Youth Advocacy
Dr. Jerry Goebel
A week including a second murder by T.R.U.M.P.’s masked police, but also accented by two lights on the horizon: the Speech at Davos by Mark Carney and the testimony of Jack Davis.
Youth Advocacy
Year 4, Week 43 (293 total reports)
21.01.2025-27.01.2026
REVIEW and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dr. Jerry Goebel
A week including a second murder by T.R.U.M.P.’s masked police, but also accented by two lights on the horizon: the Speech at Davos by Mark Carney and the testimony of Jack Davis.
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This administration—and the Republican cult followers who support it—thrives on cruelty and controversy. We mourn with the people of Minneapolis while admiring their nonviolent stance in the face of abhorrent intimidation by this administration. Seven Democrats sided with the T.R.U.M.P. administration this week in support of ICE (and their names are listed below). In the meantime, we stand with the people of Minnesota in fervent resistance to facsism. This song states: “It’s time to Take Our Country Back.” https://youtu.be/UxNvMBxsb84?si=SoeKzayGlJsmJY7b
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27.01.2026
Jack Smith lays it out: Trump has shattered the rule of law
In this article by Heather Digby Parton of Salon, the journalist lays out similarities between Jack Smith in his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee and Premier Mark Carney in his historic speech to the World Economic Forum. Both leaders lay out practical, straightforward insights into the aberrant behavior of Donald J. T.R.U.M.P. Carney presents his evidence to a world in need of economic and political responses to a regime seeking domination; Smith presents his evidence of a greedy evil man, willing to use violence and those who support him to retain power—even when he knows he is lying to them and breaking the very laws he pledged an oath to support. Both men (Carney and Smith) present go-forward opportunities for dealing with the chaos this man—and his regime—have inflicted upon the nation and the world. As resistors, we need to have this type of solid evidence and specific strategies to support our endeavors. Though the Republicans tried to goad Smith into angry, petulant responses, similar to those this administration has become famous for employing, they were unsuccessful. Like Carney, Smith remained professional and stuck to the most important facts of his investigation. Neither sunk to the levels of those who opposed them.
26.01.2026
Pete Hegseth Should Stay Out of Minneapolis
Between March and April, 1930, Mahatma Gandhi led people on a 240-mile, 24-day march from Sabarmati to Dandi to protest the British monopoly on salt. It was an act of civil disobedience grounded in the principles of Satagraha—“truth-force” or nonviolent resistance designed to confront injustice without causing harm. These principles were later adopted and taught by Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the nonviolent civil rights movement from 1965 until his death in 1968. During those times, the leaders reminded followers to use non-violence to respond to overwhelming power and violence by the unjust regimes they were confronting. A central tenet of the principle of Satagraha is that the more violent the oppressors become, the more world opinion will turn against them. We are seeing a similar occurrence today in the cities that the T.R.U.M.P. administration has been targeting. This insightful article by Tom Nichols of The Atlantic reveals how deeply this administration wants to unleash havoc on Blue American cities like Minneapolis. Lies continue to roll off the tongues of this administration like bats evacuating a cave at sunset. What becomes evident is the grotesque violence this administration is willing to condone and, indeed, encourage. The strength of the leadership of Minneapolis and the people of that city is inspirational. In the face of horrific oppression, they are showing us how to fight when one is under-resourced. And who resources these evil goons dressed in balaclavas? Our own Federal Government, including seven Democrats who recently voted to continue funding ICE, are Tom Suozzi (New York), Henry Cuellar (Texas), Don Davis (North Carolina), Laura Gillen (New York), Jared Golden (Maine), Vicente Gonzalez (Texas), and Marie Glusenkamp Perez (Washington). Were it not for them, the continued funding of ICE in the Republicans’ recent DHS bill would have been dead in the water. This Republican government, with the support of these Democrats, is voting for continued chaos and even murder in our cities. Let’s continue to resist and remember their names when midterms come.
23.01.2026
Trump 0, Europe 1
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-0-europe-1?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=user%2FSubstack
In this Substack commentary, Paul Krugman deftly analyzes T.R.U.M.P.’s recent faceplant at the World Economic Forum. Some of the wisdom that I pulled from Krugman’s commentary are: “Trump then confirmed the old adage that bullies are also cowards.” “There is no reason to believe that Trump has learned a lesson. Learning is not something he does.” And, “But Europe has learned a lesson. Appeasing a bully doesn’t work, especially when, as anyone watching Trump’s Davos rant could see, that bully is experiencing rapid cognitive decline. But standing up to him does work.” Indeed, the emperor has no clothes, but that doesn’t make him any less dangerous. The doddering old fool has got to go. He has access to great power and will continue to wield it in cruel and childish ways. This is a time for resistance to strengthen itself or, as Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney tells us, to “take the sign out of the window.”
22.01.2026
An Open Letter to European Leaders
This opinion paper by Brian O’Neill is wise in depth and broad in perspective. It warns world leaders about trying to appease Donald T.R.U.M.P. Like a schoolyard bully, appeasement doesn’t work with him; a bully will only push for more. I think it is difficult for many of us to think like this sadistic man, simply because most of us are raised to have some semblance of compassion in our hearts and empathy in our interactions; this President does not. He is devoid of value and vacant of empathy. In fact, he enjoys the suffering of others. If we can tell anything from his sordid past, it is that the weaker his victim, the greater the pleasure he receives from causing them pain. Read this article to get a historical perspective of the administration’s manoeuvres and techniques and why accommodation will not work, and, as a reminder, if you didn’t read the content of Premier Mark Carney’s post yesterday, please read it today. Like Mr. O’Neill, Carney reminds us that the old ways have passed, they have ruptured, and it is time for new strategies among resistors.
21.01.2026
'The old order is not coming back,' Carney says in provocative speech at Davos
https://apple.news/AC5x7njQmTV6xQ8FzXy_5yQ
This article by John Paul Tasker makes me realize what it is like to be a citizen of a “Sandwich Country.” A country whose leader is like a slab of meat between two extremely articulate and well-educated world leaders. Both Mark Carney and Claudia Sheinbaum-Pardo are well-educated, well-spoken global leaders who—just by their very existence—make Donald T.R.U.M.P. look like a piece of meatloaf. In this article, Tasker shares a speech that Canadian Prime Minister gave at Davos’ Annual World Economic Forum. Carney points out that the world has changed since the U.S. elected Donald T.R.U.M.P.—for a second time—and it’s not going to return to the pre-Project 2025, Republican-backed era. It is to our shame that this man was chosen by so many who voted (and so many who stayed home). But it has made it clear to the rest of the world that the U.S. cannot be trusted. This is a forever consequence of those who wanted a white, Christian, nationalistic, authoritarian leader to rule over them, and the rest of the world is building coalitions to protect themselves against the future stupidity of an ignorant, social-media-addicted culture. I thought this speech was the best speech I have heard to world leaders since Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963.
Youth Advocacy
Dr. Jerry Goebel
This week, the T.R.U.M.P. Administration defended the murder of a U.S. citizen, the invasion of a foreign country, and the threatening of a NATO ally. How far will they go to hide the Epstein files?
Youth Advocacy
Year 4, Week 42 (292 total reports)
07.01.2025-12.01.2026
REVIEW and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dr. Jerry Goebel
This week, the T.R.U.M.P. Administration defended the murder of a U.S. citizen, the invasion of a foreign country, and the threatening of a NATO ally. How far will they go to hide the Epstein files?
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How far will we let one madman go to hide his involvement in the Epstein Files? Will we let him invade countries? Will we let him shoot our neighbors? This song states; “It’s time to Take Our Country Back.” https://youtu.be/UxNvMBxsb84?si=SoeKzayGlJsmJY7b
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12.01.2026
Trump Has No Plan for Venezuela
In this podcast, David Frum of The Atlantic interviews David Rothkopf; broadcaster, businessman, journalist, author, and—as Frum says—the preeminent historian of the National Security Council and the foreign-policy process in the United States, author of the 2005 book Running the World, a history of the creation and development of the National Security Council. This podcast points to how deeply unprepared this administration was in their follow-up plan to the storming of Venezuela. Not only was it unprepared to lead the nation of Venezuela, but its plan was flawed from the onset. If you read one article about this invasion and the direction of this White House for future invasion plans, make it this one. Well-researched and perhaps two of the foremost global experts on this topic. One of my favourite quotes by Rothkopf was, “We are having, essentially, on a remarkably fast, wide-ranging basis, a lobotomy being performed in the United States government at precisely the wrong moment because we have a president who is purely an impulse engine with no sense of history and who needs to be constrained by that kind of process, which he is eliminating.”
09.01.2026
The Wrath of Stephen Miller
This article by the team of Ashley Parker, Michael Scherer, and Nick Miroff at The Atlantic reminds us of the dangerous fascist behind the worst policies of this administration. Even more important now, as his warped mind has created the dangerous situation at ICE that is resulting in the shooting of people within the boundaries of the United States. There’s no doubt that Miller is the most powerful advisor in this administration; this article shows just how powerful he has become and how far-reaching his White Christian Nationalist ideals have spread throughout this White House. Miller is the “Martin Borman” of T.R.U.M.P. (Borman was Hitler’s private secretary and closest advisor). Though Borman committed suicide as it became apparent that Hitler’s regime was collapsing, he was condemned posthumously for his role in the Nazi regime. Let’s hope history remembers Miller in the same manner.
08.01.22026
Photos released of Renee Nicole Good, the US citizen killed by ICE in Minnesota
Remember the name, Renee Nicole Macklin Good, but also remember the names, Stephen Miller, Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, Tom Holman, J.D. Vance, and, of course, Donald T.R.U.M.P. Renee was murdered yesterday in Minneapolis, but this would not have happened had it not been for the policies of Project 2025, the compliance of the Republican party, the brinksmanship of Donald T.R.U.M.P and the files of Epstein. Yes, all of this is tied together, resulting in the death of a peaceful woman who was shot by an inept ICE agent, hired without proper training by a federal agency run amok under the White Nationalist fanaticism of racist fascists who could only come to power under the likes of Donald T.R.U.M.P. Right now, Governor Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey are seeking to reveal the truth and keep the peace amidst a plethora of lies and conjectures from regime leaders in the White House administration. What can we do? Support fact-finding, continue resisting, share the name and character of Ms. Macklin Good, a mother of a six-year-old, who, according to this article, described herself on social media as a “poet and writer and wife and mom.”
07.01.2026
Trump team puts a target on Cuba, with threats and oil blockade
Trump and Rubio have made clear the collapse of Cuba’s communist government is not only a likely side benefit of Maduro’s ouster but a goal.
https://apple.news/AwpPvAt1VQryeJWWMjUPL4g
This article, written by two journalists at the Washington Post, Karen DeYoung and David Ovalle, does a deep dive into the dark and vicious plans of those in this administration that have Cuba in their sights for the next invasion. There’s no doubt T.R.U.M.Ps lackeys have to move quickly—and will. They want to cement their gains from their illegal foray into Venezuela, and Cuba is the next-door neighbor. This is Marco Rubio’s dream, and the article dives into why. It’s worth the read to try to understand the lunacy behind this White House’s colonialist criminal behavior.
Youth Advocacy
Dr. Jerry Goebel
There’s an unchecked madman in the White House surrounded by sycophants and following a plan designed by fascist white nationalists. This is the year we need to oust T.R.U.M.P. and Trumpism.
Youth Advocacy
Year 4, Week 41 (291 total reports)
31.12.2025-05.01.2026
REVIEW and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dr. Jerry Goebel
There’s an unchecked madman in the White House surrounded by sycophants and following a plan designed by fascist white nationalists. This is the year we need to oust T.R.U.M.P. and Trumpism.
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T.R.U.M.Ps mind is rapidly degenerating. He is focused almost solely on retribution, and it exacerbates his already advanced dementia. Let us make sure that our minds are focused on resilience, not retribution. This soulful video show will help remind you of what will keep you mentally and emotionally whole during all this T.R.U.M.P.-induced chaos. Resilience Retribution.
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06.01.2026
Trump Seizing Greenland Could Set Off a Chain Reaction
According to the T.R.U.M.P.’s Truth Social, he doesn’t have to seize Greenland because it already belongs to him. This article by Shane Harris, Isaac Stanley-Becker, and Jonathan Lemire of The Atlantic looks at the chain events that could occur if this administration actually attempts to forcibly seize this island of 56,000 inhabitants that is a member of NATO. Stephen Miller’s wife, Katie Miller (as much a lunatic as he is), posted a picture of Greenland with the U.S. Flag superimposed upon it. People underestimated the insanity of this administration before Venezuela, but not any longer. There are no guardrails on this presidency, and he is only being encouraged by the white nationalist, colonialists that surround him. The abduction of Maduro (no matter how bad he was) was an illegal and impeachable offense, and this president must be impeached as well as his entire cabinet. The only way that is going to happen is if we show Congress how opposed we are to what this administration is doing. We must do all we can to display our resistance—and all we can to make sure our votes are counted in the midterm elections. What can you do today?
05.01.2026
President Trump Totally Meant to Ask Congress Before Attacking Venezuela
This article by Alexandra Petri in The Atlantic is a bit tongue-in-cheek, but perhaps what is needed after this preposterous weekend that the world experienced. What we have further affirmed is that the current president is a demented madman, operating without any guidelines or consequences and solely on the advice of people who surround him completely because they will grotesquely saturate him with adulation. Whatever concoction they inject into T.R.U.M.P.’s veins to keep him vertical is working for Project 2025. This is their plan that we witness unfolding. They announced their intentions in the release of the recent National Security Strategy whereby the United States gives up interests everywhere else in the world and focuses on consolidating the North American continent under their rule. At this point, these whacky white Christian nationalists have to get as much accomplished while they still have the orange carney in charge. They have no backup plan; J.D. Vance doesn’t have the chops or patronage to continue these brazen acts of undermining international and national law. How much longer does that give Project 2025? Who knows? But they have to consolidate their power further, both in a Pan-American strategy and an U.S. internal strategy. Look for this administration to leapfrog into other nations posthaste and to declare a national emergency that will allow him to call up the military to carry out his retribution agenda and occupy Blue America. A blue wave at midterms is our only salvation; then, quick action by Congress to impeach this entire administration and isolate the Supreme Court in rapid-fire succession. Our part is to continue resisting, showing up at marches, and to turn out a massive blue wave at midterm elections. No time to rest now; gear up and get out there.
02.01.2026
Promoting a New Segregation
Jonathon Feingold and Victor Ray of LiberalCurrents describe how this administration is attempting to “Make Anti-Black Racism Great Again.” Pointing to J.D. Vance and other members of this administration, the authors tell us, “Vance embodies and stokes the white male grievance that animates MAGA’s racial politics. Which helps to explain why the GOP now fuses myths of white male victimhood with censorship that erases decades of academic scholarship detailing how Black Americans—not white men—face systemic discrimination in America.” Project 2025 was undeniably (and even proudly) a product of white nationalists. This administration makes no attempt to cover up the policies pushed by the likes of Stephen Miller and others who want to make the U.S. hostile to any racial groups besides whites, or even any other diverse cultural mindsets that don’t fit their strict, Christian Anglo standards. Our advocacy and support for these groups becomes more important on a daily basis, and this article is an important reminder. What can you do today to advocate for diversity and stand against this administration’s fascist behaviors?
01.01.2026
December 30, 2025
In this Substack commentary, Heather Cox Richardson reminds us how this administration has circumvented the Constitution at every possible opportunity. She points to how boldly Trump and his fanatics have chosen an illegal path to power, quoting the President’s claim that he has, “the right to do anything I want to do. I’m the president of the United States. If I think our country’s in danger—and it is in danger in these cities—I can do it.” And followed up by Vice President J.D. Vance’s reiteration of the sick musings of Nazi political theorist, Carl Schmitt: “There’s no law, there’s just power.” Cox Richardson reminds us of the hundreds of thousands of lives that have been lost because of Elon Musk’s dismantling of USAID and the damage that will be done because of the Republicans’ One Big, Beautiful Bill, pointing to this administration’s track record, saying, “…administration policies put money into the pockets of the rich, especially Trump, who leveraged tariff discussions to win permissions to build golf courses, invested in cryptocurrency, and received donations to various projects from people with business before the government. When Congress tried to exercise its duty of oversight, administration officials treated the members with contempt, refusing to appear or declining to answer questions, talking over them, or insulting them.” As she closes her reflections, Cox Richardson reminds us of the power resistance has built to this administration’s blatant abuses of power. The “No Kings Day” rallies, the “near historic disapproval ratings…” the bipartisan actions to override Trump lackey, Mike Johnson, in the House, and the “Epstein Transparency Act.” In a hopeful tone, the commentator tells us, “As we reach the end of 2025, it appears the law is catching up to an administration that began the year by acting as if the law and the Constitution didn’t exist.”
31.12.2025
The Plan That Foretold Trump’s 2025
David A. Graham of The Atlantic reviews Project 2025’s successes and shortcomings from the last year, declaring it, “the single most successful policy initiative of the entire Trump era.” This should alarm us, as Graham reminds us, “It was a policy white paper, an implementation plan, a recruitment database, and a worldview, all rolled into one.” He also informs us that the primary result of the plan has been to consolidate power behind their reality show carnie, Donald J. T.R.U.M.P. None of us need to be reminded how dangerous that is—and he is. This president is purely narcissistic, and every relationship in his life is transactional. He does nothing if it doesn’t benefit his family or himself financially. As the evils and fallacies of this plan reveal themselves through its actions, particularly how it has targeted women, the LGBTQ+ community, minorities, the poor, and—of course—immigrants. We are only beginning to realize the deep white nationalistic perversity of those who wrote and follow this agenda. We must do all we can to continue to resist.
Youth Advocacy
Dr. Jerry Goebel
Award-winning journalist, Rachel Maddow, of MSNow, tells us that “the story is the people, not the administration.” How can we follow her hopeful advice in examining what really matters in the news today?
Youth Advocacy
Year 4, Week 40 (290 total reports)
24.12.2025-29.12.2025
REVIEW and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dr. Jerry Goebel
Award-winning journalist, Rachel Maddow, of MSNow, tells us that “the story is the people, not the administration.” How can we follow her hopeful advice in examining what really matters in the news today?
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Trumpism is targeting specific groups to make them feel disempowered and weak. It is an intentional design of Project 2025 to target women, the LGBTQ+ community, minorities, the poor, and—of course—immigrants. We need to be their advocates! This soulful song, Protect the Weak and Powerless, encourages us to act on their behalf.
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30.12.2025
Why ICE Is Getting Away With It
This well-researched article by Nancy Gertner of The Atlantic examines the background of why I.C.E. is able to consistently get away with ignoring the human and constitutional rights of immigrants and citizens in the United States. Primarily, she tells us we have two Supreme Court Justices to thank for their immoral (but legal) behavior. One was a 1984 decision by conservative Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, in which she rejected the “Exclusionary Rule” for immigrant courts. As Gertner points out, “the exclusionary rule is designed to deter police misconduct—the idea being that the police will avoid such conduct if it risks undermining a conviction.” The other is a ruling by conservative Justice Clarence Thomas, which Gertner points out, “appears to have eliminated, or at least seriously limited, the possibility of lawsuits for damages after individuals are unlawfully detained, searched, or experience excessive force at the hands of ICE.” Together, these rulings basically gave I.C.E. free reign to forget the Constitution in arresting (kidnapping) people off the streets of the United States. We need to do all we can to protect the victims that this administration and conservative interests, like Day O’Connor and Thomas, are targeting. They are purposely trying to undermine the rights of women, LGBTQ+, immigrants, and minorities. If we are allowed to elect a new wave of politicians in the mid-term elections, we need to make sure that, along with impeaching Trump and his sycophants, they also reform the Supreme Court of John Roberts, which has become an arm of this administration.
29.12.2025
Rachel Maddow calls on the media to cover “the people,” not Donald Trump
John Russell of LGBTQ Nation writes about an award speech given by Rachel Maddox last week that has important implications for all of us. She asks journalists to recognize that the real story in an authoritarian takeover (such as the one the U.S. is experiencing) is not the politicians, but the people. In elaborating on this, she tells journalists they need to focus their attention more on what people are doing to stop this regime, rather than what this regime is doing to disempower people. How does this apply to our own lives? What can I do daily to focus more on the true power of democracy—people—and less on T.R.U.M.P. and his regime? I find this a very hopeful outlook that I promise to focus on myself.
26.12.2025
Supreme Court Suggests Trump Might Use Insurrection Act
Some people are celebrating the Supreme Court’s recent decision to uphold a lower court’s ruling that T.R.U.M.P. cannot send the National Guard to Chicago. Khalid Rahman, of Newsweek, tells us to beware of celebrating too early. This ruling is a wolf in sheep's clothing. Already, conservatives like Brett Kavanaugh are giving Donald a masterclass in invoking the Insurrection Act and calling the military, rather than getting the National Guard to do his dirty work, to occupy “Blue Cities” across the United States. Apparently, this administration needed a primer in the "How-To's" by inside folk at SCOTUS (The Supreme Court of Trump - US) because no one in the White House was bright enough to figure this out themselves. Now, conservatives across the U.S. are jumping onboard and calling on T.R.U.M.P. to invoke the Insurrection Act and take over the country militarily. As the election nears, and this administration’s approval ratings continue to plummet, look for increasing desperate acts for them to retain power. This Supreme Court is a radical conservative’s dream team and will do all it can to make sure the conservatives stay in power. Prepare for more intense attempts to use military action inside the U.S. and outside. They are getting desperate.
25.12.2025
Tracking how much of Project 2025 the Trump administration achieved this year
What would a White Nationalist government look like in the United States? One need look no further than Project 2025 as implemented during the T.R.U.M.P. Administration. After initially lying to the American public (no surprise there), he knew little to nothing of the Project 2025 agenda, appointed three of the original writers of Project 2025 to his cabinet. According to Amanda Becker, who originally wrote this article for The 19th, “There is a saying in Washington, D.C., that personnel is policy: the people put in charge of implementing key policies shape their ideologies.” The T.R.U.M.P. appointees include Russell Vought, of the Office of Management and Budget, Peter Navarro, one of Trump’s top trade advisors, and Brendan Carr, now in charge of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Together, with the full support of this administration, they have focused their sights on dismantling reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ rights, education, and the military. They seek nothing less than to destroy democracy and turn the United States into a White Nationalist, fascist, autocracy. They are not done with their agenda; in fact, they are doubling down. Do not underestimate them. They have everything at stake to retain power and undermine the Constitution. They see this as their religious duty. They are dangerous fanatics, and T.R.U.M.P. is just the frontman. For the sake of our children’s future, we must resist them, and to do so, we must recognize how deeply they are embedded in the right's agenda and administration.
Russell Vought, one of Project 2025's key architects, heads Trump's Office of Management and Budget, which he has likened to the "nerve center" through which a president can exert their influence across the federal government. Peter Navarro, who wrote Project 2025's section on trade, is a top trade adviser to Trump. Brendan Carr, who wrote a section suggesting reforms to the Federal Communications Commission, is now in charge of the agency.
Reproductive Rights, LGBTQ+ Rights, Education, and the Military,
24.12.2025
December 21, 2025
In this Substack commentary, Heather Cox Richardson reminds us of the history of the separation between church and state. She does this in the face of this administration's attempts to politicize religion. Most recently in the inept form of J.D. Vance’s speech to the MAGA cultists at a Turning Point convention. Richardson reminds us that this is not the first time a political entity has tried to force religion on the public. During the Civil War, resurrectionists attempted to force citizens to accept Christianity as a state-imposed religion. Repeatedly, some voices have held the line. Despite what Vance and Project 2025 went to venerate, this was not formed as a Christian country. This is a country of religious freedom. It seems that conservative Christians have yet to learn that a right comes with a responsibility. The right of religious freedom comes with the responsibility to protect the freedom of others' religion.
Youth Advocacy
Dr. Jerry Goebel
Rep. Representative Robert Massie summed it up saying, “I can’t believe how badly they botched this.” Trump sycophants picked this week what mountain they would die on, and it is the Epstein Files. They could have been transparent, but the temptation to lie about their Dementee-in-Chief’s role was too tempting.
Youth Advocacy
Year 4, Week 39 (289 total reports)
17.12.2025-23.12.2025
REVIEW and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dr. Jerry Goebel
Rep. Representative Robert Massie summed it up saying, “I can’t believe how badly they botched this.” Trump sycophants picked this week what mountain they would die on, and it is the Epstein Files. They could have been transparent, but the temptation to lie about their Dementee-in-Chief’s role was too tempting.
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Trumpism takes all of the air out of the room and not just in the U.S. He is a global menace. If, at times, you feel overwhelmed by what he’s doing lately, remember that is their goal: to leave you feeling overwhelmed and helpless. This country-style tune is for you. Do what you can, no matter how small. Keep resisting, be David to your own Goliath.
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23.12.2025
Trump tests the First Amendment: A timeline
https://www.cnn.com/politics/free-speech-trump-timeline-vis?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_flipboard
Kaanita Eyers and Matt Stiles of CNN offer a timeline of how Trump and Trumpism have sought to undermine First Amendment values. As the authors remind us, this important amendment protects the freedom of religion, speech, and press; the right to peaceful assembly; and the right to “petition the government for a redress of grievances.” It also bars the government from enacting laws that prevent the “free exercise” of these rights. It has been a primary goal of Trumpism to intimidate those who have spoken against this administration, and these two journalists give us a timeline of the actions the Trumpists have taken to try to generate fear in their most vocal critics. Eyers and Stiles quote Burt Neuborne, a civil liberties professor at New York University Law School. “The Trump administration is ‘trying to frighten Americans out of exercising their First Amendment rights by denying them benefits if they dare to do something that Trump doesn’t like.’ Neuborne warned that the ‘net result’ would be ‘a society that is not exercising their First Amendment rights. The First Amendment rights are there, but it’s too costly to exercise them.’” I have to admit, I took a recent trip to the U.S., and—even with the little work that I do—I was concerned that my work would flag me at the border. We need to keep up the resistance and keep up the pressure. We can’t allow these miscreants to stifle our speech.
22.12.2025
They’re Delusional If They Think This Is Going to Go Away’
It seems apparent that the hard-core MAGA sycophants have picked the hill they are going to die on. Late Friday night, the Justice Department, according to The Atlantic journalist Sarah Fitzpatrick, sent an email to Epstein survivors that Pam Bondi would try to speak with survivors to “express support for them.” In typical White House style, these days, she canceled the meeting saying Bondi,“was at Walter Reed today for a prescheduled routine appointment,” and emphasized that “no call was missed” because “that meeting was never scheduled.” This administration is having a difficult time keeping up with its own lies, but not a difficult time continuing to harm Epstein Survivors or the American public that demands to see those files without redactions. The mockery of a release that the White House did present to the public was radically redacted, including full pages that were blacked out and photos of anyone that were related to Trump (including Trump) or his buddies. If we are to believe what was released, only Bill Clinton and a few celebrities are indicted in these files. Fitzpatrick tells us that Representative Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, said that the day’s release, “‘grossly fails to comply with both the spirit and the letter of the law’ that Trump signed last month. When I talked with him late this evening, he told me, with reference to the Justice Department, ‘I can’t believe how badly they botched this.’” It appears that Donald Trump’s predatory protectors are never going to give up the real files without more court battles and delays. Is this what we want in a President, someone willing to continually lie and seek revenge rather than be honest and transparent—even when ordered by the court? It is far past time for a complete revealing of these files, regardless of what they reveal. What is Trump so afraid of that he is willing to start a war and kill people to distract us from these files? As of Sunday morning news shows, Rep. Massie has said that they were considering an inherent contempt action against Pam Bondi. This rarely used action would fine Bondi for every day she doesn’t release the complete Epstein files. It seems apparent that this is the only way that the victims of these crimes, as well as the American people, will get anywhere near the truth.
19.12.2025
This Is What Presidential Panic Looks Like
Donald Trump delivered a fear-drenched rant live from the White House.
Read in The Atlantic: https://apple.news/APCi8_Q_6T8-Zvo8flGmFKA
According to Tom Nichols of The Atlantic, Trump usurped our living rooms last night to tell us what “piggies” we are and how we need to “shut up.” It was a night of ugly panic as Trump told us that the economy is great and that countries all over the world adore him and the United States. Obviously, the “Nodfather” only hears from his cultic cabinet sycophants and has no reliable access to outside opinion. Here’s how Nichols put it: “Americans saw a president drenched in pure panic as he tried to bully an entire nation into admitting that he’s doing a great job. For 20 minutes, he vented his hurt feelings without a molecule of empathy or awareness.” Nichols continues by saying, “The president has been unraveling for weeks, and his speech tonight, like Trump himself, was unworthy of America and its people.” It is enjoyable to watch this boisterous bully fall apart in real time. An increasing number of people are finding him increasingly tiring. It just isn’t happening fast enough, and he is still causing an horrendous amount of global and national damage. It’s time, Donald, to go away.
18.12.2025
Americans Are Turning Hard Against Trumpism
According to Matt Johnson of The Bulwark, the support for Trump and Trumpism is rapidly disintegrating. They are tiring of Trumponomics or, as Johnson says, “Create a problem, announce a partial fix that leaves everyone worse off than where they started, and declare victory.” People are also tiring of Trump’s performative cruelty—even former MAGA diehards like Marjorie Taylor-Greene (who admonished him publicly for his social media response to the death of the beloved Rob Reiner and his wife). In nearly all areas that measure a president’s popularity, Trump is flailing. He just doesn’t see it because no one in his circle tells him the truth. This is a well-researched piece by Johnson, and I would encourage you to read it—especially if you, like me, would be gleeful to see the end of this regime.
17.12.2025
The Longest Suicide Note in American History
Anne Applebaum, a staff writer for The Atlantic, presents a well-researched article analyzing the disastrous state of the new Trump administration’s defense policy. As the title suggests, she believes it’s a suicide note for America’s future. Essentially, Trump’s policy will inflict damage on the United States that external enemies couldn’t do over the last two centuries. In essence, this is a traitorous policy change destroying the U.S. from the inside out. Applebaum argues that it practically grants Russia free rein in Europe and China free rein in Asia (with the exception of a takeover of Taiwan). The article points out that this is essentially an internal memo for far-right conservatives, built on conspiracy theories, lacking research, and designed to protect the interests of white billionaire technocrats. She points out that, “like the Bible,” this policy seems to have been written by a committee as the style of writing varies throughout. It looks more like the ultra-right conservative groups that surround Trump rather than the work of the brain-addled president himself. Applebaum warns that, if implemented, this policy will lead to the U.S.’s downfall on the global stage. Perhaps the only way to reverse this insanity is through a solid mid-term defeat, the impeachment of Donald Trump and his cabinet, and a rewrite of a new National Defense Policy. We have to turn out the vote, folks. And we need to keep up the resistance.
Youth Advocacy
Dr. Jerry Goebel
As the mid-terms approach, the S.S. Trumpism is looking increasingly frail. That is certainly no reason to relax. We must continue resisting with all our ability.SINKING
Youth Advocacy
Year 4, Week 37 (287 total reports)
03.12.2025-09.12.2025
REVIEW and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dr. Jerry Goebel
Questions are surging about who actually leads the ragtag band of incompetent sycophants appointed by “Dear Leader,” Donald Trump.
https://www.communitiesoftrust-jerrygoebel.com/youthadvocacy
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This week’s video focuses on the criminality of not just Donald Trump, but Trumpism. It is not just enough to impeach and prosecute the man, we also have to focus on impeaching and prosecuting his regime. Remove the Regime!
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16.12.2025
The Specific Thing That Left-Wing Populists Don’t Get
This article by Joseph Heath in The Atlantic should be mandatory reading for all liberals who want to impact social thought. It takes apart the liberal preference to deal in cognitive terminology and compares that to the populist preference to target the “gut." For example, Heath points out, “Liberals speak about affordability, while populists talk about groceries,” and “Liberals speak about taxing billionaires, while populists talk about next month's rent.” Heath tells us that Zohran Mamdani represents a liberal who understands the populist medium. Heath's point is that liberals won't defeat populist platforms as long as they can't move from the ephemeral to the practical. Do you have a populist in your family or circle of friends that you want to reach? Follow this advice to be more effective.
15.12.2025
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
I appreciated both the in depth and insightful aspects of this article by Gary Sargent of The New Republic. It shows the roots of Stephan Miller, Trumps pick for United
States Homeland Security Advisor. Miller carries an extraordinary amount of weight with Trump but also with far right conservatives, or, as this article points out, White Nationalists. To Miller, immigration is purely a numbers game based on his premise that, “If allow third world immigrants, you will become a third would nation.” Miller seeks to arrest and deport more than 1 million people a year, raising the rate of arrests from 1000 daily to 3,000. The United States is not equipped to handle that many arrests and deportations leading the government to hove to warehouse arrestees. The beauty of this article lies in its analysis of Stephon Miller's psychosis. The upbringing, mentors, and conservative (racist) thinkers that formed
his cruel ideas. It also compared his mant philosophies with actual research. You will find this article well worth the read, especially if you want to understand the
maligned philosophy behind this administration’s White Nationalist policies.
12.12.2025
Inside Chicago’s Neighborhood ICE Resistance
The attack on America by Donald Trump and his cronies is a reflection of the cruelty behind Project 2025, Trump himself, the fear consumed conservative Republicans that support MAGA, and the horrible, incompetent staff Trump has chosen to enforce his policies. Someday, we can only hope they will all spend their day in court. In the meantime, there are stories like this to both inspire and provide practical knowledge for resisting ICE in our own communities. This article takes an in-depth look at how people in the Trump-ravaged city of Chicago are resisting ICE in their own neighborhood and how you can too.
11.12.2025
The State That Handed Trump His Biggest Defeat Yet
This article filled me with hope… and despair. It speaks of Indiana’s legislative fight to prevent Trump from forcing them to accept a gerrymandering bill. There was strong opposition to the bill from the people of Indiana, but many Republicans supported it until they got to the legislative building and saw the opposition to the bill close hand. Once in the chambers—surrounded by glass with their votes visible to the public—and with intense public pressure by phone and mail, they gave the Trump cult a huge defeat. This was despite a full-court press from the Trump administration and his lackeys, including two visits from J.D. Vance and personal calls from Mike Johnston. The lesson for all of us is that our voices matter; so does transparency. Being seen by the public matters. The pressure on the Republicans from the Trump Administration was despicable and terrifying. The Trump Cult released their goons, and the death threats were plentiful. Thankfully, the Indiana Republicans held. The death threats and bullying tactics seemed to have an alternative effect, with Republicans digging into their positions. We need to be grateful to these Congress people for holding to their values, to the people of Indiana for standing up to Trumpism. We also need
to take this lesson to heart. This was a major Trump defeat. It can be done, and
that should both give us hope and remind us to continue resisting.
10.12.2025
Bring Back the Neocons
Scholar, commentator, and author, David Brooks, begins this article by asking, “What comes after Donald Trump?” I respect Mr. Brooks a great deal; he is one of the few conservative minds I listen to regularly. I’m excited to see someone as astute as him stating, without a doubt, that the end of Trump is nigh. “What comes next,” is not just a question for conservatives, but for all of us. Perhaps it is more pressing for conservatives, because that time is imminent—and perhaps even immediate. I’m trying to keep this review brief (though it is difficult for me not to elaborate on Trump’s demise). The pressing question for all of us, which Mr. Brooks discusses at length in this article, is, “Will the death of Trump also include the death of Trumpism?” and, if so, “What comes next—particularly for conservatives?” Mr. Brooks longs for a return of Neo-Conservatism, reflecting on a day when neo-conservatives were an intellectual bunch, prone to reflecting, as Mr. Brooks puts it; “They asked the big questions—not just ‘How can we win the next election?’ but ‘How can we create a civilization to be proud of ?’” I would like to see that question asked not just by conservatives, but also many Democrats that have perhaps overstayed their welcome in the political arena. It is also a very personal question, one we MUST ask before we go to any voting booth, anytime, “What kind of government will this candidate leave for our children?”
Youth Advocacy
Questions are surging about who actually leads the ragtag band of incompetent sycophants appointed by “Dear Leader,” Donald Trump.
Youth Advocacy
Year 4, Week 37 (287 total reports)
03.12.2025-09.12.2025
REVIEW and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dr. Jerry Goebel
Questions are surging about who actually leads the ragtag band of incompetent sycophants appointed by “Dear Leader,” Donald Trump.
Visual Stories!
This week’s video focuses on the criminality of not just Donald Trump, but Trumpism. It is not just enough to impeach and prosecute the man, we also have to focus on impeaching and prosecuting his regime. Remove the Regime!
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09.12.2025
Hegseth Defense Collapsing as Fresh Leaks on Strikes Grow More Damning
Only in a vacuum of deliberate and sustainable leadership can mini-potentates like Pete Hegseth, Linda McMahan, Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, and Kristi Noem exist. Picked not for their expertise but their sycophantic devotion to their dear leader, it seems even the “Nodfather” has his limits with their incompetence as rumors fly that neither Hegseth, Patel, nor Noem will make it to the new year. The illegal murders of humans off the coast of Central America are now beginning to wind their way through the courts as the increasingly obvious lies of Hegseth become apparent in lieu of videos revealing how much he knew about the “double-tap” executions of survivors of a questionably legal strike in international waters. As debate surges about whether video of the second strike will be released for public review (Trump first said “yes,” but then later said “no,” while insulting the female journalist who raised the question). Meanwhile, Hegseth has remained staunch in not wanting the public to see the results of his orders and tries to throw those under his chain of command under the bus, blaming them for the second strike and claiming, first, he had left “hours” before the second strike and second, he could not see the victims because of the “fog of war…” The question remains whether this was a war crime or a murder, but the real question is “who is actually leading this ragtag group of incompetents?”
08.12.2025
Hegseth declares end of US 'utopian idealism' with new military strategy
Over the weekend (and hiding from the news cycle), Project 2025 and the Trumpists announced a change of international relationships that take us back to pre-WWII relationships. Quickly following that announcement, two parties vociferously applauded the changes: Putin and the cult-followers of Donald Trump in the Republican Congress. Then, the administration put out beleaguered Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, in front of a deeply conservative audience (the annual Regan Defense Forum) to act tough and announce the changes. He declared no more “utopian idealism” and that the Trumpists had basically decided to divide the world into newly determined “spheres of influence”. The US will get all the Western Hemisphere, China will get all of Asia (as long as it doesn’t aggressively grow its military), the Europeans will have to divide up Europe and deal with Russia on its own (and pay their own expenses). Africa was not mentioned in his comments, so apparently, they are included with Europe and left to figure out their own path. Gone will be the day that we seek to foster world peace through friendships and decades-old relationships with reliable partners in Europe; instead, we will begin forcing these determinations on other nations. Hegseth also announced that he will increase arms at the southern border with Mexico and establish a new “Get Tougher” policy (whatever that means).
05.12.2025
Marco Rubio Is More Dangerous Than Pete Hegseth
Pete Hegseth is a dangerously incompetent sycophant, but he does not operate in a vacuum. The one behind the buildup of forces off Venezuela is a hard-core hater, Marco Rubio. He’s the one with what remains of Donald Trump’s ear (when “The NodFather is actually awake”). Rubio has been anti-Venezuelan for decades, and the policy we see being perilously enacted off the coast of Central America is one of his fantasies come to life. The White House is already doing its best to throw those under Trump and Hegseth under the bus for the murders that are occurring off the coasts of Central America, but when the truth comes out and these people are finally tried, Rubio’s name should not be left off the list of culprits.
04.12.2025
For First Time in Decades, Child Deaths Will Rise This Year
This morning, there were several stories to cover, but one stands out as the most tragic and significant. This statistic represents the global cost of the cruelties of Project 2025 and Trumpism. The current administration has canceled crucial assistance programs both domestically and internationally. They have even burned food that was intended for overseas delivery. Moreover, they have prevented medicine from reaching developing nations, which could have significantly reduced AIDS and other preventable diseases. Regrettably, this administration will never be held accountable for the deaths caused worldwide, and now the consequences are finally catching up with them. If you voted for Trump, you voted to increase child deaths globally, and this is the burden you must now bear. This is the price of “America First,” which has truly transformed into “Billionaires First” under this administration.
03.12.2025
White House defends strikes on boat survivors, but it's unclear where the buck stops
The Trump Administration is incapable of creating sustainable policy, and its approach to Venezuela (and indeed, all of Mexico and Central America) is a classic example. They have committed nearly all of the U.S.’s naval and air resources to the area, leaving Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, practically undefended. They have ordered air strikes against alleged drug smugglers with no viable proof of such activity. They have ordered “no survivors” on those strikes and allowed the murder of civilians left in the debris of those air strikes murdered. Meanwhile, Trump has pardoned the President and convicted felon of Colombia, Juan Orlando Hernández, and ordered him released from prison. Hernández was sentenced to 45 years in prison for flooding the U.S. with 400 tons of cocaine, enough for 4.5 billion doses on the streets of the country. Hegseth has denied giving the “No Survivors” order and is now passing blame to Admiral Frank M. Bradley, who was in charge of the mission. But Hegseth is the Director of the so-called “Department of War” and can’t pass this buck. As Senator Adam Smith, ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, stated in an NPR Morning Edition interview: "Yeah. It was a CYA moment for Hegseth. He's the secretary of defense. You know, he's putting them in a terrible spot by giving them these highly questionable orders. And then after that, to come out and say, hey, it was that guy, not me. That's not leadership, and it's also not honest.” It seems to me Secretary Hegseth is the one who's responsible for what happened here. Further complicating the matter is the Justice Department’s go-ahead for these attacks. Also, recorded in Smith’s interview, he stated, "This memo that's out there explaining the legal justification for this is fascinating, because half of it says, this is why this is an armed conflict, why these narcoterrorist groups are such a threat. They're doing all these awful things. And the other half says, no, it's not a war, so therefore we don't have to get permission from Congress," said Smith. "They say it's legal, and yet they went to great pains to make sure that Hegseth wasn't the one who gave the order. So obviously, they're a little nervous about that point." We have an idiot in the White House, slowly succumbing to dementia, and his fawning cabinet, who would do anything to win his adulation and cover their own butts. It is past time to impeach Trump and his cabinet. In order to do that, we have to step up to vote in November to make a landslide against Trump and his Republican enablers.
Youth Advocacy
We are in a global theater, and politicians (from every side) see the best strategy to attract attention (not lead) is to yell, “Fire!”
Youth Advocacy
Year 4, Week 36 (286 total reports)
26.11.2025-02.12.2025
REVIEW and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dr. Jerry Goebel
We are in a global theater, and politicians (from every side) see the best strategy to attract attention (not lead) is to yell, “Fire!”
https://www.communitiesoftrust-jerrygoebel.com/youthadvocacy
Visual Stories!
Trumpism continues to sink to lower depths. This week, the administration broke the Geneva Convention and possibly committed murder when Secretary of War Pete Hegseth ordered a double-tap on survivors of a Venezuelan boat attack. He told the commander, “No survivors,” so when the bombing team circled around and found two survivors floating in the wreckage, the commander ordered them killed as well. This Motown-inspired song to encourage you to rise above their tactics. Rise Above
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02.12.2025
What History’s Fallen Societies Have in Common
Linda Kinstler, a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows, reviews a book titled “Goliath’s Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse” by Luke Kemp. Kemp offers a historical perspective on the collapse of civilizations spanning over 5,000 years. He identifies common factors that have led to apocalypticism, including extreme inequality, pandemics, rapid technological advancement, and draws parallels between these past civilizational collapses and the current global conditions. Kemp asserts that civilizations were both constructed and destroyed by “Goliaths,” which are collections of hierarchies where certain individuals dominate others to control resources and labor. The primary objective of Kemp’s work is to draw parallels between these past civilizational collapses and the current global situation. He cautions us that our best chances lie in taking David-like actions against the Goliaths of our time, specifically citing figures like Bezos and Musk as examples. Ultimately, this book urges us to take action to combat oppression and inequality.
01.12.2025
Yelling “Fire” in the American Theater
This article is very insightful comparing today’s politics to a person yelling “Fire” in a movie theater. It discusses how a healthy democracy needs honest discourse in order to function and that the honest discourse in our democracy has, instead, given way to creating crises in order to get the most media hits. It also discusses how our society, with its immediate access to the Internet, has lost the ability (or inclination) to truth-check the intentional crises created by politicians and the news media (specifically citing Fox for their news style, but saying other media outlets are now employing the same methods). This is not a new issue, but the size and intentionality of the problem is alarming. Finland now offers courses to its high school students on identifying false media claims, and it is probably time we do the same. Many politicians believe this to be an acceptable strategy (intentional deception) without which they cannot win. It is imperative that we question the sources and intent of the media we see and share. Where did it come from? Who benefits from the story? Is it verified in other reputable sources?
28.11.2025
There’s No Doubt About It: The Great MAGA Crack-Up Has Begun
This article is a good review of the last week in the bumbling, broken, MAGA presidency of Predator in Chief, Donald Trump. It does a good job of going, person by person, through his cabinet and looking at the terrible week they had as their incompetencies come home to roost. It’s a litany of fools examining how this administration is crumbling, or as the author, Michael Tomasky, puts it, “cracking up.” The last paragraph is worth it all: “People may not hate incompetence. They may not hate corruption. And they may not hate extremism. But all three at once? It’s getting to be too much for people, and it’s a great way to close out the year.“ Yet, let’s still remind ourselves that the whacko statements and actions of this administration have a deeper goal, to distract us from the Epstein files and their current scrubbing by the Justice (?) Department.
27.11.2025
Trump’s FBI Spent Nearly $1 Million on Redacting Epstein Files
Of course, we never expected to gain access to the full Epstein files, just like we never expected the House to approve spending on the Affordable Care Act once some (5) Democratic Representatives caved on the government shutdown. Trump’s FBI has assigned over a thousand agents to the “Special Redaction Project,” in which their sole assignment is to scrub the files. We don’t know… and will probably never know (unless someone comes forward) what they are being scrubbed for, but we can certainly assume. Perhaps someday—after this administration is in our rearview mirror, the Predator in Chief is gone, and his lead protectors are facing trial (and hopefully jail sentences)—perhaps then we will find out how deep the dirt goes and what a disgusting human being this administration and the Republicans have been protecting.
26.11.2025
‘An Example MUST BE SET’
This attempt by Donald Trump not only reveals, again, how mentally unstable the Chief Predator is, but also how far his fawning cabinet members will go to feed his ego and revenge fantasies. Mark Kelly is a war hero; he is an astronaut, a decorated war veteran who has multiple medals awarded for valorous behavior under fire. In short, he is everything that Donald Trump is not. Trump is a convicted felon, a draft dodger, and a child predator. As with the attempts to bring James Comey and Letitia James, these actions lend credence to the pattern of this administration: use the justice department to create fear among those who have stood against the authoritarian nature of Donald Trump. Even when these cases are thrown out of court, those targeted by Trump face personal violence against themselves and their families. These are mafia scare tactics, plain and simple. This violent and imbecilic regime must be removed, and Trump, plus all his supporters, must face the courts they have tried to usurp. Truly, “An Example MUST BE SET,” but that example is impeaching Trump and his administration for the blatant misuse of power. We must also not forget that all of this is a sideshow for the Trump Administration to scrub the Epstein Files. What is in them that is so bad that Trump is pouring his dying energy into burying them?
Youth Advocacy
Dr. Jerry Goebel
Democracy is hanging by a thread. That’s not hyperbole. Trumpists are asserting they have the power to make arrests, start wars, starve children, and manipulate the economy to enrich their billionaire supporters. The last line is us! Resist!
Youth Advocacy
Year 4, Week 36 (286 total reports)
29.10.2025-04.11.2025
REVIEW and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dr. Jerry Goebel
Democracy is hanging by a thread. That’s not hyperbole. Trumpists are asserting they have the power to make arrests, start wars, starve children, and manipulate the economy to enrich their billionaire supporters. The last line is us! Resist!
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Trumpism wants an authoritarian government, and the only way they can achieve it is through cruelty, lying, and violence. I wrote this song, with a Motown vibe, to encourage you to continue to Rise Above their tactics.
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04.11.2025
Our System of Checks and Balances Might Not Survive Another Year
This is an eventful week—on many fronts—voters in multiple states will decide today about issues against which Trump’s keepers have told him to take firm stands. Issues like Proposition 50 in California (asking voters to approve a state-wide redistricting to counteract Republican gerrymandering elsewhere), governorships in Virginia and New Jersey (in which Trump has weighed heavily for the candidates that have pledged adoration and undying fealty to him), and the mayoral race in New York City (in which Trump has threatened to pull all federal funding from the city if Zohran Mamdami wins). Meanwhile, as Charles P. Pierce states, the carefully crafted conservative Supreme Court will decide if Trump is effectively a king, able to make unilateral decisions about voting and the economy—and ultimately, elections. Pierce, and many others—conservative and liberal alike—point out that democracy is hanging by a thread. It is up to us to say whether or not our children will be raised in an authoritarian state modeled after Hungarian strongman, Viktor Orban, or a democracy centered firmly in the Constitution of the United States.
03.11.2025
Trump Brags He Could Invade Your City Whenever He Wants
In a rambling Sixty Minutes interview last night, Emperor-to-Be Trump announced he is free to invade any city in the United States he wants to. Considering that he now controls the fourth largest military in the world (and the largest Armed Police force is at his beck and whim), this is not an idle threat. Most experts are concerned that Trump is gearing up to deploy the National Guard to undermine voting in the mid-term elections. A ruling by (SCOTUS), the Supreme Court of Trump—U.S., could decide the legalities of his tariffs and military deployments this week, but Roberts’ court is as much a part of Trumpism as Johnson’s House and Thune’s Senate. Over the weekend, while America braces for impoverished families and children to begin starving, Trumpists held a Great Gatsby-themed party in the second White House at Mar-a-Lago. Our primary responses must continue to be resistance, truth-telling, and to Rise Above their cruelty, lies, and violence.
31.10.2025
Trump’s Plan Is Now Out in the Open
Happy Halloween everyone. Supposedly, Trump’s Secret Service (and the world’s fourth-largest military) is supposed to stand down so that children are not afraid of them when trick-or-treating tonight. What a sad commentary on the state of the United States. This article by Peter Wehner gives us adults something to be afraid of: the blatant display of authoritarianism by Trumpism to abandon democracy and subvert the Constitution. There is no pretense there. This administration is boldly attempting to take over the country, deny voting rights, ignore habeas corpus, and use the military without any checks. It is emboldened by the Supreme Court, Mike Johnson, John Thune, and sycophantic staff members. Our role is critical, we have to Rise Above the hatred and cruelty and make sure we turn out the vote at mid-terms.
30.10.2025
Trump keeps flirting with the idea of a third term. That would be unconstitutional
Legality and the Constitution have never been barriers to Trump and Trumpism. It is evident that they will do anything to keep this person in office; even when he had to be led around a room by a foreign premier because he was lost.
29.10.2025
Cruelty as a Tool of Government Power
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-29-2025
How cruel can Mike Johnson and his Trump-compliant representatives be? We’re finding out… Denying payments to air traffic controllers, denying food security to impoverished families; all of this is okay to this administration and Mike Johnson’s House of Representatives. It is clear that this government is willing to starve people to protect their Predator in Chief. If you care for hungry children in the United States, remember this cruelty at the polls in November 2026!
Youth Advocacy
Dr. Jerry Goebel
The only way to make sense of Trumpism is to understand that their singular goal is to feed themselves and the billionaires that support them. Everyone else is dead weight.
Youth Advocacy
Year 4, Week 35 (285 total reports)
22.10.2025-28.10.2025
REVIEW and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dr. Jerry Goebel
The only way to make sense of Trumpism is to understand that their singular goal is to feed themselves and the billionaires that support them. Everyone else is dead weight.
Visual Stories!
An historic seven million resistors gathered to say, “No Kings,” and we want the Epstein Files released! This Black Choir celebrates No Kings Day in song. https://youtu.be/kDbeVB9MFi4
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28.10.2025
President for Life
J. Michael Luttig is a Bush-appointed former federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. In this article, he reminds us of the U.S.’s greatest danger: Trump and Trumpism. In Luttig’s words, “With his every word and deed, Trump has given Americans reason to believe that he will seek a third term, in defiance of the Constitution. It seems abundantly clear that he will hold on to the office at any cost, including America’s ruin.” The evidence that Trump would subvert the Constitution to stay in power is that he’s done it before, and his aides (like Steve Bannon) are saying there already is a plan. According to Luttig, Trump is a vain man, and a third term would be the ultimate feather in his cap. The No Kings Day march has scared this administration; they know they can’t win the midterms without doing something to subvert the results. They’ve already said they would “monitor” elections in California and are planning on gerrymandering more states across the nation. Trump will try and steal this election. Trumpism will try to steal the election after that, even if their symbolic orange clown is a stuffed mannequin.
27.10.2025
No federal food aid will go out Nov. 1, Trump administration posts on USDA website
We can understand Trumpism better (if that’s possible) if we understand that anyone who does not contribute to the billionaire class is dead weight. This administration is purely about self-interest, self-aggrandizement, enriching the Trump family and all the billionaires who keep him (them) in power and feed his unquenchable ego. Stopping food aid, while not paying Federal workers; simply cruelty. The emphasis of this administration to increase the death penalty; simple cruelty. Starting a war in Central America; simple cruelty. Breaking up families and deporting people to distant countries or internal concentration camps; simple cruelty. Hiding the Epstein files so Trump and his billionaire cronies don’t get prosecuted; simple cruelty. The list grows daily. Let’s keep working towards the day this all ends and the people who have supported Trumpism are ousted and scorned/prosecuted.
24.10.2025
This Is the Shutdown That Doesn’t End
When Trumpers voted for their man, many of them wanted someone who would break Washington D.C. as we knew it; well, they’ve gotten their wish. Never, since the first Trump administration, has a shutdown lasted this long. And Trumper Mike Johnson has sent Congress on vacation for weeks (months), partly because of the Epstein files vote and partly to prevent Republicans from talking to each other, Democrats, or the press. Trump shows no indication that he wants to end the shutdown—in fact, just the opposite. This is the chaos he thrives on, and this is the chaos that keeps people from focusing on Epstein. In fact, the chaos has become so bad in the U.S. right now that many of the major news outlets are not even covering this story. As this story’s author, David A. Graham, states, “It is nowhere on the front page of The New York Times today, appears in a single sentence on page 1 of The Wall Street Journal, and is addressed tangentially in a story about Obamacare on A1 of The Washington Post. Who cares about the shutdown? Federal Employees who are not receiving paychecks and standing in welfare lines. However, this is what Trumper lackey, Russell Vought, wanted anyway. In Graham’s words, “The real pain has so far been felt by government workers, whom the top Trump aide, Russell Vought, has said he wants to put ‘in trauma’ anyway.” Trumpers voted for a government that feels glee at making people “feel trauma,” and that’s what we all have.
23.10.2025
Transcript: Trump Press Sec Goes Full Cult as Ballroom Fiasco Worsens
This article examines how Karoline Leavitt’s apologetics serve to reveal the deeply embedded disregard this administration has for the public it serves and the extent that Trump’s sycophants will go to protect the predator boss. Leavitt explains that Trump didn’t need the usual permission to tear down the White House East Wing because 1) he is not constructing, he’s tearing it down, and 2) because he is the “Builder in Chief” and that is why he was elected. The only way any of that makes sense is if you have totally bought into the MAGA cult mind meld. However, as this author points out, it does reveal the disdain this administration has for the country it is supposed to serve as well as revealing the depth of brainwashing Trump’s cabinet has experienced.
22.10.2025
It’s Not Enough to Read Orwell
This article by Shirley Li gives us not only some historic insights into the physical state of George Orwell (dying of tuberculosis) when he penned 1984 in the late 1940s, but it also reminds us of the premise of the book, “that blatant falsehoods can, through propaganda, be accepted as truth.” Li further states that the mechanics of authoritarianism are set to deaden the people being terrorized and suggests this is already occurring to us. The article is a review of a new documentary about Orwell called, “Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5.” Raoul Peck, the director of the documentary, grew up under two authoritarian regimes (Haiti and the Republic of Congo) and tells us that all authoritarians follow a similar playbook; “They attack intelligence, they attack universities, they attack science, they attack the press, they attack every institution that can be a bulwark against them.” Peck’s answer is that—beyond reading Orwell—we must question democracy daily. Please ask, “How are you going to apply that today?”
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Dr. Jerry Goebel
Seven million, SEVEN MILLION, marched without violence (at least by those protesting) to tell Trump and Trumpism, “No Kings!”
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Year 4, Week 34 (284 total reports)
15.10.2025-21.10.2025
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Dr. Jerry Goebel
Seven million, SEVEN MILLION, marched without violence (at least by those protesting) to tell Trump and Trumpism, “No Kings!”
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We are far closer this week, following the mega “No Kings” rallies to tell this administration their days are numbered. This song, written for a women’s choir, applauds all 7 million of you who will be able to say, “I stood for democracy.” When The Nightmare’s Finally Over.
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21.10.2025
Why the ‘No Kings’ Protest Moved Me
George Packer of The Atlantic has covered a lot of politics in his journalism career. He says he didn’t expect to be moved (almost to tears) by the rallies in his home state and across the nation, but he was by the sincerity and honesty of the attendees. He captures the heart of what can only be described as a movement as honest and sincere, surprising in “modesty and decency.” A commitment to the constitutional dream of America that Trumpism thought was dead and could bury with little regard. Now, Trump and his supporters are being revealed as the fringe lunatics they are. This massive protest (7 million plus by most estimates), without violence (at least from the protesters), left the Conservative Right unable to respond, except for a despicable, vile, AI-video released by the White House depicting Donald Trump with a crown bombing U.S. Citizens with raw sewage. The largest anti-government protests have all taken place under this man’s presidency. Thank you to those who showed up and let your voices be heard. Let’s keep up the pressure. This indecent predator has no place in the U.S., and—according to protests worldwide—Trumpism is not wanted in most of the world either.
20.10.2025
3 takeaways from the second No Kings day of nationwide protests
An estimated 7 million marchers showed up in the U.S. and across the world (including my wife and me at a local rally in Merida, Mexico). All to say, “No!” to this administration’s monarchy-like behavior. The resounding “no” was said across causes, across ages, and across genders. It was a “no” of epic proportions, a “no” to beat all “no’s.” Did the administration listen? Did the G.O.P. hear? That’s harder to tell. Vance and Trump’s immediate response was to post an AI video of Trump (with a crown) bombing protesters with sewage as they marched. Yes, the sort of five-year-old fantasy that you would expect from this administration. No marcher was paid, and the marches were all peaceful, except for a number of incidents where the MAGA faithful tried to cause violence and were arrested.
17.10.2025
The Power Map of the Trump Regime
This power map by political guru, Robert Reich, draws out the power map of the Trump presidency. It is important because it chronicles the tiers of who matters in Trumpism. It looks at the top triad of Trump: Miller, Vought, and Vance, all the way to the bottom dwellers and where Trump drifts in and out of the map, generating rage and receiving tributes. Rewards are doled out by the incapacitated leader according to fealty and downright adulation. This map makes it easier to understand the Trumpism of today and what will occur when their orange cult leader is finally gone.
16.10.2025
The trap of Florida’s prison food
Having worked with incarcerated people for a significant portion of my life, I’ve always felt that establishments, like prisons, often get away with things we wouldn’t otherwise tolerate because the general public is so intentionally isolated from what occurs in their own institutions. This article does a good job illustrating the impossible situation that many inmates find themselves facing—not just in Florida—but nationally, when it comes to basic needs like food. It also illustrates the extent of the graft by profit-making organizations sanctioned by the government in those prisons. Please take time to read this and ask what you would do in a similar situation with limited resources. These are our prisons; we put people there; we should be aware of what occurs.
15.10.2025
Steven Pinker on the Recursive Loop That Made Us Human
This blog was originally started four years ago to keep foster parents and group home staff informed about COVID-19. In the beginning, I featured a lot of stories from journals such as this one at Psychology Today. Over time, I began to realize that the greatest crisis facing our children and our children’s children was Trumpism and the overthrow of democracy in the United States. This morning’s gem is a review of Steven Pinker’s new book, “When Everyone Knows that Everyone Knows,” by Ralph Lewis, M.D. It begins by discussing the story of the Emperor who wore no clothes. It points out that the heart of the story is that everyone could see the emperor was naked, but it took a young child—without social graces—to state what was obvious to everyone. We all need social clues (or a recursive loop) to move from private recognition to public awareness. That’s why events like “No Kings Day” are so important. As social animals, we need cues from others to verify that what we’re seeing is not just inside our own heads. Trumpism is wrong—on so many levels—but we need each other to say that Trump’s standards are not acceptable.
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Dr. Jerry Goebel
Trumpism—not just Donald Trump—is poised to destroy democracy, not just in our lifetime but our children’s lifetimes and their children’s lifetimes. This weekend is your chance to say “NO! Find your nearest No Kings Rally and support it.”Saveour
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Year 4, Week 33 (283 total reports)
08.10.2025-14.10.2025
REVIEW and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dr. Jerry Goebel
Trumpism—not just Donald Trump—is poised to destroy democracy, not just in our lifetime but our children’s lifetimes and their children’s lifetimes. This weekend is your chance to say “NO! Find your nearest No Kings Rally and support it.”
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Someday, if we do our part, the nightmare will be over. This song, written for a woman’s choir, asks, “will you be able to say you stood for democracy? When The Nightmare’s Finally Over.
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14.10.2025
America Needs a Mass Movement—Now
Some of you know that David Brooks is my favorite author/news commentator, and The Atlantic, my favorite news journal. So when the two combine to tell a story, I’m all over it. Why is it time for a mass movement? Brooks explains, “The second Trump administration has flouted court decisions in a third of all rulings against it, according to The Washington Post. It operates as a national extortion racket, using federal power to control the inner workings of universities, law firms, and corporations. It has thoroughly politicized the Justice Department, launching a series of partisan investigations against its political foes. It has turned ICE into a massive paramilitary organization with apparently unconstrained powers. It has treated the Constitution with disdain, assaulted democratic norms and diminished democratic freedoms, and put military vehicles and soldiers on the streets of the capital. It embraces the optics of fascism and flaunts its autocratic aspirations.” Brooks identifies the problem not as Donald Trump, but Trumpism. He states, “If you think Trumpism will simply end in three years, you are naive. Left unopposed, global populism of the sort Trumpism represents could dominate for a generation. This could be the rest of our lives, and our children’s, too.” I really appreciate Brooks’ litmus test for authoritarianism: “One way to tell if you’re living in an autocracy is by asking this question: Do people feel free to express their dissent?” October 18 is Saturday, a new chance to show up at your nearest “No Kings” rally. I hope you have researched where you will go and how you will show support this weekend. We are losing democracy, and the effects won’t just be felt by our current generation, but Trumpism will take root for generations to come.
13.10.22025
Portland’s Dancing Protesters Are Showing Us How to Stand Up to Trump
As journalist Jeet Heer points out, this administration wants us to be afraid. It is their goal to make us so afraid that we become numb, then incapacitated. Portland’s response to that has been a training ground for dealing with conservatives. We must remember that the conservative mind does not get humor; Trump and his cronies don’t find anything funny that is not demeaning. So unless they’re making fun of someone, they can’t understand humor. The response from Portland to the constant attempts to invoke violence has been people turning up in the streets and dancing in full-body costumes like frog suits. When Kristi (dog-shooting’) Noem gathered with ICE agents on the roof of the ICE building in Portland, aiming rifles at the protestors, they turned up the music and boogied down. The Trump Gestapo wants violence; instead, they got Portland. Remember, this is the city whose motto is, “Keep Portland Weird”; why would the Trump Administration expect anything less? Have a listen to this song: Laugh at them… laughter drives them crazy!
10.10.2025
Trump Loses Nobel Peace Prize He Shamelessly Campaigned For
The man with orange makeup is going to need an extra layer this morning. As we mentioned yesterday, Trump is living in fear of what his obituary will read. He desperately wanted a Nobel Prize so that he would not just be remembered for his predatory crimes and insatiable graft. As this article points out, despite his constant and shameless campaigning, a woman from a country Trump has been targeting and illegally attacking, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, won the award for—as the committee stated, “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.” You can bet there is ketchup on the White House dining room walls this morning as we know that the infant-in-chief does not take such news well. The alarming part is, now that the Nobel Prize is off the list, how will the angry old man respond? Who will he target next on his “Revenge Tour II?” Letitia James was on the list yesterday, James Comey, the week before, prior to that, Jimmy Kimmel, and, of course, Stephen Colbert. The retribution list seems endless for all the enemies in Trump’s rapidly decaying mind.
09.10.2025
Retribution Is Here
This President has two modes, and both are dangerous for America, indeed… the world. Tribute and Retribution. He panders to those who give him tribute and seeks retribution on those who don’t. Foreign leaders like Putin, Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani have acknowledged this and used it to manipulate this President on multiple occasions. In this article by Jonathan Lemire, he tells us that Trump is currently also driven by what his obituaries will say about him. Lemire states, “Trump knows that they will mention his history-making presidencies, his ostentatious wealth, and his unusual charisma—but he also is aware that when he dies, people will remember his conviction on 34 felony counts, and that there is nothing he can do about it. Even now, White House officials have told me, Trump rages about how his guilty verdict is sure to be mentioned way up high in his obituaries.” Lemire also points to Trump’s demands that two governors be arrested (while not giving any evidence of wrongdoing), at the same time that James Comey is being hauled into court on charges that his previous attorney general said were unsubstantiated. Trump’s motivation, obviously, is pure retribution.
08.10.2025
This morning there are two exceptional articles from Trump-Occupied Chicago that are worth reviewing. Both are heart-rending, both from mothers, one is a representative from the area, the other a working mom. Both are afraid for their children in light of what the Trump machine is doing there. The first one, by working mother, Meredith Shiner, The Case for the Forever Shutdown, makes us wonder what the Democrats are doing (and have been doing) during the two Trump administrations. She artfully argues that whatever they have been doing is obviously not working, because the government is not working. Yes, the Republicans own the House, the Senate, the White House, and the Judiciary, but Democrats keep playing tete-a-tete on Republican terms. They argue about the economy when clearly, the country is not working on all levels. On ALL LEVELS! When parents are afraid to send their children to school in the morning, then the government is not working. Ms. Shiner argues that this is not a time to argue not just about the economy, this is a time to argue about the purpose of government and whatever purpose is elucidated; that purpose is not functioning in America. It IS time for a shutdown. The other article, by Illinois state Rep. Lilian Jiménez, states, Trump is trying to make an example out of Chicago. We won't stand for it. Rep. Jiménez is from the district where Trump’s Terror Troops, repelled onto the roof of a high-rise apartment building at 1 a.m. and forced people into the streets, some were naked, children were zip-tied, no one was read their rights, and many were American citizens. Trump’s immigration machine is the fourth largest military in the world thanks to funding from the GOP and their One Big Beautiful Bill; he is using that military to take revenge and attack Blue Cities in Blue States. This is a government that is not working, it doesn’t need to be “tweaked,” it needs to be remade.
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Dr. Jerry Goebel
Macho wannabes, their actions screaming for the one thing they will never deserve in real life: respect. Remember their names, all of those who supported this madman and protected him from his predatory, pedophiliac actions.Save
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Year 4, Week 32 (282 total reports)
10.01.2025-30.09.2025
REVIEW and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dr. Jerry Goebel
Macho wannabes, their actions screaming for the one thing they will never deserve in real life: respect. Remember their names, all of those who supported this madman and protected him from his predatory, pedophiliac actions.
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For the upcoming No Kings Day, enjoy this Afrikaner-Choir style song encouraging all of us to remember; it’s Time for Making Choices!
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07.10.2025
Stephen Miller Just Keeps On Suggesting Judges Who Rule Against Trump Are ‘Terrorists’
Gotta love Portland, it is my home away from home. I love that people showed up at the ICE facility two days ago wearing pajamas and eating donuts. This administration—and especially Stephen Miller—are spineless macho wannabes (including Trump, Hegseth, and even Kristi Noem) trying to force the country to give them what they will never, ever earn: respect. Remember their names! Remember them long after this administration has passed and the cowards protecting the Predator in Chief are sent to prison.
06.10.2025
Trump’s War on America Is Expanding
The subtitle of this article by Alex Shepherd, of The New Republic, is “Lawless Madman,” and I doubt anyone needs me to say who the article is about. “Lawless Madman” is a moniker once reserved for dictators in other countries, but now it applies to Donald Trump and his administration, who have declared war on the U.S. and other sovereign nations like Venezuela without any congressional approval and often illegally. Indeed, in the face of judges telling Trump he cannot do what he is doing. It remains to the Supreme Court (which is blatantly supportive of Trump and Project 2025’s radical conservative agenda) to tell us if this president has any constitutional guardrails. Many of us can already see the direction that the John Roberts MAGA court is going to take, which is to allow Trump to continue expanding his “Lawless Madman” behavior.
03.10.2025
A Government Shutdown, Weaponized
Who else would weaponize other people’s pain and act gleefully in the process? Of course, Project 2025 and this President. They both see this as 1) opportunities to cut programs and jobs in blue states, and 2) an opportunity to prevent the swearing in of Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.), whose vote would release the Epstein files. House Leader Mike Johnson, Senate Leader John Thune, and the other members of the Republican Congress are even willing to hold the nation hostage to protect their Predator in Chief. We need to remember this when No Kings Day occurs on October 18, and the vote takes place in November 2026.
02.10.2025
Pete Hegseth's speech to generals crossed an ominous line
There’s little that is sadder than three emasculated men trying to force people to respect them. This is what Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, and Stephen Miller are attempting to do along with other members of King Donald’s court. Yet, the harder they try, the less deserving of respect they look. Though they appear to be obvious buffoons, the danger of their words cannot be underplayed. Trump is literally suggesting war against his own nation’s cities (only blue cities). He has called for using these cities as training grounds for military intervention and told troops they can use “full force” if necessary. These are the words of an authoritarian madman; of a Viktor Orban (Hungary’s despotic dictator). At some point, one of the military leaders called to Quantico yesterday is going to be forced to choose between the Constitution and the demands of this administration. It is not hyperbole to say, “Democracy hangs in the balance!”
01.10.2025
Trump’s ominous move to recruit generals and admirals to his political cause
If you wondered what the dozens of admirals and generals were doing gathered in an undisclosed location at the demand of Hegseth (who prefers to be called “The Director of the War Department”) and President 47 (whom I prefer to call the “Predator in Chief”), imagine an insecure administrator who fears his/her own managers and calls them together to say he/she is the boss and they serve at his/her discretion. This was pure and simple an attempt to get the top military leaders on board with Trump’s MAGA agenda. It included threats, derisions, and missives. It had everything… except listening. This president wanted these military leaders behind his agenda to start invading U.S. cities and focus on “the enemy within” or “Antifa…” Whatever that is in this administration’s minds. The result was an alarming tirade by two very insecure people to pretend they command what they will never have: respect.
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Dr. Jerry Goebel
A looming budget shutdown, a president who is “stark, raving, mad.” It’s never been so important to say, “No More Kings.” Find a rally near you on October 18!
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Year 4, Week 31 (281 total reports)
24.09.2025-30.09.2025
REVIEW and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dr. Jerry Goebel
A looming budget shutdown, a president who is “stark, raving, mad.” It’s never been so important to say, “No More Kings.” Find a rally near you on October 18!
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This new song was written for those who want to show it was never more important to make your stand for democracy. No King’s Day is October 18th, please Stand Up, Turn Up, and March On.
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30.09.2025
Why isn’t the media reporting on Trump’s growing dementia?
In this Substack commentary, Robert Reich points to the many recent Truth Social postings and rantings of Donald Trump that highlight the man’s growing dementia, simultaneously wondering why the press is not covering it. If you watched the news over the weekend, you might have seen or heard about Trump’s attack on present and past F.B.I. directors, his claim that miracle “MedBed Hospitals” are going to change health care (quickly taken down), and his demand to attack “war-ravaged” Portland, Oregon, allowing the use of “full force” is necessary. This President is 79 years old, with a history of dementia in his family and obvious signs of it in his daily activities. Meanwhile, Mike Johnson and those protecting this Predator act as if every day is “Weekend at Bernie’s” in the White House, where they prop up a cadaver that is long outlasted its functionality. Reich closes by asking, “Are his acts those of a sane person? Or of an aging paranoid megalomaniac?”
29.09.2025
What’s Really Behind the Shutdown: the GOP’s Immoral Priorities
This is an important story identifying the behind-the-scenes efforts of Project 2025 and the Republicans to decimate the Federal Government and using Trump, once again, as the carney front man. This administration, since its inception, has made no secret of its desire to reduce everything in the government except for immigration control and defense (the Department of War). The author, Michael Tomasky, points out that government budget shut downs are not new, but this one is different. Behind it is—as he puts it—“Republican Villainy” on full display. Project 2025 wants to cripple the government for their own ends. They don’t want money going to the government; they want money going to themselves. Their primary goals are 1) to make billionaires richer, and 2) to give themselves more control.
26.09.2025
The Problem with Honoring White Supremacy
The Far Right is pulling out all the stops to make Charlie Kirk into a martyr. The problem, for the rest of America, is that you can’t hide the racist comments that litter the man’s past. He was not only a youth recruiter for MAGA, but he frequently spewed hatred towards women aw well as minorities. The vast majority of Americans have a problem with someone so openly sexist and racist having his own holiday and certainly having his own silver coin minted in his honor. That doesn’t seem to be a concern to this administration or the Project 2025 crowd. J.D. Vance and Donald Trump are both busily trying to whitewash Kirk’s legacy. It’s just that it requires a lot of paint to whitewash so much hate speech.
25.09.2026
Testing Teachers for ‘Wokeness’
What will education look like under the Project 2025 conservative regime? There will be no religious freedom, there will be no freedom of expression. Trump signed a law yesterday to bring back physical punishment (beatings) in schools. There will be no mention of slavery, cultural or racial genocide, or evolution. The election of 2020 will be taught as a fake election; in other words, this will be the least scientific, most dumbed-down generation this country has ever graduated. They will not be taken seriously outside of the United States and will be laughing stocks if they try to get jobs in other countries. Welcome to Education-GOP.
24.09.2025
September 23, 2025
In her Substack commentary from yesterday, Heather Cox Richardson contrasts the opening speech of Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, with the incoherent ramblings of Donald Trump. While Guterres reminded us of the purpose of the U.N. to build, “cooperation over chaos, law over lawlessness, peace over conflict.” Trump used his time to complain about the teleprompter and an escalator, as well as castigate other nations, even telling them they were “going to hell…” As one senior foreign diplomat put it, “This man is stark, raving mad. Do Americans not see how embarrassing this is?” As Cox Richardson points out, Guterres used his speech to ask, “What kind of world do we choose to build together?” Trump used his time to say, “[e]veryone says that I should get the Nobel Peace Prize.” I agree with the senior foreign diplomat: Trump is “stark, raving mad.”
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The attack on Jimmy Kimmel, the efforts to undermine the courts, and the disregard for Habeas Corpus. This administration is bent on dismantling democracy and installing an autocracy. Show up on October 18 to support “No Kings Day.”
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Year 4, Week 30 (280 total reports)
17.09.2025-23.09.2025
REVIEW and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dr. Jerry Goebel
The attack on Jimmy Kimmel, the efforts to undermine the courts, and the disregard for Habeas Corpus. This administration is bent on dismantling democracy and installing an autocracy. Show up on October 18 to support “No Kings Day”
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We need everyone to show up and support the upcoming “No Kings Day” on October 18. This latin rap song states clearly, “No Kings for Me!”
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23.09.2025
The deeper story behind America's pending loss of free speech
Trump has two priorities: tribute and retribution. If you aren’t going to pay him tribute (like Charlie Kirk), expect retribution (like Jimmy Kimmel). And, as I say this, it is always important to remember that this is about more than the Orange Clown of Mar-A-Lago; this is the goal of the insidious Project 2025. They are the kingmakers behind this Administration, seeking to undermine the Constitution and democracy so they can have a permanent radical right-wing government. We must also remember those who want such a government by either voting for this Administration or staying home instead of exercising their voting rights. But now is the time to step out, step up, and march against this overthrow of the U.S. government. This week’s blowback against Disney, Hulu, and ABC is proof that it can work. Look for your local “No Kings Day” march; prepare to show up and encourage others to make their voices heard as well. Now is the time, and the pendulum is swinging.
22.09.2025
‘2026 Is the Battlefield’
Even many conservatives like David Brooks are saying it is time to take to the streets. 2026 and the mid-term elections are truly our last chance of stopping the autocratic takeover of the United States. No longer thought of as hyperbole, it is more evident daily that this administration plans to silence free speech, take over the media, and upend the courts. For those of us who do not want our children to grow up in a dictatorship, it is now or never. This administration must be defeated in the 2026 mid-term elections, and now is the time to take to the streets to show both those in power and those too timid or undecided to make a stand that these actions are unacceptable. The next No Kings Day is October 18. Find a march near you and either march or encourage those you know to attend.
19.09.2025
American Democracy Might Be Stronger Than Donald Trump
This essay by Jonathan Schlefer, in Politico Magazine, is a ray of cautionary hope for those of us committed to resisting the regime of this President and Project 2025. Schlefer is a former senior researcher in political economy at Harvard Business School. He also served as editor-in-chief of MIT Technology Review and is the author of two books, Palace Politics: How the Ruling Party Brought Crisis to Mexico, and The Assumptions Economists Make. This essay is thought-provoking and hopeful, in a sobering way. It points out how the U.S. is different from other countries that have succumbed to authoritarian rule and especially points out the role of public protests. Let that be an encouragement for the upcoming “No Kings Day” on October 18. To quote Schlefer, “Erica Chenoweth of the Harvard Kennedy School has estimated that when 3.5 percent of the population has risen in nonviolent protest against autocrats, almost 90 percent of them (authoritarians) have failed.” Schlefer points out it may take as little as 1% to make those in power take note. He says, “citizens may not be aware of others’ thinking.” Protest makes known resistance that would otherwise remain merely private and implicit.”
18.09.2025
California Lawmakers Pass Bill Banning Law Enforcement From Wearing Masks
California has passed a new law (and hopefully other states that have been invaded by the Trump Administration will follow suit) banning this administration’s “Brown Shirts” from wearing masks while terrorizing the public. I’m sure the legal wrangling has just begun, and this administration will attempt to end-run this decision. It seems imperative to the Federal Government at this time that their ICE agents remain anonymous. After all, who would want their neighbors to know the deeds they perform while behind those masks?
17.09.2025
Racism isn’t innate – here are five psychological stages that may lead to it
This article in “The Conversation” by Steve Taylor reports on research reminding us that racism is not innate; it is learned. Diving deeper, Taylor examines the roots of racism and how it is taught. Taylor also explains that most minorities around the world report that racism is intensifying and expanding. In this article, Taylor points to evidence that racism is linked to both poor psychological functioning and when people are made to feel anxious or insecure. It is imperative that we ask ourselves in this political climate, “Who benefits by increasing anxiety and insecurity in the general population?” As we watch this administration respond to the murder of Charlie Kirk by threatening freedom of the press and the right to free speech while simultaneously feeding the fires of immigrant typecasting and denigration, we are observing how autocratic regimes increase their power through fostering racism. If there is a hopeful side, it is in asking the question that, “If racism is learned, can it also be unlearned?” Can people learn how to stop hating each other? What can you do this week to confront racism and other forms of hatred spawned by those who are seeking greater governmental control of the press and the population?
Youth Advocacy
Dr. Jerry Goebel
The shooting of Charlie Kirk this week has become a rallying flag for this Administration and the Republicans. What it should remind us of is the incompetency of this government to pass any meaningful gun laws.
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Year 4, Week 29 (279 total reports)
10.09.2025-16.09.2025
REVIEW and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dr. Jerry Goebel
The shooting of Charlie Kirk this week has become a rallying flag for this Administration and the Republicans. What it should remind us of is the incompetency of this government to pass any meaningful gun laws.
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Congress, once again, following both a political assassination and a school shooting last week, refuses to offer anything meaningful to respond to this violent national crisis. Once again, we are called to believe that “Thoughts and Prayers” are a meaningful response. With newly appointed right-wing theologian Lauren Boebert explaining to us further that “Silent Prayers get silent results.”
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16.09.2025
This Is the Greatest Threat to Our Human Future
Michael Mann and Peter Hote have co-authored a very important book for our age, and I hope it becomes a conversational piece among your peers. The book, “Science Under Siege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces that Threaten Our World,” discusses the danger posed primarily by an “anti-science” culture propagated by powerful forces driving our politics today. It is important for all of us to dig deeper and ask, “who benefits from being against science?” If we do so, we will see some very powerful economic forces with a great deal of political clout who want to deny not only climate change but also changes to pharmaceuticals and medical treatment. Indeed, most autocratic governments reap benefits from “dummying down” their followers. Resist the autocratic threat; read and learn.
15.09.2025
Something Is Very Wrong Online
This article looks at underlying causes for the recruitment of solo shooters that has been occurring across the U.S. It seems rational to assume that Congress under this administration and the Republicans aren’t going to offer anything more significant than their “Thoughts and Prayers,” although Lauren Boebert has castigated Congress for informing them that “Silent prayers get silent results.” How she became the theological expert on communicating with the Divine is anyone’s guess. Fortunately, this article digs a little deeper into something substantial: the pervasive use of online media to recruit and radicalize individuals into shooters. That, combined with the availability of guns in the U.S., makes for a dangerous combination as is witnessed daily in our schools and increasingly in our tense political environment. It certainly does not help that some of the loudest voices for violence come from the top of the Republican leadership, indeed, from the President himself. Read this article if you’re interested in the process of how some people take the step from angry and at home to angry and in the public with a deadly weapon.
12.09.2025
10 Political Violence Experts on What Comes Next for America
The murder of Charlie Kirk is a tragedy, but it’s also indicative of a pending crisis. I see twin issues as causes: Leadership and Laziness. Leadership that benefits from using violence to support their agenda and laziness on the part of followers all too willing to accept the divisive rhetoric, which, according to professor and author Barbara Walters, is being pushed through “a radicalization pipeline supported by a handful of American tech companies.” This article provides insights much deeper than one can find on social media or the pervasive opinion platforms that we once called “news.” Do what you can to ask for a deeper understanding of the issues that led to this tragedy. Do what you can to push your representatives to condemn violence as an acceptable means for supporting your political agenda. Professor and researcher Sean Westwood wants us to become aware of what he calls, “a phantom enemy,” the belief that the desire to use violence is widespread among “political opponents (whatever side you are on), and the reality that only two percent of Americans believe that political murder is acceptable.”
11.09.2025
Trump’s Formula to Conquer the Economy, and Everything Else
Prior to discussing this important article, I want to examine the shootings in the United States yesterday. I say shootings because I know the media is focused on a singular shooting, that of MAGA-favorite Charlie Kirk, but there was also another school shooting yesterday at a high school in Denver, and it seems unfair to cover one gun death without covering the victims in other deaths. All of this, while the political leaders of the United States still offer no viable response to gun deaths within its borders. Sadly, the right (and President 47) are already using Kirk’s death as a rallying point. This president desperately needs a distraction from his many woes, but especially from the release of the Epstein birthday book yesterday. This shooting will become a rallying cry (in fact, already has) to bring those straying from the MAGA message back into the fold. This article examines the formula this administration has used and will continue to use—precisely because it is working. As pointed out in this article, it is important to keep in mind the bookends of all of this president’s actions: “Creating pain and demanding tribute,” incumbent upon demanding tribute is its negative opposite, demanding retribution. Tribute and retribution; in this administration, they are two sides of the same bruised hand. This is the heart of this hollow-chested man. Most of us can’t understand that, because we want to attribute values to people, that is very dangerous with this man. There are no values there, just narcissistic self-centeredness. You can’t reason with someone who has no values; and he is the champion of people who want a world without empathy (a world void of “WOKEness”). A world with the bywords: I, Me, Mine…
10.09.2025
You Really Need to See Epstein’s Birthday Book for Yourself
For Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, his co-conspirator and girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, decided to put together a book filled with tributes from the Pedo-Master’s friends and financiers. Yesterday, this book was released by Congress after being subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee. As The Atlantic staff writer, Charlie Warzel, points out, a drawing of a young female’s body and a bawdy poem with a signature that resembles Trump’s famous scrawl is featured prominently in the book, ending with the phrase: “May every day be another wonderful secret.” Of course, the liar-in-chief is denying any link to this drawing, but Trump’s signature is unique and nearly impossible to miss. Trump’s predator protection squad is hard at work trying to spin what is obviously condemning evidence linking the Predator-in-Chief to Epstein. Protector-in-Chief, Mike Johnson, has been so busy telling lies about this that he can’t keep up with his own fabrications. First, he said that Trump was embedded by the F.B.I. to bring down Epstein; later, he denied that story when he realized that this would make Trump a material witness. Purchasing and raping underage teenage girls and losing the House at mid-term elections occupy Trump’s mind 24/7. It is significantly aging him. It sickens him to realize that this will probably be the final straw that brings him down and determines his legacy. Even mega MAGA supporters like Marjorie Taylor Greene are turning against Trump over this debacle. She posted the page in question from Epstein’s book outside her office along with other examples of Trump’s infamous signatures. If you are against the raping of children and the practices of pedophiles, if you want a sampling of the truth in this affair to become public knowledge, then please read this article and pass it on.
Youth Advocacy
Dr. Jerry Goebel
The Supreme Court, under John Roberts, has become Trump’s plaything. Trump can fire anyone he wants, he can arrest anyone he wants, and racial profiling is now legal.
Youth Advocacy
Year 4, Week 28 (278 total reports)
03.09.2025-09.09.2025
REVIEW and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dr. Jerry Goebel
The Supreme Court, under John Roberts, has become Trump’s plaything. Trump can fire anyone he wants, he can arrest anyone he wants, and racial profiling is now legal.
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Everyday this nation, under this administration steps one step closer to fascism. Indeed, many say we have already crossed that line. One Step Closer
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09.09.2025
Chief Justice John Roberts Is Trying His Darnedest to Make Trump a Dictator
The Supreme Court under John Roberts has become Donald Trump’s plaything. Roberts’ court has given Trump the power to 1) fire anyone he wants, and 2) arrest anyone he wants. This once-sacred branch of government now rubber-stamps anything the conservative president wants—including racial profiling. This is no longer the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), it is the Supreme Court of Trump — U.S. Trump owns the Republicans, he controls his cabinet, and he dictates the rulings of this court. Our primary hope lies in persistent resistance and showing up at the mid-term elections.
08.09.2025
Fear of Losing the Midterms Is Driving Trump’s Decisions
This article by The Atlantic staff writer, Jonathan Lemire, examines what is keeping President 47 up at night. The mid-terms and the strong chance of losing the House. According to Lemire, some of this president’s worst memories are the impeachment trials he faced when he lost the House in the 2018 election. Usually, Presidents are blamed for the economy when going into the midterms, and this administration’s economy is not looking pretty. This week will be significant as the Supreme Court takes up the legalities of Trump’s dictatorial use of the EEPA (Emergency Economic Powers Act) to create tariffs. Some say—as Lemire points out—that a Trump win in the Supreme Court (allowing him to keep the tariffs) might actually be worse than a Trump loss. Revealing how ineffective the tariffs have actually been. Either way, it does reveal a path forward for those who want to stop this administration’s determined march towards fascism. Turn up and win the mid-terms. Staying home is not acceptable. Not voting is the same as voting for Trump.
05.09.2025
The Biggest Test for the Supreme Court Yet
Tariff law may not be your usual enjoyable morning reading material, but Paul Rosenzweig, legal and justice scholar, points out that the upcoming cases before the Supreme Court about this president’s right to declare an international emergency and thereby be able to take over the right to impose tariffs (and by association, military occupation of cities), is what is truly at stake. The focus is on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), which, Rosenzweig points out, “grants the president certain emergency authorities to deal with any unusual or extraordinary threat to the American economy from abroad. The IEEPA gives the president wide-ranging economic powers to ‘block’ transactions, for example, or to ‘regulate’ or ‘prohibit’ importation of foreign goods if the president thinks it necessary. Will the Conservative Court under ultra-conservative Chief Justice, John G. Roberts, Jr., continue to grant broad license to this president in their unified quest to attain an authoritarian government? It’s an important week to keep an eye on tariff laws, whether you enjoy it or not.
04.09.2025
The Fight for Truth
This is an important transcript from the podcast, “The David Frum Show,” in which he interviews award-winning journalist and author, Jonathan Rauch. In it, they discuss how disinformation has become a “central political strategy,” but especially how this administration moved from a “fire hose of falsehoods,” in Trump’s first term, to a “machinery of lies,” in this second term. The latter is imminently more dangerous because it means that lying has moved to the organization of government, not just the machinations of one crazy, old man. The podcast also examines the frailty of Donald Trump, including the possibility that a major health event recently occurred and what a J.D. Vance presidency would look like. As I said, this is a critical conversation that you’ll want to read, if not listen to.
03.09.2025
September 2, 2025
This President seems determined to make the United States into a barbaric nation that reflects his own predatory inclinations. Trying to hide the removal of up to 600 children over the long weekend in the middle of the night is but one action this last week that Heather Cox Richardson points to as this administration’s emphasis on cruelty and hatred. To argue for leniency because, “these are children,” falls on deaf ears in an administration that has only been too obvious in treating children in a predatory manner. We mustn’t lose sight that this is not just Trump’s rapacious cruelty, but an entire administration urged on by the likes of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noehm, and Project 2025. It will take us decades to sort out the damage these people have done to the nation’s reputation and the lives of children around the world. Perhaps when the insanity is done, the trials for human rights crimes can begin. These people belong in prison, but if there really is someplace worse—that is where they should go.
Youth Advocacy
Dr. Jerry Goebel
Most presidents are aged by threats to global peace or economic stability, but Trump has no empathy. What is aging him is the fear that the Epstein Files will be released. Keep up the pressure; demand the files!
Youth Advocacy
Year 4, Week 27 (277 total reports)
27.08.2025-02.09.2025
REVIEW and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dr. Jerry Goebel
Most presidents are aged by threats to global peace or economic stability, but Trump has no empathy. What is aging him is the fear that the Epstein Files will be released. Keep up the pressure; demand the files!
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The most successful strategy that affects President 47 is keeping attention on the Epstein Files. Don’t let him distract you; keep asking why he won’t release them. https://youtu.be/_KywDujjLnc?si=n6C67KNx6MPusFls
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02.09.2025
The Anti-Trump Strategy That’s Actually Working
The job ages most presidents because of threats to global peace or economic crises, but President 47 is a narcissist and feels no empathy. What is obviously aging him are the Epstein files. This article points out how terrified Trump is that this will become his legacy: the abuse of power and money by billionaires (including himself) to force teenage girls to have sex with them. Our best strategy to wear down this president is to keep up the pressure and force the administration to release the files. Donny will do anything (or sell anyone) to distract us from these files. Don’t let him. Stay razor sharp and keep bringing them up whenever possible. Ask those you know who have supported this predator why they think Trump is having them buried. Keep pressing.
01.09.2025
Is this the moment when America tips into authoritarianism?
This interview of Garrett Graff, bestselling author about key moments in U.S. history, is crucial to understanding the new turf we are facing, not just under Trump, but from Project 2025. Graff argues that authoritarianism “has” arrived, not “will” arrive, and the actions of this administration in August are proof of that arrival. He cites the occupation of the capital and the search of Trump antagonist, John Bolton’s, unwarranted home invasion as prime examples, also the takeover of the Kennedy Center and the Smithsonian. The behavior of these federal agents, Graff points to agents, “operating in masks, operating without normal law enforcement identification and credentials, operating with unmarked vehicles—things that we would recognize normally as abuses of civil rights and civil liberties.” All point to a takeover by this authoritarian regime. As this president threatens to send National Guard soldiers to 17 cities across the United States, we must stay aware; this is not the government acting on behalf of its people; it is an authoritarian regime acting to silence dissent. If you’re not actively against this regime, you are supporting it.
29.08.2025,
2 firefighters arrested by Border Patrol while working active fire in Wash.
I highlight this article because it points out the obtuse and asinine policies of this administration. Two firefighters, bravely working to stop a forest blaze in the state of Washington, were arrested and removed by Trump’s henchmen. The ridiculousness of this action, arresting people who are putting their lives at risk and actually working to protect this nation, is taken by minions of a fascist regime that is blindly undermining the country. What an analogy for the state of this administration: arrest people who are preventing the country from burning down.
28.08.2025
The Wannabe Dictator
Jim Acosta’s commentary this morning focuses on this Administration’s attempts to make the President a dictator. Acosta analyzes the blatant moves this President has taken (and continues to take) and points out that Trump began this campaign by telling Sean Hannity and the American people he was going to be a dictator. Yet, he was elected; both by those who voted and those who stayed home. The truth is apparent: if you are not resisting this administration, you are supporting it. Each of us will be accountable for the actions we took at this time to either stop this takeover or to support it through our silent acquiescence.
27.08.2025
August 26, 2025
As Ms. Cox Richardson points out in this commentary, President 47 is becoming increasingly vocal about pulling out all the stops and claiming a dictatorship. He surrounds himself with sycophants and holds three-hour “Dear Leader” meetings resembling the fawning tribute gatherings of North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. Trump goes further by saying the U.S. public supports having him become a dictator (he has made this statement twice this week). Sadly, polling says that a large percentage (75% according to the Washington Post—a Jeff Bezos enterprise) of Republicans actually do support this claim. Using these skewed numbers and the praise of his cultic followers, the President is continuing his efforts to take over cities with Democrat leaders in Blue States. The primary goal of this President at this time is to keep us from delving into the Epstein files. We need to keep our eye on that ball. We need to keep pressing on that point because it is one of the only areas that Democrats and some Republicans agree on. Which is why the Predator-in-Chief is scared. Most presidents fear failing economies or global conflicts; this president fears being outed for the sexual predator that he is. The stress is evidently aging him. We need to keep up the pressure and even intensify it. Don’t let this go!
Youth Advocacy
Dr. Jerry Goebel
As Trump tries to hide the Epstein files and Project 2025 tries to hide the undermining of democracy, it is an important time to ask Republicans: “Is this what you wanted?” https://youtu.be/hPwDLib0YYA?si=L-_bYe9oD6aFcxCd
Youth Advocacy
Year 4, Week 26 (276 total reports)
20.08.2025-25.08.2025
REVIEW and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dr. Jerry Goebel
As Trump tries to hide the Epstein files and Project 2025 tries to hide the undermining of democracy, it is an important time to ask Republicans: “Is this what you wanted?” https://youtu.be/hPwDLib0YYA?si=L-_bYe9oD6aFcxCd
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He is turning the U.S. into a militarized nation with concentration camps in every red state. Meanwhile, he is doing his best to hide the files that would tell the truth about Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Ask those who voted for him: “Is This What You Wanted?”
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26.08.2025
If You Are Not Working to Defend America, You Are Helping Trump Destroy It
This song will be too old for many to recognize, but in 1931, Florence Reece, whose husband was a Union Organizer for the United Mine Workers, wrote a song that was covered by folk legend Pete Seeger, called, “Which Side Are You On!” The sentiments of the song are timeless and—as this article points out—apply to the situation in the United States today. If you’re not defending America, you’re helping Trump destroy it. I know which side I want my children to say I was on. This administration is trying to destroy the U.S. democracy. Trump is their front man, but Project 2025 and Vladimir Putin are the brains behind this attack. Don’t let them distract you from their primary goal. It is time to take a stand. Resist the autocracy, let your voice be heard. In the words of Ms. Reece, “Don’t listen to their lies, poor folks ain’t got a chance, unless they organize.” (1931, Florence Reece).
25.08.2025
Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre wrote a memoir. Months after her death, it's coming out
We cannot ethically let this go. It is possible that the president of the United States is a child predator who raped minors, and he is trying to hide the evidence. A victim of Epstein’s abusive pedophile ring, Virginia Giuffre, wrote her memoirs before taking her own life last year at the age of 41. Years of trying to bring her trauma and the abuse of many others to light failed, and she finally succumbed to despair. We can make sure that her death was not in vain by insuring her voice is heard posthumously through this book. Please find ways you can support this book, Ms. Giuffre, and the multiple other victims of Epstein/Ghislaine’s abuse and President 47’s coverup.
22.08.2025
How ICE Became Trump’s Secret Army
Every authoritarian needs its own secret police force, and Trump has ICE. Make no mistake about it, this is HIS police force. He dictates where it goes, what laws it enforces, and who it arrests. Noem may appear to be in charge of it, but it’s all a modeling opportunity for her. She is nothing more than a Donny-Sycophant. No credentials for the position, no ability to lead. It is imperative to the agenda of Project 2025, Stephen Miller, and Trump, that they balloon this secret police agency and the concentration camps it oversees. A federal judge declared one of those despicable camps (Alligator Alcatraz) closed. Not only is the site dumping raw sewage into the wetlands around it, but it was built on a national heritage site, the Florida Everglades. Building was halted on the site before, when MAGA-cult lackey, Ron DeSantis, tried to turn it into a tourist airport for those wishing access to the Everglades. This waste of money could have been averted with a little research, but it’s unlike this administration to delve into environmental issues or care about the results when discovered. Beware ICE, it is the secret police force of this fascist government.
21.08.2025
Trump Has No (Legal) Power to Mess With the Election
The “fine print” of this article is really important: Trump has no (legal) power to mess with the election. No “legal” power, but the Trump Administration—and their supporters—have never cared about legalities. They break the law and then wait for the courts to catch up. Expect that strategy to remain active this year and during the next presidential election. I encourage governors to mimic Karl Rove’s strategy of using the states to effect the election. In the first reelection campaign for her husband, President Obama’s wife, Michelle, said, “When they go low, we go high…” now she says, “going high didn’t work…” I agree with her completely. This is a death struggle for democracy, and Democrats need to meet the MAGA right head-on.
20.08.2025
Six states to send troops to D.C. And, Texas lawmakers to vote on redistricting today
Sometimes there are so many stories of the U.S.’s slide into anarchy and authoritarianism that it’s difficult to keep up, but that was the intentional point (and plan) of Steve Bannon and Project 2025. They purposely wanted to overwhelm the public so people would A) become overwhelmed, and B) be too spread out to respond to the biggest issues. Today’s news feed is along that line. The president is especially trying to “flood the zone” to distract us from his number one enemy-of-the-moment; the Epstein Files. However, that’s not the primary concern of Project 2025; their major aim is to distract us from the One Big Beautiful (Ugly) Bill. We need to encourage each other to keep our eye on two balls: the next election and the release of the Epstein Files. Put your energy into resistance and resilience.
Youth Advocacy
Dr. Jerry Goebel
This week, Trump goes to great ends to try and distract his MAGA followers from the Epstein files. He wants to be remembered for being a peace-maker, not a child abuser. Don’t let him distract you. RELEASE THE FILES!
Youth Advocacy
Year 4, Week 25 (275 total reports)
13.08.2025-19.08.2025
REVIEW and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dr. Jerry Goebel
This week, Trump goes to great ends to try and distract his MAGA followers from the Epstein files. He wants to be remembered for being a peace-maker, not a child abuser. Don’t let him distract you. RELEASE THE FILES!
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Don’t give up, keep pressing for the truth behind the Epstein files. Just exactly why is Trump so afraid of letting people see the details of these documents? One of his many, many campaign promises was to release these files so people would know the powerful players who supported the heinous couple of Epstein and Maxwell. Release them! The Epstein Files.
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19.08.2025
August 18, 2025
Heather Cox Richardson produces well-researched and informative Substack commentaries on a regular basis. This review of Trump’s recent false bravado, evident in his indignant treatment of Zelensky and E.U. leaders, as well as his obscene kowtowing to Putin, reminds us what a narcissistic, ego-driven oaf the United States decided to elect as its president. Trump never fails to embarrass; however, the rest of the world seems to be learning how to stroke his massive ego and appease his tiny mind. Zelensky, especially, has learned to adapt and countered the last despicable meeting Trump and Vance had when they tag-team bullied one of the greatest leaders this world has to offer at the moment.
18.08.2025
Why Trump will fail
substack.com/p/why-the-scumbag-in-chief-attracts?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=user%2FSubstack
Robert Reich is a clear voice with a lot of political history in this modern era. In this Substack commentary, he illustrates why Trump is bound to fail like other authoritarians before him (and around him). They live in “cocoons of flattery.” All the sycophants with whom he has surrounded himself will not tell him the truth; they will only tell him what he wants to hear. They have learned that truth-telling leads to firing in this administration, and, as Reich explains, “So they learned that if they wanted to be rewarded with promotions, money, and power, they could not rely on the normal processes and systems of recognition for jobs well done. If they were to make anything of themselves, they must instead become ass-lickers, lapdogs, and sycophants.” Reich tells us that failure is inevitable, but in the meantime, there is—and will be—a lot of pain. Until we finally get rid of this egomaniacal monster.
15.08.2025
Trump's Tariffs and 'One Big Beautiful Bill' Face More Opposition Than Support as His Job Rating Slips
Like a wild animal, Trump is at his most dangerous when he is cornered. His poll numbers are sliding, and even his MAGA worshippers want to know what is in the Epstein files. Look for his trip with International Criminal and Trump Puppeteer, Vladimir Putin, to be one big, beautiful sellout. Hopefully, Trump won’t give Putin back Alaska, but do expect him to “make a deal” on Ukraine. Of course, without Zelensky’s presence, any deal is bogus. Trump will do anything to distract people from his criminal behavior and pedophilic past. Norway’s prime minister, Mr. Jonas Gahr Støre, said that Trump already cold-called him to ask for a Nobel Peace Prize. Remember, this president has no integrity and, therefore, no boundaries.
14.08.2025
Trump's Urging For Epstein Distraction Will Lead To Shocker At Putin Summit: Michael Wolff
For those Trump supporters who are finally beginning to realize that this President will do anything—ANYthing—to cover up his crimes, you won’t be shocked when he sells off Ukraine and national interests to curry more favors from his big-time boss, Vladimir Putin. We can put a stop to this, but it will take bold actions, like Governors Newsom and Hochul are proposing in their states. In the meantime, do all you can to let your representatives know; this is not the America we want.
13.08.2025
The trial run
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-trial-run?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=user%2FSubstack
Robert Reich, who is by no means an alarmist, is raising red flags over this Administration’s takeover of Washington, D.C. In his words, “It’s important to see Trump’s occupation of Washington, D.C., as a trial run for a possible military occupation of the United States, including martial law, later in his term.” This is what Project 2025 has wanted ever since they got their patsy president elected. They want nothing short of prohibiting voting and the continuation of democracy in the United States of America. Let this also be a test case for resistance! What can you do today to throw a wrench into their belief that they have a mandate for this behavior?
