John McGing
@jmcging.bsky.social
Politically liberal pro-union not much for conservative or libertarian philosophies or their followers. Retired fed.
Lots of moving pieces and distractions, so good to refresh on this sh*t. From knowing, not knowing and still large parts of it are seemingly in progress, Project 2025 is real and a danger. Hopefully some folks are planning the response and actions needed to reverse when opportunity exists.
What Trump has said about Project 2025 over the years: A timeline
During his 2024 presidential campaign, Trump distanced himself from Project 2025. Now his administration is enacting many of its proposals.
www.snopes.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Lots of moving pieces and distractions, so good to refresh on this sh*t. From knowing, not knowing and still large parts of it are seemingly in progress, Project 2025 is real and a danger. Hopefully some folks are planning the response and actions needed to reverse when opportunity exists.
Don't assume MAGA collapse, just some folks are shearing off. There are Trump uber alles true believers who will stay the course. In power or not, these folks aren't going away. That genie is out of the bottle and ain't going back. Plan accordingly. Temper your prognosticating.
Marjorie Taylor Greene warns the “dam is breaking” in the GOP and slams Trump for being tone deaf on multiple issues | CNN Politics
GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday slammed President Donald Trump for his comments on the murders of Rob and Michele Reiner, as she predicted more Republicans will follow her lead in breaking ...
www.cnn.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Don't assume MAGA collapse, just some folks are shearing off. There are Trump uber alles true believers who will stay the course. In power or not, these folks aren't going away. That genie is out of the bottle and ain't going back. Plan accordingly. Temper your prognosticating.
It's great to see some organizations standing up to his bullshit.
Pulitzer Board Demands Trump’s Tax and Psych Records in Lawsuit Twist
Donald Trump isn’t going to be happy about this one.
newrepublic.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:11 PM
It's great to see some organizations standing up to his bullshit.
Am I alone in being confused about proclamations and executive orders and midnight tweets somehow all seemingly to have the force of law? It's like Picard's "make it so" is all one needs to change the course of American policy.
December 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Am I alone in being confused about proclamations and executive orders and midnight tweets somehow all seemingly to have the force of law? It's like Picard's "make it so" is all one needs to change the course of American policy.
Said what I think.
December 16, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Said what I think.
Wife fell asleep to "The Scarlet Pimpernel" and for the first time I actually grokked why the common folk yelled "Kill the aristos" as the guillotine fell. Wasn't sure how to feel about feeling that way, TBH.
December 15, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Wife fell asleep to "The Scarlet Pimpernel" and for the first time I actually grokked why the common folk yelled "Kill the aristos" as the guillotine fell. Wasn't sure how to feel about feeling that way, TBH.
If dual citizenship is outlawed, would getting a long term green card be next? I mean, if you hold a foreign passport but have permission to live here, same "loyalty" illogic applies? You want to live here, you become citizen, as green card is now short term while being vetted to take test. Sigh
December 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
If dual citizenship is outlawed, would getting a long term green card be next? I mean, if you hold a foreign passport but have permission to live here, same "loyalty" illogic applies? You want to live here, you become citizen, as green card is now short term while being vetted to take test. Sigh
The fact that Trump still has the majority of his support despite the economics etc. just points out that while it makes no sense, people believe in him. Kind of like it is with Jesus. It doesn't make any sense but people believe and belief is strong.
December 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The fact that Trump still has the majority of his support despite the economics etc. just points out that while it makes no sense, people believe in him. Kind of like it is with Jesus. It doesn't make any sense but people believe and belief is strong.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) this week introduced a bill to pull the U.S. out of NATO, Senator Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) introduced the Exclusive Citizenship Act of 2025 to establish that citizens of the United States must have sole and exclusive allegiance to the United States. 1
December 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) this week introduced a bill to pull the U.S. out of NATO, Senator Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) introduced the Exclusive Citizenship Act of 2025 to establish that citizens of the United States must have sole and exclusive allegiance to the United States. 1
I have zero desire to live in Fortress Amerika.
December 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I have zero desire to live in Fortress Amerika.
The push of federal power into uncharted areas, isolating the United States by immigration policies and foreign policy and more are attempts to hamstring any kind of dissent or failure to comply with what are essentially whims. And the Supreme Court seems to believe this is none of their business.
Colorado Officials Reject Trump’s ‘Pardon’ of a Convicted Election Denier
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The push of federal power into uncharted areas, isolating the United States by immigration policies and foreign policy and more are attempts to hamstring any kind of dissent or failure to comply with what are essentially whims. And the Supreme Court seems to believe this is none of their business.
VA plans to abruptly eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs. Strains on the system could grow with the elimination of as many as 35,000 mostly unfilled health care positions, including doctors, nurses and support staff.
Supports moving towards care more to non-gov providers
Supports moving towards care more to non-gov providers
December 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
VA plans to abruptly eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs. Strains on the system could grow with the elimination of as many as 35,000 mostly unfilled health care positions, including doctors, nurses and support staff.
Supports moving towards care more to non-gov providers
Supports moving towards care more to non-gov providers
The proposed rule for ESTA visa - look at page 9 for "more". Like Biometrics - face, fingerprint, dna and iris, or family members names, dates and place of birth, telephone numbers, residences, IP addresses from electronic photos...
Comment period is open, please comment.
Comment period is open, please comment.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
December 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The proposed rule for ESTA visa - look at page 9 for "more". Like Biometrics - face, fingerprint, dna and iris, or family members names, dates and place of birth, telephone numbers, residences, IP addresses from electronic photos...
Comment period is open, please comment.
Comment period is open, please comment.
Seven Social Sins - by Frederic Donaldson and published by Gandhi in his newspaper Young India Oct 22 1925.
Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Knowledge without character.
Commerce without morality.
Science without humanity.
Religion without sacrifice.
Politics without principle.
Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Knowledge without character.
Commerce without morality.
Science without humanity.
Religion without sacrifice.
Politics without principle.
December 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Seven Social Sins - by Frederic Donaldson and published by Gandhi in his newspaper Young India Oct 22 1925.
Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Knowledge without character.
Commerce without morality.
Science without humanity.
Religion without sacrifice.
Politics without principle.
Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Knowledge without character.
Commerce without morality.
Science without humanity.
Religion without sacrifice.
Politics without principle.
I read here and watch news, read things and find my ability to have outrage is numb. Which may be the point for the full court press of fascism but it kinda scares me I'm normalizing this, or becoming numb.
December 12, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I read here and watch news, read things and find my ability to have outrage is numb. Which may be the point for the full court press of fascism but it kinda scares me I'm normalizing this, or becoming numb.
And this is progressive taxation how?
December 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
And this is progressive taxation how?
Town hall with Erika Kirk on CBS? Seriously? The amount of gaslighting that is/will be happening could burn down a town. "Said hateful things? Watch the whole thing. Blah blah blah."
December 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Town hall with Erika Kirk on CBS? Seriously? The amount of gaslighting that is/will be happening could burn down a town. "Said hateful things? Watch the whole thing. Blah blah blah."
So glad people were aware of this and are publicizing it. Untrammeled facial recognition handed out willy-nilly is not American.
CBP Mobile Identify app pulled from Google Play Store amid intensifying scrutiny | Biometric Update
Its sudden disappearance has cast new light on an enforcement technology that until recently operated almost entirely outside public view.
www.biometricupdate.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
So glad people were aware of this and are publicizing it. Untrammeled facial recognition handed out willy-nilly is not American.
RFK Pull-up fraud :)
The correct way to do a pull-up is from a dead hang at the bottom (arms fully extended), then pulling oneself all the way up to the point that the chin passes the upper side of the pull-up bar, all the way back down, repeat.
The correct way to do a pull-up is from a dead hang at the bottom (arms fully extended), then pulling oneself all the way up to the point that the chin passes the upper side of the pull-up bar, all the way back down, repeat.
December 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
RFK Pull-up fraud :)
The correct way to do a pull-up is from a dead hang at the bottom (arms fully extended), then pulling oneself all the way up to the point that the chin passes the upper side of the pull-up bar, all the way back down, repeat.
The correct way to do a pull-up is from a dead hang at the bottom (arms fully extended), then pulling oneself all the way up to the point that the chin passes the upper side of the pull-up bar, all the way back down, repeat.
Is this part of a plan to isolate the United States? If you start making it difficult for visitors and tourists to come from favored countries and block off as inadmissible from other countries are they trying to isolate the country? What is the value in doing this?
Tourists from 42 countries will have to submit 5 years of social media history to enter U.S. under Trump plan
The Trump administration is proposing to ask visitors from countries with visa-free travel to the U.S. to submit five years of their social media history before they can enter.
www.cbsnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Is this part of a plan to isolate the United States? If you start making it difficult for visitors and tourists to come from favored countries and block off as inadmissible from other countries are they trying to isolate the country? What is the value in doing this?
U.S. seizes ‘very large’ oil tanker off Venezuelan coast, Trump says The seizure was a significant escalation in the U.S. pressure campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his country’s oil-dependent economy.
You gotta be kidding
You gotta be kidding
December 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
U.S. seizes ‘very large’ oil tanker off Venezuelan coast, Trump says The seizure was a significant escalation in the U.S. pressure campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his country’s oil-dependent economy.
You gotta be kidding
You gotta be kidding
Is there any explanation for this that doesn't end in contractors pockets either making money or donating money to legislators? Where's the DOGE waste fraud and abuse mantra now? Oh, yes, Elon's a contractor too. What was I thinking.
The Military Almost Got the Right to Repair. Lawmakers Just Took It Away
The final language of the annual bill that funds the US military is in. It removes provisions that would have helped ensure service members’ ability to fix their own equipment.
www.wired.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Is there any explanation for this that doesn't end in contractors pockets either making money or donating money to legislators? Where's the DOGE waste fraud and abuse mantra now? Oh, yes, Elon's a contractor too. What was I thinking.
With the Supremes smashing established precedents, I'm glad we have the 14th amendment in place else we'd see Trump pushing for Taney's 1857 decision to be reestablished. Make his life easier to get rid of a whole group of folks, at least in terms of voting, etc.
December 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
With the Supremes smashing established precedents, I'm glad we have the 14th amendment in place else we'd see Trump pushing for Taney's 1857 decision to be reestablished. Make his life easier to get rid of a whole group of folks, at least in terms of voting, etc.
First, the Epstein files to be released right away. Now they'll never see the light of day despite legislation, and then sure we'll release the video of the second boat strike then I don't think so. Nothing he says can be trusted.
December 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
First, the Epstein files to be released right away. Now they'll never see the light of day despite legislation, and then sure we'll release the video of the second boat strike then I don't think so. Nothing he says can be trusted.
Why is it being a fascist actually likely gets you hired by the feds while being "woke" gets you fired? And one likely protected by the courts?
December 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Why is it being a fascist actually likely gets you hired by the feds while being "woke" gets you fired? And one likely protected by the courts?