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Hi Rosemary, Europe holds over $8T of US Treasury Bonds, and the US already pays around $1T per annum interest on its national debt – just keeping its head above water…  If someone was to start selling off a significant quantity of bonds, prices would go down and the interest rate charged to the US Government would go up…       Food for thought? Yours with best wishes, James Dear Rosemary, Because of America’s very high national debt (over $38T presently), and the large amount of interest it subsequently has to pay to service it (currently around $1T per annum), and because it is highly vulnerable as it’s close to a threshold,   https://fortune.com/2026/01/15/national-debt-today-interest-payments-per-year/ , it wouldn’t take the selling off of that many bonds to have   a major impact on the US… Yours with best wishes, James     

The Most Dangerous Corporation in America… https://medium.com/@alysion42/the-most-dangerous-corporation-in-america-d959ad30e5cf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_VwyhErd88&t=8s   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwoIrxZn47I    

Trump just handed over our personal data to far-right billionaire Peter Thiel’s secretive surveillance company, Palantir.   Why? Because he wants to spy on his political opponents, track the movements of immigrants and activists, and build a database of anyone who disagrees with him. So Robert Reich is WARNING us of the dire consequences: Peter Thiel’s Palantir poses a grave threat to Americans…   Will it make it easier for Trump to spy on and target his ever-growing list of enemies and other Americans?   Robert Reich

The Tech Billionaires behind Trump’s Greenland push… https://jacobin.com/2026/01/trump-silicon-valley-greenland-crypto?cdmc=38REZBpdQXdJoXthCgpHVVv7zYq&refcode2=38REZBpdQXdJoXthCgpHVVv7zYq&refcodecdmc=38REZBpdQXdJoXthCgpHVVv7zYq    

Trump's foreign and domestic policies are becoming one and the same, and their purpose isn't complicated. Robert Reich Jan 12     Friends,   At the same time agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Patrol are swarming into Minnesota and other states and cities, Trump is planning bombing raids on other countries. Domestically and internationally, he is putting America on a war footing.   ICE is reportedly investing $100 million on what it calls “wartime recruitment” of 10,000 new agents, in addition to the 20,000 already employed. Its recruitment is targeting gun and military enthusiasts, people who listen to right-wing radio, who have gone to Ultimate Fighting Championship fights or shopped for guns and tactical gear, live near military bases, and attend NASCAR races. It’s call...

A direct line connects Trump’s attempted coup five years ago with his incursion into Venezuela last weekend – and his current threats to Colombia, Cuba, and Greenland... Robert Reich Jan 06, 2026 Friends, Trump’s domestic and foreign policies — ranging from his attempted coup against the United States five years ago, to his incursion into Venezuela last weekend, to his current threats against Cuba, Colombia, and Greenland — undermine domestic and international law. But that’s not all. They threaten what we mean by civilization. The moral purpose of civilized society is to prevent the stronger from attacking and exploiting the weaker. Otherwise, we’d be permanently immersed in a brutish war in which only the fittest and most powerful could survive. This principle lies at the center of America’s founding documents: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. It’s also the core of the post- World War II international order championed by the U...