I'm a true Democrat and a retired English teacher, yet I firmly believe we need to arm vetted and trained teachers. NO school with armed teachers has ever been attacked. None!
To make this safer use biometric pistols that can only be fired by the owner. And hide the pistols behind jackets, etc.

Lyin' Donny is asking the Justice Dept. to investigate famous celebrities who have spoken against him, showing us how much he values our First Amendment and his oath to defend our Constitution. Of course his lawyers are telling him to hide his attacks by saying with NO proof they are illegal bribes.

www.facebook.com/share/p/15oa...

Trump's tariffs (estimated to average $4K per family per year) are based on grossly incorrect math. He is in reality trying to BALANCE TOTAL TRADE with other countries, not a realistic goal if they don't want OUR products as much as we want THEIRS. Want the proof?

www.factcheck.org/2025/04/trum...

Chief Justice Roberts today texted BOLDLY against Trump wanting to impeach a judge who ruled against him, saying that wasn't grounds for impeachment. Constitutional crisis coming!

Feeling really blue? Anyone wanting help from depression can call for free assistance at anytime: 988 Suicide and Crisis Hotline
My band, The Scallywags recorded this anti-suicide song yesterday. Hope you like "Stay Around."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fhd8...

Lyin' Donny and sidekick, JD, tried to make the Ukrainian president grovel in front of twenty reporters at the White House. He defied them. The rest of the world is aghast at how our president treated Zelensky! Putin is thrilled!

During the first three years of the Great Depression, 100,000 people per week lost their jobs. This week, in 2025, 200,000 federal employees lost their jobs.

Lyin' Donny WILL try to eliminate the Department of Education, something polls show the American public strongly opposes. This will bring hardship to gender equality, disabled students, students remediation to catch up in reading and math, etc. and will fund vouchers.
www.nea.org/nea-today/al...

Lyin' Donny breaks more laws and gets stopped again by Federal judges. If Donny persists he get a Contempt of Court slapped on him. If he AGAIN persists he get a visit by Federal agents. THEN we have a Constitutional crisis, folks!
Stay tuned!

My anger at this gross overstepping of power is only tempered by the realization that his followers are mostly misinformed. They have succumbed to the constant barrage of lies, propaganda, and misdirection spewed by their "alternative facts" news sources.
Smart people are susceptible to propaganda!

The newest Trump Barbie Doll Whitehouse spokesperson just said Lyin' Donnie is imposing 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico because of "the tens of MILLIONS of deaths to Americans from fentanyl."
Fact check- a quarter of 1 million have died from fentanyl, Lyin' Barbie!

"Post it on your social media." Thank you, Mr. Acosta.

It took Trump only five days to do something illegal in his second term. On Friday he fired SEVENTEEN INSPECTORS GENERAL - but did so without congressional approval and without providing ANY evidence of wrongdoing by these men and women who guard against fraud and waste in our institutions. 5 days!

@freeadvicedoug.bsky.social - Doug, apparently we're not in Kansas anymore! How the hell does this Bluesky work? I've searched for a few FB friends, and I've followed a few strangers with interesting posts, but otherwise I don't know ANYone here!

"..it was that conservatives are more likely to share misinformation and get fact-checked, as some research has shown. That means conservatives are also more likely to be moderated. In this sense, perhaps it wasn’t Facebook’s fact-checking systems that had a liberal bias, but REALITY."
The Verge

I wrote a new song 7 days ago and did a live recording yesterday with my band, The Scallywags. Hope you enjoy "Fight the Good Fight."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOWl...

Hope to make friends here.
My interests are:
Music- I'm a songwriter and have recorded two albums thus far. One more coming up.
Guitar- it's my main instrument, though I also play bass and drums.
Education - retire English teacher and very concerned about the direction of our education system.

Hi! I just joined here. I did so because Zuckerberg has given up on his principles by NOT allowing fact checking anymore on his social network. Lies and conspiracy theories will flourish there now. Sad.
Zuck is now more interested in profits than truth and the greater public interest.