Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙
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Journalism true believer, digital marketing consultant, publishing coach, private pilot (youtube.com/@capntodd), proudly pro-democracy and supporter of individual freedom. Posts are my own.
January 27, 2026 at 4:58 AM
I went to send Roger Wicker (Republican Senator from Mississippi) a message and was amused to see that his online letter-writing form offers an option in "Topic" for "Second Amendment"—but no other Amendments (including, say, the First) make the cut. 🤷♂️
January 22, 2026 at 11:35 PM
I went to send Roger Wicker (Republican Senator from Mississippi) a message and was amused to see that his online letter-writing form offers an option in "Topic" for "Second Amendment"—but no other Amendments (including, say, the First) make the cut. 🤷♂️
"ICE is not doing what they say they’re doing,” said Kaohly Her, the St Paul mayor and a Hmong American, in a statement about Thao’s arrest. “They’re not going after hardened criminals. They’re going after anyone and everyone in their path. It is unacceptable and un-American."
US citizen says ICE forced him from his home without clothes in subfreezing weather
ChongLy ‘Scott’ Thao of Minnesota says agents pointed guns at his family, and his four-year-old grandson watched and cried
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:33 PM
"ICE is not doing what they say they’re doing,” said Kaohly Her, the St Paul mayor and a Hmong American, in a statement about Thao’s arrest. “They’re not going after hardened criminals. They’re going after anyone and everyone in their path. It is unacceptable and un-American."
“This administration refuses to take responsibility for the chaos, death, and destruction DHS is causing in our communities. It’s clear that Congress will have to hold Kristi Noem and her Department responsible instead.” - Bennie Thompson
Ranking Member Thompson Statement on Homicide at ICE Detention Camp in El Paso
mailchi.mp
January 16, 2026 at 3:47 AM
“This administration refuses to take responsibility for the chaos, death, and destruction DHS is causing in our communities. It’s clear that Congress will have to hold Kristi Noem and her Department responsible instead.” - Bennie Thompson
Just canceled Paramount over CBS (and, let's be honest, the email they just sent raising fees).
January 16, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Just canceled Paramount over CBS (and, let's be honest, the email they just sent raising fees).
Dear MAGA. We literally told you all of this.
Even Joe Rogan Is Asking: "Are We Really Going to Be the Gestapo?"
Plus: FBI raids journalist's home. Iran preparing for mass executions. Bishop Rob Hirschfeld on ICE violence and preparing for the ultimate risk. And News That Doesn't Suck.
open.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Dear MAGA. We literally told you all of this.
I'll just leave this right here (source: CNBC)
January 9, 2026 at 10:10 PM
I'll just leave this right here (source: CNBC)
Rep. Dan Goldman: "Seventy percent of those arrested in New York by ICE have no criminal record whatsoever. Seventy. And yet we’re told it’s the worst of the worst and it’s criminals and all this. It’s not."
Goldman and Rep. Eric Swalwell plan to introduce the ICE Out act.
Goldman and Rep. Eric Swalwell plan to introduce the ICE Out act.
Transcript: Can Trump’s Thugs Be Reined In? These Dems Have an Idea.
As the Minneapolis killing gets darker for Trump, Representatives Eric Swalwell and Dan Goldman talk about their plan to place checks on ICE—and about Trumpworld’s broader plunge into violence and law...
newrepublic.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Rep. Dan Goldman: "Seventy percent of those arrested in New York by ICE have no criminal record whatsoever. Seventy. And yet we’re told it’s the worst of the worst and it’s criminals and all this. It’s not."
Goldman and Rep. Eric Swalwell plan to introduce the ICE Out act.
Goldman and Rep. Eric Swalwell plan to introduce the ICE Out act.
Go Timberwolves.
Wolves hold moment of silence for woman fatally shot by ICE agent in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Timberwolves held a moment of silence for Renee Nicole Good before their game against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night.
www.si.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Go Timberwolves.
Dan Rather: "[Good]'s death will not be in vain. It has already drawn needed attention to a rogue president and agency acting with impunity. She could be any mother, in any city, at any time. She could be any one of us. It is time to draw the line in the sand. And to say her name while doing it."
Murder in Cold Blood
The killing of Good is as bad as it gets
steady.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Dan Rather: "[Good]'s death will not be in vain. It has already drawn needed attention to a rogue president and agency acting with impunity. She could be any mother, in any city, at any time. She could be any one of us. It is time to draw the line in the sand. And to say her name while doing it."
"The move came after officials at Roosevelt High School said *armed* U.S. Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders." (Emphasis mine.)
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 10:58 PM
"The move came after officials at Roosevelt High School said *armed* U.S. Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders." (Emphasis mine.)
"The public should not believe every ... post and Fox News soundbite from DHS political talking heads – including Secretary Noem – until the unadulterated facts come out. Too often DHS lies directly to the American people only to later have to quietly retract their claims.” - Rep. Bennie Thompson
Ranking Member Thompson Statement on ICE Killing a Mother and U.S. Citizen
mailchi.mp
January 8, 2026 at 12:30 AM
"The public should not believe every ... post and Fox News soundbite from DHS political talking heads – including Secretary Noem – until the unadulterated facts come out. Too often DHS lies directly to the American people only to later have to quietly retract their claims.” - Rep. Bennie Thompson
“There’s a theory among some pundits that… Trump’s brain is stuck in the 1980s and early ’90s—that his formative years as a real estate tycoon in New York in the go-go Reagan years calcified his worldview, his politics, his icons… his definition of success.”
www.wired.com/story/3-keys...
www.wired.com/story/3-keys...
The 3 Keys to Understanding Trump’s Retro Coup in Venezuela
This weekend’s invasion was both a throwback to the last century and a new, uniquely Trumpian nightmare—one that’s just beginning.
www.wired.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:29 PM
“There’s a theory among some pundits that… Trump’s brain is stuck in the 1980s and early ’90s—that his formative years as a real estate tycoon in New York in the go-go Reagan years calcified his worldview, his politics, his icons… his definition of success.”
www.wired.com/story/3-keys...
www.wired.com/story/3-keys...
"[POTUS] announced that he’s ending his National Guard deployment in Los Angeles, along with attempted military takeovers in Chicago and Portland. That decision came just a week after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling halting his efforts to send ... Guard troops into Chicago."
Trump pulls National Guard from Los Angeles, ends attempted deployments in Portland and Chicago
newsletters.democracydocket.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:25 PM
"[POTUS] announced that he’s ending his National Guard deployment in Los Angeles, along with attempted military takeovers in Chicago and Portland. That decision came just a week after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling halting his efforts to send ... Guard troops into Chicago."
Robert Reich quoted Reagan back to MAGA:
"… anybody from any corner of the world can come to America to live and become an American. A person becomes an American by adopting America’s principles, especially those principles... such as 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
"… anybody from any corner of the world can come to America to live and become an American. A person becomes an American by adopting America’s principles, especially those principles... such as 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
Stephen Miller's new bullshit about immigrants
Miller and his boss are now targeting Minnesota's Somali community
robertreich.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Robert Reich quoted Reagan back to MAGA:
"… anybody from any corner of the world can come to America to live and become an American. A person becomes an American by adopting America’s principles, especially those principles... such as 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
"… anybody from any corner of the world can come to America to live and become an American. A person becomes an American by adopting America’s principles, especially those principles... such as 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
One of the small pleasures of my life is checking aviation weather on Christmas. Always good for a chuckle.
Santa METARs #airplanes #aviation
YouTube video by Cap'n Todd
www.youtube.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
One of the small pleasures of my life is checking aviation weather on Christmas. Always good for a chuckle.
ACA results: "We are probably looking at 200,000 people dropping their insurance coverage and going on to the uninsured category... that means that if they need health care, they go into an emergency room...[for] uncompensated care," said Mike Chaney, Mississippi's Republican insurance commissioner.
wreg.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
ACA results: "We are probably looking at 200,000 people dropping their insurance coverage and going on to the uninsured category... that means that if they need health care, they go into an emergency room...[for] uncompensated care," said Mike Chaney, Mississippi's Republican insurance commissioner.
I'm only recent back in a Cessna, but I'm happy to say I've already had a few successful landings. (Which is all you can ask for... 😀)
Landing a Cessna is all about “being on your speeds”
YouTube video by Cap'n Todd
youtube.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I'm only recent back in a Cessna, but I'm happy to say I've already had a few successful landings. (Which is all you can ask for... 😀)
New Republic: “To win big and… hold onto power, the Democrats need to work harder to build a party brand that answers voters’ real concerns and differentiates them from Republicans.”
“That doesn’t mean behaving like a weather vane… It means having the courage and strength to make your own weather.”
“That doesn’t mean behaving like a weather vane… It means having the courage and strength to make your own weather.”
A New Report Reveals the Real Reason Democrats Lost in 2024
It wasn’t because Biden voters shifted to Trump—but because so many of them stayed home. Here’s how Democrats can motivate them once more.
newrepublic.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
New Republic: “To win big and… hold onto power, the Democrats need to work harder to build a party brand that answers voters’ real concerns and differentiates them from Republicans.”
“That doesn’t mean behaving like a weather vane… It means having the courage and strength to make your own weather.”
“That doesn’t mean behaving like a weather vane… It means having the courage and strength to make your own weather.”
Factcheck.org: "[Trump] falsely claimed he had 'inherited the worst inflation' in U.S. history and that it 'stopped' since he returned to the White House. The worst inflation period occurred after World War I, and inflation was up 3% for the 12-month period ending in September."
FactChecking Trump's Economic Speech - FactCheck.org
In a campaign-style rally in Pennsylvania on Dec. 9, President Donald Trump honed a message of "lower prices, bigger paychecks" ahead of next year's midterm elections. Some of his talking points on th...
www.factcheck.org
December 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Factcheck.org: "[Trump] falsely claimed he had 'inherited the worst inflation' in U.S. history and that it 'stopped' since he returned to the White House. The worst inflation period occurred after World War I, and inflation was up 3% for the 12-month period ending in September."
"Trump hung up on a ProPublica reporter after being asked whether his Florida mortgages were similar to those of others he had accused of fraud." - ProPublica
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"Trump hung up on a ProPublica reporter after being asked whether his Florida mortgages were similar to those of others he had accused of fraud." - ProPublica
Factcheck.org: "Hernández had been found guilty by a jury after a three-week trial. He was sentenced by a U.S. District judge last year to 45 years in prison for using his position to help drug traffickers import more than 400 tons of cocaine into the United States, while accepting bribes..."
Examining Trump's Pardon of Former Honduran President Convicted of Trafficking Drugs to U.S. - FactCheck.org
President Donald Trump pardoned Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras, on Dec. 1, claiming without evidence that his prosecution had been a "setup" by the Biden administration and t...
www.factcheck.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Factcheck.org: "Hernández had been found guilty by a jury after a three-week trial. He was sentenced by a U.S. District judge last year to 45 years in prison for using his position to help drug traffickers import more than 400 tons of cocaine into the United States, while accepting bribes..."
ICYMI: POTUS approval is at it's second-term low of 36%—although he hasn't broken his own first-term record... yet.
Trump's Approval Rating Drops to 36%, New Second-Term Low
President Donald Trump's job approval rating has slipped to a new second-term low point and is approaching his all-time low of 34%.
news.gallup.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
ICYMI: POTUS approval is at it's second-term low of 36%—although he hasn't broken his own first-term record... yet.
70% of Latinos disapprove of POTUS. 76% are dissatisfied with the way the country is going, which is higher than the General Public (which is at 72%).
www.pewresearch.org/race-and-eth...
www.pewresearch.org/race-and-eth...
How Latinos assess Trump and his impact on U.S. Hispanics
Most say his administration’s policies have been harmful to Hispanics, and 76% are dissatisfied with the way the country is going.
www.pewresearch.org
November 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
70% of Latinos disapprove of POTUS. 76% are dissatisfied with the way the country is going, which is higher than the General Public (which is at 72%).
www.pewresearch.org/race-and-eth...
www.pewresearch.org/race-and-eth...
"[Trump] distorted his predecessor’s record on employment, falsely claiming that government jobs were increasing while 'real jobs' were declining. The number of private-sector jobs increased every year under [Biden’s] term and was up about 12% by the time he left office."
Trump Misrepresents Biden's Job Numbers, SNAP Data to Tout His Own Record - FactCheck.org
Addressing a meeting of McDonald's restaurant owners, President Donald Trump distorted his predecessor's record on employment, falsely claiming that government jobs were increasing while "real jobs" w...
www.factcheck.org
November 22, 2025 at 1:34 AM
"[Trump] distorted his predecessor’s record on employment, falsely claiming that government jobs were increasing while 'real jobs' were declining. The number of private-sector jobs increased every year under [Biden’s] term and was up about 12% by the time he left office."