Frank Stanker M.D.
@nakatomiplaza.bsky.social
But I was going to go to Tosche Station to pick up some power converters!
What we should have learned from the experience of the last 50 years is not that democracy has failed but that voters and their elected representatives have joined forces in a game of rising expectations, immediate gratification, and very little accountability from anyone at any level. - Tom Nichols
January 17, 2026 at 4:08 PM
What we should have learned from the experience of the last 50 years is not that democracy has failed but that voters and their elected representatives have joined forces in a game of rising expectations, immediate gratification, and very little accountability from anyone at any level. - Tom Nichols
metro.co.uk/2026/01/13/i...
What else:
1. Cult of Personality
2. Placing loyalists in power
3. Fear-mongering Propaganda
4. ICE acting like Gestapo
5. Orchestrating unrest where there is none
6. Blaming political foes without proof
7. Threats as diplomacy
8. Imperialist Policies
9. Papers Please!!
What else:
1. Cult of Personality
2. Placing loyalists in power
3. Fear-mongering Propaganda
4. ICE acting like Gestapo
5. Orchestrating unrest where there is none
6. Blaming political foes without proof
7. Threats as diplomacy
8. Imperialist Policies
9. Papers Please!!
Is the US government using 'Nazi-inspired' slogans?
'We are governed by proud Neo-Nazis', one journalist said.
metro.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 6:43 PM
metro.co.uk/2026/01/13/i...
What else:
1. Cult of Personality
2. Placing loyalists in power
3. Fear-mongering Propaganda
4. ICE acting like Gestapo
5. Orchestrating unrest where there is none
6. Blaming political foes without proof
7. Threats as diplomacy
8. Imperialist Policies
9. Papers Please!!
What else:
1. Cult of Personality
2. Placing loyalists in power
3. Fear-mongering Propaganda
4. ICE acting like Gestapo
5. Orchestrating unrest where there is none
6. Blaming political foes without proof
7. Threats as diplomacy
8. Imperialist Policies
9. Papers Please!!
reason.com/2026/01/08/y...
"Any attempt to redefine observation as "violence" is not only unconstitutional—it's authoritarian gaslighting. When a government fears cameras more than crimes, it isn't protecting the rule of law. It's protecting itself."
"Any attempt to redefine observation as "violence" is not only unconstitutional—it's authoritarian gaslighting. When a government fears cameras more than crimes, it isn't protecting the rule of law. It's protecting itself."
The Trump administration says it's illegal to record videos of ICE. Here's what the law says.
"Violence is anything that threatens them and their safety, so it is doxing them, it's videotaping them where they're at when they're out on operations," Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said.
reason.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:34 PM
reason.com/2026/01/08/y...
"Any attempt to redefine observation as "violence" is not only unconstitutional—it's authoritarian gaslighting. When a government fears cameras more than crimes, it isn't protecting the rule of law. It's protecting itself."
"Any attempt to redefine observation as "violence" is not only unconstitutional—it's authoritarian gaslighting. When a government fears cameras more than crimes, it isn't protecting the rule of law. It's protecting itself."
“Nobody’s going to fight the United States militarily over the future of Greenland,” Mr. Miller told Jake Tapper
So...that makes it right? Might makes right?
So...that makes it right? Might makes right?
January 6, 2026 at 4:48 PM
“Nobody’s going to fight the United States militarily over the future of Greenland,” Mr. Miller told Jake Tapper
So...that makes it right? Might makes right?
So...that makes it right? Might makes right?
Why don’t we just pluck all the criminals living in countries without extradition treaties like we did Maduro? It’s apparently legal according to the executive branch, and whatever they say goes according to the other two branches of government. Batman did it, too in The Dark Knight.
January 4, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Why don’t we just pluck all the criminals living in countries without extradition treaties like we did Maduro? It’s apparently legal according to the executive branch, and whatever they say goes according to the other two branches of government. Batman did it, too in The Dark Knight.
Hitler wrote in a book that nobody read what he planned on doing, and ultimately did…and we have a President posting his views and plans on social media that nobody appears to be taking seriously. This is a major oversight on history and American intelligence.
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
January 1, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Hitler wrote in a book that nobody read what he planned on doing, and ultimately did…and we have a President posting his views and plans on social media that nobody appears to be taking seriously. This is a major oversight on history and American intelligence.
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
Trump is rewarding his faithful supporters who have been convicted by trial of their peers of committing crimes against the people he is supposed to be leading and protecting? It is abhorrent. If people like Lauren Boebert can see it, why can’t others?
January 1, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Trump is rewarding his faithful supporters who have been convicted by trial of their peers of committing crimes against the people he is supposed to be leading and protecting? It is abhorrent. If people like Lauren Boebert can see it, why can’t others?
This is our petty president:
“Monday's veto comes after Trump promised retaliation against Colorado for keeping his ally Tina Peters in prison.”
www.9news.com/article/news...
“Monday's veto comes after Trump promised retaliation against Colorado for keeping his ally Tina Peters in prison.”
www.9news.com/article/news...
Trump vetoes bill to fund Arkansas Valley Conduit in Colorado
President Trump vetoed a bill to fund a pipeline project to bring clean drinking water to communities on the Eastern Plains between Pueblo and Lamar.
www.9news.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:29 AM
This is our petty president:
“Monday's veto comes after Trump promised retaliation against Colorado for keeping his ally Tina Peters in prison.”
www.9news.com/article/news...
“Monday's veto comes after Trump promised retaliation against Colorado for keeping his ally Tina Peters in prison.”
www.9news.com/article/news...
www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
You focus your efforts on this when your own policies and ideology are untenable and unpopular.
You focus your efforts on this when your own policies and ideology are untenable and unpopular.
MSN
www.msn.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
You focus your efforts on this when your own policies and ideology are untenable and unpopular.
You focus your efforts on this when your own policies and ideology are untenable and unpopular.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
Yeah, and we already know what criteria they will use: Anybody not white and/or not MAGA.
This is horrific.
Yeah, and we already know what criteria they will use: Anybody not white and/or not MAGA.
This is horrific.
Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
Yeah, and we already know what criteria they will use: Anybody not white and/or not MAGA.
This is horrific.
Yeah, and we already know what criteria they will use: Anybody not white and/or not MAGA.
This is horrific.
WSJ Headline: "Survivors of Boat Strike Were Actively Continuing Drug Mission, Admiral to Tell Lawmakers"
How??? By treading water???
How??? By treading water???
December 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
WSJ Headline: "Survivors of Boat Strike Were Actively Continuing Drug Mission, Admiral to Tell Lawmakers"
How??? By treading water???
How??? By treading water???
Trump: "...the United States will not be throwing good money after bad, because a wrong Leader can only bring catastrophic results to a country, no matter which country it is."
Cough...USA...cough
Cough...USA...cough
December 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Trump: "...the United States will not be throwing good money after bad, because a wrong Leader can only bring catastrophic results to a country, no matter which country it is."
Cough...USA...cough
Cough...USA...cough
"US drug enforcement authorities say that many of the drug trafficking routes the Maduro regime enables are aimed at European illicit markets."
What? This American military build up isn't even going to actually make America any safer, but Europeans? America First, right?
What? This American military build up isn't even going to actually make America any safer, but Europeans? America First, right?
December 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"US drug enforcement authorities say that many of the drug trafficking routes the Maduro regime enables are aimed at European illicit markets."
What? This American military build up isn't even going to actually make America any safer, but Europeans? America First, right?
What? This American military build up isn't even going to actually make America any safer, but Europeans? America First, right?
"The prosecution of Hernández mirrored the US government’s allegations against Maduro."
What? Trump is going justify a military conflict against a leader using the prosecution's argument against a leader he's about the pardon?
What? Trump is going justify a military conflict against a leader using the prosecution's argument against a leader he's about the pardon?
December 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"The prosecution of Hernández mirrored the US government’s allegations against Maduro."
What? Trump is going justify a military conflict against a leader using the prosecution's argument against a leader he's about the pardon?
What? Trump is going justify a military conflict against a leader using the prosecution's argument against a leader he's about the pardon?
They are alleged drug boats and/or fishing boats until some evidence is presented that they were, in fact, drug boats used by cartels.
Hegseth and Trump calling them drug boats until they are blue in the face, doesn’t make it so.
Hegseth and Trump calling them drug boats until they are blue in the face, doesn’t make it so.
November 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
They are alleged drug boats and/or fishing boats until some evidence is presented that they were, in fact, drug boats used by cartels.
Hegseth and Trump calling them drug boats until they are blue in the face, doesn’t make it so.
Hegseth and Trump calling them drug boats until they are blue in the face, doesn’t make it so.
Witkoff said during the call that he believes Russia – which started the war in Ukraine by launching a full-scale invasion in February 2022 – "has always wanted a peace deal," and that he has "the deepest respect for President Putin."
November 26, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Witkoff said during the call that he believes Russia – which started the war in Ukraine by launching a full-scale invasion in February 2022 – "has always wanted a peace deal," and that he has "the deepest respect for President Putin."
www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...
Freedom in society isn't "I can do what I want when I want." True freedom involves some semblance of self control and some self-denial, for the sake of the health of society.
Freedom in society isn't "I can do what I want when I want." True freedom involves some semblance of self control and some self-denial, for the sake of the health of society.
How Americans turned flying into a cesspool
The transportation secretary is begging us to behave ourselves on planes. Having flown to six continents as a travel editor, I say: it’s about time
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...
Freedom in society isn't "I can do what I want when I want." True freedom involves some semblance of self control and some self-denial, for the sake of the health of society.
Freedom in society isn't "I can do what I want when I want." True freedom involves some semblance of self control and some self-denial, for the sake of the health of society.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Blatant disrespect for our Constitution and legal system?
Apathy towards our legal system?
The ends justifies the means?
A disregard for human life?
Probably a mixture of all of them explains MAGA policies.
Blatant disrespect for our Constitution and legal system?
Apathy towards our legal system?
The ends justifies the means?
A disregard for human life?
Probably a mixture of all of them explains MAGA policies.
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Blatant disrespect for our Constitution and legal system?
Apathy towards our legal system?
The ends justifies the means?
A disregard for human life?
Probably a mixture of all of them explains MAGA policies.
Blatant disrespect for our Constitution and legal system?
Apathy towards our legal system?
The ends justifies the means?
A disregard for human life?
Probably a mixture of all of them explains MAGA policies.
Politico: “MAGA movement has always been defined more by id than ideology.”
November 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Politico: “MAGA movement has always been defined more by id than ideology.”
www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...
I can relate to this article. Maybe my parents in the 1970s felt similarly as I do now. I mean, inflation was bad in the 70s and interest rates were high. Saving money now is a challenge, even on a low 6-figure salary.
I can relate to this article. Maybe my parents in the 1970s felt similarly as I do now. I mean, inflation was bad in the 70s and interest rates were high. Saving money now is a challenge, even on a low 6-figure salary.
Why Americans can’t afford McDonald’s any more
As Trump uses the chain as a political backdrop, the country’s quintessential cheap meal has started to feel like a splurge
www.thetimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...
I can relate to this article. Maybe my parents in the 1970s felt similarly as I do now. I mean, inflation was bad in the 70s and interest rates were high. Saving money now is a challenge, even on a low 6-figure salary.
I can relate to this article. Maybe my parents in the 1970s felt similarly as I do now. I mean, inflation was bad in the 70s and interest rates were high. Saving money now is a challenge, even on a low 6-figure salary.
Real world comparison between Yeti and Hydro Flask cups. Have had both for a few years now and both have been washed in the dishwasher a similar number of times. The paint on the Hydro Flask started to flake pretty early on, and the Yeti looks brand new still. Just thought I’d share.
November 18, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Real world comparison between Yeti and Hydro Flask cups. Have had both for a few years now and both have been washed in the dishwasher a similar number of times. The paint on the Hydro Flask started to flake pretty early on, and the Yeti looks brand new still. Just thought I’d share.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Only explanation for the guy Trump pardoned, but stated he didn’t know who it was…or he’s lying.
Only explanation for the guy Trump pardoned, but stated he didn’t know who it was…or he’s lying.
Questions arise over strikingly similar signatures by Trump on recent pardons
Seemingly identical signatures appeared on clemency orders, which White House blamed on technical error
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Only explanation for the guy Trump pardoned, but stated he didn’t know who it was…or he’s lying.
Only explanation for the guy Trump pardoned, but stated he didn’t know who it was…or he’s lying.