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As you know, I am always looking for wellbeing fostering trends, and usually having a very hard time finding them under Trump’s and the Republican Party’s fascist coup. But, as the year ends, I have had some success, and here are seven trends describing good news trends.
Seven Good News Stories You Missed This Year
It wasn’t all doom and gloom in 2025. There were positive developments globally science and climate, in particular.
time.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
As you know, I am always looking for wellbeing fostering trends, and usually having a very hard time finding them under Trump’s and the Republican Party’s fascist coup. But, as the year ends, I have had some success, and here are seven trends describing good news trends.
The fascist majority on the Supreme Court created by Trump and the Republican Senate majority is a major factor in the transformation of the United States from a democratic republic to a White supremacist fascist autocracy.
www.newsweek.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The fascist majority on the Supreme Court created by Trump and the Republican Senate majority is a major factor in the transformation of the United States from a democratic republic to a White supremacist fascist autocracy.
I have been waiting for this report because I knew that the billionaires who financed climate change would also try to profit from it. And they are trying to. The problem is that this is all based on physicalist-materialism, and that is the wrong solution.
Betting on climate failure, these investors could earn billions
Investment firms have put over $100 million into developing risky technologies that could cool the planet with unknown side effects.
www.politico.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I have been waiting for this report because I knew that the billionaires who financed climate change would also try to profit from it. And they are trying to. The problem is that this is all based on physicalist-materialism, and that is the wrong solution.
Healthcare is about to get worse, much worse. If Americans do not wake up to what Trump, his serviles, and the Republicans in Congress are doing to their healthcare, it is just going to keep getting worse. There must be an uprising of voters demanding universal birthright single-payer healthcare.
RFK Jr. could defund your hospital if he doesn't get his way
The proposed regulations on gender-affirming care for minors are not legally binding and are set to be challenged in court.
www.motherjones.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Healthcare is about to get worse, much worse. If Americans do not wake up to what Trump, his serviles, and the Republicans in Congress are doing to their healthcare, it is just going to keep getting worse. There must be an uprising of voters demanding universal birthright single-payer healthcare.
The Kennedy Center officially opened on Wednesday, 8 September 1971, 54 years ago, with a performance of MASS composed by Leonard Bernstein and commissioned by Mrs. Kennedy for the occasion.
MAGA loyalists seethe after ‘Hamilton’ cancels shows over Trump
The creators of “Hamilton” refuse to let their hit musical be performed next year at the Kennedy Center, where a now-canceled 8-week run was slated to help celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signi...
www.dailykos.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The Kennedy Center officially opened on Wednesday, 8 September 1971, 54 years ago, with a performance of MASS composed by Leonard Bernstein and commissioned by Mrs. Kennedy for the occasion.
Since the end of World War II, one of the reasons the United States has been a world leader is not just its military, but the singular arrangement that was established in scientific research between the government and universities and research centers.
Opinion | Dismantling the American Research Enterprise
The government's self-sabotage could not come at a worse time
www.medpagetoday.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Since the end of World War II, one of the reasons the United States has been a world leader is not just its military, but the singular arrangement that was established in scientific research between the government and universities and research centers.
Imagine: while the rest of the developed democracies, including the United States, are filling garbage dumps with trash, Sweden is importing other countries’ trash to provide electricity and heat for Swedish homes. This is what fostering wellbeing as a nation’s first priority looks like.
How Sweden uses imported trash to produce electricity and heat homes
Every year, millions of metric tons of trash from Norway, the U.K. and Italy end up heating or providing electricity to Swedish homes.
www.snopes.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Imagine: while the rest of the developed democracies, including the United States, are filling garbage dumps with trash, Sweden is importing other countries’ trash to provide electricity and heat for Swedish homes. This is what fostering wellbeing as a nation’s first priority looks like.
America’s culture is being restructured by the weaponization of misinformation (see SR archive) and, as this article describes, by racist white supremacist AI-generated fake photos and videos.
Racist AI content is spreading fast — and swaying political opinions
Fake content is influencing how people see government programs, race, and potentially even elections.
www.axios.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
America’s culture is being restructured by the weaponization of misinformation (see SR archive) and, as this article describes, by racist white supremacist AI-generated fake photos and videos.
Merry Christmas
Stephan A. Schwartz, Editor - Schwartzreport
I don’t want to publish any negative stories and reports on Christmas Day. Rather, I want to wish all my readers the very best wishes for a lovely Christmas, and to thank all of you who have contributed to the support of SR.
Stephan A. Schwartz, Editor - Schwartzreport
I don’t want to publish any negative stories and reports on Christmas Day. Rather, I want to wish all my readers the very best wishes for a lovely Christmas, and to thank all of you who have contributed to the support of SR.
December 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Merry Christmas
Stephan A. Schwartz, Editor - Schwartzreport
I don’t want to publish any negative stories and reports on Christmas Day. Rather, I want to wish all my readers the very best wishes for a lovely Christmas, and to thank all of you who have contributed to the support of SR.
Stephan A. Schwartz, Editor - Schwartzreport
I don’t want to publish any negative stories and reports on Christmas Day. Rather, I want to wish all my readers the very best wishes for a lovely Christmas, and to thank all of you who have contributed to the support of SR.
I am both an Army veteran, a former Special Assistant to two Chiefs of Naval Operations, the son of a veteran, grandson of a veteran, and so on back to Washington’s officer corps. Over the past year, as I have watched what Trump has done to the
Trump is Undermining and Endangering the American Military
Many of the actions taken by Trump undermine the military and our national security. It began with the nomination of totally unqualified Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense. Importantly, every Republ...
www.dailykos.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I am both an Army veteran, a former Special Assistant to two Chiefs of Naval Operations, the son of a veteran, grandson of a veteran, and so on back to Washington’s officer corps. Over the past year, as I have watched what Trump has done to the
Ignorant, poorly educated Gen Z, particularly White young men, are amongst the most passionate supporters of Trump and fascism in America.
Pro-Trump focus group praises 'great leader' Hitler: 'We should do that in America'
A focus group of Gen Z conservatives supporting President Donald Trump recently praised Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler.The Manhattan Institute's City Journal shared results from the focus group last w...
www.rawstory.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Ignorant, poorly educated Gen Z, particularly White young men, are amongst the most passionate supporters of Trump and fascism in America.
If you have a student loan and are behind in your payments, beginning in January, the Trump administration will start garnishing your pay. It is estimated five million Americans will face this seizure.
Trump administration to start seizing pay of defaulted student loan borrowers in January
The Trump administration will start garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers in default in early January.
www.cnbc.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
If you have a student loan and are behind in your payments, beginning in January, the Trump administration will start garnishing your pay. It is estimated five million Americans will face this seizure.
The news about the American economy is so conflicted that while the wealthy are doing very well, the average American is not. I have been looking for real, fact-based, information about what most of us are facing, and here it is.
The True Cost Of The American Dream: $1.8 Million In Lifetime Debt
The average American will spend $1.8 million paying off debt. Find out where that money goes and how your state compares nationwide.
studyfinds.org
December 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The news about the American economy is so conflicted that while the wealthy are doing very well, the average American is not. I have been looking for real, fact-based, information about what most of us are facing, and here it is.
No one with an IQ larger than their waist size doubts that a climate change catastrophe is coming in the near future. The date most researchers are predicting is 2040.
Trump administration moves to dismantle prominent US weather and climate research center
The Trump administration announced plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado.
abcnews.go.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
No one with an IQ larger than their waist size doubts that a climate change catastrophe is coming in the near future. The date most researchers are predicting is 2040.
Yet another move by “king” Trump and the Congressional Republicans to devastate any preparation by the United States to exit the carbon energy era.
Trump administration halts offshore wind projects from Virginia to New England, in major blow to clean power
The move is yet another escalation from President Donald Trump, who has vowed to throttle wind projects despite his party's worries about electricity affordability.
www.politico.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Yet another move by “king” Trump and the Congressional Republicans to devastate any preparation by the United States to exit the carbon energy era.
This trend of creating fake porn about schoolgirls by boys in their classes has been growing for several years now, and I have reported on it in SR, in the hope that any SR readers who are teachers will be alert if this happens in their schools (see SR archive).
Boys at her school shared AI-generated, nude images of her. After a fight, she was the one expelled
A 13-year-old girl at a Louisiana middle school got into a fight with classmates who were sharing AI-generated nude images of her.
apnews.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This trend of creating fake porn about schoolgirls by boys in their classes has been growing for several years now, and I have reported on it in SR, in the hope that any SR readers who are teachers will be alert if this happens in their schools (see SR archive).
Reading publications focused on geopolitics, which unfortunately I can’t use for SR because they are behind paywalls, I have been watching a major trend emerging that is not being properly discussed in the United States.
Trump’s team sees Europe’s ‘erasure.’ Europeans see a hostile US - Schwartzreport
Trump’s team sees Europe’s ‘erasure.’ Europeans see a hostile U.S. Credit: Yves Herman / Reuters BRUSSELS, BELGIUM — A new U.S. national security
www.schwartzreport.net
December 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Reading publications focused on geopolitics, which unfortunately I can’t use for SR because they are behind paywalls, I have been watching a major trend emerging that is not being properly discussed in the United States.
What AI is showing us is the same thing we have seen with the misinformation weaponization of social media. Because there is no content regulation, AI has become a tool allowing the vilest, ugliest, nastiest expressions of humanity.
Extremists are using AI voice cloning to supercharge propaganda. Experts say it’s helping them grow
Researchers warn generative tools are helping militant groups from neo-Nazis to the Islamic State spread ideology
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
What AI is showing us is the same thing we have seen with the misinformation weaponization of social media. Because there is no content regulation, AI has become a tool allowing the vilest, ugliest, nastiest expressions of humanity.
Elon Musk is now richer than the total net worth of many U.S. states, and some entire countries. His wealth is a measure of how inequitably the United States tax system is rigged, and why we are becoming a neo-medieval culture.
www.forbes.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Elon Musk is now richer than the total net worth of many U.S. states, and some entire countries. His wealth is a measure of how inequitably the United States tax system is rigged, and why we are becoming a neo-medieval culture.
One of the first things all fascists do when they come to power is gut any government agency that is responsible for putting out accurate information about what is actually going on a result of their fascist policies.
Government’s historic role as trusted information source is under threat - Schwartzreport
The covid.gov website says covid-19 most likely originated in a Chinese lab, although scientists are in fact deeply divided over its origin. A
www.schwartzreport.net
December 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
One of the first things all fascists do when they come to power is gut any government agency that is responsible for putting out accurate information about what is actually going on a result of their fascist policies.
While Trump and his administration protect the interests of the carbon energy barons and themselves, they condemn the people of the United States to unpreparedness to deal with climate change, misery and death. Here is what could and should be happening.
UN Report Estimates Bold Climate Action Would Deliver $100 Trillion in Benefits by 2100 | Common Dreams
New UN report shows tackling climate crisis brings $20 trillion in annual xeconomic benefits by 2070. Urgent action needed to avoid devastating consequences.
www.commondreams.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
While Trump and his administration protect the interests of the carbon energy barons and themselves, they condemn the people of the United States to unpreparedness to deal with climate change, misery and death. Here is what could and should be happening.
This is what is coming as climate change progresses in America. States are going to fight against one another for resources, particularly water.
The fight over the Colorado River has become a political nightmare
The Trump administration is stuck between two key political swing states and two of the nation’s reddest as they duke it out over access to the West’s most important river.
www.politico.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This is what is coming as climate change progresses in America. States are going to fight against one another for resources, particularly water.
Here is some good news, finally. As I look at the trends each day, what I see confirmed again and again is the inferiority of Republican governance.
‘The biggest transformation in a century’: how California remade itself as a clean energy powerhouse
The Golden State’s clean energy use hit new highs in 2025. As the Trump administration abandons US climate initiatives, can California fill the void?
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Here is some good news, finally. As I look at the trends each day, what I see confirmed again and again is the inferiority of Republican governance.
The corruption of the Trump family is unlike anything ever previously seen in the last 250 years. Here is the latest example.
Barron Trump is already worth $150 million at age 19 — here's why
Barron Trump, President Donald Trump's youngest son, is only 19. But his net worth, according to Nasdaq, is already $150 million. In an article published by Nasdaq.com on December 14, reporter Brooke ...
www.alternet.org
December 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The corruption of the Trump family is unlike anything ever previously seen in the last 250 years. Here is the latest example.
Editor’s Note – Sorry for Missing Editions
Stephan A. Schwartz, Editor
On Tuesday night, the island on which we live went dark, the electricity failed because of high winds and fallen trees bringing down power lines. It left us with no electricity, no heat, no internet, and no phones.
Stephan A. Schwartz, Editor
On Tuesday night, the island on which we live went dark, the electricity failed because of high winds and fallen trees bringing down power lines. It left us with no electricity, no heat, no internet, and no phones.
Saturday, December 20, 2025 - Schwartzreport
www.schwartzreport.net
December 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Editor’s Note – Sorry for Missing Editions
Stephan A. Schwartz, Editor
On Tuesday night, the island on which we live went dark, the electricity failed because of high winds and fallen trees bringing down power lines. It left us with no electricity, no heat, no internet, and no phones.
Stephan A. Schwartz, Editor
On Tuesday night, the island on which we live went dark, the electricity failed because of high winds and fallen trees bringing down power lines. It left us with no electricity, no heat, no internet, and no phones.