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Joinfortmill
Joinfortmill's Journal
Joinfortmill's Journal
December 1, 2025
The Hartmann Report
My words: Just a sample, folks. This is a MUST READ. Bold is mine.
We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace: business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering. They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob. — President Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Extreme Privacy,” reporter Arian Campo-Flores pulls back the curtain on a disturbing new reality: our country’s wealthiest citizens now inhabit a parallel America of private jets, members-only restaurants, “sky-garage” condos, and luxury wellness centers they can rent out entirely for themselves...
And that’s the real danger: once the richest begin living outside the civic sphere, they stop caring whether the rest of society works at all. A nation where the wealthy secede into a private realm is a nation confronting oligarchy...
America has experienced this crisis before. Every few generations, a class of greedy oligarchs rise to power who are so intoxicated by wealth, so determined to hoard more, more, more, that they become a threat not just to our economy but to our democracy itself."...
Historian Michael Parenti described this perfectly: wealth becomes an addictive, monomaniacal hunger that consumes every other human concern.They construct or acquire vast media properties solely to convince ordinary people that deregulating toxic businesses and cutting taxes on billionaires will somehow benefit them. They then invest millions in politicians who repay them with billions in tax cuts, deregulation, and subsidies.
As a result, Americans suffer the consequences: collapsing wages, millions without healthcare, skyrocketing poverty, underfunded schools, rampant gun violence, crumbling infrastructure, deadly pollution, poisons and chemicals in our food and water, and a middle class that’s been gutted and left gasping...."
Now that responsibility falls to us...
This WSJ article isn’t just a window into their private world, it’s a warning flare. A democracy where the powerful live above and beyond the public realm is no democracy at all.
The path forward is the same one that saved us in the 1890s and 1940s:
name the crisis, confront the hoarders, break up monopolies, end billionaire-funded political corruption, restore progressive taxation to put the country back together, and rebuild the middle class....
We can do it. We’ve done it before. In future posts I’ll be detailing many of the steps that have worked in the past here in America and succeed today in other countries."
"The Great Secession of the Morbidly Rich Marks a Breaking Point for Democracy's Survival"
https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-great-secession-of-the-morbidly-72dThe Hartmann Report
My words: Just a sample, folks. This is a MUST READ. Bold is mine.
We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace: business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering. They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob. — President Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Extreme Privacy,” reporter Arian Campo-Flores pulls back the curtain on a disturbing new reality: our country’s wealthiest citizens now inhabit a parallel America of private jets, members-only restaurants, “sky-garage” condos, and luxury wellness centers they can rent out entirely for themselves...
And that’s the real danger: once the richest begin living outside the civic sphere, they stop caring whether the rest of society works at all. A nation where the wealthy secede into a private realm is a nation confronting oligarchy...
America has experienced this crisis before. Every few generations, a class of greedy oligarchs rise to power who are so intoxicated by wealth, so determined to hoard more, more, more, that they become a threat not just to our economy but to our democracy itself."...
Historian Michael Parenti described this perfectly: wealth becomes an addictive, monomaniacal hunger that consumes every other human concern.They construct or acquire vast media properties solely to convince ordinary people that deregulating toxic businesses and cutting taxes on billionaires will somehow benefit them. They then invest millions in politicians who repay them with billions in tax cuts, deregulation, and subsidies.
As a result, Americans suffer the consequences: collapsing wages, millions without healthcare, skyrocketing poverty, underfunded schools, rampant gun violence, crumbling infrastructure, deadly pollution, poisons and chemicals in our food and water, and a middle class that’s been gutted and left gasping...."
Now that responsibility falls to us...
This WSJ article isn’t just a window into their private world, it’s a warning flare. A democracy where the powerful live above and beyond the public realm is no democracy at all.
The path forward is the same one that saved us in the 1890s and 1940s:
name the crisis, confront the hoarders, break up monopolies, end billionaire-funded political corruption, restore progressive taxation to put the country back together, and rebuild the middle class....
We can do it. We’ve done it before. In future posts I’ll be detailing many of the steps that have worked in the past here in America and succeed today in other countries."
November 26, 2025
'Trump and his cronies were caught in an obvious lie and are trying to cover for the Kremlin.'
My words: Please watch. Stunning.
"...Espionage and Treason coming out of this White House". 16 minutes
'Trump and his cronies were caught in an obvious lie and are trying to cover for the Kremlin.'
My words: Please watch. Stunning.
November 24, 2025
I think Marjorie Taylor Greene is preparing
to read the names provided by the Epstein survivors on the House Floor. Because we all know Trump is never going to release all the names, especially his.
November 23, 2025
Only know one Trump voter personally....
He will be at a dinner I'm invited to tonight. Should be interesting.
Follow up: For my daughter, I was gracious. Politics was not discussed. I offered it up to karma. Lol.
November 19, 2025
My Words:There's a lot to unpack in this video. I highly recommend you view it. It seems clear that what we suspected is true: Russia Owns Trump. In my opinion, it's treason, and after watching this video, I think many of you will agree.
Remember Lev Parnes, the Soviet-born American businessman who hung out with Trump's first administration crowd? Well, has he got a thing or two to say about Trump & Co. not the least of which is that in 2018 Jeffrey Epstein and his brother were emailing each other about how Russia could be controlling Trump and how during the first Trump Administration Steve Bannon was handing over information to Putin...
"It isn't about the peepee tape..." Parnes says, "It's the dossier of what Russia Compromat really is on Donald Trump...It's about decades of Russia working Trump here in the United States... They have been.....bailing Trump out, giving him money, sending people, even the girlfriends he had..."
"Lev, what do you think scares Trump the most about what is in the files?."
"I think he has several things that he's worried about. A. he's worried about what's in the files that has to do with Melania....Also, that Russia actually has Compromat on him and.... that he is Russia's Puppet."
'Breaking: Two Former MAGA Insiders, One Truth You're Not Hearing on TV' 32 min.
&t=1258sMy Words:There's a lot to unpack in this video. I highly recommend you view it. It seems clear that what we suspected is true: Russia Owns Trump. In my opinion, it's treason, and after watching this video, I think many of you will agree.
Remember Lev Parnes, the Soviet-born American businessman who hung out with Trump's first administration crowd? Well, has he got a thing or two to say about Trump & Co. not the least of which is that in 2018 Jeffrey Epstein and his brother were emailing each other about how Russia could be controlling Trump and how during the first Trump Administration Steve Bannon was handing over information to Putin...
"It isn't about the peepee tape..." Parnes says, "It's the dossier of what Russia Compromat really is on Donald Trump...It's about decades of Russia working Trump here in the United States... They have been.....bailing Trump out, giving him money, sending people, even the girlfriends he had..."
"Lev, what do you think scares Trump the most about what is in the files?."
"I think he has several things that he's worried about. A. he's worried about what's in the files that has to do with Melania....Also, that Russia actually has Compromat on him and.... that he is Russia's Puppet."
November 19, 2025
Those who voted for Trump in their willful blindness, aided and abbetted
his cover up of the Epstein files. It appears the files are so horrific even Marjorie Taylor Greene can't stomach them.
November 18, 2025
So, who is this 'Bubba" Trump fellated?
Does that mean the President is bisexual? And, does that mean we can now have Pete as our next President? Cause, why not, since the sexual orientation taboo for Presidents has been broken, sort, kinda.
November 14, 2025
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heart-failure/symptoms-causes/syc-20373142
Standard symptoms of CHF:
Shortness of breath with activity or when lying down.
Fatigue and weakness.
Swelling in the legs, ankles and feet.
Rapid or irregular heartbeat.
Reduced ability to exercise.
Wheezing.
A cough that doesn't go away...
Swelling of the belly area.
Very rapid weight gain from fluid buildup.
Nausea and lack of appetite.
Difficulty concentrating or decreased alertness.
https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/how-heart-failure-leads-cognitive-decline
Heart failure may lead to cognitive decline by creating a tiny calcium leak inside the brain’s neurons, according to a new study(link is external and opens in a new window) by researchers at Columbia University. The finding could open the door to new treatments for the condition, called cardiogenic dementia.
“For many years, we’ve known that patients with heart failure tend to be cognitively impaired, but this was viewed as a coincidence. Only recently have studies suggested that heart failure causes the cognitive problems..
https://www.cardio.com/blog/congestive-heart-failure-life-expectancy/
Congestive Heart Failure and Life Expectancy
A 2019 review and meta-analysis of over 60 studies and 1.5 million heart failure patients showed the following life expectancy averages following a CHF diagnosis:
1 year: 87%
2 years: 73%
5 years: 57%
10 years: 35%
It looks to me like Trump is suffering from Heart Failure Which Can Cause Cognitive Decline & Death
My Words: Trump is not long for this life, if the stats are correct.https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heart-failure/symptoms-causes/syc-20373142
Standard symptoms of CHF:
Shortness of breath with activity or when lying down.
Fatigue and weakness.
Swelling in the legs, ankles and feet.
Rapid or irregular heartbeat.
Reduced ability to exercise.
Wheezing.
A cough that doesn't go away...
Swelling of the belly area.
Very rapid weight gain from fluid buildup.
Nausea and lack of appetite.
Difficulty concentrating or decreased alertness.
https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/how-heart-failure-leads-cognitive-decline
Heart failure may lead to cognitive decline by creating a tiny calcium leak inside the brain’s neurons, according to a new study(link is external and opens in a new window) by researchers at Columbia University. The finding could open the door to new treatments for the condition, called cardiogenic dementia.
“For many years, we’ve known that patients with heart failure tend to be cognitively impaired, but this was viewed as a coincidence. Only recently have studies suggested that heart failure causes the cognitive problems..
https://www.cardio.com/blog/congestive-heart-failure-life-expectancy/
Congestive Heart Failure and Life Expectancy
A 2019 review and meta-analysis of over 60 studies and 1.5 million heart failure patients showed the following life expectancy averages following a CHF diagnosis:
1 year: 87%
2 years: 73%
5 years: 57%
10 years: 35%
November 12, 2025
My words: More of this, please, Krasnov. Keep talking...
“This is insane—we are going to lose the mid-terms so badly. We’ve never seen an administration crash & burn in its first year so badly—for no reason other than to appease donors & special interests Trump has surrounded himself with the worst people,”
Conservative author and Charlie Kirk enthusiast Kevin Bass went even further by accusing, “Trump hates America and Americans. This is the only explanation I can come up with for this pattern of behavior. He wants to import the third world to take Americans’ jobs,” before adding, “He hasn’t even gotten through his first year, and he’s spiraling. Unbelievable.”
'Absolutely unreal': Conservatives rebel against Trump over smear on American workers'
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-talented-workers-smear-reax/My words: More of this, please, Krasnov. Keep talking...
“This is insane—we are going to lose the mid-terms so badly. We’ve never seen an administration crash & burn in its first year so badly—for no reason other than to appease donors & special interests Trump has surrounded himself with the worst people,”
Conservative author and Charlie Kirk enthusiast Kevin Bass went even further by accusing, “Trump hates America and Americans. This is the only explanation I can come up with for this pattern of behavior. He wants to import the third world to take Americans’ jobs,” before adding, “He hasn’t even gotten through his first year, and he’s spiraling. Unbelievable.”
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