This is what authoritarianism looks like, American-style: treating fidelity to the Constitution as treason against the leader.
If this all feels shocking, it shouldnβt. Weβve seen this movie before.
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This is what authoritarianism looks like, American-style: treating fidelity to the Constitution as treason against the leader.
If this all feels shocking, it shouldnβt. Weβve seen this movie before.
While the media has been sleeping, Trump and Putin teamed up to reorder the world. substack.com/home/post/p-...
20.11.2025 19:52 β π 14 π 6 π¬ 0 π 0The Ukraine "peace plan" leak is a trial balloon sent up by Trump and Putin β and it is not a balloon that anyone in Congress has bothered to shoot down. While we are distracted by a horrific pedophile coverup scandal, Trump and Putin are happily dismantling the western world order.
20.11.2025 14:18 β π 57 π 36 π¬ 2 π 3Coming up on MSNOW at 12 pm and 12:45 pm.
19.11.2025 17:02 β π 10 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0Trump on Kashoghi's death:
"Whether you like him or you donβt like him, things happen."
βThings happenβ β like rain during a picnic or hacking a journalistβs body with a bone saw.
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Hereβs why Epstein told Bannon shortly before his death: βNow you can understand why Trump wakes up in the middle of the night sweating when he hears you and I are friends.β open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...
18.11.2025 18:26 β π 27 π 13 π¬ 0 π 2Here's the key: MBS rules Saudi with an iron fist, suppressing dissent and hacking reporters to death whose questions he does not like. Trump, not to be outdone, wants to show an authoritarian ruler that he can compete too.
18.11.2025 18:19 β π 566 π 175 π¬ 11 π 5Trump implies that Khashoggi, a green card holder, had it coming when he was decapitated and hacked to pieces with a chain saw. American intelligence concluded that MBS ordered Khashoggi's execution. Trump claims asking MBS about it is "embarrassing our guest" -- who is sitting in *our* White House.
18.11.2025 18:04 β π 46 π 19 π¬ 10 π 2Did you read the entire thing?
18.11.2025 15:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Did you know that Steve Bannon is sitting on 17 hours of Epstein interviews that he wonβt release? Congress can demand the unedited footage and release every last minute of it β no matter whom it drags. open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...
18.11.2025 14:53 β π 149 π 73 π¬ 10 π 4Trump forgot to tie an important lose end in the Epstein matter β and it may come back to haunt him. open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...
17.11.2025 14:20 β π 25 π 13 π¬ 0 π 1Coming up on CNN right now.
16.11.2025 23:09 β π 12 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0JD Vance is ready for his close up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sopm...
16.11.2025 17:11 β π 21 π 7 π¬ 2 π 1Is Trump lying about his rift with Epstein? Buried in the House Oversight trove are hints of a relationship that might have lasted until Epstein's arrest. saltypolitics.substack.com/p/is-trump-l...
16.11.2025 14:42 β π 19 π 7 π¬ 1 π 1What is Trump is lying about his rift with Epstein? The Oversight files released this week raise critical questions about whether Trump and Epstein continued their relationship long after Trump claimed they had a falling out.
16.11.2025 14:21 β π 51 π 21 π¬ 13 π 1Seriously, even the most obtuse Trump supporter cannot possibly believe that Trump has been fighting against the release of the Epstein files and calling the whole thing a hoax to protect... Bill Clinton. open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...
15.11.2025 17:10 β π 285 π 70 π¬ 21 π 5MAGA, as we have long known, is less a political movement and more a cult.
But last night, Trump did something so utterly stupid that it will force his supporters to think twice about who it is that they have been rushing to the barricades for all these years.
Coming up on CNN International at 10 am.
14.11.2025 14:54 β π 10 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Even if nothing else comes out about Trump and pedophiles, it's already worse than your worst nightmare. open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...
14.11.2025 13:59 β π 65 π 21 π¬ 2 π 1If Beltway reporters understood how the Kremlin works, they would have picked up on a key email buried in the Epstein trove released yesterday. Instead, official Washington and the media have largely missed what has turned this story into a national security matter.
13.11.2025 15:15 β π 33 π 10 π¬ 2 π 0@julieroginsky.bsky.social worked with Tucker Carlson for years at Fox News. She knows the real Tucker -- and the racism is not an act. It's worse than you think. Listen to Julie's story of 2012 election night at Fox News Headquarters.
13.11.2025 14:02 β π 11 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0Step 1 to pulling her name off the discharge petition and blaming Democrats for making her do it.
13.11.2025 04:18 β π 17 π 7 π¬ 4 π 0The most striking part of the Epstein disclosures is how very many powerful people, including reporters, continued to treat Epstein, *a convicted sex offender*, as a great guy to pal around with. To see if they learned their lesson now, let's see if Summers is still a NYT contributor tomorrow.
13.11.2025 04:17 β π 34 π 10 π¬ 1 π 1Scott Jennings just called Epstein's associates "globalists." Why not just call them Jews and be done with it? Good going, CNN.
13.11.2025 02:44 β π 47 π 8 π¬ 3 π 1If Democratic leaders in Washington have a unifying principle these days, it isnβt progressivism or pragmatism β itβs fear. Fear of bad headlines. Fear of Wall Street. Fear of Fox News. Fear of Donald Trump. Fear, most of all, of their own shadows.
12.11.2025 20:04 β π 19 π 6 π¬ 0 π 1Joining MSNBC at 12:40 pm.
12.11.2025 17:36 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Buried in these new Epstein emails is something the press has not picked up on β something with respect to timing that makes sense if you know of Trumpβs relationship with Fox News and how it intersected with his presidential ambitions.
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Trumpβs MAGA-style socialism is less about protecting workers and more about concentrating power in his own hands and in the hands of his fellow billionaires. The end result speaks for itself: diminished private autonomy, increased central power, and markets reshaped by politics.
12.11.2025 14:19 β π 22 π 10 π¬ 0 π 1You've got to love how Trump's aides treat him like a complete and utter moron. Isn't this the economic genius who reminds us that he graduated from Wharton? www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
11.11.2025 22:41 β π 43 π 6 π¬ 3 π 0Amazing!
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