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Retired engineer and proud alum of Michigan State University. “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States…. [It is] nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’” Isaac Asimov

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I’m 69 years old and on Tuesday we are driving a documented Haitian immigrant to her asylum hearing in Detroit because she doesn’t have a car. I’m apprehensive that it won’t end well, but want her to know that some of us do have compassion and Trump/ Miller/ Noem don’t represent us.

26.07.2025 18:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Art of the Really Stupid Deal What the heck were the Trumpists thinking?

Krugman: "the interaction between this Japan deal and Trump’s other tariffs probably tilts the playing field between U.S. and Japanese producers of cars, and perhaps other products, in Japan’s favor."

(To be clear: That's not how this is supposed to work.)
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-art-of...

26.07.2025 13:47 — 👍 693    🔁 255    💬 37    📌 15

Disappointing end to my 144 streak. There’s been seem odd words selected the last couple weeks.

25.07.2025 12:25 — 👍 17    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I agree and am anxious that the institutions that would have blocked him are now fully in his control. It makes the midterms essential for removing the GOP control of Congress and state houses.

23.07.2025 13:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It is grim. When the government is being weaponized against its own citizens, we’ve become Russia. Trump is the focal point, but there’s lots of collaborators trying to grab a little power and dollars for themselves.

20.07.2025 18:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Appealing to the MAGA cult with an old anti-woke favorite.

20.07.2025 15:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Coke is now $11/ 12 pack at our Kroger……Thanks Trump!

18.07.2025 19:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Ironic and tragic that this is in Baldwin which was a stop on the Underground Railroad and near Idlewild ( a Black owned resort during Segregation era.)

05.07.2025 14:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Pushing it into the Fourth of July holiday hoping people are otherwise preoccupied.

02.07.2025 22:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The Godfather is disappointed in Fredo.

01.07.2025 13:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’m hoping for a hurricane before it’s occupied.

27.06.2025 19:50 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

I’m seeing much the same enthusiasm amongst conservative Catholics who have long embraced Trump. It’s like an extension of the Crusades.

25.06.2025 14:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’m not expecting anyone in the Federal government to resist, but where are the state attorneys general and law enforcement at. Are they powerless?

24.06.2025 23:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Yes, it’s not that the “distraction” isn’t an important issue; it’s the sheer number of them coming at us. It’s hard to prioritize and respond on the fly.

24.06.2025 18:32 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

She is one reason I’m glad I’m not a reporter obligated to listen to her. Like her boss, has she ever made a truthful statement?

23.06.2025 11:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Usually prefaced by “Sir”. A sure tell that everything after is a lie.

20.06.2025 12:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The article should have pointed out that the DUR discontinued service almost 90 years ago. These really are forever pollutants.

18.06.2025 17:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Did they hire the pool boy to run the place?

18.06.2025 15:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

C’mon…that’s an old lie that gets pulled out every time a Republican doesn’t want to answer a question.

17.06.2025 20:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Taco Tuesday

17.06.2025 12:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The latest stage in his disappearing act.

17.06.2025 12:27 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It’s all about Trumps personal drive to expand his power and influence.

09.06.2025 16:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The familiar Fox false flag.

26.05.2025 18:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

It’s a warning to other universities that this administration can come after them next except they probably don’t have the deep pockets of Harvard.

22.05.2025 18:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This was inevitable that Trump and gang would ignore these judicial orders. He’s daring the courts(and us) to stop him.

21.05.2025 17:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

And this is guy negotiating with Russia. What a sorry state of affairs we’ve become.

18.05.2025 15:37 — 👍 28    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Much of Trump’s rural America are news deserts. With funding cutbacks to NPR, these areas will only become less informed.

18.05.2025 11:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The SAG ads have been running several times a night on our local TV news in mid-Michigan. Pure fiction that I’m sure the MAGA fans are eating up.

17.05.2025 11:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Tigers win in ninth and sweep Bosox.

15.05.2025 01:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

As she is preening herself!

14.05.2025 21:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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