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mechanical engineer (retired)
defender of American democracy
independent voter NC-11
defender of American democracy
independent voter NC-11
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Rep. Liz Cheney to Republicans: 'Your Dishonor Will Remain'
YouTube video by NowThis Impact
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"I say this to my Republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible: There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain."
--Liz Cheney
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--Liz Cheney
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1) Was CBS removal of the "60 minutes" segment that featured stories of the migrants Trump deported to the brutal CECOT prison in El Salvador an editorial decision or a political one?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Report Was Pulled Off the Air. Now It’s on the Internet.
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
1) Was CBS removal of the "60 minutes" segment that featured stories of the migrants Trump deported to the brutal CECOT prison in El Salvador an editorial decision or a political one?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/b...
In 1776 Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Ben Franklin crafted a sentence that would hold up as our country's aspiration 250 years later.
"The Greatest Sentence Ever Written" by Walter Isaacson.
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
"The Greatest Sentence Ever Written" by Walter Isaacson.
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Walter Isaacson discusses ‘The Greatest Sentence Ever Written’— Harvard Gazette
New book takes as focus “greatest sentence ever written,” how it may help a riven nation recall common values.
news.harvard.edu
December 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
In 1776 Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Ben Franklin crafted a sentence that would hold up as our country's aspiration 250 years later.
"The Greatest Sentence Ever Written" by Walter Isaacson.
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
"The Greatest Sentence Ever Written" by Walter Isaacson.
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
From the Marie Antoinette Ballroom to the Walk of Fame, our Mad King wants the WH to rival Sadam Hussein's Palace, incorporating the occupant's image and reflecting his grandeur.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
Presidential History, According to Trump
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
From the Marie Antoinette Ballroom to the Walk of Fame, our Mad King wants the WH to rival Sadam Hussein's Palace, incorporating the occupant's image and reflecting his grandeur.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
1)While some lawmakers see evidence of criminal liability in the unedited video of the 2nd boat strike that killed survivors on Sept 2, Trump loyalists are attemting to block public access. Classified data can be redacted, so what are they hiding?
December 18, 2025 at 3:05 AM
1)While some lawmakers see evidence of criminal liability in the unedited video of the 2nd boat strike that killed survivors on Sept 2, Trump loyalists are attemting to block public access. Classified data can be redacted, so what are they hiding?
Masked men wearing ICE vests presenting no warrant threaten lives of construction workers in sub-zero temperatures.
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Apparent ICE operation targeting 2 men on roof in Chanhassen draws crowd of protestors
A crowd gathered in Chanhassen on Saturday, where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were reportedly trying to arrest someone on the roof of a building.
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December 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Masked men wearing ICE vests presenting no warrant threaten lives of construction workers in sub-zero temperatures.
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Trump administration policy on boat strike survivors cannot survive the scrutiny of the US criminal justice system, and they know it. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Trump administration policy on boat strike survivors cannot survive the scrutiny of the US criminal justice system, and they know it. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
If you are a member of the WH press corps, but not "the most obnoxious reporter in the whole place", then you are not doing your job.
Trump to ABC's Rachel Scott: "You are the most obnoxious reporter in the whole place. Let me just tell you -- you are an obnoxious-- a terrible reporter. And it's always the same thing with you. I told you."
December 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
If you are a member of the WH press corps, but not "the most obnoxious reporter in the whole place", then you are not doing your job.
Girl scares playground bully. So what else is new?
Smart, confident women terrify him.
December 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Girl scares playground bully. So what else is new?
Reposted
Why are the richest people the biggest heartless dicks to the people in desperate circumstances?
You will have to face your creator someday who clearly said “what you do to the least of these you do to me”
I used to like Phil. Saudi sellout
You will have to face your creator someday who clearly said “what you do to the least of these you do to me”
I used to like Phil. Saudi sellout
December 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Why are the richest people the biggest heartless dicks to the people in desperate circumstances?
You will have to face your creator someday who clearly said “what you do to the least of these you do to me”
I used to like Phil. Saudi sellout
You will have to face your creator someday who clearly said “what you do to the least of these you do to me”
I used to like Phil. Saudi sellout
There will come a day when Trump is gone. But Brett Kavanaugh's dishonor will remain.
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
There will come a day when Trump is gone. But Brett Kavanaugh's dishonor will remain.
Nice clip. Love watching these strong female reporters trigger the weak and narcissistic bully.
Real men don’t punch down, and they especially don’t punch down at women.
This mashup of Trump’s disgusting attacks on female reporters — the same reporters who consistently show the most courage. And it’s past time for the other reporters in the room to have their backs!
This mashup of Trump’s disgusting attacks on female reporters — the same reporters who consistently show the most courage. And it’s past time for the other reporters in the room to have their backs!
December 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Nice clip. Love watching these strong female reporters trigger the weak and narcissistic bully.
"You had six members of Congress openly encourage members of the military to disobey orders of this President..."
Graham knows that is a lie.
They counseled members of the military to disobey ILLEGAL orders. As a former JAG attorney, Graham knows this as well as anyone.
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Graham knows that is a lie.
They counseled members of the military to disobey ILLEGAL orders. As a former JAG attorney, Graham knows this as well as anyone.
youtu.be/O8JdgyUnyro?...
Lindsey Graham: Trump Saying Dems' Behavior Was 'Punishable By DEATH' Was 'Over The Top'
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
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November 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
"You had six members of Congress openly encourage members of the military to disobey orders of this President..."
Graham knows that is a lie.
They counseled members of the military to disobey ILLEGAL orders. As a former JAG attorney, Graham knows this as well as anyone.
youtu.be/O8JdgyUnyro?...
Graham knows that is a lie.
They counseled members of the military to disobey ILLEGAL orders. As a former JAG attorney, Graham knows this as well as anyone.
youtu.be/O8JdgyUnyro?...
When the President calls for the execution of legislators reminding members of the Armed Forces that their oath of service requires them to refuse illegal orders, and that their loyalty is owed not to the President but to the Constitution, America's constitional crisis has arrived.
This is a new and dire development in the ongoing American constitutional crisis. The voters, Congress, and, yes, the U.S. military must all now be more vigilant than at any time in our modern history.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The President Is Losing Control of Himself
Donald Trump’s outbursts on social media this week were different than usual.
www.theatlantic.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:52 AM
When the President calls for the execution of legislators reminding members of the Armed Forces that their oath of service requires them to refuse illegal orders, and that their loyalty is owed not to the President but to the Constitution, America's constitional crisis has arrived.
Trump's plan, as outlined, effectively amounts to a capitulation by Ukraine.
www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...
www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...
Trump’s 28-Point Peace Plan Will Invite the Next War
The Trump administration’s leaked “peace plan” hands Moscow strategic victories, forces Ukraine to swallow unilateral concessions, and sets the stage for a deadlier future war.
www.americanprogress.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Trump's plan, as outlined, effectively amounts to a capitulation by Ukraine.
www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...
www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...
Sen. Chuck Shumer: "Let’s be crystal clear, the President of the United States is calling for the execution of elected officials."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Trump Accuses Democrats of Sedition, ‘Punishable by Death,’ Over Message to the Military
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Sen. Chuck Shumer: "Let’s be crystal clear, the President of the United States is calling for the execution of elected officials."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Welcome to the world of Mike Pence and many others Marge.
November 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Welcome to the world of Mike Pence and many others Marge.
Jon Voight says Trump should "terminate" Mamdani's mayorality "immediately".
So Mr. Voight, the constitution that protects New York citizens' right to pick their mayor in a free and fair election, as well as your right to express that opinion, is secondary to exactly what system of government?
So Mr. Voight, the constitution that protects New York citizens' right to pick their mayor in a free and fair election, as well as your right to express that opinion, is secondary to exactly what system of government?
Actor Jon Voight calls on Trump to “terminate immediately” the mayoralty of Mamdani because he’s going to turn NYC into “a forbidden place of darkness” and a “refugee shelter for the radical Muslim ideology.”
November 16, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Jon Voight says Trump should "terminate" Mamdani's mayorality "immediately".
So Mr. Voight, the constitution that protects New York citizens' right to pick their mayor in a free and fair election, as well as your right to express that opinion, is secondary to exactly what system of government?
So Mr. Voight, the constitution that protects New York citizens' right to pick their mayor in a free and fair election, as well as your right to express that opinion, is secondary to exactly what system of government?
Armed, masked ICE agents terrorize children entering a Chicago day care center despite signage indicating it is a private business, and despite not presenting any judicial warrant.
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Armed ICE officers chase teacher into preschool in Chicago
The arrest appears to be one of the first in which immigration officers entered school grounds as part of an enforcement operation during Trump’s second administration.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Armed, masked ICE agents terrorize children entering a Chicago day care center despite signage indicating it is a private business, and despite not presenting any judicial warrant.
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Who is going to tell Trump the Article 3 branch interprets the law, not the Article 2 branch?
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US judges say Trump administration must pay Snap food benefits
In two separate rulings, US judges said the plan to cut off Snap food benefits for millions of Americans is likely unlawful.
bbc.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Who is going to tell Trump the Article 3 branch interprets the law, not the Article 2 branch?
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Reposted
This was published one year ago. Everything is, sadly, true today.
October 30, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This was published one year ago. Everything is, sadly, true today.
Scrubbed from the edited sentencing memo: Trump published the Obama address on social media.Taranto re-posted Trump, and livestreamed from his van as he drove through Obama’s neighborhood.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/30/p...
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‘Orwellian’: Current and former prosecutors alarmed after DOJ scrubs mentions of Trump and January 6 from court records | CNN Politics
The Justice Department’s decision to sideline two US attorneys and remove mentions of Donald Trump and the US Capitol attack from court papers before the sentencing of a pardoned January 6 rioter is b...
www.cnn.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Scrubbed from the edited sentencing memo: Trump published the Obama address on social media.Taranto re-posted Trump, and livestreamed from his van as he drove through Obama’s neighborhood.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/30/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/30/p...
Trump's DoJ is coddling violent right-wing extremists by punishing the prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
DOJ puts 2 federal prosecutors on leave after they described 'mob of rioters' on Jan. 6
The language was used in a sentencing memo for Taylor Taranto, a Jan. 6 defendant who was separately convicted of weapons charges after he showed up near Barack Obama’s home in 2023.
www.nbcnews.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Trump's DoJ is coddling violent right-wing extremists by punishing the prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
"With his every word and deed, Trump has given Americans reason to believe that he will seek a third term, in defiance of the Constitution. It seems abundantly clear that he will hold on to the office at any cost, including America’s ruin."
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
President for Life
Donald Trump is trying to amass the powers of a king.
www.theatlantic.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
"With his every word and deed, Trump has given Americans reason to believe that he will seek a third term, in defiance of the Constitution. It seems abundantly clear that he will hold on to the office at any cost, including America’s ruin."
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis orders U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino to appear in court daily for the next week and to wear a body camera after chastising him over his agency's frequent use of force and tear gas during enforcement actions.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Top US border official to face judge in Chicago over use of tear gas
A federal judge has summoned a top U.S. Border Patrol official leading President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in Chicago to appear in court on Tuesday, after a video appeared to show him deploying tear gas potentially in violation of a court order limiting its use against protesters.
www.reuters.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis orders U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino to appear in court daily for the next week and to wear a body camera after chastising him over his agency's frequent use of force and tear gas during enforcement actions.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
If Trump's federal agents are making America great, why do they wear masks? If they are defending American values, why don't they proudly identify themselves?
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ICE Agents Tear Gas Angry Chicago Residents Following Construction Worker's Arrest
YouTube video by New York Post
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October 28, 2025 at 3:40 AM
If Trump's federal agents are making America great, why do they wear masks? If they are defending American values, why don't they proudly identify themselves?
youtu.be/HCLoYIknrBE?...
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