Rita's Spur to Action

America is on the brink. Everyone must rise up against Trump and beat him in the polls and in congress. We have to get a democratic majority in the congress. A concerted effort needs to be made by everyone in the democratic party. Send cards, write letters. Everyone needs to understand what this man has done and continues to do. He is a total destroyer of the democracy. 

His occupation of the capital; His shutting up Ghislaine Maxwell by moving her to a more luxurious detention center to carry out the rest of her sentencing; His stacking the supreme court in his favor.

His aim is to totally destroy the democracy of the United States as we know it.

First he took over Los Angeles.

Now, Washington DC and threatening New York City and Chicago.

Stop him.

He must be impeached. Impeached meaning put out of office. At the very least, his power has to be reduced. He must not have a kiss the ring congress, senate, judicial system.

We the People must rise up, and stand together to stop him from breaking his oath of office, pleading ignorance and denying his presidential responsibility to defend our Constitution.

Unless we all follow the constitution, there is no United States of America – no land of the free and no home of the brave.

Fight America. Fight to save our country. SAVE AMERICA. SAVE THE WORLD. 

Hit the streets. Protest on every level possible!

Vacation time! Back in September.

Edward Hoffer, a Massachusetts physician, recently posted information on the fluoridation of water and RFK Jr’s ignorant and dangerous attempt to eliminate it.

“In April, Robert Kenedy Jr ordered the CDC to stop recommending fluoridation of the public water supply, contrary to the recommendation of the American Dental Association and most public health experts.

The science behind fluoridation is solid. Fluoride helps remineralize tooth enamel and it prevents cavities.

Those opposed to fluoridation point to the dangers of high fluoride levels, which can result in discoloration of the developing teeth, brittle bones, and, at very high levels, neurologic defects in children. All of these occur at levels of fluoride much higher than that in public water. Almost anything that is safe in usual amounts can be dangerous in excess.

The benefit of having the public water fluoridated is that this proven effective therapy is available to all, without regard to their income or ability to get regular dental care. It saves a lot of money. Estimates are that $1 spent on fluoridation saves $38 in dental expenses.

The science is clear. Fluoridation at recommended levels of 0.7 mg/liter is safe and it dramatically reduces dental cavities. Do not let conspiracy theories or disinformation sway you.”

Notes: https://www.whatswrongwithhealthcareinamerica.com/2025/06/fluoride-in-water-good-or-bad.html

Robert Reich has called attention to the abuse of political power in America. “It would seem that this group — Thiel, Musk, Sacks, Karp, and Vance, among others — does not want to conserve much of anything, at least not anything that occurred after the 1920s, including Social Security, civil rights, and even women’s right to vote.

If America learned anything from the first Gilded Age and the fascism that grew like a cancer in the 1930s, it should have been that gross inequalities of income and wealth fuel abuses of political power — as Trump, Musk, Thiel, Karp, and other oligarchs have put on full display — which in turn generate strongmen who destroy both democracy and freedom.”

Notes: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/palantir-the-worst-of-the-corporate

According to Robert Reich, “Palantir Technologies, [co-founded by Peter Theil] is an AI-based data platform that allows its users — among them, military and law enforcement agencies — to analyze personal data.

This personal data is used to identify and surveil individuals.

Palantir is now busily combining personal data on every American gleaned from the Department of Homeland Security, Defense Department, Department of Health and Human Services, Social Security Administration, and Internal Revenue Service, including their bank account numbers and medical claims.

Representative Warren Davidson, Republican of Ohio, told the Semafor news site, “When you start combining all those data points on an individual into one database, it really essentially creates a digital ID. And it’s a power that history says will eventually be abused.”

Thiel’s Palantir has fallen under the control of Trump. How this story ends is up to all of us.”

Notes: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/palantir-the-worst-of-the-corporate

This may be redundant, but…

In order to make America great again, we certainly do not need people to commit treason and to be forgiven for doing so. President Trump and his gang of MAGA thugs have committed treason against the United States in many ways, including their attack on the capitol on January 6th but, less obviously, their attacks on our educational system, medical agencies, etc.

This is so clearly the act of a tyrant; a self-serving, ignorant, destructive dictator.

America, beware. If you do not take action, if we the people do not resist this man, Donald Trump will destroy America. He has already reduced our standing in the world. He will destroy the nation as we have known it. He will destroy the democracy that has made America the envy of the world.

He must not have the right to destroy the health or educational systems of the United States. He cannot deprive veterans of the care that they deserve. He must be prevented from abusing his position to do business with foreign entities to put money in his and his family’s pockets. The courts must take immediate action and receive support in their rulings to limit the power of the presidency.

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

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 agreement fell apart.

“Trump launched a ‘maximum pressure campaign’ of stronger sanctions to pressure Iran to renegotiate the JCPOA, which lasted throughout his first term. Back in office, Trump relaunched that campaign in February 2025. Then, in March 2025, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told Congress that the assessment of the Intelligence Community was that Iran was not building a nuclear weapon.

In the same month, Trump said on the Fox News Channel that he had written a letter to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, urging the Iranians to negotiate ‘because if we have to go in militarily it’s going to be a terrible thing for them.’ Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said Iran would not ‘enter any direct negotiations with the U.S. so long as they continue their maximum pressure policy and their threats.’”

What does all of this mean? It means that Trump is bringing us closer and closer to involvememt in an unnecesary and, surely, neverending war. To satisfy his ego, Trump is upending foreign aggreements in order to claim his stake and take control.

Notes:

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-19-2025?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=166373996&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo1MDA0NDAzMSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTY2MzczOTk2LCJpYXQiOjE3NTAzOTM1MzIsImV4cCI6MTc1Mjk4NTUzMiwiaXNzIjoicHViLTIwNTMzIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.JlvNL6iDGcSU0rzOVSwWfu8LdVsZGwUeEiBM2WcnDb0&r=tsm7z&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD), a constitutional scholar, recently stood in front of the Capitol and reminded Americans:

“We have no kings here, we have no queens here, we have no emperors, we have no dictators, we have no despots, and we have no serfs and no slaves and no subjects, and none of us is a subject to Donald Trump. None of us is a subject to Mike Johnson. We are all citizens, those of us who aspire and attain to public office are nothing but the servants of the people. And the minute that somebody in public office thinks that they’re a king, they’re a queen, they’re an emperor, they’re a dictator, that is time for the people to evict, eject, reject, impeach, try, convict, and start all over again, because the most important words of our Constitution are the three first words of the Constitution: ‘We the people.’”

Hit the streets.

Notes:
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-12-2025

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 launching an insurrection. They’re not.

Trump doesn’t give a damn whether the troops are necessary. Nor does he care how many people are injured or even killed in his raid on Los Angeles. The show of military force is the point. It gives him the appearance of power.

Like any bully, Trump is fundamentally a coward. Humiliated by China, Harvard, the Supreme Court, Elon Musk, and the federal courts, Trump has launched a war inside America on vulnerable people inside America, in a place — California — most of whose inhabitants loathe him.

The bully-in-chief has appointed a bunch of tin-pot bullies to every position of lethal force in the federal government — and is now activating them.

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristy Noam is a Trump stooge seemingly without understanding of the U.S. Constitution. Secretary of State Marco Rubio appears willing to go along with whatever Trump wants. Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller is a maniacal xenophobe. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is a brain-dead Trump sycophant. Border czar Tom Homan is a toady who has not ruled out arresting California’s leaders if they obstruct federal law enforcement.

The central struggle of civilization has always been to stop brutality. Unless we prevent the stronger from attacking or exploiting the weaker, none of us is safe.

Unless the bullies are stopped, an entire society — even the world — can descend into chaos.

Our duty is to stop brutality. Our responsibility is to hold the powerful accountable. Our challenge is to stand up to abuses of power. Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable.”

Notes:

https://open.substack.com/pub/robertreich/p/the-dictators-revenge?r=tsm7z&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web