DOGE Debunked: Billionaires Are Robbing You And Calling It ‘Efficiency’

"Are Trump and Elon Musk’s budget and workforce cuts really about making things more 'efficient? Economist Richard Wolff argues that 'government efficiency' is just a smokescreen to deepen Trump's assault on the working class—slashing public services to serve the interests of the ultra-rich.

"What you're watching with Trump and Elon is pure ideology. And, for all the talk about how Trump and Elon Musk are breaking the mold and breaking the rules and taking the Republican party in a New Direction, the truth is the Republican party has always hated taxes. That's how they built the Republican party. It's a coalition between the business community, which doesn't want to pay taxes, and a whole lot of special constituencies."

Click on this link for a 16-minute video putting all of the pieces together on what Trump/MAGA are really trying to do. It is greed and treason.

History Is At Least Rhyming

"In the episode we’re about to share, Sean Illing and his guest, historian Edward Watts, discuss how America today feels like ancient Rome…right before its empire collapsed."

Click on the link below for a podcast that examines the psychological and historical aspects of the present and potential future of the USA.

The Gray Area: Is America collapsing like ancient Rome? 

J D Vance: The Full Monty

Rachel Maddow does some great reporting on dangerous individuals and organizations, as well as the history behind their actions. Click on the link below for a podcast that includes one of the best exposures of J D Vance:

Rachel Maddow lays out why you should care about JD Vance’s real agenda

Attacks On Education: The Base Of Dictatorships

"With democracy under threat around the world, author Jason Stanley warns that the fundamental danger lies closer to home: in the schools. In his latest book, the American philosopher argues that attacks on education empower authoritarian regimes by reshaping our understanding of the past. Stanley joins the show to discuss."

Click on the link below for the history of dictatorships in recent decades:

Russia, Nazi Germany, MAGA: The Dangers of Weaponizing History and Education

The USA Has Always Struggled With Trusting "We, The People"

"Spirits among Kamala Harris supporters, Democrats, and anyone opposing Trumpism are at an all-time high right now. That's both fortuitous and crucial to the upcoming election. By the very nature of Trumpism, this election will be the most flagrantly contested in history with far more Trump loyalists in place ready to throw wrenches in the works wherever they can. Nothing short of an overwhelming victory for the Harris/Waltz ticket is necessary to stave off a constitutional crisis."

Click on the link below for a "wake up" call regarding how close the USA is to losing its representative democracy, and how even the Founding Fathers didn't want to share power with "the other." The first election only had 6% of the population voting: "Only white male landowners need to apply."

The threat of minority rule through election denialism

Why It's Important To Help Ukraine

" - - - I guess over the holidays a lot of people talked with family members and their parents, or whomever and they had things to say about the amount of money the United States was spending on Ukraine and wanted to know what the U.S was getting out of it. - - - First, on the other side of this, when Ukraine emerges from the other side of this war, it is going to be an economic power, a big one, if, at the end of the war, it is aligned with Europe. That's good for the United States. It's good for NATO. - - - "

Click on the link below for more:

Let's talk about what the US is getting out of Ukraine

The Elements Behind Theocratic Dictatorships

"Today, we compare the far-right religious extremists who are fighting to gain power in the US with the protests against the theocratic regime in Iran supporting women's rights in the country."

Click on the link below for a podcast presenting the dangers and realities of theocratic government using the USA and Iran as examples:

How Theocracies Begin And End

Trump Was The Nerve Center To A Wide Conspiracy

 "The conventional narrative of former President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election frames Trump as the culprit and most Republican lawmakers as tolerating it or tagging along out of political expediency. But the leak of a massive trove of text exchanges between Mark Meadows, Trump’s former chief of staff, and dozens of Republican lawmakers highlights how that narrative lets the GOP off too easily. The texts, published by Talking Points Memo, show Trump wasn’t a lone actor, but something closer to a nerve center of anti-democratic activity. Republicans didn’t just put up with Trump, but worked proactively with him to try to discredit the election both before and after the Jan. 6 insurrection."

Click on the link below for an expose of what REALLY happened regarding the attempt to destroy democracy in the US:

Mark Meadows' leaked texts destroy the Trump lone actor narrative

A Biblical Foundation for American Freedoms?

"Democracy, limited government, freedom of religion and speech, right to a jury trial, prohibition against slavery—not only did these not come from the Bible, but most of them conflict with the Bible."

The Ten Commandments and biblical governance in general are at odds with the things that Americans value about America.

The Foundation Of Today's Middle East Strife

 Two views:

The Sykes-Picot carve-up led to a century of turbulence 

Don’t Blame Sykes-Picot for the Middle East’s Mess