At 6:03 this evening, Donald Trump walked out from behind the stage, clapping for himself after being announced to the small audience gathered at the Kennedy Space Center. As he made his way to the podium, he stopped, refusing to move any further until his entire hype song, “God Bless the USA” was finished blasting from the speakers. His entire time on the stage lasted just 27 minutes, and every second of it was a disaster. He said things like how he would be happier if the country lost money instead of making it: "Despite the $3 trillion lost yesterday… If we would have gained three trillion, I probably would have been more unhappy."
He told his captive audience that America invented “almost every other thing that’s worth mentioning,” after naming off the telephone, television, internet, GPS, and the smartphone, apparently forgetting, in ways that only Donald Trump could, that scientists and engineers from around the world contributed to the development of nearly every single one of those inventions.
As a raging malevolent narcissist, trump sees no other alternative than to double down on his war with the entire population. And who better to assist and direct him in this suicidal pact than the soulless Miller. This will not end well, obviously. Let's hope the new congress is up to the task. New leadership is needed now, more than ever. No more bipartisanship nonsense, this is pedal to the metal time.
Trump just gave America the middle finger by appointing a Nazi to Chief of Staff.
Congress can subpoena Gruppenführer Miller and hold him in contempt if he refuses to comply. But if Blanche declines to prosecute, Congress CANNOT force the DOJ to act—even with a two-thirds majority.
Congress could instead seek enforcement through federal courts or invoke inherent contempt powers. Trump could pardon Miller for past federal crimes, including criminal contempt
Sadly, congress has broad oversight powers, but enforcement becomes very difficult when the White House and Justice Department refuse to cooperate—even if the courts intervene.
I’m not totally on board for icing Republicans out. I think Dems should move aggressively forward with their priorities and welcome in any Republicans who wish to support them. Those who do not, or actively work against them in support of Trump et al should be ignored, not catered to. We don’t need many votes from Rs to achieve veto-proof legislation so I’d say they either play nice or get voted out by their constituents. The PEOPLE are no longer asleep at the wheel!
Thanks Heather as always for your insightful reporting - it was nice to have at least a couple days of feeling a bit lighter - like the field of play was shifting and we might find our way out of the upside down.
I sincerely hope that the Democrat leadership reads this post because you are spot on - playing “nice” and being accommodating just won’t work.
It seems pretty clear that Trump is fortifying himself and his administration by taking the offense as his next form of defense.
Your assessment of past efforts is exactly right - it’s time for a totally new and creative approach that not only slows the damage but comes with real accountability and consequences.
The useful idiot is now a puppet; Project 25 is in full control of The White House. After the euphoria of the election we are now in even greater danger.
Let us just regard the odious Stephen Miller as the chief of staph. Alll the like-minded people in the White House constitute a staph colony indicating the presence of a dangerous infection. Powerful antibiotics are needed.
Chief of "staph." ....."...can range from mild to very serious." I think we've surpassed the mild stage and gone straight to very serious with this one. Love the analogy!
Thank you Heather. Goebbels-Miller as the chief of staff by this regime is a blatant double flipping middle finger to all Americans as we voted and sent a loud message, the continuation of the enshittification of Großdeutscher Reichstag Naziferatu… A choice made by Der Fanta-Führer.
As to all the pundits thinking that this is the end of the Trump era would say they are very much mistaken. Roy Cohn taught him to never back down, so if the thought process was that the results of this election should have given him that message written loud and clear, he is incapable of acceptance of doing so. He will continue to push, be the bully, place those who are intent and want a regime that is nothing less than an authoritarian state and regime that they will yield the power no matter what and at any costs even worse than the Reichstag.
It’s clearly seen as per Professor HCR letter to an American today. When his regime “..sent a memo to more than 3,000 Republican-oriented groups, warning them: “As always, we are monitoring statements, press releases, and media engagements from your organizations.”
The new 120th Congress Dems once sworn who thought they could work with their counterparts across the aisle may also be seriously misguided. At this point it will be a “time will tell” that the even more MAGA crowd that kept their positions in Congress are of the same mindset of working together moving legislation for the people versus the death march to authoritarianism.
Because those left in Congress are the fervent MAGA cult members that stayed on by that base who voted them in to remain in power. Will they have seen the light and decide as in the past try to assassinate their Der Führer, not literally but figuratively.. time will tell. Would suggest we watch Jim Jordan (R-OH), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Andy Harris (R-MD), Clay Higgins (R-LA), and Michael Alfonso (R-WI). Their behaviors and actions will say the most as to where they’ve decided upon to land, not their words their actions.
He along with most in that executive branch have no intentions of playing ball to relent. History often shows us as to what the most fervent believers will do Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler took routes to display their entire loyalty to Der Führer, others who tried to end that regime by attempts that failed also paid their price like Claus von Stauffenberg and Friedrich Olbricht.
Again history shows us even after the Nuremberg trials that post-war survival splits often into three main groups: those who served prison sentences and were released, those who evaded justice entirely by fleeing, and those who were integrated into Allied organizations.
There’s no backing down as to how they envision this land as to what they want to attain…. A Swastika armband is not just an ornament worn on their forearms it runs in their entire being..
As for the Dems the question asked by us all is when to hand off the baton to the next generation to run with it. As we age that comfort of being the person in charge seeps in, even if we don’t want to admit it and the feeling of becoming irrelevant crosses all our minds. A good leader always looks at the bench because that is where a team’s true depth, future leadership, and culture are built.
IMO flowers to Schumer for all his work getting candidates to run and stepping up to the plate. As an outsider looking in for leadership moving forward it’s time for Chuck Schumer to hand off the baton in the Senate. He is doing a disservice to not just the voters who voiced what we want by our votes. There are his own colleagues chomping at the bit and by keeping them at bay will stifle the needed huge reforms, investigations and actions to not be as swiftly implemented that need to occur. A harshly worded letter that Schumer is known for just does not rise to the occasion before us. We want bold, loud and take no prisoners kind of leader. Be a good leader Chuck, and step aside. Be the needed mentor and supporter that is greatly needed.
As for Jeffries, the concern is that meeting with Kushner. Don’t have an issue that he met with Kushner, it’s the secrecy that was involved in it. Don’t like the coverup no matter what it is. Per Pelosi she thought of Jeffries highly and handed the baton to him, yet what he has done after that event am quite suspicious. If the House Dems are behind Jeffries will go with their decision but will hold his feet to the fire and poke that blazed log at the heel of his foot.
Behind closed doors discussions need to occur between all the Dems we selected. Raise those voices filled with honesty, truth and compassion against your dissent as to who may be seen as the designated leader if you don’t agree. As to why and whom would be better selected to move forward. The greatest injustice is being quiet behind closed doors and then speaking your mind in public. Keep the bickering out of the public view. Don’t want to hear about all the dirty laundry from the Dems out of the House or the Senate. We are tired of all that BS and have expressed this by our voting, many incumbent Dems didn’t make it to the big show. We’ve had enough of that as well.
Come out as a unified force this is what we gave you.. the keys to run with…Put your foot on the gas and don’t let up on the pedal .. He will never relent, never surrender and raise the white flag.. It’s not revenge or retribution it’s following the laws of this land that were written to have a democratic-republic and it appears that many millions of Americans decided this is what we want by just our voices and our Vote.
Stephen Miller: "Children will be taught to love America … As we close the Dept of Education and provide funding to states, we're going to make sure these funds are not being used to promote communist ideology." — 2025
Great post TJ. Almost didn't read it do to the length, but glad I did. Excellent thought throughout. I couldn't agree with you more on both Schumer and Jeffries handing over their batons to more progressive and aggressive fresh blood. If we withstand what the unholy trio of Miller, Trump, and Hegseth cook up, we need to go after all the criminals, traitors, and incompetents that have nearly destroyed our nation. Retribution like never before must occur along with a fortification against anything like Trumpism ever occurring again in America.
Thank you Rick. My apologies for the length. Sometimes our current news cycle is more like the Johnstown Flood. A catastrophic failure not learning from history, experts, people turning a blind eye to the obvious and a plethora of other facts and issues. We shall see as time marches on..
Thanks for that add TJ…I was writing some of the same things..trump is a useful idiot, Russian Agent, and a narcissistic, egomaniacal, serial rapist, pedophile, criminal, who will NEVER admit defeat.
He they are doubling down. Stephen Miller, the Nazi Nosferatu, has been there all along. We also know that Vought and The Heritage Foundation, Project 2025, together with the Technofascists, Thiel, Karp Palantir, NVIDIA, Zuckerberg, etc, Musk, StarLink, Space X, DOGE and all their cuts to valuable programs and stealing our Private information, and RepubliKKKan cuts to begin in January…Eugenics extermination…elderly, disabled, poor, immigrants, ICE Gestapo, CONCENTRATION Camps, etc.
All the players are still in place and are ready to continue, speed up Project 2025…his whole administration, RepubliKKKans, DOJ, DHS, FBI, DoD, Putin, Netanyahu, PAC, AIPAC money, attack agencies that protect And help people, continue Kidnapping and EXECUTIONS of Non-whites, “Domestic Terrorists,” etc.
There are also going to be more attacks financially on Organizations like ACLU and others.
“. . . Making everything the leader was already thinking even worse.“ I’m trying to think of another president about whom that would be said. None spring to mind. They’ve all had faults, but This One! And now with his Mini-Me.
The only good news here is that Herr Miller is so vile he is hated on both sides of the aisle.
He is certainly not to be taken lightly as he is evil to the core and will stop at nothing to get what he wants but ..because he is so totally reviled by everyone ..he’s going to have trouble getting anyone with an ounce of self preservation to back him.
I have great hope that this will backfire spectacularly and it will be seen for exactly what it is…a failed old man grabbing on to the only creature willing to continue his OWN mission of destroying the country regardless of what anyone else wants.
The D’s really need to stop announcing their plans..Garcia’s remark about lawyering up was foolish and childish because now under some court decisions Miller will have immunity as the President’s alter ego…Trump may have promoted him to protect him.
They need to stop showing their hands and just move through the waters like a shark does…quietly..methodically..focused ..then strike.
I had no idea that November 9th carries such weight historically. 😳😳😭. It’s hard to imagine a more toxic snake than miller. Rasputin? Goebbels? Congress just got another fat folder delivered for accountability. Good luck to all of us!
The Democratic majority is now the way to turn things right again and get America back from all the disaster that Trump and his Magapeople has created. But Miller as the new chief of staff is nothing but another warning sign that needs to be approached. It’s far from over, keep on resisting Trumps administration! The support for the democrats are vital for Americas future. Stay strong Heather and keep up your fantastic work!
As a raging malevolent narcissist, trump sees no other alternative than to double down on his war with the entire population. And who better to assist and direct him in this suicidal pact than the soulless Miller. This will not end well, obviously. Let's hope the new congress is up to the task. New leadership is needed now, more than ever. No more bipartisanship nonsense, this is pedal to the metal time.
Nazi, fascist, Homicidal Sociopath.
but does he have a "great ass"?
if anyone has paid attention to trump's last couple of weeks, you'll know exactly what that means.
He must…it’s the newest requirement and high T levels.
Well, he does have Offspring!
Trump just gave America the middle finger by appointing a Nazi to Chief of Staff.
Congress can subpoena Gruppenführer Miller and hold him in contempt if he refuses to comply. But if Blanche declines to prosecute, Congress CANNOT force the DOJ to act—even with a two-thirds majority.
Congress could instead seek enforcement through federal courts or invoke inherent contempt powers. Trump could pardon Miller for past federal crimes, including criminal contempt
Sadly, congress has broad oversight powers, but enforcement becomes very difficult when the White House and Justice Department refuse to cooperate—even if the courts intervene.
I’m not totally on board for icing Republicans out. I think Dems should move aggressively forward with their priorities and welcome in any Republicans who wish to support them. Those who do not, or actively work against them in support of Trump et al should be ignored, not catered to. We don’t need many votes from Rs to achieve veto-proof legislation so I’d say they either play nice or get voted out by their constituents. The PEOPLE are no longer asleep at the wheel!
Thanks Heather as always for your insightful reporting - it was nice to have at least a couple days of feeling a bit lighter - like the field of play was shifting and we might find our way out of the upside down.
I sincerely hope that the Democrat leadership reads this post because you are spot on - playing “nice” and being accommodating just won’t work.
It seems pretty clear that Trump is fortifying himself and his administration by taking the offense as his next form of defense.
Your assessment of past efforts is exactly right - it’s time for a totally new and creative approach that not only slows the damage but comes with real accountability and consequences.
It may be the last chance for our country.
The useful idiot is now a puppet; Project 25 is in full control of The White House. After the euphoria of the election we are now in even greater danger.
I did hear mention of the newly elected Congress impeaching Russell Vought, brainchild of Project 2025. Dare to dream...
FINGERS CROSSED! The concern is will that new Congress ever be seated…that’s part of their plan…ruling without Congress!
Let us just regard the odious Stephen Miller as the chief of staph. Alll the like-minded people in the White House constitute a staph colony indicating the presence of a dangerous infection. Powerful antibiotics are needed.
Chief of "staph." ....."...can range from mild to very serious." I think we've surpassed the mild stage and gone straight to very serious with this one. Love the analogy!
Stephen Miller is the equivalent of Grima Wormtongue from Tolkein’s “Lord of the Rings”.
And he has his own Grima in the form of his wife.
Thank you Heather. Goebbels-Miller as the chief of staff by this regime is a blatant double flipping middle finger to all Americans as we voted and sent a loud message, the continuation of the enshittification of Großdeutscher Reichstag Naziferatu… A choice made by Der Fanta-Führer.
As to all the pundits thinking that this is the end of the Trump era would say they are very much mistaken. Roy Cohn taught him to never back down, so if the thought process was that the results of this election should have given him that message written loud and clear, he is incapable of acceptance of doing so. He will continue to push, be the bully, place those who are intent and want a regime that is nothing less than an authoritarian state and regime that they will yield the power no matter what and at any costs even worse than the Reichstag.
It’s clearly seen as per Professor HCR letter to an American today. When his regime “..sent a memo to more than 3,000 Republican-oriented groups, warning them: “As always, we are monitoring statements, press releases, and media engagements from your organizations.”
The new 120th Congress Dems once sworn who thought they could work with their counterparts across the aisle may also be seriously misguided. At this point it will be a “time will tell” that the even more MAGA crowd that kept their positions in Congress are of the same mindset of working together moving legislation for the people versus the death march to authoritarianism.
Because those left in Congress are the fervent MAGA cult members that stayed on by that base who voted them in to remain in power. Will they have seen the light and decide as in the past try to assassinate their Der Führer, not literally but figuratively.. time will tell. Would suggest we watch Jim Jordan (R-OH), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Andy Harris (R-MD), Clay Higgins (R-LA), and Michael Alfonso (R-WI). Their behaviors and actions will say the most as to where they’ve decided upon to land, not their words their actions.
He along with most in that executive branch have no intentions of playing ball to relent. History often shows us as to what the most fervent believers will do Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler took routes to display their entire loyalty to Der Führer, others who tried to end that regime by attempts that failed also paid their price like Claus von Stauffenberg and Friedrich Olbricht.
Again history shows us even after the Nuremberg trials that post-war survival splits often into three main groups: those who served prison sentences and were released, those who evaded justice entirely by fleeing, and those who were integrated into Allied organizations.
There’s no backing down as to how they envision this land as to what they want to attain…. A Swastika armband is not just an ornament worn on their forearms it runs in their entire being..
As for the Dems the question asked by us all is when to hand off the baton to the next generation to run with it. As we age that comfort of being the person in charge seeps in, even if we don’t want to admit it and the feeling of becoming irrelevant crosses all our minds. A good leader always looks at the bench because that is where a team’s true depth, future leadership, and culture are built.
IMO flowers to Schumer for all his work getting candidates to run and stepping up to the plate. As an outsider looking in for leadership moving forward it’s time for Chuck Schumer to hand off the baton in the Senate. He is doing a disservice to not just the voters who voiced what we want by our votes. There are his own colleagues chomping at the bit and by keeping them at bay will stifle the needed huge reforms, investigations and actions to not be as swiftly implemented that need to occur. A harshly worded letter that Schumer is known for just does not rise to the occasion before us. We want bold, loud and take no prisoners kind of leader. Be a good leader Chuck, and step aside. Be the needed mentor and supporter that is greatly needed.
As for Jeffries, the concern is that meeting with Kushner. Don’t have an issue that he met with Kushner, it’s the secrecy that was involved in it. Don’t like the coverup no matter what it is. Per Pelosi she thought of Jeffries highly and handed the baton to him, yet what he has done after that event am quite suspicious. If the House Dems are behind Jeffries will go with their decision but will hold his feet to the fire and poke that blazed log at the heel of his foot.
Behind closed doors discussions need to occur between all the Dems we selected. Raise those voices filled with honesty, truth and compassion against your dissent as to who may be seen as the designated leader if you don’t agree. As to why and whom would be better selected to move forward. The greatest injustice is being quiet behind closed doors and then speaking your mind in public. Keep the bickering out of the public view. Don’t want to hear about all the dirty laundry from the Dems out of the House or the Senate. We are tired of all that BS and have expressed this by our voting, many incumbent Dems didn’t make it to the big show. We’ve had enough of that as well.
Come out as a unified force this is what we gave you.. the keys to run with…Put your foot on the gas and don’t let up on the pedal .. He will never relent, never surrender and raise the white flag.. It’s not revenge or retribution it’s following the laws of this land that were written to have a democratic-republic and it appears that many millions of Americans decided this is what we want by just our voices and our Vote.
Stephen Miller: "Children will be taught to love America … As we close the Dept of Education and provide funding to states, we're going to make sure these funds are not being used to promote communist ideology." — 2025
https://youtu.be/PyKFbuKhDKQ?si=v6hJj5PaUwQhA5EC
Goebbels speaks at 1937 Nazi rally
https://youtu.be/HLrrUsnRTf4?is=vm849w_zrm5NzIjU
NAZI PROPAGANDA - HISTORICAL FILM FOOTAGE
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/gallery/nazi-propaganda-films
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-6-2026?r=viplr&utm_medium=ios
Great post TJ. Almost didn't read it do to the length, but glad I did. Excellent thought throughout. I couldn't agree with you more on both Schumer and Jeffries handing over their batons to more progressive and aggressive fresh blood. If we withstand what the unholy trio of Miller, Trump, and Hegseth cook up, we need to go after all the criminals, traitors, and incompetents that have nearly destroyed our nation. Retribution like never before must occur along with a fortification against anything like Trumpism ever occurring again in America.
Thank you Rick. My apologies for the length. Sometimes our current news cycle is more like the Johnstown Flood. A catastrophic failure not learning from history, experts, people turning a blind eye to the obvious and a plethora of other facts and issues. We shall see as time marches on..
Thanks for that add TJ…I was writing some of the same things..trump is a useful idiot, Russian Agent, and a narcissistic, egomaniacal, serial rapist, pedophile, criminal, who will NEVER admit defeat.
He they are doubling down. Stephen Miller, the Nazi Nosferatu, has been there all along. We also know that Vought and The Heritage Foundation, Project 2025, together with the Technofascists, Thiel, Karp Palantir, NVIDIA, Zuckerberg, etc, Musk, StarLink, Space X, DOGE and all their cuts to valuable programs and stealing our Private information, and RepubliKKKan cuts to begin in January…Eugenics extermination…elderly, disabled, poor, immigrants, ICE Gestapo, CONCENTRATION Camps, etc.
All the players are still in place and are ready to continue, speed up Project 2025…his whole administration, RepubliKKKans, DOJ, DHS, FBI, DoD, Putin, Netanyahu, PAC, AIPAC money, attack agencies that protect And help people, continue Kidnapping and EXECUTIONS of Non-whites, “Domestic Terrorists,” etc.
There are also going to be more attacks financially on Organizations like ACLU and others.
Here’s an important read from Lance Rosen
https://lancefrosen.substack.com/p/stephen-millers-gleichschaltung?r=71veyx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
And this one I may have shared already-going viral
https://lancefrosen.substack.com/p/stephen-miller-and-russell-vought?r=71veyx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
The next two years will be rough, but we can get through it by resisting and continuing to protest the malignant evil.
And keeping eyes on at all times.
The parallels are chilling. Krisallnacht indeed and Goebbels is now in charge .
Miller was the one I have watched from the start and now he has become the president, with the strings of the old puppet in his hands .
This man has dead eyes, God help America.
He couldn't get his name on the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, so now it's on a plaque at the Kennedy Space Center.
Geez. Who thought this up as a way to appease him?
Note to America and self: Add to the list of places where his name must be removed when he's gone. And he will be gone. 2028, we're looking at you! 🗽
“. . . Making everything the leader was already thinking even worse.“ I’m trying to think of another president about whom that would be said. None spring to mind. They’ve all had faults, but This One! And now with his Mini-Me.
The only good news here is that Herr Miller is so vile he is hated on both sides of the aisle.
He is certainly not to be taken lightly as he is evil to the core and will stop at nothing to get what he wants but ..because he is so totally reviled by everyone ..he’s going to have trouble getting anyone with an ounce of self preservation to back him.
I have great hope that this will backfire spectacularly and it will be seen for exactly what it is…a failed old man grabbing on to the only creature willing to continue his OWN mission of destroying the country regardless of what anyone else wants.
The D’s really need to stop announcing their plans..Garcia’s remark about lawyering up was foolish and childish because now under some court decisions Miller will have immunity as the President’s alter ego…Trump may have promoted him to protect him.
They need to stop showing their hands and just move through the waters like a shark does…quietly..methodically..focused ..then strike.
Trump’s favorite lament, "Where's my Roy Cohn?" has now been answered with the selection of Stephen Miller as his Chief of Staff…ugh!
I had no idea that November 9th carries such weight historically. 😳😳😭. It’s hard to imagine a more toxic snake than miller. Rasputin? Goebbels? Congress just got another fat folder delivered for accountability. Good luck to all of us!
Stephen Miller = Grima Wormtongue.
The Democratic majority is now the way to turn things right again and get America back from all the disaster that Trump and his Magapeople has created. But Miller as the new chief of staff is nothing but another warning sign that needs to be approached. It’s far from over, keep on resisting Trumps administration! The support for the democrats are vital for Americas future. Stay strong Heather and keep up your fantastic work!
I agree with most of what you say, but I would not call Steven Miller incompetent. He may be evil personified but he knows what he’s doing.