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       Donald Trump is on the warpath again, threatening Greenland, Iran, Canada, and Cuba. Will he be TACO—Trump Always Chickens Out—or will he carry through on the threats—seizing Greenland, seeking to overthrow the Iran and Cuba regimes, destabilizing Canada? Let’s take a look.

       I see you Don Lemon. All of God’s warriors and soldiers see you as a protected journalist.

    January 29th, 2026, marks the second year since the Israeli military, using U.S. provisioned weapons, murdered Hind Rajab. Had she lived, this little Palestinian girl who liked to dress up as a princess would now be 7 ½ years old. An Israeli Defense Force unit fired a barrage of missiles at the car in which she and her relatives were fleeing from an Israeli military invasion of their neighborhood.

    But, in fact, “the Democrats”―at the grassroots and at the federal government level―have repeatedly displayed overwhelming opposition to the rightwing Republican onslaught. By contrast, Republicans have almost uniformly backed Trump’s priorities. Indeed, the gap between the two parties on most key issues has been enormous.

     Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse and Minneapolis resident, was shot and killed by federal immigration agents during what authorities described as a lawful enforcement action. Witnesses and video footage tell a more disturbing story, one of confusion, escalation, and lethal force used against a civilian attempting to intervene. Days earlier, Renée Nicole Good, also a U.S. citizen, was killed in another ICE-related encounter. In both cases, official narratives arrived quickly. In both cases, many residents rejected them just as quickly.

   There is no finite checklist for transformative presidential leadership. History, however, reveals two starkly different paths under the banner of “transformation.” One strengthens democracy by elevating civic trust, accountability, and inclusion. The other reshapes the system by hollowing it out—transforming democracy into a managed illusion of power. Both are transformative. Only one is democratic.

      Like many Americans right now, I want to believe that the 2026 and 2028 elections will offer a reprieve from the chaos that increasingly defines our political life. There is a widespread hope that one or both cycles will somehow reset the country and restore a sense of normalcy. But that hope, however emotionally understandable, is dangerously misplaced.