*** “The least deviation from truth will be multiplied later.” [ Aristotle ]
This post presents three”letters to the editor”. from January 3, 2026 isssue of Minnesota Star. Tribune, concerning accusations of “billions” in fraud. YOUR. thoughtful examination is requested on the observations of three “ordinary people”:
1] “On Monday, the public’s xenophobic outrage from an unethical YouTuber sharing unfounded accusations of fraud emboldened President Trump to pledge to cut federal funds to the state of Minnesota, a move that could cause the child care sector to collapse….Child care is a failed market system: Parents can’t afford the true cost and average profits are 1% nationally…”
“..child care is the work behind the workforce…the 23,000 children receiving child care assistance in Minnesota will not get the care they need…will prevent kindergarten readiness, cause parents to become jobless and render families unhoused..”
“..I imagine Minnesota will be the first but not the last to have child care axed..we have their playbook. Project 2025 wants to push women out of the workforce, and what better way to achieve that than to sabotage the child care sector?”
[ C. F. ]
***. “Any excuse will serve a tyrant.” [ Aesop ]
2] “Disregarding whether fraud was or wasn’t committed, i find it odd that some people seem to think it’s suspicious that he was denied entry to these child care facilities when he. showed up unannounced, with no credentials and no valid reason to be there…No one who is not an employee or a parent/guardian of a child being cared for there should be allowed in. Two strangers with a camera crew? Absolutely not. The only businesses that should lose their licenses over this are the ones who did let them in.” [ P. S. ]
*** “Instead of clearing his own heart, the zealot tries to clear the world.” [ Joseph Campbell ]
3] “Please allow me to attempt a thought exercise to see if I have the Republican thought process understood.
“Medical facilities receive taxpayer dollars via Medicaid assistance to their patients. If I were angry about this and I drove by a clinic at a time when they were closed and filmed the empty lot and locked doors, this proves fraud?”
“If I went to a different clinic and they were open and I demanded to see patient files that they refused to show me, that would be proof of fraud?”
“If I went to a pediatrician’s office during business hours and started filming the children in the room until I was thrown out…that’s definitely also fraud but not an invasion of children’s privacy…?”
“..everything is obviously the fault of Gov. Tim Walz and no one in the nearly equally split Legislature. This much i know for certain, for President Donald Trump tells me so.” [ A. S. ]
***. “When it comes to conspiracy, everything is permissible.” [ Napoleon ]
Then – please consider the following:
4] “Pandemic-era fraud occurred in all 50 states.” [Phil Morris: “Minnesota’s fraud reckoning enters the influencer era”; Minnesota Star Tribune; 12/31/ 25] SO. – can we therefore assume that we’ll soon see the Trump administration cutting off aid to 49 other states?, or, perhaps just ‘blue’ states, or, perhaps…………………??????
***. “The most odious of all oppressions are those which mask as justice.” [ Justice Robert Jackson ]
5] “A 43-minute video…viewed by millions…has also set off a series of events that show the symbiotic relationship between the Trump administration and self-described journalists….highlights the way the White House seeds narratives about key issues, then rewards sympathetic craetors who deliver viral content.” [ Ken Bensinger, Ernesto Londono: “Viral video sparks intense response”; New York Times; 1/1/26] SO – do YOU think that Joseph Goebbels, and, quite likely also, “Big Brother,” just might be clapping in great glee – admiring how a DICTATORSHIP in America manages to drive and control “the news.” ????? !!!!! ?????
SO !!!!! – Do YOU think that a man who ORDERED Republicans in congress to vote against a bi-partisan immigration bill crafted by a very conservative Senator, so he could run against immigration in the 2024 election. – would. – try to conjure up a variety of ‘issues’ so he can maintain HIS Congressional majority in the November 3, 2026 elections ???? !!!! ????? Nobody would stoop that low, right ?????
***. “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” [ Herb Brooks; Anthony Weldon ]
Author: tomdolen
The Trump DICTATORSHIP – Stupidity, Cruelty, Corruption, Craziness, LXXXXVII. – America Pays A Very Big Price for NOT Having Leaders With Character
*** “Good moral character is the first essential in a man.” [ George Washington, 12/5/1790 ]
This post is primarily built around “When character no longer matters, power becomes the only credential” [Jack Leslie, Ward Brehm; Minnesota Star Tribune; 1/1/26};
1]. “The language of our politics has grown reckless, inflammatory rhetoric and casual cruelty are no longer fringe phenomena; they have crept into the mainstream of our public life. When leaders treat fellow Americans as targets rather than citizens, the damage extends far beyond any single remark. It signals a failure of character, more than ideology, that determines whether a republic endures.”
***. “When the late J. P. Morgan was asked what he considered the best bank collateral, he replied, “Character.”
2] “A democracy can survive ideological disagreement. It can survive bad policy. It can even survive bad leaders – for a time. What it cannot survive is the steady erosion of character as a governing requirement.” [Leslie, Brehm]
***. “Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men of unexceptionable character.” [ Samuel Adams, 1775 ]
3] “A month after the inauguration, thirty-five psychiatrists wrote a letter to the editor of the New York Times: “We believe that the grave emotional instability indicated by Mr. Trump’s speech and actions makes him incapable of serving safely as President.” [ Pulitzer Prize winner David Cay Johnston: “It’s Even Worse Than You Think” ]
***. “The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit – a reputation, character.” [ John D. Rockefeller ]
4] “We are watching behavior once considered disqualifying become routine; rising intolerance, habitual dishonesty, contempt for democratic norms and the deliberate exploitation of division for political gain. – one rationalization at a time.” [ Leslie, Brehm ]
*** “Character is the only secure foundation of the state.” [ Calvin Coolidge, Republican U.S. 30th President ]
5] “History is clear: Democracies rarely collapse in a single dramatic moment. They weaken gradually as standards erode, boundaries blur and citizens are conditioned to accept conduct they once would have rejected outright. The danger is not chaos. The danger is normalization.” [ Leslie, Brehm ]
*** “The best index to a person’s character is [a] how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and [b] how he treats people who can’t fight back.” [ Abigail Van Buren ]
6] “A democracy can survive bad leaders. It cannot survive citizens who excuse them. When character no longer matters, power becomes the only credential. – and history tells us exactly where that leads.” [ Leslie, Brehm ]
*** The qualities of a great man are “vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation,, and a profundity of character.” [ Dwight D. Eisenhower, World War II General, Republican 34th U.S. President ]
7] “So here is the demand: Refuse to fund politicians of either party who abuse power, distort the truth or enforce ideology through coercion rather than persuasion. Withdraw your money. Withdraw your vote. Demand civility, integrity and restraint – and vote out those who refuse to meet that standard.” [ Leslie, Brehm ]
***. “Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly.” [ Lawrence Lovasik ]
8]. “Every generation is tested. this is ours. the question is no longer what we believe, but what we are willing to refuse.” [ Leslie, Brehm ]
SO. – YOU tell me, just how would YOU judge Donald John Trump, and the people around him, his donors, people who wrote “Project 2025,” people in his administration carrying out his policies in general – including those that hurt American citizens? In the light of tenets of good character. – how do YOU judge the INTENT of the Trump administration’s rhetoric, actions, policies? In the light of good character how does one evaluate Trump’s 2017 tax cuts for the obscenely rich – and, his insistence these tax cuts be made permanent in 2025? HOW do these tax cuts “…promote the general Welfare..” [u.S. Constitution]???
*** “When wealth is lost; when health is lost; something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.” [Billy Graham]
9] “Trump says he does not see any reason to seek divine forgiveness because he has done nothing wrong in his entire life, an oft-made observation..” [ Pulitzer Prize winner David Cay Johnston: “The making Of Donald Trump” ]
*** “I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty.” [ Adolf Hitler ]
The Trump DICTATORSHIP – Stupidity, Cruelty, Corruption, Craziness, LXXXXVI. – Trump’s. Radical50 million Americans. Reactionary Incompetence
*** “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present i. which the Party is aways right.”
[ George Orwell: “1984” ]
We end 2025 with an apology. We”re sorry, but we cannot keep up with the daily drumbeat of damage the Trump DICTATORSHIP is inflicting upon America. Below are SOME of the anti-democratic recent headlines, reflecting on the WIDESPREAD CATASTROPHE and EVIL imposed on Americans by ‘our” government.
1] “How the letter “K” describes the shape of the U.S. economy…The wealthy get richer, the poor struggle more” [Christopher Rugaber; Associated Press; 12/3/25]: “The top 40% of all U.S. consumers are driving two-thirds of all consumption….the wealthiest 10% of Americans own roughly 87% of the stock market..” [50 million Americans are food insecure {4/17/25}. 44% of U.S. workers are in low-wage jobs; 60% of U.S. workers live paycheck-to-paycheck. {11/18/25}
2] “The Cost of Care in the Land of Plenty….For many Americans the question may not be ‘how bad is it?”, but rather, can I afford to get this looked at?” [Andrew Tait; The Progressive Populist; January, 2026]. [can. YOU. afford medical care or health insurance in America????????]
3] “White House downplays risks of AI”. {Tony Romm, Colby Smith; New York Times; 12/25/25]. – versus “A.I. Will Displace Workers at a Scale Many don’t Realize”. [Sal Khan; New York Times; 12/28/25]. Jeremy Rifkin’s “The End of Work [1995,2004], and many other analyses showed from DATA that jobs were ALREADY being lost, from manufacturing to white collar jobs. – before A.I. A.I. will only make job loss WORSE, plus many other issues like privacy.
4] “Somber mood at scientists’ annual meeting….Amid cuts, many say American science is suffering under Trump” [Eric Niiler; New York Times; 12/21/25]: “It’s a fundamental disruption of the systems that allow science in this country to function.” “Morris lab down to just 3 scientists….Soils laboratory among many ag science sites gutted by federal cuts” [Christopher Vondracek; Minnesota Star Tribune; 12/30/25]. “Science Under Siege” [Michael Mann, Peter Hotez]. “Fool me Twice….Fighting the Assault on Science in America”. [Shawn Lawrence Otto]. WHY does the radical reactionary R-W attack science? Because science deals in proven FACTS. FACTS are POISON to the Trump DICTATORSHIP.
5] “Bankruptcies soar amid tariffs, inflation….Filings for 2025 reach highest tally since 2010” [Aaron Gregg, Jaclyn Peiser; Washington post; 12/30/25]. Trump’s policies have hurt manufacturing, construction, transportation hardest’; small businesses are hurt, many closing.
6} Get more facts: “Trump’s First Year Back, in 10 Charts” [New York Times; 12/28/25]: ‘..by year’s end, Mr. Trump’s popularity has sunk to historic lows, as many Americans recoiled from his brutality and his extremism. Above all, they fretted about his failure to improve their economic well-being.”
7]. “For DOGE, Big Disruption Returned Meager Savings….Largest Claims Were Wrong and Real Cuts Were Small, Times Analysis Finds”. [Emily Badger, David Fahrenhold, Alicia Parlapiano, Margot Sanger-Katz; New York Times; 12/28/25]: ‘..the group did not do what mr. Musk said it would: reduce federal spending by $1 trillion before October. On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up.” [!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!] And then this: DOGE broke numerous federal privacy laws and policies, often at gunpoint, to acquire YOUR personal data. What did they do with it??? WHO has YOUR personal data – Russians, Chinese, criminals, musk??????? Just perhaps – the REAL DOGE goals were NOT savings. – BUT WERE. – acquisition of YOUR data, destroying independence in the federal government, ruining the federal government. – all enabling the Trump DICTATorship. to do whatever it wants ???????!!!!!!?????
8] “Trump’s Monroe Doctrine Will Tip Our World into Chaos….We are headed for more confrontations, more brinksmanship, more war”. [Greg Grandin; New York Times; 12/21/25]. Trump’s plan could result in 3 big powers ruling the earth; china, Russia, America – back to pre-WW I. “Trump’s vision; A nation unto Itself” [Naftali Bendavid; Washington post Weekly; 12/21/25]: “The problem is that strategic detachmewnt was attainable in the 19th century, it’s not attainable today,” Kupchan said. “This will..ultimately fail because it’s not possible.”
9] “It Matters Who Owns the National Debt, Too…New invstors demand higher returns for lending to the U.S.” {Geng Ngarmboonanant; New York Times; 12/28/25]. Trump’s policies are a threat to trust in U.S.debt because of questions on the independence of the Federal Reserve; predictability of the Treasury, rule of law; international partnerships. This is also important because Trump’s 2017 tax cuts are 25% of U.S.debt; he demanded these cuts be made permanent, and we ALREADY KNOW this will increase U.S. debt by trillions. You – research Republican tax cuts of Reagan, BushII and Trump – see how much they’ve blown up the U.S. debt since 1981
10] “The White House is a Lost Cause”. [ Jamelle Bouie; New York Times; 12/21/25]: Trump often does NOT know what ‘his” administration is doing , on ANYTHING. “He is, by most accounts, isolated from the outside world….rarely meets with ordinary Americans outside the White House….He is uninterested in anyone except his most devoted fans….the work of the White House has been delegated to a handful of high-level advisors..”
Thanks to a corrupt “supreme court,” America is being moved toward implementing “the unitary executive theory”….”Think Bonapartism with an American twist…the president we have isn’t unitary. He has given his newfound power away to a small set of virtually unaccountable advisors, insulated from public outcry and indifferent to public opinion.”
THEN – consider WHO has benefited from the slow erosion of America’s loss of economic affordability from 1981 forward. WHO has, will, benefit from the loss of civil liberties? WHO will benefit from cuts in government services? HINT: – look at pictures of Trump’s 2025 inaugural, see WHO had the most honored seats!!! WHO wrote “Project 2025? – and. – how many of them are in Trump’s administration?????
*** The “Republican Party’ of 2025 is NOT the Republican Party of Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Eisenhower. Since 1981, R-W reactionaries have steadily gained control. They had a blueprint, often derided, said to b too extreme. Backed by R-W billionaires, they have acquired power in the Trump White House. Matthew Dallek’s “Birchers”:
“Trump benefited from the rhetorical and ideological legacy..Birchers had bequeathed to subsequent generations…he campaigned on a set of Birch-toned themes….Trump’s apocalyptic oratory and conspiracy theories helped mobilize supporters and framed his message….The Birch inheritance not only colored Trump’s campaign but also informed his White House agenda….Trump drew energy, as Birchers had, from white supremacists, militias, and nativists and brought them into his coalition….imposing Christian prayer and “Americanist” teachings on public schools – became a plank of the administration’s policy agenda….The Birch Society’s view of public health policies as a statist plot to squash individual liberties entered the conservative mainstream during the Trump administration’s response to ..COVID-19….Trump’s governance helped turn conservative anti-government idology into a government-as-the-enemy, root-of-all-evil philosophy…the so-called deep state..”
***** What is happening to YOU, and other ordinary Americans is NOT an accident. It has already been investigated and described to YOU – Double Pulitzer Prize winners Donald Barlett & James Steele’s. “The Betrayal of the American Dream”; Pulitzer Prize winner Hedrick Smith’s “Who Stole the American Dream?”; Kurt Andersen’s “Evil Geniuses”; prize winner Jane Mayer’s. ‘Dark Money”; and many more.
*** Do YOUR own FACTUAL research: on. WHY YOUR purchasing power has declined since 1973; on people’s incomes, 1947-73. versus. 1981-2025; on top marginal tax rates 1947-73. versus. 1981-2025; on ordinary American’s ability to buy a home. 1947-73. versus. 1981-2025; on WHY ordinary people are NOT having children, none or 1 or 2. versus earlier having families of 2 – 3 -4 kids.
*** Read the Constitution’s Preamble on WHY “We the People’. created the U.S. government: “Union,” “Justice,” “domestic Tranquility,”…….”promote the general Welfare.” This site criticizes the Trump DICTATORSHIP and the Reagan and Bush II governments BECAUSE of their FAILURE to achieve those goals, and, in many cases, of working to sabotage those goals.
***. “The least deviation from truth will be multiplied later.” [ Aristotle ]
The Trump DICTATORSHIP – Stupidity,, Cruelty, Corruption, Craziness, LXXXXV – The new “Trump-class”. Battleships !!!!!!!!!!!
*** “Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal.” [ Samuel Johnson ]
Trump’s 2025 “Christmas gift” to America is……..a new ‘golden fleet’. of naval warships featuring mammoth 35,000 ton. “Trump-class” battleships !!! This is a stereotypical Trump project because it displays. his STUPIDITY, his HISTORICAL IGNORANCE, his ARROGANCE.
In rendering this judgment, please consider the following pieces of evidence:
1] America turned the tide of World War II in the Pacific at the battle of Midway. American planes sunk four Japanese carriers. The Japanese never recovered.
2] The mighty German battleship, the Bismarck, was disabled by a British Swordfish torpedo, then sunk by naval gunfire.
3] In December, 1941, the Japanese sank the British battleship “Prince of Wales” and battlecruiser “Repulse” by airplane attacks.
4]. Ukraine has forced the Russian Black Sea fleet to retreat to a more remote Russian port further away from the war zone. – by using drones !!!
5]. The biggest warships in the current Chinese navy are “Type 055 Renhai-class” destroyers, often called cruisers – which are listed at 13,000 tons.
Read the above again. Now. – think about Trump’s 35,000 ton TARGETS.
Read the following analysis from retired Rear Admiral Mark Montgomery: He said. “the ships are behemoths ill-suited to confront China”…. said the Navy instead needed a dispersed fleet of minimally manned or unmanned ships with large weapons magazines to combat the Chinese threats at sea. “These ‘battleships’ will achieve none of these tactical goals,” said Montgomery.” [ “Trump announced new ‘golden fleet’ of warships named after himself”. [ Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Eric Schmitt, John Ismay; New York Times; 12/24/25 ]
Trump’s. “vision”. – is, as usual. – STUPIDITY. and. ARROGANCE – plus his well-known ego mania of naming a building or institution after HIMSELF. Now it’s American warships
The. VICTIMS:
1] American taxpayers. [except billionaires]. who are forced to pay for these worthless ships
2] American sailors who’ll be assigned to these floating BIG. TARGETS.
3]. American citizens who actually think Trump has ‘improved” American defense. – when it actuality. – he’ll have weakened it. – money wasted, money NOT going into modern weapons
This is one more instance of THE COST TO AMERICA of having a 13-year old as “our” president.
***. “Self-deception once yielded to, all other deceptions follow naturally more and more.” [ Thomas Carlyle ]
***. “I play to people’s fantasies. People may not always think big themselves, but they can still get very excited by those who do.” [ Donald John Trump: “The Art of The Deal” ]
The Trump DICTATORSHIP – Stupidity, Cruelty, Corruption, Craziness, LXXXXIV – Trump’s Storm Troopers, and What It Says About America
***. “The best political weapon is the weapon of terror. Cruelty commands respect. Man may hate us. But we don’t ask for their love; only their fear.” { Reichsfuhrer SS, Heinrich Himmler ]
“Dystopian Nightmare: Storm Troopers in the Carolinas…Homeland Security cops – gunpoint assaults” [ Hal Crowther; The Progressive Populist; January, 2026 ]:
1] “You can’t really experience the deep bone-chill of police-state fascism until it reaches your neighborhood. This stunning, court-defying immigration purge, with armed, masked thugs authorized to abuse and kidnap anyone who looks Hispanic, has come to central North Carolina….Hundreds have been arrested and detained, agents have smashed car windows and thrown women to the ground.”
2] “No charges were filed against any of these victims – all three turned out to be American citizens. Imagine your reaction if your own government turned on you so violently, so irrationally.”
***!!!***!!!*** THIS. – is the CORE ISSUE. “Imagine YOUR reaction if YOUR own government turned on YOU..”
3] “One of my greatest disappointments is that when a cruel, stupid leader like President Trump is calling the shots, so many ordinary soldiers are ready to answer the call.”
4] “If the resistance and the rule of law should fail and a constitutional democracy collapses into some kind of fear-ravaged police state, the autumn of 2025 will be remembered as the moment when our dam broke. These aren’t just civil rights but human rights that have been flagrantly violated.”
***. “Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law.”
[ Justice Lous Brandeis ]
5] “The shameless lie that the federal storm troopers are only pursuing “the worst of the worst” is contradicted by every reported statistic. Of the 600-plus immigrants arrested in Chicago, only 16 had any criminal records, and two of them were for drunk driving. if law enforcement was truly focused on “the worst of the worst,” it could find most of them on that huge list of thugs and insurrectionists Trump has pardoned..”
6]. “In some cozy corner of Hell, Adolf Hitler is smiling. “Those damn Americans destroyed me,” the Fuhrer is thinking, “but now they’re admitting I was right.” He might even note that the Trump administration has requested a list, including contact information, of Jewish students, faculty members and employees of the University of Pennsylvania – ostensibly to “protect’ them…”
7] “Welcome to the Fourth Reich.”
*** “He that despised his neighbor sins.” [ Proverbs 14:21 ]
8] “Its not just our laws and constitution that Trump vandalizes, but our codes of civil decency and acceptable behavior. Anyone who still pretends that the president isn’t crazy is ignoring his outburst at a White House reporter who was trying to question the Saudi prince. – “Quiet. Quiet, Piggy?”
9] “For those of us who suspected that he was a Russian agent all along, here’s a foreign policy update, too. A United Nations resolution that condemned Russia for the war in Ukraine, drafted by the European Union, was rejected by only 18 of 176 nations. The negative bloc included Russia, Belarus, north Korea – and the United States.” [!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
Question: What’s the difference between. the Nazi Gestapo, the Soviet KGB-NKVD, Trump’s ICE thugs?
Answer: Trump’s. ICE. thugs wear masks.
*** “First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out – because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out – because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out – because I was not a Jew. And then they came for me – and there was no one left to speak for me.” {Pastor Martin Niemoller – 8-year concentration camp personal prisoner of Adolf Hitler ]
And. – remember this: at Auschwitz, there were at least 6 major inmate badges: for “politicals,” for criminals, for homosexuals, for “anti-socials,” for Jehovahs Witnesses, and – for Jews.
And this; the first Nazi concentration camp prisoners. WEREN’T. Jews.
AND – perhaps. YOU. – just might want to think on this: in”your’ president’s 11 month reign of terror – he has attacked a large number of people, groups, institutions. – that he personally, and his supporters and donors, don’t like. He, and those around him, have demonstrated a CONTEMPT for “the rule of law.” What’s to prevent King Donald I from persecuting. YOU ??????????
The Trump DICTATORSHIP – Stupidity, Cruelty, Corruption, Craziness, LXXXXIII – Donald John Trump Violates the Spirit of Christmas 24/7, 365
*** “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, as I have loved you.” [ Jesus Christ – John 13:34 ]
1- – “The Human Toll of Trump’s Aid Cuts” [ Nicholas Kristof; New York Times; 6/11/25]
– – “Children who are citizens deported” [ Marc Levy; Associated Press; 4/27/25 ]
– “”Head Start Under The Budget Gun…Trump administration’s planned spending cuts threatens to end 60-year old program that provides care for 800,000 kids” [ Jenny Gold, Kate Sequiera: Los Angeles Times; 4/27/25 ]
– “As markets fell, Trump played golf”. [ Dan Diamond; Washington Post; 4/8/25 ]
*** “City sidewalks busy sidewalks; Dressed in holiday style, in the air; There’s a feeling of Christmas; Children laughing; People passing meeting smile after smile…” [ “Silver Bells” ]
2]. – “Trump blames Reiner for his own death”. [Michelle Price; Associated Press; 12/16/25}
– “Top Aide Says Trump Has ‘An Alcoholic’s Personality'” [ Peter Baker; New York Times; 12/17/25 ]
– “Weather lab to be dismantled…White House calls the research center a source of ‘climate alarmism”. [ Lisa Friedman, Brad Plumer; New York Timres; 12/18/25 ]
– “Heating Costs Rising Near 10% This Winter…Bills going up as government cuts aid to states to help low-income residents”. [ Ivan Penn; New York Timers; 12/18/25 ]
***. “If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming after you, and you don’t do it, you are wasting your time on this earth.” [ Roberto Clemente, beloved HOF baseball player. An annual Roberto Clemente Award is given to a player deemed to be a positive public asset ]
3] “Donald Trump’s single greatest character flaw as a leader and human being is his complete and total lack of empathy.” [ Omarosa: “Unhinged”; Trump first term official ]
*** “There’s no Christmas like a home Christmas with your Dad and Mother Sis and Brother there; With their hearts humming at your home commin’ and that Merry Yuletide spirit in the air’.” [“There’s No Christmas Like A Home Christmas” ]
4]. – “The Trump administration ..[said].. the Smithsonian is too focused on “how bad slavery was.” [Kelsey Ables; White House threatens Smithsonian funds amid content review”; Washington Post; 12/22/25 ]
– “White House aid cuts hamper food shelves” [Trey Newes; Minnesota Star Tribune; 2/24/25 ]
– “FDA firings decimate teams on med devices, disease, food safety”. [Christina Jewett; New York Times; 2/22/25 ]
– “Trump, Musk and Cruelty to Poor Kids” [ Gene Nichol; The Progressive Populist; 4/1/25 ]
*** ‘So long as little children are allowed to suffer, there is no true love in the world.” [ Isadora Duncan ]
5]. – “Trump Promised lower Prices. His Policies Are Raising Them” [ New York Times; Editorial; 11/23/25 ]
– “Trump calls affordability concerns ‘a con job'”. [ Erica Green; New York Times; 12/3/25 ]
– “Black Friday spending shows widening economic divide”. [ Abha Bhattarai; Washington Post; 12/10/25 ]; [Lower-and middle-income Americans have been hit hard by rising costs…For the first time, the top 10% of Americans account for nearly half of all spending..” ]
– “Launching Affordability Tour, Trump Mocks Affordability” [ Matt Viser; Washington Post; 12/11/25 ]: [“Trump …returned to a comment he made easrlier in his presidency, saying that Americans needed to go without.” ]
*** “Here we come a-caroling, among leaves so green, here we come a-wandering, so far to be seen; Love and joy come to you, and to you, and to you glad Christmas too, and God bless you and you, a Happy New Year, and God send you a Happy New Year.” [ “Here We Come A-caroling” ]
6] ‘…Donald’s pathologies are so complex and his behaviors so often inexplicable that coming up with an accurate and comprehensive diagnosis would require a full battery of psychological and neuropsychological tests..” [ niece Mary Trump: “Too Much and Never Enough” ]
***. “In the name of noble purposes men have committed unspeakable acts of cruelty against one another.” [ Senator J. William Fulbright. ]
7]. – “Domestic violence services at risk” [Briana Bierschbach; Minnesota Star Tribune; 2/25/25 ]
– “Consumer agency is ordered to stop work”. [ Christopher Rugaber; Associated Press; 2/10/25 ]
– “Vets are becoming face of Trump’s cuts, Dem’s fight”. [ Stephen Grover; Associated Press; 3/25/25 ]
– “Farmers are out millions after Trump freezes USDA funds”. [. Daniel Wu, Gaya Gupta, Anumita Kaur; Washington Post; 2/11/25 ]
***. “People who love people, are the luckiest people in the world. We”re children needing other children, and yet letting grown-up pride hide all the need inside, acting more like children than children.” [ Barbara Streisand; “People” ]
The Trump DICTATORSHIP – Stupidity, Cruelty, Corruption, Craziness, LXXXXII – Lawsuits Filed to Stop Trumpism Corruption and Power Grab
***. “Free governments have committed more flagrant acts of tyranny than the most perfectly despotic governments we have ever known.”” [ Edmund Burke ]
Since January 20, 2025 – the Trump DICTATORSHIP has proven that maxim, often far below the public radar. Below are SOME of the at least 18 lawsuits Public Citizen has filed against the Trump DICTATORSHIP by November 10.
1] “Stopping Trump from using taxpayer resources for partisan purposes; AFGE. v. Department of Education, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, October 3, 2025. Background & why the case is important: “When the government shut down on October 1, 2025, most civilian federal workers were placed in furlough status… Employees at thre Department of Education discovered..the agency changed their out-of-office emails to include language blaming “Democratic Senators” for the shutdown.
2] “Stopping Trump from dismantling the Consumer Financial Protections Bureau: NTEU, Et Al. v. Vought, Et Al., U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, February 13, 2025. Background & why this case is important: After Trump vowed to ‘totally eliminate” the Consumer protection Bureau [CFPB], OMB director Russell Vought set out to make good on that promise. The CFPB, which has recovered billions of dollars for American consumers, cannot be dismantled without Congressional action.” [NOTE: YOUR clue is “Recovered billions of dollars” for Americans like YOU. Question: why would an American govt that cared about YOU kill this agency?????????]
3]. “Protecting worker health: National Nurses united, Et Al. v. Kennedy, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, May 14, 2025. Background & why the case is important: Trump and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. are trying to dismantle the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health [NIOSH], the country’s premier authority on occupational safety and health, protecting workers in high-risk industries…Among other things, NIOSH screens miners for black lung disease, provides medical monitoring to September 11 first responders and evaluates the safety of worksite protective gear…” [NOTE ; Ask YOURSELF – why would an American govt that cared for its people dismantle this agency?????????]
***. “The aggregate happiness of society, which is promoted by the practise of a virtuous policy, is, or ought to be, the end of all government.” [ George Washington ]
4] “Ending Trump’s unlawful assault on foreign aid: AIDS Vaccine. Advocacy. Coalition, et Al. v. U.S. Department of State, Et Al., U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, February 10, 2025. Background & why the case is important: With an abrupt freeze on foreign assistance funding, the Trump administration halted lifesaving work around the globe, undermined vital U.S. interests and cost thousands of Americans their jobs.” [NOTE: our adversaries have already cashed in. This has, WILL. damage America’s image around the world. The world’s richest country has now turned its back on the world.]
5]. “Ending Trump’s gag order on public health agencies: Doctors For America v. Office of Personnel Management, Et Al., U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, February 4, 2025. Background & why the case is important: Putting politics, conspiracy theories and reactionary ideology ahead of the wellbeing of the American people, the administration ordered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Health & Human Services to remove from their websites a broad range of public health information vital to physicians, clinics, public health officials and patients.” [NOTE: likely THE perfect example of the Trump DICTATORSHIP’s. monumental cruelty and utter disregard for its own population]
6] “Protecting civil liberties in immigration proceedings: Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights. v. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, April 24, 2025. Background & why the case is important: The Trump administration closed the Department of Homeland Security’s Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman Office and Office of Immigrant Detention Ombudsman because they “obstructed immigration enforcement by adding bureaucratic hurdles and undermining DHS’s mission.” In other words, following the law and protecting rights is inconvenient for the administration.”
[Note: the 6 items above were all in a Public Citizen “Memorandum” sent to members]
Americans can’t keep up with all the criminalities, cruelties, craziness committed by the Trump DICTATORSHIP. That is part of their strategy – to. “flood the zone” with so many outrages, YOU can’t keep up. In the meantime, Trump, his cronies, his powerful wealthy donors and backers – the richer. It has been estimated that Trump alone, is, in less than a year, become about $3 billion richer!!!!!!!!!
***. “This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs: When he first appears, he is a protector.” [ Plato ]
!!! – Here are two more instances of corruption and cruelty:
– 12/18/25: “‘Powerful evidence’ against the president.” Special counsel Jack Smith said in testimony to Congress that his team of investigators had “developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt”. Donald Trump had CRIMINALLY. CONSPIRED. TO. OVERTURN THE RESULTS. OF. THE. 2020. ELECTION.”
– 12/19/25: “Trump sets goals for ending citizenship.” “Immigration officers are given a. MONTHLY. QUOTA for denaturalizations.” [And we know from past actions, the Trump DICTATORSHIP. will, if it can’t find REAL evidence, make it up. – for people it doesn’t like.]
*** “Kill, destroy, sack, tell lies; how much you want. After victory nobody asks Why?” [. Adolf Hitler ]
[NOTE: On December 19, 1776, living under King George III, Thomas Paine published. “American Crisis”…….”These are the times that try men’s souls..” In December, 2025, suffering under the DICTATORSHIP of. King Donald I. – Americans are again experiencing……..”These are the times that try men’s souls..”………………….]
The Trump DICTATORSHIP – Stupidity, Cruelty, Corruption, Craziness, LXXXXI – “The Beacon 0f Democracy Goes Dark”
***. “What distinguishes America is not its greater or lesser goodness, but simply the unrivaled power to do that which is good or bad.” [ Mark Frankland; London Observer; 11/6/1977 ]
9] “American culture is n longer synonymous with the aspiration to freedom, but with transactionalism and secrecy; the algorithems that mysteriously what you see, the money collected by anonymous billionaires, the deals that the American president is making with world leaders that benefit himself and maybe others whose names w don’t know. America was always associated with capitalism, business, and markets, but nowadays there’s no pretense hat anyone else will be invited to share the wealth.”
***. “The cause of America is in great measure the cause of all mankind.” [Thomas Paine; Common Sense; 1776]
This post presents excerpts from Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Applebaum’s. “The Beacon Of Democracy Goes Dark”. [The Atlantic; November, 2025]. Read it and think. Read it and weep. Read it and pray for America. Read it and share it.
4] “The dramatic shift we have undergone in just a few months – away from a foreign policy based on democratic faith and toward the promotion of a more cynical, more authoritarian, view of the world – has hit these institutions hard. The fact that the Trump administration has tried to shut down all of America’s foreign broadcasters is telling.”
6] “The shift against these traditionally bipartisan institutions, against the belief that Americans should defend and promote democracy around the world, and against the democratic faith itself is part of something broader….Donald Trump appears much happier with dictators than with democratic allies.”
10] “The impact of this change around the world will be profound, far-reaching, and long-lasting. The very existence of American democracy inspired people in every corner of the planet, and the decline of American democracy will have the same effect.”
***. “The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered, perhaps as deeply, as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.” [George Washington; 4/30/1789; First Inaugural Address]
1]. “Americans have promoted democracy just by existing. Human rights and the rule of law are in our founding documents…..In the 20th century, w moved from simply from modeling democratic ideals to spreading and promoting them as a matter of policy…..During the Cold War, we connected words such as freedom and rights…to our national identity.”
2] “After the Second World War, the dream of American freedom and prosperity strengthened what were initially shaky democracies in Western Europe and Asia, including recently defeated West Germany and Japan. Their political and economic success drew others into the fold.”
3]. “..by putting democracy at the center of our international and national identity, we also helped strengthen our own political system.”
5]. “…it remains the target of a small group of conspiracy theorists who have influence in this administration because they have a large following in X or have appeared on Joe Rogan’s podcast.”
***. “Trump has no knowledge of the American story and so cannot have any faith in it. He has no understanding of or sympathy for the language of the founders, so he cannot be inspired by it. Since he doesn’t believe American democracy is good, he has no interest in an America that aspires to be a model among nations.” [Anne Applebaum: “Twilight of Democracy”]
7] “Vladimir Putin has banned media that spread “fake news’ – that is, accurate information….Rodrigo Duterte, called Rappler, a famous investigative-reporting site, a “fake news outlet”….In places as varied as Egypt and Myanmar, the fake charge of “fake news” has been used to destroy legitimate journalists.”
8]. “All these changes are part of a larger shift, a revolutionary transformation in the way Americans present themselves to the world, and the way they are therefore perceived by others. The most ubiquitous form of American culture nowadays is…the social media platforms that pump conspiracy theories..”
11]. “More predictable is the impact on americans. If we are no longer a country that aims to make the world better, but a country whose foreign policy is designed to build the wealth of the president or promote the ruling party’s friends, then we have fewer reasons to work together at home. If we promote cynicism abroad, we will become more cynical at home.”
***. “Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it…” [Judge Learned Hand]
Of all the damages to America from the cancer of Trumpism. – what we are learning is this: the damage Trumpism has inflicted on the American soul may be the longest lasting, the most devastating, the most crippling. Trump is truly a CANCER. – a cancer that spreads, a cancer that strangles, a cancer that sucks the life out of us. Pray – on YOUR knees – that America manages to recover our soul……………………..
The Trump DICTATORSHIP – Stupidity, Cruelty, Corruption, Craziness, LXXXX – Undermining, Unraveling, Destroying American Rule of Law.
*** “No man is above the law and no man is below the law; nor do we ask anyman’s permission when we require him to obey the law.” [ Theodore Roosevelt; Republican; 26th U.S. President ]
2] “Many judges said the politicization of judges, the Supreme Court’s expanding use of the emergency dockets and sustained criticism from the Trump administration have pushed the courts and democracy to a fragile tipping point – one where cooperation with rulings and adherence to the rule of law can no longer be assumed.”
“RETIRED JUDGES WARN THAT THE RULE OF LAW IS UNRAVELING”
[Brianna Tucker; Washington Post; 11/30/25]
If YOU are a caring, concerned, patriotic American. – this article is a MUST read. It is, unfortunately, NOT the first such reporting to be expressed. Note WHO is talking – retired judges. Legal experts have been expressing dismay and urgent concern that among the damages the Trump DICTATORSHIP has imposed upon America. – a critical, perhaps THE critical sabotage has been a wide-ranging program to DESTROY America’s “Rule of Law,” a fundamental American strength since 1789. Donald John Trump, and his powerful wealthy backers and donors, want American law bent to support their immoral, greedy, reckless, selfish purposes. If YOU don’t understand this – YOU don’t understand the depth and breadth of the Trump DICTATORSHIP’s threat to American law, government, democracy, society, values, freedoms.
Following are excerpts from “Retired Judges Warn The Rule of Law is Unraveling”:
4] “All you have to do is look back on what occurred in Nazi Germany,’ said Barbara Pariente, a former chief justice on the Florida Supreme Court. In 1937, judges deemed by the Nazi regime as noncompliant with its laws were replaced, resulting in a overhaul of its judicial system.”
6] “Under Trump, many judges and other legal experts say that dynamic has degraded into unjustified criticism, with the president using social media and public speeches to attack judges who rules against his policies.”
9] “Several former judges called the increase in the Trump administration ignoring, defying or circumventing judicial decisions alarming and warned the trend severely weakens the separation of powers that has defined the United States for more than 200 years”
15]. “What he’s done with universities, what he’s done with law firms, what he’s done with the media…it’s changing our country,” Scheindlin said. “Our civil rights are not being protected, our voting rights, immigration rights, whatever they are, we’re losing them.”
***. “It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.” [ Earl Warren; Chief Justice; U.S. Supreme Court ]
1]. “When the White House blasted a federal judge as “partisan” for dismissing the criminal cases against former FBI director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James this week, it was an attack that has become common in President Donald Trump’s second term. For many retied federal and state supreme courSocietyt judges, it was another example of the president’s assault on the judiciary and further erosion of the rule of law.”
3] ‘..some of them warn that Trump’s clashes with judges echo how leaders in foreign countries sought to undermine the strength of their courts – from right-wing court reforms in Hungary to attempts by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to shift power away from the judiciary.”
5]. ‘…warned that the public often fails to see the consequences of a weakened rule of law and diminishing judicial branch until it is too late.”
7] “Although attacks on the judiciary aren’t new, the increased frequency and intensity could drive jurists from the bench earlier than in previous generations, the retired judges say.”
8]. “..threats against federal judges reached near-record levels in Fiscal Year 2025, according to data from the Marshall’s Service.”
10] “For decades, the Justice Department has been expected to function independently from theWhite House to ensure impartial decisions. But since taking office in early February, Attorney General Pam Bondi has….”
11]. “Bondi’s lieutenant, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, characterized the Justice Department’s relationship with the judiciary as an adversarial one at a Federalist Society conference earlier this month. “It is a war..”
12] “Many judges said one of the most harmful shifts away from procedural norms within the judicial branch stems from the Supreme Court’s increasing use of the emergency docket, also known as the “shadow docket.”
13] “The nation’s highest court has issued a historic rate of emergency orders throughout the second Trump administration.”
14] “The shift away from standard procedures in cases creates a trickle-down effect through the court system….lower courts are left scrambling to interpret how those orders may effect cases they are adjudicating.”
*** “The worst tyranny is that of misapplied laws.’ [ Metternich ]
***. “Those who suppress freedom always doso in the name of law and order.” [ John Lindsay ]
Team Right Wing might now be in the final stages of their 50-year campaign to undo the increasing perfection of American democracy, which peaked in the 1947-73 mass middle class prosperity inspired by New Deal programs and progressive court rulings. This was “too much democracy”. for theFAR RIGHT. A key, perhaps THE key, was appointing “conservative judges” beginning with Nixon; furthered by Reagan and Bush I, Bush II. AND – now America is cursed by Trumpism and all of its hangers-on. Many, but not all, “judges” and “justices” appointed by Trump have strong anti-democratic, plutocratic, theocratic leanings, which they have been imposing on YOU, YOUR children, YOUR grandchildren.
*** “You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom. You can only be free if I am free.” [ Clarence Darrow ]
The Trump DICTATORSHIP – Stupidity, Cruelty, Corruption, Craziness, LXXXIX. – The ‘con job” that YOU are paying higher prices on. virtually everything !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*** “Anybody who doesn’t take truth seriously in small matters, cannot be trusted in large ones either.”
[ Albert Einstein ]
YOUR president, one Donald John Trump, wants YOU to believe that prices YOU ARE PAYING on many/most items, some critical survival items – is in YOUR IMAGINATION !!!!! Trump asserts this is all a big Democratic ‘hoax,” a “con job,” false facts – because the Dems are out to persecute him, even worse, ‘hate America.” !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*** “Tell a lie loud enough and long enough and people will believe it.” [ Adolf Hitler ]
Is this Trump BIG LIE lie number 35,xx1 ????? Or – have people stopped counting ???
For YOUR perspective, YOU might want to check on these headlines:
1]. “How the letter. K. describes the shape of the U.S. economy…The wealthy get richer, the poor struggle more.” [Christopher Rugaber; Associated Press; 12/3/25]. More on this later. YOU might want to research the ECONOMIC. FACTS behind WHY economists have documented this.
2]. “As shoppers seek lower prices, Walmart sales rise.” [Jordyn Holman; New York Times; 11/21/25]. Think on this quote: “Higher income shoppers are continuing to shop at Walmart, a sign they are also looking to save money where they can.” The wealthy shopping at Walmart !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3]. “Consumers’ Pain Motivates Trump To Act on Prices….Affordability Effort….Offering New Policies and Messaging as Tariffs Sap Wage Gains”. [Alan Rappeport; New York Times; 11/16/25] !!!!! Trump needs to come out with – new messaging!!!! – i.e. – high prices are really a “hoax,” a ‘con job” !!!!!!!! He won’t help YOU – he just wants YOU to think that he really cares !!!!!!!!! Believe that, and I have this bridge to sell………
4]. “Trump calls affordability concerns ‘a con job’… “It doesn’t mean anything to anybody,’ he says, blames Biden” [Erica Green; New York Times; 12/3/25]. “Trump called the issues of affordability a “fake narrative” and ‘con job’ created by Democrats to dupe the public.” !!!!! SO – when YOU shop. – the higher prices YOU ARE PAYING – are a “fake narrative” – it’s all in your mind!!!!! YOUR credit card bill lies – you didn’t really pay that much!!!!! Does ANYTHING more accurately portray Trump’s CONTEMPT for ordinary Americans – like YOU ????????????/
5] “Survey shows shoppers have less jingle…half say it’s harder to buy the gifts they want.” [Josh Boak, Amelia Thomson-Deveaux; Associated Press; 12/13/25]. “About 4 in 10 are dipping into their savings more than at other times….Roughly 9 in 10 U.S. adults, 87%, say they’ve noticed higher than usual prices for groceries…” SO – there must be a lot of really stupid American adults, right? They’ve been “duped” by those sneaky, diabolical Democrats into THINKING they’re paying more, but not really paying more. – because they fell victim to the Dem’s “con job” !!!!!
*** “There are certain persons for whom pure truth is a poison.” [ Andre Maurois ]
YOU might want to read, just a little, of Pulitzer Prize winner Maggie Haberman’s. “definitive biography” of one Donald John Trump: ‘Confidence Man…The Making Of Donald Trump And The Breaking Of America”. [get the updated version through the 2024 election]
Before reading “Confidence Man”. – YOU might want to think. – WHY – did a Pulitzer Prize winner title a Trump biography. “confidence Man” ?????????? Just WHAT does she know?????
OR –
YOU could have already read Pulitzer Prize winner David Cay Johnston’s “It’s Even Worse ThanYou Think…What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America”
OR. –
YOU could research. WHY – some people have said Trump makes up numbers that sound good…………..
With Justice For All 
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