Mike Fancher

I’ve been saying since Trump’s first term that until we know why Trump is so subservient to Putin, we must assume the worst. Trump is compromised by and beholden to Putin. Not just a puppet but an agent.
If that’s not true, then what explains Trump’s bowing and scraping to Putin?

As Putin approaches Trump on a red carpet, Trump claps for him before a hearty handshake. Disgusting.

This agency drove huge progress in cancer research in WA. Now it's in peril | Op-Ed The digital age's progress in oncology did not emerge in a vacuum. It's a direct result of federal investment in agencies like the NIH, which is now in peril.

The human cost of Trump’s senseless policies is beyond comprehension.
Lifesaving cancer research in WA will crater if funding cuts go through

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An MSNBC reporter just said, “What we’re hearing from the President at times doesn’t align with we understand to belly allowable on the group here.”
Really!?
For God’s sake, stop covering this like it’s a school meeting.
This is it!
American fascism.

Tracking Trump: A rapid-response National Guard plan; Smithsonian museums to be reviewed; FEMA cancels union contract; and more The 7 follows President Donald Trump’s second term.

Trump’s actions are clear. He plans to overthrow the government and install himself and MAGA as permanent minority rulers. No democracy. No rule of law. No checks and balances. No dissent.
Anticipating massive public blowback he is preparing for military law.
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Trump Extends China Tariff Truce

TACO Trump — again!
Trump Extends China Tariff Truce www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/u...

This Week in Democracy – Week 28: Rewriting History, Science, and Economic Numbers to Please King Trump Zeteo's project to document the ongoing, week-by-week growth of authoritarianism in Donald Trump's second term.

The common pursuit of truth is essential to democracy. Trump's GOP has rejected that in favor of lies and willful ignorance. Authoritarianism on the rise.

This Week in Democracy – Week 28: Rewriting History, Science, and Economic Numbers to Please King Trump open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

Powell might have added, “This is yet another example of your not having a clue what you are talking about.”

July 23, 2025 This morning, President Donald J.

HRC: “Just to be clear: The director of national intelligence for the United States of America is making allegations against a former U.S. presidential candidate based on material from Russia’s intelligence services.”

July 23, 2025
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Unhinged. Watch the video.

We are watching Trump morph from bully to thug to authoritarian on his way to tyrannical despot. Meanwhile, he is increasingly bonkers. Wake up, America.

Contracts Show Millions of Dollars and Diverted Disaster Resources Were Used to Build DeSantis’ ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ TPM has obtained and analyzed over a dozen contracts and invoices related...

Exclusive: Millions in disaster relief funds diverted to build "alligator alcatraz" showpiece gulag talkingpointsmemo.com/news/contrac...

A profile in courage:
“If a career prosecutor can be fired without reason, fear may seep into the decisions of those who remain. Do not let that happen. Fear is the tool of a tyrant, wielded to suppress independent thought.”
— Maurene Comey

US deports immigrants from Jamaica, Cuba and other countries to the African kingdom of Eswatini The United States says it has sent five immigrants to the small African nation of Eswatini in an expansion of the Trump administration’s third-country deportation program.

US deports immigrants from Jamaica, Cuba and other countries to the African kingdom of Eswatini.

Amy Fischer of Amnesty International:
“As a result, anyone returned to this country is at risk of serious human rights violations,” she said. “The cruelty is the point.”
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July 16, 2025 After years of covering Donald J.

To paraphrase Richard Nixon, people have got to know whether or not their President is unhinged. Well, Donald Trump is unhinged. He’s also a crook.
July 16, 2025
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This coach, Youman Wilder, is a role model for all of us. Land of the free. Home of the brave.

Since April 4, #SCOTUS has issued 15 rulings on 17 emergency applications filed by Trump (three birthright citizenship apps were consolidated).

It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.

It has written majority opinions in only 3.

Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*

Trump’s budget bill will fund as many as 10,000 new anti-immigration agents. I’d like to see some serious reporting on who gets hired. My hunch is everything from Proud Boys to rightwing militias, including Jan. 6 insurrectionists.

Parks gift shops directed to remove items that ‘disparage Americans’ The National Park Service’s directive is part of a wider Trump administration effort to reshape how American history is told at federal institutions.

Story says, “The move is part of the administration’s wider campaign to scrub federal institutions of ‘corrosive ideology’ recognizing historical racism and sexism.”
A warning sign of fascism.

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Good article

'No earthly clue what he's doing': Psaki shreds Trump's poor grip on his own government Jen Psaki piles up evidence in a litany of examples of Donald Trump having no idea what he is doing, what is being done in his name, or what is going on in his own administration, and not even doing a...

Jen Psaki nails it: Most days Trump has no idea what he is doing.
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Who sent those military troops there and why? This is creeping fascism.

Here is the link to Luttig’s commentary:

www.telos.news/p/luttig-the...

This commentary and interview is worthy of your time and attention.

Deadly Floods in Texas

Residents had little warning. The county most affected did not have a warning system. Crucial positions at local offices National Weather Service offices were empty. Experts questioned whether staffing shortages contributed to the disaster.
Deadly Floods in Texas www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/b...

A New Declaration of Independence from Tyranny Effective July 4, 2025

Amen.
www.borowitzreport.com/p/a-new-decl...

Concentration Camp Labor Cannot Become Normal

Snyder: “The government is putting before us the temptation to cooperate in fascist dehumanization on a grand scale. But that does not mean we must do so.”
Concentration Camp Labor
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Check out the Declaration’s list of grievances It’s time to recapture our freedoms.

Brilliant column.
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We’re going to press on. Believe it.

DOJ Opens Door To Stripping Citizenship Over Politics Throughout the campaign, Republicans teased an idea: the next Trump government would...

STARSHIP TROOPERS was written as a parody of fascism, yet here we are.

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