Our current political and moral nightmare is a harbinger of horrors we cannot even imagine. I shudder at the global devastation that we will face. The hideous orange clown is just a pawn in all this. The battle lines are clear. It is pure good vs. evil and evil has the ball.
American big business is a cesspool of greed that needs to be broken up, taxed without deductions and regulated. The Jack Welch model must end. Let’s give the small businesses the 80% of all businesses the breaks they need. Reporting you we not see on American news channels…Thanks Judd..
the shadows of Murrow, Cronkite, MacNeil and Lehrer are still with us in your reporting!
Most persons in leadership roles...literally have no scruples unless it is financially convenient at the moment and the 2 coincide...otherwise it all about the money...always has been and always will be. Until they are held accountable to a higher standard by restricting their freedom and threatening their lives and livelihoods.
...which must be done. Accountability could change things drastically, here and worldwide. Looking for moral, righteous individuals to elect to accomplish this. They ARE out there.
Unfortunately, not being a greedy sociopath makes it very difficult to keep the BoD and shareholders happy. The good ones get eliminated, if they ever get to the top to begin with.
We are swamped by craven cowards. Oh wait, I guess that's a redundant statement. Let's just say craven and leave it at that for now. As a consumer, I feel like someone wading through mud, ick.
It could be years--if ever--that we find out exactly which CEO's and foreign governments have been buying up billions of $Trump and $Melania crypto tokens to personally enrich the Trump Crime Family. Only criminals--and scammers--go big big for Crypto; favored by organized crime syndicates globally.
Why do we live in an irrational world? Those who are able to accumulate great wealth succumb to assurances that more will be on it's way if you honor Mammon. The Christian New Testament makes it very clear that we cannot serve God and Mammon as our two masters. Is this wisdom or out of date morality? The people you write about and all of the rest of us have a choice to make of who and what we serve. Our will is a precious commodity.
The love of money is the root of all evil. It’s all about the almighty dollar, & with the money comes power. At some point, there is never enough of either to satisfy the need. A good example of this is Marco Rubio. I used to think that he had principles; no longer.
trump and elon are still very much concerned about murderous regimes. Take South Africa, which, according to the well-known humanitarians trump and musk, is committing genocide against white farmers. The trump and white nationalist regime is heroically saving these poor white folk from life threatening persecution by granting them expedited refugee status here in these welcoming United States. And there's the added benefit that they will "assimilate well."
As I understand it, the “genocide” taking place in South Africa is that the black-led government has some sort of stipulation about a percentage of private property being used for affordable housing or other government uses. I may not be articulating this exactly right. But the point is that the white folks want to come to America where Trump will allow them to do whatever they want - as long as they support him. The new Pope, hopefully, will have something to say about deporting black and brown people in America, while willingly bringing in white people. I’m sure Trump has probably dropped flyers over Sweden, Norway, and Finland for anyone who wants to be a “refugee” in America………..
Yup. They just want to go someplace where they’ll be recognized as the superior beings that they are, like their ubermensch leader musk. Welcome to trump's fascist regime.
Slate had an article on this "Mission South Africa" and Trumps plan for a whiter america - bringing white south africans here and shutting the door to Sudan, Afganistan etc. Scary shit
The Trump regime has green lit deportation of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans who had special status as of April 14, 2025. Less than a month later Trump and co-President Musk are granting Musk's fellow white South Africans special status. They are importing apartheid to complement the existing MAGA racists.
The big problem is ALL refugees were stopped from coming in - including those approved. Some had plane tickets to come. He signed the order on Day 1. There is a court ruling that those approved have to be allowed to enter. Of course it is still in court and no one is entering.
The groups of people like the Afghans and a host of others are here on TPS which is only approved for 6-18 months at a time. He shut down TPS on Day 1 which took hundreds of thousands of people from legal status to being here illegally. The courts ruled he had to give notice. He appears to be complying - still fighting about the court setting a Sept. date for Venezuelans.
This page lists the countries and when the date for their TPS ends. Also recent changes due to court rulings (which Noem complains about.)
So much for playing by the rules and waiting your turn.
He stopped all refugees from entering “on Day 1.” There is a court ruling limiting that (I believe for those who were approved before “Day 1”). It is on appeal because the WH has a very special interpretation of the order. The Afrikaners are the only refugees allowed to enter. They came in the least amount of time because they are the least vetted. Apparently more will be arriving?
“on Day 1” The Don also ended TPS making everyone with that status here illegally. A court ruling said he had to give notice & sufficient time. They seem to be complying. One by one every group is to leave. Another court order says he cannot cancel TPS early for Venezuelans - for now. Their status runs out in September. It is in court again, still.
One TPS group is a possible exception. In March DJT said he hadn’t decided about Ukrainians here under TPS. Biden extended their status until Oct of 2026. TPS is only granted for 6-18 months at a time.
The South Sudanese were treated horribly. Rubio signed the order to cancel their visas; passports and new applications will not be considered. He also ordered TPS be cancelled. Supposedly it was over their government not accepting deportees fast enough - not a proper reason. Their TPS expiration date was also extended.
This page gives the TPS ‘end date’ by country. At the top are special notices (and complaints about the courts 😊)
He thinks MBS is a good man and wise beyond his years because he murdered a journalist who was critical of him with no repercussions. 47 aspires to the same.
The fact that some of the most influential and principled business leaders are now ignoring Saudi Arabia - and Trump’s - blatant human rights abuses for the sake of (blood) money is chilling. We are on our own. The people alone will have to fight this battle. I pray that we succeed.
Every single business exec who was at that lunch needs to be named and shamed, and if possible, find their businesses joining Target and others on the boycott list.
There was a time when the royal, dictatorial, murder at will form of government such as that in these Arab nations was regarded as the opposite of what the United States, with our solid Constitutional government, our representative democracy, our laws, and our protections of human rights, etc. stood for.
Now, many of our nation's wealthiest business leaders and our Republican office holders admire the power and wealth of these Arab leaders, and would dearly love to take our nation in exactly the same political and economic directions.
Our current business and Republican political leadership are a violation and abrogation of everything the founders of our nation stood for and tried to create. I am deeply ashamed of these leaders whose only concern is "I, Me Mine," and whose only desire is more power and wealth for themselves with no concern for anyone else or for our nation. They are the opposite of Patriotic Americans, and the opposite of anything that can legitimately be called "christian."
What's worse is that, in these leaders' desperate seeking of more wealth for themselves, they fail to comprehend that our Arab friends are in this game only for their OWN benefit, which means the only result these business leaders and the United States will see from this relationship is losses with no possibility of legal recourse nor ability to redress whatever grievances they have no matter how legitimate.
The promise of greater wealth and power seems to be the irresistable "Cask of Amontillado" for all of these American political and business leaders, and it will destroy them (and us). Promise them more of what they so desperately want and need, and they'll put a noose around their own necks in the hope of getting it.
So much for America’s support of human rights abroad, and now even in our own country. I’m curious what you would write about all of these same executives when the Democrats are in charge again. How will they respond to a Democratic president? How should the Democrats respond to them? It is utterly appalling that a mob boss, named Trump, can get all these people on board. They obviously know that he would punish them one way or the other if they didn’t acquiesce. Could you write about a list of businesspeople/billionaires who DO support our democracy? And, should the Democrats use more strong-arm tactics next time to squeeze blood from these turnips? That’s all they seem to respond to…………
It's blood money. Pure and simple.
Rotten to the core. Thanks for your coverage of the situation.
Our current political and moral nightmare is a harbinger of horrors we cannot even imagine. I shudder at the global devastation that we will face. The hideous orange clown is just a pawn in all this. The battle lines are clear. It is pure good vs. evil and evil has the ball.
So, we intercept.
American big business is a cesspool of greed that needs to be broken up, taxed without deductions and regulated. The Jack Welch model must end. Let’s give the small businesses the 80% of all businesses the breaks they need. Reporting you we not see on American news channels…Thanks Judd..
the shadows of Murrow, Cronkite, MacNeil and Lehrer are still with us in your reporting!
Yes, your last sentence is so true. Thanks for writing it.
So maybe our media shouldn’t be endlessly elevating and worshipping business leaders, corporate executives and our new heroes, tech titans?
Um, our media IS corporate titans now. (Bezos, anyone?)
Trump et al —- gross disgusting slime
Most persons in leadership roles...literally have no scruples unless it is financially convenient at the moment and the 2 coincide...otherwise it all about the money...always has been and always will be. Until they are held accountable to a higher standard by restricting their freedom and threatening their lives and livelihoods.
...which must be done. Accountability could change things drastically, here and worldwide. Looking for moral, righteous individuals to elect to accomplish this. They ARE out there.
Unfortunately, not being a greedy sociopath makes it very difficult to keep the BoD and shareholders happy. The good ones get eliminated, if they ever get to the top to begin with.
We are swamped by craven cowards. Oh wait, I guess that's a redundant statement. Let's just say craven and leave it at that for now. As a consumer, I feel like someone wading through mud, ick.
Thanks for reminding me of one of the reasons why I am glad I gave up my LATimes subscription. Yeech!
Transactional Trump reveals much, but still worried about the under the table, behind closed door deals. Clearly they are much, much worse.
It could be years--if ever--that we find out exactly which CEO's and foreign governments have been buying up billions of $Trump and $Melania crypto tokens to personally enrich the Trump Crime Family. Only criminals--and scammers--go big big for Crypto; favored by organized crime syndicates globally.
Why do we live in an irrational world? Those who are able to accumulate great wealth succumb to assurances that more will be on it's way if you honor Mammon. The Christian New Testament makes it very clear that we cannot serve God and Mammon as our two masters. Is this wisdom or out of date morality? The people you write about and all of the rest of us have a choice to make of who and what we serve. Our will is a precious commodity.
The love of money is the root of all evil. It’s all about the almighty dollar, & with the money comes power. At some point, there is never enough of either to satisfy the need. A good example of this is Marco Rubio. I used to think that he had principles; no longer.
trump and elon are still very much concerned about murderous regimes. Take South Africa, which, according to the well-known humanitarians trump and musk, is committing genocide against white farmers. The trump and white nationalist regime is heroically saving these poor white folk from life threatening persecution by granting them expedited refugee status here in these welcoming United States. And there's the added benefit that they will "assimilate well."
As I understand it, the “genocide” taking place in South Africa is that the black-led government has some sort of stipulation about a percentage of private property being used for affordable housing or other government uses. I may not be articulating this exactly right. But the point is that the white folks want to come to America where Trump will allow them to do whatever they want - as long as they support him. The new Pope, hopefully, will have something to say about deporting black and brown people in America, while willingly bringing in white people. I’m sure Trump has probably dropped flyers over Sweden, Norway, and Finland for anyone who wants to be a “refugee” in America………..
Yup. They just want to go someplace where they’ll be recognized as the superior beings that they are, like their ubermensch leader musk. Welcome to trump's fascist regime.
Remember his comment about certain countries and how he asked “Why can’t we have more immigrants from Norway?”
Slate had an article on this "Mission South Africa" and Trumps plan for a whiter america - bringing white south africans here and shutting the door to Sudan, Afganistan etc. Scary shit
The Trump regime has green lit deportation of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans who had special status as of April 14, 2025. Less than a month later Trump and co-President Musk are granting Musk's fellow white South Africans special status. They are importing apartheid to complement the existing MAGA racists.
You omitted the Afganistan people as well - many who helped our troops during the war as translators etc + their families.
The big problem is ALL refugees were stopped from coming in - including those approved. Some had plane tickets to come. He signed the order on Day 1. There is a court ruling that those approved have to be allowed to enter. Of course it is still in court and no one is entering.
https://refugeerights.org/news-resources/9th-circuit-of-appeals-rules-trump-administration-must-process-and-admit-conditionally-approved-refugees#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%2520court%2520affirmed%2520that%2520the,by%2520President%2520Trump's%2520refugee%2520ban.
The groups of people like the Afghans and a host of others are here on TPS which is only approved for 6-18 months at a time. He shut down TPS on Day 1 which took hundreds of thousands of people from legal status to being here illegally. The courts ruled he had to give notice. He appears to be complying - still fighting about the court setting a Sept. date for Venezuelans.
This page lists the countries and when the date for their TPS ends. Also recent changes due to court rulings (which Noem complains about.)
https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status
So much for playing by the rules and waiting your turn.
He stopped all refugees from entering “on Day 1.” There is a court ruling limiting that (I believe for those who were approved before “Day 1”). It is on appeal because the WH has a very special interpretation of the order. The Afrikaners are the only refugees allowed to enter. They came in the least amount of time because they are the least vetted. Apparently more will be arriving?
“on Day 1” The Don also ended TPS making everyone with that status here illegally. A court ruling said he had to give notice & sufficient time. They seem to be complying. One by one every group is to leave. Another court order says he cannot cancel TPS early for Venezuelans - for now. Their status runs out in September. It is in court again, still.
One TPS group is a possible exception. In March DJT said he hadn’t decided about Ukrainians here under TPS. Biden extended their status until Oct of 2026. TPS is only granted for 6-18 months at a time.
The South Sudanese were treated horribly. Rubio signed the order to cancel their visas; passports and new applications will not be considered. He also ordered TPS be cancelled. Supposedly it was over their government not accepting deportees fast enough - not a proper reason. Their TPS expiration date was also extended.
This page gives the TPS ‘end date’ by country. At the top are special notices (and complaints about the courts 😊)
https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status
He thinks MBS is a good man and wise beyond his years because he murdered a journalist who was critical of him with no repercussions. 47 aspires to the same.
The fact that some of the most influential and principled business leaders are now ignoring Saudi Arabia - and Trump’s - blatant human rights abuses for the sake of (blood) money is chilling. We are on our own. The people alone will have to fight this battle. I pray that we succeed.
Hey! If we succeed will the suddenly be on “our side”?
Every single business exec who was at that lunch needs to be named and shamed, and if possible, find their businesses joining Target and others on the boycott list.
There was a time when the royal, dictatorial, murder at will form of government such as that in these Arab nations was regarded as the opposite of what the United States, with our solid Constitutional government, our representative democracy, our laws, and our protections of human rights, etc. stood for.
Now, many of our nation's wealthiest business leaders and our Republican office holders admire the power and wealth of these Arab leaders, and would dearly love to take our nation in exactly the same political and economic directions.
Our current business and Republican political leadership are a violation and abrogation of everything the founders of our nation stood for and tried to create. I am deeply ashamed of these leaders whose only concern is "I, Me Mine," and whose only desire is more power and wealth for themselves with no concern for anyone else or for our nation. They are the opposite of Patriotic Americans, and the opposite of anything that can legitimately be called "christian."
What's worse is that, in these leaders' desperate seeking of more wealth for themselves, they fail to comprehend that our Arab friends are in this game only for their OWN benefit, which means the only result these business leaders and the United States will see from this relationship is losses with no possibility of legal recourse nor ability to redress whatever grievances they have no matter how legitimate.
The promise of greater wealth and power seems to be the irresistable "Cask of Amontillado" for all of these American political and business leaders, and it will destroy them (and us). Promise them more of what they so desperately want and need, and they'll put a noose around their own necks in the hope of getting it.
So much for America’s support of human rights abroad, and now even in our own country. I’m curious what you would write about all of these same executives when the Democrats are in charge again. How will they respond to a Democratic president? How should the Democrats respond to them? It is utterly appalling that a mob boss, named Trump, can get all these people on board. They obviously know that he would punish them one way or the other if they didn’t acquiesce. Could you write about a list of businesspeople/billionaires who DO support our democracy? And, should the Democrats use more strong-arm tactics next time to squeeze blood from these turnips? That’s all they seem to respond to…………