How anti-bribery laws apply to Trump’s promise of $5,000 payments if Republicans keep control of Congress

 https://theconversation.com/how-anti-bribery-laws-apply-to-trumps-promise-of-5-000-payments-if-republicans-keep-control-of-congress-291722

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

The long afterlife of QAnon conspiracy theories haunting American politics

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

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Epstein Class Clowns

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/jeffrey-epstein-elon-musk-plutocracy/?ref=forever-wars.com

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

New CBS "Celebrity Dr." Peter Attia Emailed Jeffrey Epstein: "P*SSY IS, INDEED, LOW CARB!"

 Attia emails to Epstein

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Elon Musk Paid 270 Million Dollars to Make at Least 48 Legal Threats Vanish and Shield His Companies From Tens of Billions in Losses and Criminal Convictions Mitch Jackson Feb 2

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=4115828&post_id=186622814&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTg2NjIyODE0LCJpYXQiOjE3NzAwNTE3NzMsImV4cCI6MTc3MjY0Mzc3MywiaXNzIjoicHViLTQxMTU4MjgiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.ZEmT1mDKMGek_Hyvvd0HfIqLK3UMEozZc5668kUHrp0

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

DOGE's Real Aims Have Nothing To Do With Efficiency Assessing the damage from DOGE and the way it represents an authoritarian innovation Ruth Ben-Ghiat Dec 25

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=300941&post_id=182541926&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTgyNTQxOTI2LCJpYXQiOjE3NjY2MjUxMDYsImV4cCI6MTc2OTIxNzEwNiwiaXNzIjoicHViLTMwMDk0MSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.CI9z3Ump_5IBEnsKqyrYo9tsbOjETp-uksVpb4PPisU

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Letters from an American Heather Cox Richardson Nov 26, 2025

  https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-25-2025?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=179998935&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=16jbk&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

 ~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Right Wing Populism and Lumpen Capitalism

 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/right-wing-populism-and-lumpen-capitalism/

~~ recommended by tpx ~~

Sick Trillion-Dollar Man Kills 600,000 Men, Women, and Children

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=247716&post_id=178351784&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTc4MzUxNzg0LCJpYXQiOjE3NjI2NDY3MDMsImV4cCI6MTc2NTIzODcwMywiaXNzIjoicHViLTI0NzcxNiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.3tchJFcufZgyjoHP7w_cIp4Y6nxhINCczynWiSGaj40

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Dear Trump: Please Keep Humiliating Elon Musk. I Promise It Won't Backfire At All

Trump X Musk Feud

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Muskenfreude

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=277517&post_id=167340762&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTY3MzQwNzYyLCJpYXQiOjE3NTE0NTMwMTMsImV4cCI6MTc1NDA0NTAxMywiaXNzIjoicHViLTI3NzUxNyIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.4WPj7Dycpeg4qdujzyTBch-vY5xk_e5b_pg0n9pVWFg

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

From a sick POV, it is somewhat amusing to watch the "mean girls" feud between Trump and Musk.  Of course the world is too small to contain those huge egos so it was predictable that there would be a break up sooner or later.  Krugman is right here, Musk is the vulnerable one in the relationship.  While the phenomenon of  Trumpian vengeance is a growing menace that leaves everyone in jeopardy, it is hard to have sympathy for Musk who had a direct hand in creating the Fascist monster than is preparing to bite back.

Meanwhile CBS has joined the growing list of entitities that have caved to extortion by the Fascist.  

... and the beat goes on.... as we watch in horror

Gerald Horne Around The Horne: Battle of Los Angeles & Fruits of Counter Revolution; Trump v Musk

 https://www.youtube.com/live/AQliAnfLlnE?si=Fp00OxuyQWkkh98M

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Ignore Elon Musk. Pay Attention to Russell Vought.

Ignore Musk, Pay Attention to Russell Vought

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

“The Whole Government is DOGE Now”: The Coup's Second Wave Begins

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=300941&post_id=164892919&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTY0ODkyOTE5LCJpYXQiOjE3NDkxMzI5MjMsImV4cCI6MTc1MTcyNDkyMywiaXNzIjoicHViLTMwMDk0MSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.mdvyTndv00sw8D03LdxPbbT-U16eHyGENjK3AOf6kis

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Trump and his crew are nuts

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=3719374&post_id=164967303&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTY0OTY3MzAzLCJpYXQiOjE3NDg4NjUxMzgsImV4cCI6MTc1MTQ1NzEzOCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTM3MTkzNzQiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.oAS6QFuL_VPY-p4zz8FwBJybdvGrIxHAr2OeNlB3jGQ

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Musk Agenda, Drug Use and the Latest on Trump's Extortion... er Tariffs

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=20533&post_id=164853475&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTY0ODUzNDc1LCJpYXQiOjE3NDg2NjU3NDUsImV4cCI6MTc1MTI1Nzc0NSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTIwNTMzIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.Ji4C3t9nP_FDRbt-20CZX0kuoAv6X9pseHo5VgSE-B0

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Musk, DOGE - Failure and Abuses of Power

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=3569073&post_id=163078163&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTYzMDc4MTYzLCJpYXQiOjE3NDY2NDQyMTEsImV4cCI6MTc0OTIzNjIxMSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTM1NjkwNzMiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.CHHZEEZfYtYJpn94KMs3vEu2VauGv-XgwRxVRm1-VR0

https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=20533&post_id=163109961&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTYzMTA5OTYxLCJpYXQiOjE3NDY2ODUwMTksImV4cCI6MTc0OTI3NzAxOSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTIwNTMzIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.d8O1mY9HMR13cw76cuEo35EsFcjtQO3dnTHCA0GymvY

(Two articles today about how Musk's DOGE both FAILED to deliver savings in "waste fraud and abuse" and at the same time is succeeding in stealing our data for the purpose of using it for Musk's AI, and other aspects of Musk's unchecked power and corruption as he insinuates his way into our government and lives - without our consent.  Truly disheartening and terrifying, NB)

The NIH budget is on a fast track to disaster - Trump Defunding Government

https://substack.com/app-link/post/publication_id=492324&post_id=162172190&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTYyMTcyMTkwLCJpYXQiOjE3NDU4NDAxMzAsImV4cCI6MTc0ODQzMjEzMCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTQ5MjMyNCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.AnuLKa7FD83lTqrzVng44XulULJ-SPx3M5pu6oRDEyM ~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Waste, Fraud and Abuse - by Musk, Implications of Trump on the Class Struggle and poverty, and the Rise of White Supremacy

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=329291&post_id=162188268&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTYyMTg4MjY4LCJpYXQiOjE3NDU2NjgwODksImV4cCI6MTc0ODI2MDA4OSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTMyOTI5MSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.u4FIITb_v_MyeC4NKTeiGW4pzmC80ORz8j937ryIAVk

https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/04/25/starving-the-poor-to-feed-the-rich/

https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/04/25/trump-world-is-a-white-world/

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

225 people with cancer and no investigation: A look at where things stand with NC State's Poe Hall

 WTF DOGE???????????

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~