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Married. Former percussionist, member Chicago Civic Orchestra, Reform Rabbi, Navy Chaplain, State Hospital Chaplain, Clinical Psychologist. Hockey fan.
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The American president is not a world leader but a troll, a mischief maker, an international pariah.

It's 1969 and the pablum sounding "Conservative Club" at Bradley University has invited Kenneth Goff to speak on campus. Goff, a "conservative minister," runs a paramilitary training camp in Colorado for Klansmen and neo-Nazis. The young "conservative" who invited Goff was Wayne Lutton who.....

The “anti-fraud” tools that DOGE installed for the Social Security Administration’s phone service slowed claim processing by 25% and ended up reporting a true fraud rate of less than 0.000018% Elon Musk and the President claimed it was 40% www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...

“I find it unconscionable that someone could step up to serve, voluntarily, in our military and be willing to sacrifice their life for our country only to have their families torn apart.” This article first appeared @thewarhorsenews.bsky.social

Black immigrants are disproportionately harmed by exclusionary immigration policies and are continuously erased from the broader immigration discourse.

'Phone doesn’t stop ringing!' Pardon market booms under Trump https://twp.ai/4ioXcp

When does the “great” part start?

Recent polls show the majority of American Jews oppose deportations without due process—because we know they don’t make us safer.

An American president who was a Russian asset would act very similarly. Or maybe...

The rights of freedom of speech and freedom to protest disappear when there are sanctions for the exercise of those constitutionally guaranteed rights. This is an obvious violation of the Constitution, and an effort to turn America into a tyrannical dictatorship

They might describe it as a formality, but changing VA treatment rules to allow discrimination based on marital status and/or party affiliation (anything not protected by law) is creating another loophole that MAGA will exploit, like every other one they can find www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

All 55 U.S. attorneys general have signed on to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family over their role in the opioid crisis. The agreement ends the Sacklers’ control of Purdue, bans them from selling opioids, and releases 30M+ internal documents. Historic.

American Bar Association sues Trump Admin to halt government intimidation of lawyers and law firms. www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

BREAKING: The American Bar Association has sued the Trump administration on behalf of its members to put an end to Donald Trump's law firm intimidation project, calling Trump's efforts "unprecedented and uniquely dangerous to the rule of law." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

More "make me great again."

“For 2nd time this yr, fed govt’s top watchdog concluded #Trump admin violated law by wholding $ Congress already approved. This time, GAO found Trump admin flouted the law by clawing back federal cash Congress enacted to support libraries, archives and museums” www.politico.com/live-updates...

Hey there Scott Walker. I noticed you deleted this after learning that in fact the shooter was from the right. I don’t think it matters either way, violence is violence, so I’m waiting for you to tweet the same thing with corrected facts? Cuz you’re uh, to use your words, “being silent.”

#TrumpParadeFail REPOST: Spread it all over the internet !!

IF YOU DIDN’T HEAR ANY OF THIS IT IS BECAUSE YOU WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO. PUTIN DID NOT WANT YOU TO, EITHER. READ THESE THINGS NOW. LOOK AT HER FACE. READ HER CASE. ALL THE COUNTLESS OTHERS. HE IS A PEDOPHILE FELON RAPIST ABUSER PUTIN PUPPET. GET THEM ALL OUT.

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They is us. We pay. Americans pay. This piece of shit.

MSNBC reporter in gas mask in Los Angeles: I think it was Sheriffs deploying CS gas, tear gas, pepper spray, and flash bang grenades in large numbers. Mounted units pushing against protesters.., every single gathering I saw today was 100% peaceful

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I think Newsom should make an announcement that he’s tired of red states taking advantage of California and it’s time to make a deal to reduce the deficit between them and pay more. I mean, MAGA backed Trump’s tariffs when he made that claim about the trade deficit with other countries, so…

Sen. Adam Schiff Called Out Trump's Militarization Of Los Angeles, Defended Sen. Alex Padilla https://twp.ai/4ioYSX

Texas and Florida have more undocumented people than most places, but they voted for Trump, hence the law doesn't apply to them. The ICE operation is focused only on cities with Democrats as leaders. It is a political and not a national security operation.

Donald Trump was *humiliated* yesterday. Make no mistake, a man with such a brittle ego will lash out at innocent people to pretend he controls the narrative. He doesn't. We do.

🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: Vance Boelter, the right-wing Trump loving murderer has been apprehended! www.kaaltv.com/news/vance-b...

Minnesota Assassin Terrorist was a batshit crazy Trump voter. I knew it. Domestic Trump Terrorist

Facts matter.

I'm trying to imagine a Democratic president saying openly and proudly that he would be sending federal agents to target the 'Republican Power Center' in Texas, Florida, and Tennessee. We would be in the midst of a civil war before he'd finished saying those words.

Two of the three states with the largest population of people in the U.S. illegally are the red states of Texas and Florida. Trump, notably, does not name their cities when calling on ICE to execute more aggressive immigration raids. He does, however, name LA, Chicago and New York.

The right wing claims that: 1. Both Trump assassination attempts were done by the left 2. The Minnesota assassin is a member of the left On both LIES we must push back HARD. Because the TRUTH IS: 1. Both Trump assassins were Trump voters 2. The Minnesota assassin is a right wing extremist

(📣) UPDATE: Hi all, I’ve now added so much new content to this. Many new photos from new locations (see the top of the archive); improved photos for existing locations; a very long and critical Coda at the end of the report; a new sidebar (on right-wing violence) in the first section; and much more.

The idea that Biden let anyone into the country with open borders is a stupid lie. Also, only a relatively few are now being deported due to monumental ineptitude. (By the way, remember the bipartisan immigration bill last fall that Republicans sabotaged under orders of the Orange Dictator?)

A perfect Sunday podcast! "Strict Scrutiny" host and Michigan Law Professor @leahlitman.bsky.social joins me to discuss the Supreme Court’s long game, teaching constitutional law, and my argument that she is the Democratic Joe Rogan. I hope you watch and enjoy! youtu.be/fVgaHu5jCFU

"Out of step": Influential DNC member Randi Weingarten resigns https://www.axios.com/2025/06/16/dnc-randi-weingarten-democrats-david-hogg https://www.axios.com/2025/06/16/dnc-randi-weingarten-democrats-david-hogg

I'm sure DOGE was nowhere to be seen, one of the few areas that could have benefited from its scrutiny.

The blowup between Elon and Trump hasn’t ended DOGE, it’s still expanding. Russ Vought now plans to institutionalize DOGE across the federal government, and Elon’s staffers are embedded deep within key agencies.

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Donald Trump sued me for racketeering, I won and did not back down. Donald Trump tried to have me investigated, I did not back down. Donald Trump named me in executive orders, I did not back down. If your lawyers are so afraid that they are cutting deals with Trump, you have the wrong lawyers.

Saudi Arabia has executed a prominent journalist over his tweet. His “execution once again demonstrates that in Saudi Arabia, the punishment for criticizing or questioning Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ( aka prince Bone Saw) is death” ground.news/article/saud...