Fire Hose of Woes

In this insane post-modern Trump 2.0 presidency, major events happen so quickly, it can be hard to know what to cover. Take this last week, where we had RFK’s deranged hearing in front of the Senate, Trump threatening Baltimore and Chicago with imminent invasion, abysmal job numbers in a slumping economy, the continued bizarre efforts at protecting Trump from Epstein fallout, even as evidence mounts, and Trump illegally attacking the sovereign nation of Venezuela in a potential act of war. To name just some of the news!

It can feel like drinking from a fire house: disorienting and overwhelming. What seems to be of earth shattering import is somehow swept away and forgotten in the deluge of new horrors. Each week at DSOT we try to connect these apparently disparate acts, linking it back to an underlying narrative: the government does not represent the American people at large, it makes its decisions to serve a wealthy and pathological donor class and entwined corporate interests.

Take these recent job numbers. Unemployment is going up, and fewer jobs are being created than new workers being added.  The numbers are so bad that even Trump’s newly appointed crony at BLS can’t cook them. Inflation is increasing as Trump’s capricious tariff’s continue to spiral, and CEOs are gloating as they recklessly use AI to slash the workforce and forego hiring. Does Trump respond with regulations or an industrial policy to help working class Americans? No of course not, instead he hamstrings legal avenues for populist collective power, like the NLRB, and union contracts, and undercuts green energy jobs, one of the fastest growing sectors of the economy.

As the people fall into further precarity, and the nation potentially teeters on the brink of recession, the American people need a government that will look out for and protect the most vulnerable. They will unfortunately find nothing of the sort from the predators in charge, and it will only get worse, as old institutional barriers continue to fall. Instead of investing at home, Trump is declaring war abroad and threatening domestic cities with invasion! Truly chilling and surreal times. If Trump et al aren’t stopped soon…

Still, Trump has not completely consolidated power, and with dropping polls numbersand rising civil unrest he is politically vulnerable, if only the energy can be harnessed. To fight the fascistic war machine on our doorstep will take not just political, but economic solidarity as well. As times get tough, it’s more important than ever to come together in rather than tribally split apart. All but a select few of us suffer under this undemocratic system. Though the un-representation may manifest in so many different ways for each of us, we are all united in this struggle. So, join us each Tuesday in growing solidarity, as we get to work taking back this country from the authoritarian oligarchy! Don’t Shop on Tuesday!

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