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Here’s one that’s different. An interview w Anne Applebaum. It’s long-form, about an hour, and I enjoyed listening to it, for the historical and international perspectives. It starts w t0000 and the tech bros and moves on to the t0000 family’s self-dealings in the international realm and then describes various current situations in Europe and the Middle East.


HUGE Mistake Tech Bros! Cozying Up to Trump Will End BADLY (w/ Anne Applebaum) | The Bulwark Podcast [12.13.25]

It’s worth a listen, especially if you crave the wider, long-term view, instead of the ‘flood the zone with sh—‘ tumult were being assaulted with, in the daily news.
 
G— D—-


Morning Memo: Trump II Went On A Weekend Bender The Likes Of Which America Has Never Seen Before [TalkingPointsMemo;2.3.25]

Beeeereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!!!!@&$!#%^*+

This is NOT a test.

From the beginning of the above-linked article:

“The Calamity Is Upon Us​

“The lawless events of the past 72 hours accelerated what has since Trump’s second inauguration been the most rapid tear-down of the nation’s constitutional structure that Americans have ever witnessed.

“And yet … there’s no reason to think that we have anywhere near a full accounting of what has transpired over the last two weeks. The free and transparent flow of government information to the public is being strangled, making any such accounting increasingly difficult. Fear and uncertainty contributed to a degraded information environment in which rumors were rampant.”
 
I’m putting 2 videos here, having to do with Canada’s reaction to tariffs and to t0000’s statement that tariffs won’t be removed until Canada agrees to be our 51st state!!! “They’re gonna love it” he exclaimed (not word-for-word)!


USA gets RUTHLESSLY BOOED for Trump [Meidas Touch;1.3.25]

Blurb: “MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Canada and the world booing the United States over Donald Trump’s reckless and malicious behavior.”

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Canada MP DESTROYS Trump for TARIFFS [Meidas Touch;2.3.25]

Blurb: “MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas speaks with Canadian hero and Member of Parliament Charlie Angus on how Canada has united to defeat Donald Trump.”
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Update: there’s a 30-day delay on the 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico. The 10% tariff on China has been imposed.
 
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Outrageous. No oversight. No accountability. No official position. Who has the data he and his ‘lieutenants’ collect? Where is it? On whose computers? Is it staying on protected government servers or walking out the door? What does he do when he enters a building where he wants access to sensitive data? "Read the note! "Let my friend in, or else. Signed, djt0000"." Do they just let him in?

Hillary’s emails!!


Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government [NYTimes;2.3.25]

Sub-title: “The billionaire is creating major upheaval as his team sweeps through agencies, in what has been an extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual.”

Reportedly, he's acting similarly to after buying twitter. Like that astute businessman, who reduced twitter’s (x's) value from $44 billion to $9 billion, how much damage do you think he'll do here?

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Maddow: Trump's dismantling of independent news media is happening before our eyes [MSNBC;2.4.25]

Blurb: “Rachel Maddow looks at examples of how Donald Trump and his allies are undermining news outlets, both local and national, by targeting revenue streams and exploiting oppressive legal strategies, while Trump embraces and rewards outlets that are politically loyal, building the basis of a state press.”

This episode starts with a litany of the missteps of the t0000 administration that parallel a number of aviation accidents that have all occurred in the short 2 weeks since t0000 took office, one of which is the worst accident in the U.S. in something like 18(?) years.

Then it moves to the main topic: attacks on the press and how they differ, strategically, this time around from 2017-2020

Or listen to the podcast version, this one from Apple, but find it on your favored platform, if you’re unable to play this::
 
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Lawrence: Trump letting Musk intrude into Treasury is biggest, most important data breach ever [MSNBC;2.3.25]

Blurb: ”MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell details the worst of Donald Trump’s illegal actions as president that prove “we are not a nation of laws,” including giving Elon Musk the “domestic equivalent of the nuclear codes,” the keys to the U.S. Treasury.“
 
The idiot show rumbles on, deporting Islanders (Pacific Island overstayers) and now banning trans female athletes from competing as women, He is just basically ticking off a grudge list for bigots.

As each day passes, another group that can't stand up and defend themselves is going to get some form of Trump hate signed against them. Its horrible watching this man tear down and obliterate everything that Biden and Obama did so well, to make things a bit more even. This world is just full of these ratshit populists destroying the social gains of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. I really hope Trump fucks up so bad, that his party turns against and overthrows him, or at least at the next election the Democrats get back in and the Republicans never win an election ever again.

First Latinos, Criminals, Overstayers, Trans people, people on welfare, you know whose next my people - Uknowwhati'msayin.

Yes I know I am in far off New Zealand, but believe me, everything he says and does makes the evening news here.
 
Ben Meiselas of Meidas Touch explains how t0000 is trying to distract from the negative press about many of the actions he has taken in just over 2 weeks (!) since the inauguration. Protests have been held in several U.S. cities. The international community is pushing back. So, as Meiselas explains, t0000 falls back on a tried and true tactic for him, what Meiselas calls WMD = Weapons of Mass Distraction. Basically, that means a firehose of lies accusing Democrats of all sorts of scandals. That’s what t0000 does when trying to cover his own. We see it time and again.


Trump has 6 AM MELTDOWN as IT ALL UNRAVELS [MTN;2.6.25]
 
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I’ve read 3 articles that take an extreme viewpoint about what is happening here in the U.S. right now. In these first 18 days, t0000 / musk have run rough shod through our democratic institutions, wreaking havoc, here and abroad. Why? What is the strategy behind the mayhem?

I’ll post them all here.


The Trump Crisis Deepens [NYTimes Opinion - French;2.6.25]

This next one is from a link in the article above:


The Trump Executive Orders as “Radical Constitutionalism” [Substack: Executive Functions;2.3.25]

The last is Written by Yale political scientist, Timothy Snyder:


Of course it’s a coup [Substack: Thinking About . . .; Snyder;2.5.25]
 
Back to the day-to-day.

Here are Joy Reid, Rachel Maddow, Jamie Raskin, Maxine Waters reporting on what is happening in Washington, D.C.

I’m at the mid-point, where Maxine Waters and a number of other Democratic lawmakers, who I don’t recognize, are standing outside the Department of Education building, blocked from entering by some random-looking white dude. They are trying to talk to him.

As with January 6, when it was difficult to say the word ‘insurrection’, it is difficult now to say the word ‘coup’, as it happens here before our eyes 👀.


MSNBC Highlights — Feb. 7 [MSNBC;2.8.25]

Blurb: “Watch highlights and must-see interviews from your favorite MSNBC shows.”

There is some interesting reporting on Kash Patel, and more, in these clips, including about the propaganda we are exposed to and the question asked-where is it all coming from.
 
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The NYTimes has a heading ‘fact-check’. Here are 2 articles that fall under that heading:


6 Inaccurate Claims Trump Has Used to Justify His Flurry of Orders [NYTimes;2.6.25]

Sub-title: “The president was wrong about birthright citizenship around the world, the Paris climate agreement and federal funding for condoms in Gaza, among other claims.”

The second ‘fact-check’ article:


Fact-Checking Claims About U.S.A.I.D. Funding [NYTimes;2.8.25]

Blurb: “Trump administration officials have misled about how the aid agency is spending its funding, in an effort to cite widespread “waste.””

The botheration about combatting bad lies with truth is that lying, while requiring some skill, is so dang easy. These dudes just say whatever comes into their heads. Split-second decisions. Countering the lies is time-consuming and difficult, requiring research, fact-checking, and careful choice of words.

However! After a certain number of times being lied to, it’s a safe bet to say the whole dang word salad coming from t0000, the muskmelon, and virtually every republican in D.C., plus far right YouTube influencers, glitzy TV news stations, like Fox, right-wing radio broadcasts every single hour of every day is a lie. They employ their favorite state propaganda expert’s, the russian government’s techniques: include grains of fact sprinkled throughout the twisted stories. To avoid being fooled or drawn into a losing argument, it’s best to consign every blasted word to the rubbish heap.

There are good republicans but they’ve either left the Party or been forced out. A number have started alternative media sites to still have a voice, to speak out.

One more bonus article. This one is not about the lies. This one is about quasi-legal attacks on our institutions (okay, usually based on lies), in this case the press, to subdue, intimidate, instill fear, or simply cost them a sh—load of money 💰 in legal fees. Of course it helps to do this if you’ve just installed collaborators to head government departments - like the Justice Department - FBI, OMB, etc . . . Oh, and the ‘architect’ of Project 2025, russell vought, at ___?___ (must insert name of dept he will soon be leading). Republicans control Congress and they have approved virtually every nefarious character t0000 nominated, no matter how bad. The republican elected representatives are enabling this coup! It’s bizarre. Some are true maga; some are scared of getting doxxed or worse, and some are probably just self-serving opportunists.


Trump’s New Line of Attack Against the Media Gains Momentum [NYTimes;2.7.25]

Sub-title: “First Amendment experts say Mr. Trump’s lawsuits, based on an unproven legal theory, lack merit. But more could be on the way.”

We, the people, rely on the press to hold government accountable and keep us informed. So, from a fascistic, authoritarian perspective, the press must be squashed.
 
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I’m not exactly sure if this one will appeal. I don’t post much from The Bulwark but I do listen fairly often. I was just mentioning in a recent post that there are republicans fighting back and the Bulwark and the Lincoln Project and the-alternative-facts woman’s husband, George Conway, are social media presences doing that. This post is a little rambling and long but it has some good content.



Elon FREAKS OUT With Unhinged ATTACKS | Bulwark on Sunday [The Bulwark;2.9.25]

Blurb: “For our first Bulwark on Sunday, Sarah and Bill went live on Substack to chat Elon Musk's unhinged attacks on Bill, how the Democrats can message better against Trump and much more.”
 
What I hated about Trump pt 1 was that he successfully infiltrated British headlines almost permanently, daily, for the duration of his presidency. When he was out, we focused on British politics and Britain's problems. And here the UK finds itself again. Of course it matters what the lunatic is doing, esp given the gravitas of things that affect Europe and trade deals, and probably most importantly human beings, but I am in no doubt he doesn't just see himself as the leader of America, but as the leader of the world, and he is trying to possit himself as such.

The headlines over here for the past few weeks have mostly focused on Russia/Ukraine, Israel/Palestine and Trade deals, as well as the internal dealings within US borders. Germany has stated we no longer live in peacetime and other countries seem to be ramping up their defences in line. I'm still aghast that he got in, he showed the world his colours and I'm dumbfounded that people wouldn't vote against him because of 'reasons'. Well done Dems. Potentially he has the power to become one of the worst dictators in modern history. Whether he's clever enough remains to be seen, but he's certainly corrupting and exploiting wherever possible.

I'll be honest, I've tried to avoid some of the news, and the in depth discussion. It makes me sad, it makes me angry, and I want to live in a world of unity over a world of division and hatred. The far right is currently ahead in the polls over here now, the hate is spreading. People are emboldened in their racism and xenophobia. When our commentators are saying things such as that Elon Musk is making life as difficult and as miserable as possible for government workers in the hope that they'll want to get out and find employment elsewhere it's just dreadful. These are people, Trump's own people, and he's treating thm like trash. He only talks money and profit. People are just collaterol damage in the pursuit of those riches. Trump may be good at profiteering, but at what cost?

Sorry for the rant, I just wanted to justify why I'm not posting too much on the topic. That, and that for everything I feel, it must be 100 times worse to be someone who is actually within America and watching loads of hard work over many decades getting undone in the click of a finger.
 
Here’s another one from The Bulwark, the conservative, never-t0000 podcast.

This one has an interview w a former Democratic congressperson who presents strategies for Dems to employ in a number of different situations. It offers a hopeful moment of calm rationality in the midst of t0000 and the muskmelon’s chaotic craziness.

It’s also about an hour long!


Dems Must Make GOP OWN Their FAILURE (w/ Tom Malinowski) | Bulwark Podcast [2.11.25]

Blurb: “The Democratic Party was made for different times, when rules were followed. But to preserve the basic power of Congress, and to prove that the Constitution is worth the paper it's printed on, the troublemakers in the Dem caucus have to get busy fighting over tariffs and a looming budget deal. Besides, Trump's strongest hand is performative outbursts—making threats and pretending he got something in return. Plus, Elon is giving away America's greatness, the EU should call Trump's bluff, and the Democrats should quit chasing donations from the social media companies that broke our democracy.Former congressman Tom Malinowski joins Tim Miller.”
 
This one cued up behind the one in the previous post. It’s pretty good!😊

We Warned America, Now It's Fighting for Survival | Bulwark Podcast [2.6.25]

Blurb: “After the dumbest member of the Senate, Tommy Tuberville, was able to block military promotions for months during the Biden administration, Dems should not back down from slowing the roll of Kash and the other remaining abominable nominees. Meanwhile, more federal workers are going to have to speak up—lawsuits don't make good visuals. The nation needs to see the faces of the men and women who are our public servants. Plus, Elon's poll numbers slip, Trump's Gaza gambit is BS, and who is the new DNC Chair, Ken Martin? Michael Steele joins Tim Miller

.0:00 Where’s the fight?12:36 Feds need to stand up
19:25 Any positives from these agency shutdowns?
22:45 Elon is a distraction from Trump
28:00 HelloFresh
29:55 Gaza development36:18 Prices!
39:50 Still can’t believe RFK & Tulsi
44:48 Advice for new DNC chair
47:43 Predicting Trump’s win
51:25 Coach Tuberville
 
This one is about t0000’s $Trump meme coin and the pump-and-dump scheme. T0000 didn’t engage in the pump-and-dump part. That was carried about by some crafty investors. t0000’s gain was through ‘subscriber fees’. I’m not sure if that’s the term for the fee to get in on the game.

Brian Tyler Cohen explains:


🚨 Trump caught SCAMMING his OWN supporters [2.14.25]

This explanation serves to show how while grifting with one hand, the other hand is busy dismantling all mechanisms of government oversight, in this case the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau [CFPB].

Here’s Robert Reich talking about why t0000/musk are targeting 🎯 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau:


The short answer: because it works.
 
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