The Colvin Study
@ajcoog.bsky.social
Professional genealogist, former investigative journalist, living descendent of Revolutionary Patriots. Trump and his GOP thugs are not what they fought for. They are what they fought against. https://acolvingeo.wixsite.com/the-colvin-study
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The Colvin Study
@ajcoog.bsky.social
· Mar 13
Trump's outrages are not what the ancestors fought, bled, and died for. Not then, and not in the 200 years since.
In case you missed it: Ken Burn's American Revolution series begins tonight , Nov 16, 2025, on PBS. I'll be watching. Will you? www.pbs.org/kenburns/the...
The American Revolution | Premieres Nov. 16 | PBS
The American Revolution, a landmark documentary by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt, premieres Nov. 16, 2025.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
In case you missed it: Ken Burn's American Revolution series begins tonight , Nov 16, 2025, on PBS. I'll be watching. Will you? www.pbs.org/kenburns/the...
How predictable. Only Red states are allowed to redistrict mid-decades in order to disenfranchise American citizens and violate the Constitution. Who doesn't know this? www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/p...
Trump Justice Department sues to stop California from redistricting to give Democrats more House seats | CNN Politics
The Trump administration moved Thursday to join a Republican-led legal challenge to California’s effort to redraw the state’s congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, throwing the full ...
www.cnn.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
How predictable. Only Red states are allowed to redistrict mid-decades in order to disenfranchise American citizens and violate the Constitution. Who doesn't know this? www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/p...
Hate your job? Thinking of a change? That's nice.
November 7, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Hate your job? Thinking of a change? That's nice.
A rare sighting in a neighbor's yard: Nighthawk resting with prey. If it's not a Nighthawk maybe some kind Samaritan can correct me. I tossed a small pebble at it to get it to take flight. There are too many humans about with ill intentions.
November 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
A rare sighting in a neighbor's yard: Nighthawk resting with prey. If it's not a Nighthawk maybe some kind Samaritan can correct me. I tossed a small pebble at it to get it to take flight. There are too many humans about with ill intentions.
You know about the Big Beautiful Blue wins in VA, NY, and the CA Prop 50 mandate. Did you know about these? Maybe you should. popular.info/p/six-electi...
Six election results that didn’t make the headlines
Although Democratic victories in New York, Virginia, New Jersey, and California dominated the headlines, significant contests were held across the nation.
popular.info
November 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
You know about the Big Beautiful Blue wins in VA, NY, and the CA Prop 50 mandate. Did you know about these? Maybe you should. popular.info/p/six-electi...
Have you heard the one about the scientifically-dubious fake skin manufacturer who not only bilked Medicare out of $Billions, but donated, (anonymously, it thought,) to help build Trump's Big Ugly Ballroom? Maybe you should: popular.info/p/update-med...
UPDATE: Medicare freeze beneficiary secretly donates $2.5 million to Trump ballroom
Earlier this year, Popular Information broke the news that Extremity Care – a company that sells bandages to Medicare for thousands of dollars per square inch – donated $5 million to MAGA Inc., Presid...
popular.info
November 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Have you heard the one about the scientifically-dubious fake skin manufacturer who not only bilked Medicare out of $Billions, but donated, (anonymously, it thought,) to help build Trump's Big Ugly Ballroom? Maybe you should: popular.info/p/update-med...
This excellent report from All Things Considered, explains how the Trump regime in 2017 was sued by the ACLU for abusing immigrants. But after agreeing to stop and reverse the injuries, it now wants to cease its obligations. Classic Trump pattern: make promises, then renege.
tinyurl.com/2wx6jjbc
tinyurl.com/2wx6jjbc
ACLU says Trump administration is breaching family separation settlement
A settlement was reached to reunite and provide services for immigrant families that were separated at the border, but the ACLU says the Trump administration is severely undermining the agreement.
www.npr.org
October 27, 2025 at 11:10 PM
This excellent report from All Things Considered, explains how the Trump regime in 2017 was sued by the ACLU for abusing immigrants. But after agreeing to stop and reverse the injuries, it now wants to cease its obligations. Classic Trump pattern: make promises, then renege.
tinyurl.com/2wx6jjbc
tinyurl.com/2wx6jjbc
Not surprising, but very disturbing: www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Not surprising, but very disturbing: www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Well, that didn't take long. This was entirely predictable. All the IDF had to do was wait until Hamas released all the hostages then, right on cue, continue the genocide as if no ceasefire existed. Just like every time before. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Israel says it opens fire on suspects in Gaza, local authorities report six killed
Israel's military said it opened fire on Tuesday to remove a threat posed by suspects who approached its forces in the northern Gaza Strip, and health authorities in the enclave said at least six Palestinians had been killed by Israeli fire.
www.reuters.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Well, that didn't take long. This was entirely predictable. All the IDF had to do was wait until Hamas released all the hostages then, right on cue, continue the genocide as if no ceasefire existed. Just like every time before. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
"1077 people on Academia have read your papers!" But you're not one of them?? You could be the 1078th. What's stopping you? Visit today. For the sake of the children. uh.academia.edu/AlexColvin
Alex Colvin - Profile on Academia.edu
Alex Colvin was an in-demand investigative journalist in the late 1980s and early 1990s with free-lance and staff positions with Houston Press, Public News,…
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September 30, 2025 at 7:39 AM
"1077 people on Academia have read your papers!" But you're not one of them?? You could be the 1078th. What's stopping you? Visit today. For the sake of the children. uh.academia.edu/AlexColvin
Let's call this what it is: a campaign of genocide by a war criminal and his obscene realtor pal. It's beyond savage. It's full-throated agreement to displace and murder millions. It's the West Bank's version of the Trail of Tears which was a hideous U.S. federal campaign.
tinyurl.com/yfnsx9us
tinyurl.com/yfnsx9us
Trump, Netanyahu Unveil Major Gaza Deal, Warn Hamas of Dire Outcome If It's Rejected
The Gaza plan was light on details and had not yet been accepted by the leaders of Hamas—a major hurdle.
time.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Let's call this what it is: a campaign of genocide by a war criminal and his obscene realtor pal. It's beyond savage. It's full-throated agreement to displace and murder millions. It's the West Bank's version of the Trail of Tears which was a hideous U.S. federal campaign.
tinyurl.com/yfnsx9us
tinyurl.com/yfnsx9us
Ashes to ashes....dust to dust.
September 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Ashes to ashes....dust to dust.
The Trump "peace deal" involves Hamas giving the war criminal all 48 remaining hostages dead or alive. This is a classic Trump move: it gives Netanyahu what he wants just as Trump got what he wanted from MAGA: votes. abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...
Trump admin live updates: Trump to meet with Netanyahu at White House
President Donald Trump is scheduled on Monday to welcome Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House.
abcnews.go.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The Trump "peace deal" involves Hamas giving the war criminal all 48 remaining hostages dead or alive. This is a classic Trump move: it gives Netanyahu what he wants just as Trump got what he wanted from MAGA: votes. abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...
Here's a good explainer about what repercussions Sinclair and Nextstar may face from ABC and others for pre-empting Jimmy Kimmel Live! after he returned to air on September 23. Starts at 14:16. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkZ2...
Hello Houston Full Episode - September 24, 2025
YouTube video by Houston Public Media
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September 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Here's a good explainer about what repercussions Sinclair and Nextstar may face from ABC and others for pre-empting Jimmy Kimmel Live! after he returned to air on September 23. Starts at 14:16. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkZ2...
Antifa means anti-fascist. Every GI who stormed the beaches of Normandy was Antifa; every Vietnam Vet was Antifa. What does it say about a POTUS who wants to persecuted Antifa and turn it into a state crime? And Congress will do nothing. www.latimes.com/world-nation...
Trump moves to declare antifa a domestic terrorist group
Trump plans to classify the left-wing, anti-fascist movement as a terrorist organization, raising legal and ethical questions about how the U.S. can prosecute a movement.
www.latimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Antifa means anti-fascist. Every GI who stormed the beaches of Normandy was Antifa; every Vietnam Vet was Antifa. What does it say about a POTUS who wants to persecuted Antifa and turn it into a state crime? And Congress will do nothing. www.latimes.com/world-nation...
Really glad to see him on Bluesky. @maklelan.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Really glad to see him on Bluesky. @maklelan.bsky.social
There seems a lot of nostalgia for old movies among Bluesky members. What about this one? It seems as relevent if not moreso that Robert Redford tributes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB95...
THE SOCIAL NETWORK - Official Trailer [2010] (HD)
YouTube video by Sony Pictures Entertainment
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September 21, 2025 at 4:44 AM
There seems a lot of nostalgia for old movies among Bluesky members. What about this one? It seems as relevent if not moreso that Robert Redford tributes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB95...
I held him as he passed. After 14 years together, he died as he lived, honorably and with dignity. I was his first and only forever home after being raised from kittenhood and enduring 6 rejections at the no-kill shelter. And now I'm heartbroken.
September 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I held him as he passed. After 14 years together, he died as he lived, honorably and with dignity. I was his first and only forever home after being raised from kittenhood and enduring 6 rejections at the no-kill shelter. And now I'm heartbroken.
Well, that didn't take long....enjoy this gift NYT article www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/b...
Judge Dismisses Trump’s Lawsuit Against The New York Times
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Well, that didn't take long....enjoy this gift NYT article www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/b...
""Should the government censor speech it doesn't like? Of course not. The FCC does not have a roving mandate to police speech in the name of the ‘public interest,'" the FCC chair, Brendan Carr, tweeted in 2019. It will doubtless be part of any suit against the FCC's new attack on civil rights.
September 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
""Should the government censor speech it doesn't like? Of course not. The FCC does not have a roving mandate to police speech in the name of the ‘public interest,'" the FCC chair, Brendan Carr, tweeted in 2019. It will doubtless be part of any suit against the FCC's new attack on civil rights.
Normally I don't consult Wikipedia but their entry on TPUSA is useful to get a rudimentary overview of Kirk and his evangelism of his sponsors' worldview. Thus, it shows who and how they underwrote his rise. Kirk’s career could not have existed without their aid. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turning...
Turning Point USA - Wikipedia
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September 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Normally I don't consult Wikipedia but their entry on TPUSA is useful to get a rudimentary overview of Kirk and his evangelism of his sponsors' worldview. Thus, it shows who and how they underwrote his rise. Kirk’s career could not have existed without their aid. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turning...
This should thrill Ticket Masters and other ticket venders as well as large performance venue owners when this reality hits their pocketbook. These losses will amount to $Billions. www.npr.org/2025/09/18/n...
Bad Bunny skipped touring the states. Will other performers follow suit?
Artists from abroad are worried that the current climate is making American tours not worth the time and effort.
www.npr.org
September 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
This should thrill Ticket Masters and other ticket venders as well as large performance venue owners when this reality hits their pocketbook. These losses will amount to $Billions. www.npr.org/2025/09/18/n...
If you're not following the excellent work at @abovethelaw.com, you really are less than informed. Getting their newsletter even doubles your viewing pleasure. :) Here's a sampler: abovethelaw.com/2025/09/trum...
Trump Demands RICO For Protestors - Above the Law
Quick, someone ask him who RICO is!
abovethelaw.com
September 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
If you're not following the excellent work at @abovethelaw.com, you really are less than informed. Getting their newsletter even doubles your viewing pleasure. :) Here's a sampler: abovethelaw.com/2025/09/trum...
Chester is 16 and slower now these last few months. Some days I carry him up the stairs to his fav spot in the study. And today, I had *that* talk with his vet. When he passes, I am to bring him to his clinic. His appetite is still good, and he's still clingy, but he's getting wobbly, I noticed.
September 17, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Chester is 16 and slower now these last few months. Some days I carry him up the stairs to his fav spot in the study. And today, I had *that* talk with his vet. When he passes, I am to bring him to his clinic. His appetite is still good, and he's still clingy, but he's getting wobbly, I noticed.
So, a disgraced, disbarred attorney hurled into the outer darkness by Trump, is now yanked back like a fucking yo-yo to receive a medal. Trump's Presidental Medal of Freedom is now a piece of trash from TEMU. While he's in the WH, no honorable person will stain themselves with it. shorturl.at/PZqcE
Rudy Giuliani to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom, Trump says
America's highest civilian honour is awarded to those with "exceptionally meritorious contributions" to society.
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September 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
So, a disgraced, disbarred attorney hurled into the outer darkness by Trump, is now yanked back like a fucking yo-yo to receive a medal. Trump's Presidental Medal of Freedom is now a piece of trash from TEMU. While he's in the WH, no honorable person will stain themselves with it. shorturl.at/PZqcE