At 5:33 p.m. tonight, Donald Trump sat behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office for a last-minute executive order signing. With his left hand positioned over his right, partially obscuring what could be fresh bruising, the President of the United States spent the next 44 minutes attacking the press. "You know, we've had a lot of problems with you, haven't we?" he said, before signing a new order that could severely limit Americans' ability to vote, just months before one of the most critical midterm elections of our lives. In what appeared to be...
Brilliant commentary, as always. I spend more than I can afford on this and other substacks, but whenever I try to prune the list, and my out of control inbox, yours always avoids the chop!
All of this is so enervating I have far better things to do with my time than spend it desperately monitoring the implosion of the world as I know it
It’s like a terrible car crash you can’t avert your eyes from
As a Brit - like most other world citizens we did not ask for this carnage - to have our country insulted, our cost of living implode, our daily lives impacted in totally unforeseen ways
We can only rely on our American friends to stay strong and steer us away from this nightmare
I implore you to do all that you can to remove the abomination that is Trump
Please the world is depending on you to use any avenue big or small to make sure he is removed and brought to justice so that all can be right in the world once again
We are doing that, Lynne, as we do not want to live like this, or see our country go down the drain, or live in fear. We want out of this more than you could know, our daily horror show and increasing feelings of losing our grip on democracy. We are testing this great experiment to see: will it hold?
Thank you so much Heather for your always exhaustive reporting!! You keep us informed and leave us inspired as well. Love the picture and reminder of Robert Frost's Words at the end too.
I have hope, too, even though it was a very scary day for our Country. Knowing there are people like you out there gives me strength and courage!!! Thanks so much for all your hard work. You are appreciated more than you know. ❤️🇺🇲💙
Trump talking about Iran on the radio the today programme in UK and what would happen, he laughed as he said we will bomb all their roads probably before we leave. Sickening to think he could not care about the humans living there. How would he feel if his neighbourhood was bombed so it was not navigable ? Vile !
Then the elections in November must be navigated with support to all citizens - workshops to get paperwork up to date for all - local leaflets on how to make sure your vote is a true vote.
I loathe bullying and coercion don’t let it happen.
For God's Sake and our Country's !! 25 Amendment & the RICO Act for this Pretend POTUS, convicted felon, rapist & as the Epstein files are showing, a possible Pedophile !!
Brilliant piece, Heather, as usual. The orange buffoon is getting more and more demented. Does he not know that a President cannot make unilateral changes to Federal election procedures.
On another matter: I'm very unhappy with King Charles's state visit to the US going ahead at the end of this month. Our PM Starmer has no backbone.
Totally agree! He should not go to the U.S. where Dumb as a stump tRump will insult and belittle us again. We should not be giving him what he wants—the “prestige” of having the king of England be involved in his vile shenanigans. And, by the way, I’m pretty sure he has no idea that the king does not rule us—he has no concept of what a constitutional monarchy is.
I appreciate the time you take to find all the details, and to use your incredible writing ability to share the many, many concerns we all have about this "Presidency". Trump is trying so hard to make our country into a dictatorship, and although he must know he won't live forever, I am pretty sure he is picturing his family taaking over......ugh! Your daily writing is helping me stay sane through this very difficult time in our lives and the life of our nation. Thank-you for your daily work.
To carry this a little further, not doubt in my mind that the "voter database" will be part of the massive national database allegedly being created at Palantir. And added to it will be: the way we vote, our debts, our excesses, our religion, our loves, our purchases, our online activity, etc., etc. This would be an advertiser's dream, but in government hands it will be deadly way to control the population. This is the most frightening government overreach, ever.
Thank you for getting the truth to us. I can honestly say as a person born just post WW2, I never thought I would ever be living through this. I was raised to appreciate our democracy & freedoms.
As always, I enjoy and appreciate your clarity and lack of ambiguity.
I'd like to highlight the following:
> The free press is under direct assault, and I don’t know if we are ever going back to the system we had before this, where we could trust corporate media to hold power accountable the way it once did. So we have to be the ones to build an alternative future where we actively seek out and support the new-age journalists, reporters, and independent voices who will carry the truth, and cut through the propaganda if we are going to survive as a country.
You've said similar in the past, but I've let it slide in one eye and out the other, so to speak. This time, in this context, you actually prompted me to pay some attention to it. I think I might take up that as one of the topics I'd like to address in an essay I'm working on. Thanks for prodding me to think about something I've sort of glossed over before. And perhaps even respond!
He is stealing the elections, again and again. He is killing civilians, destroying countries and nothing happens. No real serious dem opposition. No other world “leaders” (who do not lead very much indeed) opposition. Bonkers!
You, as well as other pundits, keep saying the president is desperate, he's losing it, he's worse than ever, he's acting strange and stranger. I think we crossed the line months ago, perhaps even years past, his spoil-by date. If he were a food and you took him out of the refrigerator and looked him over, first you'd gag and next you would wrap it tight and right into the garbage can, and it needs to be said: take the garbage out. He's spoiling everything he touches or comes near.
Brilliant commentary, as always. I spend more than I can afford on this and other substacks, but whenever I try to prune the list, and my out of control inbox, yours always avoids the chop!
I don’t get why we don’t remove him. Any day he could blow up the world. My suggestion is to offer him a deal to fire his hires and resign.
All of this is so enervating I have far better things to do with my time than spend it desperately monitoring the implosion of the world as I know it
It’s like a terrible car crash you can’t avert your eyes from
As a Brit - like most other world citizens we did not ask for this carnage - to have our country insulted, our cost of living implode, our daily lives impacted in totally unforeseen ways
We can only rely on our American friends to stay strong and steer us away from this nightmare
I implore you to do all that you can to remove the abomination that is Trump
Please the world is depending on you to use any avenue big or small to make sure he is removed and brought to justice so that all can be right in the world once again
We are doing that, Lynne, as we do not want to live like this, or see our country go down the drain, or live in fear. We want out of this more than you could know, our daily horror show and increasing feelings of losing our grip on democracy. We are testing this great experiment to see: will it hold?
I have every faith in the power of your people
Thank you so much Heather for your always exhaustive reporting!! You keep us informed and leave us inspired as well. Love the picture and reminder of Robert Frost's Words at the end too.
I have hope, too, even though it was a very scary day for our Country. Knowing there are people like you out there gives me strength and courage!!! Thanks so much for all your hard work. You are appreciated more than you know. ❤️🇺🇲💙
We the people are being failed not only by this malignant fool, but by all of his enablers like Lutnick.
“A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.” - Dwight D. Eisenhower
Two things today
Listening to an American pro
Trump talking about Iran on the radio the today programme in UK and what would happen, he laughed as he said we will bomb all their roads probably before we leave. Sickening to think he could not care about the humans living there. How would he feel if his neighbourhood was bombed so it was not navigable ? Vile !
Then the elections in November must be navigated with support to all citizens - workshops to get paperwork up to date for all - local leaflets on how to make sure your vote is a true vote.
I loathe bullying and coercion don’t let it happen.
For God's Sake and our Country's !! 25 Amendment & the RICO Act for this Pretend POTUS, convicted felon, rapist & as the Epstein files are showing, a possible Pedophile !!
Brilliant piece, Heather, as usual. The orange buffoon is getting more and more demented. Does he not know that a President cannot make unilateral changes to Federal election procedures.
On another matter: I'm very unhappy with King Charles's state visit to the US going ahead at the end of this month. Our PM Starmer has no backbone.
Totally agree! He should not go to the U.S. where Dumb as a stump tRump will insult and belittle us again. We should not be giving him what he wants—the “prestige” of having the king of England be involved in his vile shenanigans. And, by the way, I’m pretty sure he has no idea that the king does not rule us—he has no concept of what a constitutional monarchy is.
I appreciate the time you take to find all the details, and to use your incredible writing ability to share the many, many concerns we all have about this "Presidency". Trump is trying so hard to make our country into a dictatorship, and although he must know he won't live forever, I am pretty sure he is picturing his family taaking over......ugh! Your daily writing is helping me stay sane through this very difficult time in our lives and the life of our nation. Thank-you for your daily work.
Excellent coverage and hope at the end. Keep up the good work & great writing! Thank you!!
I thank the president for giving the courts plenty of time to deconstruct his latest attack on our elections
To carry this a little further, not doubt in my mind that the "voter database" will be part of the massive national database allegedly being created at Palantir. And added to it will be: the way we vote, our debts, our excesses, our religion, our loves, our purchases, our online activity, etc., etc. This would be an advertiser's dream, but in government hands it will be deadly way to control the population. This is the most frightening government overreach, ever.
Thank you for getting the truth to us. I can honestly say as a person born just post WW2, I never thought I would ever be living through this. I was raised to appreciate our democracy & freedoms.
As always, I enjoy and appreciate your clarity and lack of ambiguity.
I'd like to highlight the following:
> The free press is under direct assault, and I don’t know if we are ever going back to the system we had before this, where we could trust corporate media to hold power accountable the way it once did. So we have to be the ones to build an alternative future where we actively seek out and support the new-age journalists, reporters, and independent voices who will carry the truth, and cut through the propaganda if we are going to survive as a country.
You've said similar in the past, but I've let it slide in one eye and out the other, so to speak. This time, in this context, you actually prompted me to pay some attention to it. I think I might take up that as one of the topics I'd like to address in an essay I'm working on. Thanks for prodding me to think about something I've sort of glossed over before. And perhaps even respond!
Take care.
He is stealing the elections, again and again. He is killing civilians, destroying countries and nothing happens. No real serious dem opposition. No other world “leaders” (who do not lead very much indeed) opposition. Bonkers!
You, as well as other pundits, keep saying the president is desperate, he's losing it, he's worse than ever, he's acting strange and stranger. I think we crossed the line months ago, perhaps even years past, his spoil-by date. If he were a food and you took him out of the refrigerator and looked him over, first you'd gag and next you would wrap it tight and right into the garbage can, and it needs to be said: take the garbage out. He's spoiling everything he touches or comes near.