Matthew Magda
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#Historian #PoliticalThought #USHistory #EuropeanHistory #InternationalRelations #Runner #RetiredEducator
MAGA REPUBLICANS FOLLY The primary cause of the maga Republicans huge defeat in the Nov 2025 elections is obvious: the unpopularity of Trump & his policies. The majority of Americans cherish their democracy and their rights. They will mobilize to defeat maga-Republicans quest for authoritarian rule
November 7, 2025 at 2:43 AM
MAGA REPUBLICANS FOLLY The primary cause of the maga Republicans huge defeat in the Nov 2025 elections is obvious: the unpopularity of Trump & his policies. The majority of Americans cherish their democracy and their rights. They will mobilize to defeat maga-Republicans quest for authoritarian rule
The return of Jimmy Kimmel to his late night show demonstrates the power of standing up to the Trump administration's plan to silent critics by violating 1st amendment protection for freedom of speech. Also it shows the power of pressuring media corporations not to submit to Trump admin threats.
September 24, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The return of Jimmy Kimmel to his late night show demonstrates the power of standing up to the Trump administration's plan to silent critics by violating 1st amendment protection for freedom of speech. Also it shows the power of pressuring media corporations not to submit to Trump admin threats.
ARROGANT LAWLESSNESS. As trump administration deliberate violation of the law & court judgments continue in the Diego Garcia case, Americans are appalled and know all our rights are at risk. The 4th Circuit Appeals Court decision makes clear, trump admin MUST FACILITATE return of Garcia.
April 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM
ARROGANT LAWLESSNESS. As trump administration deliberate violation of the law & court judgments continue in the Diego Garcia case, Americans are appalled and know all our rights are at risk. The 4th Circuit Appeals Court decision makes clear, trump admin MUST FACILITATE return of Garcia.
ORWELLIAN WORLD Orwell warned us about men like Steve Witkoff trump's amateur special envoy to Russia on Ukraine. He says negotiations "big elephant" is Ukraine's unwillingness to cede territory. No mention of Russia's war damages & need to return tens of thousands of kidnapped Ukrainian children.
March 24, 2025 at 2:08 AM
ORWELLIAN WORLD Orwell warned us about men like Steve Witkoff trump's amateur special envoy to Russia on Ukraine. He says negotiations "big elephant" is Ukraine's unwillingness to cede territory. No mention of Russia's war damages & need to return tens of thousands of kidnapped Ukrainian children.
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BETRAYAL It is obvious trump supports Putin's goals in Ukraine. His special envoy to Russia, Steve Witkoff (no diplomat, just a realtor), praises Putin's "graciousness" & says he is "not a bad guy." Says Putin "prayed for Trump". No criticism of Russia's brutal actions. Witkoff will live in infamy
March 23, 2025 at 3:20 AM
BETRAYAL It is obvious trump supports Putin's goals in Ukraine. His special envoy to Russia, Steve Witkoff (no diplomat, just a realtor), praises Putin's "graciousness" & says he is "not a bad guy." Says Putin "prayed for Trump". No criticism of Russia's brutal actions. Witkoff will live in infamy
NO MYSTERY Clearly trump admin follows 18th century ideas of zero-sum economics. There are no mutually beneficial economic relations, no win-win, only win-lose. Hence tariffs, plus arcane bursts of imperialistic threats to annex Canada, seize Greenland & Panama Canal. Result: slow economic growth.
March 18, 2025 at 2:28 AM
NO MYSTERY Clearly trump admin follows 18th century ideas of zero-sum economics. There are no mutually beneficial economic relations, no win-win, only win-lose. Hence tariffs, plus arcane bursts of imperialistic threats to annex Canada, seize Greenland & Panama Canal. Result: slow economic growth.
MOST DANGEROUS SPEECH Today at the DoJ trump announced that he defined the law & that dept was his personal tool. That it was illegal to criticize him. That any journalist, commentator or media that had questioned his actions should be put in jail. Americans will oppose his quest for total power.
March 15, 2025 at 12:48 AM
MOST DANGEROUS SPEECH Today at the DoJ trump announced that he defined the law & that dept was his personal tool. That it was illegal to criticize him. That any journalist, commentator or media that had questioned his actions should be put in jail. Americans will oppose his quest for total power.
CULTURE OF CORRUPTION Whose interests are served by closing the Public Integrity & Foreign Integrity sections of DoJ? It is obviously a green light to corrupt public officials & foreign operatives to proceed with any gift that serves their & trump's interests.
March 13, 2025 at 2:23 AM
CULTURE OF CORRUPTION Whose interests are served by closing the Public Integrity & Foreign Integrity sections of DoJ? It is obviously a green light to corrupt public officials & foreign operatives to proceed with any gift that serves their & trump's interests.
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This Is the Biggest Trump-Musk Scandal That No One’s Talking About
Donald Trump and Elon Musk are ushering in a new age of bribery, graft, and corruption to American politics.
newrepublic.com/article/1920... via @newrepublic.com
Donald Trump and Elon Musk are ushering in a new age of bribery, graft, and corruption to American politics.
newrepublic.com/article/1920... via @newrepublic.com
This Is the Biggest Trump-Musk Scandal That No One’s Talking About
Donald Trump and Elon Musk are ushering in a new age of bribery, graft, and corruption to American politics.
newrepublic.com
March 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
This Is the Biggest Trump-Musk Scandal That No One’s Talking About
Donald Trump and Elon Musk are ushering in a new age of bribery, graft, and corruption to American politics.
newrepublic.com/article/1920... via @newrepublic.com
Donald Trump and Elon Musk are ushering in a new age of bribery, graft, and corruption to American politics.
newrepublic.com/article/1920... via @newrepublic.com
BETRAYING US INTERESTS One must ask whose interests are served by trump's pause of military aid & intelligence support to Ukraine? This only rewards the aggressor & signals Russia to continue its violence.This is NO PLAN for peace.This is capitulation; trump's clear intent is to serve Putin's goals
March 7, 2025 at 3:35 AM
BETRAYING US INTERESTS One must ask whose interests are served by trump's pause of military aid & intelligence support to Ukraine? This only rewards the aggressor & signals Russia to continue its violence.This is NO PLAN for peace.This is capitulation; trump's clear intent is to serve Putin's goals
TRUMP IN INFAMY Today in the White House trump & vance ambushed President Zelensky & attempted to browbeat him into submission & begging. They shamelessly portrayed Zelensky's courage in defending his people & correcting their lies as disrespect for the U.S.; trump-vance will live in infamy.
March 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM
TRUMP IN INFAMY Today in the White House trump & vance ambushed President Zelensky & attempted to browbeat him into submission & begging. They shamelessly portrayed Zelensky's courage in defending his people & correcting their lies as disrespect for the U.S.; trump-vance will live in infamy.
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February 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
MAFIA DON POLICY Trump takes a mafia-like approach to Ukraine. He does not acknowledge heroism & sacrifices of the Ukrainians fighting to maintain their independence & freedom. Instead he unjustly accuses them of starting war & offers no security guarantees. Calls for no concessions from Russia.
February 28, 2025 at 3:07 AM
MAFIA DON POLICY Trump takes a mafia-like approach to Ukraine. He does not acknowledge heroism & sacrifices of the Ukrainians fighting to maintain their independence & freedom. Instead he unjustly accuses them of starting war & offers no security guarantees. Calls for no concessions from Russia.
BLUNT TRUTH When the obvious is in plain sight, it is a monumental disservice for media leaders to soft-pedal dangers of Trump Admin path to abandon Ukraine, our European allies, & side/ally with Russia. Western democracy, security & prosperity will be sacrificed for grift of wannabe dictator Trump
February 23, 2025 at 2:45 AM
BLUNT TRUTH When the obvious is in plain sight, it is a monumental disservice for media leaders to soft-pedal dangers of Trump Admin path to abandon Ukraine, our European allies, & side/ally with Russia. Western democracy, security & prosperity will be sacrificed for grift of wannabe dictator Trump
ORWELLIAN WORLD
Ukraine caused war by fighting when invaded by Russia. (Trump).
We provide aid to Ukraine if it gives us access (control) of rare earth minerals. (Trump's Treas Sec Bessant)
Excluding Ukraine & Europe from talks with Russia means Trump wants peace for Ukraine (Sec State Rubio)
Ukraine caused war by fighting when invaded by Russia. (Trump).
We provide aid to Ukraine if it gives us access (control) of rare earth minerals. (Trump's Treas Sec Bessant)
Excluding Ukraine & Europe from talks with Russia means Trump wants peace for Ukraine (Sec State Rubio)
February 19, 2025 at 3:01 AM
ORWELLIAN WORLD
Ukraine caused war by fighting when invaded by Russia. (Trump).
We provide aid to Ukraine if it gives us access (control) of rare earth minerals. (Trump's Treas Sec Bessant)
Excluding Ukraine & Europe from talks with Russia means Trump wants peace for Ukraine (Sec State Rubio)
Ukraine caused war by fighting when invaded by Russia. (Trump).
We provide aid to Ukraine if it gives us access (control) of rare earth minerals. (Trump's Treas Sec Bessant)
Excluding Ukraine & Europe from talks with Russia means Trump wants peace for Ukraine (Sec State Rubio)
THROUGHOUT HISTORY #APPEASEMENT FAILED. However, it is far worse to willfully aid your enemy Russia's goals, reject your #NATO allies, and abandon a principle-no changes in borders through aggression-essential to maintain peace in Europe & the post World War II order. SUPPORT #UKRAINE.
February 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
THROUGHOUT HISTORY #APPEASEMENT FAILED. However, it is far worse to willfully aid your enemy Russia's goals, reject your #NATO allies, and abandon a principle-no changes in borders through aggression-essential to maintain peace in Europe & the post World War II order. SUPPORT #UKRAINE.
Harold Varmus, Nobel Prize Winner and former director of the Institutes of Health in the 1990s warning on ways Trump Admin threatens science. Important read.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
Opinion | American Science is Under Attack (Gift Article)
The Trump administration hobbles research and endangers the public health.
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Harold Varmus, Nobel Prize Winner and former director of the Institutes of Health in the 1990s warning on ways Trump Admin threatens science. Important read.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
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Where is the public outcry?
— Harold Varmus, MD, former head of NIH.
— Harold Varmus, MD, former head of NIH.
Opinion | American Science is Under Attack
The Trump administration hobbles research and endangers the public health.
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Where is the public outcry?
— Harold Varmus, MD, former head of NIH.
— Harold Varmus, MD, former head of NIH.
#CONSTITUTIONALCRISIS It is clear that in quest of total power trump/musk & their enablers are conducting a campaign to prep public opinion by attacking judges who rule against them. As trump/musk violate laws, they #BIGLIE that the judicial branch has no authority to check executive power.
February 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
#CONSTITUTIONALCRISIS It is clear that in quest of total power trump/musk & their enablers are conducting a campaign to prep public opinion by attacking judges who rule against them. As trump/musk violate laws, they #BIGLIE that the judicial branch has no authority to check executive power.
QUAGMIRE That will be the result of Trump's plan to forcibly remove the Palestinians from #Gaza. Moreover he implied the US would takeover Gaza and its reconstruction as if it were some beach front development project. This proposal reflects his greedy hubris and shallow thinking. #Trumpquagmire
February 5, 2025 at 3:11 AM
QUAGMIRE That will be the result of Trump's plan to forcibly remove the Palestinians from #Gaza. Moreover he implied the US would takeover Gaza and its reconstruction as if it were some beach front development project. This proposal reflects his greedy hubris and shallow thinking. #Trumpquagmire
Timothy Snyder provides an adept analysis of how Trump and his billionaire buddies are moving to dismantle our democracy.
An important read.
The Logic of Destruction open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
An important read.
The Logic of Destruction open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
open.substack.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Timothy Snyder provides an adept analysis of how Trump and his billionaire buddies are moving to dismantle our democracy.
An important read.
The Logic of Destruction open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
An important read.
The Logic of Destruction open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The #pardons of #Jan6insurrectionists, including those who violently attacked capitol police, is only a step in plan to rewrite history. Tyrants know they can manipulate followers to believe criminals are heroes, evil is virtue. Shameless celebration of the insurrectionists will fill Maga media.
January 24, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The #pardons of #Jan6insurrectionists, including those who violently attacked capitol police, is only a step in plan to rewrite history. Tyrants know they can manipulate followers to believe criminals are heroes, evil is virtue. Shameless celebration of the insurrectionists will fill Maga media.
The People's Cabinet
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open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The People's Cabinet
Naming a Positive Form of Opposition
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January 16, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The People's Cabinet
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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To force military loyalty to him alone, trump will abuse power. 1st purge officers by exec order using sins "wokeness" & "diversity" as covers for firing. 2nd slander officers involved in Afghanistan withdrawal. 3rd, target those, like Gen Milley who warned about trump's danger to U.S. security.
November 17, 2024 at 2:22 AM
To force military loyalty to him alone, trump will abuse power. 1st purge officers by exec order using sins "wokeness" & "diversity" as covers for firing. 2nd slander officers involved in Afghanistan withdrawal. 3rd, target those, like Gen Milley who warned about trump's danger to U.S. security.