New Report Shows Working-Class Americans Live 7 Years Fewer Than Rich
Eloise Goldsmith,  Staff Writer  -  Common Dreams

_Stephan: I have been telling you for years now something that is very rarely covered by media. Americans have shorter life spans than people in other developed democracies (see SR archive). But the most recent data makes this reality even more grotesque. It shows a linkage between wealth and lifespan, as Senator Bernie Sanders is warnin … ⌘ Read more

Climate Change Threatens Earth’s Major Crops, Study Finds
Michael Riojas,  Reporter and Editorial Assistant  -  Eco Watch

Stephan: Climate change is going to drastically change agriculture, and that is going to cause enormous migrations both internally and internationally. This will, in turn, massively disrupt nations across Earth. And this crisis is coming very quickly. By 2040 humanity will be in crisis.

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Trump officials escalate fight to take back $20B in climate money
Jean Chemnick,  Staff Writer  -  Politico

_Stephan: If you have been paying even the slightest attention, you must realize by now that we, in the United States, don’t live in the same country we did four months ago. We live in a country now ruled by a psychopath who is owned and funded by oligarchs, one of whom is dismantling 250 years of democracy and destroying the economy for ordinary people … ⌘ Read more

Big Oil Drops Renewable Goals, Expands Fossil Fuels
Tik Root,  Staff Writer  -  truthdig | Grist

_Stephan: Greed is so powerful that it trumps rational thought. Anyone with an IQ larger than their belt size should know that climate change is altering all aspects of the matrix of life on Earth. Yet the carbon energy oligarchs don’t seem to care that they are the source of the problem and will live with the consequences as much as the poor. Their multi-million dollar sanctua … ⌘ Read more

Sex, Drinking and Dementia: 25 Lawmakers Spill on What Congress Is Really Like
,    -  Politico Magazine

Stephan: Here are some interesting comments from 25 members, both Democrat and Republican about what they think of serving in Congress. I found it rather sad and disappointing.

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Ontario will tariff electricity going to 3 US states on Monday, premier says
Ashleigh Fields,  Staff Writer  -  The Hill

_Stephan: If you live in Michigan, Minnesota, and New York expect your electric bill to go up significantly, because much of your electricity comes from Canada, and Ontario is now responding to the Trump tariffs. But as bad as that is, I think what criminal Trump is doing is far worse than anyone in media is really talking about. … ⌘ Read more

The Rise of the Brutal American
Anne Applebaum,  Staff Writer  -  The Atlantic | msn

_Stephan: As the world watches, “king” Trump is not only destroying our democracy and our economy, he also destroying the reputation of the United States as a trustworthy ally by aligning us with dictators and against NATO. By his actions against Ukraine, this monster is effectively killing hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Ukrainians. I think it is very clear that Putin has something he is holding over Trump’ … ⌘ Read more

Donald Trump Approval Rating: Update for March 6 as Numbers Slide
,    -  Newsweek

_Stephan: Americans still don’t get it. They still don’t properly understand what “king” Trump, his Frankenstein Musk, and his flying monkeys in Congress are doing to their lives. The U.S. economy is headed for a recession, prices are going up not down, the nation’s reputation in the world is in the garbage; and if you need medical attention, you may not be able to get it, you … ⌘ Read more

Plants Are Losing Their Ability to Absorb Carbon Dioxide as Emissions Rise
Cristen Hemingway Jaynes,  Contributing Writer  -  Eco Watch

_Stephan: It hardly gets discussed in social or corporate media, but the breakdown of the matrix of life on Earth is become more pronounced with every passing year. I think, as I describe in the two papers of mine you can download and read, that because we aren’t just not doing enough, under criminal Trump all prepar … ⌘ Read more

Musk, Trump Allies Use Impeachment Threats to Intimidate Federal Judges — What You Need To Know
Jacob Knutson,    -  Democracy Docket

_Stephan: Criminal Trump, his Frankenstein Musk (or is it the other way round) and the Congressional flying monkeys are encouraging their MAGAt followers to subvert the integrity of the U.S. judicial system – they already have a corrupt majority in the Supreme Court – by encouraging the MAGAts to th … ⌘ Read more

Norway fuel giant ‘refuses to fill US forces’ after Trump-Zelensky clash
Alex Evans,  Deputy Audience Editor  -  Express (U.K.)

Stephan: Trump is destroying a network of strategically important connections that have kept us safe for 80 years.  Here is how it is playing out. This trend may seem irrelevant to your life, but it isn’t.

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This Is the Biggest Trump-Musk Scandal That No One’s Talking About
Jacob Silverman,  Contributing Writer  -  The New Republic

_Stephan: Three things stood out for me about “king” Trump’s culture war speech Tuesday night. First, the astonishing number of lies he told. I have never before seen anything like that happen. Second, the incredible corruption criminal Trump and his Frankenstein Musk represent. Third, the feeble response of the Democrats. I think they … ⌘ Read more

‘Not equipped’: Analyst warns the press is sleepwalking through MAGA autocracy
Matthew Chapman,  Contributing Writer  -  Raw Story

_Stephan: I agree with this article. Had I been a journalist reporting on what passed for criminal Trump State of the Union speech the first thing I would have done is put up a chart listing his lies (essentially almost every sentence that came out from his overly cosmetized face), and then brought in independent exper … ⌘ Read more

Poll on Trump’s 2025 joint address to Congress finds large majority of viewers approve
Anthony Salvanto,  Reporter  -  CBS News

Stephan: The fundamental source of the problems with America is Republican frightened, resentful, ignorant Americans. They are the ones who elected this monster, and they are also the ones who are going to be most severely impacted by his greed, corruption, and madness.

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Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows
Damian Carrington,  Environment Editor  -  The Guardian (U.K.)

_Stephan: What this article is telling us is that a tiny percentage of humans are endangering the matrix of life on Earth. As this report says, “Global emissions must fall by 45% by 2030 if the world is to have a good chance o … ⌘ Read more

An army of MAGA think tanks behind him, it’s Trump’s Washington now
Megan Messerly,    -  Politico

_Stephan: I have gotten to a point where I can not stand to hear Trump’s voice, but last night as he spoke I turned the captions on so I could read what he was saying as he said it. The whole speech was either bragging or lying or both. What I did not understand was why the Democrats did not all get up and walk out of the chamber. That is certainly what I would h … ⌘ Read more

Tariff War Risks Sinking World Into New Great Depression, International Chamber of Commerce Warns
Joshua Kirby,  Economic Reporter  -  The Wall Street Journal

_Stephan: This is from yesterday’s Murdoch owned The Wall Street Journal, hardly a Democratic or liberal publication. Since I read Project 2025 I have been predicting on SR that the United States is probably going to go into a recession. TWSJ seems to think it may be worse … ⌘ Read more

Analysis Finds Trump Tariffs Will Cost Average US Family $1,600 or More Per Year
Jessica Corbett,  Senior Editor  -  Common Dreams

_Stephan: I have seen several estimates on what the Trump MAGAt Party’s impact on the economy is going to cost each American household; this one seems the most fact-based. Maybe $1,600 this year is not that much to you, but to millions of U.S. families it is going to have a serious impact. And after the State of the U … ⌘ Read more

‘Brain Drain’: Study Shows Workers Fleeing States With Abortion Bans
Julia Conley,  Staff Writer  -  Common Dreams

_Stephan: This is a trend that I find increasingly alarming, and have been predicting since Trump became a candidate for the Presidency again. The U.S. healthcare (read illness profit) system is already the worst in the developed world. But, because of what “king” Trump and his Frankenstein Musk are doing, with the supine acquiescence of the Trum … ⌘ Read more

Trump Reveals Tariffs Plan to Ruin American Farmers’ Lives
Malcolm Ferguson,  Associate writer  -  The New Republic

Stephan: Thanks to the stupidity of “king” Trump, who clearly does not understand what tariffs are, Americans, like you and me, are about to see a number of farmers go broke, and the prices we pay for produce at the grocery go up by as much as 25%

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Tariffs Could Raise US Car Prices by Up to $12,000
Keith Naughton,  Staff Writer  -  Transport Topics | Bloomberg

Stephan: You are about to get another gift from “king” Trump’s coup; the cost of buying a new car, by design, particularly an electric vehicle, is about to skyrocket. There will also be fewer vehicles to choose from. Aren’t you Republican voters happy? You voted for this.

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Russia celebrates US foreign policy that now ‘coincides’ with Moscow’s worldview
Clea Caulcutt,  Staff Writer  -  Politico

_Stephan: This is like something out of an evil novel. Criminal Trump is dismantling the geopolitical balance that has prevailed in the world for 80 years. The United States is now partnering with the Russian dictator, against all the Western democracies. How can this be happening? In my opinion it is because Putin has somethi … ⌘ Read more

Iowa has high cancer rates. Trump’s cuts to CDC and NIH are already hitting the state
Yuki Noguchi,    -  npr

_Stephan: The ruthless, nasty incompetent madness of the Trump coup and its dismemberment of the CDC, and healthcare generally are beginning to impact states. Here is a story from Iowa, a state with an abnormally high cancer rate. Personally, I think this high rate is the result of the toxins used in chemical monoculture agriculture, … ⌘ Read more

What we know about Medicare ending telehealth coverage in April 2025
Amelia Clarke,  Contributing Writer  -  Snopes

_Stephan: The Trump coup is explicitly designed to make you and your family less healthy. Of course, Trump and his Frankenstein Musk don’t say that, but what they are doing tells us everything we need to know. There is an enormous amount of misinformation on the social media platforms about telemedicine. But this report on Snopes, I think, ca … ⌘ Read more

Local and State Police are Joining Trump’s Deportation Force
Francesca D’Annunzio,  David McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow  -  Texas Observer

_Stephan: Here is the fact-based truth about what is going on with deportation. Two things stand out for me. The first is that the Trump coup is actually deporting fewer people than Biden’s presidency did. The second is that Trump is now basically militarizing local and state police exactly as Hitler did. If you track the … ⌘ Read more

Some consumers are not spending money for today’s economic blackout. Here’s what to know.
Betty Lin-Fisher,  Customer Reporter  -  USA Today

Stephan: The 28 February “Don’t Buy for 24 hours” boycott doesn’t seem to have amounted to much. What that tells me is that a large percentage of Americans don’t yet realize what is going in their country with the Trump coup. Very sad.

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The first quarter is on track for negative GDP growth, Atlanta Fed indicator says
Jeff Cox,  Economics Editor  -  CNBC

Stephan: And so criminal Trump’s self-created recession begins. All you Trump voters, I hope you enjoy it, you chose it.

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Cuts to National Weather Service Leave Forecasters Reeling
,    -  DNYUZ

_Stephan: The Trump coup is now destroying the National Weather Service, so your weather reports will deteriorate in accuracy. Criminal Trump is going to attempt to privatize the National Weather Service and let one of the oligarchs that bought him his job own the NWS and turn it into a profit-making system for themselves. All you Republican farmers, foresters, and fishermen, hope you love wha … ⌘ Read more

General Services Administration cuts tech unit
Danny Nguyen,  Staff Writer  -  Politico

_Stephan: As with all fascist oligarch governments, criminal Trump and his minions are cutting off information the government provided for free as a service. The result will be that help and support from a wide range of agencies, including Social Security, IRS, Medicare, and Medicaid, will be severely limited in the support they can provide. Given the last month’s news about what Trump’s cou … ⌘ Read more

Trump admin plans to ‘permanently cripple’ climate protections in single blow: report
David Edwards,  Senior Editor  -  Raw Story

_Stephan: The Trump coup, as one of its main goals, is eliminating any preparation for climate change, or encouraging transition out of the carbon energy era. I don’t think criminal Trump is smart enough to really understand what climate change is going to mean to the United States. Or, maybe, he just figures he wi … ⌘ Read more

A Russian state media reporter gained entry to the Oval Office for Trump-Zelensky sit-down
Donald Judd and Liam Reilly,  Reporters  -  CNN

_Stephan: You have undoubtedly heard of the unprecedented Zelensky, criminal Trump and his mini-me Vance meeting in the White House. What you may not know is that while the Associated Press and Reuters, the premiere journalist networks in the country were barred from entering the Oval Office, Russi … ⌘ Read more

Donald Trump Was Recruited by the KGB Under Codename ‘Krasnov’ Claims Former Soviet Spy Chief
Nafeez Ahmed and Zarina Zabrisky,    -  Byline Times

_Stephan: Is fascist Trump a Russian agent? That would appear to be the case. My opinion is that it is very possible that Trump and Putin made a deal decades ago that he would serve Russian interests in return for getting the rights to build hotels in Moscow and St Petersburg. Readers, tod … ⌘ Read more

‘Shameful’: Trump Quietly Rips Up Biden Memo Restricting Arms Sales Based on Human Rights
Julia Conley,  Staff Writer  -  Common Dreams

_Stephan: The scumminess of the Trump coup is like nothing that has ever happened in the United States since its founding. It’s not just the authoritarianism, it is the vulgarity of this nouveau riche bully and the nastiness of the people with whom he chooses to surround himself. In just over a month he h … ⌘ Read more

Bezos’ changes at ‘Washington Post’ lead to mass subscription cancellations — again
David Folkenflik,  Staff Writer  -  npr

_Stephan: I have been a subscriber of The Washington Post for half a century, and back in the 1970s wrote and published several pieces in the Post. It was the prestige newspaper in Washington, D.C., then edited by Ben Bradlee.  Steve Issacs, then the editor of the Sunday magazine, the Post used to publish, gave me virtually … ⌘ Read more

Editor’s Note – Buy Nothing Today
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Stephan:

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House Republicans are betting big on pain
Hayes Brown,   Staff Writer / Editor  -  MSNBC

_Stephan: The Republican Congress members in subservience to the uber-rich who bought them their seats, and in submission to aspiring dictator Trump, is trashing the U.S. economy.  I am sure you have seen some of the video clips of townhall meetings in which the Republicans are booed and challenged. We are going from an economy that was the envy of the world as Biden’s administration ended to an … ⌘ Read more

‘Not equipped’: Analyst warns the press is sleepwalking through MAGA autocracy
Matthew Chapman,  News Writer  -  Raw Story

Stephan: I have been appalled and disheartened by the prevailing trend of professional media. Aspiring dictator Trump and his fellow christofascists are trying to manipulate media in a number of ways. But the press is not properly reporting this, or what the implications of destroying a free ethical press means to the U.S.

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Republicans and Elon Musk Are Also Causing a Constitutional Crisis in the States
Ari Berman,  National Voting Rights Correspondent  -  Mother Jones

_Stephan: It isn’t getting much national. media attention but I want my readers to know that the Republicans in service to “king” Trump are trying to dismantle American democracy, not only at the federal level but at the state level as well. The Great Schism Trend I have been telling you about for y … ⌘ Read more

Several Republicans push impeachment bids against judges who’ve stood in Trump’s way
Steve Benen,  Producer Rachel Maddow Show  -  MSNBC

_Stephan: Republican members of Congress have recognized that the main block to the Trumpian coup is judges. So what are they doing? They are now trying to impeach those judges, as this report describes. If you are a Republican voter you voted to end the American democratic republic and replace it with a dic … ⌘ Read more

RFK Jr. targets childhood psychiatric drugs; doctors push back
Joseph Choi ,  Staff Writer  -  The Hill

_Stephan: And so it starts. The first child in a decade in the United States has just died of measles, and now Robert Kennedy, jr. is attacking psychiatric drugs used in the treatment of children. So if you have a child who is depressed, anxious, or hyperactive. Trump and the Republican Congress members are telling you, “tough… you need to understand your well … ⌘ Read more

How Medicaid and Medicare Cuts Will Hurt Everyone’s Health Care
Gabe Fenigsohn,  Contributing Writer  -  US News and World Report

_Stephan: By June I think we will not only be in a recession, we will also have millions of people – notably in Republican-controlled states - in chaos over their healthcare. I predict elder mortality, maternal mortality, and infant mortality will all increase. As I do this research day after day it is like watching a society wreckin … ⌘ Read more

FDA Layoffs in Staff Overseeing Food Safety, Medical Devices, and Tobacco Products
,    -  Associated Press

Stephan: The safety of the food you and your family eat has now been put in danger by “king” Trump. The Trump coup is putting every American in danger. Do I need to say more?

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The White House is now deciding who can cover the president, reversing decades of precedent
Hadas Gold,  Staff Writer  -  CNN

_Stephan: Like all fascist authoritarians criminal Trump makes no effort to hide the fact that he wants to control the media, and what it reports about him, and his administration. As you may have heard the Associated Press has been banned from the White House because they won’t call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf … ⌘ Read more

Donald Trump Has Launched a War Against the Working Class
Michael Arria,  Staff Writer  -  truthout

_Stephan: As Trump’s fascist oligarch coup moves into its second month I confess I am surprised that Trump voters don’t yet seem to fully realize how severely Trump is going to damage the quality of their personal life, and the lives of their family. I keep seeing interviews with Trump voters, particularly White men, who just don’t seem capable of comprehending what is … ⌘ Read more

Trump allies circulate mass deportation plan calling for ‘processing camps’ and a private citizen ‘army’
Dasha Burns and Myah Ward,  Staff Writer  -  Politico

_Stephan: This is straight out of Hitler’s takeover of Germany’s democracy, an evil scheme cooked up by fascist Erik Prince and his cohort of fascist military contractors. I hope you realize that under Trump we are less than two months into the Trump coup at best a pse … ⌘ Read more

Trump approval rating holds steady at 44%, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
,    -  Reuters/IPSO

_Stephan: Trump voters seem psychologically unable to reconsider their adoration and loyalty to criminal Trump, even as he announces scheme after scheme to destroy the quality of their lives. I did not understand how it was possible for Hitler to destroy democracy and impose authoritarian control over Germany in 1933, but watching the docile Republican sheep continue to … ⌘ Read more

Trump’s funding freeze is wreaking havoc on climate science
Zoya Teirstein,  Staff Writer  -  Grist

_Stephan: This is what really holds long-term consequences for not only Americans but global humanity. Criminal Trump’s, Musk led, defunding of climate science research. Without this research, we will neither understand nor be prepared for what I believe will be a civilization-altering crisis within 15 years. It will largely be based on what climate change, as a resul … ⌘ Read more

U.S. opposes Ukraine territorial integrity in UN vote
Gregory Walton/ Amélie Bottollier-Depois ,  Staff Writers  -  Agence France-Presses (France) | Raw Story

_Stephan: The Trump coup has now defined itself in a way that has stunned not just me but all the democracies of the world. The United States has aligned itself with dictator-ruled Russia rather than a Russia-invaded democracy, Ukraine. I don’t believe any geopolitically sophisticated American would have believed t … ⌘ Read more

Neo-Nazi group plots rebuild as Trump’s FBI chief takes helm, audio reveals
Ben Makuch,  Reporter  -  The Guardian (U.K.)

Stephan: Every day now In media, particularly media based in non-U.S. democracies, I see increasing references noting the correlation between the Trump coup and the rise of Hitler’s Nazisism. Very scary.

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The Housing Loophole That Lets Wealthy Investors Raise Rents on Poor Tenants
Jesse Coburn,  Staff Writer  -  ProPublica

_Stephan: An SR reader, who describes herself as a “retired teacher” wrote to tell me she was just notified her rent in an apartment building that was sold by its owner to an investment group will be going up 25%, and she is not sure she can afford it. That prompted me to do some research to see what is going on with rents for ren … ⌘ Read more

Trump Backs House GOP Bill Slashing $1 Trillion From Medicaid and Food Stamps
Chris Walker ,  Staff Writer  -  truthout

_Stephan: I was just told today by the office of one of my physicians that telemedicine, doing a video meeting with a physician, will no longer be covered by Medicare. That, for me, is a big deal. I live on an island and going to a medical appointment on the mainland when all that is involved is a conversation, is an all-day opera … ⌘ Read more

Trump Executive Order Would Defund Schools That Require Covid Vaccines
Jessica Corbett,  Senior Editor  -  Common Dreams

_Stephan: Texas is experiencing the first measles outbreak in something like 50 years. Most pediatricians have never seen multiple cases of measles. And why is it happening? Because anti-vaxxer parents did not get their kids vaccinated for measles and mumps. If one actually reads the medical research on vaccines, it is very clear that … ⌘ Read more

Here Are All of Trump’s Major Moves to Dismantle Climate Action
Simmone Shah,  Staff Writer  -  Time Magazine

Stephan: Every climate research paper I see in any journal screams out a warning of what is coming as a result of climate change and sea rise, or droughts, and how urgently important it is that we end the carbon energy era. “king” Trump is not smart enough or ethical enough to prepare the United States for what is coming.

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Trump administration shuts down national database documenting police misconduct
Gloria Oladipo,  Staff Writer  -

_Stephan: As part of his coup “king” Trump needs to be able to utilize the police for his deportation schemes and to suppress any demonstrations against his coup. So he has changed the laws in such a way that no documentation occurs of police misconduct. Here is a report of what he has done. It is getting very little media coverage bu … ⌘ Read more

Trump admin to use military sites for immigrant detention, starting with Fort Bliss
Renne Estrada,  Staff Writer  -  KFOX14

_Stephan: In a further mirroring of Hitler’s takeover of German democracy and his creation of concentration camps, Trump’s takeover of American democracy is now planning to create American concentration camps at military bases both within the United States and outside the country at Guantanamo, Cuba. Tens of thousands of … ⌘ Read more

Trump orders justice department to fire all US attorneys appointed by Biden
Hugo Lowell ,  Staff Writer  -  The Guardian (U.K.)

_Stephan: The United States is no longer going to have a fair and legitimate legal system. The FBI has been corrupted into a personal internal army to pursue what “king” Trump wants pursued, and the lawyers of DOJ that are ethical men and women are resigning or, as this article describes, being fired. Like everything else T … ⌘ Read more

Experienced workers, not just rookies, get cut as Trump slashes probationary employees
MARK THIESSEN and CHRIS MEGERIAN,  Reporters  -  Associated Press

_Stephan: The support networks that fostered the wellbeing of the lives of Americans in every government organization from doctors at VA hospitals to maintenance personnel at National Parks have been severely damaged by criminal “king” Trump and his obedient Republican Congress members. It … ⌘ Read more

U.S. Government Removing EV Chargers From All Federal Buildings Because They Are ‘Not Mission-Critical’
Thomas Maxwell,  Staff Writer  -  Gizmodo

_Stephan: Criminal “king” Trump is reaching down to the smallest detail of government structure to do everything he can to cripple any preparation for climate change. Am I exaggerating? Read this. It is my prediction based on 43 years of research that by 2040 – just 15 years from … ⌘ Read more

Silence of the Cowards: The Former Republican Party
John B. Alexander,  Commentator  -

_Stephan: I completely agree with what John Alexander says here. What stands out for me more than anything else in the coup we are undergoing is the spinelessness and lack of ethics of the entire Republican Party. We have an election coming in 2026 – if criminal Trump hasn’t suspended or completely rigged elections, following Putin’s model. And, of course, you know that oligarchs led my … ⌘ Read more

Trump’s push for ‘efficiency’ may destroy the EPA. What does that mean for you?
Lylla Younes,  Senior Stadd  -  Grist

_Stephan: Part of the scheme criminal Trump and the spineless utterly unethical Republican Party are carrying out in the coup they described in Project 2025, and are now carrying out, is to destroy and cease doing anything to reduce the impact of climate change. Trump explicitly wants to keep the United States trapped in carbon energy … ⌘ Read more

Trump talks of a third term amid growing concerns about a constitutional crisis
Brakkton Booker,  National Political Correspondent  -  Politico

_Stephan: Trump clearly sees himself not so much as the President as an authoritarian king with sovereignty over the United States. And he has no plan to leave office. Nothing is going to stop this but millions of Americans out non-viollently protesting every day. Here’s something you can do. I got an em … ⌘ Read more

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
Lizzie Presser, Andrea Suozzo, Sophie Chou and Kavitha Surana,  Staff Writers  -  ProPublica

_Stephan: As you know if you read SR regularly, I don’t care about political partisanship. SR is based on objectively verifiable social outcome data. What I care about is: does something foster and increase wellbeing at every level of the matrix of life, or does it decrease it? Here are facts about what has happened to the health of pregn … ⌘ Read more

Mass firings continue across nation’s health agencies
Adam Cancryn, Megan Messerly and David Lim,  Staff Writers  -  Politico

_Stephan: America’s already poor illness profit system is going to get much worse. I find it hard to believe that “king” Trump and the Republicans have such little concern for the people who voted them into office. It is going to be interesting, if tragic, to watch Trump voters face the reality of what they have done, as all the social systems that … ⌘ Read more

Hegseth’s proposed Pentagon cuts, firing of generals: What to know
Filip Timotija,  Staff Writer  -  The Hill

_Stephan: Having worked in the Pentagon directly with two Chiefs of Naval Operations, as well as the other Joint Chiefs, I have a very real sense of the chaos Hegseth, who is appallingly unqualified to be Secretary of Defense, is going to cause as he and “king” Trump disrupt the command order, and attempt to cut the Defense Department budget by 40% over … ⌘ Read more

IRS cuts over 6,000 jobs in the middle of tax season
Scott Horsley,  Reporter  -  npr

_Stephan: I can tell you from personal experience that the IRS has never been efficient or easy to work with. I spent four years trying to get a mistake the IRS made in not correctly registering a payment so small I couldn’t buy a new monitor for my computer sorted out. It didn’t matter that I sent proof of the payment over and over and over, so I finally just paid it again to end the non … ⌘ Read more

Mass firings decimate U.S. science agencies
John Travis, Katie Langin, Jocelyn Kaiser, and Meredith Wadman,  Managing News Editor | Editor | Biomedical Research Reporter | Staff Writer  -  Science

_Stephan: Science is the leading science journal in the world, and this is their report on the chaos and damage “king” Trump and his “prime minister” Elon Musk are doing to scientific research in the United States. They are gutting climate science, medical research, pollution research, … ⌘ Read more

‘Outrageous Lies’: Claiming Fraud, Trump Floats Kicking Millions Off Social Security
Jake Johnson,  Senior Editor  -  Common Dreams

_Stephan: Social Security and Medicaid are about to be gutted. Millions will be affected by the loss of financial support and healthcare. I have told you over and over we are in the midst of a coup and one party – the Republicans – has collapsed and like docile hamsters are doing what they are told. The only thin … ⌘ Read more

The Man Madison Warned Us Against
Harold Meyerson,  Editor-at-Large  -  The American Prospect

_Stephan: I have spent some time watching and reading “king” Trump’s propaganda media, as well as CNN’s weird Abby Philips show. Not surprisingly they are all tying themselves into knots trying to normalize the Trumpian/Musk coup. I think Harold Meyerson gets it right. Criminal Trump, his Frankenstein Musk, and his other servile lackeys working to implement the coup are exactly what the Founder Jam … ⌘ Read more

Some of the country’s most coveted voters are fed up with American democracy
John Sakellariadis,    -  Politico

_Stephan: This, I think, encapsulates where American voters stand in both parties. I think much of this is driven by the research paper on Humanity’s Precognition that I posted to SR a short while ago. If you haven;t read it I suggest you do (go to the SR archive). WHat I don’t understand is why the Democractic Party cannot seem to compreh … ⌘ Read more

Trump Could Make China Great Again
James Crabtree,  Columnist  -  Foreign Policy

_Stephan: Trump and those who serve his coup has just destroyed the 80 year NATO alliance which has kept the developed world at peace. But his geopolitical ignorance is even worse than that. Trump has set it up for China to become the most important nation in the world. Trump has cut off all kinds of aid and support across the globe, and in the influence vacuums he has created China is happily stepping up to r … ⌘ Read more

NOAA Imposes Restrictions on Scientists, Raising Concerns Over Global Forecasting
: Cristen Hemingway Jaynes,  Contributing Writer  -  EcoWatch

_Stephan: I keep trying to find some positive trends shaping the United States. Sadly, I don’t find them. Instead, here is another report on the further trashing of the American government by “king” Trump and co-president Musk and his lackeys. The result will be that you will no longer get the same leve … ⌘ Read more

Solar has taken off in red states. Trump’s funding freeze is causing panic
Stephen Starr ,    -  The Guardian (U.K.)

_Stephan: Do not expect the United States to be prepared for the climate change disasters that are occurring with increasing frequency. Everything that “king” Trump and his administration can do to sabotage the preparation for what I think is going to be a civilization-threatening crisis within 15 years is being done. They are undercutti … ⌘ Read more

Ukraine war: Macron warns against ‘capitulation’ as Trump suggests Russia may not make concessions
David Smith,  Staff Writer  -  The Guardian (U.K.)

_Stephan: It is becoming clear to the leaders of the NATO alliance that the United States is no longer a democracy or a reliable ally. It has become a christofascist, White supremacy, male-dominant, oligarchy-owned, kingdom ruled by a multiple felon. As I have been predicting not on … ⌘ Read more

USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them
Allan Smith, Melanie Zanona and Laura Strickler,  Reporters  -  NBC News

_Stephan: If you read me regularly you will remember the story I ran the other day describing how “king” Trump and his prime minister Musk and his lackeys accidentally fired the men and women with the expertise to keep everything nuclear safe, then realized the stupidity of their a … ⌘ Read more

Trump layoffs leave Hanford nuclear site with ‘skeleton crew’
Jayati Ramakrishnan,  Reporter  -  Seattle Times

_Stephan: The Hanford Nuclear Reservation is the most dangerous and radioactive site in the Western hemisphere. It is where two-thirds of the plutonium that was used to make the U.S. nuclear weapons was created.  “King” Trump and his co-president Musk have now fired a large portion of the staff that keeps Hanford from becoming a nuclear disaster like Chern … ⌘ Read more

Trump officials struggled to reinstate nuclear weapons staff after firing hundreds
Ella Nilsen and Rene Marsh,  Reporters  -  CNN

_Stephan: Criminal Trump’s coup is breathtaking. Even by the Nazis standards, that seem to be what is guiding him his plan, like everything else in his life, is third-rate. Incompetent. Nasty. Stupid. Nouveau riche flashy. They fired the men and women who keep our nuclear weapons, reactors, and waste storage – rem … ⌘ Read more

Head of Social Security abruptly resigns after clash with Elon Musk over DOGE’s access to sensitive data
Stephen M. Lepore,  Reporter  -  Daily Mail

_Stephan: The Musk gangsters of “king” Trump are looting your personal information and Michelle King, Acting Commissioner of Social Security had the integrity to resign from her post after she could not stop them.  And so the Trumpian coup continues. The American people creat … ⌘ Read more

The GOP’s Taliban has a new message for women
Thom Hartmann,  Commentator  -  Raw Story

_Stephan: As the MAGAt coup continues, as Thom Hartmann describes in this article, I think we are going to see an increasing trend to repress the voting capability of women and people of color. “king” Trump and the oligarchs who bought him his throne and control the government are largely genderists and White supremacy racists. They would prefer to have only ignorant White males voting because … ⌘ Read more

American troops in Europe are not ‘forever,’ US defense chief Hegseth warns
Laura Kayali,    -  Politico

_Stephan: ”King” Trump and his vassals do not seem to understand the geopolitical relationships that for 80 years have kept us from world war. Sadly, I think we are going to see this structure wrecked by these morons. If the Ukrainian war ends in the Putin-Trump conclusion as it seems to be headed, I think we are going to see much more violence in t … ⌘ Read more

Urgent CDC influenza and bird flu data missing as outbreaks escalate
Amy Maxmen,  Public Health Local Editor and Correspondent  -  Kaiser Family Foundation Heatth News

_Stephan: ”King” Trump handled the Covid-19 so badly hundreds of thousands of Americans died. Maybe you knew one of the dead. It looks like he is doing it again. Our already bad illness profit system is being torn apart by Trump and his co-president Musk. Your healthcare is very probably goi … ⌘ Read more

Corporate America’s Souring Profit Outlook Clouds Equity Rally
Jessica Menton,  Staff Writer  -  Bloomberg

Stephan: Prices are going up and, as this assessment from Bloomberg makes clear, America’s economy is looking increasingly iffy. Given the trade war “king” Trump has created I don’t see how it could be otherwise. But let us hope.

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What a $2 Million Per Dose Gene Therapy Reveals About Drug Pricing
Robin Fields,  Staff Writer  -  ProPublica

_Stephan: Yet another factual proof that the pharmaceutical industry is about profit not fostering wellbeing. I think this story is disgusting, and you will notice that even though your tax dollars are used to develop drugs once developed they become tools to empty your pocket. If you don’t already know about it please use a discount service such as G … ⌘ Read more

Here’s One Big Way You’ll Know if We’re in a Presidential Dictatorship
Frank Bowman,  Staff Writer  -  Slate Magazine

_Stephan: Donald Trump the first convicted multiple-felon, convicted sex offender, multiple-bankrupt to ever be elected President has framed and put his mugshot in the entry to the Oval Office in the White House to show his disdain and contempt for the law. It is his way of showing the world he sees himself as above the law, like a medieval … ⌘ Read more

Do Americans approve or disapprove of Donald Trump?
,    -  538 Polls

_Stephan: Here is a composite of a number of national polls on how Americans report their approval of Donald Trump and his coup. I think it is very important to recognize how resentful, White supremacist, angry, and accepting of christofascism American voters have become. The media either doesn’t understand this or is afraid to accurately report it. However, I have been checking the polls everyday for th … ⌘ Read more

Macron calls emergency European summit on Trump, Polish minister says
Hans von der Burchard,    -  Politico

_Stephan: This meeting of European leaders called by French President Emmanuel Macron, I believe, is the beginning of a major and historic geopolitical realignment. Donald Trump is not only carrying out a coup that is destroying American democracy he is also the cause of the dismantlement of the geopolitical power structure that has kept the world sa … ⌘ Read more

The Coming Unfettered Scam Economy
Robert Reich ,  The Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and Senior Fellow at the Blum Center for Developing Economies  -  truthdig

_Stephan: I really am sorry, my readers, but I just don’t see any good news trends in the United States. Of course, there are some local good trends happening, but not nationwide. The facts and trends are what they are so I must report them. The American government has been sold t … ⌘ Read more

Climate change target of 2C is ‘dead’, says renowned climate scientist
Damian Carrington,  Environment Editor  -  The Guardian (U.K.)

_Stephan: Professor James Hansen, known as the “Father of Climate Change for his 1988 presentation to the U.S. Senate, has been warning the American government and the world about climate change. The U.S. under the autocracy of criminal Trump and his lackeys is obviously paying no attention to his or anyone’s warnings, and we … ⌘ Read more

Trump’s Purge Hits Nuclear Weapons Agency—Setting Off National Crisis
Malcolm Ferguson,  Staff Writer  -  The New Republic

Stephan: Criminal Trump’s coup is literally tearing the American democracy apart, and now he is even endangering the country’s security against nuclear war.

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Louisiana halts mass vaccination efforts: 5 notes
Mackenzie Bean,    -  Becker’s Clinical Leadership

_Stephan: Louisiana has a quality of life roughly equivalent to a third-world country. It has the shortest life span in the United States, an infant mortality and maternal mortality rate like a developing country, Only 15% of lower-income students and less than half of higher-income students can read proficiently. The state is controlled by MAGAt Republicans. Now the MAGAts ar … ⌘ Read more

In rural West Texas, a measles outbreak grows with no end in sight
Erika Edwards, Sara G. Miller and Jason Kane,  Staff Writers  -  NBC News

Stephan: Texas is another MAGAt-controlled state that is not supporting mandatory vaccination of children.  And here you see what happens. It is amazing to me how stupid anti-vaxxers are. They clearly care nothing for the actual facts about vaccination.

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US relations with Europe will never be the same after Trump’s call with Putin
Stephen Collinson,  Staff Writer  -  CNN

_Stephan: We, in the United States, are not only going through a coup that is destroying our democracy we are awash in corruption. Criminal Trump believes himself to be a king who can do whatever he wants. But the damage he is doing extends far beyond our borders. America has had status as a fair leader, and is has been seen as suc … ⌘ Read more

New York Gov. Refuses To Extradite Doctor Charged In Louisiana For Abortion Pill
Molly Bohannon ,  Reporter  -  Forbes

_Stephan: The Great Schism Trend has taken on a new and very nasty aspect. Louisiana a state with a social outcome data profile like a third-world country is run by MAGAts. They are totally committed to assuring politicians not physicians control women’s lives and the state is trying to reach beyond its borders to try for murder … ⌘ Read more

McMahon Hearing Shows Trump ‘Dead Set on Destroying Public Education’
Jessica Corbett,  Senior Editor  -  Common Dreams

_Stephan: Another MAGAt lackey testifies basically to her intent to destroy public education. It is part of the coup we are undergoing. It has not passed notice of the oligarchs that the less well-educated men and women are the more likely it is that they will vote for Republicans. That’s why they want to end public education. It not only … ⌘ Read more

“We’ve Been Essentially Muzzled”: Department of Education Halts Thousands of Civil Rights Investigations Under Trump
Jennifer Smith Richards,  Reporter  -  ProPublica

_Stephan: Criminal Trump has a long history of racism, and his White MAGAt voters love him for it. As this article describes we are seeing a whole new era of racism arise. I would not have thought it possible, but the facts are what they are. Notice … ⌘ Read more

‘In a real sense, US democracy has died’: how Trump is emulating Hungary’s Orbán
David Smith,    -  The Guardian (U.K.)

_Stephan: I got an email this morning from an SR reader who had just returned from a trip to Ireland. He told me he and his wife had gone to a pub with an Irish friend and, when the others in the pub realized he was an American, the contemptuous derogatory comments about the U.S. became so unpleasant that they had to leave. I went … ⌘ Read more

Silencing Science: How Trump is Reshaping U.S. Health
Issam AHMED,    -  Agence France-Presse (France) | Raw Story

_Stephan: As a scientist my entire adult life, and the son of an internationally recognized physician father and a surgical nurse mother, I am angered and appalled at what “emperor” Trump and his vassals are doing to America’s science community, organizations, and agencies. Everything this christofascist coup is doing to the United States degrades it, and deg … ⌘ Read more

Consumer prices rise 0.5% in January, higher than expected as annual rate rises to 3%
Jeff Cox,  Economics Editor  -  CNBC

Stephan:

_You have almost certainly noticed it. My wife and I certainly have. “emperor” Trump promised prices would go down if he were elected. They have, in fact, gone in the absolute opposite direction. And because of Trump’s ignorance and bullying they are going to go much further up. We will be in a different world … ⌘ Read more

Avoiding Outrage Fatigue while Staying Informed
Rachel Feltman, Tanya Lewis, Madison Goldberg & Fonda Mwangi,  Contributing Writer | Senior Editor for Health and Medicine | Science Journalist | Multi-Media Editor  -  Scientific American

_Stephan: Recently I have had four readers write to tell me that the MAGAt coup has just left them emotionally exhausted, and I had lunch with a friend today who told me the same thing. I understood what all of them were telling me, and it p … ⌘ Read more

Here Are All The Major Lawsuits Against Trump And Musk: Judge Shoots Down Trump’s Latest Attempt To Freeze Funding
Alison Durkee,  Staff Writer  -  Forbes

_Stephan: In a sad way, this article is good news. It shows us there is still some integrity in the judicial system of the United States. It also tells us that Trump is attempting to orchestrate a coup, although almost no one in the media, even as they cover th … ⌘ Read more

Trump loosens enforcement of US law banning bribery of foreign officials
Steve Holland and Nandita Bose,  Reporters  -  Reuters

_Stephan: ”Emperor” Trump, a multi-convicted felon, and multiple bankrupt, convicted sex offender has been a criminal all his life and is now trying to reshape your country and mine into a reflection of himself; to legalize the United States as a criminal nation. What are you doing to speak out against this evil transformation … ⌘ Read more