Michael Cohen - History Will Ask: Where Were You?
Well, here we are: July 5th, the day after the fireworks, the BBQs, and the patriotic Instagram posts. But behind all the red, white, and blue fanfare lurked a darker truth. Because while Americans were busy lighting sparklers and waving flags, President Trump, in true Trumpian fashion, signed the Big Beautiful Bill—a title only someone allergic to detail and allergic to facts could conjure up with a straight face.
Now let me be clear: Trump, once again, managed to pull off what the pundit class—those suit-clad, coiffed-hair, teleprompter-reading, soundbite slingers on cable news—said was impossible. Trump rammed through legislation that fundamentally reshapes American life. And while his supporters were busy chanting “USA” in red hats manufactured in China, most had zero idea of the bomb that just dropped on their own freedoms and future. That, by the way, is by design.
The Big Beautiful Bill is a Trojan horse: wrapped in populist language, paraded around as a gift to the American people, but filled with policies meant to enrich the few, silence the dissenters, and strip away the last threads of a functioning democracy. And now that it’s law, the question isn’t whether it’s bad. The question is: How bad? And more importantly: What the hell are we going to do about it?
Let’s talk about what’s in this so-called masterpiece. Corporate tax giveaways so generous they’d make Reagan blush. Environmental deregulation that makes climate denial not just acceptable but codified. Protections rolled back for immigrants, LGBTQ+ communities, women, and workers. Surveillance expansions masked as “security upgrades.” The fine print reads like an authoritarian wish list—and no one was paying attention because it’s a thousand pages long, no one read it, and, most importantly, the spectacle always distracts from the substance.
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I mean, I used to thoroughly DESPISE him.......I'll always see him as someone who enabled Trump but Mr. Cohen accepted responsibility and has really taken great steps so redeem himself and help us in the fight against fascism. 
but I honestly think he feels sincere, deep regret. And I find him to be a very talented writer indeed; I really like reading his offerings. 