The Rosen Report

A Strategic Question-- Is Trump Running Marjorie Taylor-Greene's Mouth Because He Needs Her Bloody Shirt?  The question raised in the above title is exactly what it sounds like, and I'm taking a calculated risk in writing it. I know that some of my readers, including my wife, have already ventured there, hesitant to think it out loud. It is emphatically not a "conspiracy theory," rather a reasonable hypothesis supported by historical patterns and recent political events. However, those who are in search of "facts" for purposes of verification will be disappointed, because we are making an effort to anticipate events which have not yet happened. That is what is known as forecasting, which differs from a prediction insofar as there are variables which could change the outcome, especially useful for when we want to head off a potential disaster. But many are asking, "what does she think she is actually doing besides raising the national blood pressure?...

(photo credit: Mother Jones, public hanging in Owensboro Kentucky, 1927, 20,000 people in attendence) Trump Launches Campaign With Announcement He Will Expand The Death Penalty And Bring Back Firing Squads And The Guillotine-- Where Do We Think This Leads?  https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/02/donald-trump-guillotines-firing-squads-executions Intro-- Many people have repeated the long expressed popular belief that the two subjects one should avoid discussing in polite company are politics and religion. The thinking (or lack thereof) behind this oft-stated shiboleth is that these are personal beliefs of sovereign individuals, which no one but the holder of these beliefs has the moral right to question, challenge or refute, and to do so is a violation of privacy and personal freedoms. Therefore better to avoid both subjects in order to avoid conflicts or risk offending someone needlessly. I must admit that I tried once about 50 years ago to not discuss politics or religion, and fe...

A Post "State Of The Union" Overview--President Biden's Victory, And What We Need To Do To Follow On--  First, I'll take the liberty of saying that I believe we all are in agreement that President Biden's performance at the State Of The Union address was masterful, and that he thoroughly outflanked the disruptive behavior of the GOP/MAGA forces, turning it against them in the fashion of a black belt Judoku.   The weakness which the President exploited was grounded in two factors. First is the irrefutable success of the policy initiatives which he was able to get through, despite the GOP's obstructionism and Democratic centrist sabotage (ie; Manchin, Sinema) The spontaneous playful barbs tossed at his GOP "friends" ribbing them for taking credit back home for the Biden programs they opposed was devastating. It was reminiscent of the "slice and dice" almost silent "pfffftt" of a Japanese Samurai sword, leaving them sitting there wit...

(photo ABC News, President Biden's home being searched by DOJ on Jan. 21, 2023) Hidden In Plain Sight-- The Actual Real Danger Of Biden's Document Problem (Written before the breaking news of the 13 hour long consensual search of President Biden's home on January 21 which yielded more classified material)  Introduction-- Almost like a mantra, or the repeated chants and incantations of the local shaman at your neighborhood Yoga retreat, or going back in time to the refrains of a Greek Chorus, the Democratic base, its activists, liberal media, and cable commentators are belting out the exact same tune regarding the Biden classified document investigation, in unison and almost without deviation.  "There are huge differences between what Trump did, and the situation with President Biden." And the coverage has consisted of a thousand different takes on the identical concept, in what seems to be a bizarre contest for coming up with the "world's greatest metapho...

This is for those who read my recent piece on how Associated Press is sanitizing many of the worst Trump/MAGA figures in the US in order to make fascism acceptable through propaganda spin and managed news, using headline subliminal messaging to mislead us. They also print "human interest" stories about the fascists in order to make them seem normal, or "relatable." And of course, the point being that this is emphatically not a new thing.  In case some thought this was hyperbole, exaggerated or entirely off the wall, this piece linked here is a good read.  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/30/associated-press-cooperation-nazis-revealed-germany-harriet-scharnberg It is a review of a book by Harriet Schamberg published in "The Guardian" six years ago documenting the symbiotic relationship and full collaboration by AP with Hitler's propaganda ministry throughout the 1930's, up until Pearl Harbor. Some might find this shocking, but not I.  My g...

This story covered in "Axios" is somewhat buried in an avalanche of coverage about Joe Biden's garage. However I'm keeping my eye on it because reauthorization the FISA act is a vital necessity in the face of intensifying asymmetrical warfare attacks emanating from Putin's GRU, and to a lesser extent China.  https://www.axios.com/2023/01/13/nsa-leader-plea-key-surveillance-power Those who oppose it are a tag-team of civil libertarian spokespersons, and of course Trump/MAGA Russian intelligence assets who have many secrets they wish to remain as secrets. Warrants issued under FISA give our agencies more tools for fending off such attacks, and in the words of General Nakasone, head of the NSA, they have saved lives.  We will likely not know the details of how that has been the case, but my perspective is that I have a list of seditious conspirators and traitors in the service of Putin who I would hope could be put under surveillance, of course all done legally with ...

The "Guardian" Exposes Leading Think Tank Running Covert Campaign For Voter Suppression Laws This article in today's "Guardian" has the story on who is funding the nationwide campaign for increased voter suppression laws through "dark money" contributions. It is the political action arm of the DC based think tank the "Heritage Foundation," named Heritage Action. It identifies a primary donor as Rebekah Mercer, well known as a leading funder of the extremist right-wing in the GOP/MAGA-verse.  https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/13/heritage-foundation-voter-suppression-lobbying-election-action-plan Martha and I know the Heritage Foundation too well, as throughout our years of political activism, we worked to expose them and their radical agenda for deregulation, free-market looting of our labor force and vital infrastructure, and large scale proposals for privatization of the military, law enforcement, education, among other things, as...