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All 50 States Show Rising Rates of Avoidable Death, While Comparable Countries Improve
Irene Papanicolas, Maecey Niksch, and Jose F. Figueroa, Medical Researchers - Study Finds
_Stephan: The United States has the worst, yet most expensive healthcare in the developed world. Americans live shorter lives than people in other developed nations. The United States has more avoidable deaths than other developed nations. Those are facts. And un ... ⌘ Read more_
Trump EPA’s Next Move: Making It Harder to Sue for Getting Cancer from Roundup
Schuyler Mitchell, Contributing Writer - The Intercept
_Stephan: It has been known for years that Roundup causes various kinds of cancer, but that knowledge did not take it off the shelves of thousands of stores in the United States. Why? Because, of course, it was very profitable and Monsanto the company that made it, thanks to Citizens United, bought enough politici ... ⌘ Read more_
Europe looks to poach US researchers as Trump cuts funding
Pieter Haeck, - Politico
_Stephan: As psychopath Trump and his MAGAt vassals destroy American science institutions and agencies, a trend describing the U.S. future is emerging. As this article describes 12 European countries are offering many of the scientists from those institutions and agencies positions in their country. Frankly, if I were younger and such an option were offered to me I think I might ... ⌘ Read more_
JD Vance is now in charge of making museums racist
Oliver Willis, Staff Writer - Daily Kos
_Stephan: Psychopath Trump is a lifelong racist, just as his father was, and with the help of his vassals, he is now making racism a fundamental trend in the United States. Even the revered Smithsonian Institution is being changed by this racism. Here is the latest on this emerging trend._
Wisconsin appeals court won’t stop Musk’s $1 million payments to voters after attorney general sues
Thomas Beaumont, Reporter - The Associated Press
_Stephan: America's judiciary like its law firms is partially corrupt and weak and partially ethical and strong. This appellate court decision is an example of corruption and weakness. How could any ethical court rule that open bribery of voters to buy an election outcome is lega ... ⌘ Read more_
Yet another Trump-loving creep is arrested for alleged sex crimes
Emily Singer, Contributing Writer - Daily Kos
_Stephan: The characteristic of the Republican MAGAt political world that really stands out to me, is the sexual perversion and dysfunction that defines so many of these White men. Particularly, their interest in pubescent underage girls._
_Repu ... ⌘ Read more_
$500m superyacht, $32k-night-hotels & a $2m ring… inside the Bezos wedding of the century in world’s most beautiful city
Harvey Geh, Reporter - Sun News
_Stephan: Welcome to the oligarch world. It surprises me how little attention the media pays to the emergence of the neo-medieval culture the oligarchs have created. I don't think most Americans can really conceptualize the difference between their lives and t ... ⌘ Read more_
Alarm as Florida Republicans move to fill deported workers’ jobs with children: ‘It’s insane, right?’**
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_Stephan: Fascist MAGAt Republican Governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, is one of the politicians who along with Florida's fascist-controlled state legislature is creating the neo-medieval society the oligarchs wish to emerge in the United States. If the bill described in this British newspaper becomes law school children in ... ⌘ Read more_
Canada Announces Bombshell Break With U.S. Over Trump
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_Stephan: MAGAt monarch Trump is singlehandedly destroying a 200-year-old friendship and working partnership between the United States and Canada. The effect this is going to have on U.S. communities is going to be devastating. Trump is a resentful psychopath and not smart enough to realize that Canada will very quickly find alternative buyers for their raw materials and products, while America will have to fin ... ⌘ Read more_
Trump signs executive order that will upend US voter registration processe
Joseph Gedeon and Sam Levine, - The Guardian (U.K.)
_Stephan: The MAGAt monarch and the White oligarchs who seek to create a neo-medieval authoritarian state are doing everything they can to end genuine democracy in the United States. Here is the latest._ ⌘ Read more
Republicans, Men Push Trump Approval Higher in Second Term
Jeffrey M. Jones, PhD and Megan Brenan, Senior Editor \| Senior Editor - The Gallup Organization
_Stephan: What amazes me is how the percentage of MAGAt monarch Trump's approval rating remains so high. I see this not only as a political issue but, even more, as a cultural issue. It reflects the weakness, resentment, and insecurity of American men of all ages. It is such a powerful trend in America that it ... ⌘ Read more_
Women twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease as men — but scientists do not know why
Sofia Moutinho , Contributing Writer - Nature Medicine
_Stephan: If you are a woman, or married to a woman, or with female older relatives, please read this fact-based research report on Alzheimer's disease. Notice three things: First, the extreme gender disparity. Second, the racial disparity. Third, the hormonal factor._
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Trump administration to cut vaccine aid to developing countries
Marina Dunbar, U.S. Guardian Fellow - The Guardian (U.K.)
_Stephan: MAGAt Monarch Trump's regime has just ended vaccine aid for millions of children in the developing countries. It is estimated that will result in the death of several million children. It will also ensure that Americans, particularly unvaccinated Americans, both adults and children, who travel to any of these countries may now b ... ⌘ Read more_
Trump Administration Cancels at Least 68 Grants Focused on LGBTQ Health Questions
, \- Med Page Today \| Associted Press
_Stephan: In 2025, a Gallup poll found that 9.3% of adult Americans identify as LGBTQ+. The population of the U.S. in the census of 2024 was 340,110,988. Now it is probably greater, but in 2024 that meant 31,630,322 males and females identified as LGBTQ+. So MAGAt Monarch Trump and his regime yesterday degraded the healt ... ⌘ Read more_
NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change
Annie Waldman and Sharon Lerner, Health Car Reporter \| Health and Environment Reporter - ProPublica
_Stephan: MAGAt Monarch Trump and his regime are very pointedly doing nothing to prepare for climate change. Indeed, they deny it exists as a real alteration in the ecosystems of Earth. So no funding for healthcare to prepare for what is demonstrably happening. It is going to create ... ⌘ Read more_
Alien Enemies Act Deportations Were Carefully Orchestrated To Keep Courts In The Dark
Josh Kovensky, Investigative Reporter - TPM
_Stephan: We are all watching the ongoing coup and the rising autocracy. What particularly stands out for me over the past several days is the deliberate carefully constructed dismantlement of our democracy's legal system._
![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-25-a ... ⌘ Read more
Law firms refuse to represent Trump opponents in the wake of his attacks
Michael Birnbaum , - msn \| The Washington Post
_Stephan: One of the keys to all fascist takeovers of democracies when the democracy is being taken apart is to so threaten and badly damage the legal system that when critics and opponents are attacked by the authoritarian, they cannot even get a lawyer to represent and defend them in the courts while, at the same time, the cour ... ⌘ Read more_
Speaker Mike Johnson floats eliminating federal courts as GOP ramps up attacks on judges
Scott Wong, Melanie Zanona and Rebecca Kaplan, Reporters - NBC News
_Stephan: The Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, is not functioning as the leader of a coequal branch of the Executive branch. Instead, he behaves like a White House staff assistant. He is clearly a participant in the authoritarian dismantlement of the legal system of the United ... ⌘ Read more_
There are 132 lawsuits against Trump. Pay attention to these two.
Ian Millhiser, Senior Correspondent - Vox
_Stephan: I predict we are within a few weeks of the final threshold to see if the United States still has a functioning democracy-based legal system. As this article describes, the answer to this question will come down to how the Supreme Court rules on these two cases. Speaking as a historian, the two worst Supreme Court decisions, in my opinion, of ... ⌘ Read more_
‘I don’t care what judges think’: Tom Homan doubles down despite deportation ban
David Edwards, Contributing Writer - Raw Story
_Stephan: Border czar Tom Homan is a despicable human being. He is also stating out loud what psychopath "king" Trump and his MAGAt servants believe and Project 2025 stated clearly, and which the Supreme Court has ruled is American law. The President is above the law, and immune to any prosecution for his official decis ... ⌘ Read more_
NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change
Annie Waldman and Sharon Lerner, Staff Writers - ProPublica
_Stephan: An important part of the psychopath "king" Trump's coup and strategy to create a kind of neo-medieval society owned and controlled by Trump's oligarch aristocracy, is to dismantle and disable any attempt to prepare for climate change. This report describes the coup group's latest move. Why is this happening? The an ... ⌘ Read more_
There Are Four Things You Must Do to Save America
Stephan A. Schwartz, Editor - Schwartzreport
_Stephan: As I was researching stories for today's SR, I did a podcast with a host named Helen Cowan. She asked me what I thought was going on in the United States, and what I thought ordinary people could do to preserve the nation's democracy and avoid the country being owned by oligarchs. As I answered her I thought that rather than do the usual four trend stories ... ⌘ Read more_
Musk PAC offers voters $100 for signing petition against ‘activist judges’**
Henry Redman, Reporter - Wisconsin Examiner / Raw Story
_Stephan: It is apparently now legal in the United States for oligarchs to openly bribe American voters to vote for the candidate of their choice. Can this possibly be true? I am ashamed to tell you it is, and here is the factual proof. Psychopath Trump's Frankenstein co-president Musk, as this report describes, is openl ... ⌘ Read more_
20% of Americans support boycott of firms aligning themselves with Trump agenda
Lauren Aratani , Reporter - The Guardian (U.K.)
_Stephan: Americans, at least some of them, seem to be waking up to what is being done to the democracy, economics, and gender and racial equality of the United States by psychopath Trump and his oligarchs and MAGAt (formerly Republican) Party. I completely support this, and my wife and I are amongst the boycotters._
... ⌘ Read more
List of American Companies That Support President Donald Trump
Katherine Fung and Jenna delong, Staff Reporters - Newsweek
_Stephan: Here is a list of companies and individuals who are supporting psychopath "king" Trump and what he is doing to the United States. If you want to stop the destruction of American democracy, our economy, gender and racial equality, and the place of the United States in the world, don't spend a dime with any of these companies. (cl ... ⌘ Read more_
Taking $200 Out of an ATM Should Not Trigger Federal Financial Surveillance
Joe Lancaster , Staff Writer - reason
_Stephan: In the course of my life, as I have studied how wellbeing fostering social transformations can be made to happen, I have spent a considerable amount of time in fascist, authoritarian, and communist countries. One of the things I learned over those years is that the people in those countries become very sensitive to tripwires ... ⌘ Read more_
Trump’s funding ax throws colleges into an existential crisis
Erica Pandey, - Axios
_Stephan: The Trumpian authoritarian coup continues, and democracy dissipates; all of this following Hitler's action list point by point. What stands out for me is how weak the institutional resistance is. Universities are docilely falling to their knees. Law firms are proving equally craven. There is only one way this is going to stop. You -- and I mean you -- must participate ... ⌘ Read more_
Is a Kinder World a Happier One?**
Jon Clifton and Julie Ray, - The Gallup Organization
_Stephan: The other day SR had an article about the happiest nations in the world. Not surprisingly the United States is not even in the top 20 -- we are 24th -- and dropping. This report from Gallup shows factually, how countries become happy: They make fostering wellbeing, kindness, and integrity their top priorities. I have been telling you this for 30 years based on my decades of research on successf ... ⌘ Read more_
Bill Gates Is Giving Up on Climate Change as Trump Drains the Woke Out of Washington: Looks like banking on billionaires to solve climate change isn’t gonna do the trick.
AJ Dellinger, Staff Writer - Gizmodo
_Stephan: I confess this report surprised me. I thought Bill Gates, and his cohorts, recognized that no matter what Trump did they would stay the cour ... ⌘ Read more_
China, Russia eager to fill void as Trump axes US-funded media
, \- Agence France-Presse (France) \| Raw Story
_Stephan: Because the fascist oligarchal coup now underway in the United States is led by an ignorant psychopath and greedy short-sighted oligarchs, it is being carried out incredibly stupidly. The Putin dictatorship, of course, is very happy, because they have something that controls Trump in matters in which they are involved, i.e., the Ukrainian w ... ⌘ Read more_
These are the world’s happiest countries in 2025
Marnie Hunter, Reporter - CNN
_Stephan: Thanks to psychopath Trump, the oligarchs who own him, and the flying monkeys in Congress who pay obeisance to him, the United States has gone from Ronald Reagan's description of the nation as a "Shining city on a hill." to a non-democratic sewer of fascism, racism, resentment, and misery. We are no longer even in the top 20._
![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/ ... ⌘ Read more
‘Absolute chaos’ at Dept of Agriculture could skyrocket rural grocery prices: report
Brad Reed, Staff Writer - Raw Story
_Stephan: The United States as I predicted is going into recession, and your groceries prices are going to go up. We are at a moment of truth we have not experienced since the Founders created the United States. We are no longer a functioning democracy, and the authoritarian government that now runs the country cares noth ... ⌘ Read more_
US measles outbreak tops 300 cases — what to know about the disease
Emily Cooke, Staff Writer - Live Science
_Stephan: Because of the destruction of the healthcare agencies in the United States by psychopath Trump, his Frankenstein oligarch Musk, and the flying monkeys of DOGE, I predict we are going to see more pandemics. Measles, now above 300 cases, has spread to a number of states beyond Texas -- Alaska, California, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland ... ⌘ Read more_
Trump Issues Firm Directive to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts
Sonam Sheth and Gabe Whisnant, Evening Politics Editor \| Breaking News Editor - Newsweek
_Stephan: This, in my opinion is the critical turning point on whether democracy survives in the United States. Psychopath "king" Trump believes he is above the law, and will not, and need not, follow what judges decide. We are about to find out whether by judges he also means Supreme Court ... ⌘ Read more_
Trump administration unveils sweeping environment rollbacks
, \- Agence France-Presse (France)
_Stephan: This is the way the United States is being described by the leading news service in France. The good news I think is that it is beginning to dawn on Americans that psychopath Trump and the MAGAt (formerly Republican) Party are carrying out a coup, and that the world sees this. The really bad news is that the Trump/Musk/MAGAt cabal have gutted all efforts to ... ⌘ Read more_
Here are the 60 universities under investigation by the Trump administration
Ray Bogan , Political Correspondent - Straight Arrow News
_Stephan: The Trump coup has made clear it considers the universities of America enemies of its authoritarian takeover of the United States. So completely predictably, like all fascist coups in history, the Trumpers (read neo-Nazis) are attacking and attempting to take control of American higher education. They g ... ⌘ Read more_
Local food for schools helps farmers and kids. So why is Trump cutting funding?**
Sunny Baker, Reporter - The Guardian (U.K.)
_Stephan: For hundreds of thousands of American school children their lunch at school is an essential part of their diet, and interrupting these lunches could have horrible lifelong health consequences for these children. So why are the Trumpers sabotaging these school lunches?_
 - Center for Strategic and International Studies
_Stephan: You may have heard or read that the Trumper administration (read neo-Nazi) has decided to end surveillance of Russian attempts to sabotage the wellbeing of the United States. Here is an excellent accurate assessment of what Putin is doing not jus ... ⌘ Read more_
U.S. deports hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador, despite court order
Luke Garrett, - npr
_Stephan: You have undoubtedly seen or read something about the shipment of Venezuelans to what amounts, by all accounts, to an El Salvadoran concentration camp, and the ruling by a federal judge that this was an unconstitutional act by psychopath Trump. Four things stood out about this sequence of events for me. First, none of these individuals had any of th ... ⌘ Read more_
Transcript: Trump’s Rage at Canada Darkens—This Is “Not a Joke”**
Greg Sargent and Brian Beutler, - Daily Blast Podcaster \| The New Republic
_Stephan: Psychopath Trump has some deep not fully understood by the media or American voters hate about Canada, and is creating an international crisis over it. As bad as that is, however, as this discussion between Greg Sargent and Brian Beutler discusses the failure of the Democrats to stand up to what Trump, his Franken ... ⌘ Read more_
‘Brain Drain’: Study Shows Workers Fleeing States With Abortion Bans
Julia Conley, Staff Writer - Common Dreams
_Stephan: Yet another report on the decline of healthcare for women in Red states. This is becoming a permanent trend, which seems to have no impact on the MAGAt Party, which continues to restrict women to second-class status and to take control of their bodies away from them. Think about this, "The group analyzed a survey of 10,000 adults by M ... ⌘ Read more_
Judge finds Elon Musk likely acted unconstitutionally in shuttering USAID
Zach Schonfeld and Ella Lee, Staff Writers - The Hill
_Stephan: This is good news on several levels. First, it will restore aid to millions of needy or ill men, women, and children. Second, it will hopefully, restore respect and appreciation for the United States -- although trusting the U.S. again may take quite a while. Third, there have been a whole series of court rulings ... ⌘ Read more_
Trump Border Czar Says He’ll Ignore the Courts as Much as He Wants
Malcolm Ferguson, - The New Republic
_Stephan: The United States in less than two months has moved from authoritarian fascism to a kind of neo-Nazism. Trump appointees are openly bragging they are above the law and need pay no attention to anything a court rules. Tom Homan, psychopath Trump's border czar, is but one example of this, and he couldn't be more explicit._
 that is openly fascist, and the other, the Democrats, who are led in Congress by spineless individuals who don't seem to understand what is going on. And all of this is being observed by all the other countries of the world. As David Brooks describes in his column, f ... ⌘ Read more_
Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups
Marin Scotten, Staff Writer - The New Republic
_Stephan: Habitat for Humanity, a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering wellbeing that President Jimmy Carter worked with for years, and to which my wife and I have sent support, is one of a number of wellbeing fostering foundations now being attacked by psychopath fascist Trump using as his agents his corrupted FBI. I predict that any 501(c)3 that ... ⌘ Read more_
‘This Felt Like a Kidnapping Because It Was’: Family of Mahmoud Khalil Releases Arrest Video
Jessica Corbett, Staff Writer - Common Dreams
_Stephan: As I search the media each day it becomes ever more obvious that psychopath fascist Trump's idea of government is to mimic Hitler. We are now at the stage where men in plain clothes showing no warrant can break into someone's home and kidnap them, just as the Gestapo did. You can click ... ⌘ Read more_
‘Civil War is too woke’: Trump’s anti-DEI crusade comes for Arlington National Cemetery
Daniel Hampton, Senior Editor - Raw Story
_Stephan: The conversion of the United States from an equalitarian democracy to a racist fascist autocracy is being carried out by psychopath fascist Trump and his servants down to the smallest detail. This story provides the factual proof of what I am saying._
![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/upl ... ⌘ Read more
U.N. report accuses Israeli forces of “genocidal acts,” sexual violence in Gaza and West Bank
Ramy Inocencio, Reporter - CBS News
_Stephan: I have been seeing report after report of Israel's genocidal actions and policies under criminally indicted Benjamin Netanyahu and his fascist cohorts, but there has been so much disaster occurring in the United States, that I haven't posted anything about Israel and what the Jews are doing in a ... ⌘ Read more_
What Is a Psychopath?**
: Hailey Shafir, LCMHCS, LPCS, LCAS, CCS, Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist, Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Supervisor Licensed Professional Counselor Associate - Choosing Therapy
_Stephan: A reader wrote me today asking, "Why do you keep our President a psychopath? On what basis do you say that?" Well, here is the answer, based entirely on the evidence of medical science._
_Trump Polic ... ⌘ Read more_
‘A Hallmark of Autocracy’: Flurry of Trump Attacks on Universities Sparks Alarm
Eloise Goldsmith, Staff Writer - Common Dreams
_Stephan: As many, perhaps most of you, know I live mostly in the world of research and science as an experimentalist. Many of my friends and colleagues come from that world and today, in addition to the letter from the woman about why I call Trump a psychopath, I heard from a researcher at John Hopkins University who ha ... ⌘ Read more_
Trump Accuses Media of Doing ‘Totally Illegal’ Reporting
Michael Luciano, Senior Editor - MEDIAite
_Stephan: Another page from the fascist playbook is to scare journalists, newspapers and television channels from accurately reporting what the fascist administration is actually doing. And we are now deep into that. With a few exceptions -- Lawrence O'Donnell, and Rachel Maddow come immediately to mind -- what stands out for me as I search each day for fact-based repo ... ⌘ Read more_
Extreme weather and powerful winds predicted for 100m Americans
, \- Associated Press
_Stephan: Maybe this is getting covered on your local media, but I don't see much discussion in the national media (this came from A British newspaper). It is, of course, yet another manifestation of the changing climate. Anyway if these storms are headed your way, prepare. This is all just going to get worse and worse._
_Stephan: Here is some good news. It tells us that there are still honorable men and women serving as judges. Congressional Republican flying monkeys, of course, are trying to impeach them. However, these judges offer hope that some part of the U.S. government that Trump's coup is trying to destroy still works._
_Stephan: You may be one of the thousands of federal workers who lost their job without notice, but the psychopath who caused you to lose your job has plenty of time to play golf, does it most weekends by being flown from the White House to Mar-a-Lago in Florida, and American taxpayers, including you, are payin ... ⌘ Read more_
Bombshell report reveals staggering amount of government funds paid to Elon Musk
Adam Nichols, Editor-in-Chief - Raw Story
_Stephan: Criminal Trump and and his Frankenstein Elon Musk, are both destroying the economic wellbeing of millions of Americans and, at the same time, enriching themselves with all kinds of schemes and scams. There have been a number of reports of how much Musk has lost from Tesla stock collapse, but what you don't hear ... ⌘ Read more_
Oops, Scientists May Have Miscalculated Our Global Warming Timeline
Darren Orf, Contributing Writer - Popular Mechanics
_Stephan: The latest research, as this report describes, is that climate change is happening faster than has previously been estimated. I have told you repeatedly, and put up two papers of research showing why I keep saying this, that within 15 years humanity is going to go through a civilization-altering crisis. This prediction is based ... ⌘ Read more_
Department of Education lays off nearly half of workforce
Lexi Lonas Cochran , Staff Writers - The Hill
_Stephan: The United States population is already the most illiterate and innumerate population in the developed world. As I have said before 54% can;t read past 6th grade level, and 43% can't read past 5th grade; can't calculate fractions or do conversions from fractions to decimals. Now psychopath Trump, aided by his flying monkey billionaire wrestling magnate ... ⌘ Read more_
How hard will Trump’s immigration raids hit red states?**
Myah Ward, - Politico
_Stephan: As this article describes all those farmers and herders, most of whom voted for MAGAts, are now going to face the economic crisis that will come from that decision. For years at our property in rural Tidewater Virginia, my family raised registered purebred Angus cattle, not for meat, but like a dog breeding operation, to improve the herd genetics. It introduced me to a world I ha ... ⌘ Read more_
Dow falls by almost 900 points in market rout after Trump says he won’t rule out a recession
John Towfighi and Lucy Bayly, Reporters - CNN
_Stephan: I warned you it was going to happen, and two months into this nightmare it is happening. And "king" Trump is admitting the reality. All the men and women who voted for this psychopath I now expect to begin whining because of what is happening to their wellbeing._
 \| Raw Story
_Stephan: Well, just as I predicted would happen, now it has been made official. Psychopath Trump has told his flying monkeys that his administration should do nothing to prepare for climate change. and should emphasize carbon energy. We can therefore conclude that because Trump and his Frankenstein have gutted the training o ... ⌘ Read more_
US supreme court weakens rules on discharge of raw sewage into water supplies
Nina Lakhani, - The Guardian (U.K.)
_Stephan: Once again, the corrupt majority on the Supreme Court has decided against wellbeing. Depending on where you live, and you will have to check, your local water supplies may become more polluted._
_A discharge drain pipe ... ⌘ Read more_
Secretary of State Rubio says purge of USAID programs complete, with 83% of agency’s programs gone
ELLEN KNICKMEYER, Foreign Policy and National Security Reporter - Associated Press
_Stephan: I have always found Marco Rubio loathsome. However, it was not until I have seen his behavior and words as Secretary of State that I have fully comprehended how loathsome he really is. The closing of USAID means that millions of people, ... ⌘ Read more_
Insider poll: The Democratic Party has ‘lost its way’**
Holly Otterbein, Lisa Kashinsky, Brakkton Booker and Myah Ward, Staff Writers - Politico
_Stephan: I agree with this article and the poll it reports on. I think the Democratic Party is a disaster, and I don't understand why its leaders do not seem to understand why they are failing. What I think the Democratic Party should be doing is putting forward leaders in their 30s and 40s, who are good public speakers who can ... ⌘ Read more_
US Coast Guard Academy Censors ‘Climate Change’ From Its Curriculum
Marianne Lavelle, Staff Writer - Inside Climate News
_Stephan: Psychopath Trump, by his actions and orders, makes it clear that he doesn't believe climate change is real, and using his foying monkeys, he is doing everything in his power to cripple America's response to this ongoing disaster. Here is the latest proof of what I am saying. If Trump remains President for the next four years, t ... ⌘ Read more_
Trump administration cancels classes at National Fire Academy amid funding freeze
, \- Associated Press \| The Guardian (U.K.)
_Stephan: As wildfires consume forests across the United States, the resentful psychopath Americans chose for their President, has just closed the school that teaches fire fighters how to fight these fires (it is a difficult skill set). It is just another example of how the United States is a fundamentally differen ... ⌘ Read more_
New study reveals unifying theme behind homelessness — and it’s not drug use
, \- Good Good Good \| Case Western Reserve University
_Stephan: In American cities all over the country, homelessness is becoming a growing problem. In 2022, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the United States approximately 18 out of 10,000 Americans, or 582 ... ⌘ Read more_
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._
_Illustration by Jade Cuevas/Politico (source images via AP, Getty Images and iStock)_
_Thi ... ⌘ Read more_
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._
A petrol giant in Norway has announced a ban on fuel sales to all US forces following [Donald Trump](https://www.express. ... ⌘ Read more
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._
_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_