Hello friends:
American politics has always been Kabuki theater but we’ve reached a point where they’re not even bothering with the costume changes and magic tricks.
The would-be Speaker of the House, Hakeem Jeffries, met privately with someone on a short list of purely evil human beings to discuss “how Democrats and the administration could work together.”
Sorry, what?
Jared Kushner has no official role in the Trump administration. Kushner has profited billions from the regime—almost entirely from countries he’s been “negotiating” with—and been making plans to profit from Netanyahu’s war crimes in Gaza.
This is just unacceptable backroom dealing with Trump’s unaccountable son-in-law. It is corruption in its most insidious form.
The Democratic Party, which I was a member of for my entire life until last year, has devolved into controlled opposition for the project to strip-mine America of our labor and resources. Its leadership consists of Jeffries, UFO-enjoyer Chuck Schumer, and milquetoast loser Ken Martin. It is leaderless, rudderless, and feckless.
The public has woken up to the corruption, the incompetence, and the greed. We have an opportunity to put people in government who will actually fight back. Everyone should participate and vote like the future of democracy depends on it, because it does.
But we need leaders, not theatrical performances. We need fighters, not shadow puppets. We’ve been doing this back-and-forth with fascist administrations for decades. They cheat to win; we clean up a little; they come back; and every round it gets worse. The vicious cycle needs to stop.
Please join me and our brilliant community today, Sunday Noon PT / 3PM ET, for a discussion of the last week of events, Natalie Harp, and anything else on your mind. I’ve been working on a few things that I will preview as well. Hope to see you there. Details below.