Mark Usher
@mark523.bsky.social
Retired.
Political moderate, fiscal conservative.
Purdue University graduate.
Naval Aviation enthusiast.
Model maker.
Masters swimmer.
Political moderate, fiscal conservative.
Purdue University graduate.
Naval Aviation enthusiast.
Model maker.
Masters swimmer.
This is the way you do it…
Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
January 25, 2026 at 10:43 PM
This is the way you do it…
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Indefensible. These ICE thugs and their bosses need to be prosecuted for murder.
ANOTHER ANGLE: the original video was deleted but I screen capped it. Here it is.
January 24, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Indefensible. These ICE thugs and their bosses need to be prosecuted for murder.
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The Truth about Venezuela.
January 4, 2026 at 7:38 PM
The Truth about Venezuela.
Hard to reconcile how the mumbling, slurring, unfocused person with a fourth-grade vocabulary had anything to do with planning the sophisticated operation in Venezuela.
January 4, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Hard to reconcile how the mumbling, slurring, unfocused person with a fourth-grade vocabulary had anything to do with planning the sophisticated operation in Venezuela.
Waking up to the news about Venezuela. Wow. My first reaction is might doesn’t make right, but need to know more about what’s going on. I don’t disagree with all of Trump’s stated goals, but certainly question his methods.
January 3, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Waking up to the news about Venezuela. Wow. My first reaction is might doesn’t make right, but need to know more about what’s going on. I don’t disagree with all of Trump’s stated goals, but certainly question his methods.
Nice interview. Worth a look.
December 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Nice interview. Worth a look.
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Great post about the Trump war in the Caribbean by a fellow Navy vet:
December 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Great post about the Trump war in the Caribbean by a fellow Navy vet:
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- American settlers ignoring the government in the late 1700s
- Fire Eaters on the eve of the Civil War
- America First movement leading up to Pearl Harbor
- McCarthyism
Each era/phenomenon lasted 5-10 years. MAGA/Trumpism won't be any different. (That doesn't mean we should sit on our hands.)
- Fire Eaters on the eve of the Civil War
- America First movement leading up to Pearl Harbor
- McCarthyism
Each era/phenomenon lasted 5-10 years. MAGA/Trumpism won't be any different. (That doesn't mean we should sit on our hands.)
December 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
- American settlers ignoring the government in the late 1700s
- Fire Eaters on the eve of the Civil War
- America First movement leading up to Pearl Harbor
- McCarthyism
Each era/phenomenon lasted 5-10 years. MAGA/Trumpism won't be any different. (That doesn't mean we should sit on our hands.)
- Fire Eaters on the eve of the Civil War
- America First movement leading up to Pearl Harbor
- McCarthyism
Each era/phenomenon lasted 5-10 years. MAGA/Trumpism won't be any different. (That doesn't mean we should sit on our hands.)
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We need to start calling him this #SecretaryofWarCrimes
November 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM
We need to start calling him this #SecretaryofWarCrimes
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Please. Be. Done.
Harris made the comments in an interview with the BBC while stopping in London for her book tour.
Kamala Harris Says She’d ‘Possibly’ Run For President Again: ‘I Am Not Done’
Harris made the comments in an interview with the BBC while stopping in London for her book tour.
www.forbes.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Please. Be. Done.
Is Trump deliberately trying to incite violence as an excuse to declare martial law, consolidate his authoritarianism and suspend future elections?
October 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Is Trump deliberately trying to incite violence as an excuse to declare martial law, consolidate his authoritarianism and suspend future elections?
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Antifa. England. June 5, 1944, just before D-Day.
October 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Antifa. England. June 5, 1944, just before D-Day.
Former Defense Secretary and Retired General James Mattis Issues Statement on Trump thebradentontimes.com/stories/form...
Former Defense Secretary and Retired General James Mattis Issues Statement on Trump - The Bradenton Times
Former Defense Secretary James Mattis issued an extraordinary criticism of President Trump's leadership in a statement published in The Atlantic on Thursday. Below is the full text of the …
thebradentontimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Former Defense Secretary and Retired General James Mattis Issues Statement on Trump thebradentontimes.com/stories/form...
Trump’s speech is scary stupid.
September 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Trump’s speech is scary stupid.
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
September 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
I’ve been saying that for a long time.
💯%. I've come to accept how morally depraved Donald Trump is. But I'll never get over how blindingly imbecilic he is.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
September 1, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I’ve been saying that for a long time.
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As long as guns are easily available to crazy people, mass killings directed at so-called soft targets will continue. This is a fact. Countries where it's more difficult for crazy people to obtain guns have less shootings. This is also a fact. Do with these facts as you will.
August 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
As long as guns are easily available to crazy people, mass killings directed at so-called soft targets will continue. This is a fact. Countries where it's more difficult for crazy people to obtain guns have less shootings. This is also a fact. Do with these facts as you will.
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August 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I’m old enough to remember Kent State.
With the National Guard in our streets, I fear we’re going to witness another similar tragedy.
With the National Guard in our streets, I fear we’re going to witness another similar tragedy.
August 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I’m old enough to remember Kent State.
With the National Guard in our streets, I fear we’re going to witness another similar tragedy.
With the National Guard in our streets, I fear we’re going to witness another similar tragedy.
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Friday in Alaska is nothing new….
August 17, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Friday in Alaska is nothing new….