Stan Sloan
@stanrsloan.bsky.social
I'm a researcher, writer, educator. My government career included service in the USAF, CIA, and 26 years at the Congressional Research Service. In retirement, I taught NATO and American power courses for 19 years in Middlebury College's winter term.
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The Coalition to Renew Transatlantic Comity (CTRTC) aims to sustain positive transatlantic links to be built on after the United States has rejected Fascism, moved on after Trump, and restored liberal democracy. Please join and help build a new transatlantic future.
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The Coalition to Renew Transatlantic Comity (CTRTC) aims to sustain positive transatlantic links to be built on after the United States has rejected Fascism, moved on after Trump, and restored liberal democracy. Please join and help build a new transatlantic future.
www.facebook.com/groups/13597...
www.facebook.com/groups/13597...
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May 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The Coalition to Renew Transatlantic Comity (CTRTC) aims to sustain positive transatlantic links to be built on after the United States has rejected Fascism, moved on after Trump, and restored liberal democracy. Please join and help build a new transatlantic future.
www.facebook.com/groups/13597...
www.facebook.com/groups/13597...
In June 2018, based on my book "Transatlantic Traumas," I warned of the dangers we see full-blown today.
vtdigger.org/2018/06/12/s...
vtdigger.org/2018/06/12/s...
March 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
In June 2018, based on my book "Transatlantic Traumas," I warned of the dangers we see full-blown today.
vtdigger.org/2018/06/12/s...
vtdigger.org/2018/06/12/s...
I am a big fan of Heather Cox Richardson every day, but today's column does a particularly good, and chilling, job of documenting how the Trump administration is trying to destroy our government and replace it with some form of fascist oligarchy.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-27-2...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-27-2...
March 27, 2025
Today, Wired reported that it had found four more Venmo accounts associated with the Trump administration officials who participated in the now-infamous Signal chat about a planned military attack on ...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I am a big fan of Heather Cox Richardson every day, but today's column does a particularly good, and chilling, job of documenting how the Trump administration is trying to destroy our government and replace it with some form of fascist oligarchy.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-27-2...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-27-2...
In my 2018 "Transatlantic Traumas: Has illiberalism brought the West to the brink of collapse?" I concluded the radical right threat should be met with more than usual politics. I recommended what I called "radical centrist populism." Now updated: stanleysloan.substack.com/p/stanley-r-...
Organization and principles to bring Trump down
This is my first entree into Substack publishing, and it will not be my last. I intend to publish occasionally regarding American democracy, the future of the West, and NATO. Please subscribe!!!
stanleysloan.substack.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
In my 2018 "Transatlantic Traumas: Has illiberalism brought the West to the brink of collapse?" I concluded the radical right threat should be met with more than usual politics. I recommended what I called "radical centrist populism." Now updated: stanleysloan.substack.com/p/stanley-r-...
FYI: Information is "classified" once the process to declare it as such has been performed. SecDef Hegseth, who can declare information "classified," did not do so and released information that by all standards was very sensitive and should have been classified, probably at a relatively high level.
March 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
FYI: Information is "classified" once the process to declare it as such has been performed. SecDef Hegseth, who can declare information "classified," did not do so and released information that by all standards was very sensitive and should have been classified, probably at a relatively high level.
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Stock market investors who voted for Trump: Is it clear yet that the guy with six bankruptcies, operates on grievance and whim, pursues foolish economic ideas like tariffs and relishes trade wars should not be directing the American economy?
March 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Stock market investors who voted for Trump: Is it clear yet that the guy with six bankruptcies, operates on grievance and whim, pursues foolish economic ideas like tariffs and relishes trade wars should not be directing the American economy?
USA DISTRESS CALL we are in a constitutional crisis, and nearing an existential one as the Trump/Musk presidency, cooperating with the Putin autocracy, are trying to ride rough shod over the rule of law.
February 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
USA DISTRESS CALL we are in a constitutional crisis, and nearing an existential one as the Trump/Musk presidency, cooperating with the Putin autocracy, are trying to ride rough shod over the rule of law.
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BREAKING: Trump is losing support: Less than one month into the chaotic return of Trump, and these Trump-voting farmers have already had enough. If the election were held today, they would not vote for him.
Make sure everyone sees this!
Make sure everyone sees this!
February 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
BREAKING: Trump is losing support: Less than one month into the chaotic return of Trump, and these Trump-voting farmers have already had enough. If the election were held today, they would not vote for him.
Make sure everyone sees this!
Make sure everyone sees this!
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The battle of our day is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans or left versus right.
The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter.
Everyone must choose which side they’re on. Now.
The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter.
Everyone must choose which side they’re on. Now.
February 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The battle of our day is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans or left versus right.
The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter.
Everyone must choose which side they’re on. Now.
The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter.
Everyone must choose which side they’re on. Now.
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“Delete” the CFPB & IRS. Abolish bank regulators. Gut Social Security and Medicare.
The Musk-Trump administration’s plots all boil down to the same thing: swindle working people, funnel money to the ultra-rich.
The Musk-Trump administration’s plots all boil down to the same thing: swindle working people, funnel money to the ultra-rich.
February 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
“Delete” the CFPB & IRS. Abolish bank regulators. Gut Social Security and Medicare.
The Musk-Trump administration’s plots all boil down to the same thing: swindle working people, funnel money to the ultra-rich.
The Musk-Trump administration’s plots all boil down to the same thing: swindle working people, funnel money to the ultra-rich.
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Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income
This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.
truthout.org
February 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
One thing opponents of the Trump-Musk presidency could do would be to form an informal "shadow government" with groups of advocates focused on every key area of government activity. "Shadow" groups of volunteer politicians and experts would respond to and attack, when necessary, admin actions/words.
February 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
One thing opponents of the Trump-Musk presidency could do would be to form an informal "shadow government" with groups of advocates focused on every key area of government activity. "Shadow" groups of volunteer politicians and experts would respond to and attack, when necessary, admin actions/words.
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Speaker Mike Johnson says Trump’s release of thugs who beat up cops and smeared feces in the Capitol is a “redemption” story.
Johnson’s use of religious language to justify fascism is disgusting.
Johnson’s use of religious language to justify fascism is disgusting.
January 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Speaker Mike Johnson says Trump’s release of thugs who beat up cops and smeared feces in the Capitol is a “redemption” story.
Johnson’s use of religious language to justify fascism is disgusting.
Johnson’s use of religious language to justify fascism is disgusting.
Elissa Slotkin's "radical pragmatism" echoes my 2018 "Transatlantic Traumas" that the best response to radical right parties would be a political "radical centrism" to reinvigorate liberal democracy with pragmatic solutions responding to the needs of average citizens.
www.thefp.com/p/peter-savo...
www.thefp.com/p/peter-savo...
Elissa Slotkin Just Wants to Be ‘Normal.’ Will Her Fellow Democrats Listen?
The Michigan congresswoman calls herself a ‘radical pragmatist.’ She believes that’s the future of her party.
www.thefp.com
January 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Elissa Slotkin's "radical pragmatism" echoes my 2018 "Transatlantic Traumas" that the best response to radical right parties would be a political "radical centrism" to reinvigorate liberal democracy with pragmatic solutions responding to the needs of average citizens.
www.thefp.com/p/peter-savo...
www.thefp.com/p/peter-savo...
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I don't know about you, but my idea of democracy doesn't include the world's richest man giving orders to the incompetent president-elect and his dysfunctional friends in Congress.
December 19, 2024 at 1:48 AM
I don't know about you, but my idea of democracy doesn't include the world's richest man giving orders to the incompetent president-elect and his dysfunctional friends in Congress.
Some beauty to offer for a Sunday morning...
November 24, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Some beauty to offer for a Sunday morning...
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NO mandate
The ‘landslide' that wasn't:
By traditional measures, Trump's win was neither unprecedented nor a landslide.
In fact, he prevailed with one of the smallest popular vote margins since the 19th century and generated little of the coattails of a true landslide.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/u...
By traditional measures, Trump's win was neither unprecedented nor a landslide.
In fact, he prevailed with one of the smallest popular vote margins since the 19th century and generated little of the coattails of a true landslide.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/u...
The ‘Landslide’ That Wasn’t: Trump and Allies Pump Up His Narrow Victory
The latest vote count shows that Donald J. Trump won the popular vote by one of the smallest margins since the 19th century. But Mr. Trump claims a “powerful mandate.”
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2024 at 3:28 PM
NO mandate
Gaetz drops out!!! "Our" first victory but far from the end of the battle. The threat of the Constitution actually working has done its job on this one.
November 21, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Gaetz drops out!!! "Our" first victory but far from the end of the battle. The threat of the Constitution actually working has done its job on this one.
Sometimes words make a difference: why are all media referring to Trump's preferences for cabinet officers as "picks" when in fact they are (or will be) nominations? "Picks" make it sound like a final choice and then calls into question the Senate's constitutional advice and consent process.
November 21, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Sometimes words make a difference: why are all media referring to Trump's preferences for cabinet officers as "picks" when in fact they are (or will be) nominations? "Picks" make it sound like a final choice and then calls into question the Senate's constitutional advice and consent process.
In my 2020 book "Defense of the West: Transatlantic Security from Truman to Trump" www.amazon.com/Defense-West...
I chose as a worst case for transatlantic relations a Trump return to the presidency. Here is an excerpt from the book's conclusions:
I chose as a worst case for transatlantic relations a Trump return to the presidency. Here is an excerpt from the book's conclusions:
November 20, 2024 at 6:14 PM
In my 2020 book "Defense of the West: Transatlantic Security from Truman to Trump" www.amazon.com/Defense-West...
I chose as a worst case for transatlantic relations a Trump return to the presidency. Here is an excerpt from the book's conclusions:
I chose as a worst case for transatlantic relations a Trump return to the presidency. Here is an excerpt from the book's conclusions:
My 2021 book raised a question now answered. The title is "De-trumping U.S. Foreign Policy: Can Biden Bring America Back?" My analysis makes it clear what dangers are posed by the second Trump presidency and why the Biden administration failed in this regard.
www.amazon.com/-/he/Stanley...
www.amazon.com/-/he/Stanley...
De-Trumping U.S. Foreign Policy: Can Biden Bring America Back? (De Gruyter Disruptions, 1): Sloan, Stanley R.: 9783110759020: Amazon.com: Books
De-Trumping U.S. Foreign Policy: Can Biden Bring America Back? (De Gruyter Disruptions, 1) [Sloan, Stanley R.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. De-Trumping U.S. Foreign Policy: Can Biden Bring America Back? (De Gruyter Disruptions, 1)
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November 20, 2024 at 6:14 PM
My 2021 book raised a question now answered. The title is "De-trumping U.S. Foreign Policy: Can Biden Bring America Back?" My analysis makes it clear what dangers are posed by the second Trump presidency and why the Biden administration failed in this regard.
www.amazon.com/-/he/Stanley...
www.amazon.com/-/he/Stanley...
Debate on why Democrats lost, my summary:
Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party campaigned on a good and accurate picture of the US forest, but an inadequate appreciation of the US trees. As good democracy foresters, they now need to tend to the trees.
Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party campaigned on a good and accurate picture of the US forest, but an inadequate appreciation of the US trees. As good democracy foresters, they now need to tend to the trees.
November 20, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Debate on why Democrats lost, my summary:
Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party campaigned on a good and accurate picture of the US forest, but an inadequate appreciation of the US trees. As good democracy foresters, they now need to tend to the trees.
Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party campaigned on a good and accurate picture of the US forest, but an inadequate appreciation of the US trees. As good democracy foresters, they now need to tend to the trees.