There’s no more whispering or hinting. No more sneaky attacks. No more need to interpret Steve Bannon’s insane “Tear it all down,” rants. It’s all out in the open now. In an enormously chilling piece in the New York Times, Trump and Allies Forge Plans to Increase Presidential Power in 2025, subtitled “The former president… [read more]
“They Don’t Give A Damn About The Rest Of The Unit” – That’s Us
Regular reader Diana Dobrovolny Hefter put together a piece of clarity you must see. She was motivated to speak out due to congressional insanity designed to kill your rights and your freedom. She had help making her point from Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL-6) to communicate what the sneaky, Republican National Defense Authorization Act really is…. [read more]
Frighteningly Curious
How is it that these are true? Fox News was sued by Dominion Voting Systems and settled the lawsuit for $787,500,000. Donald Trump was sued by E. Jean Carroll for assault and defamation, lost the suit and has to pay $5 million. Plus, he stands to get skewered for more money in a follow-on defamation… [read more]
Communication Counts
I recall the Mayor Richard J. Daley days, when signs about any Chicago project that was brag-able were placed before the eyes of the public. He never missed an opportunity for PR. Somewhat more recently than that was the advent of payment of toll road tolls by the electronic gizmos that allow drivers to zip… [read more]
Facing the ‘mare-ca In America
We Billy-Bobs are Right and We Know It Let’s drop the pretending for a minute and honestly say that while George Floyd’s murder was not okay, it really wasn’t a big deal because, hey, he was just a Black guy. Plus, we stand by our police, except the ones at the Capitol Building and you… [read more]
Headlines
This Headline Gave Me Hope .I wrote here about the terribly dangerous Moore v. Harper case from North Carolina. That law threatened to take the votes of We The People, throw them into a dumpster, set them on fire and allow a hyper-partisan legislature to hijack elections – a classic case of theft of our… [read more]
A Political Peace Treaty – Or Not
“The Courage To Be Free” is Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign BS book that he hopes will propel him from his authoritarian throne in Tallahassee to the gold toilet just off the Oval Office that was left by a former extremist president. He tries to scare us, saying that, “The threat to freedom is not limited… [read more]
Rights and The Fourth of July
Idiotic Theories and Your Rights Trump’s infamous attorney general, Bill Barr, is an enthusiastic proponent of the radical “unitary executive theory.” He promoted it in his 19-page suck-up application to be Trump’s suck-up AG. Jeffrey Clark, the mental lightweight DOJ supporter of Trump’s attempt to make himself Permanent Emperor of the United States, is also… [read more]
What Art Friedson Has On His Mind
Here’s a guest essay, a wonderful post from Art Friedson from the June 23 NKC Occasional Update, reprinted with permission of the author. What Art Friedson Has On His Mind . One of the great mysteries of life is how Joe Biden can be polling so low on favorable/unfavorable, and even more so, on his… [read more]
Potpourri v20.0
Read to the end for some fun. Bang-Bang Have a look at this Everytown graphic: Is that something we should be proud of? Perhaps we should be chanting, “We’re number one!” Because with over 20,000 dead and 320 mass shootings already this year, it occurs to me that I may have missed the change in… [read more]
