If carried to its logical extreme, the right wing's deletion of facts could be moving us towards a world where only those at the top are entitled to "knowledge".
Note: it was curiosity about the "forbidden fruit" that led Eve and her husband to get kicked out of Paradise. And it was also curiosity about a box forbidden to open that let Pandora unleash calamities onto Earth. Religions often stifle curiosity. (I'm now officially a heretic.)
Those currently at the "top" seem totally unable to cope with the concept of and are in favor of destroying or reconfiguring knowledge. Stupid is as stupid does.
As Trump purges the government and universities of PhDs in science, universities in Canada and Europe are reaping the benefits. In the meantime, there is no end of trouble we can get into without those scholars. Why did we botch Viet Nam so disastrously? Because McCarthy had purged every expert in the State Dept. who knew anything about the region, its history, its culture, and the relationship of Viet Nam to China.
I worked for the CIA for many years, then lived and worked in the USSR, Russia, Central Asia, and Ukraine. While I was shocked at the closure of USAID, I was not too surprised. Contractual USAID reports, all contained a section to inform our government about the country of operation: political men and women, demographics, local government operations, etc. USAID operated in 122 countries and they were the eyes and ears for the CIA. Putin knew this.
Second, Trump is in office partially due to Russian interferece in our elections - both covert and overt. The collapse of the USSR was disastrous for Russia, leading to widespread unemployment and factory closures throughout the 1990s. Many people struggled to survive, with some resorting to scavenging for items to sell. Family heirlooms, goregous handmade rugs, and treasured furiture were sold off at low prices.
When the USSR fell, it was a catastrophe for the Russian Government and the entire 1990's was a free-falling democracy - the exact opposite of the U.S. today. Putin blamed the US for the fall of the Soviet Union and pledged revenge. For Russia, the Cold War did not end and in fact it was a period of underground preparation: (1) for Putin's presidency, (2) for a ruthless dictitorship, (3) for the FSB to replace the KGB as a smoke screen to western sources, (4) and by the end of 1999 Putin and his former KGB collegues not only controlled Russia but other specific regions and countries by embedding Russian Organized Crime individuals.
By 1999, Mr. Trump had been compromised. I know this for a fact because he visited in the 1990s The Beverly Hills nightclub and casino in Mocow. They provided underage prostitution My daughter Liz knew the truth because she was their bookkeeper. She knew "who paid for what." She was later murdered only a few months before Trump's first election and while he was on trial for the Hush Money Case - another of his attempts to hide his past and relationship with a prostitute.
Today, Mr. Trump's instructions are to destroy the United States government. The FBI, CIA, Homeland Security, etc. are all under his control along with the Congress, the Supreme Court and the miliary. The Department of Education was eliminated. As long as Mr. Trump sleeps in the White House this nonsensical destruction will continue.
While Trump tells the American public that he is making millions by increasing tariffs (taxes) on imported goods, in reality is he is breaking the backs of American families. These tariffs are paid 4% by the country of origin, and 96% by the American people. While families cannot afford groceries, he has accumulated over $2 billion dollars out of your pockets.
The 2020 Census showed we have over three million Russians in the United States. Their tasks are to destroy our society from the bottom up: fires/arson, murder, drug distribution, gambling, cyber-attacks, threatening phone calls, etc. In the month of October 2025, 3 incidents occured: (1) An ammunition and weapons factory in TN was blown up. 19 people were killed. This factory supplied weapons for Ukraine, (2) In Michigan, a Mormom church was set on fire. Four people died. They were one of the largest donors of goods and food to Ukraine. (3) A Judge's house was set on fire and burned to the ground in North Carolina. She refused to give the Trump administration the voter registration information for her state. In January 2025, fourteen fires destroyed land and homes across Los Angeles. Do you really believe all fourteen were self-combustible?
The CIA FActbook no longer receives the vital information that it accumulated before. Many countries in Africa have closed their borders to Americans, never mind cooperate and supply information. The genocide Trump began in Africa is estimated to kill over 15 million people by 2040. Maternal childbirth deaths were eliminated by USAID, and now are drastically increasing. Diseases such as HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria are all increasing. And starvation, the worst crime of all, is murdering thousands of children daily.
Mr. Trump’s “best friend” for fifteen years said: “I have known bad people in my life, but Donald Trump does not have a single good cell in his entire body.” While Mr. Epstein, Mr. Musk, and several others had many connections with top-level Russians – they were just a conduit passing instructions from Putin to Trump. These men are all complicit in treason.
Americans need to recognize that Mr. Trump is just one element of broader national challenges and part of our national destruction. Mr. Putin holds the U.S. responsible for the collapse of the USSR, and he has launched acts of relaliation and retribution against our nation - top down by Trump and bottom up with the ROC.
Americans need to recognize the reality of our national problems and the extent and direction of our injury, otherwise, confusion, chaos, and ongoing sabotage and injustice will persist. Everyone blames Trump, but he was caught in a typical Russian trap using women/sex, money, and endless flattery. I know their routine because I experienced it myself.
I have not read it but I would not be surprised if all of the destruction described in Paul's piece is laid out in the monstrous Project 2025 and its Mandate For Leadership. I am aware of many of its bullet points including the unitary executive theory, unleashing the military on American citizens, eviscerating programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, taking direct control or outright eliminating programs and agencies upon which millions of us depend to name a few.
Oh, and let's not forget the plan to impose universal Christofascism on all of us (see the Republic of Gilead in Margaret Atwood's chilling masterpiece, "The Handmaid's Tale").
By the time we emerge from this Dark Age, it will take years if not decades to repair the damage being done by this marauding cabal of vipers. That is, assuming we are still here to bear witness.
Deposing the DoE was another start in rewriting history … especially burying any information on black history. Slavery? Just a fiendish plot to discriminate against whites. The participation of allies in our wars? Balderdash. Progress? Egregious!
If carried to its logical extreme, the right wing's deletion of facts could be moving us towards a world where only those at the top are entitled to "knowledge".
Note: it was curiosity about the "forbidden fruit" that led Eve and her husband to get kicked out of Paradise. And it was also curiosity about a box forbidden to open that let Pandora unleash calamities onto Earth. Religions often stifle curiosity. (I'm now officially a heretic.)
Those currently at the "top" seem totally unable to cope with the concept of and are in favor of destroying or reconfiguring knowledge. Stupid is as stupid does.
As Trump purges the government and universities of PhDs in science, universities in Canada and Europe are reaping the benefits. In the meantime, there is no end of trouble we can get into without those scholars. Why did we botch Viet Nam so disastrously? Because McCarthy had purged every expert in the State Dept. who knew anything about the region, its history, its culture, and the relationship of Viet Nam to China.
Let’s keep not just woman barefoot in the kitchen … but everyone!
I worked for the CIA for many years, then lived and worked in the USSR, Russia, Central Asia, and Ukraine. While I was shocked at the closure of USAID, I was not too surprised. Contractual USAID reports, all contained a section to inform our government about the country of operation: political men and women, demographics, local government operations, etc. USAID operated in 122 countries and they were the eyes and ears for the CIA. Putin knew this.
Second, Trump is in office partially due to Russian interferece in our elections - both covert and overt. The collapse of the USSR was disastrous for Russia, leading to widespread unemployment and factory closures throughout the 1990s. Many people struggled to survive, with some resorting to scavenging for items to sell. Family heirlooms, goregous handmade rugs, and treasured furiture were sold off at low prices.
When the USSR fell, it was a catastrophe for the Russian Government and the entire 1990's was a free-falling democracy - the exact opposite of the U.S. today. Putin blamed the US for the fall of the Soviet Union and pledged revenge. For Russia, the Cold War did not end and in fact it was a period of underground preparation: (1) for Putin's presidency, (2) for a ruthless dictitorship, (3) for the FSB to replace the KGB as a smoke screen to western sources, (4) and by the end of 1999 Putin and his former KGB collegues not only controlled Russia but other specific regions and countries by embedding Russian Organized Crime individuals.
By 1999, Mr. Trump had been compromised. I know this for a fact because he visited in the 1990s The Beverly Hills nightclub and casino in Mocow. They provided underage prostitution My daughter Liz knew the truth because she was their bookkeeper. She knew "who paid for what." She was later murdered only a few months before Trump's first election and while he was on trial for the Hush Money Case - another of his attempts to hide his past and relationship with a prostitute.
Today, Mr. Trump's instructions are to destroy the United States government. The FBI, CIA, Homeland Security, etc. are all under his control along with the Congress, the Supreme Court and the miliary. The Department of Education was eliminated. As long as Mr. Trump sleeps in the White House this nonsensical destruction will continue.
While Trump tells the American public that he is making millions by increasing tariffs (taxes) on imported goods, in reality is he is breaking the backs of American families. These tariffs are paid 4% by the country of origin, and 96% by the American people. While families cannot afford groceries, he has accumulated over $2 billion dollars out of your pockets.
The 2020 Census showed we have over three million Russians in the United States. Their tasks are to destroy our society from the bottom up: fires/arson, murder, drug distribution, gambling, cyber-attacks, threatening phone calls, etc. In the month of October 2025, 3 incidents occured: (1) An ammunition and weapons factory in TN was blown up. 19 people were killed. This factory supplied weapons for Ukraine, (2) In Michigan, a Mormom church was set on fire. Four people died. They were one of the largest donors of goods and food to Ukraine. (3) A Judge's house was set on fire and burned to the ground in North Carolina. She refused to give the Trump administration the voter registration information for her state. In January 2025, fourteen fires destroyed land and homes across Los Angeles. Do you really believe all fourteen were self-combustible?
The CIA FActbook no longer receives the vital information that it accumulated before. Many countries in Africa have closed their borders to Americans, never mind cooperate and supply information. The genocide Trump began in Africa is estimated to kill over 15 million people by 2040. Maternal childbirth deaths were eliminated by USAID, and now are drastically increasing. Diseases such as HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria are all increasing. And starvation, the worst crime of all, is murdering thousands of children daily.
Mr. Trump’s “best friend” for fifteen years said: “I have known bad people in my life, but Donald Trump does not have a single good cell in his entire body.” While Mr. Epstein, Mr. Musk, and several others had many connections with top-level Russians – they were just a conduit passing instructions from Putin to Trump. These men are all complicit in treason.
Americans need to recognize that Mr. Trump is just one element of broader national challenges and part of our national destruction. Mr. Putin holds the U.S. responsible for the collapse of the USSR, and he has launched acts of relaliation and retribution against our nation - top down by Trump and bottom up with the ROC.
Americans need to recognize the reality of our national problems and the extent and direction of our injury, otherwise, confusion, chaos, and ongoing sabotage and injustice will persist. Everyone blames Trump, but he was caught in a typical Russian trap using women/sex, money, and endless flattery. I know their routine because I experienced it myself.
Another thing to note: talk of the ‘end’ of America is more prevalent now than ever.
I have not read it but I would not be surprised if all of the destruction described in Paul's piece is laid out in the monstrous Project 2025 and its Mandate For Leadership. I am aware of many of its bullet points including the unitary executive theory, unleashing the military on American citizens, eviscerating programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, taking direct control or outright eliminating programs and agencies upon which millions of us depend to name a few.
Oh, and let's not forget the plan to impose universal Christofascism on all of us (see the Republic of Gilead in Margaret Atwood's chilling masterpiece, "The Handmaid's Tale").
By the time we emerge from this Dark Age, it will take years if not decades to repair the damage being done by this marauding cabal of vipers. That is, assuming we are still here to bear witness.
Deposing the DoE was another start in rewriting history … especially burying any information on black history. Slavery? Just a fiendish plot to discriminate against whites. The participation of allies in our wars? Balderdash. Progress? Egregious!