Category: Politics

In Flooded Texas, Questions About FEMA’s Role and Fate
By Categories: Politics, Science

Click Here to Read: In Flooded Texas, Questions About FEMA’s Role and Fate: President Trump wants to shutter the agency and shift responsibility and costs of emergency management to the states. In Texas, that process appears to already be underway By Maxine Joselow in The New York Times on July 8, 2025.

Raymondville, TX, July 25, 2008 — Flood waters remain in some neighborhoods in North Raymondville. Vehicle access to the neighborhoods is limited. Jacinta Quesada/FEMA Image: Jacinta Quesada, FEMA. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Understanding Trump Fatigue as Denial
By Categories: Politics, Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: Understanding Trump Fatigue as Denial: Breaking Through Denial of American Autocracy Progressing (Vol. 5; Issue 24) by Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD in his Journeys to the Unconscious Mind newsletter on June 18, 2025. 

President of the United States Donald Trump speaking at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. Image: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Judge deems Trump’s cuts to National Institutes of Health illegal
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Click Here to Read:  Judge deems Trump’s cuts to National Institutes of Health illegal
The federal judge said the NIH violated federal law by arbitrarily canceling more than $1 billion in research grants because of their perceived connection to DEI initiatives By Reuters and Evan Bush on the NBC News website on June 16, 2025.

NIH Building 1 Image: Chris Spielmann (Photographer) Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Trump, Musk and Blazes of Immaturity
By Categories: Politics, Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: Awaiting the Musk-Trump Explosion: How Tension Builds Between Two Malignant Narcissists (Vol. 4; Issue 43) by Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD on October 29, 2024.

Click Here to Read: Trump, Musk and Blazes of Immaturity: The Anticipated Narcissistic Explosion Reveals Stark Immaturity (Vol. 5; Issue 23) by Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD on his Journeys into the Unconscious Mind website on June 11, 2025.

Elon Musk and Donald Trump Image: Office of Speaker Mike Johnson.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Cities Across U.S. Brace for Fresh Protests as Marines Prepare to Deploy in L.A
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Click Here to Read: Live Updates: Cities Across U.S. Brace for Fresh Protests as Marines Prepare to Deploy in L.A.: California’s governor condemned President Trump for a “brazen abuse of power” in sending military forces. Protests over federal immigration raids spread to cities across the country, and more are expected on Wednesday by Francesca Regalado, John Yoon, Julie Bosman, Eric Schmitt and Sean Keenan in The New York Times on June 11, 2025.

 Protest at Los Angeles City Hall Image: Mikey Wally from Los Angeles.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.