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[Breaking Defense]: Trump’s Pentagon to begin task of crafting NORTHCOM plan to ‘seal’ US borders

Posted by By hutton.jack January 24, 2025Posted inAutocracy, Autocrats, Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth
After a presidential directive, the DoD now has 40 days to craft a commander’s estimate of just what it will take to “seal the borders and maintain the sovereignty, territorial…
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[Gift link. The Atlantic]: The New Rasputins

Posted by By hutton.jack January 13, 2025Posted inAnne Applebaum, Donald Trump, Geopolitics, Putin, The Atlantic, Vladimir Putin
Anti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe.By Anne Applebaum, January 7, 2025 https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/02/trump-populist-conspiracism-autocracy-rfk-jr/681088/?gift=HoRfrgrF5SCKopc-hfobxPYMm07I0Wox5qt3iIzI66Y&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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[The New Republic]: What if Trump Does Everything He’s Promised—and the People Don’t Care?

Posted by By hutton.jack January 11, 2025Posted inAutocracy, Donald Trump, The New Republic
The authors of the bestselling “How Democracies Die” talk with editor Michael Tomasky about what kind of mark four more years of Donald Trump might leave on this democracy. By…
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[Gifted article,NYTimes]: Who Is the Developer Behind Trump’s $20 Billion Data Center Pledge?

Posted by By hutton.jack January 9, 2025Posted inAutocrats, Donald Trump, Hussain Sajwani, Kleptocracy, Liz Alderman, The New York Times
Hussain Sajwani, the founder and chairman of DAMAC Properties of Dubai, built the first Trump-branded golf course in the Middle East a decade ago. By Liz Alderman, January 8, 2025,…
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[TNR, DSR, The Daily Blast Podcast]: Trump’s Angry, Unhinged Rants at Presser Show Things Will Get Very Bad.

Posted by By hutton.jack January 8, 2025Posted inAutocracy, Donald Trump, DSR, Greg Sargent, The Daily Blast, The New Republic
Greg Sargent with Jennifer Mercieca, Wednesday, January 9, 2025 At a press conference on Tuesday, Donald Trump signaled that things are about to get very, very ugly. He wouldn’t rule…
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[Gifted article, NYTimes]: Money for 9/11 Health Care Was Dropped from Year-End Spending Bill

Posted by By hutton.jack December 24, 2024Posted inDonald Trump, Elon Musk, FAFO, Lisa Friedman, Maggie Haberman, The New York Times
A plan to ensure long-term funding to address health needs stemming from the terrorist attacks fell to the wayside after President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk objected to a bipartisan…
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[DSR, TNR, The Daily Blast Podcast] : Shocker from Chris Murphy: We May Not Have a Democracy for Much Longer,

Posted by By hutton.jack December 19, 2024Posted inAutocracy, Chris Murphy, Donald Trump, Greg Sargent, Podcast, The Daily Blast, The New Republic
Greg Sargent, December 19, 2024, Thursday. Senator Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut, sounded an extraordinary warning this week. After a House GOP report recommended that the FBI prosecute Liz Cheney,…
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[The Bulwark Podcast]: Mark Hertling: Putin’s Weakness Tim Miller.

Posted by By hutton.jack December 18, 2024Posted inDonald Trump, Podcast, Putin, Russia, Russia, The Bulwark, Tim Miller, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin
Russia is on its weakest footing since it invaded Ukraine: Putin has destroyed his military, his economy is in the toilet, and the North Korean troops who've been deployed to…
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[DSR, TNR, Podcast, The Daily Blast]: Trump Rages over Hush-Money Case as Lara Trump Signals Revenge to Come

Posted by By hutton.jack December 18, 2024Posted inDonald Trump, DSR, Greg Sargent, Josh Marshall, Podcast, Republicans, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Blast
Greg Sargent, Josh Marshall. December 18, 2024 On Tuesday, Donald Trump exploded with fury at Judge Juan Merchan after he refused to dismiss the hush-money conviction of Trump in Manhattan.…
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[DSR, TNR Podcast The Daily Blast]: Trump’s Rage at FBI Takes Dark Turn as GOPers Signal They Won’t Resist.

Posted by By hutton.jack December 13, 2024Posted inDonald Trump, Greg Sargent, Kash Patel, Slate, The Bulwark, The Daily Blast, Will Saletan
Greg Sargent, Will Saletan After Christopher Wray resigned as FBI director, Donald Trump unleashed a long, angry rant on Truth Social, suggesting that a major purge of the bureau is…
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