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‘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%_
_C ... ⌘ Read more
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._
_A customer shops for produce at an H-E-B grocery store on Feb. 12, 2025 in Austin, Texas._
_Credit: B ... ⌘ Read more_
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
, \-
_Stephan:_
Please join me, my wife, and hopefully millions of other Americans, and do not buy anything today, the 28th February. This is the sort of non-violent citizen action that can make a difference. _(There is no click through.)_ ⌘ Read more
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_
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?_
Credit: Andrew Harnik / AP
The Trump administration’s effo ... ⌘ Read more_
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._
_Members of the Base at ... ⌘ Read more_
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._
![](https://www.schwartzrepor ... ⌘ Read more
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._
_Credit: Bloomberg_
Ben ... ⌘ Read more
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._
_The first convicted felon and sex offender to ever hold the Presidency, Donld J. Trump. Credit: Chip ... ⌘ Read more_
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._
_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_
22 Republican AGs Sue to Stop New York’s Attempt to Make Fossil Fuel Polluters Pay for Climate Damages
Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, Contributing Writer - EcoWatch
_Stephan: I hope you understand that the coup that is occurring is not happening just because of the actions of "emperor" Trump, his co-"emperor" Elon Musk, and their lackeys in Congress. The "Republicans" who run the Red States are equally complicit. As this arti ... ⌘ Read more_
2025 Budget Stakes: Many Households Could Lose Needed Rental Assistance
Research Staff, - Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
_Stephan: I know that a number of my readers rent their homes; they do not own them, and many depend on rental assistance. I am publishing this report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities because I want to warn you that 'emperor" Trump and his "co-emperor" Elon Musk don't give a damn about your wellbeing, and are ... ⌘ Read more_
Trump administration orders consumer protection agency to stop work, closes building
Christopher Rugaber, Staff Writer - Federal News Network \| Associated Press
_Stephan: Did you vote for Trump? Is you did you are reasonable and complicit in the end of all consumer protection against scams. Your bank has implemented new fees, your credit card corporations have done the same? You were deceived into paying money for some benefit you didn't ... ⌘ Read more_
‘Sabotaging the American empire’: Paul Krugman explains how MAGA ‘destroyed’ US moral authority
Alex Henderson, Staff Writer - AlterNet
_Stephan: "Emperor" Trump and his coup vassals are destroying America's stature in the world. Nobel Laureate Economist Paul Krugman spells it out. The United States will neither be respected or trusted, and it will change the whole structure of geopolitics. The effects of this I believe will last ... ⌘ Read more_
States With More Maternal-Fetal Specialists Had Lower Rates of Maternal Death
Rachael Robertson, Investigative Writer - MedPage Today
_Stephan: The Dobbs decision has had an impact on the wellbeing of women that is not getting anywhere near the media or political attention it should. If you are a fertile woman living in a Red State and planning to have a child your life and the life of your fetus are at much higher risk than if you live in a Bl ... ⌘ Read more_
Trump removes top government ethics czar
Fredreka Schouten, Staff Writer - CNN
_Stephan: "Emperor" Trump is committed to the destruction of American democracy, and he does not want to be bothered by anyone reporting his, and his vassals, lack of ethics and ongoing criminality. So what to do? The answer is simple: eliminate any ethical oversight of their ongoing coup. And that is exactly what criminal Trump has done. This article describes it. Meanwhile, the majority of the America ... ⌘ Read more_
CBS News poll — Trump has positive approval amid “energetic” opening weeks; seen as doing what he promised
Anthony Salvanto, CBS News' Executive Director of Elections and Surveys. - CBS News
_Stephan: It has become very clear that unlike Europeans or Asians or Latin Americans, the people of the United States have never lived under a christofascist authoritarian rule, and most of us seem incapable of understanding what is ... ⌘ Read more_
America’s Crisis of Morality
John B. Alexander, Commentator - Daily Kos
_Stephan: John Alexander gets it exactly right in my opinion. As I said in my previous comment, American democracy has ended, not as a political opinion but as an historical fact. If you are not doing something to speak out in some way against what is happening you are complicit._
_American democracy in crisis. Credit: The Guardian_
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‘He’s Building a Concentration Camp’: Fears Grow as Images Emerge of Offshore Prison at Gitmo
Jon Queally, Managing Editor - Common Dreams
_Stephan: The Trumpian coup, like all fascist movements, is building a concentration camp for the people it wants to persecute. And, of course, they're putting it in a location where none of their opponents can oversee what is happening. The Nazis did the same thing. Think about it: 30,000 peo ... ⌘ Read more_
Trump rescinds $4B in US pledges for UN climate fund
Karl Mathiesen, Staff Writer - Politico
_Stephan: Fascist Trump isn't very bright (as anyone will conclude who actually examines the history of his life) but he is very greedy and obsessed with being in control. So part of the coup he and the Republicans are carrying out is to serve their petroleum oligarch funders and block any sensible preparation for climate change. That several hundred million Americans will suffe ... ⌘ Read more_
Scientists used a computer to predict exactly when society will collapse
Lucy Devine, - LADBIBLE
_Stephan: I have been telling you, my readers, as well as anyone else who was interested and would listen that between 2040-2045 there was going to be a cataclysmic change in humanity's cultures, including the United States. (See YouTube searching on my name, or my personal website, where you can hear or read me expoun ... ⌘ Read more_
Trump’s plan to kill offshore wind is paying off
Rivard and Marie J. French, - Politico
_Stephan: One of the major goals of "emperor" Trump's MAGAt coup is to do nothing to prepare the United States for climate change and to trap the nation in the carbon energy era with a "drill, baby... drill" policy to increase the profits of the petroleum oligarchs who helped buy his office for him. To that end, criminal Trump has attacked wind power as he said he would do, and it is h ... ⌘ Read more_
California just debunked a big myth about renewable energy
Matty SImon, Senior staff Writer - Grist
_Stephan: Even as the coup continues, in Blue states there are continued programs to transition out of the carbon energy era. Here is some good news from California, that debunks for the major carbon energy lies against the conversion._
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‘So stupid!’ Prof. shares government threat to halt scientific studies mentioning ‘women’**
David Edwards, Staff Writer - Raw Story
_Stephan: Research to improve your healthcare, particularly if you are female, is under assault as part of the "Republican" coup being led by "emperor" Trump, his co-president Elon Musk, and the spineless "Republicans" in Congress. They are going to stop any funding of research that deals with promoting wellbei ... ⌘ Read more_
‘Dangerous climate breakdown’ warning as hottest January on record shocks scientists
Thomas Moore, Science Correspondent - Sky News
_Stephan: While the Republican christofascist male dominant coup proceeds climate change, which they ignore, continues and scientists are freaking out. As Bill McGuire, an emeritus professor of geophysical and climate hazards says. "The fact that the latest robust Copernicus data reveals the January just gone ... ⌘ Read more_
Online Censorship In Schools Is ‘More Pervasive’ Than Expected, New Data Shows
Tara García Mathewson, Members of the CalMatters Youth Journalism Initiative - Gizmodo
_Stephan: As the Republican coup continues the news reports I see say that Trump, supported by the Congressional Republicans, is seeking to close the Department of Education so that education in the United States can be turned into an indoctrination profit industry. But even before ... ⌘ Read more_
An 1895 8th Grade Final Exam: I Couldn’t Pass It. Could You?**
Martin Peretz, Staff Writer - The New Republic
_Stephan: I got two emails this week from Trump supporters telling me that I am lying to my readers when I say that Trump and the Republicans are destroying the quality of education. That, in fact, "President Trump and the Republicans at the state level are just eliminating all the DEI nonsense and leftist propaganda. Actually, they are improving education to ... ⌘ Read more_
Kash Patel Took $25,000 From Russia-Linked Firm to Appear on an Anti-FBI TV Series
David Corn and Dan Friedman, Washington Bureau Chief \| Senior Reporter - Mother Jones
_Stephan: The coup continues and becomes more and more blatant. Here is the latest on Kash Patel, who last year it has been revealed was a Russian propagandist against the FBI. The same FBI that "emperor" Trump has now nominated him to head. There are so many stories of the ... ⌘ Read more_