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King Cheeto Rubs Wealth Into American Faces

In a nice short piece at Raw Story Ewan Gleadow reported on a third Great Gatsby Mar a Lago New Year’s party and commented on by Gavin Newsome’s Press Office on the X platform

An ice 2026 sculpture at the caviar station was part of a once again cruel demeaning nature of flaunting wealth in 1920’s style while America is suffering from an inflationary spiral due to the collapsing of the purchasing power of the dollar(last recorded in recent months to lows of 6 cents to what the dollar purchased in 1971 in terms of gold)

Newsom's Press Office also criticized(https://bit.ly/3YZ8cEt) the decision from Trump to veto a clean drinking water bill for SE Colorado, with a post depicting Trump as a member of royalty shared. The image is captioned, "NO WATER FOR YOU PEASANTS, I NEED TO PUNISH YOU FOR A POLITICAL GRUDGE!"

French Revolution 2.0 American style is coming in 2026 for the King Cheeto and his Court of sycophants and billionaire buddies

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Leigh Horne's avatar

Bracing and critically important post. I am taking every single word to heart, and will pass them along. Also buying the book.

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Sarah Pirnie's avatar

As I have said recently, I see a glimmer of hope. We made some progress against the autocrats last year, and we can have hope the trend will continue. What concerns me now is t's (and his minions) deconstruction of our country and our relationship with the rest of the world has been so severe, it will take decades to restore some order. And how will our allies ever trust us again. The world is too small to "go it alone." Together we can fight the autocrats and their de-humanizing philosophies (ref. 1942.) If we stand alone, they divide and conquer.

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Bobbie Pitkin's avatar

It will take decades to repair the relationship and trust damage done, but we can. The People will make it happen. We saw what was possible with the mass and ongoing protests, Tesla stock plummeted, Jimmy Kimmel is back on the air. When one person stands up in courage, others join quickly. I have hope.

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Carol Gamm's avatar

Thank you for your summary. We will continue to work together to make 2026 a better year.

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Michael Lavering's avatar

I fear the stain will live on for decades, unless the left is as equally brutal, quite possibly more brutal. One only has to look at the court, Roberts may stay on another 15-20 years, the two traitors in black will most likely retire and be replaced this year, especially if it appears the left will take back the senate, the other three, most likely have 3-4 decades left in them.

So nothing short of a French or Iranian Revolution is going to solve our problems anytime soon.

Oh the price of eggs . . . Has anything ever cost us so much?

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Maxine Hunter's avatar

Yes, 2025 was a "sick" year in the course of human events. The struggle is still real as we celebrated the arrival of 2026: "Happy New Year", I think. Well maybe? Edwin, you defined the situation quite well. Not only the fight to defeat autocracy, but the fight to protect the health and welfare of all citizens. Even though I know all of this, I still want to say what-the-__________ ! I say it and keep working/fighting in my own small way to help right the ship of state. Thanks Edwing and Lincoln Square for leading the way.

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