Here’s what I wrote to one my Senators this morning. I’m copying it to every Rep and Senator from my state and probably every other I can get to: Senator,
Yesterday, the President of the United States wrote a letter to Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre of Norway. That letter left no doubt about the President’s fitness for office, fitness to make decisions about tariffs, about ICE, about Venezuela, about Ukraine, about Greenland.
Now it is time for you to prove your fitness for office. It is time for every member of Congress to prove their fitness for office.
Are you up to it? World War III — or not — depends on it.
Call your senator and leave this message. In Ohio, they ignore emails, but not voice recordings if a staffer doesn’t answer. I’m calling today and reminding them that they are complicit if they don’t act. Thanks for sharing your letter. Well said!
The chance that humanity will survive was greatly reduced by Trump's election. Putin has endorsed Trump's plan to acquire Greenland by whatever means necessary. An American takeover of Greenland would greatly strengthen Putin's position. First, the U.S. would have to leave NATO, greatly weakening its ability to restrain Russian aggression. Second, it would encourage land grabs by China as well as Russia.
Trump wants the world divided into three spheres of influence, American, Russian, and Chinese. However, there is no doubt that the megalomaniacal Trump, Putin, and Xi Ping would go to war against each other. That spells the end of humanity and almost all other forms of life. New species will evolve over the billions of years this planet has left. I hope they will be less violent than our failed species which has dominated the Earth for a tiny fraction of the time dinosaurs ruled.
I used yours as a basis, started out pretty much as you did, and then added this:
Olga Lautman, Senior Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis, wrote a piece yesterday on Substack titled: "If Someone Wanted to Destroy America, What Would They Do Differently?" from which I quote:
"Trump’s conduct has never resembled mere incompetence, impulsiveness, or even corruption. Instead, it has always been a sustained pattern of national sabotage carried out through strategic chaos—one that Russia openly welcomes and is publicly celebrating as they watch America’s power, alliances, and credibility erode.
"The current crisis surrounding Greenland only reaffirms this."
For the sake of our country and of the world, we need him removed from office. World War III — or not — depends on it. Democracy depends on it. Human lives depend on it.
I actually think that Trump is enthralled to Putin, is following his edicts concerning Greenland and Ukraine and everywhere else, and I believe that the Epstein files would imply that strongly or maybe even show it directly. I certainly believe that the Epstein files were swept under the rug when he got house arrest and other conspirators “known and unknown “ were absolved in 2008 because of the damage they could do to global governments, especially concerning espionage and money.
Beautiful! Keep it going! I called Schumer's office this morning and talked to a representative with the same message. I'm making a vow to call the Capitol every morning and talk to a real person.
And to celebrate ICE abducted a peaceful US citizen in Minnesota in the middle of the night. They drug him from his legal house in 14° weather clad only in Crocs, undershorts, and the blanket he took off his sleeping grandson.
Why? They claim to apprehend a sexual predator but only fingerprinted and photoed before returning him still wrapped in a blanket over his undershorts and crocks. A 74 year old man, living here since age 4, naturalized in 1991. If you think you won't be a target, think again.
You are prescient and it scares me to death. All of this and more, in your Warnings, has come to pass. When you say 2026 will get even darker it is hard to wrap my head around that. He is on the cusp of invading Greenland. He is at Davos no doubt shaking people down. The ICE SS is killing people in Minnesota. Public health is in tatters. The Pentagon has required prayer breakfasts. His Board of Peace is a despot's wet dream. The travesty of the Epstein files remains hidden behind guile and lawlessness. He is certifiably insane and the Republicans are doing nothing and the Dems even less. How could it get worse than that except for a violent civil war, or worse, that fool using nukes to make a point? We're so fucked.
There are at least 150 million Americans who are deeply opposed to Donald, his enablers, the MAGA party and everything they are about. I tell myself this everyday. We will not allow these weak, sick, ignorant criminals to bring our world to ruin nor will we sit idly by while they rampantly harm and terrorize us in our own cities. The orange madman and his sicko cabinet are not our bosses. We are the government, each and every one of us - it is no longer at a distance, it’s in our every action today and for all the days to come.
You are right. Sometimes I lose sight of those facts. I really appreciate your needed splash of cold water. Last night I was just overwhelmed. Thank you for the reminder. I feel better now.
Steve not only have you been correct about the Lying Sack of S trajectory but you have also called upon us to take action in an effort to make a course correction. Many Americans have been roused to action but alas it seems nothing can shake the brittle stubbornness of the GOP MAGA party. They are blind, deaf & dumb when it comes to this abomination in the WH. I'm terrified but determined.
A year ago Trump may have raised his right hand, but his left was not on the Bible. It was held limply at his side.
So to all to all Christians who are Trump supporters I ask: "Why didn't your president place his hand on the Bible like all the presidents before him?"
When will the Christian Right wake up and realize they are being used by man who in no way ever lives or acts in a Christ like manner. Matter of fact he acts completely opposite of how Christ taught people to act.
Prescient doesn’t do it justice. If only the Republicans could read and understand what they have done to enable this sick man to literally destroy what has given them their platform. Surely, their skills as ass lickers didn’t put them in such powerful position to be elected? Oh, shit! Of course they did. Evidently, the blame falls to the voters. Those with a clearer understanding of what to do to redirect America and redress the wrongs of the past must work harder to choose candidates who are not close minded, illiterate about history, and just plain greedy, or it … stupid?
I started reading The Warning in the summer of 2024, already outraged that the DNC had denied us a primary race that would have left Biden in the dust, and your words Steve, seemed right on. I haven't missed a day since, and am grateful for the tireless work that you have put into this Substack space.
There is a reason my under appreciated ancestor Roger Sherman warned that the office of the presidency should be little more than a glorified secretary. Like many of his contemporaries, Roger studied history. He knew what happened to the Roman Republic under Caesar Augustus.
If read fully, if deeply considered, the Constitution is a promise and a warning.
Today, I'll be calling my feckless New York senators for the upteenth time. The president is clearly unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. It's time to invoke the 25th Amendment.
I have never been a poster aside from my limited attempts on YouTube. My now inactive channel on that platform was inspired out of curiosity which faded quickly for reasons which are unclear to me. It wasn't because I got zero response, what I tell myself is that it wasn't fun and it was work that interfered with work I truly enjoy. Work that I am still engaged with. It's volunteer work which will conclude this summer.
Steve's work has inspired me and now I post on his writing after paying for that privilege. YouTube posting is similar to throwing a bottle with a message into a vast ocean. Substack feels different. His is the only paid platform on which I post. I am an enlisted man, one who will follow a leader in whom I have trust.
Steve. Admire your ability to grow and change. When you were still a fixture in R land, I was telling folks in my sphere that the election of W was the last nail in the coffin. Good friend of mine spoke the words someone said below - we are so fucked. 26 years ago. Bush Crime Family put the finishing touches on the gutting of the Constitution, with Cheney in the lead. Your man McCain got me n six others laid off in 86 with the undertow of Keating. Best job I ever had at that time. My gpa, dad, uncles, cousins, friends fought n died in both necessary n corporate wars, just to preserve the Roman/English corporate chattel system. This slop-headed reject is just the slime at the top of the sewer, whose anaerobic, decomposing, bacterial petri dish of dissolution will finish off the lies of 'murka. Slaves have been taken since forever. But to ship them 3000 miles for 300 years, while also wreaking genocide on our beautiful Native folks, is uniquely 'murkan. Is this the penultimate conclusion of the 'white' man's value system? The ICE cycle slicing n dicing the innocent, the model of Greek n Roman 'civilization.?' And to really confuse us, in this nation are some of the most gracious, kind, gentle, peace-loving folk anywhere in humankind, the true evolution of what humans could be. The Constitution, the barely noble ideas of a new biotic creature who could not and cannot live up to the vital/ancient/once thriving biota of Earth that stood waiting to teach ALL OF US. We just slaughtered or enslaved them. I have seen and spoken and acted, in my small way, to counter this. You know what? Almost no one listened, thought I was crazy and a contrarian. I am glad you have come around, but you were, by far, not the first. Neither was I. As you quote Grant, the rot has been in the wood for a very long time.
Steve, as always, your essay is chillingly prescient. A friend of mine once told me, "the Devil always tells you what he's going to do." Well, Trump is the Devil and he definitely told us. The ignorant morons who voted for him and still support him cling to their delusions like the Medieval thinkers that they are. Anyone with the slightest knowledge of history could see this coming- and, as you point out, there is much worse yet to come. I have contacted my senators, and am still waiting for them to speak out and act as if they are actually alive and hearing and seeing everything that we are hearing and seeing. Is there no limit to Congressional malpractice that we are witnessing today?
I’m not convinced his re-election wasn’t manipulated by Musk, etc. His biggest lie next to “the election was stolen” is “I don’t know anything about Project 2025.” “You are either a patriot or a traitor.” This sums it all up. I have been in shock since he was re-elected. I am trying to figure out how to hold on to what I have since I know they are coming after all of us physically, mentally, and financially.
Here’s what I wrote to one my Senators this morning. I’m copying it to every Rep and Senator from my state and probably every other I can get to: Senator,
Yesterday, the President of the United States wrote a letter to Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre of Norway. That letter left no doubt about the President’s fitness for office, fitness to make decisions about tariffs, about ICE, about Venezuela, about Ukraine, about Greenland.
Now it is time for you to prove your fitness for office. It is time for every member of Congress to prove their fitness for office.
Are you up to it? World War III — or not — depends on it.
Sincerely,
Call your senator and leave this message. In Ohio, they ignore emails, but not voice recordings if a staffer doesn’t answer. I’m calling today and reminding them that they are complicit if they don’t act. Thanks for sharing your letter. Well said!
calling is even better!
The chance that humanity will survive was greatly reduced by Trump's election. Putin has endorsed Trump's plan to acquire Greenland by whatever means necessary. An American takeover of Greenland would greatly strengthen Putin's position. First, the U.S. would have to leave NATO, greatly weakening its ability to restrain Russian aggression. Second, it would encourage land grabs by China as well as Russia.
Trump wants the world divided into three spheres of influence, American, Russian, and Chinese. However, there is no doubt that the megalomaniacal Trump, Putin, and Xi Ping would go to war against each other. That spells the end of humanity and almost all other forms of life. New species will evolve over the billions of years this planet has left. I hope they will be less violent than our failed species which has dominated the Earth for a tiny fraction of the time dinosaurs ruled.
Excellent message, Robbie. I will borrow your concise words when reaching out again to my own senators.
I used yours as a basis, started out pretty much as you did, and then added this:
Olga Lautman, Senior Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis, wrote a piece yesterday on Substack titled: "If Someone Wanted to Destroy America, What Would They Do Differently?" from which I quote:
"Trump’s conduct has never resembled mere incompetence, impulsiveness, or even corruption. Instead, it has always been a sustained pattern of national sabotage carried out through strategic chaos—one that Russia openly welcomes and is publicly celebrating as they watch America’s power, alliances, and credibility erode.
"The current crisis surrounding Greenland only reaffirms this."
For the sake of our country and of the world, we need him removed from office. World War III — or not — depends on it. Democracy depends on it. Human lives depend on it.
I actually think that Trump is enthralled to Putin, is following his edicts concerning Greenland and Ukraine and everywhere else, and I believe that the Epstein files would imply that strongly or maybe even show it directly. I certainly believe that the Epstein files were swept under the rug when he got house arrest and other conspirators “known and unknown “ were absolved in 2008 because of the damage they could do to global governments, especially concerning espionage and money.
Beautiful! Keep it going! I called Schumer's office this morning and talked to a representative with the same message. I'm making a vow to call the Capitol every morning and talk to a real person.
Good. And I see quite a few others are doing the same -- often emails are ignored, but phone call messages left, are counted. Thanks.
What effect are you expecting from that?
And to celebrate ICE abducted a peaceful US citizen in Minnesota in the middle of the night. They drug him from his legal house in 14° weather clad only in Crocs, undershorts, and the blanket he took off his sleeping grandson.
Why? They claim to apprehend a sexual predator but only fingerprinted and photoed before returning him still wrapped in a blanket over his undershorts and crocks. A 74 year old man, living here since age 4, naturalized in 1991. If you think you won't be a target, think again.
You are prescient and it scares me to death. All of this and more, in your Warnings, has come to pass. When you say 2026 will get even darker it is hard to wrap my head around that. He is on the cusp of invading Greenland. He is at Davos no doubt shaking people down. The ICE SS is killing people in Minnesota. Public health is in tatters. The Pentagon has required prayer breakfasts. His Board of Peace is a despot's wet dream. The travesty of the Epstein files remains hidden behind guile and lawlessness. He is certifiably insane and the Republicans are doing nothing and the Dems even less. How could it get worse than that except for a violent civil war, or worse, that fool using nukes to make a point? We're so fucked.
There are at least 150 million Americans who are deeply opposed to Donald, his enablers, the MAGA party and everything they are about. I tell myself this everyday. We will not allow these weak, sick, ignorant criminals to bring our world to ruin nor will we sit idly by while they rampantly harm and terrorize us in our own cities. The orange madman and his sicko cabinet are not our bosses. We are the government, each and every one of us - it is no longer at a distance, it’s in our every action today and for all the days to come.
You are right. Sometimes I lose sight of those facts. I really appreciate your needed splash of cold water. Last night I was just overwhelmed. Thank you for the reminder. I feel better now.
I am going to borrow this for my calls to Senators and reps if you don’t mind?
Please do. I hope it helps to help our representatives grow spines. 🥲
Steve not only have you been correct about the Lying Sack of S trajectory but you have also called upon us to take action in an effort to make a course correction. Many Americans have been roused to action but alas it seems nothing can shake the brittle stubbornness of the GOP MAGA party. They are blind, deaf & dumb when it comes to this abomination in the WH. I'm terrified but determined.
A year ago Trump may have raised his right hand, but his left was not on the Bible. It was held limply at his side.
So to all to all Christians who are Trump supporters I ask: "Why didn't your president place his hand on the Bible like all the presidents before him?"
When will the Christian Right wake up and realize they are being used by man who in no way ever lives or acts in a Christ like manner. Matter of fact he acts completely opposite of how Christ taught people to act.
Definitely would have left burn marks…
My MAGA Congressman sent me an e mail yesterday praising Trump and stated that everything he is doing is good for the country.
He won with 70 percent in 2024. There are too many assholes and morons in this country. They vote and here we are.
And your presience, as always, is depressingly unerring.
History will remember those who bow to Trump. Now, it’s on us to resist.
Prescient doesn’t do it justice. If only the Republicans could read and understand what they have done to enable this sick man to literally destroy what has given them their platform. Surely, their skills as ass lickers didn’t put them in such powerful position to be elected? Oh, shit! Of course they did. Evidently, the blame falls to the voters. Those with a clearer understanding of what to do to redirect America and redress the wrongs of the past must work harder to choose candidates who are not close minded, illiterate about history, and just plain greedy, or it … stupid?
I started reading The Warning in the summer of 2024, already outraged that the DNC had denied us a primary race that would have left Biden in the dust, and your words Steve, seemed right on. I haven't missed a day since, and am grateful for the tireless work that you have put into this Substack space.
There is a reason my under appreciated ancestor Roger Sherman warned that the office of the presidency should be little more than a glorified secretary. Like many of his contemporaries, Roger studied history. He knew what happened to the Roman Republic under Caesar Augustus.
If read fully, if deeply considered, the Constitution is a promise and a warning.
Today, I'll be calling my feckless New York senators for the upteenth time. The president is clearly unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. It's time to invoke the 25th Amendment.
Thank you Roger, thank you Steve.
I have never been a poster aside from my limited attempts on YouTube. My now inactive channel on that platform was inspired out of curiosity which faded quickly for reasons which are unclear to me. It wasn't because I got zero response, what I tell myself is that it wasn't fun and it was work that interfered with work I truly enjoy. Work that I am still engaged with. It's volunteer work which will conclude this summer.
Steve's work has inspired me and now I post on his writing after paying for that privilege. YouTube posting is similar to throwing a bottle with a message into a vast ocean. Substack feels different. His is the only paid platform on which I post. I am an enlisted man, one who will follow a leader in whom I have trust.
Spot on then and today
Steve. Admire your ability to grow and change. When you were still a fixture in R land, I was telling folks in my sphere that the election of W was the last nail in the coffin. Good friend of mine spoke the words someone said below - we are so fucked. 26 years ago. Bush Crime Family put the finishing touches on the gutting of the Constitution, with Cheney in the lead. Your man McCain got me n six others laid off in 86 with the undertow of Keating. Best job I ever had at that time. My gpa, dad, uncles, cousins, friends fought n died in both necessary n corporate wars, just to preserve the Roman/English corporate chattel system. This slop-headed reject is just the slime at the top of the sewer, whose anaerobic, decomposing, bacterial petri dish of dissolution will finish off the lies of 'murka. Slaves have been taken since forever. But to ship them 3000 miles for 300 years, while also wreaking genocide on our beautiful Native folks, is uniquely 'murkan. Is this the penultimate conclusion of the 'white' man's value system? The ICE cycle slicing n dicing the innocent, the model of Greek n Roman 'civilization.?' And to really confuse us, in this nation are some of the most gracious, kind, gentle, peace-loving folk anywhere in humankind, the true evolution of what humans could be. The Constitution, the barely noble ideas of a new biotic creature who could not and cannot live up to the vital/ancient/once thriving biota of Earth that stood waiting to teach ALL OF US. We just slaughtered or enslaved them. I have seen and spoken and acted, in my small way, to counter this. You know what? Almost no one listened, thought I was crazy and a contrarian. I am glad you have come around, but you were, by far, not the first. Neither was I. As you quote Grant, the rot has been in the wood for a very long time.
Steve, as always, your essay is chillingly prescient. A friend of mine once told me, "the Devil always tells you what he's going to do." Well, Trump is the Devil and he definitely told us. The ignorant morons who voted for him and still support him cling to their delusions like the Medieval thinkers that they are. Anyone with the slightest knowledge of history could see this coming- and, as you point out, there is much worse yet to come. I have contacted my senators, and am still waiting for them to speak out and act as if they are actually alive and hearing and seeing everything that we are hearing and seeing. Is there no limit to Congressional malpractice that we are witnessing today?
I’m not convinced his re-election wasn’t manipulated by Musk, etc. His biggest lie next to “the election was stolen” is “I don’t know anything about Project 2025.” “You are either a patriot or a traitor.” This sums it all up. I have been in shock since he was re-elected. I am trying to figure out how to hold on to what I have since I know they are coming after all of us physically, mentally, and financially.
For once, I don't have anything to add to what Steve has said, either then, or now. Brilliant, as ever.