JPB
freefuture.bsky.social
JPB
@freefuture.bsky.social
Retired educator, large scale fiber optic network operator, consultant, and researcher.
It seems like the Trump Administration is not as concerned about cocaine, since this is the drug choice of the elite class. Doubtlessly donors do not want to see their price of Cocaine go up, especially during the Christmas holiday party season.
November 29, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The Trump Administration is always so uplifting and inspiring.
November 29, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I discuss the perils of this type of commingling of data in my Substack post (link below). While the merging of data among independent govt. and commercial data services may seem innocuous, it is not.
open.substack.com/pub/johnbran...
AI, DOGE and YOU
The news is full of stories about AI.
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
So I disagree with those who say the Dems caved. They clearly exposed the extent of the perversity and cruelty that is core to the MAGA movement.

We find ourselves, today, in a Morality Play. The role we choose is essential.
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
While I would like to see the Democrats hold the line, people can’t starve. Federal workers need paychecks. Someone needs to care about the American people, and clearly Trump and the Republicans who support him don’t.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Based on his characterization of the programs and his subsequent actions, one must assume that these were programs such as SNAP that helps people in need of food assistance, and Head Start that helps disadvantage preschoolers learn and prepare for school.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Parents and teachers describe the young children as being traumatized. I hope that you will read this article and ask yourselves, who is being protected and who is being terrorized? apnews.com/article/chic...
'We have to be good or ICE will get us': Takeaways from Chicago children caught in immigration raids
Some Chicago parents and teachers say children were traumatized by a recent immigration enforcement action involving tear gas.
apnews.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
"With your patient and rigorous work you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing". Journalists must serve as a "bulwark of civility" against the dangers of post-truth.
www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope: In this age of communication, nobody can say 'I did not know' - Vatican News
Addressing a global network of leading news agencies, Pope Leo thanks reporters who every day work to share the truth, often risking their lives. It ...
www.vaticannews.va
October 13, 2025 at 3:13 AM
You are doing great work. Thank you!!!
October 13, 2025 at 2:23 AM
As the father and grandfather of two strong women (and on is just 15 months old) I find this both disturbing and outraging.
October 11, 2025 at 11:32 PM
serious restrictions on freedom of expression and media freedom, including censorship; and the prohibition of independent trade unions and significant or systematic restrictions on workers’ freedom of association.” www.state.gov/reports/2024...
October 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Morris, Epstein? Trump's friends. My mother always told me that I would be judged by the company I keep. If this is a true measure, Donald Trump is truly depraved. The indictement: oklahoma.gov/content/dam/...
oklahoma.gov
October 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM