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Diana van Eyk's avatar

Lots of good articles in there, Mark. Thanks.

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Mark Taylor's avatar

Thanks, good articles about bad stuff!

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Thomas Balistrieri, Ed.D.'s avatar

My only response continues to be … I’m horrified, stupefied and embarrassed. To be an American is to be a murderer now. I have no interest nor energy to complete my taxes. I will not fund another death. Another bullet. Another golf game.

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Mark Taylor's avatar

Oh, Tom, we need to continue spending millions on Donny Boy's golf addiction. The photo of his wiggly tummy bulge while wildly swinging his clubs is one of the few bits of humor to be found these days.

"Trump golf trips since his inauguration have likely cost more than $18M" ... https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/03/20/trump-golf-costs-inauguration/

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Shelley Chadwick's avatar

Robert Reich released a Trump/Musk update this morning which included good news about Mahmood Khalidi.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16LNn7bEbX/?mibextid=qi2Omg

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Mark Taylor's avatar

I hope Reich is right. The fact remains that the courts don't have an Army to enforce their decisions. I think he's right about the influence of the right-wing media on Trump's statements -- for now -- about following court orders.

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Shelley Chadwick's avatar

I saw The Lobby UK some time after Jeremy Corbyn was forced out as leader of the British Labour Party. TBH The Lobby USA which l watched later wasn't nearly as good IMO.

If you are interested in how Britain views their "special relationship" with the USA, you might be interested in this Downstream interview by Aaron Bastani of Novarro Media.

https://youtu.be/L_UNBh9AFXw?si=t03rDWK0nVCvuUic

There is another Brit called Matt Kennard who just released a book entitled The Racket and he has a podcast (interviews) series called A/Political you should check out.

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Mark Taylor's avatar

I read Kennard's book a month or so ago and need to do something with it.

Here's another great book on how America really works: "'AMERICAN EXCEPTION" -- Explanation Of Purpose & Collapse Of The American Corporate Empire" ... https://mark192.substack.com/p/american-exception-understanding

I'll check out the link you sent.

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Leon Brown, Jr.'s avatar

A brilliant, comprehensive, insightful and essential offering, Mark. Thank you very much!

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Larry's avatar

Since Vietnam

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