RogerMatile
@ram1946.bsky.social
Retired weekly newspaper editor, photographer, reporter, graphic artist. Local history columnist, & public history nerd. Blogging local history & microhistory at History on the Fox. Volunteer local history museum director.
It strikes me that enthusiastically adopting cruelty and contempt for the majority of Americans who aren't rich may not have been the Republican Party's best political course.
November 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It strikes me that enthusiastically adopting cruelty and contempt for the majority of Americans who aren't rich may not have been the Republican Party's best political course.
Handy tip for Trump supporters & voters: He not only hates you, he holds you in total contempt along with everyone else except himself and those dictators he's afraid of and works for, like Putin.
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'Absolutely unreal': Conservatives rebel against Trump over smear on American workers
A comment made by Donald Trump about American workers during an interview with Laura Ingraham of Fox News has set off a rebellion among conservatives who worry he may have crippled their hopes for the...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Handy tip for Trump supporters & voters: He not only hates you, he holds you in total contempt along with everyone else except himself and those dictators he's afraid of and works for, like Putin.
www.rawstory.com/trump-talent...
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Durbin and his band of traitors violated the Democrats' goal of always trying to make things better for ALL Americans vs the GOP's efforts to only benefit the wealthy few. They voted to make life hell for millions by taking their health insurance away. A disgrace.
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Furious? You Should Be
The battle may have been lost, but the war can still be won
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November 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Durbin and his band of traitors violated the Democrats' goal of always trying to make things better for ALL Americans vs the GOP's efforts to only benefit the wealthy few. They voted to make life hell for millions by taking their health insurance away. A disgrace.
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I can only wonder what the press reaction would be if a Democratic President went on a lying rant in which every fact he stated was an outright lie. But with Trump, lies are simply accepted by the reporters covering him. It's dangerously annoying...
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'None of that is true': Weeklong Trump 'lying spree' shocks even seasoned fact-checker
President Donald Trump went on a provable "lying spree" that saw him spew outright falsehoods for a whole week, CNN reported.The network's fact checker, Daniel Dale, pointed out multiple claims of imp...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I can only wonder what the press reaction would be if a Democratic President went on a lying rant in which every fact he stated was an outright lie. But with Trump, lies are simply accepted by the reporters covering him. It's dangerously annoying...
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Honoring and remembering the young Oswego, Illinois men and boys who went off to war and never returned...post hoisted from the archives over at the blog:
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Honoring the Oswegoans who went off to war and never returned…
Another Veterans Day has rolled around and it’s a good idea during this time each year to give some thought to the young men who went off to war from our little corner of northern Illinois an…
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November 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Honoring and remembering the young Oswego, Illinois men and boys who went off to war and never returned...post hoisted from the archives over at the blog:
historyonthefox.wordpress.com/2021/11/02/a...
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So the message is the President is too stupid, delusional and corrupt to know what's a good idea and what's not. I keep going back to the idea that just maybe it wasn't a good idea to hire a convicted felon and boastful sexual predator as President:
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‘Sold POTUS a bill of goods’: WH furious with Pulte over 50-year mortgage
The White House was blindsided by the idea and is now dealing with a furious backlash from conservative allies, business leaders and lawmakers.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
So the message is the President is too stupid, delusional and corrupt to know what's a good idea and what's not. I keep going back to the idea that just maybe it wasn't a good idea to hire a convicted felon and boastful sexual predator as President:
currently.att.yahoo.com/att/trump-50...
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Just wondering what the response ought to be when Durbin, the Democratic Senate Whip who's supposed to line up party votes, turns around and stabs the party in the back.
November 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Just wondering what the response ought to be when Durbin, the Democratic Senate Whip who's supposed to line up party votes, turns around and stabs the party in the back.
People who claim Trump's thugs are only kidnapping undocumented aliens are flat-out lying. What's worse, they know they're lying and they keep doing it.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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A government gone rogue: ICE breaks all its own rules to arrest an American citizen
Promises made — but not kept Trump promised American citizens a country returned to greatness. Tariffs paid by foreigners would spark domestic manufacturing. Tax cuts for the wealthy would unleash an ...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
People who claim Trump's thugs are only kidnapping undocumented aliens are flat-out lying. What's worse, they know they're lying and they keep doing it.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Whoever would have thought a convicted felon wouldn't have a clue about running the finances of the richest nation on earth? 'Tis truly a mystery!
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'Worst ever': Data guru stunned as he calls new Trump news 'political nightmare fuel'
CNN's Harry Enten presented new data showing that Americans aren't buying President Donald Trump's assurances about the economy.The president insists on social media there's "almost no inflation" and ...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Whoever would have thought a convicted felon wouldn't have a clue about running the finances of the richest nation on earth? 'Tis truly a mystery!
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So...apparently you really can't fool all of the people all of the time?
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'Worst ever': Data guru stunned as he calls new Trump news 'political nightmare fuel'
CNN's Harry Enten presented new data showing that Americans aren't buying President Donald Trump's assurances about the economy.The president insists on social media there's "almost no inflation" and ...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
So...apparently you really can't fool all of the people all of the time?
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Roberts has made it pretty clear during the past few years that he's no judicial conservative. He's a judicial anarchist bent on fatally weakening the Constitution's separation of powers.
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John Roberts under pressure as Supreme Court leans toward 'first real blow to Trump': WSJ
Chief Justice John Roberts is under increasing scrutiny from court observers — with his legacy on the line — as he attempts to navigate a year filled with a “flood of lawsuits” filed by Donald Trump’s...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Roberts has made it pretty clear during the past few years that he's no judicial conservative. He's a judicial anarchist bent on fatally weakening the Constitution's separation of powers.
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Pedophiles have to look after each other, because no one else will. And release the Epstein files...
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Trump pardon helps child sex offender avoid prison despite guilty plea
A serial criminal avoided prison for child sex offenses thanks to President Donald Trump's pardon for his violent role in the Jan. 6 insurrection.Andrew Taake pleaded guilty in September to soliciting...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Pedophiles have to look after each other, because no one else will. And release the Epstein files...
www.rawstory.com/andrew-taake...
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Well, at least Dick Durbin has confirmed his political legacy as a whiny ineffective mediocre piece of shit who can't govern his way out of a wet paper bag, so he's got that going for him. What a constant embarrassment he's been for those of us saddled with him here in Illinois.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Well, at least Dick Durbin has confirmed his political legacy as a whiny ineffective mediocre piece of shit who can't govern his way out of a wet paper bag, so he's got that going for him. What a constant embarrassment he's been for those of us saddled with him here in Illinois.
Sorry for the Twitter link, but this is on-target. It's possible people are finally realizing Trump's neither a politician or a businessman; he's a run-of-the-mill New York extortionist who also happens to be increasingly delusional:
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November 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Sorry for the Twitter link, but this is on-target. It's possible people are finally realizing Trump's neither a politician or a businessman; he's a run-of-the-mill New York extortionist who also happens to be increasingly delusional:
x.com/Noahpinion/s...
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So...woke up this morning to see this on our deck--enough snow to track a cat. Since this is Nov. 10, according to my grandfather's weather wisdom, that means we'll have 10 snows this winter. Given global climate change, though, that's pretty doubtful...
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
So...woke up this morning to see this on our deck--enough snow to track a cat. Since this is Nov. 10, according to my grandfather's weather wisdom, that means we'll have 10 snows this winter. Given global climate change, though, that's pretty doubtful...
The 'scientific genius' who stole his greatest accomplishment...
This is a really remarkable piece of writing and in its particulars it describes so, so many people
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
The 'scientific genius' who stole his greatest accomplishment...
I wish the Bears would start playing whole games like they do the last two minutes. It would make my pacemaker and artificial aortic valve much happier.
November 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I wish the Bears would start playing whole games like they do the last two minutes. It would make my pacemaker and artificial aortic valve much happier.
Pro tip for D.C. Dems: You can't trust ANY deal you make with Trump or his GOP acolytes. He has broken every deal he's ever made and he'll force the GOP to do the same, assuming they wouldn't do it on their own. And by the way, Dems, you should ALREADY KNOW THIS!
November 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Pro tip for D.C. Dems: You can't trust ANY deal you make with Trump or his GOP acolytes. He has broken every deal he's ever made and he'll force the GOP to do the same, assuming they wouldn't do it on their own. And by the way, Dems, you should ALREADY KNOW THIS!
A master class on how the elite media manufactures hit pieces against the left/progressives in their never ending, ridiculously fruitless quest to be loved by the extreme right-wing:
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Prof. Peter Coviello shreds the NY Times
This is a beautifully crafted and scathing piece by Prof. Peter Coviello about the NY Times, taking it to task for its insidious "right-wing" tactics of trashing Democratic leaders. It also sheds ligh...
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November 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
A master class on how the elite media manufactures hit pieces against the left/progressives in their never ending, ridiculously fruitless quest to be loved by the extreme right-wing:
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
The question is, how can people this dumb reach such heights of power? We're being ruled and oppressed by morons:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
DHS head reportedly authorized purchase of 10 engineless Spirit Airlines planes that airline didn’t own
Wall Street Journal reports Kristi Noem arranged purchase to expand deportation flights and for personal travel
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November 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The question is, how can people this dumb reach such heights of power? We're being ruled and oppressed by morons:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Is it true Trump has stolen the Resolute Desk from the Oval Office and has taken it to his Mar-a-lago estate in Florida?
November 9, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Is it true Trump has stolen the Resolute Desk from the Oval Office and has taken it to his Mar-a-lago estate in Florida?
What people apparently didn't take away from Trump's speech after his escalator ride back in 2015 is that he thinks ALL Hispanic immigrants, documented or undocumented, are violent criminals. And Miller's exactly the same. To them, the worst of the worst are all of them.
November 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
What people apparently didn't take away from Trump's speech after his escalator ride back in 2015 is that he thinks ALL Hispanic immigrants, documented or undocumented, are violent criminals. And Miller's exactly the same. To them, the worst of the worst are all of them.
Pro tip to Hispanics: Trump's MAGA cultists don't hate your political issues. They frankly don't care about what you think or believe one way or another. What do is hate YOU, individually and severally, because of who you are.
November 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Pro tip to Hispanics: Trump's MAGA cultists don't hate your political issues. They frankly don't care about what you think or believe one way or another. What do is hate YOU, individually and severally, because of who you are.
If you're one of the remaining Republicans who isn't a racist religious bigot, you might want to consider joining a different political party:
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'Utterly deranged': MAGA lawmaker slammed for 'racist' AI attack on Dem elected mayor
Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) is under fire Friday after posting a lengthy video generated with artificial intelligence depicting New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani kissing Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
If you're one of the remaining Republicans who isn't a racist religious bigot, you might want to consider joining a different political party:
www.rawstory.com/zohran-mamda...
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Republicans could become politically successful if they'd quit basing their entire philosophy around enthusiastically punishing vulnerable people. The Golden Rule is actually a pretty effective political philosophy. Instead, they insist on being as bad as they can be. It's really quite sad.
November 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Republicans could become politically successful if they'd quit basing their entire philosophy around enthusiastically punishing vulnerable people. The Golden Rule is actually a pretty effective political philosophy. Instead, they insist on being as bad as they can be. It's really quite sad.