Victor Raymond

Yup.

Further, if you DO think for yourself, and are unwilling to let the regime think for you, that then becomes evidence of your disloyalty to the regime. So it isn't enough to reject the lies Trump, et. al. are telling - we have to forcefully re-assert the idea that truth CAN exist and IS important.

Not too surprisingly, this is a tactic used by authoritarian and fascist regimes to create their own narratives and keep the populace in a constant state of uncertainty. This creates the foundation for the state telling people what to think. That way, people do not have to think for themselves.

Late afternoon thoughts: the cognitive dissonance between the Trump regime's descriptions of Portland and the reality on the ground is not just wishful thinking on Stephen Miller's part. It's trying to get people to stop trusting their senses, to be unable to distinguish between fantasy and reality.

Early morning thoughts: the Trump regime's practice of defying the law and smashing the norms and practices of government normalizes political dysfunction and paralysis. It is also consistent with Trump Organization standard operating procedures - and organized crime. Draw your own conclusions.

YouTube video by AGiftFromTodd - Topic Hostile Government Takeover (EDM Remix)

m.youtube.com/watch?v=PuWV...

Mid morning thoughts: we need a music mix to play whenever ICE or Trump's other goons show up - National Guard, FBI, ATF, whoever. Stuff to make them question their choices. What should be in that mix? Imperial March from Star Wars, Hostile Government Takeover, Ohio, definitely. What else?

Late afternoon thoughts: why should anybody, I mean ANYBODY, take Stephen Miller seriously? We didn't elect him, he isn't the president, and he has no authority besides what Trump has given him. Even then, he is still constrained by the Constitution and law. He must be stopped.

Late night thoughts: taking the time to focus on my creative work is happening at pretty much the same time as the rest of my life is demanding a lot of energy and attention. So I'm getting stuff done while also feeling like I'm detached from important issues. It's disorienting and I don't like it.

Rest in peace, Dr. Jane Goodall💚

“If you call us fascists, we’re going to put you behind bars.”

I get that - while dangerous and odious, it was not the same thing as the Fuhrereid, and the assembled officers did not react to Agent Orange's implied suggestion. Apparently military Reddit had a LOT of derision for both Whisky Pete and Trump, which is all to the good.

More late night thoughts: remember predictions that the Hegseth/Trump meeting with the top field grade officers of the US military would be used for a new loyalty oath directly to Trump? It didn't happen. What they did do was inane, embarrassing but still dangerous. The Trump regime is incompetent.

YouTube video by Sen. Adam Schiff Trump Is About To Shut It All Down

youtu.be/qjBbfzJbXqg?...

Explain it to me like I'm five.

Late night thoughts: the Trump regime and GOP control the House, Senate, and Executive, but they have not passed a budget, as required by law. They haven't met with the Democrats, but they're blaming the Democrats for not compromising. So why hasn't Trump and the GOP released the Epstein files?

if there’s someone whose takes you consistently like on this app, find out if they have a non-app body of work and support it

Do they draw comics? Buy some! Do they write Star Trek books? Borrow them from the library! Etc

Early last semester, Droubi said, students began approaching Cheyfitz with complaints that a graduate student in the “Gaza, Indigeneity, Resistance” class appeared to be recording them, possibly to “gather their names and comments” and intimidate them. “We believe that a student came to the course for the sole reason of surveilling and potentially harming students in the class,” Droubi said. “That ended up proving itself to be true because multiple students came forward and shared their concerns with Professor Cheyfitz.” Cheyfitz said one Palestinian student quit the class after telling him she felt upset and frightened. Current Issue Cover of October 2025 Issue October 2025 Issue According to Cheyfitz, the graduate student often steered conversations away from the assigned readings—which at that point mostly focused on definitions of genocide and international law on Indigenous rights—to defend Israel’s conduct in the war in Gaza and argue with others in the class. “He clearly had not done the readings,” Cheyfitz said. “It was disruptive.” Cheyfitz said he met with the graduate student in late January and spoke to him about concerns from his classmates. During the conversation, he asked the graduate student to drop the course, and by the next class, he did, Cheyfitz said. The graduate student, Oren Renard, a PhD candidate in computer science whose identity was confirmed by other students in the class, previously served in Israel’s elite military surveillance agency, Unit 8200, according to his LinkedIn profile.

Cornell is cancelling a distinguished professor's classes on Gaza and suspending him because of the complaints of a student who previously served in Israel's military surveillance agency and was literally recording the comments of other students in class and deliberately derailing discussion.

If Ds want to get the upper hand on the shutdown fight over whether or not to give Trump blank checks they must preemptively go on offense and point at Trump for the gloomy outlook on economy. He has broken all of this.

Ds need to zero in on accountability. ↘️

Early morning thoughts: elsewhere on social media, I saw someone taking Mark Pocan to task for voting "present" on a "gotcha" bill about CK's death, rather than "nay". This is a purity test that helps the GOP rather than making change happen. Fortunately, most commenters recognized this and said so.

Early morning thoughts: the cancellation of Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel is a reminder that popular media is controlled by corporations. Those corporations, in turn, have increasingly aligned themselves with the Trump regime. Spend your entertainment dollars accordingly.

When free speech evangelists lose the plot Charlie Kirk’s deplorable murder has sent Republican hypocrisy on the subject rocketing

When free speech evangelists lose the plot on.ft.com/4gDm6o4

Aktion T4 redux.

Do Fox News hosts and commentators agree with their colleague Brian Kilmeade that the United States should "just kill" homeless people?

He still has a job. No apology. No retraction.

Just let us know, Fox.

People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police

Lost in the discussion of how Charlie Kirk "did politics the right way" are the lives of the two victims assassinated at Florida State University by a member of Kirk's organization, Turning Point USA, in April 2025.

"Healthy debate" = when I criticize you

"Cancel culture" = when you criticize me

So, you are going after Nick Fuentes and the Groypers?

...also, you are going to use the full power of government to ruin anyone who doesn't agree with you? But, you are mad about being called fascist?

Come on Nosferatu, grow up