BLewis
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Abolish ICE is not enough.
Stern words for Greg Bovino or Kristi Noem is not enough.
We need prosecutions and trials.
Anything short of this position fails to address the gravity of this moment.
Stern words for Greg Bovino or Kristi Noem is not enough.
We need prosecutions and trials.
Anything short of this position fails to address the gravity of this moment.
January 26, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Abolish ICE is not enough.
Stern words for Greg Bovino or Kristi Noem is not enough.
We need prosecutions and trials.
Anything short of this position fails to address the gravity of this moment.
Stern words for Greg Bovino or Kristi Noem is not enough.
We need prosecutions and trials.
Anything short of this position fails to address the gravity of this moment.
And no ... that list doesn't include our notorious American uber-wealthy, like Thiel, Bezos, Musk, Zuckerberg, ... of course.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires call for higher taxes on super-rich
Mark Ruffalo, Brian Eno and Abigail Disney sign letter timed for WEF in Davos saying wealthy are buying political influence
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:02 PM
And no ... that list doesn't include our notorious American uber-wealthy, like Thiel, Bezos, Musk, Zuckerberg, ... of course.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
CONGRESS 😡!!
The industry lobbyists successfully got their wishlist for creating the global market on natural gas ... that gives no protection for US consumers of our OWN RESOURCE.
So, we pay more, to compete in a global market, for our own natural gas.
www.marketwatch.com/story/natura...
The industry lobbyists successfully got their wishlist for creating the global market on natural gas ... that gives no protection for US consumers of our OWN RESOURCE.
So, we pay more, to compete in a global market, for our own natural gas.
www.marketwatch.com/story/natura...
Natural-gas prices soar as temperatures drop. It could be the toughest test for the markets in a decade.
Natural-gas futures skyrocketed on Tuesday in anticipation of a bitter cold stretch in the Northeastern part in the U.S.
www.marketwatch.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:35 PM
CONGRESS 😡!!
The industry lobbyists successfully got their wishlist for creating the global market on natural gas ... that gives no protection for US consumers of our OWN RESOURCE.
So, we pay more, to compete in a global market, for our own natural gas.
www.marketwatch.com/story/natura...
The industry lobbyists successfully got their wishlist for creating the global market on natural gas ... that gives no protection for US consumers of our OWN RESOURCE.
So, we pay more, to compete in a global market, for our own natural gas.
www.marketwatch.com/story/natura...
Reposted by BLewis
Reposted by BLewis
Later paraphrased by Abraham Lincoln:
"The people's government, made for the people, made by the people and answerable to the people."
-- Daniel Webster, born #OTD 1782
"The people's government, made for the people, made by the people and answerable to the people."
-- Daniel Webster, born #OTD 1782
January 18, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Later paraphrased by Abraham Lincoln:
"The people's government, made for the people, made by the people and answerable to the people."
-- Daniel Webster, born #OTD 1782
"The people's government, made for the people, made by the people and answerable to the people."
-- Daniel Webster, born #OTD 1782
Bush, Clinton, Obama, Biden all need to speak out, FORCEFULLY to help save this nation!
www.alternet.org/impeach-trump/
www.alternet.org/impeach-trump/
Things are only going to get worse — if these 4 men don't act now
The staggering cowardliness by four ex-presidents vis-à-vis Tyrant Trump’s wrecking of America cannot escape history’s verdict. However, there is still an opportunity for vigorous redemption by George...
www.alternet.org
January 11, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Bush, Clinton, Obama, Biden all need to speak out, FORCEFULLY to help save this nation!
www.alternet.org/impeach-trump/
www.alternet.org/impeach-trump/
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None of us ever should.
January 7, 2026 at 8:48 PM
None of us ever should.
"Democracy doesn’t save itself. Constitutional norms don’t restore themselves. ...
Right now, when it matters most, Chuck Schumer isn’t fighting. He’s hoping.
And hope, as we’ve learned over the past nine years, is not a strategy!"
www.techdirt.com/2026/01/06/c...
Right now, when it matters most, Chuck Schumer isn’t fighting. He’s hoping.
And hope, as we’ve learned over the past nine years, is not a strategy!"
www.techdirt.com/2026/01/06/c...
Chuck Schumer’s Ridiculous Strategy For Trump’s Illegal War: Hope Republicans Come To Their Senses
I’ve criticized Chuck Schumer plenty over the years, generally for being bad on tech policy, but also for not understanding the moment we’re living through. Yes, he’s the leader of a minority…
www.techdirt.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:38 PM
"Democracy doesn’t save itself. Constitutional norms don’t restore themselves. ...
Right now, when it matters most, Chuck Schumer isn’t fighting. He’s hoping.
And hope, as we’ve learned over the past nine years, is not a strategy!"
www.techdirt.com/2026/01/06/c...
Right now, when it matters most, Chuck Schumer isn’t fighting. He’s hoping.
And hope, as we’ve learned over the past nine years, is not a strategy!"
www.techdirt.com/2026/01/06/c...
Established almost sixty years ago for the benefit of We The People, it served as a model for other nations. And now destroyed by sleazy underhanded defunding ... despite the decades of goodness provided to the American people! 😡
variety.com/2026/tv/news...
variety.com/2026/tv/news...
Corporation for Public Broadcasting to Shut Down After 58 Years Due to Trump Eliminating Funding
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting's board voted to close the organization after 58 years after the Trump Administration ended funding.
variety.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Established almost sixty years ago for the benefit of We The People, it served as a model for other nations. And now destroyed by sleazy underhanded defunding ... despite the decades of goodness provided to the American people! 😡
variety.com/2026/tv/news...
variety.com/2026/tv/news...
Donny's been a liar from day one -- just ask him family. And of course this is skill #1 when trying to steal something!
www.reuters.com/world/us/jac...
www.reuters.com/world/us/jac...
Jack Smith says Trump acknowledged to others that he lost 2020 election
A House panel released the former special counsel's private testimony from October.
www.reuters.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Donny's been a liar from day one -- just ask him family. And of course this is skill #1 when trying to steal something!
www.reuters.com/world/us/jac...
www.reuters.com/world/us/jac...
So you intend to sue for a 'political stunt'?
Seems like the pot calling the kettle ...
... not to mention that renaming the Kennedy Center IS ILLEGAL!
apnews.com/article/kenn...
Seems like the pot calling the kettle ...
... not to mention that renaming the Kennedy Center IS ILLEGAL!
apnews.com/article/kenn...
Kennedy Center criticizes musician who canceled performance after Trump name added to building
The president of the Kennedy Center is criticizing musician Chuck Redd for canceling a Christmas Eve performance.
apnews.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM
So you intend to sue for a 'political stunt'?
Seems like the pot calling the kettle ...
... not to mention that renaming the Kennedy Center IS ILLEGAL!
apnews.com/article/kenn...
Seems like the pot calling the kettle ...
... not to mention that renaming the Kennedy Center IS ILLEGAL!
apnews.com/article/kenn...
"One trend that bothers me is the glorification of stupidity, that the media is reassuring people it's all right not to know anything ..."
Carl Sagan
August 2, 1995, speech at the Pacific Rim TransTech Conference, Seattle, Washington
ref: tinyurl.com/Sagan-speech
Carl Sagan
August 2, 1995, speech at the Pacific Rim TransTech Conference, Seattle, Washington
ref: tinyurl.com/Sagan-speech
December 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"One trend that bothers me is the glorification of stupidity, that the media is reassuring people it's all right not to know anything ..."
Carl Sagan
August 2, 1995, speech at the Pacific Rim TransTech Conference, Seattle, Washington
ref: tinyurl.com/Sagan-speech
Carl Sagan
August 2, 1995, speech at the Pacific Rim TransTech Conference, Seattle, Washington
ref: tinyurl.com/Sagan-speech
The U.S. has fought many wars on other continents Marco!
It's our MORAL OBLIGATION to stop Russia invading our allies!
So it is OUR WAR too!
It's our MORAL OBLIGATION to stop Russia invading our allies!
So it is OUR WAR too!
Rubio on Russia-Ukraine: "It's not our war. It's a war on another continent."
December 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The U.S. has fought many wars on other continents Marco!
It's our MORAL OBLIGATION to stop Russia invading our allies!
So it is OUR WAR too!
It's our MORAL OBLIGATION to stop Russia invading our allies!
So it is OUR WAR too!
Dean Baker, senior economist:
[they] should be “wondering about the man’s sanity” ... “This is utterly divorced from reality.”
He notes that Trump had inherited [from Biden] an “incredibly strong economy by almost every measure imaginable.”
www.democracynow.org/2025/12/18/t...
[they] should be “wondering about the man’s sanity” ... “This is utterly divorced from reality.”
He notes that Trump had inherited [from Biden] an “incredibly strong economy by almost every measure imaginable.”
www.democracynow.org/2025/12/18/t...
“Divorced from Reality”: Fact-Checking Trump’s Speech on the Economy
President Trump praised the state of the U.S. economy in a primetime address Wednesday evening, even though new government statistics show the nation’s unemployment rate is at a new four-year high of ...
www.democracynow.org
December 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Dean Baker, senior economist:
[they] should be “wondering about the man’s sanity” ... “This is utterly divorced from reality.”
He notes that Trump had inherited [from Biden] an “incredibly strong economy by almost every measure imaginable.”
www.democracynow.org/2025/12/18/t...
[they] should be “wondering about the man’s sanity” ... “This is utterly divorced from reality.”
He notes that Trump had inherited [from Biden] an “incredibly strong economy by almost every measure imaginable.”
www.democracynow.org/2025/12/18/t...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an INDEPENDENT FEDERAL AGENCY established by the Communications Act of 1934 ...
www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
www.congress.gov
December 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an INDEPENDENT FEDERAL AGENCY established by the Communications Act of 1934 ...
www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
Yet another science denier pretending that Intelligent Design is a thing! 🤦
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/an-arizona...
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/an-arizona...
An Arizona Republican is trying to force Creationism back into science classes
State Sen. David Farnsworth's latest bill attacks evolution, the scientific method, and decades of settled law
www.friendlyatheist.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Yet another science denier pretending that Intelligent Design is a thing! 🤦
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/an-arizona...
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/an-arizona...
"A statistical analysis reveals NO resurgence of faith, even as conservative Christians wield unprecedented political power."
Conscientious reason matters more for our future!
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/america-is...
Conscientious reason matters more for our future!
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/america-is...
America isn't in the midst of a religious revival—and the numbers prove it
A statistical analysis reveals no resurgence of faith, even as conservative Christians wield unprecedented political power
www.friendlyatheist.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
"A statistical analysis reveals NO resurgence of faith, even as conservative Christians wield unprecedented political power."
Conscientious reason matters more for our future!
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/america-is...
Conscientious reason matters more for our future!
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/america-is...
Donny's narcissism has become pathological.
IMPEACH AND REMOVE NOW!
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
IMPEACH AND REMOVE NOW!
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
Lawsuit Filed to Strike Trump’s Face From National Parks Pass
Center for Biological Diversity: 'National Parks Are Not a Personal Branding Opportunity. They're the Pride and Joy of the American People.'
biologicaldiversity.org
December 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Donny's narcissism has become pathological.
IMPEACH AND REMOVE NOW!
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
IMPEACH AND REMOVE NOW!
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
Oh come on!
We know that Project 2025 just wants two boxes on the 2030 census forms:
☐ WHITE
☐ non-white
www.npr.org/2025/12/05/n...
We know that Project 2025 just wants two boxes on the 2030 census forms:
☐ WHITE
☐ non-white
www.npr.org/2025/12/05/n...
Trump official signals potential rollback of changes to census racial categories
Trump officials are reviewing changes to racial and ethnic categories that the Biden administration approved for the 2030 census and other federal government forms, a White House agency official says.
www.npr.org
December 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Oh come on!
We know that Project 2025 just wants two boxes on the 2030 census forms:
☐ WHITE
☐ non-white
www.npr.org/2025/12/05/n...
We know that Project 2025 just wants two boxes on the 2030 census forms:
☐ WHITE
☐ non-white
www.npr.org/2025/12/05/n...
Finally!
Maybe Corporate America will start to listen to We The People.
www.alternet.org/ice-raids-bo...
Maybe Corporate America will start to listen to We The People.
www.alternet.org/ice-raids-bo...
Companies promoting controversial Trump policy facing angry 'consumer revolt'
Although MS NOW host, Never Trump conservative and ex-GOP Congressman Joe Scarborough often says that the United States' immigration laws must be obeyed and enforced, he is vehemently critical of the ...
www.alternet.org
November 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Finally!
Maybe Corporate America will start to listen to We The People.
www.alternet.org/ice-raids-bo...
Maybe Corporate America will start to listen to We The People.
www.alternet.org/ice-raids-bo...
So the State Dept. thinks immigrants are actually 'harmful' to society.
What about the "Age of Mass Migration," which saw over 20 million immigrants arrive in the U.S. between 1880 and 1920 TO HELP BUILD THE COUNTRY AND ACTUALLY MAKE THE U.S. GREAT?
www.huffpost.com/entry/state-...
What about the "Age of Mass Migration," which saw over 20 million immigrants arrive in the U.S. between 1880 and 1920 TO HELP BUILD THE COUNTRY AND ACTUALLY MAKE THE U.S. GREAT?
www.huffpost.com/entry/state-...
Rubio Orders U.S. Diplomats In Europe To Urge Governments To Limit 'Mass Migration'
The Nov. 21 cable said diplomats stationed in Europe should "raise U.S. concerns about violent crimes associated with people of a migration background."
www.huffpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
So the State Dept. thinks immigrants are actually 'harmful' to society.
What about the "Age of Mass Migration," which saw over 20 million immigrants arrive in the U.S. between 1880 and 1920 TO HELP BUILD THE COUNTRY AND ACTUALLY MAKE THE U.S. GREAT?
www.huffpost.com/entry/state-...
What about the "Age of Mass Migration," which saw over 20 million immigrants arrive in the U.S. between 1880 and 1920 TO HELP BUILD THE COUNTRY AND ACTUALLY MAKE THE U.S. GREAT?
www.huffpost.com/entry/state-...