Frankusz
@frankusz.bsky.social
Retired University Professor still interested in all aspects of human behavior including politics.
We know that American citizens are being arrested -- by the hundreds no less.
January 24, 2026 at 7:15 PM
We know that American citizens are being arrested -- by the hundreds no less.
Trump seems to be saying, "250 years ago your forefathers fought for and won their freedom. Now I'm going to take it all away so that you can fight for it again. Won't that be fun?" Fun for him maybe ...
January 24, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Trump seems to be saying, "250 years ago your forefathers fought for and won their freedom. Now I'm going to take it all away so that you can fight for it again. Won't that be fun?" Fun for him maybe ...
Sounds a lot like the discussions and decisions voiced at the House of the Wansee Conference 20 January 1942. Conducting genocide in a more business like manner was the organizing concept.
January 24, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Sounds a lot like the discussions and decisions voiced at the House of the Wansee Conference 20 January 1942. Conducting genocide in a more business like manner was the organizing concept.
Regardless of what it actually is, the color green is associated with chlorine gas which is definitely lethal to most life forms. Generating fear and obedience or at least quiescence is the overarching objective. It's all theatre we can hope.
January 24, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Regardless of what it actually is, the color green is associated with chlorine gas which is definitely lethal to most life forms. Generating fear and obedience or at least quiescence is the overarching objective. It's all theatre we can hope.
So who will publish the ratio between verifiably criminal immigrants and the innocent ones? Is it 1 criminal to 10 innocent (1:10) or is it 1:100 or 1:1,000? This BS needs to be countered with facts.
January 24, 2026 at 3:05 PM
So who will publish the ratio between verifiably criminal immigrants and the innocent ones? Is it 1 criminal to 10 innocent (1:10) or is it 1:100 or 1:1,000? This BS needs to be countered with facts.
What a sight that must be. A circular firing squad of complicity.
January 23, 2026 at 10:48 PM
What a sight that must be. A circular firing squad of complicity.
Trump still doesn't understand the difference between weather and climate. Natural or willful ignorance? Either is disqualifying.
January 23, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Trump still doesn't understand the difference between weather and climate. Natural or willful ignorance? Either is disqualifying.
So voting Republican or living in a Republican dominated state is definitely a serious health risk.
January 23, 2026 at 10:17 PM
So voting Republican or living in a Republican dominated state is definitely a serious health risk.
Of course "disparage" is the wrongh word here. This story and others like it do not disparage the country or its people. Quite the contrary, they highlight how far we have come in realizing our most basic beliefs and ideals. That "all men are created equal" is a message that MAGA wants to suppress.
January 23, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Of course "disparage" is the wrongh word here. This story and others like it do not disparage the country or its people. Quite the contrary, they highlight how far we have come in realizing our most basic beliefs and ideals. That "all men are created equal" is a message that MAGA wants to suppress.
It should be obvious to even a dolt that the DOJ cannot be trusted. Even what little they have released is redacted to incoherence. A Special Master appointed by Congress is the only way this stuff will see the light of day. Pedo protectors!
January 22, 2026 at 5:53 PM
It should be obvious to even a dolt that the DOJ cannot be trusted. Even what little they have released is redacted to incoherence. A Special Master appointed by Congress is the only way this stuff will see the light of day. Pedo protectors!
As you look at the line of presidential succession, it should be clear that impeaching the president and his successors will not be of much help. The people who we most need to impeach are his cabinet members and staff starting with Noem and Miller. Without them Trump is a political eunuch.
January 22, 2026 at 5:46 PM
As you look at the line of presidential succession, it should be clear that impeaching the president and his successors will not be of much help. The people who we most need to impeach are his cabinet members and staff starting with Noem and Miller. Without them Trump is a political eunuch.
We are going to hell in a hand basket! So why are our representatives in Congress, Democrats and Republicans alike, not redirecting our national trajectory to something neutral if not positive in direction. Remember them at the ballot box.
January 22, 2026 at 5:34 PM
We are going to hell in a hand basket! So why are our representatives in Congress, Democrats and Republicans alike, not redirecting our national trajectory to something neutral if not positive in direction. Remember them at the ballot box.
I'd rather see Trump turned into a political eunuch by a Congress that counters his every bad move. Elevating Vance to take his place is going from the frying pan into the fire. Would his cabinet even dare?
January 21, 2026 at 8:29 PM
I'd rather see Trump turned into a political eunuch by a Congress that counters his every bad move. Elevating Vance to take his place is going from the frying pan into the fire. Would his cabinet even dare?
They say that you can indict a ham sandwich, but a grand jury that OKs this assertion would have to be deaf, dumb, and stupid. However, it would be interesting and perhaps useful to see the evidence they put forth in support of this inanity. Of course, that testimony would not normally become public
January 21, 2026 at 8:23 PM
They say that you can indict a ham sandwich, but a grand jury that OKs this assertion would have to be deaf, dumb, and stupid. However, it would be interesting and perhaps useful to see the evidence they put forth in support of this inanity. Of course, that testimony would not normally become public
Obviously, they are racing against the elections this November. Look for voter suppression efforts to be especially vicious. A substantial majority of Democrats in both houses of Congress is vitally important. It will get unimaginably horrible if this doesn't happen; if we don't head them off.
January 21, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Obviously, they are racing against the elections this November. Look for voter suppression efforts to be especially vicious. A substantial majority of Democrats in both houses of Congress is vitally important. It will get unimaginably horrible if this doesn't happen; if we don't head them off.
But this is not a playground. Neither they nor we are playing. This is serious business and we need to take it that way.
January 21, 2026 at 5:25 PM
But this is not a playground. Neither they nor we are playing. This is serious business and we need to take it that way.
Given the order of presidential succession, it looks like we will need more than one or two impeachments in a row:
January 21, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Given the order of presidential succession, it looks like we will need more than one or two impeachments in a row:
Here's hoping that this family can strike a blow for freedom by hauling the appropriate people into criminal and civil courts. No matter the outcome, discovery will be illuminating in the extreme.
January 20, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Here's hoping that this family can strike a blow for freedom by hauling the appropriate people into criminal and civil courts. No matter the outcome, discovery will be illuminating in the extreme.
Unless our natural diversity is being replaced with mono-dumbosity as appears to be the case.
January 20, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Unless our natural diversity is being replaced with mono-dumbosity as appears to be the case.
Disambiguation writ large.
January 20, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Disambiguation writ large.
Better together! More of us need to learn this at a visceral level.
January 20, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Better together! More of us need to learn this at a visceral level.