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Lifetime Californian. Retired from career in law. Happily 48 years of marriage. Avocation -- indie films. (www.imdb.com/name/nm13300140/) I believe in justice, equal rights, individual freedom, regulation of business, progressive taxes.

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He says he is. Almost everything he says is deception.

07.11.2025 16:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nick Fuentesโ€™s Rise Puts MAGA Movement in a โ€˜Time of Choosingโ€™

At its core, White Christian Nationalism is what much of the MAGA movement is about.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

06.11.2025 15:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Did he actually post this?

05.11.2025 14:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Opinion | This Is the Way You Beat Trump โ€” and Trumpism

I have seen many claims that to be successful, the Democratic Party must change to be more in agreement with the writer's values. Instead, it makes sense to me widen the tent.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/o...

02.11.2025 16:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I suppose it is too much to hope that his plane might run out of fuel midflight and crash because there's no money?

02.11.2025 07:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thugs.

02.11.2025 07:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I do believe ...

02.11.2025 07:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There must be at least some possibility that JD & Erika are having an affair, Usha will find out, and JD will have an unfortunate accident.

01.11.2025 14:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Opinion | In Trumpโ€™s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.

In ~10 months the Trumpocracy has bigly progressed Trump's wish to become dictator like his idols, Putin and Xi.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

31.10.2025 15:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

<2> The hateful Trumpocracy running ICE, and the thug culture of the field agents, results in those policies being ignored, and probably repealed, but they are a reminder of how good America used to be (and may someday be again).

30.10.2025 16:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Revealed: ICE violates its own policy by holding people in secretive rooms for days or weeks Guardian analysis finds ICE increasingly keeps people in holding rooms with little oversight, as some facilities see a 600% rise in detention length

<1> It is somehow comforting to know that the policies of our Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency require prompt and humane treatment of persons detained.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

30.10.2025 16:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

<2> Some of what has been lost may someday be restored, some is lost forever, and some might even be replaced by something better. Or the ballroom may remain forever as the symbol of America becoming just one more oppressive dictatorship whose history will be erased.

26.10.2025 15:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

<1> The destruction of the East Wing of the White House is the perfect metaphor for what two thirds of eligible American voters did this country by electing Donald Trump as President of the United States of America (either by voting for him or by failing to vote against him).

26.10.2025 15:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

<2>It felt like we could never go down that dark path. This was the same throughout much of the world. Now most democracies are endangered; some have already chosen dictatorship, and America may follow them now. In 2016 America was the greatest it had ever been. I miss that America very much.

17.10.2025 14:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

<1>I was born in 1949. America had lots of injustice, but most Americans had learned (at a terrible cost) that nazism and fascism are evil. Most of the people who had learned that lesson are now dead. For Americans alive today, all the of that was just another boring hour in some history class.

17.10.2025 14:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The video is delightful, but I am confused. We had a cat who adopted us, which seems normal. If an otter decided to do the same thing, and everyone involved is happy about it, I don't see why the humans would have any obligation to send it back to the wild.

17.10.2025 13:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜This is so vileโ€™: Young Republicans face backlash after racist chats leaked Politico documented the use of slurs, including the N-word and a homophobic term, and antisemitic comments in chats

This tells us much about the young people swelling the ranks of Republicans.

โ€˜This is so vileโ€™: Young Republicans face backlash after racist chats leaked www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

15.10.2025 17:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah that, but also because ever since he was a protรฉgรฉ of Roy Cohn, Donald Trump has always said whatever would be best for him with zero thought or concern for whether it is the truth.

15.10.2025 07:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Our orange turd President has almost nothing in common with female genitals. If anything, he is more of a dick.

09.10.2025 06:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh, yeah, and let's not forget the National Guard! (I do prefer Facebook's feature that lets us go back to edit our posts.)

07.10.2025 14:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Most bullies don't have control of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Space Force, ICE, and a shadow militia that is not well regulated, while the SCOTUS Sextet chants "Nothing he does can be a crime because he is the President of the United States of America."

07.10.2025 14:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Opinion | How to Save the American Experiment

Here is a thoughtful article about why the Trumpocracy may fail in turning America into a dictatorship. But, no guarantees.

(gift article from The New York times) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/o...

07.10.2025 01:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Nae, at this time I am traveling as a witcher. (W3)

06.10.2025 20:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We stopped teaching critical thinking in schools, to appease evangelicals. We stopped teaching citizenship, to appease the Right, and focused on standardized test scores instead. Parents stopped respecting & supporting teachers. This dumbed-down America became an easy target for a grifter (DJT).

06.10.2025 16:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Why does the supreme court keep bending the knee to Trump? | Steven Greenhouse As a new term begins, the justices have continually failed to provide a check on presidential power โ€“ with disastrous consequences

Ever since SCOTUS ruled that, basically, no criminal laws apply to Trump (as long as he does it in the Oval Office and claims he's acting as President), it has been clear to me that SCOTUS supports our having a tyrannical President, and the Founders be damned.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

06.10.2025 15:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/w...

05.10.2025 21:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

<1> I visited Moldova briefly last year, at the end of my visit to Ukraine. In America where we seem to be teetering on losing our democracy, it warms my heart to see that Moldova voted to remain free of Russian domination despite lies and threats.

05.10.2025 21:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(2). Now I am more fearful that we will lose our democracy (to the Trumpocracy) than I could ever have imagined. And most of the country is apparently inspired by Alfred E. Neuman ("What, me worry?").

03.10.2025 16:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Poll: Fears about the future of U.S. democracy fall, despite recent controversies Since 2022, Americans seem to have shied away from dire predictions about civil war and the end of democracy.

(1) The world is such a weird place. Per a recent poll, Americans are much less worried about the end of American Democracy than they were in 2022. Back then I felt very confident that we had saved democracy by voting Trump out of office.
www.yahoo.com/news/politic...

03.10.2025 16:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Whether Trump has consolidated enough power to validate his autocracy isn't clear to me. I.e., maybe he is the King.

02.10.2025 01:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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