Trump Purges: Big Trouble Ahead? - There’s a 99.9% chance that much of what’s actually happening in the Middle East is being kept from the American public.
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Trump Purges: Big Trouble Ahead?
These days Army recruiting ads would have an asterisk *… “as long as you’re the right kind of guy.”
Words & DeedsTrump Is Serious About Accepting a Humiliating Defeat - The war has reinforced Trump’s determination to discard our historic advantages (e.g., alliances, a free-trade system, U.S. credibility, and moral stature).
https://open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/trump-is-serious-about-accepting?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web #SickPolitics
Trump Is Serious About Accepting a Humiliating Defeat
The disastrous war could end in a geopolitical nightmare.
The Contrarian
Words & Phrases
Same policy, ‘lower profile’
The ContrarianNobody’s Winning the Latest Middle East War - Nothing we can hear, see, or read from both legacy and new media coming from the government about the war is true.
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Nobody’s Winning the Latest Middle East War
But there is one loser, for sure, and it ain't Iran
Words & DeedsJennifer Rubin: The Republican Crack-Up - The damage Trump and his flunkies have inflicted on our democracy will reverberate for years to come.
https://dianeravitch.net/2026/03/26/jennifer-rubin-the-republican-crack-up/ via @dianeravitch
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Jennifer Rubin: The Republican Crack-Up
Jennifer Rubin was a columnist for The Washington Post who departed when publisher Jeff Bezos bent his knee to Trump. Rubin, a journalist and lawyer, knows that Trump is a dangerous demagogue. She …
Diane Ravitch's blogStephen Miller Pushes States to Pass Laws Denying Public Education for Undocumented Students - A deliberate, legally-sanctioned creation of a generation of children purposely denied an education within America.
https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2026/03/26/48140/ via @janresseger
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Stephen Miller Pushes States to Pass Laws Denying Public Education for Undocumented Students
When he spoke to a group of Texas state legislators gathered in Washington, D.C. last week, Stephen Miller demonstrated that the Trump administration is turning up the heat to induce the U.S. Supre…
janressegerPaul Krugman: Treason in the Oil Markets - There’s a broader lesson here: You can’t trust a corrupt government to protect national security.
https://dianeravitch.net/2026/03/25/paul-krugman-treason-in-the-oil-markets/ via @dianeravitch
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Paul Krugman: Treason in the Oil Markets
Paul Krugman, Nobel-Prize winning economist, writes about shady speculation in the oil futures market. He says it’s not just insider trading, it’s treason. He writes: Source: Yahoo Fina…
Diane Ravitch's blogThe World Will Be Watching
#No Kings on March 28 - It’s no secret that Victor Orban and Donald Trump are fans of each other, share a disdain for democracy, and enable grift on a massive scale in their respective governments.
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The World Will Be Watching #No Kings on March 28
The champions of illiberal democracy, where voting is an illusion of choice, are modern day dictators without the crown. BONUS: Listings for Eighteen #NoKings Rally Locations Near San Diego
Words & DeedsThe Pentagon Buys a Flute - Why does everything in federal spending look like a grift these days?
https://teacherinastrangeland.blog/2026/03/21/the-pentagon-buys-a-flute/ via @nancyflanagan
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The Pentagon Buys a Flute
Tucked into the horrific informational gusher of Just How Much This Unnecessary and Ill-Advised War is Costing Us–an analysis of where the Department of Unwanted War has spent last month’s en…
Teacher in a strange landThe Trump Era's Furious Fascists, Putrid Propositions, and Revised Reports - They are coming for reproductive freedom. They are coming for voting rights. They are coming for LGBTQ+ equality.
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The Trump Era's Furious Fascists, Putrid Propositions, and Revised Reports
Glimpses Into The Mass Deportation Coalition, Operation Demonstrate Resolve, Border Security Group, Heritage Foundation Project 2026, and Climate Working Group.
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