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Trump’s a malignant narcissist and convicted sexual abuser operating textbook authoritarian confusion—Stalin and Mussolini playbook. He’s a disease that cancer wouldn’t even get its hands dirty with. Flood the zone with contradictory narratives so no single story can be challenged, no accountability can stick.
The constant lying isn’t incompetence, it’s operational doctrine. When the stated reason for war changes daily (unconditional surrender → regime change → nuclear sites → actually we won → need to keep fighting), you can’t pin down which claim failed. Creates chaos that prevents coherent opposition while demonstrating unconstrained power: “I can say anything, change it tomorrow, and you can’t stop me.”
The inconsistency IS the point. Authority that doesn’t need to justify itself, just perform dominance.
Definitely like the three top stories of the week. Definitely love The Warning and Save America Movement. Definitely am in the fight. Thank you for being the wind in our sails.
I really like the weekly recap too and read or watch what I’ve missed throughout the week, and though I try to visit your work daily, Substack is still a challenge for me to navigate because I don’t have great internet. Have a great Sunday and try to rest your mind. Your work is invaluable to us like minded people.
Glad you took the time to check out the super bloom. I'm sure it was good to just get back to nature and see Mother Nature in all her glory! Thanks for sharing your photos, I can only imagine what experiencing this in person was like.
I like it. Thank you for everything you’re doing!!
Since you asked for my opinion of what I want to see:
I would like to see video of the points you articulated in the article ICYMI Sun Mar 15th 2026
I would love to see the cameras recording the ice detention facilities. Rachel Maddow does segments on what regular ppl are doing but I don’t watch cable anymore.
Pictures of those billboards you referenced.
In addition to keeping count and record of this horrible administration. I would prefer to look away. And I must sometimes for the sake of my mental health and I have to take care of my kid and make sure our hearts are still soft and healthy, you know?
In general, we’re in this for the long haul, as long as it takes!! Thank you!!
In an excellent column, Chuck Collins, author of "Burned by Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth and Power are Ruining our Lives and Planet," describes several ways the plutocrats are taking over our economy to their advantage and to the detriment of the rest of us. He also describes some interesting ways to counter our movement toward economic pain for the many:
Americans of all political stripes are concerned about affordability. Some politicians would like to change the subject.
Billionaires and their allies in politics have tried everything, from falsely blaming the rising costs of food and housing on immigrants, to dismissing the entire concept of affordability as a “hoax,” as President Donald Trump called it.
The truth is, billionaires themselves are driving up costs and inflaming the crisis. In my new book, “Burned by Billionaires,” I chronicle the many ways billionaires and their investments are squeezing the rest of us.
Besides lobbying against raising the federal minimum wage (unchanged for 16 years) and opting out of their tax responsibilities, shifting the bill to everyone else, here are four ways billionaires are driving the crisis the president claims does not exist.
• Monopolizing food: The food sector has become increasingly dominated by a small number of producers who exercise monopoly power. Four giant conglomerates control more than 80% of the market for beef, including JBS, owned by the billionaire Batista family and the Cargill-MacMillan clan, a dynastic family with 21 billionaires. These companies deploy their monopoly power to dictate pricing and fend off oversight and regulation.
• Squeezing health care: The rising cost of health care has many drivers. But one cause is that billionaire-backed private equity funds treat the health care system — a sixth of the U.S. economy — as ripe for plundering. Investors are buying up emergency rooms, hospitals and medical practices, all with the goal of extracting more profits from health workers and consumers. In New England, a private equity fund called Cerberus Capital bought 10 hospitals and squeezed several into bankruptcy after extracting massive fees and profits
• Hoarding housing: In cities throughout the nation, the ultra-wealthy are fueling a luxury construction boom, absorbing huge amounts of land, resources, energy and construction trade skills. Billionaire- backed private equity funds are also buying up single- family homes, mobile home parks and rental housing to convert to short-term vacation rentals. Blackstone, owned by billionaire Stephen Schwartzman, is the biggest landlord in the country, eagerly exploiting tenants with few other options.
• Taxing animal lovers: It’s not your imagination: The cost of veterinary care, pet food and even dog-walking apps has risen as billionaire investors endeavor to squeeze more dollars out of our love for animals. As billionaire-backed private equity firms buy up animal care resources, the share of household income spent on pets has been steadily increasing. In some cases, people have been forced to relinquish their animals when they can no longer afford the cost of care.
Going forward, we don’t need more empty rhetoric about affordability. We need campaigns that directly address affordability while reducing these democracy-distorting levels of extreme wealth and power. In “Burned by Billionaires,” I chronicle examples of these game-changing campaigns — such as efforts to tax luxury housing transactions to fund affordable housing, or taxing private jet fuel to fund green transit and infrastructure.
These ideas are gaining steam across the country.
In 2022, Massachusetts voters approved a 4% tax on incomes over $1 million to fund education and infrastructure. New York City’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, ran on a platform of free buses, expanded child care and affordable housing paid for by a 2% income tax on millionaires in the city. And in 2026, California voters will consider a one-time, 5% emergency wealth tax on the state’s billionaires to fund health care for millions of Californians.
Taxing the billionaire class to address the affordability problem is wildly popular. Polls show that more than three-quarters of Americans support taxing billionaires to solve major economic problems.
While it’s hard to imagine such proposals passing in today’s hijacked democracy, a new generation of leaders is stepping forward to work for an economy that lifts everyone, not just the billionaires.
The NYT reported yesterday Brendan Carr, Trumps chairman of the FCC, threatened to "revoke broadcasters’ licenses over their coverage of the war with Iran, his latest move in a campaign to stomp out what he sees as liberal bias in broadcasts." Perhaps we'll soon be listening to 'Radio Free America' broadcasting from Canada & Mexico.
Whatever each American can do to stop Trump now he/she must do it. It saddens me to read the truth about where we are, but it maddens me more and I will do whatever I can to hold each of his enablers and him accountable.
In a wonderful and poignant article over at Democracy Docket(https://bit.ly/3PkS3rr) Marc Elias puts the CNPP(Christian Nationalist Pedo Party) cabinet clown show in ritualistic humiliation by the Der Fuhrer Cheeto
Using Alexander Solzhenitzen’s novel in understanding autocratic behavior Elias describes Cheeto’s attitude about shoes saying “you can really tell a lot about a man by his shoe size” This perfectly sums up Cheeto’s demented perverted sick malignant narcissistic mind
And the whole world is paying for it in spades with the looney tunes in office with his “have a feeling in my bones” as to when to end the war Meanwhile the global economy suffers Sir what power you have, Sir!! WE the People have the CNPP to thank for this Vote these clowns out of office this November
Trump’s a malignant narcissist and convicted sexual abuser operating textbook authoritarian confusion—Stalin and Mussolini playbook. He’s a disease that cancer wouldn’t even get its hands dirty with. Flood the zone with contradictory narratives so no single story can be challenged, no accountability can stick.
The constant lying isn’t incompetence, it’s operational doctrine. When the stated reason for war changes daily (unconditional surrender → regime change → nuclear sites → actually we won → need to keep fighting), you can’t pin down which claim failed. Creates chaos that prevents coherent opposition while demonstrating unconstrained power: “I can say anything, change it tomorrow, and you can’t stop me.”
The inconsistency IS the point. Authority that doesn’t need to justify itself, just perform dominance.
Steve Bannon stated just such a fact albeit less diplomatically.
“ Flood the zone with shit. It will clog the entire system. “ ——Steve Bannon
You’re 100% correct. This isn’t poor leadership. It’s their M.O.
Wow, yes, great point
Definitely like the three top stories of the week. Definitely love The Warning and Save America Movement. Definitely am in the fight. Thank you for being the wind in our sails.
I REALLY LIKE THE WEEK IN REVIEW!!
I really like the weekly recap too and read or watch what I’ve missed throughout the week, and though I try to visit your work daily, Substack is still a challenge for me to navigate because I don’t have great internet. Have a great Sunday and try to rest your mind. Your work is invaluable to us like minded people.
Glad you took the time to check out the super bloom. I'm sure it was good to just get back to nature and see Mother Nature in all her glory! Thanks for sharing your photos, I can only imagine what experiencing this in person was like.
I am glad you guys got out of the house and into nature.
Thank you for sharing your photos of the Death Valley Super Bloom!
I like it. Thank you for everything you’re doing!!
Since you asked for my opinion of what I want to see:
I would like to see video of the points you articulated in the article ICYMI Sun Mar 15th 2026
I would love to see the cameras recording the ice detention facilities. Rachel Maddow does segments on what regular ppl are doing but I don’t watch cable anymore.
Pictures of those billboards you referenced.
In addition to keeping count and record of this horrible administration. I would prefer to look away. And I must sometimes for the sake of my mental health and I have to take care of my kid and make sure our hearts are still soft and healthy, you know?
In general, we’re in this for the long haul, as long as it takes!! Thank you!!
In an excellent column, Chuck Collins, author of "Burned by Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth and Power are Ruining our Lives and Planet," describes several ways the plutocrats are taking over our economy to their advantage and to the detriment of the rest of us. He also describes some interesting ways to counter our movement toward economic pain for the many:
Americans of all political stripes are concerned about affordability. Some politicians would like to change the subject.
Billionaires and their allies in politics have tried everything, from falsely blaming the rising costs of food and housing on immigrants, to dismissing the entire concept of affordability as a “hoax,” as President Donald Trump called it.
The truth is, billionaires themselves are driving up costs and inflaming the crisis. In my new book, “Burned by Billionaires,” I chronicle the many ways billionaires and their investments are squeezing the rest of us.
Besides lobbying against raising the federal minimum wage (unchanged for 16 years) and opting out of their tax responsibilities, shifting the bill to everyone else, here are four ways billionaires are driving the crisis the president claims does not exist.
• Monopolizing food: The food sector has become increasingly dominated by a small number of producers who exercise monopoly power. Four giant conglomerates control more than 80% of the market for beef, including JBS, owned by the billionaire Batista family and the Cargill-MacMillan clan, a dynastic family with 21 billionaires. These companies deploy their monopoly power to dictate pricing and fend off oversight and regulation.
• Squeezing health care: The rising cost of health care has many drivers. But one cause is that billionaire-backed private equity funds treat the health care system — a sixth of the U.S. economy — as ripe for plundering. Investors are buying up emergency rooms, hospitals and medical practices, all with the goal of extracting more profits from health workers and consumers. In New England, a private equity fund called Cerberus Capital bought 10 hospitals and squeezed several into bankruptcy after extracting massive fees and profits
• Hoarding housing: In cities throughout the nation, the ultra-wealthy are fueling a luxury construction boom, absorbing huge amounts of land, resources, energy and construction trade skills. Billionaire- backed private equity funds are also buying up single- family homes, mobile home parks and rental housing to convert to short-term vacation rentals. Blackstone, owned by billionaire Stephen Schwartzman, is the biggest landlord in the country, eagerly exploiting tenants with few other options.
• Taxing animal lovers: It’s not your imagination: The cost of veterinary care, pet food and even dog-walking apps has risen as billionaire investors endeavor to squeeze more dollars out of our love for animals. As billionaire-backed private equity firms buy up animal care resources, the share of household income spent on pets has been steadily increasing. In some cases, people have been forced to relinquish their animals when they can no longer afford the cost of care.
Going forward, we don’t need more empty rhetoric about affordability. We need campaigns that directly address affordability while reducing these democracy-distorting levels of extreme wealth and power. In “Burned by Billionaires,” I chronicle examples of these game-changing campaigns — such as efforts to tax luxury housing transactions to fund affordable housing, or taxing private jet fuel to fund green transit and infrastructure.
These ideas are gaining steam across the country.
In 2022, Massachusetts voters approved a 4% tax on incomes over $1 million to fund education and infrastructure. New York City’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, ran on a platform of free buses, expanded child care and affordable housing paid for by a 2% income tax on millionaires in the city. And in 2026, California voters will consider a one-time, 5% emergency wealth tax on the state’s billionaires to fund health care for millions of Californians.
Taxing the billionaire class to address the affordability problem is wildly popular. Polls show that more than three-quarters of Americans support taxing billionaires to solve major economic problems.
While it’s hard to imagine such proposals passing in today’s hijacked democracy, a new generation of leaders is stepping forward to work for an economy that lifts everyone, not just the billionaires.
https://triblive.com/opinion/chuck-collins-how-billionaires-worsen-affordability-crisis/
The NYT reported yesterday Brendan Carr, Trumps chairman of the FCC, threatened to "revoke broadcasters’ licenses over their coverage of the war with Iran, his latest move in a campaign to stomp out what he sees as liberal bias in broadcasts." Perhaps we'll soon be listening to 'Radio Free America' broadcasting from Canada & Mexico.
Whatever each American can do to stop Trump now he/she must do it. It saddens me to read the truth about where we are, but it maddens me more and I will do whatever I can to hold each of his enablers and him accountable.
Stalin, Cheeto, And A Clown Shoe
In a wonderful and poignant article over at Democracy Docket(https://bit.ly/3PkS3rr) Marc Elias puts the CNPP(Christian Nationalist Pedo Party) cabinet clown show in ritualistic humiliation by the Der Fuhrer Cheeto
Using Alexander Solzhenitzen’s novel in understanding autocratic behavior Elias describes Cheeto’s attitude about shoes saying “you can really tell a lot about a man by his shoe size” This perfectly sums up Cheeto’s demented perverted sick malignant narcissistic mind
And the whole world is paying for it in spades with the looney tunes in office with his “have a feeling in my bones” as to when to end the war Meanwhile the global economy suffers Sir what power you have, Sir!! WE the People have the CNPP to thank for this Vote these clowns out of office this November
What? No pictures of Mabel?
I feel so slighted! ; )
Next weekend :-)