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Universal Health Care: The Compassionate CureBy Janet Kira Lessin with Minerva – June 2025 If a benevolent extraterrestrial race were to visit Earth, they would marvel at our medicine—the tools, the surgeries, the vaccines. But then they would look deeper. They would see children with fevers turned away for lack of insurance. They would see …
In his recent video titled “The People’s Guide to Beating Back Authoritarianism with Noodles, Satire, and Solidarity,” Ali Velshi outlines various creative and impactful strategies individuals can employ to resist authoritarianism. The video emphasizes that resistance often begins at the grassroots level, with everyday actions that challenge oppressive systems. The Philadelphia Citizen+3YouTube+3YouTube+3YouTube Here are some …
Is It Time to Commit Trump — or Admit He’s Lost Touch with Reality? By Janet Lessin & MinervaJune 1, 2025 Donald Trump just reposted a conspiracy theory so absurd, so surreal, it would make The Onion blush: the claim that President Joe Biden was executed in 2020 and replaced with a robotic clone. No, …
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/19i3R4TwuD The Philippines, who is not a signatory to the Rome Statute (so the USA does not need to be a signatory to the Rome Statute to arrest Trump), on March 11, 2025, the Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte was arrested by the Philippine National Police and Interpol in Operation Pursuit under an International Criminal Court …
Like her or not, we’re now on the same side and this woman knows what she’s talking about. She suggests actionable steps steps we must take to win ourcountry back from the fascists. From Liz Cheney Dear Democratic Party, I need more from you. You keep sending emails begging for $15, while we’re watching fascism …
Trump as Destructo: Balancing the Force That Tears Down with the One That Builds By Janet Kira Lessin and Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph. D. enkispeaks.com I dragonattheendoftime.com | elephantsinourrooms.com There’s a powerful archetypal force alive in the world today—one that tears down, shatters, mocks, burns, devours. It has a name, a face, and a movement. …
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 …
The Hypocrisy That Gave Us a Tyrant: Why Trump Gets Away With What Would’ve Destroyed Any Democrat By Janet Kira Lessin with Minerva Imagine if Barack Obama had publicly suggested jailing his political opponents. Or if Hillary Clinton had said the press was “the enemy of the people.” Or if Joe Biden had disappeared immigrants …
You Can’t Hide from a Dictator: Why Silence is Complicity in Trump’s America By Janet Kira Lessin with Minerva A friend recently told me she’s just going to ignore what’s happening in the country—live quietly, stay out of politics, and hope the storm passes. I couldn’t stay silent. I told her what I now believe …