The Horror of The US House Budget Bill

House budget bill would add $3.1T to deficit and debt over the coming decade

SECRET Provisions of Bill TO HIDE Trump Crimes EXPOSED

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What is the answer to improving economics and well-being in the USA and the rest of the world? How about investing in true needs with the surplus funds of the wealthy individuals and countries through significant increases in taxes on rich individuals and countries (link)?

Non-Citizen Voting In the USA: It Is A Nothingburger

"The SAVE Act passed the House in April, 2025. As it awaits consideration in Congress, we spoke with Jason Carter from the Carter Center. Yes, like that Carter. Jason is asking why Congress is working on a vanishingly rare problem: noncitizen voting. The SAVE Act, if it becomes law, will require additional proof of citizenship for all Americans seeking to register -- or reregister -- to vote. The goal? To stop all noncitizens from voting -- which rarely happens."

Click on the link below for a podcast presenting the truth about the major Republican voter suppression action:

Fixing a problem that doesn't exist

Barbara Walters: A Lesson Regarding How To Interview Trump

Barbara Walters interviews Donald Trump on ABC's 20/20. This interview was broadcast on August 17, 1990.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TwVCuPJrMw

9/5/2025: A complete exposure of the bastard

Due Process In The US Constitution Clarified

Here are four things you should know:

1. The Constitution clearly guarantees “due process” to all “person[s].” The Constitution’s 5th Amendment says “no person shall … be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law.” The word “person” makes no distinction between citizens and noncitizens. (The 14th Amendment makes this applicable to the states as well.)

2. The Supreme Court has long held that this promise extends to immigrants in deportation proceedings. In a 1993 opinion, Reno v. Flores, 507 U.S. 292, Justice Antonin Scalia — hardly a left-wing extremist — wrote that “It is well established that the Fifth Amendment entitles aliens to due process of law in deportation proceedings.”

3. Due process doesn’t always require a full trial, however. At the least, immigrants facing deportation are entitled to:

(1) notice of the charges against them (the government must provide an immigrant with a charging document, often called a “notice to appear,” outlining the reasons for potential deportation).

(2) The opportunity to present evidence before an immigration judge to show why they should not be deported (e.g., asylum, student visa, green card, cancellation of removal).

(3) A judgment based on the facts of the case and applicable immigration law.

(4) the right to appeal the decision to a higher court.

4. The right to habeas corpus is fundamental to our legal system. Defandents have used habeas corpus to challenge detentions by government officials since 13th-century England and the Magna Carta. As Alexander Hamilton wrote in Federalist 84, “The subjecting of men to punishment for things which, when they were done, were breaches of no law, and the practice of arbitrary imprisonments, have been, in all ages, the favorite and most formidable instruments of tyranny.”

Hence, the framers provided in the U.S. Constitution that the writ of habeas corpus, carried over from British law, “shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.”

Needless to say, we are not now experiencing rebellion or invasion. Moreover, despite what Miller suggests, the authority to suspend the writ is placed in Article I, which outlines the powers of Congress, and not Article II, which lists those of the executive branch.

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Robert Reich - The full article

Congress: Get Your Act Together

"Checks and balances are at the absolute core of our governmental workings.

The framers designed a system that was directly opposed to one person or one group of people having all the power, and we see that through the myriad ways Congress can check the president. So what are those checks? How have they waned over the last few decades? And finally, why would Congress opt to use (or not use) them?

Joining us today is Eric Schickler, professor of Political Science at UC Berkeley and author of Investigating the President: Congressional Checks on Presidential Power."

Click on the link below for a podcast delving into what the US Congress MUST do to save our democracy:

How can Congress check the president?

A Little-Known Organization That Is One Of The Most Dangerous To The USA

"John Oliver takes a look at the Alliance Defending Freedom – the legal organization behind several landmark Supreme Court cases, including the Dobbs case that overturned Roe v. Wade."

Click on the link below for an exposé of this evil group of ideologs: 

Alliance Defending Freedom: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

The President As An Abusive Parent

"If you’re anything like me, it’s not just Trump’s policies that anger and depress you. It’s also the man himself.

"Ronald Reagan’s policies were terrible, but he tried to present himself as a decent man.

"Trump is a despicable human being. His odiousness affects many of us because presidents are parent figures to the nation as a whole.

"According to psychological research, we respond to presidents much as we did to parents when we were kids.

"George Lakoff, professor of cognitive linguistics at Berkeley, has found that two competing models of parenting shape political preferences: either the 'strict parent' or 'nurturant parent.'

"The strict parent views the world as a dangerous place that needs to be controlled. The nurturant parent emphasizes empathy and mutual responsibility.

"Lakoff has found that presidents are elected either because a large portion of the public wants a tough, judgmental parent — or a caring, nurturing one.

"Reagan fit into the strict parent model; Barack Obama, the nurturant parent one.

"But I think Trump represents a third model — the cruel and abusive parent. A parent so malignantly narcissistic that he wields punishment for his own satisfaction, often in unpredictable ways that make him even more terrifying.

"In other words, Trump is not just abusing presidential power by violating laws and the Constitution. His behavior is also abusive.

"His malignant narcissism is viciously vindictive. His cruelty borders on sadism; he seems to take pleasure in causing others pain. And he often changes his mind or alters the punishment, creating even more confusion and fear.

"I don’t want to oversimplify the very complex relationships between the parenting we had (or subconsciously want) and how we respond to Trump. But I believe these emotional connections are real and important. Critiques of Trump’s policies alone don’t get at them.

"Many of us who had nurturing parents are depressed and disoriented by Trump. We find it hard to comprehend how such a detestable person can wield so much power over us.

"Even many voters who hold to the strict parent view — who may have had a strict parent and perhaps voted for Trump because they felt the nation and the world were getting out of control — reject his abusiveness. About 6 in 10 U.S. adults now say that Trump has 'gone too far' in using presidential power to achieve his goals.

"A third group is profoundly shaken by Trump. Of the people I know who are most emotionally devastated by him, many had at least one abusive parent.

"I suspect some are overwhelmingly drawn to him for the same reason, but instead of being shattered by him they are fanatically loyal. This would include the sycophants now surrounding him in the White House and Cabinet who appear to share his cruelty and sadism.

"Research shows that abusive parents often become more abusive over time — more enraged, more paranoid, and less predictable.

"Hence, the children of cruel and abusive parents tend to abandon them as soon as they are able. Or cling to them ever more desperately.

"Let’s hope all of America does the former with Trump, and the sooner the better."

Robert Reich

The Regression Of US Society Through The Eyes Of A Teacher

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Trump, MAGA, DOGE, And Your Privacy

"Alarm appears to be rising about how the 'Department of Government Efficiency' (DOGE) is consolidating data about Americans. Hannah Natanson, Joseph Menn, Lisa Rein, and Rachel Siegel wrote in the Washington Post today that DOGE is 'racing to build a single centralized database with vast troves of personal information about millions of U.S. citizens and residents.' In the past, that information has been carefully siloed, and there are strict laws about accessing it. But under billionaire Elon Musk, who appears to direct DOGE although the White House has said he does not, operatives who may not have appropriate security clearances are removing protections and linking data."

Click here for the rest of the article by Heather Cox Richardson.

Understand MAGA's Push For More Babies

"With Mother’s Day this Sunday, I wanted to raise a real problem — but one that’s being grotesquely distorted by Trump and his lackeys.

"Births in the United States increased by just 1 percent in 2024, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s nearly a record low.

"It means ever-fewer workers supporting ever-more retirees. There are now about 3 workers for every retiree in America. That ratio is projected to drop to about 2 workers per retiree in just five years.

"It’s a real problem, but Trump’s vow to remedy it — he’s calling for a $5,000-per-birth “baby bonus” and says he wants to be known as the “fertilization president” — has nothing to do with solving it.

"Like so much of what he touts, Trump’s “remedy” is a pretext for something else.

"He and his regime are not interested in more babies or children in America. Their real aim is to discourage abortion and encourage more traditional male-dominated nuclear households. In other words: patriarchy."

Click on the link below for more:

The White House’s avowed concern about the nation’s declining birth rate is a pretext for something else.

10/16/25: Another opinion

Fareed Zakaria Continues To Focus On What Is Important

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qk4FBS73Ts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vRLc0SEEJY

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4VfaYi_vJY&t=1s

Progressive Populism: The Antidote To Trumpism

"Demonstrations against Trump are getting larger and louder. Fabulous. This is absolutely essential.

"But at some point, we’ll need to demonstrate not just against Trump but also for the America we want.

"Trump’s regressive populism — cruel, tyrannical, bigoted, authoritarian — must be met by a bold progressive populism that strengthens democracy and shares the wealth."

Click here for the rest of the article by Robert Reich.

Elon Musk: As Bad As You Thought, And More

"The Pentagon and the United States Senate just dropped a Friday bombshell on Elon Musk that he can’t afford to ignore!"

Click on this link for an exposé of the Muskrat:

Is This The Reason We Are Losing Civil Rights And A Growing Economy Under Trump/MAGA?

In recent decades, there has been a steady decrease in the number of US residents who are religious, while civil rights and the economy have been expanding during the same time:

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2022/09/13/how-u-s-religious-composition-has-changed-in-recent-decades/

However, since the advent of the Presidency of Donald Trump and his MAGA, the trend appears to have stopped:

"The number of Americans who identify as Christian has declined steadily for years, but that drop shows signs of slowing, according to a new survey Wednesday from the Pew Research Center.

"The Religious Landscape Study finds 62% of U.S. adults call themselves Christians. While a significant dip from 2007, when 78% of Americans identified as Christian, Pew found the Christian share of the population has remained relatively stable since 2019." (link)

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I BELIEVE THIS IS MORE THAN A CORRELATION.

I BELIEVE THERE IS SOME CAUSATION HERE BECAUSE RELIGION DAMPENS CRITICAL THINKING.

Drastic Times Require Drastic Countermeasures

My opinion, change my mind.

May Day: A Reminder That "We, The People" Must Hold Our US Government To Account

"May Day has two meanings, both of which are directly applicable to today. It commemorates the solidarity of the labor movement (139 years ago today, workers gathered in the streets of Chicago to demand an eight-hour day).

“'Mayday!' is also a distress signal used by pilots to indicate imminent danger or a life-threatening emergency (derived from the French phrase 'm’aider,' meaning 'help me').

"That about sums it up: Our solidarity is necessary to overcome the imminent dangers we now face, all from Donald J. Trump.

"I doubt we can wait until the midterm elections to contain him. Unless we stop the damage he’s doing to both our democracy and our economy before then, much of it will be irreversible. It’s not even clear what sort of election we’ll be able to have 18 months from now." (link)

DOGE Attacks Federal Workers: The Truth About Them

"Sen. Joni Ernst, Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, and other politicians have continued to make incorrect statements about the federal workforce. Their statements have eroded their own credibility and are just an attempt at tarnishing the reputations of civil servants to make it easier to fire them and contract out their jobs to for-profit corporations.

"We believe that facts matter, and AFGE will continue to debunk these misconceptions as they come in."

Click on the link below for a debunking of the false claims about Federal Workers:

AFGE Continues to Debunk Misconceptions About Federal Workers

Is It Too Much To Compare Trump With Hitler?

One cannot go on the internet without seeing posts comparing Trump to Hitler. Hell, I do it:

Is it wrong? I don't think so. Larry David seems to agree with me over Bill Maher. However, Michael Smerconish agrees with Bill Maher. I admit, my stance is powerful and binary. Here is supporting evidence for my position:

"Nazis don't always look like bad guys in funny helmets. The Nazis and other bigots in khaki slacks and bright polo shirts who marched in Charlottesville chanted racist and anti-Semitic slogans I'd rather not repeat on a Saturday — or at all. But it's discouraging to feel that you have to explain, more than 70 years after Nazi Germany was defeated, why Nazis are still the menace that embody evil.

"The 20th century saw a lot of state-sanctioned mass murder: Stalin, Mao, Mengistu and Pol Pot, Armenia, Bosnia, Cambodia, Rwanda, Ethiopia's Red Terror, the Great Purge, the Cultural Revolution, and more. In America, there were lynchings and the cruelty of official segregation, which followed the end of slavery, and the massacre of so many Native Americans." (link)

In sum, here are several links supporting me on this question: 

• https://www.theglobalist.com/united-states-donald-trump-germany-adolf-hitler-dictatorship-propaganda-politics/

• https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/22/al-gore-compares-trump-administration-to-third-reich-hitler-00302348

• https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/undergrad-honors/62/

• https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2025/02/25/pritzker-trump-comparison-nazi-hitler-academic-commentary

• https://theharvardpoliticalreview.com/trump-rhetoric-hitler/#google_vignette

• https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/10/trump-authoritarian-rhetoric-hitler-mussolini/680296/

• https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/russian-foreign-minister-compares-trumps-america-first-to-nazi-propaganda/

• https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-trumps-rhetoric-compares-to-historic-fascist-language

Exposing Conservative "Family Values"

 

The USA Is Following An Ancient & Harmful Governing Pattern

"Witnessing a social, criminal, political, psychological, and a faith phenomenon in the United States has only been seen in glimpses in other contexts, and not to the extent now. To understand what is going on and to hopefully devise remedies will require examining the primary causes and the interactions.

"From the beginnings of civilization in the Fertile Crescent, the Indus River valley, and China politics, rule has been intertwined with faith, religious traditions. The leader, ruler, the monarch was considered divine and could do no wrong, at least to the faithful followers. All negative stories, facts were considered fake or propaganda. Being a priest meant you had the leader's ear, thereby influencing the direction of society and the nation. It was also a good position for increasing your wealth by selling the people and the leaders' promises that are, in fact, baseless. This has taken the form of charismatic preachers grifting so much that they build their own super churches, colleges, and homes. The faith also could and has had a significant impact on loyalty to the monarch, driving it ever higher.

"Being part of a court held immense power and possibilities, so long as you did what the leader asked or ordered you to do. Such a position also had the leader's ear, with the possibility of influencing state policies and increasing your own wealth. So being part of a cabinet, a Soviet, a portion of the executive staff, meant that you could have your own fiefdom to exploit. Any position below that was a minor nobleman or a capo who had their own soldiers. Yes, government and organized crime are similar in structure, with goals of maintaining territory, gaining territory, power, and wealth. It has only been in the recent 200 years that the development of democracy has started to change. However, the old ways always have a way of returning.

"All dictators and their courts have degrees of narcissism. Trump has been classified as a malignant narcissist with sociopathy, which presents us with a unique, extremely dangerous situation that is potentially mortal to the country and its citizens! Was Hitler narcissistic? The answer is most probably yes, as all dictators and monarchs are. A known con man, liar, and cheat is Trump. His experience in fighting in the courts gave him the experience and knowledge of how to manipulate our justice system! Is or was our government and judicial system up to putting up guardrails? Part of his sickness is thinking like a godfather and being able to threaten others, particularly Republican politicians, without saying it directly. This forces the GOP to bend to his worst instincts. Note that his experience as a con man makes him charming and convincing to his audience/supporters. This is by knowing their grievances, fears, and anger, thereby co-opting them to control them. The help of the regime's propaganda media, Fox News, has captured a viewership. Trump's mental illness is very focused on two things: wealth and power, but keeping his followers convinced that he is fighting for them! He doesn’t care about anybody else, no matter how close; those around him, including his own family, are expendable.

"This sets up an environment and needs to resist, peacefully if possible, but it may have to be taken to the next level, VIOLENCE! Don’t get me wrong, to assume that I recommend violence via internal war is what I want. But as the ruling class feels more threatened, the more likely they will resort to violence themselves at any cost. So history and psychology tell us to be ready. Then you ask why the Russian 1917 revolution didn’t lead to such massive wars. They remembered that the peasants saw the czar and his nobles as the ruthless ruling class stealing from them. They saw the Bolsheviks working and protecting them, promising land reform, equality, etc. Sometimes it takes generations to reform or end dictatorships. If Trump and MAGA win, how long will it take for America to end the dictatorship?

Stephen Stripe (from his post on Facebook, 4/21/2025)