A Perennial Philosopher
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I have a political science degree and a law degree. My hobby is studying world religions I am a lifelong Democrat in a Texas blue dot. My wife and I wrote 1000 postcards for Harris. Our 60th anniversary is 2028.
The Kennedy Center is a national cultural institution established by Congress, and is statutorily named the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. No board vote or social media post has the legal authority to change that without an act of Congress
February 5, 2026 at 4:18 PM
The Kennedy Center is a national cultural institution established by Congress, and is statutorily named the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. No board vote or social media post has the legal authority to change that without an act of Congress
From Heather Cox Richardson :
Trump ally Steve Bannon said yesterday on his podcast: “You’re damn right, we’re going to have ICE surround the polls come November. We’re not going to sit here and allow you to steal the country again.”
Trump ally Steve Bannon said yesterday on his podcast: “You’re damn right, we’re going to have ICE surround the polls come November. We’re not going to sit here and allow you to steal the country again.”
February 5, 2026 at 4:10 PM
From Heather Cox Richardson :
Trump ally Steve Bannon said yesterday on his podcast: “You’re damn right, we’re going to have ICE surround the polls come November. We’re not going to sit here and allow you to steal the country again.”
Trump ally Steve Bannon said yesterday on his podcast: “You’re damn right, we’re going to have ICE surround the polls come November. We’re not going to sit here and allow you to steal the country again.”
Trump to clean voter rolls in Texas per Houston Chronicle. Texas Secretary of State agreed to give Trump the names, addresses and SS numbers of 16 million Texans
February 5, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Trump to clean voter rolls in Texas per Houston Chronicle. Texas Secretary of State agreed to give Trump the names, addresses and SS numbers of 16 million Texans
Months after telling the American people that the so-called Department of Government Efficiency had no access to Americans’ sensitive Social Security data, the Trump administration has finally admitted in court that DOGE illegally accessed and agreed to share that data. MSNOW
February 5, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Months after telling the American people that the so-called Department of Government Efficiency had no access to Americans’ sensitive Social Security data, the Trump administration has finally admitted in court that DOGE illegally accessed and agreed to share that data. MSNOW
Trump could have saved himself and bunch of OUR money by hiring hundreds of under employed lawyers as immigration judges. You good have deported every one who was illegally here and keep those with rights. He cared nothing about rights and everything about revengeful. Too bad only the crazy ones.
February 4, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Trump could have saved himself and bunch of OUR money by hiring hundreds of under employed lawyers as immigration judges. You good have deported every one who was illegally here and keep those with rights. He cared nothing about rights and everything about revengeful. Too bad only the crazy ones.
President Donald Trump’s call for Republicans to “nationalize the voting” on Dan Bongino’s right-wing podcast Monday is an unworkable authoritarian fantasy. But it still matters because the way Trump thinks out loud about election interference.
Trump may hope to delay everything and get his wish.
Trump may hope to delay everything and get his wish.
February 4, 2026 at 7:36 PM
President Donald Trump’s call for Republicans to “nationalize the voting” on Dan Bongino’s right-wing podcast Monday is an unworkable authoritarian fantasy. But it still matters because the way Trump thinks out loud about election interference.
Trump may hope to delay everything and get his wish.
Trump may hope to delay everything and get his wish.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed that “a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” as he defended his call for Republicans to nationalize elections
The Dictator Move in Chess is just take the other’s pieces. Perhaps the next Civil War has begun. What will be Fort Sumpter?
The Dictator Move in Chess is just take the other’s pieces. Perhaps the next Civil War has begun. What will be Fort Sumpter?
February 4, 2026 at 4:05 AM
President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed that “a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” as he defended his call for Republicans to nationalize elections
The Dictator Move in Chess is just take the other’s pieces. Perhaps the next Civil War has begun. What will be Fort Sumpter?
The Dictator Move in Chess is just take the other’s pieces. Perhaps the next Civil War has begun. What will be Fort Sumpter?
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A person filmed his neighbor being violently abducted by ICE in North Austin, Texas.
February 3, 2026 at 2:26 PM
A person filmed his neighbor being violently abducted by ICE in North Austin, Texas.
The GOP-led State Board Education recently supported a plan that would make Texas the first state in the country to mandate that all public school students read passages from the Bible.
I would say “Just shoot me.” But I opposed this law the GOP passed and may already have me on the hit list.
I would say “Just shoot me.” But I opposed this law the GOP passed and may already have me on the hit list.
February 3, 2026 at 2:40 PM
The GOP-led State Board Education recently supported a plan that would make Texas the first state in the country to mandate that all public school students read passages from the Bible.
I would say “Just shoot me.” But I opposed this law the GOP passed and may already have me on the hit list.
I would say “Just shoot me.” But I opposed this law the GOP passed and may already have me on the hit list.
stand
• Election system: President Donald Trump called on Republicans to “nationalize the voting” in an interview. He referred specifically to voting in Georgia, which has long been a centerpiece of his baseless claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him
Republican hate reigns
• Election system: President Donald Trump called on Republicans to “nationalize the voting” in an interview. He referred specifically to voting in Georgia, which has long been a centerpiece of his baseless claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him
Republican hate reigns
February 3, 2026 at 2:02 AM
stand
• Election system: President Donald Trump called on Republicans to “nationalize the voting” in an interview. He referred specifically to voting in Georgia, which has long been a centerpiece of his baseless claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him
Republican hate reigns
• Election system: President Donald Trump called on Republicans to “nationalize the voting” in an interview. He referred specifically to voting in Georgia, which has long been a centerpiece of his baseless claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him
Republican hate reigns
Tell your story. There are people who need help from people with the same pain.
February 1, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Tell your story. There are people who need help from people with the same pain.
Tennessee state Rep. Monty Fritts (R), who is running for governor, has said he’d like a law to execute “those who commit an assault on the sanctity of life,” including those who assist children in securing gender-affirming medical care.
Republicans are torturing us while we bleed to death.
Republicans are torturing us while we bleed to death.
February 1, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Tennessee state Rep. Monty Fritts (R), who is running for governor, has said he’d like a law to execute “those who commit an assault on the sanctity of life,” including those who assist children in securing gender-affirming medical care.
Republicans are torturing us while we bleed to death.
Republicans are torturing us while we bleed to death.
Texas A and M will end its woman’s and its gender studies program. It has cancelled six courses and modified hundreds of others that bans the teaching of race and gender theologies. Will it cheapen their degrees? Probably not in red states. Probably yes In blue states.
January 31, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Texas A and M will end its woman’s and its gender studies program. It has cancelled six courses and modified hundreds of others that bans the teaching of race and gender theologies. Will it cheapen their degrees? Probably not in red states. Probably yes In blue states.
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Dems need to wake up and sponsor bills to eliminate the ICE Gestapo, not “fix” it. The American people already got the memo, their representatives haven’t, and I’d bet that they won’t, until ICE shows up at their homes and breaks down their doors. Then, of course, it’ll be too late.
January 30, 2026 at 5:22 AM
Dems need to wake up and sponsor bills to eliminate the ICE Gestapo, not “fix” it. The American people already got the memo, their representatives haven’t, and I’d bet that they won’t, until ICE shows up at their homes and breaks down their doors. Then, of course, it’ll be too late.
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Yeah he really gives a fuck about the poor and the middle class…..
Trump announced today that he was going to keep housing prices up, sued the US taxpayers for $10B, threatened Canada, made a few dozen posts about how he won in 2020, posted about prosecuting Obama for treason, then went to a movie about his wife that Bezos spent $75 million on.
January 30, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Yeah he really gives a fuck about the poor and the middle class…..
“Trump “We have the Second Amendment and — right to bear arms, essentially,”
It was a bit jarring,when Trump suggested earlier this week that the death of Alex Pretti — shot to death in Minneapolis by Border Patrol agents — was due to Pretti’s being armed”
Trump is losing his marbles.
It was a bit jarring,when Trump suggested earlier this week that the death of Alex Pretti — shot to death in Minneapolis by Border Patrol agents — was due to Pretti’s being armed”
Trump is losing his marbles.
January 30, 2026 at 3:28 AM
“Trump “We have the Second Amendment and — right to bear arms, essentially,”
It was a bit jarring,when Trump suggested earlier this week that the death of Alex Pretti — shot to death in Minneapolis by Border Patrol agents — was due to Pretti’s being armed”
Trump is losing his marbles.
It was a bit jarring,when Trump suggested earlier this week that the death of Alex Pretti — shot to death in Minneapolis by Border Patrol agents — was due to Pretti’s being armed”
Trump is losing his marbles.
President Donald Trump is suing the US Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department for at least $10 billion, accusing the agency of an unauthorized leak of his tax returns during his first administration.
TRUMP IS A ROBBER BARON ON DRUGS.
TRUMP IS A ROBBER BARON ON DRUGS.
January 30, 2026 at 2:53 AM
President Donald Trump is suing the US Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department for at least $10 billion, accusing the agency of an unauthorized leak of his tax returns during his first administration.
TRUMP IS A ROBBER BARON ON DRUGS.
TRUMP IS A ROBBER BARON ON DRUGS.
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The public sentiment is everything. Lincoln.
January 29, 2026 at 8:42 PM
The public sentiment is everything. Lincoln.
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We are all Minnesotans
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 6:45 PM
We are all Minnesotans
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Accusing Omar of faking the attack is Trump confessing to his own fake assassination stunt.
January 28, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Accusing Omar of faking the attack is Trump confessing to his own fake assassination stunt.
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This is what unchecked hate and greed does to a person.
January 28, 2026 at 3:11 PM
This is what unchecked hate and greed does to a person.
US prepared to use force if Venezuelan interim government resists cooperation, Rubio plans to say at hearing
War, War, War Trump creates more conflicts than he resolves. He needs to see a doctor. The doc can ask him to name the conflicts he has resolved and how he was able to achieve it.
War, War, War Trump creates more conflicts than he resolves. He needs to see a doctor. The doc can ask him to name the conflicts he has resolved and how he was able to achieve it.
January 28, 2026 at 3:37 PM
US prepared to use force if Venezuelan interim government resists cooperation, Rubio plans to say at hearing
War, War, War Trump creates more conflicts than he resolves. He needs to see a doctor. The doc can ask him to name the conflicts he has resolved and how he was able to achieve it.
War, War, War Trump creates more conflicts than he resolves. He needs to see a doctor. The doc can ask him to name the conflicts he has resolved and how he was able to achieve it.