John McGing
@jmcging.bsky.social
Politically liberal pro-union not much for conservative or libertarian philosophies or their followers. Retired fed.
I guess in this administration there's a "color" code to heroics and honor and service. If this is accurate, this is a total crock of shite
U.S. removal of panels honoring Black soldiers at WWII cemetery in the Netherlands draws backlash
The panels’ removal at the Netherlands American Cemetery comes after President Donald Trump issued a series of executive orders ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
www.nbcnews.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I guess in this administration there's a "color" code to heroics and honor and service. If this is accurate, this is a total crock of shite
The state of Israel, as led by Netanyahu, has lost any respect or support I used to have for the country. Not the people, the government and its policies.
December 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The state of Israel, as led by Netanyahu, has lost any respect or support I used to have for the country. Not the people, the government and its policies.
We’re tarnishing the brand of America. Even if the United States opens up again, we’re going to need a campaign to fix the idea that America is not the land of opportunity.
December 28, 2025 at 11:35 PM
We’re tarnishing the brand of America. Even if the United States opens up again, we’re going to need a campaign to fix the idea that America is not the land of opportunity.
I guess I'm slow to the party but I didn't realize "America First" also meant "America all by itself" in a myriad of things in and of the world. How soon before there is an official criteria for being "American"? All others need not apply?
December 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I guess I'm slow to the party but I didn't realize "America First" also meant "America all by itself" in a myriad of things in and of the world. How soon before there is an official criteria for being "American"? All others need not apply?
Random thought watching Swift's Era's Tour documentary: She shows what a crowd in a "rally" really looks like and those crowds are what the orange one dreamed of having.
December 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Random thought watching Swift's Era's Tour documentary: She shows what a crowd in a "rally" really looks like and those crowds are what the orange one dreamed of having.
I'm waiting to see if/ when this administration denies the Pope a visa to visit because he's "woke" and they don't like his social media postings.
On Christmas, Pope Leo Tells World’s Leaders to Talk Rather Than Make War
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I'm waiting to see if/ when this administration denies the Pope a visa to visit because he's "woke" and they don't like his social media postings.
GOP congressman, leaving to run for governor, is something we need to push back against. We can't take back the House and lose states. We need to be as focused on the state level as we are at the national, because get enough States and you can run a constitutional convention.
December 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
GOP congressman, leaving to run for governor, is something we need to push back against. We can't take back the House and lose states. We need to be as focused on the state level as we are at the national, because get enough States and you can run a constitutional convention.
“We need to get better at treating this like a business,” ICE acting director Todd M. Lyons said at a border security conference in April. The administration’s goal was to deport immigrants as efficiently as Amazon moves packages: “Like Prime, but with human beings.”
Himmler would be so proud.
Himmler would be so proud.
December 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“We need to get better at treating this like a business,” ICE acting director Todd M. Lyons said at a border security conference in April. The administration’s goal was to deport immigrants as efficiently as Amazon moves packages: “Like Prime, but with human beings.”
Himmler would be so proud.
Himmler would be so proud.
Anyone else think the it's possible the DOJ has seeded "fakes" into the Epstein files in order to be able to say other things in the files that are real are instead also "fake"? Kinda like a false flag? I hate my brain thinking this way, but it has come to this.
December 23, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Anyone else think the it's possible the DOJ has seeded "fakes" into the Epstein files in order to be able to say other things in the files that are real are instead also "fake"? Kinda like a false flag? I hate my brain thinking this way, but it has come to this.
Yeah, you know because Jesus, you know, Christianity and religion, you know? Peace on Earth and Good Will to men? Or as this White House puts it "peace (with battleships named after Trump) on Earth and good will to white men".
White House rebuffs Catholic bishops' appeal for a Christmas pause in immigration enforcement
An appeal was issued by the Miami Archbishop, and signed by seven other members of the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops, asking to pause immigration enforcement activities during the Christmas h...
www.nbcnews.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Yeah, you know because Jesus, you know, Christianity and religion, you know? Peace on Earth and Good Will to men? Or as this White House puts it "peace (with battleships named after Trump) on Earth and good will to white men".
I'm gonna guess CBS will likely be getting copies yanked but the internet archive has it for the moment, downloadable.
archive.org/details/60-m...
archive.org/details/60-m...
60 Minutes Inside CECOT : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Full video of the 60 Minutes Inside CECOT episode that CBS pulled.
archive.org
December 23, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I'm gonna guess CBS will likely be getting copies yanked but the internet archive has it for the moment, downloadable.
archive.org/details/60-m...
archive.org/details/60-m...
Just wanna say that while the Epstein files so far show Trump's behavior not to be like Epstein's, his behavior with Teen Miss America and years palling with Epstein show he's Epstein-adjacent at least. Birds of a feather kind of thing.
December 23, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Just wanna say that while the Epstein files so far show Trump's behavior not to be like Epstein's, his behavior with Teen Miss America and years palling with Epstein show he's Epstein-adjacent at least. Birds of a feather kind of thing.
Reposted by John McGing
The instrument that one would use to measure this level of failure is called a Bariometer
Bari Weiss is innovating entire new dimensions of failure. She's failing in ways hitherto unconceived of. A pioneer of failology. A faileontologist. Whole career is a Fail Mary. She's beyond the fail. The Daily Fail. She's on the quest for the Holy Fail. Making tomato and Fail Salad.
December 23, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The instrument that one would use to measure this level of failure is called a Bariometer
Steve Bannon just reminded us why he is a piece of sh*t - At "AmerikaFest" he mocked Reiner’s death “Dude, you raised a kid that slit your throat,” Bannon told the deceased director. Re, "re-Christianize" the country my foot.. He'd be deporting Jesus as a woke migrant.
December 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Steve Bannon just reminded us why he is a piece of sh*t - At "AmerikaFest" he mocked Reiner’s death “Dude, you raised a kid that slit your throat,” Bannon told the deceased director. Re, "re-Christianize" the country my foot.. He'd be deporting Jesus as a woke migrant.
This naming thing has got to stop.
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Is Said to Plan New Class of Battleships Named for Him
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This naming thing has got to stop.
I am so fucking tired of "national security" as the catch all reason for everything - tariffs, deportations, high seas piracy, enemy naming, DOJ action, graft and grift to cronies, stopping leases. This must be restrained from being used this way again - wait, that requires a Congress with a spine.
December 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I am so fucking tired of "national security" as the catch all reason for everything - tariffs, deportations, high seas piracy, enemy naming, DOJ action, graft and grift to cronies, stopping leases. This must be restrained from being used this way again - wait, that requires a Congress with a spine.
Why is it that every"reform" to "save" social security involves cutting benefits?
No more full Social Security COLA for millions of US seniors? New proposal reveals possible key to stabilize program. But here's who gets hurt
The crucial federal program faces an urgent solvency crisis.
moneywise.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Why is it that every"reform" to "save" social security involves cutting benefits?
While we focus on ICE and naming things and sleeping, things are being done in obscurity that we need to keep in the light.
Dismantling Defenses: Trump 2.0 Cyber Year in Review
The Trump administration has pursued a staggering range of policy pivots this past year that threaten to weaken the nation’s ability and willingness to address a broad spectrum of technology challenge...
krebsonsecurity.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
While we focus on ICE and naming things and sleeping, things are being done in obscurity that we need to keep in the light.
Wapo - Kennedy Center board votes to rename ‘Trump-Kennedy Center’ - rename the center after President Donald Trump, who is also the board chair. It was unclear whether such a change is legal.
Think after he's gone we'll see photos of the people pulling his name and face down from his monuments?
Think after he's gone we'll see photos of the people pulling his name and face down from his monuments?
December 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Wapo - Kennedy Center board votes to rename ‘Trump-Kennedy Center’ - rename the center after President Donald Trump, who is also the board chair. It was unclear whether such a change is legal.
Think after he's gone we'll see photos of the people pulling his name and face down from his monuments?
Think after he's gone we'll see photos of the people pulling his name and face down from his monuments?
Project 2025 - in 2023 just an idea, in 2025 in effect. Obamacare eff 2010, it's 15 years later and we find the GOP still doesn't have a plan despite alleging they do. Top secret remember? Corporate tax cuts, done quick, no problem, but healthcare for the working man? Too hard for the GOP. SMH
December 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Project 2025 - in 2023 just an idea, in 2025 in effect. Obamacare eff 2010, it's 15 years later and we find the GOP still doesn't have a plan despite alleging they do. Top secret remember? Corporate tax cuts, done quick, no problem, but healthcare for the working man? Too hard for the GOP. SMH
How did Grandpa get out of his room again? It's embarrassing.
December 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
How did Grandpa get out of his room again? It's embarrassing.
Lots of moving pieces and distractions, so good to refresh on this sh*t. From knowing, not knowing and still large parts of it are seemingly in progress, Project 2025 is real and a danger. Hopefully some folks are planning the response and actions needed to reverse when opportunity exists.
What Trump has said about Project 2025 over the years: A timeline
During his 2024 presidential campaign, Trump distanced himself from Project 2025. Now his administration is enacting many of its proposals.
www.snopes.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Lots of moving pieces and distractions, so good to refresh on this sh*t. From knowing, not knowing and still large parts of it are seemingly in progress, Project 2025 is real and a danger. Hopefully some folks are planning the response and actions needed to reverse when opportunity exists.
Don't assume MAGA collapse, just some folks are shearing off. There are Trump uber alles true believers who will stay the course. In power or not, these folks aren't going away. That genie is out of the bottle and ain't going back. Plan accordingly. Temper your prognosticating.
Marjorie Taylor Greene warns the “dam is breaking” in the GOP and slams Trump for being tone deaf on multiple issues | CNN Politics
GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday slammed President Donald Trump for his comments on the murders of Rob and Michele Reiner, as she predicted more Republicans will follow her lead in breaking ...
www.cnn.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Don't assume MAGA collapse, just some folks are shearing off. There are Trump uber alles true believers who will stay the course. In power or not, these folks aren't going away. That genie is out of the bottle and ain't going back. Plan accordingly. Temper your prognosticating.
It's great to see some organizations standing up to his bullshit.
Pulitzer Board Demands Trump’s Tax and Psych Records in Lawsuit Twist
Donald Trump isn’t going to be happy about this one.
newrepublic.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:11 PM
It's great to see some organizations standing up to his bullshit.
Am I alone in being confused about proclamations and executive orders and midnight tweets somehow all seemingly to have the force of law? It's like Picard's "make it so" is all one needs to change the course of American policy.
December 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Am I alone in being confused about proclamations and executive orders and midnight tweets somehow all seemingly to have the force of law? It's like Picard's "make it so" is all one needs to change the course of American policy.