If You Could Read My Mind ...

“The government shelled out almost $2 million in a no-bid emergency contract to clean up a diesel spill that occurred under the watch of Freedom 250, the shadowy organization through which President Donald Trump is administering semiquincentennial celebrations. In May, Freedom 250 and a Trump-tied event management company, Event Strategies Inc., installed temporary lighting while setting up the Great American State Fair on the National Mall. Then, on May 20, fuel lines on the lighting equipment spilled at least 30 gallons of fuel onto the mall. The fuel seeped underground, contaminating rainwater repositories used to irrigate the mall. And another spill of an unknown quantity came soon after. The government awarded a “rushed, no-bid contract” of $1.8 million for the cleanup, reported Anna Kramer of NOTUS Friday.”

Big Money is the root of our political dysfunction.

“The man and his White House have the stiff stench of a loser around them. He seemed sickly, aggrieved, weak and deranged. The whole effort is best seen as a tantrum kicked up by what is mostly the failure of his election subversion dreams, an aging would-be tyrant shaking his fists at the clouds.”

A 10-Point Plan to Make America Affordable https://robertreich.substack.com/p/a-10-point-plan-to-make-america-affordable

Nothing. Weird.

Who's Gonna Buy All the AI Stuff? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/whos-gonna-buy-all-the-ai-stuff

"Drain the swamp."

Trump WILL Try to Steal the Midterms. Here's How https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trump-will-try-to-steal-the-midterms

Seriously, Where Does Trump's Power Come From? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/its-not-about-ethics

I guess we'll have to wait and see Trump's next batch of financial disclosures. Hello?

Is Space X Crashing? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/is-space-x-crashing

ICE is now even WORSE https://robertreich.substack.com/p/ice-is-even-worse

Why Is He Using the Communist Trump Card? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-communist-trump-card

“A “Great Awakening” booth had books and DVDs on the essential fakeness of the COVID pandemic, the country’s Christian founding, and more. My friend and I stopped to speak with an attendant at the stall; she immediately began to try to convert us. She asked if we really knew what would happen once we died; I replied that I didn’t think anyone knew the answer to that question. Her eyes now burning, she told us that she knew, asked our names, and started to pray for us. Once she asked if we could repeat after her that Jesus Christ was our lord and savior, we walked away. The whole thing veered from strangely funny to unsettling to deadening. Another booth was for AMAC, the Association of Mature American Citizens. It’s the conservative AARP; among other things, they support raising the minimum eligibility age for Social Security. At the fair, they were giving out red grip pads with “THE LEFT NEEDS TO GET A GRIP” emblazoned on the front.”