AMERICA'S NORMALIZATION OF CRUELTY

Israel has begun a ground offensive in Gaza City that promises a new round of horror in an already existing humanitarian disaster. Despite widespread global condemnation, Netanyahu continues doing what he is doing to carry out his Right Wing messianic vision for Israel. Unfortunately, with Trump - just as with Biden - the U.S. continues to send financial support for the Israeli effort. While our Secretary of State Marco Rubio says “It’s their war,” many would argue it is Israel’s war - and ours. In my interview today with Arab-American political advocate Raed Jarrar, he argues that without our help Israel could not do what they are doing. According to Jarrar, one phone call from Trump could stop all this. It’s a bit of a mystery why President Trump is not willing to make it. Whatever his reason, the war continues to be an unending source of pain and suffering or the Palestinian people. In the Declaration of Independence, it says that “all men are created equal.” And I don’t think that means just all Americans. I believe God created us as One and loves us as One. Our job on earth is to learn to love as God loves. I hope my conversation with Raed gives you much to consider. I look forward to hearing your thoughts. Subscribe to Marianne's Substack: MarianneWilliamson.Susbtack.com

On September 5, 2018, an anonymous Op Ed appeared in the New York Times entitled I am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration. Obviously that caused a stir, followed by the publication of a book by the same author called A Warning. Someone was yelling from the inside: Get away from this man as fast as you can. You get the drift. Ultimately the Anonymous author revealed himself to be Miles Taylor, a former chief of staff at the US. Department of Homeland Security. Having worked in the Bush administration as well, Taylor knew how things were supposed to work in the White House - and how they were not supposed to work. He followed up A Warning with another bestseller, Blowback, in which he described what would happen in a worst case scenario during a second Trump term. Most of them have already occurred. In today’s interview, Taylor told me it’s now “time to engage in some radical thinking.” He said we need a massive movement of non-violent resistance unlike anything America has ever seen. I’ve admired Taylor’s writing, his courage, and his continued call to the American people to wake up before it’s too late. If Paul Revere were alive today, he'd be called Miles Taylor. Subscribe to Miles Taylor's Substack: https://www.MilesTaylor.Substack.com  Support Miles' legal fund: https://endpresidentialrevenge.org/ Find Marianneon YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MarianneWilliamsonCommunity Subscribe to Marianne's Substack: https://www.MarianneWilliamson.Susbtack.com Follow Marianne on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mariannewilliamson Follow Marianne on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/williamsonmarianne/ Follow Marianne on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@marwilliamsonofficial Find Marianne's Interviews on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-marianne-williamson-podcast/id1536043190 Find Marianne's Interviews on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SogOup2lTWVkGwELXpiBM?si=20050e2c9f0442de

Marianne Williamson and John Fugelsang explore the intersection of moral values, spirituality, and politics in America.  Learn more and order John Fugelsang's latest book at JohnFugelsang.com  Subscribe to Marianne's Substack: MarianneWilliamson.Susbtack.com Find Marianne on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MarianneWilliamsonCommunity

I’ve been a fan of Sam Daley Harris for many years. His thinking and activism has motivated and inspired my own efforts in the non-profit world. An organization he founded called RESULTS is a citizen lobby dedicated to creating the political will to end poverty and hunger. His work has literally saved people’s lives. He founded and now leads Civic Courage, providing all of us the opportunity to make a difference on the lives of people we will never even know. Sam’s book Reclaiming Our Democracy is a testament to what’s possible when citizens are engaged in the democratic process. Working through Civic Courage, Daley Harris and his volunteers have led successful efforts to block some of the draconian budget cuts in the Trump agenda, forming a bulwark against their cruelest effects. He is an important leader for such a time as this.

There’s a general consensus about a few things regarding AI: It’s here and it’s not going anyplace. The world will never be the same. It’s extremely convenient to use at times, though people should realize that sometimes it lies. The environmental damage it causes is huge. In the hands of corporations like Palintir, it’s already being used for what could be government control and totalitarian purposes. The conversation we’re having about it as a society is morally and ethically inadequate to the challenges it poses for the human race. I asked Brian O’Kelley, co-founder of AppNexus and Scope3, to help us start to figure all this out. It’s not a conversation we should leave in the hands of those who’ve proven themselves careless about the fate of our democracy or our species. Also, Brian will join me for a zoom call with paid subscribers on Thursday night, 5pmPT and 8pm ET. We’ll be sending you the link! So think of your questions and lets have the conversation. This one literally affects us all. MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com

There’s a general consensus about a few things regarding AI:* It’s here and it’s not going anyplace. The world will never be the same.* It’s extremely convenient to use at times, though people should realize that sometimes it lies.* The environmental damage it causes is huge.* In the hands of corporations like Palintir, it’s already being used for what could be government control and totalitarian purposes.* The conversation we’re having about it as a society is morally and ethically inadequate to the challenges it poses for the human race.I asked Brian O’Kelley, co-founder of AppNexus and Scope3, to help us start to figure all this out. It’s not a conversation we should leave in the hands of those who’ve proven themselves careless about the fate of our democracy or our species. Also, Brian will join me for a zoom call with paid subscribers on Thursday night, 5pmPT and 8pm ET. We’ll be sending you the link! So think of your questions and lets have the conversation. This one literally affects us all. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.transformarticles.com/subscribe

Yes, the world is chaotic. But nature knows how to handle that.Each of us can be a conduit of repair should we be willing to rise above our own neurotic patterns. Each of us contains a piece of the problem, and each of us a piece of the solution. Choosing between the two in our own lives helps us collectively heal the world. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.transformarticles.com/subscribe

“Not everything that is faced can be changed,” wrote author James Baldwin. “But nothing can be changed until it is faced.”When commentator Keith Edwards had me on his program a few days ago, we went right into it regarding what’s happening in America today. Information is power, and hopefully we shared some good information. In order to save our democracy we have to face what’s going on…Below is the full interview. Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.transformarticles.com/subscribe

From the days of our founding, America has been both/and: both/and slaveowner and Abolitionist, both/and misogynist and Suffragist, both/and exploiter of workers and labor organizer. That dichotomy is built into our characterological DNA. Our triumph lies not in pretending we have no evil shadows, but in the consistency with which generations have risen up to dissolve them. President Trump’s attack on the exhibits of slavery at the Smithsonian Museums, particularly the National Museum of African American History & Culture, is part of a larger White Nationalist agenda at the core of Project 2025 and behind much of what his administration stands for. It should not be seen as anything less pernicious than that. Erasing, invisibilizing or rewriting anyone’s individual or group history is a profound transgression. According to the Talmud, it’s a form of “soul murder.” It’s also a common tactic in the totalitarian’s playbook, and perverts our collective memory. We need a huge outcry of support for the Smithsonian Museum’s exhibits being curated by museum curators and historians, not crass politicians. Spread the word. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.transformarticles.com/subscribe

From deporting innocent citizens to criminalizing homelessness, America’s government today is breaking laws and normalizing cruelty. Tens of thousands of America’s unhoused population work part or even full time. Many have children. When homeless encampments are removed and people’s belongings trashed, how are those people to keep their jobs? How are the children to go to school? The level of trauma being inflicted on people is something beyond what any person of conscience should be willing to tolerate.I asked Jesse Rabinowitz, Campaign and Communications Director at National Homelessness Law Center, to help explain what’s happening and what we can do about it. Please support a bill currently before Congress that would actually help solve the problem. Make calls. Spread the word. Make noise.Cruelty is evil. We must not give in. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.transformarticles.com/subscribe