David Sobotta

Pam Bondi ia a disgusting two-bit political hack. Her only loyalty is to Donald Trump. If she ever knew anything about our constitution or its framers, she has forgotten all of it.

Until today I had no idea that Wendy's sold their chili in half gallon (64 oz) sizes. $12.90 with tax. Great way to feed 6 or more people.

Trump Administration Live Updates: Defiant Bondi Stonewalls Democrats on Epstein and Homan Investigations

16 months ago the GOP voted Eric Garland in contempt. Garland argued that providing the audio recordings could set a precedent that would inhibit witness cooperation in future cases. GOP wanted to scrutinize the report & confirm transcripts accuracy. Bondi is bent. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Tabby Cat in a box

Goose, King of the Amazon (boxes)

Goose: If you have been voting republican your whole life because your family has always voted republican & your family's life still sucks, don't you think it is time to vote for the party that brought us Social Security & Medicare on the chance that they might once again improve all our lives.

Left to right Goose, Merlin and Jester

Birdbath, Left to right Goose, Merlin and Jester

Three tabbies, Goose, Merlin and Jester waiting for birds to come back to the bird bath visible in second photo. Tabby cat morning outing

It this is fixing healthcare, I would hate to see destroying.
Johnson said Republicans had taken action to “fix” health care, pointing to the $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts But the legislation isn’t very popular. The bill is expected to trim Medicaid enrollment by about 10 million people. -Huff Post

According to a Washington Post flash poll out Wednesday, 71% say ACA subsidies should be extended.

Opinion | How to Save the American Experiment

"A full century before today, Lippmann wrote that the sheer scale of modern life separated citizens from the information required for self-rule. The 'stream of news that reaches the public,' he discerned, was democracy’s most glaring vulnerability." Gift article

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/o...

Hard to believe that we don't have universal healthcare since every other civilized country does.

Sorry, but I just have to say this. Hard to believe it is an incomplete list. Headline from NYT- Content from me and maybe that is the way it should be.

House and blue skies

Farm-stand

Eggs and bread from the Farm-stand

Overflow tomato parking

Blue skies and green grass here. I wandered off and found a "new to us" farm-stand. I am looking forward to trying some of $5 a dozen eggs. Our tomatoes continue to overwhelmm us so we now have overflow parking in the garage.

I made Sourdough bread yesterday. It started the night before as a sponge & took most of yesterday to prepare. Only four ingredients flour, salt, sourdough starter, & water. I have been using the same starter for fourteen years. I keep it in a crock that I had when I baked my first bread in 1971.

I think this sums up the situation that we face.

I would probably give "in tension" the boot and use the correct words either "violates or tramples."

Please explain to me why you would want to elect a government that wants to inflict pain on the population?

Just maybe people would like JD Vance a little more if lies didn't come out of his mouth every time he opens it. I heard him on the morning news falsely claiming that Democrats want to give free healthcare to undocumented migrants.

On target, our military should be focused outward on Foreign enemies not used as tRump's revenge troops on our own people.

Leadership 101, another course tRump needs. Basic leadership in a meeting or anywhere a vote will take place requires that if you don't have the votes, you try compromising. Making fun of the other side is likely to harden positions and require you giving up more to get those votes you need.

Opinion | Trump and Hegseth’s backward-facing message to the generals A preoccupation with “woke” culture and “enemies” won’t prepare the military for the high-tech demands of 21st-century war.

Gift article: Trump and War Secretary Pete Hegseth in their focus on grooming, fitness standards & “the enemy within” — seem oblivious to the reality that 21st-century combat will be dominated by drones & artificial intelligence, plus commanders understanding the high-tech weapons.
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tRump's great negotiating skills on full display. If the GOP would agree to honor bipartisan spending bills already approved and on the books this could likely end quickly. Unfortunately, it would mean the GOP would have to do its job & approve spending cuts instead of letting tTump take funds back

It is our job to make sure the shutdown is explained in clear terms until these numbers put pressure on the GOP.

Until last night, since the "modern" budget process was established in 1976, there have been no government shutdowns when one party controlled the presidency, the House and Senate. All significant shutdowns have occurred under a divided government, with one branch controlled by the opposing party.

If we had a parliamentary government tRump might be gone.
"Loss of a key vote: The defeat of critical legislation, particularly the government's budget, can be treated as a loss of confidence. In many parliamentary systems, the government must resign or call an election if it cannot pass its budget.

Opinion | These 6 Charts Explain Why Democrats Shut Down the Government

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...

The Kushner-Blair Gaza plan is a moral atrocity – and a policy catastrophe | Josh Paul Jared Kushner and Tony Blair’s neocolonial venture would be an incompatible transplant that would be rejected by the body

This plan is a disaster for the people, look who is pushing it, Trump and his advisers, former UK Prime Minister Blair, and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. This plan, described as "neo-colonial," involves the temporary international administration of Gaza.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

As usual the courts move slowly and tRump ignores their rulings whenever he can.

Kim Jong Un tRump speaks to our troops.
"When some in the audience laughed, Trump responded, 'Don't laugh, you're not allowed to do that.' He then added, And if you don't like what I'm saying, you can leave the room. Of course, there goes your rank, there goes your future". -WaPo

This is not our country anymore. If we get another chance at the ballot box, it has become a must win situation.

The Posse Comitatus Act Explained The law generally prevents the president from using the military as a domestic police force.

Apparently tRump needs another constitutional law lecture. My next question, so how is that Second Amendment doing in protecting us from unwanted military occupation from our own military? www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...