Top Commanders Told Hegseth Not to Cut Civilian Protection Program, Poll Showed. He Did It Anyway.

 https://www.propublica.org/article/hegseth-civilian-harm-mitigation-response-trump-defense-department

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What Trump/Lutnick Actually Demanded From Canada Behind Closed Doors, Why It Was Never A Trade Deal, And Why He’s About To Enter The Find-Out Portion Of The Program

 https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-the-annexation-papers-what

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The long afterlife of QAnon conspiracy theories haunting American politics

 https://theconversation.com/the-long-afterlife-of-qanon-conspiracy-theories-haunting-american-politics-289784

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I Went Looking for the Bullshit. I Found Hakeem Jeffries. The Fractured Line Aug 24, 2026

 https://nicholasjorcutt.substack.com/p/i-went-looking-for-the-bullshit-i

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No answers, no speaker By Steve Schmidt

 https://steveschmidt.substack.com/p/no-answers-no-speaker

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This article assumes the Democratic party is salvagable..  Given their one job - is to stop the Fascists, if they are collaborating with them, how is that possible.  Thoughts?  Am I wrong?

Whistleblower Says Politics Drove Trump Admin “Antisemitism” Inquiries

 https://truthout.org/articles/whistleblower-says-politics-drove-trump-admin-antisemitism-inquiries/

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The Moose That Roared Why Trump will lose his war with Canada Paul Krugman Aug 24

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=277517&post_id=212474680&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjEyNDc0NjgwLCJpYXQiOjE3ODc1Njc3NjEsImV4cCI6MTc5MDE1OTc2MSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTI3NzUxNyIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.5kau0kb7tzWvQrCDo7VXyykQCsUG8vKSzv3aajb46sY

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Where’s the (American) beef?! Trump’s latest bull doesn’t have any horns. Katie Phang Aug 23

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=3002616&post_id=212358213&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjEyMzU4MjEzLCJpYXQiOjE3ODc0ODgzNDgsImV4cCI6MTc5MDA4MDM0OCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTMwMDI2MTYiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.HNwo3C8RJbhWvCnyyq2YUptJ518FFy6oSeWY3vp4kD0

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Given all of the craziness going on in the Trumpenverse (bad faith negotiations and tariff war with Canada, naming a Navy Reportedly In Talks To Name New Ship After Trump Instead Of Black WWII Hero  https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2026/08/21/navy-reportedly-in-talks-to-name-new-ship-after-trump-instead-of-black-wwii-hero/, Trump’s Micromanaging Warship Design Will Set the Navy Back by Decades

https://newrep

Hakeem Jeffries and Jared Kushner met privately in recent weeks at a New York location offered by a person described as a “mutual friend” of Kushner and Jeffries. The two “discussed potential areas of common ground.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/us/politics/jeffries-kushner-private-meeting.html?smid=tw-shareublic.com/article/214479/trump-navy-carrier-micromanaging-warship-design, Harpgate - with a "Fatal Attraction"esque bimbo with unfettered advisory access to the "preseident", Lindsay Graham's sister running for Senate but acknowledging she knows nothing about the job and isn't particularly interested in learning about it, and on and on...

Here is an artfully written article about just another way Trump is running amok... plus there is a bonus of the old "where's the beef" commercial.

Heather Cox Richardson - August 21, 1831

 https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-21-2026?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=212248044&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=16jbk&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

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Bad Food It’s not hard to follow the money Joyce Vance Aug 22

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=607357&post_id=211616078&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjExNjE2MDc4LCJpYXQiOjE3ODc0NDc1MjYsImV4cCI6MTc5MDAzOTUyNiwiaXNzIjoicHViLTYwNzM1NyIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.0T3W8na9NCJVZnl9-G3usxmwOMEZQ8FopVvlsVa9oG0

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The Long, Weird History of Universal Basic Income—and Why It’s Back

 https://www.investopedia.com/news/history-of-universal-basic-income/

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Music Friday for Class Strugglers

 https://www.loc.gov/collections/henry-reed-fiddle-tunes/articles-and-essays/the-historical-and-cultural-significance-of-fiddle-tunes-of-the-old-frontier/

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Unmasking AI 10 Myths Fueling the Silicon Mirage by Nolan Higdon / August 17th, 2026

 https://thedissidentvoice.org/2026/08/unmasking-ai/#more-169572

Does AI replace human moral and analytical reasoning, like the wheel did feet?

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Pete Hegseth’s Wife Has A 'Bonkers' Amount Of Sway At The Pentagon: Report

 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pete-hegseths-wifes-influence-at-the-pentagon-raising-questions-about-his-leadership-nyt-reports_n_6a8712a6e4b0ca44601b7139?origin=home-latest-news-unit

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Hormuz isn't the Problem

 https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/08/20/2026/semafor-energy-hormuz-isnt-really-the-problem?utm_source=nowshare&utm_medium=net+zero&utm_campaign=FirstWord#b

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Jason Arday and the Machinery of Cruelty Henry Giroux

 https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/08/17/jason-arday-and-the-machinery-of-cruelty/

Ralph Ellison's 21st century Invisible Man.

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DHS's abuse of power in Minnesota was even worse than we knew It's the stuff of East Germany. Lisa Needham Aug 18

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=501423&post_id=211617100&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=16jbk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxOTg0NTkyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjoyMTE2MTcxMDAsImlhdCI6MTc4NzA0ODU0NiwiZXhwIjoxNzg5NjQwNTQ2LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItNTAxNDIzIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.Ik4mrl4APPsMqDYN_OIE7jUGIkbyTbRabHolPVpj5BE

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The Sex Criminals and Child Abusers of ICE and CBP

 https://www.forever-wars.com/the-sex-criminals-and-child-abusers-of-ice-and-cbp/?ref=forever-wars-newsletter

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Voters Reject Farm Bureau Push to Limit Citizen Amendments

 https://barnraisingmedia.com/2026-election-voters-reject-farm-bill-backed-ballot-measure/

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244. The End of the Alien Enemies Act Litigation?

 https://www.stevevladeck.com/p/244-the-end-of-the-alien-enemies

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If you don’t think AI can wipe out humanity, you must read this article

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=1266886&post_id=211434185&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjExNDM0MTg1LCJpYXQiOjE3ODY4OTU3ODEsImV4cCI6MTc4OTQ4Nzc4MSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTEyNjY4ODYiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.dI4H6hvibSbEPLEuiSeA7guP16SUycdftj3hWk-eMmI

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Trump Cast the Dice, the Middle East Rebalanced

 https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/trump-cast-the-dice-the-middle-east-rebalanced/

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Fiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothing by Jesse Coburn August 12, 2026, 6:00 am

 https://www.propublica.org/article/general-dynamics-artillery-factory-failed

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Leak: Democratic Org “Anti-Extremism” Project Targets Left Joins Trump's war on “Far-Left Extremism” Ken Klippenstein Aug 14

 https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-democratic-org-anti-extremism

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Rather than embrace what voters want - a government that works to benefit the people - here is a right wing Democratic party that is going to spend millions to sabotage any chance that anti Fascist forces will get a foot hold.  This supports the observation that the Democratic party would rather have Fascists in power and keep their own gravy train running, than those who champion working class interests.

Trump Grift vs. the “Biden Crime Family”

 https://cepr.net/publications/trump-grift-vs-the-biden-crime-family/

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