It's all Donald Trumps FAULT. Biden didn't start this war.Biden didn't destroy America, biden didn't take away food stamps , biden didn't take away Health care, biden didn't have a big beautiful bill for the rich.Allthis money could of funded health care. Release the rest of the EPSTEIN FILES, We haven't forgotten donald.
I have written to Governors Hochul, Pritzker and Newson to follow Washington state's lead on taxing people who earn $1million and over. Then using those funds to help with school programs, health care, etc. Brilliant idea.
Also read on how Senator Elizabeth Warren booby trapped Trump into agreeing on her housing act. Another brilliant move.
They are taxing people who earn 1 billion in California as I understand. I have to constantly hear from a friend who is not a billionaire how CA will drive the billionaires out with the 5% tax. I say good riddance.
A concern that the tax will drive innovators — and their tax revenue — out of the state is central to Conway’s critique. “The next Google or the next OpenAI founder, for example, might decide, I will go to another state,” Conway said. “You can’t put a price tag on that.” It’s also why Democrats like Gavin Newsom oppose it. The state’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office expects the one-time tax to raise tens of billions of dollars but result in more than $100 million in annual lost revenue because of billionaires leaving the state and other impacts. NYT, 14/16-Mar-26; https://removepaywalls.com/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/business/dealbook/california-billionaire-tax.html
My state lost its biggest billionaire. It could not happen fast enough because he was supporting legislation that was so bad for our state. He still has long arms here but clearly is less invested now. Let him take his company. One of my neighbors' daughter interned in it in the summer before she went to college and was working 12 hour days.
Or maybe, just maybe the federal government should fund it instead of spending billions on illegal wars and other Republican dumbshit...they scream "we cant afford it" when its something that helps people but they'll spend every tax payer dollar on bullshit and nonsense.
I am married to a magat—-when a broadcast that disproves the Trump lies comes on, he switches it off. When I show him proof, he says it’s democrat lies.
Carol, sorry you have to live with someone who believes DJT’s lies. My mom and one of my brothers are also brainwashed by all of the Dumpster’s lies as they both watch Fox News moronic liars! Yuk!!!
I just saw an AI sign that showed Biden standing next to a sign saying, the Strait of Hormuz is open for business, as a reminder that under him it was.
Trump killed the 70-year old Atlantic Alliance, insulted each and every one of our allies and a whole bunch of other countries as well, to the point that he's disliked around the world - he and America both.
If he's going to be replaced by someone sane, that person will have to spend their first term desperately trying to move the country back to the Constitution that served us so well.
If we want to really an effort to bring back America, we're gonna need a whole more people to wake up.
The next President is going to need to have a strong Secretary of State (one that wears the correct shoe size as well). The damage that has been done is going to take decades to repair.
How can England, France, Canada, Mexico, Japan, and other friends be sure when America speaks, it’s with moral authority. Right now it’s all bluster, lies, and insults.
We started a war that didn’t need to be done and as a result we are allowing Russia to profit from it. In turn Russia will use that to continue their attack on Ukraine.
The next administration needs to win back our neighbors and Europe, if not too late.
"Every day I talk to Bibi about the war. I want him to focus on the war and not on the f*cking court case. I want the only pressure on Bibi to be the fighting against Iran," Trump said in a phone interview. "Tell him I am exposing him. That [Israeli] president better damn well give him the pardon right now — and stop using it as leverage for his own political career," he said. Trump added that Netanyahu is a wartime prime minister who "should not be in jail" and said he refuses to meet [Israeli President Isaac] Herzog until the pardon is granted.
Everyday communications .. unreal!! Thugs of war-murder stick together? Criminals having each others back? I get it, they’re both headed to jail … without more war. Thank you.
Absolutely. Start a war together. "You can't fire either of us - it would be treason! We are war-footing leaders" (Please recall similar words from Bush, Jr. re: Iraq/Afghanistan). War makes oil companies richer and war materiel companies' profits soar, as everything else suffers. Next up, generic Rx medications. "Strait of Hormuz standoff puts supply of America's generic drug prescriptions at risk"; CNBC; 16-Mar-26; https://tinyurl.com/3xr8sp8n The absence of thought and planning is both astounding and appalling (or was that work done only to be ignored and discarded in his/their self-interest(s)?) Never have so few done so much harm for no reasons beyond self-enrichment; self-protection; strongman self-aggrandizement; and evil
I think it is already too late James - the other countries are already setting up their realities that will continue for many, many years to come and the USA will be, essentially, out of the picture.
You might be right, but I’m optimistic that we can elect leaders who can begin repairing the damage that has been done. It’s going to be hard and mistakes will be made.
They have come to realize that the ally that rallied with and for them in WWI/WWII has become the enemy that seeks to destroy them in WWIII. What real choice do they have?
Trump train wrecked any believers in America. Unfortunately they can’t help believing that a huge majority of Americans are as insane as Trump the President the President they voted to put into office. No doubt about America has a huge bunch insane racist white people as a huge bunch of crazes ass kissing black people.
In part the logical extension of US inconsistency. Starting with Bush 41:
Bush 41, 4 years of GOP
Clinton, 8 years of Dems
Bush 43, 8 years of GOP
Obama, 8 years of Dems
45, 4 years of the Hell’s prelude
Biden, 4 years of Dems
47, Armageddon
The pendulum swings wildly. We were an unreliable ally 35+ years. Now we have failed.
In the words of H. L. Mencken: “For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.” The Idiot in Chief has proved this point again and again.
I’m thoroughly terrified for the good people of this country and the world. I’m heartbroken and terrified for the animals who are suffering and who will suffer as well…all because the pedophile loser doesn’t want the world to know how thoroughly involved he was
Let’s just hope the good people of this country finally learn that age old lesson that elections have consequences. In the 40 years I’ve been following this 💩show called American politics, they appear to haven’t learned a thing. I’m not terribly optimistic that this time will be any different.
The Trump's thinks they are special people when,really on trash.
Kimmel mocks Melania Trump documentary
At the Oscars on Sunday night, Jimmy Kimmel mocked Melania Trump's documentary, contrasting it with films from creators who risk their lives for the truth. Kimmel described her project as "trying on shoes" in the White House. He also took a jab at free speech, jokingly comparing CBS and North Korea's leadership.
""But because Alaska lay at the crossroads joining North America and Asia, it would always be important; and since it dominated these crossroads, it would enjoy a significance which only the brightest intellects of the region would appreciate. "
I’ve tried living elsewhere, tropics, lower 48 … always end up right back in AK. A beautiful place. Too bad those brightest intellects are sparse. A GOP run state to serve the OilIgarchs. Sad.
Hi guys. I appreciate what you do, but please don't title every email as "Urgent" or "Important." Makes me think of the boy who cries wolf. Yes, all of the orange twerp's antics are important, but there needs to be some discretion with the email titling.
Proud to see real America's allies not bending to his will. I hope their position holds. He wants someone to bail his ass out AGAIN, like he's done his whole, rotten life. Do not bend, friends. Help us break him.
Thank you to Meidas Touch. I depend on you on a daily basis and sometimes an hourly basis to get through the days and have any hope and to know the truth. I am so thankful for all of our journalist, but especially the ones who are on the side of our democracy.
Personally, when I look at the face of Trump, all I see is pure evil. But I also see Vladimir Putin standing behind him as a puppeteer.
The Cold War with Russia has never ended. I remember in the early 90s learning about Russian propaganda targeting white middle class women. The propaganda was anti-VAX. What better way to kill off Americans.
And then there is the KGB participating in various sex rings by paying for blackmail tapes on high ranking officials. How many Americans in high power positions are following Putin’s orders. The big beautiful bill is definitely reflective of an authoritarian takeover.
To some extent, but might the facilitating dark money make some difference?
"Firms contributing to dark money groups are 11.8 percentage points more likely to receive government subsidies, which is a 24.3% increase relative to the sample standard deviation." Shining a Light on Firms’ Political Connections: The Role of Dark Money; Oxford Academic; 18-Aug-25 https://academic.oup.com/rcfs/article/14/4/989/8237426
How about this evil from The Heritage Foundation: [Repression of women’s independence; a return to barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen]
"Summary. To end America’s family crisis, policymakers and civic leaders should treat restoring the family home as a matter of justice, driven by two truths. The first is that all children have a right to the affection and protection of the man and woman who created them. The second is that the ideal environment in which to exercise this right is in a loving and stable home with their married biological parents. In contrast, the default in American culture today is to put the desires of adults over the needs of children. Children are too often called to sacrifice what is due to them—the presence of their mom and dad under the same roof for the entirety of their childhood."
Well, aren’t they (dark donors + fed society) all MAGA too? That’s how I think of them anyways.. leaders of the cult. And of course money driven. The mega-churches (corps) are money driven … it’s all evil. It may just be time to move on … as a heart doc once explained to a friend of mine when asked why did the heart a-fib happen, the doc simply said “evil came”. Well, evil has come.
Yes, of course, but in reading your comment, I saw a possible distinction between what you term the "the cultist dumbasses," whom I interpret to be the mindless sheep (maybe I am wrong here) and those with big bucks who use the mindless flock, while fleecing them.
“The worldview of The Party imposed itself most successfully on people incapable of understanding it. They could be made to accept the most flagrant violations of reality because they never fully grasped the enormity of what was demanded of them.” ... “To keep them in control was not difficult. All that was required of them was a primitive patriotism which could be appealed to whenever it was necessary to make them accept longer working hours or shorter rations.” "1984"; George Orwell
We count on you to share facts not fiction. With a president who has no idea what he’s doing and what he’s up against and a cabinet of clowns, it’s hard not to be deeply concerned and feel
Trump is the DEVIL himself.
It's all Donald Trumps FAULT. Biden didn't start this war.Biden didn't destroy America, biden didn't take away food stamps , biden didn't take away Health care, biden didn't have a big beautiful bill for the rich.Allthis money could of funded health care. Release the rest of the EPSTEIN FILES, We haven't forgotten donald.
I have written to Governors Hochul, Pritzker and Newson to follow Washington state's lead on taxing people who earn $1million and over. Then using those funds to help with school programs, health care, etc. Brilliant idea.
Also read on how Senator Elizabeth Warren booby trapped Trump into agreeing on her housing act. Another brilliant move.
They are taxing people who earn 1 billion in California as I understand. I have to constantly hear from a friend who is not a billionaire how CA will drive the billionaires out with the 5% tax. I say good riddance.
Me too … we will find a way without the insulting disparity.
Anything to avoid paying taxes! Is it possible all of the rest of the billionaires could go there with DeSantis, too?
Sounds like a good plan for the rest of us but bad for the Florida Wetlands and people.
A concern that the tax will drive innovators — and their tax revenue — out of the state is central to Conway’s critique. “The next Google or the next OpenAI founder, for example, might decide, I will go to another state,” Conway said. “You can’t put a price tag on that.” It’s also why Democrats like Gavin Newsom oppose it. The state’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office expects the one-time tax to raise tens of billions of dollars but result in more than $100 million in annual lost revenue because of billionaires leaving the state and other impacts. NYT, 14/16-Mar-26; https://removepaywalls.com/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/business/dealbook/california-billionaire-tax.html
Let them go … SOMETHING has to be done.
That is an option. All it does economically is weaken CA and strengthen FL https://removepaywalls.com/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2026-03-11/inside-exodus-of-california-tech-billionaires-to-florida#google_vignette
Weaken is not what happens.
My state lost its biggest billionaire. It could not happen fast enough because he was supporting legislation that was so bad for our state. He still has long arms here but clearly is less invested now. Let him take his company. One of my neighbors' daughter interned in it in the summer before she went to college and was working 12 hour days.
LBJ, in referring to enemies: "It's probably better to have the son-of-a-bitch inside the tent pissing out than outside the tent pissing in."
Linda, 5% is not enough in CA as Washington is charging I believe 9.2%.
You are brilliant, Linda W.!
Or maybe, just maybe the federal government should fund it instead of spending billions on illegal wars and other Republican dumbshit...they scream "we cant afford it" when its something that helps people but they'll spend every tax payer dollar on bullshit and nonsense.
I Think Donald thinks Biden is still President !
Definitely out to breakfast, lunch and dinner!!!!
Except if Lobster and Steak are served , he eats with his hands
with one side of his brain. the other side believes he's the king. sadly, the two sides of his brain don't talk to each other.
LOL!!
Thank you for reporting the reality! Much appreciated🇨🇦🫶🏼
Amen! Do these MAGA voters really believe this same old tired lie?
I am married to a magat—-when a broadcast that disproves the Trump lies comes on, he switches it off. When I show him proof, he says it’s democrat lies.
Or it’s about immigrants. And Biden.
Carol, sorry you have to live with someone who believes DJT’s lies. My mom and one of my brothers are also brainwashed by all of the Dumpster’s lies as they both watch Fox News moronic liars! Yuk!!!
I admire your patience. I know I could not put up with it. My brother in law always backed Trump, but not this time around..he is done with MAGA.
I just saw an AI sign that showed Biden standing next to a sign saying, the Strait of Hormuz is open for business, as a reminder that under him it was.
Say it!
Thanks Ben for keeping us up to date on this mess. Great work.
Trump killed the 70-year old Atlantic Alliance, insulted each and every one of our allies and a whole bunch of other countries as well, to the point that he's disliked around the world - he and America both.
If he's going to be replaced by someone sane, that person will have to spend their first term desperately trying to move the country back to the Constitution that served us so well.
If we want to really an effort to bring back America, we're gonna need a whole more people to wake up.
And desperately try to convince our allies that "we're back" like Biden did after Orangey 1.0
3 terms minimum will be needed:
2028: stop digging the hole; stanch the bleeding; seek to detoxify the schisms of hatred
2032: pursue rebirth and rebuilding with an eye toward the future as a reunified nation
2036: rejoin the world community by seeking forgiveness and trying to reestablish trust
Wishful thinking, I know, but it's a really good start.
The first term should be spent debugging the clearly inadequate fault isolation and recovery mechanisms in the Constitution.
I am in Germany. Went to an anti-war rally last week, and wrote a piece that is mostly pictures about it.
https://lindaweide.substack.com/p/i-attended-an-anti-war-rally-in-bremen?r=f0qfn
The next President is going to need to have a strong Secretary of State (one that wears the correct shoe size as well). The damage that has been done is going to take decades to repair.
How can England, France, Canada, Mexico, Japan, and other friends be sure when America speaks, it’s with moral authority. Right now it’s all bluster, lies, and insults.
We started a war that didn’t need to be done and as a result we are allowing Russia to profit from it. In turn Russia will use that to continue their attack on Ukraine.
The next administration needs to win back our neighbors and Europe, if not too late.
Why is Netanyahu leading tRump around by the nose?
"Every day I talk to Bibi about the war. I want him to focus on the war and not on the f*cking court case. I want the only pressure on Bibi to be the fighting against Iran," Trump said in a phone interview. "Tell him I am exposing him. That [Israeli] president better damn well give him the pardon right now — and stop using it as leverage for his own political career," he said. Trump added that Netanyahu is a wartime prime minister who "should not be in jail" and said he refuses to meet [Israeli President Isaac] Herzog until the pardon is granted.
Exclusive: Trump demands immediate pardon for Netanyahu to focus on Iran; Axios; 5-Mar-26; https://removepaywalls.com/https://www.axios.com/2026/03/05/trump-netanyahu-pardon-israel-iran-war#google_vignette
Everyday communications .. unreal!! Thugs of war-murder stick together? Criminals having each others back? I get it, they’re both headed to jail … without more war. Thank you.
Absolutely. Start a war together. "You can't fire either of us - it would be treason! We are war-footing leaders" (Please recall similar words from Bush, Jr. re: Iraq/Afghanistan). War makes oil companies richer and war materiel companies' profits soar, as everything else suffers. Next up, generic Rx medications. "Strait of Hormuz standoff puts supply of America's generic drug prescriptions at risk"; CNBC; 16-Mar-26; https://tinyurl.com/3xr8sp8n The absence of thought and planning is both astounding and appalling (or was that work done only to be ignored and discarded in his/their self-interest(s)?) Never have so few done so much harm for no reasons beyond self-enrichment; self-protection; strongman self-aggrandizement; and evil
Fuck trump
Double- F him
All in the name of reciprocation
Bibi has blackmailed Trump. It isn’t hard to do
I think it is already too late James - the other countries are already setting up their realities that will continue for many, many years to come and the USA will be, essentially, out of the picture.
You might be right, but I’m optimistic that we can elect leaders who can begin repairing the damage that has been done. It’s going to be hard and mistakes will be made.
Now to get those MAGA people to see and understand and that could turn the tide. I hope so.
They have come to realize that the ally that rallied with and for them in WWI/WWII has become the enemy that seeks to destroy them in WWIII. What real choice do they have?
Luv ya James, you are so right.
Trump train wrecked any believers in America. Unfortunately they can’t help believing that a huge majority of Americans are as insane as Trump the President the President they voted to put into office. No doubt about America has a huge bunch insane racist white people as a huge bunch of crazes ass kissing black people.
In part the logical extension of US inconsistency. Starting with Bush 41:
Bush 41, 4 years of GOP
Clinton, 8 years of Dems
Bush 43, 8 years of GOP
Obama, 8 years of Dems
45, 4 years of the Hell’s prelude
Biden, 4 years of Dems
47, Armageddon
The pendulum swings wildly. We were an unreliable ally 35+ years. Now we have failed.
In the words of H. L. Mencken: “For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.” The Idiot in Chief has proved this point again and again.
Have you heard about the Lonesome Loser? He’s a loser but he still keeps on trying (and lying). 🎶🎵BTW - His name is Donald Trump.
This is good🥰! FDT
DonOLD is the #LiarInChief
As a Canadian, i can say you
are right on. We want no part of Trump's war.
I’m thoroughly terrified for the good people of this country and the world. I’m heartbroken and terrified for the animals who are suffering and who will suffer as well…all because the pedophile loser doesn’t want the world to know how thoroughly involved he was
Let’s just hope the good people of this country finally learn that age old lesson that elections have consequences. In the 40 years I’ve been following this 💩show called American politics, they appear to haven’t learned a thing. I’m not terribly optimistic that this time will be any different.
Thank heavens for your coverage.
The Trump's thinks they are special people when,really on trash.
Kimmel mocks Melania Trump documentary
At the Oscars on Sunday night, Jimmy Kimmel mocked Melania Trump's documentary, contrasting it with films from creators who risk their lives for the truth. Kimmel described her project as "trying on shoes" in the White House. He also took a jab at free speech, jokingly comparing CBS and North Korea's leadership.
Canada is not helping, go to Hell Trump
Alaskan here … glad to hear it! Wishing somehow Alaska was its own nation … distance is a good thing!
""But because Alaska lay at the crossroads joining North America and Asia, it would always be important; and since it dominated these crossroads, it would enjoy a significance which only the brightest intellects of the region would appreciate. "
~ "Alaska" by James A. Michener
I’ve tried living elsewhere, tropics, lower 48 … always end up right back in AK. A beautiful place. Too bad those brightest intellects are sparse. A GOP run state to serve the OilIgarchs. Sad.
When the end of days missiles fly, Dutch Harbor may somewhat avoid the radiation
Hi guys. I appreciate what you do, but please don't title every email as "Urgent" or "Important." Makes me think of the boy who cries wolf. Yes, all of the orange twerp's antics are important, but there needs to be some discretion with the email titling.
Proud to see real America's allies not bending to his will. I hope their position holds. He wants someone to bail his ass out AGAIN, like he's done his whole, rotten life. Do not bend, friends. Help us break him.
Thank you to Meidas Touch. I depend on you on a daily basis and sometimes an hourly basis to get through the days and have any hope and to know the truth. I am so thankful for all of our journalist, but especially the ones who are on the side of our democracy.
Personally, when I look at the face of Trump, all I see is pure evil. But I also see Vladimir Putin standing behind him as a puppeteer.
The Cold War with Russia has never ended. I remember in the early 90s learning about Russian propaganda targeting white middle class women. The propaganda was anti-VAX. What better way to kill off Americans.
And then there is the KGB participating in various sex rings by paying for blackmail tapes on high ranking officials. How many Americans in high power positions are following Putin’s orders. The big beautiful bill is definitely reflective of an authoritarian takeover.
We need to get 66% in the House and
Senate in order to overrule Trump‘s vetoes.
United We Stand Americans 🇺🇸
The problem is MAGA .. the cultist dumbasses.
To some extent, but might the facilitating dark money make some difference?
"Firms contributing to dark money groups are 11.8 percentage points more likely to receive government subsidies, which is a 24.3% increase relative to the sample standard deviation." Shining a Light on Firms’ Political Connections: The Role of Dark Money; Oxford Academic; 18-Aug-25 https://academic.oup.com/rcfs/article/14/4/989/8237426
How about this evil from The Heritage Foundation: [Repression of women’s independence; a return to barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen]
Saving America by Saving the Family: A Foundation for the Next 250 Years; The Heritage Foundation; 8-Jan-26; https://www.heritage.org/marriage-and-family/report/saving-america-saving-the-family-foundation-the-next-250-years
"Summary. To end America’s family crisis, policymakers and civic leaders should treat restoring the family home as a matter of justice, driven by two truths. The first is that all children have a right to the affection and protection of the man and woman who created them. The second is that the ideal environment in which to exercise this right is in a loving and stable home with their married biological parents. In contrast, the default in American culture today is to put the desires of adults over the needs of children. Children are too often called to sacrifice what is due to them—the presence of their mom and dad under the same roof for the entirety of their childhood."
Well, aren’t they (dark donors + fed society) all MAGA too? That’s how I think of them anyways.. leaders of the cult. And of course money driven. The mega-churches (corps) are money driven … it’s all evil. It may just be time to move on … as a heart doc once explained to a friend of mine when asked why did the heart a-fib happen, the doc simply said “evil came”. Well, evil has come.
Yes, of course, but in reading your comment, I saw a possible distinction between what you term the "the cultist dumbasses," whom I interpret to be the mindless sheep (maybe I am wrong here) and those with big bucks who use the mindless flock, while fleecing them.
“The worldview of The Party imposed itself most successfully on people incapable of understanding it. They could be made to accept the most flagrant violations of reality because they never fully grasped the enormity of what was demanded of them.” ... “To keep them in control was not difficult. All that was required of them was a primitive patriotism which could be appealed to whenever it was necessary to make them accept longer working hours or shorter rations.” "1984"; George Orwell
Patricia, yes, but they are a much smaller percentage than the great people of the USA!
How did they win then? Elon help? tRump even got the popular vote … how did THAT happen?? I’m all for ending the electoral college too.
Thanks, Ben! Corporate news is dead. Independent journalists like MTN are vital to American democracy now more than ever!
We count on you to share facts not fiction. With a president who has no idea what he’s doing and what he’s up against and a cabinet of clowns, it’s hard not to be deeply concerned and feel
afraid