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Retired agricultural scientist. Hobbies: bird watching, fishing, hiking, biking, orchids, cooking, and gardening. Political centrist. Issues: climate change, democracy, the Rule of Law, disinformation, identity politics
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This is true. One set of ethics rules for government workers and no rules at all for the Trump family. The name for this is bribery. Our government policy is for sale.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Rampant corruption

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Said every tRumpette everywhere….in unison….

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

NPR's statement in response to Trump's executive order: "This is not about balancing the federal budget. The appropriation for public broadcasting, including NPR and PBS, represents less than 0.0001% of the federal budget." www.npr.org/2025/05/02/g...

submitted 22 days ago • 8 comments

Elon Musk is now the leading threat to planetary survival. He must be treated as such.

submitted 26 days ago • 17 comments

Canada, too, can be owned by a corrupt, evil, but stupid, dictator!

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

"the most brazenly corrupt thing a President has ever done"

submitted 30 days ago • 14 comments

submitted 32 days ago • 38 comments

Intuit donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration. He's now planning to end the free IRS Direct File program. Apple donated $1M. Trump exempted most of Apple’s imports from tariffs. Coinbase donated $1M. Trump’s SEC dropped a major lawsuit against them. See how this works?

submitted 33 days ago • 218 comments

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

submitted 34 days ago • 182 comments

Who do you blame for the war? Trump: “Joe Biden” Why is Russia murdering children? Trump: Biden Why won’t you deliver Patriot systems? Trump: Biden Why won’t Russia agree to a ceasefire? Trump: Biden Why can’t you easily broker a peace deal like you promised? Trump: Biden

submitted 36 days ago • 349 comments

I am calling for a total and complete shutdown of detainees being removed from the United States to foreign prisons until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on.

submitted 40 days ago • 527 comments

If you want hire a law firm that will cave to corrupt pressure and undermine our legal system, these Trump toady firms are for you. If not, BOYCOTT. Kirkland & Ellis Latham & Watkins Skadden, Arps Simpson Thacher Paul Weiss Milbank Willkie Farr Shearman Cadwalader

submitted 39 days ago • 5 comments

Trump abrogating the First Amendment in Real Time.

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

Conflict of interest corruption

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

It's hair-on-fire time! Trump is corruptly weaponizing the Department of Justice to attack his enemies. The President is supposed to leave DOJ alone to do their jobs "without fear or favor". Trump is the most corrupt President in American history.

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

Isn’t it weird how quiet all those “weaponization of government” yahoos get when Donald Trump personally orders his DOJ to go after people who criticized him?

submitted 44 days ago • 148 comments

Rupert Murdock owns this shit show

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

We often look back on the seminal moments in our history and wonder "What would I have done?" This is our moment. This is our time. We must stand up. We must speak out. We must do everything we can to stop a President who has every intention of destroying our democracy.

submitted 47 days ago • 2803 comments

Our international reputation is already gone in less than 90 days of Trump.

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

Canada's own Neil Young. Keep on rocking in the free world Neil. #handsoff #elbowsup

submitted 48 days ago • 487 comments

One man just wiped out $10 trillion in wealth, is destroying centuries-old legal protections, and seems determined to unravel humanity’s greatest public health achievement. In 3 months. I don’t know how we get out of this. But if we do, one person can never have that kind of power again.

submitted 48 days ago • 1691 comments