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Current America: Important Stories From Today’s News By Matthew Fox 3/23/2026 |
I will share here some articles this past week that shed light on America and the times in which we are living. In a
brief post on X, Alex Jacquez remarked that 20 million people saw their health care premiums double because they were told, it would cost $30 billion to keep the service going. But now we are involved in a war costing $1 billion per day, and the president wants $200 billion more from Congress to pay to keep his war of choice going while asserting we have already won it. |
In a new list of the happiest countries on earth, America now ranks at 24. At the top are Finland, Denmark and Iceland. Of 23 cabinet members, 20 have given direct payments totaling $30 million to President Trump or his pet projects. "This isn't normal—
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Why Finland is the Happiest Country Again: World Happiness Report 2025 Explained. Video by Fin Desk. |
it’s corruption in plain sight,” remarks CREW. “Wealthy people should NOT be able to buy influence within the administration and put their interests above those of the American people. Period.” * Education Secretary Linda McMahon gave over $20 million; Commerce Secretary
Howard Lutnick over $10 million; and Small Business Secretary Kelly Loeffler and husband over $3 million. In addition, McMahon and Bessent donated to the Trump Inauguration Fund which raised $251.4 million—“more than double any other previous inauguration on record.” Bessent also contributed to Trump’s $400 million dollar ballroom project. |
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| Robert Reich reports that “Paramount is on the verge of
becoming the largest pro-Trump media monopoly in America.” Two of America’s largest news organizations—CBS and CNN—along with CBS Entertainment (home to Stephen Colbert who has been expelled beginning in May) |
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Comedy Central (Jon Stewart) and HBO (John Oliver) and TikTok (where 1 out of 5 Americans now get their news) “are all about to become one giant mega-media monopoly” controlled by father/son Trump sycophants, multi-billionaire Larry and David Ellison. This merger “could make Rupert Murdoch’s media empire of Fox
News, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Post look scrupulous by comparison.” Thus, Trump, who spends much of his day and night watching Fox News and hiring their employees (having made a part-time Fox host head of the Defense Department) “is on the verge of having effective control over a gigantic media monopoly.”
** Citizens can do something about this gigantic media monopoly, however. State attorneys general hold the power to enforce antitrust laws, and nine states are suing to stop this merger. While the DOJ will not oppose it, Rob Bonta, the Attorney General of California, is leading the antitrust fight in court. Reich urges
“everyone to urge their state attorney general to join California’s lawsuit or launch a separate lawsuit.” The American people have the power to interfere with this merger, but must act quickly. |
Another corporate media merger looms: Nexstar with Tegna. Rob Bonta is also suing them and warns that if these two companies merge, they’ll consolidate their power into a behemoth that covers more than |
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80% of TV households in the country. This is a clear violation of federal antitrust laws and FCC rules. It would constitute a “gut punch to our democracy that relies on an informed population.” Donald Trump is pushing the merger. It would swallow up local news and “significantly lessen competition….It’s illegal, plain and simple.” ***
Amidst the barrage of news about the war in Iran, Epstein files, corruption in high government places and media monopolies, we dare not lose sight of the calamity of climate change and the suffering of Mother Earth, a crisis that promises catastrophe for millions of humans and other species as this century unfolds.
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* Gabrielle Corporal and Honora Overby, 20 White House cabinet members have directed at least $30 million to benefit Trump, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), March 10, 2026.
** Robert Reich, The Biggest Pro-Trump Media Monopoly Ever, Substack, March 6, 2026.
*** Rob Bonta, Attorney General Bonta Files Lawsuit Seeking to Block $6.2 Billion Nexstar/Tegna Broadcasting Merger, State of California Department of Justice, March
18, 2026.
Banner Image: Trump’s second cabinet, August 2025. Photo by the White House.
Wikimedia Commons. |
Queries for Contemplation How are you staying grounded while praying the news and paying attention to
the stark realities of our times? How are you interfering and finding allies to interfere with the bad news of our times? |
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