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Retired IT Mgt. Love family, travel, books, music and democracy. Very concerned about our country and future. 📎 Psalm 109:8
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Time: “There’s zero deals so far.” Trump: “I’ve made 200 deals.” Time: “Can you share with who?” Trump: “The deal is a deal that I choose.” 🤷🏼‍♂️ So the “Art of the Deal” is apparently you just say there are deals? time.com/7280114/dona...

NEW: Democrats stood down on an effort to ban Maryland sheriffs from joining ICE's 287(g) program, which empowers sheriff's deputies to act like ICE agents. GOP sheriffs are rushing to join this ICE program, and Dems came close to stopping then. But they then gutted the bill with 20 minutes to go.

Another "mistake" - "The wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, was forced to move to a safe house with her children, after the government posted their home address to social media." newrepublic.com/post/194289/...

This is where we are headed.

As part of their plan to GUT the science mission at NASA, Trump and Musk want to cancel the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — a critical project that is on time, under budget, and nearly finished. They want to flush those taxpayer dollars down the drain. How is THAT efficient?

"'She’s a very talented scientist with huge potential … the capacity to be the best of the best,' he said..." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

WATCH: “Dennis, why did you claim 400,000 students have applied for vouchers when the process doesn’t even open until May?” 🤥 Rep. Dennis Powers just blatantly lied to Tennessee Conservative News and their audience. So we asked him about it. 🤷🏻

"The FDA is suspending a quality control program for testing milk and other dairy products due to reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division... Another disruption to food safety programs after the termination and departure of 20,000 HHS employees..." www.reuters.com/business/hea...

This tweet — sent several weeks ago — by acting US Attorney for DC Ed Martin is being spotlighted by Senate Democrats who are trying to stop his confirmation. “Trump’s lawyers”.. not “Americans’ lawyers”

The Golden Age of Corruption

Pete Hegseth shared details of Yemen strike in another Signal chat including his wife and brother, sources say www.cbsnews.com/news/pete-he...

So are we still more upset about Diverse, but qualified, yet presumed unqualified hires, than DUI hires? (Asking for anyone who cares about US National Security) Pete Hegseth needs to go for the safety of the United States & the allies that we still have.

"Unlike the chat in which The Atlantic was included, the newly revealed one was created by Hegseth. Named “Defense | Team Huddle,” it included his wife and about a dozen other people.... He used his private phone, not his government one, to access the Signal chat." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...

Remember the 6 men who forcibly removed Dr. Teresa Borrenphol from the Coeur d'Alene town hall? They’ve been arrested and charged! www.kivitv.com/news/six-men...

In case anyone is wondering

Golden!

We have two Supreme Court Justices—Thomas & Alito—who have come out of the closet about their contempt for the Constitution.

ICYMI — as seen on Maddow, a DOGE whistleblower says they took sensitive data about Americans from NLRB, and left security wide open — Russians tried to go in, with the new passwords, within minutes. 🧵: x.com/mattjay/stat...

ICYMI — Trump posted this photoshopped pic as *proof* of Garcia’s MS-13 tattoos. Outrageous behavior from a president. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

The Supreme Court intervenes, halting a next round of Alien Enemies Act deportations, pending 5th circuit appeals court review 7-2 Justices Alito and Thomas dissent

The modern US Republican Party may be the most openly, brazenly, and shamelessly hypocritical group of people to have ever existed in human history.

Bondi is escalating the rhetoric against Abrego Garcia, who she calls "one of the top MS-13 members" and "a terrorist"

I don't know who still needs to hear this, but Trumpolini is a traitor to the republic and a known Russian asset. He should not be trusted.

Sickening — Trump’s AG Pam Bondi says #KilmarAbregoGarcia’s wife and child are better off without him. This is the party of “family values”? Grotesque.

"the changes to the website and the errors it contains suggest that DOGE not only continues to overstate the amount of money it claims to be saving taxpayers, but it is also making basic mistakes" www.notus.org/policy/doge-...

"Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst gets her first Democratic challenger for 2026 "Nathan Sage touts his background as a veteran, mechanic and sports radio host, pushing for a party that 'people like me will actually want to be a part of'..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/202... youtu.be/wOYyZYSn_vg?...

WATCH: Rep. @vincentdixiefortn.bsky.social calls out “Deputy Whips” @aronmaberry & @leereevestn for posting pics with… ACTUAL WHIPS 😳, with Johnny Garrett— And their @tnhousegop caucus for not stopping them (Related: Garrett is ☠️ the human rights commission, and Maberry is on an anti-DEI crusade)

Cinco de Mayo parades in Chicago, Philadelphia, and San Jose have been canceled due to organizers' concerns about ICE raids and anti-immigrant sentiment, as community members fear attending.

It gets worse Every moment of Every DAY

no criminal record no gang ties no tattoos active pending asylum case **19 years old** sent by trump to prison (forever?) in el salvador www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Throw up protectionist trade barriers that hurt farmers, then bail out farmers with government handouts. MAGA Socialism.

ANOTHER ONE! Donald Trump didn’t just deport Albrego Garcia to a foreign torture prison—he deported a Venezuelan teenager who wasn’t even the intended target. His name is Merwil Gutiérrez. He wasn’t in a gang. He wasn’t a threat. And even Trump’s own administration admitted he wasn't the target.

Add a paperclip emoji to your bio! 📎

Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment. By @tchristianmiller.bsky.social

Correct.

"Its first target was Columbia. When that school acceded to the administration’s demands, it didn’t get its funding back. Instead, Trump is considering demanding that Columbia agree to direct government oversight — effectively, a takeover of the university..." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...

NEW: The Supreme Court is creating a due process gap through the redistribution of rights. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-suprem...

Its true that America citizens can’t legally be deported. It’s equally clear that this administration doesn’t care about what the law says. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Grabbed at his appointment to become a citizen. Is this who we are? 😕🇺🇸