Steven Beschloss

Great work, John Roberts. You’ve played a key role in wrecking our beloved country.

Today's Agenda for Democracy Defenders:

1) After Trump leaves office be prepared to repair & strengthen guardrails of democratic institutions Trump destroyed

2) Collect evidence of MAGA officials' law breaking for future indictments.

3) Repair & restore fed govt. services Trump has eliminated.

If he builds his golden ballroom, how soon can it be torn down?

Indeed, let’s remember many of these heinous acts can be overturned. None of this despicable demolition of our government and values is unchangeable. But it requires ending his lawless regime & returning power to responsible leaders.

And it requires returning power to responsible leaders FOR MORE THAN ONE ELECTION. You don't go "they aren't doing it fast enough or they didn't do my pet project so I'm going to punish them in the midterms." Vote for sanity in every election, year after year. Local elections too.

America, America | Steven Beschloss | Substack Essays of alarm and hope, on politics and society, democracy and justice. With passion and urgency. Click to read America, America, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

I will never capitulate. I will never soft-pedal my rhetoric to appease a malignant despot. I will assess our political reality and write with honesty, clarity & fearlessness. If you believe in independent media, I hope you’ll become a subscriber to strengthen our community.
www.americaamerica.news

How Many Golden Calves Will We the People Tolerate? A Saturday Prompt

“How many false idols—gold, monuments and Trump himself—do Americans want to worship? Could this be the trigger for rising social unrest and mass protest? Is there a breaking point?”
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If he builds his golden ballroom, how soon can it be torn down?

Indeed, let’s remember many of these heinous acts can be overturned. None of this despicable demolition of our government and values is unchangeable. But it requires ending his lawless regime & returning power to responsible leaders.

Great work, John Roberts. You’ve played a key role in wrecking our beloved country.

How Many Golden Calves Will We the People Tolerate? A Saturday Prompt

As the rich become richer and the poor become poorer.

www.americaamerica.news/p/how-many-g...

Put an economic moron in charge, get a failing economy.

“Both of them.”

Rising unemployment, rising prices, rising hate, rising attacks on the rule of law. Great job, Donnie.

Democracy depends on dedicated public servants who tell the truth.

Trump fires data statistics chief after large revision to jobs report Trump orders firing of top government economist after release of large revisions to employment data

Off with the messenger’s head! No bad news allowed! We only win! The economy is great!

Nothing, I mean nothing, said by Trump and his sycophantic minions can be trusted.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Trump fires data statistics chief after large revision to jobs report Trump orders firing of top government economist after release of large revisions to employment data

This should end any doubt whether we’ve entered some N Korea-style dictatorship where facts don’t exist. This is a truly sick person.

wapo.st/4lXPibh

Arson On a Planetary Scale The new push to overturn greenhouse gas limits and yet again reject science is criminal and profoundly reckless

"Climate experts and everyone who cares about the well-being of our towns and cities and the survival of the human species have one more crucial reason to mobilize, speak out and protest." open.substack.com/pub/america/...

Rising unemployment, rising prices, rising hate, rising attacks on the rule of law. Great job, Donnie.

Donald must be happy that his old pal Ghislaine Maxwell has a more comfy jail setting. I mean, he wouldn't be want her to be agitated now, would he?

Karoline Leavitt complaining that Nancy Pelosi has used her office for personal gain is high up on the list of Trump insanity.

America, America | Steven Beschloss | Substack Essays of alarm and hope, on politics and society, democracy and justice. With passion and urgency. Click to read America, America, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

I will never capitulate. I will never soft-pedal my rhetoric to appease a malignant despot. I will assess our political reality and write with honesty, clarity & fearlessness. If you believe in independent media, I hope you’ll become a subscriber to strengthen our community.
www.americaamerica.news

Put an economic moron in charge, get a failing economy.

Some day we’ll have a real President again. Not a madman holding the country hostage. And yes, I am an optimist.

Arson On a Planetary Scale The new push to overturn greenhouse gas limits and yet again reject science is criminal and profoundly reckless

“It’s hard to overstate the scale of recklessness involved in cutting limits on greenhouse gas emissions. This is criminal…we’ll all pay for this hostile rejection of reality.”

www.americaamerica.news/p/arson-on-a...

The Epstein Scandal Endures. Memory of The Victims Should, Too. Yes, the sex abuse scandal has political significance, but is also a human tragedy

In this On-Target short video, @markjacob.bsky.social and I urge people to not view the heinous Jeffrey Epstein scandal as purely a political story, but to keep the victims front and center. www.americaamerica.news/p/the-epstei...

The Epstein Scandal Endures. Memory of The Victims Should, Too. Yes, the sex abuse scandal has political significance, but is also a human tragedy

In this On-Target short video, @markjacob.bsky.social and I urge people to not view the heinous Jeffrey Epstein scandal as purely a political story, but to keep the victims front and center. www.americaamerica.news/p/the-epstei...

Too angry is one thing. But every time Trump calls someone stupid I’m reminded of his utter absence of self-awareness.

Jeffrey Epstein and a thousand victims is what happens when moral depravity meets extreme income inequality.

Jeffrey Epstein and a thousand victims is what happens when moral depravity meets extreme income inequality.

Trump’s lawless henchmen behave aa if they have immunity. They don’t. And I relish the day when they learn that their arrogant destruction has consequences.

I've warned that the current US has most of the signs of end-stage civilization.

Yes it is complex, but here is a the executive summary:

Great nations build up people, infrastructure, science and culture.

They don't punch down. A sociopath and his authoritarian movement are punching down, /1