July 12, 2025
July 11, 2025
Yet Another American Hero - Norm Eisen
Lawyer who defeated Trump BREAKS HIS SILENCE after HUGE VICTORY
Birthright Citizenship - A Constitutional Protection
All Persons Born in the US are Citizens of the United States
Confused about the Bid, Bad, Ugly Bill?
Trump's Big Beautiful (Ugly) Bill and what it means for you
Plain Straight Forward Language About YOUR Future
Another American Hero
Undaunted in calling out the worst Supreme Court in modern times
July 10, 2025
Impact on Oregon of Big, Bad, Ugly Betrayal
Darker Blue Show Deeper Medicaid Cuts
In Rural, Republican Areas
70% of Children in Rural Oregon Depend on Medicaid
People Who Lose, Will Lose Completely
Speak the Truth
It's Our Job to Make Sure People Know the Truth
What is the World You Want?
What is Your Vision of the Possible?
Communicate it!
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90 Days, NO Deals
This is trumpty's Economy
Raising Costs for Families
Chaos from Tariffs
Big Ugly Skyrockets Healthcare Costs
Private Insurance Skyrockets
Pence hits Trump with a tariff reality check as trade war escalates yet again
on the American People
The American Gestapo
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) annual budget balloons to $37.5 billion.
This makes ICE the largest federal law enforcement agency in the history of the republic. To put this in perspective, here are the sizes of other federal law enforcement agencies, many of which have entire TV dramas devoted to them:
This means a hiring spree of 10,000 goons for Kristi Noem and Tom Homan, 100,000 new detention beds, and mega- detention camps around the country.
We CAN STOP THIS INSANITY!
Stand Up, Speak Out: Nationwide
July 17 - Join Us for Good Trouble Lives On
It may seem like months ago, but on June 14, some 6 million of us protested against him — the largest civil demonstration in American history. It showed the power of the people. It gave many of us hope.
We must follow that extraordinary event by an even larger nationwide demonstration on July 17, Good Trouble Lives On Day.
On July 17, five years since the passing of Congressman John Lewis, communities across the country will take to the streets, courthouses, and community spaces to carry forward his fight for justice, voting rights, and dignity for all.
On July 17, we must DOUBLE the number of us who turned out June 14. Because it’s our country.
And we must also appear in town halls that any Republican senators and representatives are holding, to tell them we refuse to live in a dictatorship. And tell them that we’re going to make sure they aren’t reelected.
Democracy is not a spectator sport.
Let's Talk Oligarchy
And the Big Ugly
Just 100 extremely wealthy families invested $2.6 billion in the 2024 election that put Trump back in the White House and Republican majorities in both the House and Senate.
Soon, the billionaires who invested in Trump will get a giant return on their investment, courtesy of Trump’s Big Ugly budget bill.
The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that by 2027, the richest 0.1 percent of taxpayers (of which the country’s estimated roughly 900 billionaires are a subset) will collectively save $60 billion in federal taxes, due to the Big Ugly.
Near-record levels of income and wealth are now concentrated at the very top, yet the rich don’t pay nearly their fair share in taxes.
Consider this: Musk’s 2024 campaign contributions were four times more than what he paid in annual federal income taxes between 2013 and 2018.
In fact, Musk — the richest person in the world — pays a lower tax rate than average Americans.
July 09, 2025
Melania May Need to be Deported
Melania Trump Could Be DEPORTED Under Potential New ‘Naturalization’ Rules
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Jasmine Crockett to Melania: “How Did You Get an Einstein Visa?
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US immigration crackdown | Melania’s visa under fire; Petition calls to deport First Lady & Barron
Carnival of Obfuscation
I wrote this in November of 2025. It is published in 'One Moment, One Chance, Always: Finding Hop in Despair', Ingram-Spark. It is no longer a vision. It is REAL.
The Crucible
So, what does it mean to stay centered?
It seems an imperative
contemplation.
Its teachings offer answers to nihilism.
dwell at the center of
us all, in our souls!
They await our recognition, confidence.
In a battle for our country,
we are being
enveloped in a Carnival
of Obfuscation,
its singular intent, to unhinge our minds.
This carnival now boils
in rage as a battle
for the soul of our
nation and crucially
for the minds and souls of our people.
The Carnival of
Obfuscation is proficient.
And when combined with
intimidation,
it yields a people devoid of discernment.
The winds of
obfuscation will be whipped
into tempests that
wreak brutal mayhem.
Their intention is to annihilate our truth.
Thus, the urgent entreaty to stay centered.
Remember, they can confuse
us, but never
demolish the truths we
carry in our souls.
Find your truth in your soul; embrace it.
Center on your truth; the
crucible is now.
July 08, 2025
Let's Call a Spade a Spade...he is a Murderer
Trump’s response to flooding in Texas reflects glaring inequality
The Trump administration’s politicization of federal disaster aid was on display over the weekend.
President Donald Trump’s provision of disaster aid to help Texas respond to deadly flooding in Kerr County — the conservative-leaning region that helped elect GOP Rep. Chip Roy — was appropriately urgent.
His approach to recent catastrophes in states led by Democrats? Not so much.
Trump has BLOOD ON HIS HANDS for Texas flood deaths
Chaos of the Day
90 Days, NO Deals
Wasting Tax Payer Dollars on Reality TV in MacArthur Park
And, he's Just Getting Started...
July 07, 2025
Good Trouble
Our Silence Now Makes Us Complicit
Speak Up, Speak Out, Get in the Way.
Get in Good Trouble, Necessary Trouble.
Help Redeem the Soul of America.
Unity
Our choice now is NOT Democrat vs. Republican
It is NOT progressive vs. conservative
It IS right vs. wrong
It IS humane vs. cruel
Police State & Gestapo...Supercharged
As of now, 71.7 percent of ICE detainees have no criminal record.
Some have been hardworking members of their communities for decades.
How will ICE agents know whom to round up and detain? The crude reality is that they’ll focus on anyone looking Latino or with surnames ending in “z.”
There are 65.2 million Latinos in the United States, the vast majority of whom are citizens. Inevitably, some American citizens will be swept up, arrested, and detained.
This giant federal police effort will be supported by a supercharged surveillance system, also financed by Trump’s Big Ugly Bill.
The Department of Homeland Security is joining with the Department of Government Efficiency to create the federal government’s first national citizenship data bank.
The regime will not limit the purpose of its growing internal police apparatus to deporting undocumented people.
The coming expansion of Trump’s police state under the Big Ugly Bill — featuring total surveillance, 10,000 ICE agents, and a network of detention facilities — will mark an escalation of Trump’s authoritarianism — using the pretext of an immigrant crime wave that does not exist.
What You Can Do
What You Can Do
1. Protect the vulnerable. If anyone in your community is confronted by ICE agents demanding proof of citizenship, make sure they know they have a right to remain silent and to refuse consent to searches of their cars, homes, or persons.
Red cards with this and other pertinent information are available in various languages. You can download and print them for free here.
2. Make sure you know your own rights. If stopped, you are not required to answer questions. You can refuse a search of your person, car, or belongings. If the agents proceed with a search despite your refusal, make it clear you do not consent. If you’re not under arrest, you can ask if you are free to go. If the answer is yes, leave.
If you or someone in your community believes rights have been violated, document everything you can of the encounter with ICE agents.
3. Finally, know that the purpose of Trump’s police state is to silence not just immigrants but the rest of us. Do not be intimidated or discouraged from speaking out, writing, demonstrating, boycotting, or undertaking any other nonviolent action in opposition to what the regime is doing.
To the contrary, become even more active.
Share any abuses you witness (and, ideally, have recorded on your phone) as widely as possible, so that more people are apprised of what’s happening and are ready to join the resistance.
Tariff Policy Failing
Canada Exports UP - USA Exports DOWN - Canada Has Friends - USA Does Not
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Trump’s Big Deal Just Backfired! Canada’s Retaliation Sends a Clear Message
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Are Trump's tariffs causing the US to collapse from within?
---------------BREAKING: Canada’s Travel Boycott Just Got WORSE — U.S. on EDGE
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July 06, 2025
On Remembering a Positive Vision of the United States of America
Join Us in Building a Better Future
These reforms aim to promote a stronger democracy, reduce the influence of wealthy special interests, and ensure that the government works for everyone, not just the privileged few.
Freedom and Renewal: A Vision for America is a call to action for all Americans who believe in a better future for our country. We invite you to join us in this effort to create a more equitable society where every individual has access to opportunities and resources to thrive. Together, we can build a brighter future for ourselves, our children, and generations to come.