Section 1: The Body Count That Keeps on Climbing Ah yes, Vladimir Putin, the man who thinks he’s reviving the Russian Empire but is really just auditioning for the world’s worst butcher shop. Since February 2022, his “special military operation” has produced at least 13,883 dead Ukrainian
So here we are, watching the slow-motion train wreck that is Donald Trump’s foreign policy cosplay, this time with none other than former KGB agent and full-time autocrat Vladimir Putin—on Alaskan soil. Yes, the same Alaska that used to be part of Russia until we bought it fair
Below written by Heather Cox Richardson August 11, 2025 (Monday) President Donald J. Trump’s big announcement today at his press conference—to which he showed up late—was that he is assuming control over the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department and deploying more than 100 agents from the
Twenty years ago, I stumbled onto a book that would change the way I tasted the world. The Cheese Primer by Steven Jenkins wasn’t just a book—it was a revelation. Thick, passionate, and unapologetically detailed, it read like a love letter to curds and rinds. Jenkins didn’t
Taxpayers are paying extra dollars for security to keep Ghislaine Maxwell safe at her cushy “community college” prison in Texas. That’s it..that’s the newsletter. Get PISSED! Julie Bolejack, MBA
By Your Ever-Humble Correspondent I have been informed—by polite society, no less—that swearing is a vulgar habit unfit for the refined. Which is precisely why I hold it in such high regard. For if the refined wish to abstain from such verbal pleasures, I say, let them. It
Apparently, my new Facebook profile picture — a rainbow fist and the words Screw Calm and Get Angry — offended the delicate sensibilities of a man who decided it was his sacred duty to lecture me on “being civil. Let’s get something straight: these are not civil times. Civility is the
Dear Mr. Couchman, Thanks so much for your condescending little love letter about Trump’s $9 billion in “spending cuts” and the “painful consequences” of Biden’s economic policies. Always a treat to watch billion-dollar donor-backed organizations pretend to care about the daily struggles of working families. Let’s break
Dear Reader and Subscribers, There’s a quiet truth in the quote: “I can’t go back to yesterday… because I was a different person then.” It comes from Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, a tale of transformation and perspective. And whether we’re tumbling down rabbit
Dear Elected Officials, Let’s get one thing straight: you work for us. The people. Not your donors, not your party, not your lobbyist golf buddies — us. And we are watching. We are fed up. And we are, frankly, wondering if a single spine still exists among you. We didn’
Fellow Patriot, Of the many degradations that have torn the fabric of American society in our lifetimes, one of the most damaging is the concept of DEI (or “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion”). This pernicious political concept is designed mainly to punish and debilitate Americans based solely on the color of
Sixty years ago this week, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law. It was one of the most powerful and transformational civil rights achievements in American history — born from the blood, sweat, and bones of Black Americans who were beaten, jailed, and murdered for demanding the
Beginning in January 2025, Executive Order 14173 formally rescinded Executive Order 11246, effectively eliminating affirmative‑action obligations for federal agencies and contractors. This reversed more than fifty years of requirements to proactively promote workplace diversity . Within days, the Justice Department issued new guidance discouraging DEI programs in private and public
Trump responds to his failure to create jobs by firing the U.S. labor statistics chief Confronted with evidence of his own failures, the president could've changed direction. He instead found it easier to fire his labor statistics chief.Aug. 1, 2025, 3:09 PM EDT By Steve
from Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor “Friends, Sorry to intrude again on your day, but this is urgent. I spent much of the 1990s as Secretary of Labor. One unit of the Labor Department is the Bureau of Labor Statistics. I was instructed by my predecessors as well as
“ Hitler’s rumored plans to oust the Reichsbank chief came amid a massive purge of the Weimar Republic’s civil service. Senior officials who had served for decades were fired. Hitler assigned his chief lieutenant, Hermann Göring, to clean house in Prussia, the largest of Germany’s 17 federated states.
Let’s stop pretending. This is not politics as usual. This is not another “Oh that’s just Trump being Trump” moment. What we are witnessing is a calculated, systematic assault on our civil rights—led by a man who never believed in equality to begin with and is now
Dear Friends, While America’s nuclear missile silos—some built during the Eisenhower administration—crack, corrode, and literally rust into irrelevance, Donald Trump has decided the real national security threat… is an outdated private jet. Yes, that’s right. Instead of directing urgently needed funds toward maintaining our nuclear triad—
Warning, serious stuff ahead: WASHINGTON, July 27, 2025 — After months of high-stakes negotiation and looming trade threats, President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a landmark agreement reducing proposed punitive tariff rates. While Trump had threatened 30% tariffs on most European goods, the final deal
The Cowardice of Compliance: How “Going Along to Get Along” is Empowering Trump’s Dangerous Return There’s a chilling silence sweeping across the country. It’s not the calm before the storm—it is the storm. That silence you hear? It’s the sound of decent people ducking, deflecting,
"You’ll forgive the candor, but I’ve seen this particular opera before. The overture is dissonant, the soprano’s drunk, and someone has barricaded the emergency exits. What we’re witnessing is not an explosion. Not yet. It’s pressure. The kind of pressure that builds slowly in
Dear Friends, Let’s face it: the world has gone slightly off its rocker. The news cycle is a nonstop anxiety buffet. Politics, climate, prices, noise—everything’s screaming for our attention. It’s like trying to sip tea during a tornado. And while we’re all out here doing
Dear Readers, Donald Trump—Distractifier in Chief—has once again fired up the smoke machine, pointing his stubby little Twitter finger at Barack Obama like a magician screaming, “Look over there!” What’s he trying to hide? Oh, just his years-long cozy connection with convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. But
Breaking: Trump Rediscovers Every Culture War Issue Ever in Quest to Make You Forget Epstein Files Exist (Oh look, there’s a squirrel) Dear Patriot, Peasant, or Poor Soul Just Trying to Keep Up, Ah, July in America—heat advisories, overpriced lemonade, and the pungent scent of political desperation wafting