Welcome to week two of Trump and Project 2025’s Reign of Terror. A convicted felon, a Russian asset, an adjudicated rapist, a chronic cheater, a trust-fund brat with six bankruptcies, and a psychopath displaying clear signs of dementia is dismantling the foundations of American democracy, just as promised—and just as we warned. The cruelty is sending dangerous shockwaves across the globe. With each passing day under this regime, the nightmare grows darker.

 

But here on Gaslit Nation, we’re fighting back. Truth is on our side, and our collective liberation and survival depend on our unity and resolve. Together, we can resist, rebuild, and reclaim the future. This week, we’re joined by Terrell Starr of the Black Diplomats Podcast and Substack, reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine. He shares his insights on how people around the world can navigate these perilous times, and offers ways forward for the opposition here at home.

 

In this week’s bonus show—available to our Truth-teller subscribers ($5/month and above)—we tackle a difficult and necessary conversation: how the Left can unite despite lingering resentments over the 2024 election, including the question of who refused to vote and why. Gaza will cease to exist under Trump. Under President Kamala Harris, we stood a stronger chance to shift the status quo on Israel and Palestine. We warned that the moral imperative was to vote for the lesser evil to avoid the total evil now being unleashed on the world.

 

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• Action alert! Call your members of Congress–find their numbers here: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

  Tell them:

  • Vote NO on Kash Patel for FBI Director; Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence; and RFK Jr. for Secretary of Health and Human Services

  • Also, here’s a script demanding frozen federal funding be restored: https://bsky.app/profile/celestepewter.bsky.social/post/3lgs36dktik2w

   

 🎲 Game Night Alert! 🎲
Join us for Board Game Night with our Patreon community on February 7 at 8:30pm EST / 5:30pm PST. This time, we’re playing Codenames—a fun, easy-to-learn game that’s perfect for beginners and pros alike! Never played before? No worries! Check out this quick rules primer to get up to speed: Watch Here! Grab your snacks, bring your friends, and let’s play! Grab your membership at Patreon.com/Gaslit!🕹️✨

 

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Show Notes:

 

Black Diplomats Substack: https://terrellstarr.substack.com/

 

Trump, Egypt, and Russia: A Nuclear Power Horror Story

https://sites.libsyn.com/124622/trump-egypt-and-russia-a-nuclear-power-horror-story-teaser

 

White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion: Trillions of dollars could be on hold, according to an Office of Management and Budget memo.

https://wapo.st/4gfgcHQ

 

Researchers are terrified of Trump’s freeze on science. The rest of us should be, too. Government support is essential to science. The Trump administration kneecapped it. https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/396911/trump-science-nih-censorship-blackout

 

CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately, upending expectations of an extended withdrawal https://apnews.com/article/cdc-who-trump-548cf18b1c409c7d22e17311ccdfe1f6

 

Senior USAID staff put on leave amid Trump’s order halting foreign aid: The move comes as officials accuse the agency of trying to “circumvent” Trump’s aid freeze, according to emails obtained by The Post. 

https://wapo.st/42qpQnM

 

Trump’s abrupt decision to play DJ, a sign of ‘accelerating cognitive decline’ says Cornell expert

https://as.cornell.edu/news/trumps-abrupt-decision-play-dj-sign-accelerating-cognitive-decline-says-cornell-expert 

 

October 2024 episode referenced in this discussion: Adopt a White Woman: https://gaslitnation.libsyn.com/adopt-a-white-woman

 

Money from For-profit Prisons to US Representatives, 1990-2024 https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary?cycle=All&ind=G7000&recipdetail=H&sortorder=N

 

ICYMI: Here are previous documents the Security Committee has shared:

• Tech Travel Tips : https://web.tresorit.com/l/hmKP6#FFHiLuu45pSJtMo_Z9Zp9Q

• Why defending your right to privacy is important: https://web.tresorit.com/l/73FHq#ip5_zE6hhWkuaDMBAAhpYw

• Introduction to VPN https://web.tresorit.com/l/WHdqz#-zI5O7Q2zHznO_NG7aZWPQ

• Three Security Steps to Take Today: https://web.tresorit.com/l/417K9#CaDJOcOrEOta4T5oDlNsYw

• Practice Safe Data Security: https://web.tresorit.com/l/hiw9s#wOykkL6Lh_Hz_TbRsiCiEQ

• Read all the details in the PDF here: https://web.tresorit.com/l/W6ots#IydZ2pnTmE1MLPJLkLZ73A

For the Gaslit Nation Book Club – First Meeting at the Gaslit Nation Salon on February 24 at 4pm ET:

• Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl https://bookshop.org/p/books/man-s-search-for-meaning-viktor-e-frankl/8996943?ean=9780807014271

• The Stranger: Introduction by Keith Gore Albert Camus (Author)  Matthew Ward (Translator) https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-stranger-introduction-by-keith-gore-albert-camus/18890716?ean=9780679420262