Janet Kira Lessin

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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We the People Have Returned: Ending the Reign of America’s New Kings

Article 1: We the People vs. the New Kings – Standing Up to Modern Tyranny Series: The Deadly Cost of MAGA Rule The Feudalism of MAGA: From Presidents to Tyrants Throughout history, power has been hoarded at the top by kings and queens, lords and ladies, emperors and popes, gods and tyrants. These self-appointed rulers …

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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 …

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Weekend at Donnie’s: The Undead Spectacle of Trump’s Shadow Presidency

Weekend at Donnie’s: The Undead Spectacle of Trump’s Shadow Presidency By Janet Kira Lessin & Minerva AIwww.elephantsinourrooms.com When Liz Cheney described Donald Trump as someone who “slurs through speeches like he’s gargling grave dirt,” it wasn’t just deliciously acerbic — it was heartbreakingly accurate. And it taps into a broader, deeper sense of dread spreading …

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Trump Pope Troll: Desecration, Crypto Grift, and the Collapse of Irony in the Age of Autocracy

By Kira and Minerva | May 4, 2025 | www.elephantsinourrooms.com When Donald J. Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself as Pope to his Truth Social account, it was more than a meme—it was a declaration. This self-anointed act of digital canonization, published shortly after the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, wasn’t just grotesque …

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The Hitler: Why Every Generation Gets One — And How to Stop Ours

The Hitler: Why Every Generation Gets One — And How to Stop Ours By Janet Kira Lessin & Minerva 1. Under Siege: When Judges, Mayors, and Truth Itself Are Targets They started with Judge Boasberg’s daughter. Before that, Governor Gretchen Whitmer. And now, they’re coming for sanctuary city mayors, for journalists, for prosecutors. This isn’t …