cosmicrat23
@cosmicrat23.bsky.social
I am for equal human rights, political freedom and democratic socialism for everyone everywhere. I oppose violence, fascism, oppression, discrimination, injustice, and Donald Trump.
cosmicrat.com (Cosmic Cabdriver' Guide to the Universe) In Arizona.
cosmicrat.com (Cosmic Cabdriver' Guide to the Universe) In Arizona.
THIS IS IMPORTANT for every American to know. It exposes the Republican DECEPTION beginning with Reagan, growing the national debt by tax cuts for the rich, paid for by the 99%. Santa Claus for Billionaires, Debt for You: Thanks Trump open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
Santa Claus for Billionaires, Debt for You: Thanks Trump
The playbook that showers the rich, spikes the debt, then demands you sacrifice Social Security and healthcare…
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December 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
THIS IS IMPORTANT for every American to know. It exposes the Republican DECEPTION beginning with Reagan, growing the national debt by tax cuts for the rich, paid for by the 99%. Santa Claus for Billionaires, Debt for You: Thanks Trump open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
If Putin bans a book, it's worth reading medium.com/science-fict...
I just finished reading Left Hand of Darkness, a fascinating tale of a planet where the people are neither male or female except for once a month. It's a world of no gender stereotypes or discrimination.
I just finished reading Left Hand of Darkness, a fascinating tale of a planet where the people are neither male or female except for once a month. It's a world of no gender stereotypes or discrimination.
Ursula K Le Guin banned in Russia
By trying to erase Le Guin’s vision of a gender-fluid society, the Kremlin has admitted that this vision is powerful enough to topple their…
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December 24, 2025 at 7:21 AM
If Putin bans a book, it's worth reading medium.com/science-fict...
I just finished reading Left Hand of Darkness, a fascinating tale of a planet where the people are neither male or female except for once a month. It's a world of no gender stereotypes or discrimination.
I just finished reading Left Hand of Darkness, a fascinating tale of a planet where the people are neither male or female except for once a month. It's a world of no gender stereotypes or discrimination.
During and after a special on Rob Reiner, CBS in Phoenix ran a DHS pro-ICE ad that almost seemed like a satire of itself.
December 22, 2025 at 5:32 AM
During and after a special on Rob Reiner, CBS in Phoenix ran a DHS pro-ICE ad that almost seemed like a satire of itself.
Bondi should be impeached, not just for violating the law, but also because the AG should never be slavishly obedient to a President, subverting justice for his benefit. It would be better to elect AG's separately, as most states do.
December 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Bondi should be impeached, not just for violating the law, but also because the AG should never be slavishly obedient to a President, subverting justice for his benefit. It would be better to elect AG's separately, as most states do.
Susie Wiles knew what she was doing. telling just enough truth, , hoping it would not get her fired. Some criticized her saying her job is not to restrain Trump. She knows she can't. Trying too hard would end her job. We need to know that.. He can't be controlled. He must be removed.
December 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Susie Wiles knew what she was doing. telling just enough truth, , hoping it would not get her fired. Some criticized her saying her job is not to restrain Trump. She knows she can't. Trying too hard would end her job. We need to know that.. He can't be controlled. He must be removed.
Listen to the song at the end of this article. It's a good one, beautifully done. open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
How Much More Can America Take of "Trump Derangement Syndrome?"
Trump calls it “Trump Derangement Syndrome” when we object to cruelty and division. The real story is what that hate is doing to America’s democracy, and when we finally push back…
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December 17, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Listen to the song at the end of this article. It's a good one, beautifully done. open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
Successful social species, like humans, have natural empathy, and make decisions with informal democracy. Autocracy and oligarchy are NOT good for any social species like humans.
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Is the Morbidly Rich’s “Brilliance” Just a Threat to the Republic?
In 11 months, we’ll have an opportunity to retrieve our democracy from the clutches of the morbidly rich, the ideologues who deify them (and have for millennia), & their bought-&-paid-for politicians…
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December 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Successful social species, like humans, have natural empathy, and make decisions with informal democracy. Autocracy and oligarchy are NOT good for any social species like humans.
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
Looking back to 2018 and before, I see that the issues I wrote about then are still current, though new and worse ones have been added.
cosmicrat23.wordpress.com/2018/02/21/o...
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Our Second-Amendment Problem
The second amendment to the Constitution, as currently interpreted, is a piece of crap. The NRA, largely responsible for that bizarre hijacking of what began as a protection for Southern state slav…
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December 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Looking back to 2018 and before, I see that the issues I wrote about then are still current, though new and worse ones have been added.
cosmicrat23.wordpress.com/2018/02/21/o...
cosmicrat23.wordpress.com/2018/02/21/o...
Top Brazilian Official Warns Trump of 'Vietnam-Style' Regional Conflict If He Attacks Venezuela www.commondreams.org/news/trump-v...
Top Brazilian Official Warns Trump of 'Vietnam-Style' Regional Conflict If He Attacks Venezuela | Common Dreams
Brazilian official warns US military attack on Venezuela could lead to Vietnam-style conflict. Invasion could spark global involvement and anti-US sentiment in South America.
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December 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Top Brazilian Official Warns Trump of 'Vietnam-Style' Regional Conflict If He Attacks Venezuela www.commondreams.org/news/trump-v...
Alcatraz was a prison for actual convicted criminals. The more appropriate name is Alligator Auschwitz.
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Alligator Alcatraz: How Tyranny Starts—With “Those People”
If we allow a network of secretive, cruel, detention facilities for one set of powerless people today, tomorrow it will inevitably turn those same systems against anyone who challenges their power.
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December 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Alcatraz was a prison for actual convicted criminals. The more appropriate name is Alligator Auschwitz.
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
Trump doesn't like dissent, wants to declare it suspicious or even illegal, and is acquiring spy technology to target it.
Sounds like Russia, China or "1984".
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
Sounds like Russia, China or "1984".
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America’s New Political Reality: Trump Decides Which Beliefs Are “Legal”
When dissent becomes an “indicator,” the First Amendment stops being a right and starts being a risk…
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December 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Trump doesn't like dissent, wants to declare it suspicious or even illegal, and is acquiring spy technology to target it.
Sounds like Russia, China or "1984".
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
Sounds like Russia, China or "1984".
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
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We are dealing with such corruption in every aspect of our government, I don't know how we undo the damage.
December 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
We are dealing with such corruption in every aspect of our government, I don't know how we undo the damage.
"When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.” — Frédéric Bastiat, Economic sophisms, 2nd series (1848)"
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The Billionaire Coup: How the Supreme Court and Corporate Money Captured America
Our elections, our media, even our justice system, are all owned by the few. The Powell Memo lit the match; Citizens United poured on the gasoline. The fire of corruption is now a national inferno...
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December 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
"When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.” — Frédéric Bastiat, Economic sophisms, 2nd series (1848)"
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
Who cares about war crimes? Not Hegseth, as his history shows. No wonder Trump appointed him.
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Opinion | Hegseth’s ‘who cares?’ doctrine is finally taking heat
In U.S. history, war crimes have been rare. Accountability is needed to keep them that way.
wapo.st
December 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Who cares about war crimes? Not Hegseth, as his history shows. No wonder Trump appointed him.
wapo.st/4oFn6tY
wapo.st/4oFn6tY
We may wonder why Trump does so many stupid and obviously wrong things. He WANTS to create an opposition, hoping for violent acts he can use to create an exaggerated crisis, claiming he needs more authority to "fix" it.
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open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Land War or Self-Terrorism?
Trump's Likely Next Step
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December 8, 2025 at 9:47 AM
We may wonder why Trump does so many stupid and obviously wrong things. He WANTS to create an opposition, hoping for violent acts he can use to create an exaggerated crisis, claiming he needs more authority to "fix" it.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our
moneyed . . . corporations, which dare already to challenge
our government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the
laws of our country. —Thomas Jefferson
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
moneyed . . . corporations, which dare already to challenge
our government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the
laws of our country. —Thomas Jefferson
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
Chapter 4: The Party That Sold Itself Out
Your weekly excerpt from one of my books. This week: "The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink"
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December 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our
moneyed . . . corporations, which dare already to challenge
our government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the
laws of our country. —Thomas Jefferson
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
moneyed . . . corporations, which dare already to challenge
our government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the
laws of our country. —Thomas Jefferson
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
Menopause is actually good for survival in long-lived social species like humans, whales, and chimps. Post-reproductive females play important roles in their family groups.
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Most animals don't go through menopause. So why do these whales? : Short Wave
Across the animal kingdom, menopause is something of an evolutionary blip. We humans are one of the few animals to experience it. But Sam Ellis, a researcher in animal behavior, argues that this isn't...
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December 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Menopause is actually good for survival in long-lived social species like humans, whales, and chimps. Post-reproductive females play important roles in their family groups.
www.npr.org/2024/03/22/1...
www.npr.org/2024/03/22/1...