Another minor fun fact, Timothy Mellon is the heir to Andrew Mellon, the industrialist Treasury Secretary under Harding and Hoover. He was the original trickle down theorist who brought us the Great Depression.
No surprise the revival of Trump's gilded age would rescurrect trickle down and protectionist policies from the Republican dynasties of McKinley onward until their greed and corruption broke us.
best of luck with the surgery, no matter how minor, always a bit nerve wracking...
when the history of this time period is written, it is going to take volumes and volumes to cover the gross corruption, greed, hate and stupidity...
the path to that point where someone is able to write and publish that history is not clear to me as if trump has his way, we will no longer elect our president but it will be a dynasty, where each person of power will appoint their own successor, congress and the senate will be reduced to the equivalent of a chorus from a Greek tragedy, echoing and amplifying the message from the person at the top.... the republicans should rename their party "the transactional party"... buy your way to policy decisions, buy your way out of trouble, buy your way to US citizenship, buy your way to personal wealth...
We always count on you to determine just where the "smell" is coming from and Mellon's timely, but questionable, gift seems to be rotten. Good luck on the surgery. You've got all of us cheering you on and anxiously awaiting your next essay. May safe harbors be in the near future.
"The New York Times identified the anonymous $130 million “patriot” who supposedly paid the troops during the shutdown as Timothy Mellon, heir to the Mellon banking dynasty and has ties to the Epstein financial network."
Mellon just made things worse for everybody. He refocused attention to the Epstein shitshow and his end-run funding did nothing to help the troops.
$130 million donation can cover less than a day's worth of total pay for the active U.S. military during a government shutdown. This is a tiny fraction of the billions needed to meet the Department of Defense's (DoD) payroll obligations.
Mic drop on this post Mary! I’m glad there is a name to the anonymous bribe. It will be easier when the lawsuit is filed against Mellon, Trump and all involved for private donations being used for government services.
May the surgeon’s hand be steadied, and your recovery completed soon.
As for ongoing sagas in the many mini serials …it’s like Fridays on every or any soap opera…staged and set up.
The cleanup is on isle 2026 let’s get the mops and pail , and do it for the last time.
Great work. Keep it coming!
I love your description of the DOJ "Trump’s DOJ is populated with the dimmest of the dullest, the loyal but lobotomized"!
Another minor fun fact, Timothy Mellon is the heir to Andrew Mellon, the industrialist Treasury Secretary under Harding and Hoover. He was the original trickle down theorist who brought us the Great Depression.
No surprise the revival of Trump's gilded age would rescurrect trickle down and protectionist policies from the Republican dynasties of McKinley onward until their greed and corruption broke us.
Best of luck with the surgery! Wishing you a speedy recovery! We need you healthy and steering us through the chaos and evil that is Trump! 👊🙏
best of luck with the surgery, no matter how minor, always a bit nerve wracking...
when the history of this time period is written, it is going to take volumes and volumes to cover the gross corruption, greed, hate and stupidity...
the path to that point where someone is able to write and publish that history is not clear to me as if trump has his way, we will no longer elect our president but it will be a dynasty, where each person of power will appoint their own successor, congress and the senate will be reduced to the equivalent of a chorus from a Greek tragedy, echoing and amplifying the message from the person at the top.... the republicans should rename their party "the transactional party"... buy your way to policy decisions, buy your way out of trouble, buy your way to US citizenship, buy your way to personal wealth...
We always count on you to determine just where the "smell" is coming from and Mellon's timely, but questionable, gift seems to be rotten. Good luck on the surgery. You've got all of us cheering you on and anxiously awaiting your next essay. May safe harbors be in the near future.
"The New York Times identified the anonymous $130 million “patriot” who supposedly paid the troops during the shutdown as Timothy Mellon, heir to the Mellon banking dynasty and has ties to the Epstein financial network."
Mellon just made things worse for everybody. He refocused attention to the Epstein shitshow and his end-run funding did nothing to help the troops.
$130 million donation can cover less than a day's worth of total pay for the active U.S. military during a government shutdown. This is a tiny fraction of the billions needed to meet the Department of Defense's (DoD) payroll obligations.
Mic drop on this post Mary! I’m glad there is a name to the anonymous bribe. It will be easier when the lawsuit is filed against Mellon, Trump and all involved for private donations being used for government services.
P.S…Hoping your recovery is going well. I know Marz is making sure you are resting and re-energizing.