When Did We Become the Nazis? The Cruel Theater of ICE and the Dehumanization of a Nation

When Did We Become the Nazis? The Cruel Theater of ICE and the Dehumanization of a Nation By Janet Kira Lessin with MinervaMay 11, 2025 I just watched a video that I will never forget. A young teenage girl, hands wrenched behind her back, bound with zip ties like a criminal-no, worse, like livestock. An …

From Eisenhower to JFK to Trump: I Watched 71 Years of Progress Be Erased in 100 Days

From Eisenhower to JFK to Trump: I Watched 71 Years of Progress Be Erased in 100 Days By Janet Kira Lessin I was born in 1954. Dwight D. Eisenhower was my first president. I remember the image of him sending federal troops to escort a young Black girl into a desegregated school—one of the first …

Trump’s America Is Orwell’s 1984: Dismantling Libraries and Museums to Control the Narrative

Trump’s America Is Orwell’s 1984: Dismantling Libraries and Museums to Control the Narrative By Janet Kira Lessin with Minerva In George Orwell’s 1984, truth is not objective. Facts are rewritten. History is erased. And language is weaponized to manipulate minds and manufacture consent. In Donald Trump’s America, we are watching that dystopia unfold—not on a …

The Second Civil War Is Psychological: How MAGA Broke Reality

🔻 Article 7 in the Series: The Deadly Cost of MAGA RuleTitle: The Second Civil War Is Psychological: How MAGA Broke RealityBy Janet Kira Lessin with Minerva AI Headline: Minds Under Siege: The New Frontline of America’s Civil War Subheadings: 1. A War Without Bullets — But Not Without CasualtiesUnlike the first American Civil War, …

Book Burners and Truth Killers: The Assault on Knowledge

Book Burners and Truth Killers: The Assault on Knowledge Series: The Deadly Cost of MAGA RuleArticle 6 of 7 Headline: From Banned Books to Brainwashed Minds: How MAGA’s War on Knowledge Threatens Democracy Introduction: In a country once heralded as a beacon of free speech and intellectual freedom, the right to read, think, and question …

Who Owns America? The Battle Over Land, Labor, and Law

Article 5 in the Series: The Deadly Cost of MAGA RuleTitle: Who Owns America? The Battle Over Land, Labor, and LawBy Janet Kira Lessin with Minerva-AI Headline: The Corporate Capture of the American Dream: Land Seized, Labor Exploited, and Laws Rewritten Subheadings: 1. The Land Beneath Our Feet: From Commons to Corporate Since the birth …

Modern-Day Plantation: Prisons, Profits, and the New Slavery

Modern-Day Plantation: Prisons, Profits, and the New Slavery Article Series: The Deadly Cost of MAGA Rule Headline: From Chains to Cells: How MAGA’s Policies Turn Incarceration into Exploitation Subheadings: Slavery Never Ended—It Evolved When the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in 1865, it came with a fatal loophole: “except as a punishment for crime.” That single …

MAGA’s War on Women: From Rights to Reproductive Chains

Article Three in the Series: The Deadly Cost of MAGA Rule MAGA’s War on Women: From Rights to Reproductive Chains How Authoritarianism Targets Half the Population to Cement Power For decades, the struggle for women’s rights in the United States has been a long, winding road toward autonomy, equality, and justice. But in the era …

The Billionaire Class vs. the Working World: A New Age of Servitude

The Billionaire Class vs. the Working World: A New Age of Servitude By Janet Kira Lessin with Minerva As the 21st century marches forward, we are not progressing—we are regressing. The MAGA movement, propped up by authoritarian billionaires and an angry working class betrayed by broken promises, is not a revolution for the people. It …

The Truth About Trade Deficits: Why They’re Not Always a Bad Thing

🇺🇸 The Truth About Trade Deficits: Why They’re Not Always a Bad Thing By Janet Kira Lessin with Minerva | May 6, 2025 Donald Trump likes to frame trade as a war. A scoreboard. A zero-sum game where one country wins and another loses. When he talks about trade deficits, it’s often with a snarl—as …