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Featured Newsletters by Substack Mastery Boost Pilot: Episode 17

Curated Newsletters Community nominated newsletters of writers contributing to the Substack Mastery Boost, Curated Newsletters, and Magnetic Newsletter Pro publications on Medium and Substack to create synergy Non-members can read this story on our community blogs. Dear Writers and Readers, Happy February, We, as the volunteer curation team of ILLUMINATION, are excited to curate and feature…

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Ray Hartmann at Ray Hartmann's Soapbox:

This is what you might call an unnatural disaster. It has been four days and counting since a killer EF-3 tornado devastated St. Louis – killing five people, injuring dozens more, destroying more than 5,000 buildings and wreaking more than $1 billion in damages. It’s one of the most severe tornadoes to hit the U.S. in recent years. But the one radar the storm has not landed upon is that of the Trump Administration. The decimated Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) hasn’t mustered a yawn in response to the tragedy. Not a peep. FEMA has had its famous ups and downs over the years, but in 2011, when another killer Midwestern tornado – admittedly an even deadlier one – annihilated Joplin, FEMA was on the ground in less than 24 hours coordinating an awesome relief effort. Of course, there was a grownup in the White House back then. Let’s be clear: What’s happened to FEMA in the past four months is not the stuff of normal partisan discord. It’s part of a full-scale assault on the very notion that the federal government should care for the most vulnerable people it purportedly serves; rather than only those who invested wisely in ownership of ruling politicians. In related news, world’s richest man Elon Musk giddily inflicted a chainsaw massacre on unfavored parts of the federal government before slinking away. Don’t think for a second that this very partial list of his DOGE treachery isn’t directly related to the new normal felt today by the victims in St. Louis: · Roughly 20% of FEMA’s staff is gone. Thanks to DOGE’s layoffs and buyouts, the agency lost over 1,000 experienced emergency workers in recent months. · $646 million was cut from FEMA’s preparedness and state grant programs. That includes funding Missouri communities rely on to train first responders, modernize emergency systems and prepare for exactly this kind of disaster. · Hazard mitigation funding was pulled back for the first time in nearly 30 years. Trump’s FEMA decided this spring to stop automatically providing post-disaster mitigation funds — which help communities rebuild stronger and safer. That policy is now the default, even as tornadoes and floods intensify, and St. Louis is about to understand what that means. · FEMA Corps was eliminated. The youth-led AmeriCorps program that deployed to disaster zones is gone. That’s hundreds of would-be helpers who will never be dispatched to St. Louis or anywhere else. This is just a sampling of the damage inflicted by Trump’s “Project 2025” ideological surrogates — all in the name of “returning primacy” to the states to handle disasters. Pretty ironic that one of the first states punished severely for the arrogance of these heartless bastards is also one of America’s Trumpiest: Missouri. Gov. Mike Kehoe faces an uphill battle at best to meet the challenges facing St. Louis — not because he won’t try, but because it’s hard to imagine that he can muster the needed resources. That’s in part because of his Republican Party’s obsession with shrinking state government, but more broadly it’s a consequence of FEMA having checked out.

Ray Hartmann wrote a good Substack column on the recent tornado event in the St. Louis area juxtaposed with the Trump Regime/DOGE’s cuts to FEMA.

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Adam Zyglis ::@adamzyglis :: Emergency responder…

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Putting democracy above decorum

March 7, 2025

Robert B. Hubbell

Note: I will hold a Substack livestream on Saturday, March 8, at Noon Pacific / 3:00 PM Eastern. The livestream is open to everyone who has the Substack App on their phone or tablet (The App not available on computer). I have moved the livestream later in the day because Jill and I will be traveling by train from Edinburgh to London on Saturday. I will host the livestream after we arrive in London.

Overview

There is a lot going on—to the point that it feels overwhelming. Which is Trump's point. Democrats can fight back in court on some of Trump's efforts but must rely on political blowback to slow or undo the damage that he is causing in other areas.

Democrats are doing great work in protesting and calling their representatives. Don’t let anyone tell you that such efforts are ineffective. To the contrary, they are grabbing the attention of every member of Congress, especially Republicans. We must keep up the fight on all fronts.

Trump continues to cause chaos in global trade markets, the American economy, and the lives of Americans who depend on the federal government to help keep them safe, healthy, and financially secure.

Trump's chaos will harm every American—ensuring that a backlash will eventually overwhelm Trump and his enablers. We must endure, we must not quit, we must turn our outrage and anxiety into action.

This period will not only pass but it will be recognized by future Americans and historians as a period of great peril during which ordinary citizens held the line against the forces of chaos and hate. They will regard your resistance as one of America’s finest hours. So, let’s keep our heads down and continue the hard work of defending democracy. Together, there is nothing we cannot do.

Trump backtracks on tariffs—slightly.

Trump is flip-flopping on tariffs within 48 hours—changes that are causing as much economic harm as the tariffs themselves. See AP, Trump's erratic trade policies are baffling businesses, threatening investment and economic growth.

Don’t be fooled by the headlines: Trump has not paused tariffs against Mexico and Canada. It is true that he has paused some tariffs on certain goods, but tariffs will remain on billions of dollars of goods. Per The Hill,

Officials said roughly 62 percent of imports from Canada are not covered by USMCA and would still be subject to tariffs, while 50 percent of imports from Mexico are not USMCA-compliant. . . . the White House’s unpredictable approach to tariffs has rattled financial markets, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Nasdaq composite and the S&P 500 all taking on losses earlier in the week.

Meanwhile, per the Irish Times, China has issued a rebuke to the US after Trump announced tariffs against that country. Per the Irish Times,

China’s ministry of foreign affairs has promised that China will “fight to the end” with the US in a “tariff war, trade war or any other war”, marking China’s strongest rhetoric on US president Donald Trump since he entered the White House.

Tariffs are taxes on Americans! Tell a friend!

Interim US Attorney Ed Martin in D.C. threatens Georgetown Law Center over DEI

In a truly despicable, Orwellian move, Interim US Attorney for D.C. Ed Martin has threatened to investigate Georgetown Law Center unless it agrees to “remove DEI” from its curriculum. Ed Martin wrote, in part,

It has come to my attention that Georgetown Law School continues to teach and promote DEI. This is unacceptable. I have begun an inquiry into this and would welcome your response to the following questions: First, have you eliminated all DEI from your school and its curriculum? Second, if DEI is found in your courses or teaching in anyway, will you move swiftly to remove it?

At this time, you should know that no applicant for our fellows program, our summer internship, or employment in our office who is a student or affiliated with a law school or university that continues to teach and utilize DEI will be considered.

The dean of Georgetown has responded, saying in part,

The First Amendment . . . guarantees that the government cannot direct what Georgetown and its faculty teach and how to teach it. The Supreme Court has continually confirmed that among the freedoms central to a university’s First Amendment rights are its ability to determine, on academic grounds, who may teach, what to teach, and how to teach it.

Given the First Amendment protection of a university’s freedom to determine its own curriculum and how to deliver it, the [letter’s] constitutional violation behind this threat is clear, as is the attack on the University’s mission as a Jesuit and Catholic Institution. [¶] We look forward to your confirming that any Georgetown-affiliated candidates for employment with your office will receive full and fair consideration.

The legal profession has been doing a great job in standing against ethical violations by attorneys promoting Trump's unlawful agenda. The attack on Georgetown is unethical and depraved. It deserves to be condemned by every lawyer in America. The American Bar Association should issue a condemnation of Ed Martin’s tactics and suggest that the licensing authority for D.C. open an investigation into Ed Martin’s ability to practice law in the District of Columbia.

Trump is threatening to shutter the Department of Education

Per CNN, Trump will sign an executive order to begin dismantling the Department of Education. Per CNN,

President Donald Trump could decide this week to take the first steps to eliminate the Department of Education, people familiar with the matter said, as he looks to dramatically shrink the size of the federal government. White House officials have prepared an executive order directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to begin the process of dismantling the department, the sources said.

Trump recognizes that he cannot close the Department of Education without legislative action by Congress that would require overcoming the filibuster. But the need for congressional action has not stopped Trump from closing USAID without formally doing so. By the simple expedient of placing most employees on administrative leave, all work at the agency will stop.

Although such an approach is plainly unconstitutional, the Courts have yet to restrain Trump's willingness to engage in unlawful efforts to illegally do that which he cannot do legally.

In preparation for the move, the Trump administration has leaked copies of the executive order to several media outlets��even as Trump's press secretary Karoline Leavitt calls the reports “fake news.”

Trump's willingness and ability to shut down congressionally created agencies within the federal government demonstrate that he no longer views the Constitution as binding on his actions. This is an unequivocal sign that Trump has mounted a coup against the Constitution.

Federal Judge orders Trump to resume distributing grants to states

US District Judge John McConnell has extended indefinitely his order requiring Trump and his administration to distribute funds to 23 states that sued to force Trump to resume distributing funds appropriated by Congress.

See CBS News, See Judge extends block on Trump's federal assistance freeze indefinitely.

Per CBS,

U.S. District Judge John McConnell issued a preliminary injunction Thursday that prohibits agencies from halting the flow of federal funds awarded to the states through grants, contracts or other financial assistance based on a memo from the Office of Management and Budget issued during President Trump's first days in office.

Judge McConnell wrote:

The executive's categorical freeze of appropriated and obligated funds fundamentally undermines the distinct constitutional roles of each branch of our government. The interaction of the three co-equal branches of government is an intricate, delicate, and sophisticated balance — but it is crucial to our form of constitutional governance. Here, the executive put itself above Congress.

Good for Judge McConnell! His ruling exposes the attack by Trump on the fundamental concept of separation of powers under the Constitution. If this case makes its way to the Supreme Court, the issue will be joined in a way that will force the Court to resolve the question head-on. We should not fear that confrontation! We are on the right side of the law and history. We will be vindicated by the Court. And if we are not, we will know everything we need to know for the struggle to come.

Trump fires FEMA lawyer who refuses to prepare a memo defending clawback of $80 million in FEMA funds

See The Handbasket, FEMA’s top lawyer placed on leave after less than one week in role.

Per The Handbasket,

Josh Stanton [a FEMA senior lawyer] was asked sometime this week to write a memo stating that the mid-February seizure of $80 million from the city of New York meant for migrant shelters had legal justification; this was despite the fact that it almost certainly did not. The money that was taken back was lawfully obligated by FEMA pursuant to congressionally allocated funds. Stanton reportedly refused to write such a memo, The Handbasket has learned, and then he was put on leave.

We need more lawyers like Joshua Stanton to stand up against Trump's illegal actions. It only takes a handful of resisters to open the floodgates!

Concluding Thoughts

I have run out of steam and must end here, even though there are other significant stories to cover. But I cannot close without mentioning two unsettling developments within the Democratic Party on Thursday.

First, California Governor Gavin Newsom said during a podcast that it was “deeply unfair” for transgender athletes to be allowed to compete in collegiate sports. Newsom’s comments are unfortunate and wrong on many levels. Trump and MAGA are attacking transgender people because they know they can get away with it. After Trump has succeeded in normalizing discrimination against transgender people, he will expand his target to include LGBTQ people and women.

We should defend transgender people because it is the right thing to do; but if that doesn’t convince us, we should defend transgender people because we are “next” if Trump succeeds in normalizing discrimination against any group.

Second, ten Democrats joined all Republicans in voting to censure Democratic Rep. Al Green for interrupting Trump's speech to the joint session of Congress. The ten Democrats are identified in this article: The Hill, 10 Democrats join Republicans in censuring Al Green.

Trump stood before Congress as a tyrant working to overthrow the Constitution and neuter Congress. As between Al Green’s comments during Trump's speech and the lies spewing from Trump's mouth, the problem is not Al Green.

Shame on the Democrats who are putting decorum and arcane rules above the need to defend democracy as vociferously and ferociously as we can. It is time to stop being polite. It is time to speak the truth, including by shouting it from the floor of the Capitol. Democratic leaders must break free of convention and custom to respond to the urgent need to defend democracy!

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Monday April 7, 2025 Truth Bomb

Karen Bracken

Globalists, Satanists, and Pedophiles - I had never heard of the guy (Col. Larry Kaifesh) doing this presentation so I looked him up and found him to be legit. He has been referred to as the Constitutional Colonel. Worth taking a listen. 1 hr. 32 min. ARTICLE/VIDEO (the presentation is 60 min. the rest is Q&A)

A review of the $2.2 TRILLION blown in the CARES Act - now where is DOGE on this one?? ARTICLE

British man’s body flown 3,700 miles to ‘deep freeze’ chamber for chance of reawakening - ARTICLE

Planned Parenthood's gift to kids: Sexually graphic coloring books - ARTICLE/VIDEO (4 min.) just remember the earlier people start having sex the more abortion customers for Planned Parenthood…THAT is the REAL reason they exist. Just follow the MONEY.

State Dept. Shuts Down Country’s Entire Visa Program After They Refuse Deportees - Rubio should shut down ALL immigration from ALL countries until every illegal is removed from America. Then we need to scale back the immigration laws to what they once were. LIMITED. Had to have promise of a job and a sponsor and only people with skills to fill American jobs in which there were not enough Americans to fill…..In todays world I can never see a REAL situation in which they could not find an American to fill a job need (aside from seasonal work) or find an American willing to be trained. Immigration was never meant to be an open door to our country. Immigration was meant to benefit America. That is why immigration from the Middle East was banned at one time. It was well known they would not and could not ever assimilate to America culture and assimilation was also a requirement. It was US Senator Ted Kennedy that fought to have that changed and of course he was successful in convincing (?) his fellow Congressmen that people from the Middle East could and would assimilate. That was a lie then and it is a lie today. ARTICLE

Freedom-loving Scotsmen protested the National Museum's Pro-Globalism, Pro-Lockdown, Pro-W.H.O. exhibit - more and more countries are following the US lead to get out of the WHO - they will need 2/3 of the member states in June to vote in favor of the Pandemic Treaty and it is quite possible they will never reach that objective - ARTICLE

How MMR Adverse Events Led to Market Removal in Japan and Change from Mandatory to Elective Childhood Vaccine Schedule - Those that have followed me for years (even before Substack) is well aware that I have repeatedly talked about how the Japanese addressed their extremely high SIDS rate. Understand, healthy babies do not die for no reason. SIDS deaths are deaths with no apparent cause. Well I believe Japan proved that to be false many years ago. Today Japan has one of the lowest infant mortality rates of any industrialized country (while the US doesn’t even make the top 20) and it all started to decline after they made changes to their vaccine agenda. They no longer give the combined MMR shot. So glad someone of importance has finally talked about this. I felt like I have been screaming into the wind for years. What Japan proved is ignored here in the US. Gee, I wonder why??? Ya’ll know why. M O N E Y. ARTICLE

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Happy Spring! It's been a while since I've shared any updates with you! Professional Update: I accepted & signed a job offer to work at Capital Region Independent Media (NYVT Media). My first day of work was April 21. In March, I was accepted into the volunteer docent program at the Albany Institute of History and Art in Albany, NY. I went through two docent trainings at the museum. In late-April, the publishing component of Mirth Films ended, so my writings and photo contributions have stopped with the outlet for now, unless it's for a Mirth-sponsored event or an event they put on. Personal News: I made my third Catholic sacrament, confirmation, at The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Albany, NY, Sunday, April 27. Sunday, May 18,2025, my cat, Molly, passed away. She was 12 years old. Thank you to everyone for reading my latest news post. To keep up on what I'm up to, you can tune into ALM Fine Art & Photography and Around Town With Amy Modesti on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and SubStack. Thank you so much! Have a fun and safe Memorial Day weekend! -Amy (5/24/2025)

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