The Trump Extraction: A Three‑Generation Exposé — Part II

If you have not read Part One of this three-part series, please start here PART II: Friedrich Trump and the Klondike Fortune (Introduction) Before the modern grift machine, before the political spectacle, before the corrosive legacy that now shadows the nation, there was a single man standing on the edge of the world: Friedrich Trump. …

The Trump Extraction: A Three‑Generation Exposé – Part 1

Series Introduction For more than a century, the Trump dynasty has been built on a pattern of extraction — a generational cycle of spectacle, opportunism, and profit drawn not from creating value, but from exploiting systems, moments, and people. This three‑part exposé traces that lineage from its unlikely beginnings in the Klondike vice economy, through …

When Public Office Becomes a Private Stage: Why the White House Coin Promotion and UFC Spectacle Crossed Legal Lines

Before I go further, I encourage readers to confirm details with a variety of trusted sources. Independent Investigation is important. This article discusses a single Trump conflict of interest. What follows is my analysis and argument based on publicly available information and long‑standing federal ethics rules. The Presidency Is Not a Marketing Platform When Donald …

Trump’s Billion-Dollar Birthday Bash

These aren’t official U.S. commemorative coins — they’re Trump merch. Despite the patriotic branding, the Freedom 250 coins are privately manufactured merchandise rather than official U.S. Mint commemoratives, which means their metal content isn’t regulated or independently certified; historically, similar Trump‑branded coins have been electroplated or gold‑plated base‑metal tokens rather than solid gold. This Author …

What an American Coup d’état Might Look Like

How Democracies Unravel: The Slow Coup Pattern as Old as Empire Democracy is young. Power is ancient. Every generation believes its political moment is unprecedented, yet the forces that strain a republic today are the same forces that strained the first democracies 2,500 years ago. Long before ballots, constitutions, or assemblies existed, rulers learned how …

Why American Politicians Show Blind Allegiance to Israel

A historical, political, religious, and theological investigation. Questions No One in Power Wants to be Asked I could probably ask all three of these and more with one reiteration, that is: Why does the United States give blind allegiance to the country of Israel? These are not partisan questions. They are not anti‑Jewish questions. They …

Women on the UHJ

Preface: This article, “Women on the Universal House of Justice,” was first researched and compiled by the International Baha’i Council (sIBC) under Dr. Leland Jensen’s direction in the early 1990s and was fully circulated by 1996. Copies were given to all members of the BUPC. Although this Webmaster was not a member of the sIBC, …

Calendar of Baha’i Holy Days

‘Abdu’l‑Bahá reminds us that Holy Days are times of joy, unity, and purposeful gathering. “In the sacred Laws of God, in every cycle and dispensation, there are blessed feasts, holidays and workless days. On such days all kinds of occupations, commerce, industry, agriculture etc., are not allowed. All must enjoy a good time, gather together, …