1) As reported by Judd Legum at Popular Information, by “Presidential Memorandum” of 10/6/25, trump okayed:

a) building a road 211 miles long through Alaska wilderness to mine “valuable minerals located in the Ambler Mining District”; and

b) U.S. purchase of a 10% stake in Trilogy Metals, a business involved. [FN1] 1/9

2) As Legum notes further: “The entire value of Trilogy Metals”, based in Canada, “is tied to the Ambler Mining District project because it has no other…

Like horses in “Young Frankenstein” that whinny at “Blucher!” maga followers scream when a magaGOP politician hisses “socialism!” No threat exists [FN1], but magaGOP guts public ed [FN2] to foster an ignorance that is an effective tool to manipulate voters. 1/11

maga people can’t define “socialism” [FN3] but they know it is evil, because it just is. Contrast it w/ “capitalism” as “good” though its definition is cold [FN4] but it has warm & fuzzy attributes: “free markets” and…

A cabinet member of the trump administration lies. [FN1] It’s news if his [FN2] lies are about a major part of that department and involves thousands of lives at any given moment is important. Government is “shut down,” but some jobs are considered “essential.” [FN3] 1/9

For 6 hours in the early morning of Oct 6, no air traffic controllers were in Burbank CA’s tower. [FN4] Sec’y of Transportation Sean Duffy’s comments about these personnel, lack of pay & their possible prosecution…

Illinois Gov Pritzker held a press conference this afternoon to announce a lawsuit that Illinois has filed [FN1] to enjoin trump, et al, [FN2] from acts of invasion [FN3] & illegal use of the Nat’l Guard to that end. The Complaint sounds in ten (10) counts. [FN4] 1/10

Parallels exist betw what trump/maga are doing to our Nation & what NSDAP did in 1933 to Germany. There are differences, such as gov’t officials like Gov Pritzker, Illinois A.G. Kwame Raoul, and Chicago Mayor…