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The lone vote (Clay Higgins (R-La.)) against the House of Representatives discharge Petition said: “It abandons 250 years of criminal justice procedure in America”.

However, he is apparently OK denying due process to thousands of people arrested by ICE...
November 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Absurdity, Irony or Dystopia?
You are given "The Grapes of Wrath" to read when you are young. When you're old, you see the same terrifying social injustice and struggle for dignity as described in the book being dished out daily by Republicans in Washington DC.
November 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Partocracy
Noun: rule by a single party

Democracy gives every citizen a voice however in a partocracy the ruling party does all the talking (listening is not required).
October 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Capitalism 101
Export tarrifs: added to cost.
Import tarrifs: added to cost.
Or,
Product cost + all tarrifs = what consumers (you) pay.
October 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The corruption of Donald tRump is only surpassed by the Republicans of the House and Senate who are approving and participating in the corruption. Without their willing participation, it could not happen, it would not happen.
October 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
It's really hard to make up stuff like this. But, here we are...
www.axios.com/2025/10/24/t...
D.C. man detained for playing "Star Wars" song at National Guard, lawsuit says
The man's rights were violated when he was handcuffed and detained for 15-20 minutes, ACLU says.
www.axios.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Oops... Shooting live rounds over folks seems to be an unnecessary gamble. Like is said with rocket flights, a million things have to go right and only one thing has to go wrong. The last major opposed U.S. amphibious operation was the landing at Tang Island in 1975.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
‘0% malfunction rate,’ until now: How military's plan to fire munitions over I-5 went awry
An artillery round exploded over Interstate 5 at Camp Pendleton, cutting short the military's live-fire exercise.
www.latimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
House Speaker Mike Johnson slammed Saturday's protests as a "hate America rally".

It seems to me if you really hate America, you'd not call to session the House and swear in newly elected members and then do the business of governance.
October 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Life.
Liberty.
The pursuit of happiness.
- Declaration of Independence

Don't be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without value.
-Arthur Miller
October 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Memo To:
Mike Johnson, House of Representatives
Subject: Government Shutdown

The Government Shutdown lies at your feet. Your job is to garner the votes to pass a bill.

The bill is not acceptable.

Modify the bill to an acceptable bill for the required number of members.

Sincerely,
American Voters
October 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
If you noticed, there have been many Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated memes, videos, and images coming from the Whitehouse. This futher exemplifies that there is no actual Intelligence in the Whitehouse.
October 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
If this coin is issued, regardless of how funny, do not etch a Hitler mustache on the coin and use it as currency or suffer the penalties as per 18 U.S. Code § 331 - Mutilation, diminution, and falsification of coins.🤔
October 3, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Oh noooos! Some nasty foreigner must have hurt his little feelers...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/29/e...
Trump announces 100% tariff on foreign-made movies | CNN Business
President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post on Monday he will be imposing a 100% tariff “on any and all movies that are made outside of the United States.”
www.cnn.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Wow, just wow. Between this and 'Stingray' *your* cell phone becomes their greatest asset to watch and track you. Web search "stingray harris" for interesting info on the stingray tried and true (and very well used) device.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps
Trump administration contract with Paragon Solutions gives immigration agency access to one of the most powerful stealth cyberweapons
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain, once considered the Trump of London, called the Alaska summit meeting “just about the most vomit-inducing episode in all the tawdry history of international diplomacy.”
August 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
August 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
How utterly wrong.
August 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Regarding the summit in Anchorage, Alaska Friday with tRump & Putin:

“Looks like once again Trump is selling out Ukraine and bowing down to dictator Putin, No Nobel Peace Prize for that.”
- Chuck Schumer
August 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
You can bet there was Ketchup dripping down the walls in the Whitehouse.

www.npr.org/2025/08/17/n...
European leaders to join Ukraine's Zelenskyy for White House meeting with Trump
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte are among those expected to attend.
www.npr.org
August 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
It's like a convicted felon saying "Give me your phone, watch, and wallet and I won't shoot you dead"....
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump to back ceding of Ukrainian territory to Russia as part of peace deal
Details of post-summit call were leaked in which US president supports plan for Kyiv to give up Donbas region
www.theguardian.com
August 17, 2025 at 12:12 AM
So much winning it hurts. For the first time in 30 years, Canada bought more cars directly from Mexico than it did from the U.S.; Arbitrary and capricious tarrifs matter...
www.carscoops.com/2025/08/cana...
Mexico Just Stole America’s Biggest Auto Buyer | Carscoops
In a sign of things to come in a post-tariff world, the world's largest buyer of U.S.-made cars turned its attention to Mexico
www.carscoops.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
TACO negotiating...
August 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
So what you may ask; without protesting anyway you can, you become indirectly complicit. I don't condone molesting/raping childern PERIOD!
August 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Bending the knee to the Fascist:

Comments from X, formerly Twitter
“This feels like something you do for Kim Jong Un to avoid having your family fed to pigs. I guess that’s where we are now”

“Tim Cook shows the world how to kiss ass like a pro.”

More info here...
www.advocate.com/news/tim-coo...
Apple CEO Tim Cook bends the knee to Donald Trump with a golden Oval Office gift & $100 billion pledge
“It’s a unique unit of one,” the Apple CEO said at the White House, adding, “designed by a U.S. Marine Corps corporal.”
www.advocate.com
August 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM