hope people respond. 🤞 www.americathepossible.us

If you needed another reason why RFK Jr, Elon, Trump and DOGE are going to be catastrophic for the US, well, I can help you there.👇

Why is it that clowns like this always try to pretend to know what blue-collar is, when it is painfully obvious they've never had a blister? And why do blue-collar people keep falling for this nonsense?

The Attorney General got her education in semantics from Chief Justice Roberts, who didn't know the definition of 'insurrection'. Actually, it goes back further to Justice Scalia who didn't understand the words "A well regulated Militia"

Trump's tariff regime and subsequent trade war reveal just how ignorant he and his administration are not just about global trade but about basic economics. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-trump-...

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We are not alone in this fight 👇

Judge Xinis in Tuesday eve order homes in on key issue: "Abrego Garcia appears to remain inexplicably detained in CECOT." She cites text in written agreement with El Salvador showing US control: That detainees are kept in CECOT “pending the United States’ decision on their long-term disposition.”

The DOJ lawyer who made the mistake of answering the court's questions about Abrego-Garcia candidly (eg yes he was mistakenly deported, a fact the Administration already has acknowledged), which got him put on administrative leave, has now been fired, ending his 15-year DOJ career..

If you thought that perhaps the cluelessness was only Hegseth-deep, you'd be wrong. It's the only thing this administration features on every level and in every seat. dailyboulder.com/ice-raid-blo...

Just my opinion, but yes, we should try reading more books. And if you're interested, I can suggest one 😏

This is the guy that RFK Jr thinks should be looking into vaccine safety. Well, at least he's not the one developing the vaccines.

Someone in Congress needs to file Articles of Impeachment. This must happen now & if there are still any GOP who hold any part of the Constitution sacred, then they must sign on & convict Trump to be removed. If none do, then we have our answer to the question: has the GOP declared war on the US?

Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.

The Republicans DO NOT CARE what you want. They will undermine, repeal and reject anything you want if it means currying favor with their Christo-fascist billionaire overlords. The only way to stop them is to VOTE THEM OUT. apnews.com/article/abor...

Their utter incompetence is real, but also a cover to hide their plundering of government data. apnews.com/article/doge...

Trump's attacks on our university system is only boosting the fortunes of those he hopes to hurt. His "4D chess" is increasingly looking like him simply whacking his own head with a ball peen hammer. www.reuters.com/world/americ...

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Republicans have always been terrible at math. It didn't seem possible but they've gotten worse at it. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

“I was just following orders” was not a defense at Nuremberg. And it won’t be a defense in the future here.

it should not be at all surprising that DOGE is a criminal organization. That's not hyperbole. That is exactly what it is. It is a hacking collective under the protection of an illegal authoritarian regime. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

For those scoring at home, Trump's people are spending much of their time investigating an agency with almost no history of fraud (Social Security) while disbanding the unit that investigates an industry that is almost entirely used for fraud and corruption. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump's anti-immigrant agenda is a dangerous clown show. Here they threatened a MA immigration attorney (a US citizen) with deportation. They claim the email was sent by mistake to her but that doesn't mean they didn't mean it. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

He said it. Not me. But he's not wrong.

I do enjoy a good dual-role morality play 😄 www.tiktok.com/t/ZTj8P618D/

My first column on Substack 🥳 longgandhi.substack.com/p/the-coming...

This is Trump's backdoor plan to eliminate funding for Medicaid. Neither he nor the GOP have offered any plan to find other funding for it. www.wsj.com/health/healt...

Who could have seen this coming?! 😲🤦‍♂️ Some of these cases that Trump's DoJ are dropping have been 6 years in the making. Nothing like wasting people's time because you're looking to curry more corrupt people into your circle. www.wsj.com/finance/regu...

Leave it to Trump to render the lamest version of "We Are the Champions" ever. This is the kind of entertainment he has in mind for the Kennedy Center? No wonder people are cancelling their memberships in droves. 🤦‍♂️😆 apnews.com/video/vance-...

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90% of those Donald Trump sent to a death camp in one of the poorest countries on Earth have NO CRIMINAL RECORD in the United States or anywhere else. So what distinguishes any of us from those poor souls now imprisoned for life in a disgusting gulag run by a sadistic dictator?

Sooner or later, even the Republican Congressmen and Senators (and SCOTUS) will realize that Trump needs to be impeached AND removed, and his administration dismantled if they want to have anything resembling the United States of the last 200 years remaining.