The Worst Bill in History…Words from Robert Reich

If the bill now being considered by the Senate is enacted, 11.8 million Americans will lose their health insurance, millions will fall into poverty, and the national debt will increase by $3.3 trillion, all to provide a major tax cut mainly to the rich and big corporations. There is no justification for this. Notes: https://substack.com/home/post/p-166766603

Trump’s Middle Eastern Scramble

In 2015, the United States, under President Barack Obama, negotiated the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) alongside China, France, Germany, Russia, and the United Kingdom. This agreement lifted economic sanctions against Iran in exchange for limits to Iran’s nuclear program. In 2018, President Donald J. Trump pulled the U.S. out of the JCPOA, and …

“The Coward Goes to War Against America”

I wanted to pass on some words from Robert Reich on Trump’s recent activation of the American military in Los Angeles… “Friends, The man who launched an attempted coup on the United States in 2020 and instigated an insurrection at the Capitol that resulted in five deaths now claims that people in Los Angeles are …

The Truth about the Medicaid Work Requirement (Repost from Robert Reich)

This is an important message from Robert Reich’s newsletter. Pleas take action: protest! Call your senators! “Friends, One of my purposes in sending you this daily letter is to give you the truth about an important issue that Trump and his lapdogs in Congress are demagoguing — so you can spread the truth.  Right now, …

Stop the Bleed

“Trump’s tariff machinations—he has moved them more than 50 times since he took office—are also enriching the Trump family. Last week, Trump’s son Eric Trump joined Vietnam’s prime minister Pham Minh Chinh in a groundbreaking ceremony for a $1.5 billion luxury real estate development with three 18-hole golf courses outside the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi. …

Beware the Force of Destruction

It is imperative to check out the rise of Hitler in the 1930’s and the subsequent conquest and destruction of Germany and the rest of Europe. He is Trump’s model for the destruction of America. Kings and dictators require an illiterate public (ex. Slaveholders prohibiting the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burning books). Trump’s …