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US S.Ct Bar member; Pres of Basa Village Foundation and Indiana Scientech foundation; Director of Indy Peace & Justice Ctr and Sponsor of IN ACLU Internship Program; author of America's Existential Crisis http://jeffreyrasley.com/
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Now that the water level of the White #River has dropped below flood stage, the critters have come back. These photos only capture some of them: groundhog, turkey vulture, turtles, & a pair of mallard ducks.

Explaining why Trumpists are mean: They "want to make sure their supporters see the meanness and can rely on it always being there for them...when it comes to positioning in a cult that values directionless aggression, it is sadly productive." indianacitizen.org/leppert-comm...

A truthy story about a #Hoosier #hippie encountering racists, mobsters, #Christian cultists, a #VooDoo priestess, #NOLA aristocrats, and an alligator hunter in the deep South in 1972 www.amazon.com/dp/B0CPVR4TLJ

#fascist leaders demand absolute personal loyalty. Another example of Trump's fascism: The commander of a U.S. base in Greenland was fired after she sent an email defending the base’s relationship with Denmark and Greenland apnews.com/article/gree...

#SupremeCourt stands up to Trump by ruling that the administration must work to bring back #KilmarAbregoGarcia a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador. apnews.com/article/supr...

How strong are #nepali porters? I could barely stand up with the load men half my size can carry all day. www.amazon.com/dp/B0C1J7KTHK

The government loses another principled employee: #IRS acting commissioner is resigning over deal to send immigrants’ tax data to ICE apnews.com/article/irs-...

We've been watching the White #River rising for the last week. Yesterday, I saw a big white barrel drifting by. What is left of our kayak dock has survived so far. But we are much luckier than the many people whose homes have been flooded.

#podcast about the difference between religion & spirituality, balancing selflessness and selfishness, and what I've learned from the Rai people of #nepal. (Nature tried to intervene as a windstorm blew up while we were recording.) voicesofmisery.podbean.com/e/nerd-and-n...

The lesson Americans did not learn from Trump's first term... www.downwithtyranny.com/post/trump-a...

Trump says he’s not backing down on tariffs. "Stupid is as stupid does." Forrest Gump apnews.com/article/trum...

It's no surprise that Trump & Muskrat don't give a damn about #hiking trails. Can you imagine either of them hiking? apnews.com/article/paci...

#Renaissance of Goshen, #Indiana after the era when The Rats ruled the playground at Parkside School @NuvoIndy www.nuvo.net/arts/jeff-ra...

Finally, some law firms are standing up to Trump, instead of bending the knee. www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

Advice on how not to go insane while Trump destroys much of what is good about America - continue to live true to your values - www.amazon.com/GODLESS-Livi...

A terrible day for #Humanity - April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King assassinated in Memphis apnews.com/today-in-his...

When will our "good Christian" friends blame the devastating storms and stock market crash on the demonic Trump?

The #Senate passed a resolution Wednesday night that should thwart Trump’s ability to impose #tariffs on #Canada . OMG! 4 #Senaterepublicans voted for it. apnews.com/article/cong...

This article in the #Indy -based arts/culture mag Nuvo is so complimentary one might think my mom wrote it. But it's actually written by a beloved long-time local literary critic, Rita Kohn, who is almost as old as my mom. www.nuvo.net/arts/jeff-ra...

I was in Rome to witness the 50th anniversary of Liberation Day, and watched old veterans of WWII march proudly up to the Vatican. Trump's use of the term debases it.

Poppy Cat's current favorite place to catnap.