Showing posts with label The Trumpening. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Trumpening. Show all posts

Friday, September 4, 2026

Say No More

by Scott Creighton

These men have nothing but contempt for the office, the desk and the men they are there to meet. This was taken Sept. 3 2026.


 

Thursday, August 27, 2026

Extremist Billionaire Media Owners Want to Steal Your Social Security So They Don’t Have to Pay Slightly Higher Taxes

from Common Dreams

An extreme position does not become less extreme just because someone can put forward one that’s even more extreme. Massacring 100 children doesn’t become a moderate position just because someone is advocating killing 200 children.

This is how we should view the line being pushed by “moderate” voices that we have to deal with the $40 trillion debt with both spending cuts and tax hikes. The reality is that, apart from the military and Homeland Security, there is little fat in spending to be cut, as even Elon Musk inadvertently acknowledged. Insofar as we have a deficit problem, the issue is on the tax side, as can be easily shown. The rich have been taking an ever-larger share of national income over the last half-century, and they don’t feel like paying taxes on their winnings...

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Monday, August 24, 2026

We’re in a New Era of Class Warfare. Is Change Still Possible?

from the NYT

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Class inequality has surged into the view of American politics in recent years, but this isn’t the first bout of class violence this country has seen. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when 12-hour working days were common and child labor legal and federal minimum wages nonexistent, neither political party offered meaningful relief, pressing the working class to the wall. Violence — sabotage, dynamite, assassinations — ensued.

But there’s a key difference. In that earlier era, the anarchists and trade unionists who committed acts of violence did so, however rashly, in the hopes of affecting change. What is more, there were labor organizations and political movements committed to bringing about better conditions for working-class people. In time, they achieved at least some of these goals.

Today’s class violence lacks logic; it seems only animated by revenge, resentment and despair. There is no conspiracy or political mobilization. The people committing these acts are acting alone. The very fact of their isolation hints at a society that is beginning to abandon the hope of transformation.

While the extreme concentration of wealth today may echo the dawn of industrial capitalism, the conditions of class confrontation then were profoundly different. Then, the workplace itself was extremely dangerous: Thousands of workers died in industrial accidents annually in the early decades of the 20th century. The police and National Guardsmen came in to break strikes, while companies hired private militias to prevent workers from organizing. 

Radical workers responded with violence of their own, instilling great fear among the elites of the day. In the coal fields of Western Pennsylvania, Irish miners killed at least 14 mine officials over the course of the 1860s and 1870s. When the Western Federation of Miners sought to organize in 1899, union supporters used dynamite to destroy company property. The governor of Idaho, Frank Steunenberg, imprisoned about a thousand workers in response. In 1905, after leaving office, a bomb killed him at his home. Union leader William Haywood was among those charged (a member of the miners’ union had confessed to the crime and implicated union leadership; a jury found Haywood not guilty). President William McKinley was assassinated in 1901 by an anarchist who had lost his job during an economic crash. Two union members dynamited the offices of The Los Angeles Times, widely seen as hostile to organized labor, in 1910... 

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Sunday, August 16, 2026

‘Brazen Act of Self-Dealing’: Trump Regulator Approves Trump Family Crypto Firm’s Bank Application

from Common Dreams

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, a regulatory agency whose leader was chosen by President Donald Trump, granted preliminary approval on Friday to World Liberty Financial’s application for a federal bank charter.

World Liberty Financial is a crypto venture launched in 2024 by the president’s two eldest sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, and several partners. The firm’s website states that WLF is 38% owned by “an entity affiliated with Donald J. Trump and certain of his family members.”

WLF applied for a US bank charter in January, drawing alarm from lawmakers and watchdogs who said the review process would be rife with conflicts of interest. “We have never seen financial conflicts or corruption of this magnitude,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, said at the time.

The OCC, headed by Jonathan Gould, announced the approval decision in a letter published Friday. WLF’s application was assessed by career OCC staff, the agency said...

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Monday, August 10, 2026

The Company You Keep

Thou mayest. You choose. Good vs evil. Right or wrong. Free or slave. Its the company you keep who define you. That's what Trump's fascists think and for the most part they are correct. 'You're with us or the turrrurrorists' G.W. Bush c. 2001

John Oliver video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUPuhlJ3IuE&t=641s

Todd Blanche history https://nomadiceveryman.blogspot.com/2026/08/fact-sheet-on-todd-blanches-devastating.html

War on Dissent https://nomadiceveryman.blogspot.com/2026/08/when-protest-becomes-terrorismthe-trump.html

Veterans for Peace  https://nomadiceveryman.blogspot.com/2026/08/veterans-for-peace-condemns-marco.html

Israel rejects Gaza peace  https://nomadiceveryman.blogspot.com/2026/08/israeli-ministers-push-to-resume-gaza.html

Bibi Vetoes Trump Peace Plan  https://nomadiceveryman.blogspot.com/2026/08/israeli-prime-minister-rejects-trumps.html

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Fact Sheet on Todd Blanche's Devastating Leadership at the Justice Department

(Hitler had his personal lawyer elevated to a similar role in Nazi Germany back in the day. For his fascist efforts serving the Nazi party, Hans was hung at Nuremberg.  Just sayin...) 


(I guess that's why Little Lyin Gusano Rubio and all the rest want the ICC and international law to be dismantled. They're worried shitless about the gallows.) 

from Justice Connection

Todd Blanche was confirmed as Deputy Attorney General on March 5, 2025, and became Acting Attorney General on April 2, 2026 – but he has never stopped acting as President Trump’s personal lawyer. Under his leadership, more than 16,000 DOJ employees have left the department, including a quarter of its attorneys. He has overseen the termination of hundreds of employees, including agents, attorneys, and professional staff who worked on January 6 cases and the Special Counsel Jack Smith investigations. 

Below is a list of actions Blanche has taken as Deputy Attorney General and Acting Attorney General that harmed the department’s workforce, advanced the politicization of the department, undermined the rule of law, and threatened public safety. These are actions that have been publicly reported and may not be exhaustive.

As Deputy Attorney General, he oversees the day-to-day operations of the department, including personnel matters, the Criminal and National Security Division, the U.S. Attorney’s Offices, the Office of Immigration Review, federal law enforcement components like the FBI, and much more. As Acting Attorney General, he is responsible for the entire department.

A full account of the attacks on DOJ during Blanche’s leadership as Deputy Attorney General and Acting Attorney General can be found in Justice Connection’s DOJ tracker.

(extensive list after the break)

When protest becomes ‘TERRORISM’:The Trump admin's escalating war on dissent

(Texas court gave a guy 70 years for moving a box of 'subversive' pamphlets. He wasn't even at the protest and his wife had nothing to do with the shooting at an ICE guard (false flag event hit detainees)... Judge said in ruling 'The state wants to send a message to anyone who shares similar ideology') 

from MS Now


 

Veterans For Peace Condemns Marco Rubio’s Threats Against Cuba and Against US Peace and Solidarity Activists

by Gerry Condon from AntiWar

Veterans For Peace has issued a strong condemnation of Marco Rubio’s McCarthyite report, Cuba, the Capital of 21st Century Communism, which was released by the State Department on July 20. The 100-page document charges Cuba with interfering in the internal affairs of the United States, while accusing U.S. peace and solidarity activists of being foreign agents of Cuba.

“Talk about turning things on their head,” responded Veterans For Peace. “It is the U.S. that has waged an economic war against Cuba for 64 years with a blockade that prevents it from normal trade relations with the U.S. and other countries, stunts its economic development, and denies it access to medicines and other essentials.

“It is the U.S. CIA that organized a failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961, setting the stage for the 1962 Cuban missile crisis that almost led to a nuclear war. It is the U.S. that is currently enforcing a deadly oil embargo on Cuba, and it is the U.S. president and secretary of state who are openly threatening a U.S. military invasion of Cuba. What has Cuba ever done to the U.S.? Cuba is being punished for declaring its independence from U.S. imperialism and for attempting to develop a socialist economic model that is not based on exploitation and profiteering.

“We reject the Trump administration’s sudden return to “anti-communism” as a means of undermining the credibility of its political opponents — whether from the Democratic Party or actual left-wing organizations. If this is an attempt to intimidate those who are organizing for a just and peaceful world, it will not work. We will not be intimidated. If Trump’s and Rubio’s sudden obsession with “communists” and “political terrorists” is telegraphing their intention for a clampdown on dissent in the U.S., we take this very seriously.

“As veterans and active duty military, we swore an oath to “defend the U.S. Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic.”  We take this oath very seriously — more so than ever as the domestic enemies of our democracy ominously rear their ugly heads.  We will resist.

“Veterans For Peace will not be intimidated. We stand in solidarity with Cuba and with all those who struggle for human rights and democracy in the U.S. We will support active-duty military members who refuse to participate in an illegal invasion of Cuba. We also encourage service members to refuse illegal orders to support racist ICE raids or to suppress our First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and assembly in the U.S.” 

Veterans For Peace calls for an end to the 64-year-old US blockade of Cuba, and end to threats against dissent in the U.S., for the abolition of ICE and the release of all who are being held in ICE prisons.

 

Saturday, August 8, 2026

Trump Threatens ‘Leakers’ With Jail Time Over Reports About Munitions Shortages

from AntiWar

President Trump on Thursday threatened “leakers” with jail time over reports about dwindling US military stockpiles as a result of the Iran war, and claimed the US had plenty of munitions available.

“The US has massive amounts of ‘munitions,’ especially of certain types. Additionally, large amounts are being manufactured and shipped to the US as needed,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“Defense companies are building the largest number of plants and factories in our country’s history. The ‘leakers’ of these treasonous statements are being hunted down,” the president added.

Some of the most significant reports about the shortage of advanced munitions didn’t come from media reports but from analyses published by the think tank the Center for International Studies (CSIS), which used publicly available data to produce its estimates...

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When the coloniser calls resistance terrorism

(This is why these fascists seek to brand any resistance from at home as 'far left political terrorism' as they simultaneously attempt to destroy any and all institutions who monitor and uphold international law.)

from MEMO

Throughout history, almost every national liberation struggle has been labelled “terrorism” by the powers exercising colonial rule or foreign occupation. This strategy is nothing new.

The British Empire branded IRA fighters in Ireland and EOKA guerrillas in Cyprus as terrorists. France portrayed Algeria’s National Liberation Front (FLN) as a criminal organisation. The same happened to the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO), the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), the South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) in Namibia, and even Nelson Mandela’s African National Congress (ANC).

History, however, vindicated these movements and condemned the colonial regimes that sought to perpetuate their domination.

This pattern reveals a constant: those who occupy a territory seek to strip the occupied people of any legitimacy to resist.

This narrative, however, encounters clear limits within international law itself.

From the United Nations Charter to Resolution 1514 (XV) on decolonisation and Resolution 2625 (XXV), which reaffirms the principle of peoples’ self-determination, the understanding has been consolidated that peoples subjected to colonial domination, foreign occupation or racist regimes have the right to struggle for their liberation.

Several subsequent resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly recognised the legitimacy of national liberation movements and acknowledged that such resistance may take the form of armed struggle, provided that it remains subject to the rules of international humanitarian law.

This is precisely why the international community has never automatically equated national liberation movements with terrorist organisations. 

However, it does not eliminate the political and legal right of a people to resist occupation. Confusing these two dimensions serves only the interests of occupying powers, because it transforms a conflict of a political and legal nature into a mere policing matter.

The history of the so-called “State of Israel” itself exposes this contradiction...

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TrumpyBear and the Wig of Shame

Can it get any more embarrassing for the country than it is right now? Yes. Yes it can.

Project 2025  https://nomadiceveryman.blogspot.com/2026/08/stop-project-2025-subject-by-subject.html

Senate dems push back https://nomadiceveryman.blogspot.com/2026/08/senate-democrats-push-bill-to-ban-paid.html

Chris Murphy video https://nomadiceveryman.blogspot.com/2026/08/trump-is-gaslighting-america-on-iran-war.html 

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STOP Project 2025 Subject-by-Subject Breakdown of Project 2025

by Scott Creighton 

What follows the break is Zoe Lofgren's STOP Project 2025 Subject-by-Subject Breakdown of Project 2025. It is located on her website in PDF form so I copied the whole thing and posted it here for you to more easily access. 

However, it will take me a while to clean it up so it's easier to read. But you can still read it now and understand it. The format isn't completely messed up.

It's important to note, everything that has happened thus far in the Trump administration is detailed, in advance, in this document which was published BEFORE Trump took office.

This is all part of a plan to completely privatize the government of the United States of America for the benefit of Big Business and billionaires. 

I will continue working to clean it up as I have time. 

Senate Democrats Push Bill to Ban Paid Early Access to Trump Posts

(A machine readable advanced notice of Trump's foreign policy announcements, even if they are only milliseconds ahead of his standard announcements, would prove extremely profitable for algorithmic and high-frequency trading firms who's AI systems would be able to instantly calculate the best trades or shorts to generate untold profits from the information. Whether it takes place days or milliseconds in advance, with AI high-frequency trading being the norm these days, it's still insider trading being sold as a subscription service by the guy sitting behind the Resolute desk in the White House.)

from Legis1

A Democratic-led push would prohibit companies from selling prioritized access to government officials’ social media posts, targeting Trump Media & Technology Group’s new Truth API service and the information advantage it offers institutional investors.

Truth API provides financial institutions, news organizations and high-frequency trading firms with a direct, machine-readable feed of posts from President Donald Trump and other influential Truth Social accounts. Access reportedly costs between $60,000 and $100,000 per month. The service went live Aug. 1 and delivers posts within milliseconds, potentially allowing trading algorithms to respond before most investors receive push notifications or manually refresh the platform.

The service does not provide posts before they are publicly published. Trump Media says the posts are public when they enter the API, while critics argue the speed advantage still creates a two-tiered system for access to potentially market-moving presidential communications. 

Senate Democrats argue that allowing the president’s company to charge for faster delivery of statements about tariffs, military actions, companies and other matters affecting financial markets creates conflicts of interest and could undermine market integrity. The legislation would restrict the purchase, sale or exchange of prioritized information derived from government officials’ social media communications. 

Truth API was announced July 16 and became available to institutional customers Aug. 1. Trump Media described it as a licensed, real-time data feed designed for organizations most affected by delays in receiving information, including algorithmic and high-frequency trading firms. The company said it had signed customers before the launch.

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) introduced S. 5221 on Aug. 3 with Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CN), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Gary Peters (D-MI) as original cosponsors, according to the Legis1 bill record. The proposal would prohibit transactions involving nonpublic or prioritized information derived from government officials’ social media accounts.

The measure has been introduced but has not advanced through a committee hearing or vote. I could not independently verify any official Senate announcement scheduling it for floor consideration...

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Trump is Gaslighting America on the Iran War

from Chris Murphy


 

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

US Inciting Global Persecution of Dissidents

from Consortium News

When Marco Rubio gathered representatives from 66 countries in Washington in July, his aim was clear and aggressive: target the “resurgence of far-left terrorism.

Framing the threat as a global emergency, the U.S. secretary of state called on intelligence agencies and security forces around the world to unite to “crush this evil forever.” 

“We can, and we must, identify and map this threat and rebuild our counterterrorism architecture to defeat it,” Rubio warned attendees. “Just as we have done together before, now we must do it together again.”

Referencing various left-wing guerrilla and political organisations that were active across Latin America in the 20th century, he added:

“Every one of our friends here from the nations of the Western Hemisphere remember — remember the decades of kidnappings and bombings and assassinations and executions, the violent terror of the Tupamaros, of the Montoneros, of the FARC, of the ELN.”

Outside the conference room, the State Department was making the same point to the wider American public.

It released a document on the same topic, which used extremely vague data to draw parallels between the Latin American guerrillas of the 1960s and 1970s and very different situations in Europe and the U.S. to demonstrate that “left-wing terrorism” exists — and has previously been “defeated.”

In Latin America, this messaging amounts to an open endorsement of the state terrorism and genocide that 20th-century military dictatorships and regional repressive coordination efforts — such as Plan Condor, an illegal operation by military regimes in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay to capture and disappear political opponents across borders — deployed to combat the guerrillas.

Rubio’s threat appears clear: Washington is willing to repeat that extreme state violence — and the egregious human rights violations it led to — in order to stop modern-day “left-wing terrorists.” 

Given that no armed movements like those 20th-century guerrillas Rubio mentioned actually exist in the region today, which groups or individuals is the U.S. government referring to?..

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Monday, July 27, 2026

Thursday, July 23, 2026

Trump’s claims on Saudi nuclear deal raise confusion

(Trump has recently gone all in as Israel's little bitch in the Oval Office. Since Gusano Rubio announced that idiotic deal with Lebanon's Vichy government handing over control of southern Lebanon to Glorious Israel, Trump has done everything the Zionist racists have demanded even going so far as to threaten to destroy the ICC on behalf of the genocidal regime in borderless Israel. Remember when he was telling Netanyahu to stop blowing shit up and wrecking his peace plans? Remember back when he laughingly thought he could get a real Peace Prize for ending the war with Iran that he and Bibi started? All that's over for some reason. Now the Zionist neocons OWN TrumpyBear... he's their little bitch in the White House.) 

from al Jazeera

There is a little of confusion concerning Trump’s latest post on Truth Social as he mentioned that Saudi Arabia will not be allowed to produce or enrich its own nuclear fuel.

The agreement signed between the two countries’ energy secretaries does indicate that Saudi Arabia will be allowed to produce its own nuclear fuel though it specified that it won’t be allowed to reach weapon grade.

Secondly, Trump said that this is subject to Saudi Arabia agreeing to the Abraham Accord with Israel. This, also, does not appear to be part of the original agreement either.

This is a 123 deal as it is called. The US has more than 20 such deals with more than 50 countries and institutions, including the UAE, and that deal is different because the UAE is now allowed to enrich its fuel and it has to be subject to inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The deal between Washington and Riyadh does provide for inspections but does not mention the IAEA.

So there are many questions that arise and no doubt there will be many questions in Congress.

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Gusano Rubio's 100 Page New McCarthyism Manifesto is Out! And It's Wild!

Gusano Rubio's 100 Page New McCarthyism Manifesto is Out! And It's Wild! 

article https://nomadiceveryman.blogspot.com/2026/07/trumps-state-department-cites.html

report https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Cuba-Report.pdf 

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