Andrew Koch

While tthe Republicans will hold the ultimate responsibility, the Democrats' lack of a spine is going to be final nail in the coffin for democracy. Perhaps not in this specific case, but ultimately it will continue to allow Trump and company to continue their authoritarian rise.

It certainly looks like the Democrats are going to cave. They managed to last this long, which is surprising to me. What isn't surprising is that they are going to end up accepting a deal that offers them nothing in return. That's par for the course for them.

I was rewatching A Few Good Men and realized that in today's military, Colonel Jessup would be given a pardon and held up as a standard of how military officers are supposed to act. Current leadership seems to think that the ends justify the means and that people must be toughened up by any means.

Iconoclasm at its finest. A major motivation for this is simply to spread hatred and stoke anger. Another article quotes Josh Hawley on this topic, "I saw it today. It looks fantastic. I'm delighted he is doing it, and I love seeing these liberals melt down."

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An illegal action is only illegal if it's unpopular? I suppose that's true when the rule of law breaks down.

Federal agents barrel into band at Portland ICE protest, arrest clarinetist, accuse her of assault Oriana Korol, a 38-year-old child and family therapist, remains in Clark County Jail.

I suppose now we start to see the arrest of peaceful protestors? How long before we see the next Boston or Kent State massacre?

Estonia requests Nato article 4 consultation after ‘unacceptable’ violation of its airspace by Russian MiG-31s – as it happened Nato condemns ‘reckless Russian behaviour’ after its jets intercept three MiG-31 fighters over Estonian airspace

This seems to be, unfortunately, flying under the radar in the US. It's very concerning.

Trump Escalates Attacks on Political Opponents After Charlie Kirk’s Killing

“I’m also going after their business licenses and permitting, their businesses will be blacklisted aggressively, they should be kicked from every school, and their drivers licenses should be revoked,” he wrote on X.

This man is mentally unwell. Hopefully, he can someday get the help that he needs.

Fox News host on mentally ill people who commit crimes: “Just kill them”

If we're firing news personalities for hateful speech, can we do this one next? I feel like calling for homeless people to undergo "involuntary lethal injection" and for us to "just kill them" is actually worse than what Matthew Dowd said.

That extends to any legal, even if unpopular, speech conducted as a private citizen (as is everything I post on social media) and not as a representative of the government.

The First Amendment, along with the Hatch Act, permits DoD civilians (and other federal employees) to express themselves during their off-duty time. It is well established that it is illegal to fire federal employees for expressing their views or engaging in constitutionally protected speech.

This is also a great example of the weaponization of the federal government, something they falsely claim to be against.

Hegseth says Pentagon ‘tracking’ service members, civilians who celebrate Charlie Kirk killing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is warning civilian and military employees that the Pentagon is “tracking” any comments from them that celebrate or mock the Wednesday assassination of conservative a…

This is another example of the GOP's war on the freedom of speech and expression. They absolutely HATE that people are still allowed to disagree with them. They are very much in favor of cancel culture. In fact, it seems they are one of its largest supporters.

Shooting at Evergreen High School in Colorado leaves several students hurt; suspect among those injured Three students were critically wounded on Wednesday in a shooting at Evergreen High School in the Colorado foothills. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office says one of those students is the shooting s...

Another senseless school shooting.

Adding a screenshot, just so the picture is included. He wants to see Chicago burn.

Trump appears to again threaten sending troops to Chicago for immigration enforcement President Trump has targeted Chicago and other Democrat-led cities for expanded federal intervention.

The hatred and lack of respect that our president has for the country that he "leads" is unprecedented. Those individuals who continue to support him and his administration have no regard for the principles this country is founded on.

It's just going to be changed back by the next administration. That's if Congress even allows these clowns to continue to play soldier and pretend that they are big, tough, and important. Until then, it's just them politely asking people to respect their transition and to please not deadname them.

U.S. And Allies Declare Salt Typhoon Hack A National Defense Crisis FBI and allies declare Salt Typhoon cyber campaign a national defense crisis, exposing Chinese infiltration of global telecom networks across 80 countries.

It's absolutely insane that people are still frequenting Chinese owned websites like Tik-Tok and Temu. Their only goal is how they can destabilize this country. We're doing a good enough job of it ourselves, thank you very much.

So is Trump pulling a Palpatine and saying "I am the Congress?" Either way, very unconstitutional.

"The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators."

Trump says he will order voter ID requirement for every vote U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he will issue an executive order to require voter identification from every voter.

I wonder what the Constitution says about this? Let's check article I, section 4, clause 1.

We should care vastly more about safeguarding our actual constitutional rights and our democratic system of government than a simple symbol of those rights. How utterly shameful.

Trump signs executive order targeting American flag burning The Supreme Court ruled in 1989 that flag burning constitutes protected symbolic speech.

Directing the government to find a reason to arrest somebody for constitutionally protected free speech? I don't know why anyone would be upset about flag burning, as it seems like what this flag represents to many people applies to our country less and less nowadays.

Trump calls for U.S. census to exclude for the first time people with no legal status Trump is calling for a "new" census that excludes people in the U.S. without legal status. The 14th Amendment requires the "whole number of persons in each state" in a key set of census results.

This would violate 13 U.S. Code § 141 and the 14th Amendment. Everyone in the country is to be counted once a decade.

Apple made a 24k gold and glass statue for Donald Trump Another tactic from Tim Cook to charm the president.

I remember being told that I wasn't allowed to accept a hat from a contractor because it would have skirted the ethics guidelines.

I graduated from the NAVAIR Leadership Development Program today! They had a photographer there, so I expect more photos in the future.

As we learned more about the labs and mentors these high school students worked with, many of us realized that the funding for research like these will quickly evaporate with the new federal administration. It's a shame so many will likely not have the same opportunities as these students.

I spent the day as a judge for the Maryland JSHS. I had the privilege of watching 17 awesome researchers present their research. Their work spanned the gamut from underwater robots to climate change to cancer research. What a room full of talent! These students will go far.