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Claire Read, PhD's avatar

Thanks for this broad and deep analysis, Jack. My gut says you are right on. The thing that bothers me is the Peter Thiel, Panatir et al, Vought, Miller control. JD is a creation of Thiel’s so, if and when he enters the WH, we would be under the control of Nazi South African technocrats. That’s scary. He who controls the technology these days wins. I just remembered that Donnie and his boys, strangely including Jared, keep a copy of Mein Kampf at their besides. When I remembered that and now see the influence of these Hitler disciples , that stuff started making sense. I believe Trump was/is a smoke and mirror placeholder. They underestimated his capacity for going his own way. I am certain his implosion is a welcome event to get rid of him. He imploded a little bit sooner than they anticipated, though, hence the scramble. IMHO.

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Teri Gelini's avatar

This was a great piece that helps a lot of us to keep going when things look bat shit crazy. Thank you for all the clarity and explanations.

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Larry Bushard's avatar

Dump was always and forever the avatar the oligarchs wanted to take the White House. They did not study history well. The German oligarchs thought they could control the mad man too. They may have overplayed their hand this time. Let’s hope we can get out of this while minimizing the damage we already have to repair!

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Claire Read, PhD's avatar

Totally agree, Larry. They’re dashing around like crazy grasshoppers getting water thrown on them. They’re all know JD is not the final answer even though he is Thiel’s puppet creation. IMHO. And Vought/Miller continue their wrecking ball process on our federal government as the dollar tanks and tRump’s crypto rises. And people voted for cheap gas and groceries?!!! Happy now? Phooey.

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Claire Read, PhD's avatar

Other thought—one of the Trump women was in South Africa recruiting white plantation owners. I wonder if she is recruiting on that town where all the German Nazi emigrants fled to at the end of WWII. Peter Thiel’s parents went there as did Elon’s, although the latter were invited out of Canada. Love Canada, Canadians, and their good sense choice of Mark Carney, a man sent from beyond whatever to bring common sense, decency and values to this bloody horror show.

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Leslie Davis's avatar

Wait...Just wait....Can't you just see this? "No, not the red-faced, finger-pointing, “I’m being persecuted!” pantomime panic he uses to rile up MAGA land. I mean the real kind. The kind that has a man pacing barefoot through Mar-a-Lago at 2:12 a.m. with bloodshot eyes and a phone gripped like a grenade." You're an imaginative writer, Jack. The introduction of Obama in the mix could just be enough to blow what's left of his mind!

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Cherae Stone's avatar

He certainly draws a mental picture, doesn’t he, our Jack?

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WebsterzEdu's avatar

I do the deep breathing at stop lights like you taught a while back. It works!

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Philip's avatar

This is a masterful and thought provoking big picture assessment! Thanks so much. You obviously have access and exposure to quite a wide variety of insiders or those who can read the signals that are not publicly common, and this reads like a checklist of what to be aware of; really helpful! Of course, I in my naive and possibly too honest desire for people to 'do the right thing' would prefer that people turn against this president (it's far too late to want people to reject him outright because of his obvious odious qualities and lack of integrity) because they are so aghast at his malevolent, disturbed, incompetent, unacceptable behavior and history. But one can wish...

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Irene Kennedy's avatar

Couldn't happen to a "nicer" guy.🤣

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