Ray de Groat

This is my house rep from California. He’s not perfect, but neither am I

Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. News of Noem firing amounts to a nothing burger. Are they still chewing their Noem nothing burger on CNN? US media is part of the problem. Meanwhile Dominion owned by Republicans. The fix for the midterms is in.

Nice message. On another topic, even as an amateur, amateur astronomer, that moon don’t look right.

Let’s give him credit…. At least the corruption isn’t hidden. He’s doing it right out in the open. The name “Trump” will be treated like Benedict Arnold’s name within the decade

Screenshot of an X.com post by The Associated Press (@AP) stating that dozens of immigrant families protested for better treatment behind fences at a Texas detention facility, where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent after being detained in Minnesota. Below is a video thumbnail showing a crowd gathered outdoors along a fenced walkway; many people wear bright blue or red outerwear, and some hold signs.

After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.

I’m wondering how information on leased or rental vehicles is handled. Suppose the vehicle belongs to Hertz or Avis. Can ICE immediately cross check data from these private companies as well?

Trump’s immigration data dragnet The US is pulling in vast amounts of personal information in its drive to deport 1mn people this year

NEW: We took a deep dive into ICE's data dragnet: the data brokers, biometrics tools, and license plate readers powering Trump's deportation effort. Some of the contracts are for tools previous administrations deemed too intrusive.

We are here.

Opinion | The Trump Administration Is Lying to Our Faces. Congress Must Act.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o... The New York Times Editorial Board: Truth is a line of demarcation between a democratic government and an authoritarian regime.

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Because Trump has already shown he will fund parts of government he wants, and defund the rest. No, there’s no negotiating with the Republicans. It’s Trump’s agenda regardless of what you do. Short answer: It ends when the American people stand up and say they’ve had enough.

It certainly makes a good case for open source, open hardware and open infrastructure rather than reliance on a handful of closed source proprietary platforms. #openinfra

I highly recommend the Cisco certification path for everyone who needs to understand networking.

Black lung keeps killing America's coal miners. Does Donald Trump even care? Miners and their advocates are begging the administration to enforce a Biden-era rule meant to protect them.

Miners and their advocates are begging the administration to enforce a Biden-era rule meant to protect them.

YouTube video by NextGen America In 2013, Trump Said the President is Always to Blame for Government Shutdowns

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1) plutocrats and their political action committees, (2) petrostates and their politicians and polluters, (3) fake and venal professionals—physicians and professors, (4) propagandists, especially those with podcasts, and (5) the press. The general tactic is that (1) and (2) hire (3) to generate…

Remember that band Devo?

Trump attacks Tom Hanks after West Point cancels event honoring actor — Guardian US President calls Hanks ‘woke’ in vitriolic post after US Military Academy calls off ceremony with little explanation

Trump attacks Tom Hanks after West Point cancels event honoring actor - The Guardian

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Oh so now she’s a diplomat and expert in foreign investors

Then tell him to put his differences aside and support the Democratic nominee for city Mayor now! You cannot expect votes from progressives when you don’t respect the Democratic primary process yourself. Endorse the Democratic primary winner Zohran Mamdani now!

And he will continue to take AIPAC money and withhold support from the Democratic nominee for New York City Mayor. I say you can’t call yourself a Democrat when you withhold support for our nominee whenever it suits your big Israeli donors.

Hot mic picks up Putin and Xi discussing organ transplants and immortality — Reuters (This Sept 3 story has been corrected to withdraw videos, with no changes to text)

Hot mic picks up Putin and Xi discussing organ transplants and immortality. "Human organs can be continuously transplanted. The longer you live, the younger you become, and (you can) even achieve immortality."

Creepy.

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YouTube video by Djembawemba Fawlty Towers - Hammer

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Yeah, there must at least be a plan in place to bring back highly exploitable non-unionized construction laborers. The US economy depends on cheap labor.

But then they wouldn’t be undocumented and exploitable. They would be documented and unionized right?

This isn’t Korea. If the US really needs so many foreign workers, why not document and unionize them?

And if it’s a crime, how can the company get away with this? Where’s the accountability with the management?

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National ownership of factories (the means of production) is the definition of socialism. If you’re confused by this, it’s because they’ve been falsely conflating socialism with welfare. Like corporate welfare.