I’m glad Mr. Cohen has seen the light (so to speak). His commentaries are typically spot-on. This is a particularly good one.
Project 2025 is, as many of us have written for well over a year now, is the dismantling of democracy to be replaced by a fascist dictator.
Trump isn’t planning on relinquishing power, regardless of how far down the lame-duck path he finds himself. Trump is a clear and present danger to America and to the world. The next 11 months are going to be even rougher than 2025.
We the people need to fight like hell! His entire cabinet are so corrupt and incompetent. I am embarrassed every time I see them at a meeting kissing the 🍊shit ass! And he is dozing! So call any member of the senate or house!
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And rethuglikkkrussians in congress! There children n families should be so fvcking ashamed n embarrassed!
I agree the entire administration and half the Congress must be removed ASAP!
Ohio, a once "Swing State" is now so heavily gerrymandered, it's a 12 Republican majority to 3 Democrat representation in the State House.
We voted for Obama TWICE, so this is NOT the Ohio I grew up in and still live. We have Democrat Dr. Amy Acton running against billionaire Vivek Ramaswamey for Governor. And we have Senator Sherrod Brown running against Republican Jon Husted.
Sycophants have taken over Ohio. We must all work to elect leaders with brains like Sherrod and Amy. Their opponents are rich clueless men who only desire the money and power.
great comment. thank you. i would just add a recommendation to back up your calls with emails and even 'old fashioned letters with a stamp on them'. they need to be constantly reminded....1 call or 1 email is not enough.
a friend whose girlfriend worked for a senator for many years said they don't actually receive that much mail....they receive a lot of phone calls, a lot from deranged people who cannot construct a complete sentence, or from white supremacists and pro-lifers, and then some who want help on getting social welfare or some other government agency, which, on the whole are forwarded (or ignored) and seldom looked at again. the staff would always send a form letter reply that just tells the constituent how lucky they are to have said senator represent them!!!!! so the politicians think the silent people love them and want them to carry on just as they are.... DO NOT BE ONE OF THE SILENT PEOPLE. PLEEEEEEEZ EXPRESS YOUR VIEWS OFTEN, IN ALL FORMS OF COMMUNICATION.
Buckle up and dig in to work even harder!!! MAGA (or whatever trump is calling it now) is hoping we will succumb to the exhaustion, but we are showing them day in and day out we are not, and indeed some from their side are seeing the light and openly saying they no longer support trump. And I'm pretty sure no one from the resistance side is saying, oh I see, trump really is great, I'm joining his team (except mainstream media). And this is because of all the hard work we have done and will continue to do. Because of folks like you, Bud who continue to be engaged, to continue to grasp the seriousness of the situation and who are encouraging to others, we will show the world what we are made of!
Mr. Cohen has only seen the light half way. He uses his so called "objectivity" as a lawyer to give Trump a break...stating on numerous podcasts/substacks (Dean Obediah, Zev Shalev, Tara Palmieri), that he won't say anything about Trump and Epstein until all the facts come out, knowing what Trump has done, and will continue to do everything to redact, burn, and threaten anyone who attempts to reveal all the facts, of this massive international sexespionage case. Cohen is no different than what Obama, Garland, Biden and the Democratic establishment did in enabling Trump. Putting their hands up and "we don't have any power," "we have to wait for the elections." "We have to look forward."
Mr. Cohen, weren't you in charge of Mr. Trump's Teen Beauty Pageant? Did you think it was just fine and dandy that he was boasting about how he could walk into his beauty pageants' dressing rooms while they were dressing and undressing. Did you think that was normal? And your claim that Trump never mentioned Epstein in all the years you were with him, is...well...come on Michael....
And what about the approx. 70 apartments owned by Russian/mafia/oligarchs in Trump Soho? And that you still live in a Trump Condo on Park Ave.?
Please there's a lot to account for, and if you want us to believe you're on the right side of history, please stop claiming you're a victim, when you are the victimizer as well, bullying sub stackers and journalists, when they disagree with you (on Unleashed, and The Narrativ), and triangulating a father son relationship (you know what Im referring to).
Interesting statements and thought provoking. Mr. Cohen did serve his time in prison, so he has accounted for some of his decisions. But you make a few good points as well...i.e. the teen beauty shows, and the "*ussy" statement made. And many actions were not included in this prison sentence: so can we trust him? Once trust is broken it takes a very long time to build it back. And it's up to us to decide if we trust the information he imparts as truthful.
I, however, read his pieces with interest, as he has a different view than many others. In addition, Cohen lives at Trump Park Avenue, but the building is owned by the tenants. Trump owns a few apartments in the building, but he does not own the building. That's a little different view that I thought when I read your comment.
Thanks for your comment, as it was thought provoking. Just my opinion.
I can't imagine the threats that Cohen must have had, then and now to both him and his family, to stay quiet, and the anger he must feel that Trump, and Barr put him solitary confinement.
He and his family's Russian/Ukrainian/Putin oligarch mafia connections would not be a topic of discussion if Russia/Putin oligarch mafia were not major disruptors in our democracy, and democracies abroad, including infiltrating the WH, and our president.
And it certainly wouldn't come up if he hadn't behaved as he did on various interviews with the investigative journalists and reporters of news, I mentioned above, which clearly indicated he was trying to play both sides of this, making excuses for Trump, and also blaming Trump.
This is also not unusual behavior for Republicans, their shills, and Putin, you don't have to say outright someone or something is wrong or corrupt, you just have to instill DOUBT!
Doubt causes paralysis, and why the majority of Americans don't vote in any election.
So creating doubt and confusion, "well maybe he's right," " maybe he's wrong," "maybe there's some good things Trump is doing" and Cohen's "Trump had nothing to do with Epstein," it's very good at causing doubt.
The issue is not who owns the building that Cohen lives in, the issue is how can you live in a building that calls itself Trump Park Avenue, after Trump put him in solitary confinement?
News articles (and certainly not social media), are never substitutes for in-depth reading. For more on the Russian infiltration of our political system and economy, how they worked to install Trump useful idiot, and others in this admin. may I suggest several books, well researched (with footnotes), Craig Unger: American Kompromat, and House of Putin, House of Trump, and Canadian/South African/Israeli Zev Shalev's The Greatest Heist in-depth series. There are others as well who examine this, eg. Professor Ruth Ben Ghiat (NYU), and Anne Applebaum.
There's an Epstein survivor out there who was threatened by Trump during Cohen's time with Trump. She claimed she was raped by both Trump and Epstein. So threatened that after filing a lawsuit, she withdrew it. Cohen needs to come clean about this.
The Congress should have already declared it Seditious, Treasonous and abolished it! But until Dems get the majority, we will see America sliding into total Autocracy every single day.
Why are we allowing the engineers and perpetrators of project 2025 and the Esther Project to remain in the dark behind the scene? the deeds of these evil fascists need more exposure.
I've been saying that all along. MTN won't mention them. So far only Cohen has. I've been wanting them to provide a Project 2025 update and finally got one.
And the malicious Secretary Kennedy decisions on the near horizon. Many will become sick and die. Aided and abetted by the disingenuous sycophant Senator Cassidy who ushered him in. Much will be on their conscience.
My heart aches for this country and what we used to represent. No fairness, no inclusion, no caring for our fellow man. Where has the love and kindness gone? Why would anyone have thought Project 2025 was a good idea? We must all fight with all our might for what is good and fair. For our own good and the good of our country.
Great update Michael. Thank you for being succinct and to the point. Everything you said in this update needs to be addressed every single day. Enough is enough!
WE the People have known for a long time that the office of POTUS is now occupied by a lying sack of shit who speaks in hyperbole and unreality But the Epstein files have laid bare that the small amount of material thus far reveals that every time Cheeto opens his mouth he lies to the American people This is such a patterned behavior that it is to be expected even if his tongue were notarized
Now there’s a list of 10 co-conspirators that the DOJ elected in the past to not charge with pedophilic behavior but with all the cover up going on by Cheeto, it’s becoming increasingly clear that Cheeto is on the list Although speculative it’s a good reason that a culpable Cheeto would want to hide the Epstein file content or at least get his name redacted so as to not be incriminated
Although it will take days and months for facts to be uncovered, the heat is being turned up Cheeto with his flare for lying all the time, has completely lost the trust of the American people and he knows he’s lost control of the narrative His anger and annoyance displays his guilt The ghost of Epstein lives on and he’s not going to let Cheeto off the hook
It would have helped if the public had learned about project 2025. We were told about it. We were warned that this is where we were headed. We heard Trump deny it when he was running for president. But no one explained it. no one taught the public what it meant. Just project 2025… you’re going to regret it. That’s the problem. The Democrats don’t educate they don’t market. Trump is a marketing guru. He’s been doing this since he was born practically. The Democrats need to hire the best marketing firm in the country and spend enormous amounts of time and money educating the public because the public just isn’t aware. That was the failing in the last election. And it will happen again in the mid terms. people don’t read!
I heard about Project 2025 and Googled it. I learned very quickly what it was and I started talking about it right after it was mentioned, telling as many people as possible to look into it. It’s sad that people didn’t believe that Trump was up to something nefarious. Everyone that I told thought I was being extreme and hyperbolic. I was a drama queen or just paranoid. Sadly, it’s too late to prevent the amount of damage that has been and will be done by this regime. And anyone who thinks “regime” is laughable, you must not be paying attention or you’ve been brainwashed to think this is all about Making America Great Again, which is a complete joke. This regime is about corruption and how much money can be doled out to technocrats, billionaires, other countries, but especially to the Trump family. Billions upon billions have been made by all of the Trump family, including the in-laws.
True. All of it is true. We’ve lived in this country for so long that we don’t believe we could lose it. And frankly, I believe we have lost it. The damage that was done by doge is irreparable. what has happened to us internationally is impossible to repair China is undermining the value of our dollar and when that goes, we will be bankrupt. Congress doesn’t stop Trump. The Republicans are complicit. In three years I don’t think we will recognize this country and the younger generation will not remember what this country used to be. We will be like Iran or Russia with poor masses and extremely wealthy leaders living under total control. Maybe we can do something in the midterms but that’s just a maybe. Perhaps I’m pessimistic but I think too much irrepairable damage has been done
It will certainly take a long time to fix this mess, if we ever come to the understanding that it is a mess. Don't let anyone tell you it's just TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome). There is no such thing as TDS; it's logic, facts and insight. Things are bad, and getting worse. That's the first truth we must obey. The second is that most of what we've lost is worth restoring and keeping. America can be great again, but only if we start from where we were--with our democratic traditions and institutions--and move them forward, to solve new problems. That's what the founders envisioned. Trump thinks we can go backwards to the time of President McKinley or Andrew Jackson and recover lost glory--this is a fool's errand. It's 2025, we need to be forward looking and forward marching.
No one will ever tell me that it’s Trump arrangement syndrome… Or if they do, I wouldn’t fall for it. We’re in serious trouble and I’m not as optimistic as you. Too much damage has been done and I’m not sure we can recover internally. globally, we are rapidly being replaced. In three years, we will seriously be the dung at the bottom of the heap. the light at the top of the hill will be elsewhere.
I understand your feeling...I think about the beginnings of WWII--which I did not live through--and the way the warring powers, England, Germany, Japan, etc. looked at the US military as disorganized, undisciplined, inexperienced, basically inconsequential. And after a few years we were able to triumph in a war on two fronts. Miraculous? Perhaps. But we need to recapture that spirit and use it to make up ground very quickly. Whether we *will* do it, I don't know. But whether we *can* do it, I am certain.
We don’t live in a country now that inspires love for country. Trump is all about love for himself. He’s all about telling everybody how great he is and what wonderful things he does, but the United States… Our country… That pride and love for country isnt what it used to be. it isn’t a living thing like it used to be. Seriously… Think about MAGA. It’s about Trump, not country. It’s sickening. Revolting.
You do know that the USA was reluctant to get involved, right? And that the USA turned Jews away from coming to a safe place, here, right? WE didn't triumph: We and our ALLIES were triumphant.
Sometimes our public schools don't teach anything that is not complimentary of our country. (Kind of like what the current leader is doing wiping out all the people who did great things because they were black or brown.)
We are all adults. And there is no reason for anyone with a cell phone to not educate themselves on ANY topic or policy. It's already been determined that people are reading 43% less now and we get our news from sound bytes and social media.
But many of us do come here and also the Meidas Touch or No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen and many others who contribute to INDEPENDENT NEWS media. The Legacy Media except for a few, have already capitulated to trump. CBS cancelling the 60 Minute episode recently? No longer the Gold Standard of TV journalism.
Lessons we should have learned from history of 1930's Germany would tell us the first thing Hitler did was take over the media so he could foment his propaganda. But Project 2025 and trump are on Steroids and it's working for him now.
We cannot allow him the next 3 years. I fear the damage will be too great to come back from.
I have had the 940-page document downloaded for a long time now...folks were talking about it, just not mainstream media, but then...they have long been good for nothing!!
I read it too. It was a drudgery slog through a swamp. I learned of it early on, read it, and tried to get others to listen but no one I knew wanted to. They thought it couldn't possibly be taken seriously.
But what I learned is that these people were not fucking around. They meant what they said and they published it all because they were sure of themselves and confident that they would prevail. It was all based on a Christian nationalist religious white supremacist world view. They never even tried to hide it, because they believe in that world view and believe it is revealed truth. They WANT a theocracy.
And TFG is perfectly willing to let them have it. As long as he can continue grifting, golfing, building monuments to himself, and plastering everything he sees with gold, he is good to go. He is the most evil man in U.S. history.
Well, that's not quite true. Some people read the whole thing, which I found to be more depressing, creating less hopefulness that our democratic republic would not be destroyed. BTW Thanks for reading it.
Almost every adult in this country had access to the internet in 2015. But they did not read what I read about him - particularly that he stiffed small companies and their workers out of money. I immediately recognized a personality disorder and the dangers that go with the malignancy.
In 2015 I started screaming on social media, but, nobody believed we were in great danger. Us Cassandras (article) were laughed at, humored at times, but never taken seriously. Afterall nobody could destroy our country, and nobody would do such horrible things. Some people still think that it's fine...that our government hasn't changed. They are the frogs in the pan while the water starts to boil. :(
I fought all my life for the freedoms and rights of Americans, and those that wanted to live here such as green card holders. Everything I fought for has been overturned, and/or made illegal. I really hope the middle aged and young people can return this country to a democratic republic...and make it work for the people. Universal health care would be a great place to start, imo. :)
We are a ridiculous country … we allowed this to happen. Our democracy is dead and we are a full force authoritarian dictatorship. Our experiment in democracy has failed.
We are a great, imperfect country that struggles mightily with its origin story, a story of the ideals of democracy mixed with massive elements of manifest destiny/white supremacy. Reconstruction after the Civil War barely started, and was abandoned for a host of inexcusable reasons. Our democracy has been viciously and skillfully attacked but it is far from dead. We are not in a full force dictatorship. We openly write these posts, watch Jimmy Kimmel, chase ICE out of our neighborhoods, witness the federal and local courts make the right decisions and we vote. We have just begun to fight, and, in time, we will win. Patience Shari, patience and fortitude.
Michael, so what can we actually do about it? Or are you saying it is already too late? Too late for what? To restore the rule of law? I know vast amounts of data are irretrievable but nothing else is non reversible. We can do so starting now by simply following the law.
Unfortunately, the "free and loud" stuff that infotainment gives us is not worth the paper that it is not written on. My philosophy for learning what is essential is: explore, dig, ask. I get as much as I can for free, and share it with others. But it does require a considerable investment of time. I know for many, time is at a premium. But one must either invest money, or invest time. The important thing is to form sharing networks to get the word around quickly. I do believe we are seeing some payoff from that. Trump's support is dwindling, and his GOP enablers will soon find they must decide which hill they want to fight to defend.
I know it takes time. Every person who has a blog about politics is similar. They dig and repeat the same story. It’s nuts our network news has completely lost credibility with the public. Even pbs have gotten soft. They report on the news and they explain it to us. But it feels like they have gone soft. Fox lies with impunity at the same time.
This is why they lied for four years of the 46th president Joe Biden because while he had a normal presidency and expanded human rights to all people. They had to make everything he did seem not normal so that when project 2025 was emplimented they can point the finger at those four years they lied about.
Thanks Michael: Spot on . Project 2025 , the road map to the destruction of democracy. 319 objectives , 126 or so completed. The Heritage Foundation is fracturing but the despots are still running the show. Trump claims he never read it , but then turns right around in the same sentence and claims there are some horrendous things in Project 2025 and the MAGA muffins all roared with glee. The USA is half way into hell. Ukraine is slowly been destroyed, NATO is been prodded , Europe has lost their respect and trust with the US , what a mess. Zelenskyy is coming for a visit with a man who would sell out his own mother for a dime. Ukraine wants peace , Russia wants Ukraine and any other nation who wants to go for a ride on the global meteor . The leader of the free world has got his boxer shorts tied to Russell Vought , Stephen Miller , Brendan Carr , JD Vance and the rest of the swamp monsters. Some of my American friends kept saying. No this could never happen in the US have presently changed their story now. Protest like hell but protest peacefully.. The leader is looking for an excuse to declare the Insurrection Act which may put a damper on the 2026 elections.
Everything Michael says is true. There is however one undeniable reality, enough of We the People voted for Project 2025, knowingly or unknowingly, just as the Britain voted for Brexit. The British have and continue to pay the price with no end to the woes in sight. Like all viruses, very hard to cure, especially when a core base, albeit a minority continues to propagate the virus. We cannot hope our plague will go away, hope sadly is an excuse to wait for someone else to save us. Herd immunity, each and every member of the resistance must act, however small that act may seem, only this will allow us to reclaim our Democracy.
We the People did not vote for Project 2025; but Musk was thanked by Trump for knowing the voting software, highly suspicious; Musk definitely stole a copy of ALL our government's data. All of it. And Putin probably has a copy, too. Palantir is weaponizing it against us.
Trump's ballroom misadventure with Clark construction is likely building AI data center. 🤬 and a ballroom. Talk of making Musk give data back is impossible-the horse has left the barn.
POTUS is a Russian asset, clearly.
SCOTUS is clearly corrupted and 5 or 6 members should be impeached; 2 are obviously on the take and party boy has sexual misconduct allegations. Three lied to congress during confirmation hearings. Roe v Wade was not settled law; prima facie evidence is they overturned it with Dobbs.
Every piece of proposed legislation should be discharged for a vote and not "die in committee", every nomination get up or down vote within 90 calendar days, preventing Mitch McConnell from holding up nominees to SCOTUS or other senate-consent positions...and We, the actual People, would have a better chance at a representative government.
I am hoping that if the Democracts prevail and acquire more seats in both the House and the Senate, that Congress will find its way to again IMPEACH trump, but this time, the Senate will also REMOVE trump from office permanently. That is the only remedy--the American voters who do not want a DICTATORSHIP, must come out in full force to save our democracy.
Once he is out of office, he no longer has the protection of the Presidential IMMUNITY that the corrupt SCOTUS has bestowed upon him. He can then be tried and prosecuted for the many crimes we see him committing. I also think he should be tried in a military tribunal because of literally murdering unknown boaters on international waters.
I don't think the country, the government, nor its people can withstand 3 more years of trump.
It is worth noting what is in the "other half" of Project 2025. Women will not be educated or employed, at all. They are to be married domestic servants, and devote themselves to caring for their husband and children. Childless and older women can provide child care free of wages as needed, preferably for their grandchildren.
I’m glad Mr. Cohen has seen the light (so to speak). His commentaries are typically spot-on. This is a particularly good one.
Project 2025 is, as many of us have written for well over a year now, is the dismantling of democracy to be replaced by a fascist dictator.
Trump isn’t planning on relinquishing power, regardless of how far down the lame-duck path he finds himself. Trump is a clear and present danger to America and to the world. The next 11 months are going to be even rougher than 2025.
Buckle up.
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We the people need to fight like hell! His entire cabinet are so corrupt and incompetent. I am embarrassed every time I see them at a meeting kissing the 🍊shit ass! And he is dozing! So call any member of the senate or house!
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And rethuglikkkrussians in congress! There children n families should be so fvcking ashamed n embarrassed!
Got to fight people!
I agree the entire administration and half the Congress must be removed ASAP!
Ohio, a once "Swing State" is now so heavily gerrymandered, it's a 12 Republican majority to 3 Democrat representation in the State House.
We voted for Obama TWICE, so this is NOT the Ohio I grew up in and still live. We have Democrat Dr. Amy Acton running against billionaire Vivek Ramaswamey for Governor. And we have Senator Sherrod Brown running against Republican Jon Husted.
Got to VOTE Democrat Ohio!
Sycophants have taken over Ohio. We must all work to elect leaders with brains like Sherrod and Amy. Their opponents are rich clueless men who only desire the money and power.
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great comment. thank you. i would just add a recommendation to back up your calls with emails and even 'old fashioned letters with a stamp on them'. they need to be constantly reminded....1 call or 1 email is not enough.
a friend whose girlfriend worked for a senator for many years said they don't actually receive that much mail....they receive a lot of phone calls, a lot from deranged people who cannot construct a complete sentence, or from white supremacists and pro-lifers, and then some who want help on getting social welfare or some other government agency, which, on the whole are forwarded (or ignored) and seldom looked at again. the staff would always send a form letter reply that just tells the constituent how lucky they are to have said senator represent them!!!!! so the politicians think the silent people love them and want them to carry on just as they are.... DO NOT BE ONE OF THE SILENT PEOPLE. PLEEEEEEEZ EXPRESS YOUR VIEWS OFTEN, IN ALL FORMS OF COMMUNICATION.
Buckle up and dig in to work even harder!!! MAGA (or whatever trump is calling it now) is hoping we will succumb to the exhaustion, but we are showing them day in and day out we are not, and indeed some from their side are seeing the light and openly saying they no longer support trump. And I'm pretty sure no one from the resistance side is saying, oh I see, trump really is great, I'm joining his team (except mainstream media). And this is because of all the hard work we have done and will continue to do. Because of folks like you, Bud who continue to be engaged, to continue to grasp the seriousness of the situation and who are encouraging to others, we will show the world what we are made of!
Mr. Cohen has only seen the light half way. He uses his so called "objectivity" as a lawyer to give Trump a break...stating on numerous podcasts/substacks (Dean Obediah, Zev Shalev, Tara Palmieri), that he won't say anything about Trump and Epstein until all the facts come out, knowing what Trump has done, and will continue to do everything to redact, burn, and threaten anyone who attempts to reveal all the facts, of this massive international sexespionage case. Cohen is no different than what Obama, Garland, Biden and the Democratic establishment did in enabling Trump. Putting their hands up and "we don't have any power," "we have to wait for the elections." "We have to look forward."
Mr. Cohen, weren't you in charge of Mr. Trump's Teen Beauty Pageant? Did you think it was just fine and dandy that he was boasting about how he could walk into his beauty pageants' dressing rooms while they were dressing and undressing. Did you think that was normal? And your claim that Trump never mentioned Epstein in all the years you were with him, is...well...come on Michael....
And what about the approx. 70 apartments owned by Russian/mafia/oligarchs in Trump Soho? And that you still live in a Trump Condo on Park Ave.?
Please there's a lot to account for, and if you want us to believe you're on the right side of history, please stop claiming you're a victim, when you are the victimizer as well, bullying sub stackers and journalists, when they disagree with you (on Unleashed, and The Narrativ), and triangulating a father son relationship (you know what Im referring to).
Interesting statements and thought provoking. Mr. Cohen did serve his time in prison, so he has accounted for some of his decisions. But you make a few good points as well...i.e. the teen beauty shows, and the "*ussy" statement made. And many actions were not included in this prison sentence: so can we trust him? Once trust is broken it takes a very long time to build it back. And it's up to us to decide if we trust the information he imparts as truthful.
I, however, read his pieces with interest, as he has a different view than many others. In addition, Cohen lives at Trump Park Avenue, but the building is owned by the tenants. Trump owns a few apartments in the building, but he does not own the building. That's a little different view that I thought when I read your comment.
Thanks for your comment, as it was thought provoking. Just my opinion.
Hello Geri,
I can't imagine the threats that Cohen must have had, then and now to both him and his family, to stay quiet, and the anger he must feel that Trump, and Barr put him solitary confinement.
He and his family's Russian/Ukrainian/Putin oligarch mafia connections would not be a topic of discussion if Russia/Putin oligarch mafia were not major disruptors in our democracy, and democracies abroad, including infiltrating the WH, and our president.
And it certainly wouldn't come up if he hadn't behaved as he did on various interviews with the investigative journalists and reporters of news, I mentioned above, which clearly indicated he was trying to play both sides of this, making excuses for Trump, and also blaming Trump.
This is also not unusual behavior for Republicans, their shills, and Putin, you don't have to say outright someone or something is wrong or corrupt, you just have to instill DOUBT!
Doubt causes paralysis, and why the majority of Americans don't vote in any election.
So creating doubt and confusion, "well maybe he's right," " maybe he's wrong," "maybe there's some good things Trump is doing" and Cohen's "Trump had nothing to do with Epstein," it's very good at causing doubt.
The issue is not who owns the building that Cohen lives in, the issue is how can you live in a building that calls itself Trump Park Avenue, after Trump put him in solitary confinement?
News articles (and certainly not social media), are never substitutes for in-depth reading. For more on the Russian infiltration of our political system and economy, how they worked to install Trump useful idiot, and others in this admin. may I suggest several books, well researched (with footnotes), Craig Unger: American Kompromat, and House of Putin, House of Trump, and Canadian/South African/Israeli Zev Shalev's The Greatest Heist in-depth series. There are others as well who examine this, eg. Professor Ruth Ben Ghiat (NYU), and Anne Applebaum.
There's an Epstein survivor out there who was threatened by Trump during Cohen's time with Trump. She claimed she was raped by both Trump and Epstein. So threatened that after filing a lawsuit, she withdrew it. Cohen needs to come clean about this.
And she was only 13!
Project 2025 will be removed very soon and join the Third Reich in the trash cans of history.
The Congress should have already declared it Seditious, Treasonous and abolished it! But until Dems get the majority, we will see America sliding into total Autocracy every single day.
Not until The Heritage Foundation and Steven Miller are abolished. There are so many of them hiding in the shadows pulling the strings 😳
Why are we allowing the engineers and perpetrators of project 2025 and the Esther Project to remain in the dark behind the scene? the deeds of these evil fascists need more exposure.
I've been saying that all along. MTN won't mention them. So far only Cohen has. I've been wanting them to provide a Project 2025 update and finally got one.
In case you've not seen this:
https://www.project2025.observer/en
Also, this article IS on MTN
I hadn't seen that, thank you! I've been screaming about Project 2025 for two years!
Sorry for asking but what does MTN mean?
jprodell47@gmail.com
Meidas Touch Network, I think.
And the malicious Secretary Kennedy decisions on the near horizon. Many will become sick and die. Aided and abetted by the disingenuous sycophant Senator Cassidy who ushered him in. Much will be on their conscience.
It's hard to believe that Senator Cassidy once took the Hippocratic oath
Its hard to believe that any of these anti democracy representatives took an oath to protect and defend the constitution. Bunch of liars.
How about defending the health of our citizens?
Call dickwad Cassidy! Dr, my ass!
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Senator Cassidy is an embarrassment to the medical profession. Would any hospital medical staff accept him? Doubtful
I hope not. He can’t handle a senator functioning! Honestly!
My heart aches for this country and what we used to represent. No fairness, no inclusion, no caring for our fellow man. Where has the love and kindness gone? Why would anyone have thought Project 2025 was a good idea? We must all fight with all our might for what is good and fair. For our own good and the good of our country.
Great update Michael. Thank you for being succinct and to the point. Everything you said in this update needs to be addressed every single day. Enough is enough!
Cheeto The Pedophile
WE the People have known for a long time that the office of POTUS is now occupied by a lying sack of shit who speaks in hyperbole and unreality But the Epstein files have laid bare that the small amount of material thus far reveals that every time Cheeto opens his mouth he lies to the American people This is such a patterned behavior that it is to be expected even if his tongue were notarized
Now there’s a list of 10 co-conspirators that the DOJ elected in the past to not charge with pedophilic behavior but with all the cover up going on by Cheeto, it’s becoming increasingly clear that Cheeto is on the list Although speculative it’s a good reason that a culpable Cheeto would want to hide the Epstein file content or at least get his name redacted so as to not be incriminated
Although it will take days and months for facts to be uncovered, the heat is being turned up Cheeto with his flare for lying all the time, has completely lost the trust of the American people and he knows he’s lost control of the narrative His anger and annoyance displays his guilt The ghost of Epstein lives on and he’s not going to let Cheeto off the hook
It would have helped if the public had learned about project 2025. We were told about it. We were warned that this is where we were headed. We heard Trump deny it when he was running for president. But no one explained it. no one taught the public what it meant. Just project 2025… you’re going to regret it. That’s the problem. The Democrats don’t educate they don’t market. Trump is a marketing guru. He’s been doing this since he was born practically. The Democrats need to hire the best marketing firm in the country and spend enormous amounts of time and money educating the public because the public just isn’t aware. That was the failing in the last election. And it will happen again in the mid terms. people don’t read!
I heard about Project 2025 and Googled it. I learned very quickly what it was and I started talking about it right after it was mentioned, telling as many people as possible to look into it. It’s sad that people didn’t believe that Trump was up to something nefarious. Everyone that I told thought I was being extreme and hyperbolic. I was a drama queen or just paranoid. Sadly, it’s too late to prevent the amount of damage that has been and will be done by this regime. And anyone who thinks “regime” is laughable, you must not be paying attention or you’ve been brainwashed to think this is all about Making America Great Again, which is a complete joke. This regime is about corruption and how much money can be doled out to technocrats, billionaires, other countries, but especially to the Trump family. Billions upon billions have been made by all of the Trump family, including the in-laws.
True. All of it is true. We’ve lived in this country for so long that we don’t believe we could lose it. And frankly, I believe we have lost it. The damage that was done by doge is irreparable. what has happened to us internationally is impossible to repair China is undermining the value of our dollar and when that goes, we will be bankrupt. Congress doesn’t stop Trump. The Republicans are complicit. In three years I don’t think we will recognize this country and the younger generation will not remember what this country used to be. We will be like Iran or Russia with poor masses and extremely wealthy leaders living under total control. Maybe we can do something in the midterms but that’s just a maybe. Perhaps I’m pessimistic but I think too much irrepairable damage has been done
It will certainly take a long time to fix this mess, if we ever come to the understanding that it is a mess. Don't let anyone tell you it's just TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome). There is no such thing as TDS; it's logic, facts and insight. Things are bad, and getting worse. That's the first truth we must obey. The second is that most of what we've lost is worth restoring and keeping. America can be great again, but only if we start from where we were--with our democratic traditions and institutions--and move them forward, to solve new problems. That's what the founders envisioned. Trump thinks we can go backwards to the time of President McKinley or Andrew Jackson and recover lost glory--this is a fool's errand. It's 2025, we need to be forward looking and forward marching.
No one will ever tell me that it’s Trump arrangement syndrome… Or if they do, I wouldn’t fall for it. We’re in serious trouble and I’m not as optimistic as you. Too much damage has been done and I’m not sure we can recover internally. globally, we are rapidly being replaced. In three years, we will seriously be the dung at the bottom of the heap. the light at the top of the hill will be elsewhere.
I understand your feeling...I think about the beginnings of WWII--which I did not live through--and the way the warring powers, England, Germany, Japan, etc. looked at the US military as disorganized, undisciplined, inexperienced, basically inconsequential. And after a few years we were able to triumph in a war on two fronts. Miraculous? Perhaps. But we need to recapture that spirit and use it to make up ground very quickly. Whether we *will* do it, I don't know. But whether we *can* do it, I am certain.
We don’t live in a country now that inspires love for country. Trump is all about love for himself. He’s all about telling everybody how great he is and what wonderful things he does, but the United States… Our country… That pride and love for country isnt what it used to be. it isn’t a living thing like it used to be. Seriously… Think about MAGA. It’s about Trump, not country. It’s sickening. Revolting.
You do know that the USA was reluctant to get involved, right? And that the USA turned Jews away from coming to a safe place, here, right? WE didn't triumph: We and our ALLIES were triumphant.
Sometimes our public schools don't teach anything that is not complimentary of our country. (Kind of like what the current leader is doing wiping out all the people who did great things because they were black or brown.)
www.historycrunch.com/why-didnt-the-usa-join-world-war-ii-in-1939.html#/
T H I S 10000000%
We are all adults. And there is no reason for anyone with a cell phone to not educate themselves on ANY topic or policy. It's already been determined that people are reading 43% less now and we get our news from sound bytes and social media.
But many of us do come here and also the Meidas Touch or No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen and many others who contribute to INDEPENDENT NEWS media. The Legacy Media except for a few, have already capitulated to trump. CBS cancelling the 60 Minute episode recently? No longer the Gold Standard of TV journalism.
Lessons we should have learned from history of 1930's Germany would tell us the first thing Hitler did was take over the media so he could foment his propaganda. But Project 2025 and trump are on Steroids and it's working for him now.
We cannot allow him the next 3 years. I fear the damage will be too great to come back from.
https://www.project2025.observer/en
I have had the 940-page document downloaded for a long time now...folks were talking about it, just not mainstream media, but then...they have long been good for nothing!!
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I agree.
I read it too. It was a drudgery slog through a swamp. I learned of it early on, read it, and tried to get others to listen but no one I knew wanted to. They thought it couldn't possibly be taken seriously.
But what I learned is that these people were not fucking around. They meant what they said and they published it all because they were sure of themselves and confident that they would prevail. It was all based on a Christian nationalist religious white supremacist world view. They never even tried to hide it, because they believe in that world view and believe it is revealed truth. They WANT a theocracy.
And TFG is perfectly willing to let them have it. As long as he can continue grifting, golfing, building monuments to himself, and plastering everything he sees with gold, he is good to go. He is the most evil man in U.S. history.
Well, that's not quite true. Some people read the whole thing, which I found to be more depressing, creating less hopefulness that our democratic republic would not be destroyed. BTW Thanks for reading it.
Almost every adult in this country had access to the internet in 2015. But they did not read what I read about him - particularly that he stiffed small companies and their workers out of money. I immediately recognized a personality disorder and the dangers that go with the malignancy.
In 2015 I started screaming on social media, but, nobody believed we were in great danger. Us Cassandras (article) were laughed at, humored at times, but never taken seriously. Afterall nobody could destroy our country, and nobody would do such horrible things. Some people still think that it's fine...that our government hasn't changed. They are the frogs in the pan while the water starts to boil. :(
I fought all my life for the freedoms and rights of Americans, and those that wanted to live here such as green card holders. Everything I fought for has been overturned, and/or made illegal. I really hope the middle aged and young people can return this country to a democratic republic...and make it work for the people. Universal health care would be a great place to start, imo. :)
We are a ridiculous country … we allowed this to happen. Our democracy is dead and we are a full force authoritarian dictatorship. Our experiment in democracy has failed.
We are a great, imperfect country that struggles mightily with its origin story, a story of the ideals of democracy mixed with massive elements of manifest destiny/white supremacy. Reconstruction after the Civil War barely started, and was abandoned for a host of inexcusable reasons. Our democracy has been viciously and skillfully attacked but it is far from dead. We are not in a full force dictatorship. We openly write these posts, watch Jimmy Kimmel, chase ICE out of our neighborhoods, witness the federal and local courts make the right decisions and we vote. We have just begun to fight, and, in time, we will win. Patience Shari, patience and fortitude.
Then we must resist them and fight back. It works better than giving up and crying about it. We did it once 259+ years ago, we can do it again
Michael, so what can we actually do about it? Or are you saying it is already too late? Too late for what? To restore the rule of law? I know vast amounts of data are irretrievable but nothing else is non reversible. We can do so starting now by simply following the law.
We need a dramatic blue wave in November. I won't give up hope.
I have to believe it will happen, but we will have another year of damage to repair by then.
We can also move forward to live up to the platitudes we claim as values
The only thing irreversible is the climate crisis, imo. :(
Why do we have to pay to read about how to save our country
for freedom from tyranny? I’m sick and tired of reading about the horrific atrocities committed by our government. It should be free and loud. Wtf
Unfortunately, the "free and loud" stuff that infotainment gives us is not worth the paper that it is not written on. My philosophy for learning what is essential is: explore, dig, ask. I get as much as I can for free, and share it with others. But it does require a considerable investment of time. I know for many, time is at a premium. But one must either invest money, or invest time. The important thing is to form sharing networks to get the word around quickly. I do believe we are seeing some payoff from that. Trump's support is dwindling, and his GOP enablers will soon find they must decide which hill they want to fight to defend.
I know it takes time. Every person who has a blog about politics is similar. They dig and repeat the same story. It’s nuts our network news has completely lost credibility with the public. Even pbs have gotten soft. They report on the news and they explain it to us. But it feels like they have gone soft. Fox lies with impunity at the same time.
This is why they lied for four years of the 46th president Joe Biden because while he had a normal presidency and expanded human rights to all people. They had to make everything he did seem not normal so that when project 2025 was emplimented they can point the finger at those four years they lied about.
Thanks Michael: Spot on . Project 2025 , the road map to the destruction of democracy. 319 objectives , 126 or so completed. The Heritage Foundation is fracturing but the despots are still running the show. Trump claims he never read it , but then turns right around in the same sentence and claims there are some horrendous things in Project 2025 and the MAGA muffins all roared with glee. The USA is half way into hell. Ukraine is slowly been destroyed, NATO is been prodded , Europe has lost their respect and trust with the US , what a mess. Zelenskyy is coming for a visit with a man who would sell out his own mother for a dime. Ukraine wants peace , Russia wants Ukraine and any other nation who wants to go for a ride on the global meteor . The leader of the free world has got his boxer shorts tied to Russell Vought , Stephen Miller , Brendan Carr , JD Vance and the rest of the swamp monsters. Some of my American friends kept saying. No this could never happen in the US have presently changed their story now. Protest like hell but protest peacefully.. The leader is looking for an excuse to declare the Insurrection Act which may put a damper on the 2026 elections.
Everything Michael says is true. There is however one undeniable reality, enough of We the People voted for Project 2025, knowingly or unknowingly, just as the Britain voted for Brexit. The British have and continue to pay the price with no end to the woes in sight. Like all viruses, very hard to cure, especially when a core base, albeit a minority continues to propagate the virus. We cannot hope our plague will go away, hope sadly is an excuse to wait for someone else to save us. Herd immunity, each and every member of the resistance must act, however small that act may seem, only this will allow us to reclaim our Democracy.
We the People did not vote for Project 2025; but Musk was thanked by Trump for knowing the voting software, highly suspicious; Musk definitely stole a copy of ALL our government's data. All of it. And Putin probably has a copy, too. Palantir is weaponizing it against us.
Trump's ballroom misadventure with Clark construction is likely building AI data center. 🤬 and a ballroom. Talk of making Musk give data back is impossible-the horse has left the barn.
POTUS is a Russian asset, clearly.
SCOTUS is clearly corrupted and 5 or 6 members should be impeached; 2 are obviously on the take and party boy has sexual misconduct allegations. Three lied to congress during confirmation hearings. Roe v Wade was not settled law; prima facie evidence is they overturned it with Dobbs.
Every piece of proposed legislation should be discharged for a vote and not "die in committee", every nomination get up or down vote within 90 calendar days, preventing Mitch McConnell from holding up nominees to SCOTUS or other senate-consent positions...and We, the actual People, would have a better chance at a representative government.
I am hoping that if the Democracts prevail and acquire more seats in both the House and the Senate, that Congress will find its way to again IMPEACH trump, but this time, the Senate will also REMOVE trump from office permanently. That is the only remedy--the American voters who do not want a DICTATORSHIP, must come out in full force to save our democracy.
Once he is out of office, he no longer has the protection of the Presidential IMMUNITY that the corrupt SCOTUS has bestowed upon him. He can then be tried and prosecuted for the many crimes we see him committing. I also think he should be tried in a military tribunal because of literally murdering unknown boaters on international waters.
I don't think the country, the government, nor its people can withstand 3 more years of trump.
It is worth noting what is in the "other half" of Project 2025. Women will not be educated or employed, at all. They are to be married domestic servants, and devote themselves to caring for their husband and children. Childless and older women can provide child care free of wages as needed, preferably for their grandchildren.
...and I wonder what on earth women who for whatever reason end up single are supposed to do in that scenario...