The slaughter goes on, usually in the name of war, which reduces human life to, at best, a strategic abstraction. Dead civilians – dead children – are collateral damage, which means they’re nothing at all.

How can we be more than just spectators as we learn, every day, more stunning details about the hell going on across the planet? How can the human race stand up collectively to the cancer of war? Humanity, in the name of nationalism, has essentially organized itself against itself: We’ve declared one another “the enemy,” which means that only some of us are human. The others are simply in the way.

Introduction 

This post focuses on examples of Trump’s inflated self-image as a president who sees himself as being above the law, his implausible notion of making manufacturing in the U.S. a dominating global force, and how, as one example,

his policies harm the poor.

#1 - A thirst for power

Trump casts himself as a superior president, among the best 3 or 4 presidents in U.S. history. Indeed, he has said his presidency is like being a king. He has also viewed himself as a “messiah,” as Robert Reich notes, Donald Trump keeps comparing himself to Jesus. “Whether he actually has a messiah complex or is just conning his supporters, he's playing to a growing GOP faction that wants America to be a white Christian Nationalist state, with Donald Trump as a divine ruler. Be Warned” (https://tiktok.com/rbreich/video/7384440520371899694)

I write this as someone who has long worked across ideological divides to bring people together around shared values of health, freedom, and stewardship of the land. I have dedicated my life to helping heal the broken systems that shape our food and our future.

I write this with deep respect for the courage it takes to lead, and with a profound commitment to the principles that unite us: The right to nourish our families, the freedom to protect our health, and the responsibility to care for the land that sustains us all.

This is a call to action for leaders, for the MAHA community, and for every American who believes that a healthy future is worth building, and where necessary, fighting for!

A Call to Action for Health, Freedom, Life and the Land

If you were harmed by a product that caused cancer, infertility, or liver disease, would you expect to have the right to seek justice in a court of law? Most Americans would answer yes. No one understands that principle better than America’s farmers, who have long been both stewards of the land and, increasingly, frontline victims of chemical harm.

People protesting

Wednesday, May 28, 12:30-1:30pm
John W. Bricker Federal Building, 200 N. High St.

All hell is breaking loose in the country and our members of Congress are missing, especially Bernie Moreno!

We will not stand down. Let’s hold him accountable to the people and taxpayers of Ohio. His office is at 200 N. High St. with lots of public visibility! We demand to be seen and heard, just like his rich donors.

RSVP for this event by using this link.

This event will be repeated each week until Wednesday, June 25.

Hosted by OPAL [Ohio Progressive Action Leaders].

Facebook Event

Day 598 of the genocide! More than 100-150 killed by US funded Israel every
day (70% women and children). "Israeli"/apartheid army says they received
in those days over 90,000 tons of munitions (mostly from the US).

We are not numbers. You can find news like those below at
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/

Israeli airstrike kills nine of Gaza doctor’s 10 children: Dr Alaa
al-Najjar was on duty at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis when she received
her children’s bodies

UN building

In recent years, Donald Trump has frequently billed himself as a bringer of peace. During 2023 and 2024, as he campaigned for re-election, he declared at least 53 times that he would end the Ukraine War within 24 hours of taking office or even before that. Referring to peace for Ukraine before a gathering in Council Bluffs, Iowa in July 2023, he insisted: “I’ll get that done within 24 hours. Everyone says, ‘Oh, no, you can’t.’ Absolutely, I can. Absolutely I can.”

Trump has vowed to terminate other wars, as well. Promising to end the war in Gaza and “bring peace back to the Middle East,” Trump assured audiences that “we will return the world to peace.” Indeed, in his January 20, 2025 inaugural address, he proclaimed that “we will measure our success . . . by the wars we end.” And “my proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker.”

The U.S. is on the wrong side of history by blindly supporting the Israeli genocide against Palestinians and the MSM and public officials mislead the American public into believing Palestinians fighting the Israeli occupation are "terrorists" and Israel is simply defending itself against "savages" and evil people who do not value human life. It is shameful and wrong to call Israelis as hostages when they are detained but referring to detained Palestinian as prisoners. This leads the readers to believe that the Israelis were innocent victims whereas Palestinians must have committed a crime. Language does matter in shaping one's opinion.
 
There is systematic abuse of women and children as young as 9 in Israeli detention centers where they are held for months without trial often for no reason or for verbally challenging IDF soldiers speaks for itself. This appalling and systematic abuse was one of the principal and most pressing reasons for the Al Aqsa Flood operation that took place on October 7, 2023. Prior to this date, Israel was holding 5,200 Palestinian hostages that most of the world don't know or care about.

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