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I am passionate about democracy, equality, public education and the ethics of those in elected office. I am inspired by Ukraine and all who fight authoritarianism. I enjoy travel, history, new tech, old cars, music & golf. Yes, I have dry sense of humor.
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Putting up a few thoughts on the latest tariff swerve paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-trump-...

#History #Plato #Democracy #Autocracy #Tyranny Consider it a warning from 2400 years ago.

Good to see Eric Holder stepping out and stepping up.

#USPolitics #Trump #Unfit #MentalHealth “An eye-opening analysis of Trump by leading US mental health professionals and Republican strategists, on the record for the record.” Science. Truth. “Duty to Warn.” Streaming now on YouTube.

Watch AOC speak in Los Angeles today… On AOC and Bernie’s Fight Oligarchy tour… youtu.be/wPQy-Z8tKjw?...

As Passover begins, I am reposting my open letter to Elon Musk. I wrote it in response to his attacks on me and his suggestion that I suffer from “generational trauma.” It has been the most viral piece I have ever written and I continue to be moved by the positive feedback. Thanks and Happy Pesach!

#History #Plato #Democracy #Autocracy #Tyranny Consider it a warning from 2400 years ago.

#TheTrumpZone #Economy #Tariffs #USPolitics #GOP #Republicans #Trump #MAGA You're traveling through another dimension – a dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind. A journey into a chaotic land, one whose economy is being destroyed by a greedy madman. Your next stop: The Trump Zone

#USPolitics #GOP #Republicans #Trump #MAGA #Economy #Tariffs Running government "like a business" isn't working out very well for America.

#USPolitics #Trump #Unfit #MentalHealth “An eye-opening analysis of Trump by leading US mental health professionals and Republican strategists, on the record for the record.” Science. Truth. “Duty to Warn.” Streaming now on YouTube.

#ClassicRock #LedZeppelin #JohnBonham Hey Led Zeppelin fans, The only known bass drumhead featuring John Bonham’s personal symbol is up for auction until April 17. Online bids are currently being accepted on the Heritage Auctions Entertainment website. Current bid $21,000 USD. entertainment.ha.com

#Economy #Tariffs #USPolitics #GOP #Republicans #Trump #MAGA This is fine. I'm fine.

#USPolitics #GOP #Republicans #Trump #MAGA #Dementia #MentalHealth Predicting the behavior of a sociopath with dementia will be tricky. "Unlike normal aging, which is characterized by forgetting names or words, Trump repeatedly shows something very different: confusion about reality"

#USPolitics #GOP #Republicans #Trump #MAGA #Racism Tell it like it is. "You simply do not get to support a racist without being one yourself, and Trump is the most notorious bigot of our times. [Racism] is the sickening secret sauce to his political success"

#SouthCarolina #USPolitics #GOP #Republicans #Trump #Fascism #MAGA #CapitalPunishment #Theocracy #Evangelicals #Religion #Christianity Trump and his Republican allies have taken the country 100 years back in time. What would Jesus say about the state-sanctioned killing of a felon?

#USPolitics #GOP #Republicans #Trump #MAGA #ElonMusk If government employees confront the Trump Administration, or their hatchet man Elon Musk, explaining the action is breaking the law or violating the Constitution, you will be fired.

#USPolitics #GOP #Republicans #Trump #MAGA Rachel Maddow is still worth watching, this segment more than most. Video on youtube if you are boycotting MSNBC.

#USPolitics #GOP #Republicans #Trump #MAGA He voted for Trump three times. Black Americans for Trump were fools & idiots.

#Theocracy #Evangelicals #Religion #Christianity #ChristianNationalists #USPolitics #GOP #Republicans #Trump #MAGA #ElonMusk Not the Sunday School lessons I remember. 😳 Elon Musk (an atheist BTW) and Evangelical leaders are calling *empathy* like Jesus taught us "sinful," "toxic," and "satanic."

#USPolitics #GOP #Republicans #Trump #MAGA #NorthCarolina #Democracy #Fascism This is a story we must all keep up with. Republicans are testing a strategy in North Carolina they will implement in every Republican state and nationally if successful.

#Whistleblower #Whistleblowers #DOGE #ElonMusk #USPolitics #GOP #Republicans #Trump #MAGA One must be brave to become a whistleblower in the Trump Era. And fuck Elon Musk.

#USPolitics #GOP #Republicans #Trump #MAGA "Flood The Zone" Sloppy, unprofessional & reckless. Even if you agree with what Republicans are trying to do, this is simply bad governing.

#USPolitics #GOP #Republicans #Trump #MAGA Disrespecting the flag. Olympic grade ass kissing. Nauseating on so many levels. 😡 🤮

#USPolitics #GOP #Republicans #Trump #MAGA #Tariffs "Flood the Zone" Every move made by Republicans has one of two goals; First, to stay in power. Second, to make themselves and their billionaire donors even richer.

#SocialSecurity #DOGE #ElonMusk #Twitter #USPolitics #GOP #Republicans #Trump #MAGA Social Security will be a nightmare from here on. This is GOP sabotage & crony capitalism. Never let anyone blame Democrats for the problems they experience with Social Security. This is 100% on Republicans.

#Insurance #Healthcare #Medicare Need another reason to hate insurance companies? “Prior authorization,” had been granted. But Blue Cross argued in court, while they recognized that the procedure was medically necessary, authorization was “not a guarantee of payment.”

#Travel #USPolitics #GOP #Republicans #Trump #MAGA Sadly, it won't be the average MAGA voter who travels abroad.

#Immigration #Border #USPolitics #GOP #Republicans #Trump #MAGA Cashing In: Unexpected winners in The Trump Era

#USPolitics #GOP #Republicans #Trump #MAGA #Tech #Technology #Economy #Tariffs Tech CEOs get payback for kissing Trump's... uh... ring.

#USPolitics #Law #Lawfare #GOP #Republicans #Trump #MAGA "MORE THAN 500 ASSOCIATES and staff at a top global law firm sent a letter Friday morning urging the firm’s leadership not to enter into a consent agreement with Donald Trump as the White House ramps up its targeting of the legal profession."

#USPolitics #GOP #Republicans #Trump #MAGA #Border #Immigration #Pentagon Friday News Dump "President Donald Trump sent a memorandum to four federal department heads Friday night instructing them to allow the military to use and take jurisdiction of federal land along the US-Mexico border."

#Genocide #Terrorism #Antisemitic #Israel #Netanyahu #Gaza #Hamas #Palestine #Politics #War #USPolitics #GOP #Republicans #Trump #MAGA The predictable outcome of helping Trump win. 😔

#Signalgate #Hegseth #MikeWaltz #History #Trump #USPolitics #MSM #Media Notice how fast the Signalgate scandal faded from the headlines? Republicans use "Flood the Zone" because it works.

#Media #MSM #USPolitics #GOP #Republicans #Trump #MAGA #Democracy #Fascism The best political coverage in media is now coming from outside the United States. Check out the brilliant commentary from Michael de Adder, Editorial Cartoonist, Halifax Chronicle Herald/The Globe. www.deadder.net/home

#RedCaesar #Theocracy #Trump #MAGA #Republicans #GOP #Fascism #Evangelicals #ChristianNationalists #WhiteNationalists Recognize their lingo, dogwhistles, the rightwing code words. “Red Caesar” A belief that the U.S. can be redeemed by a Caesar – an authoritarian, white "Christian" dictatorship.

#Theocracy #Evangelicals #Religion #Christianity #Fundamentalists #ChristianNationalists #WhiteNationalists #USPolitics #GOP #Republicans #Trump #MAGA #Tennessee This didn't get enough national coverage. Christian nationalists see rural Jackson County, Tennessee as a soft target, easily controlled.

#History #OTD #OnThisDay On this day in 1861, the the #AmericanCivilWar began. Fort Sumter, #Charleston Harbor, #SouthCarolina was attacked by the Confederacy. It was the bloodiest war in U.S. history, 620,000 military deaths and a high number of civilian casualties due to disease and starvation.

#USPolitics #Law #Fasicsm #Trump #MAGA #Republicans #GOP #SOCTUS #SupremeCourt #Immunity #Democracy Trump is weighing his options. Appraising the strength of his loyalists in the Pentagon & law enforcement, and asking himself is now the time to claim he the absolute leader above justice & courts?

#TheTrumpZone #Economy #Tariffs #USPolitics #GOP #Republicans #Trump #MAGA You're traveling through another dimension – a dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind. A journey into a chaotic land, one whose economy is being destroyed by a greedy madman. Your next stop: The Trump Zone

#USPolitics #GOP #Republicans #Trump #MAGA #Economy #Tariffs Running government "like a business" isn't working out very well for America.