20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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It’s one thing to fight for fair wages. It’s something else entirely to hoard one’s wealth at the expense of others. Let us appreciate the distinction.

I will not back down. Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power. What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

LET IT DIE! 🔪

They still haven’t answered the question, which form of Christianity will rule? If kids are homeschooled, won’t we end up with a Heinz 57 mix of doctrine (like we have now)? What could possibly be done about this? 🤔

Dear Martha, Writing to you from the war ravaged streets of Portland Oregon. My dearest I don't know if the days of fierce combat here will end soon. Portlanders fight hard and their tactics are unprecedented. I don't know when or if I'll return home to you and the children. Your husband. George.📜

A poem I penned tonight ahead of my birthday tomorrow. Remember: life is always worth staying for. That is always the message I try to convey with my posts on social media. ❤️

Also, people (men and women) seem to resent truth-speaking young women. The misogyny leveled against Greta Thunberg— as if she should be silent, because she is young and female— is mind-boggling.

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My husband was detained by ICE today Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away I have had zero contact or updates since #SOS @duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

Authoritarian regime.

All of this is to say that DHS is taking their war on civilians -- and especially on journalists -- to the sky. And "war" isn't that hyperbolic when you look at their gear. They're literally flying predator drones over large civilian population centers as super creepy surveillance.

RIP Jane Goodall 💔

Anybody else noticing how SCOTUS’s rulings lately mostly have caveats? Like Roberts is ready to just walk a ruling back at the slightest frown from the Oval?

Dear Congress: Get a grip. Stop with the government shutdown drama. You never used to do this, and it’s unnecessarily hard on the country. STOP IT. Pass a law or something—you know, do your job. Sincerely, America

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This morning, I did a very simple Google search: “has adelita grijalva been sworn in yet?” And most of the results are from two or three days ago. Do better, Dems. I think this should be the question everyone is asking right now. This is central to justice for Epstein‘s victims.

I think it’s time for us to pay SCOTUS what we pay teachers, and pay teachers what we currently pay SCOTUS.

This is why we need to stay woke, white folks. It ain’t over—the overt racism, the humiliation of our brothers and sisters of color. We can’t retreat in the face of this.

Truth.

Journalism is NOT simply printing quotes from each faction. The job is reporting on objective FACTS. Truth. Which is why I’m getting really sick of the mainstream media; they seem to have lost their mandate.

“A world that bows to power will always scoff at mercy.” ~Ben Cremer

My latest Substack.

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This regime, rewriting the Constitution one law at a time.

When the elevator tries to bring you down… PUNCH A HIGHER FLOOR!

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing. These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

"I wept as calls for war increase, as a young widow chooses partisan rage over grace, as a newscaster calls for mass murder of the homeless and helpless on live TV and no one shouts him down. "I wept as the architect of it all laughs behind his curtain of deception." substack.com/home/post/p-...

And I’m really sorry that I think he needs to go get a job as a dishwasher.

From Yuval Harari’s “Nexus.”

This mesmerizing video shows global ocean currents in motion using NASA’s ECCO model, which integrates decades of satellite, buoy, and sensor data. The Van Gogh-style swirls reveal complex currents that drive climate, ecosystems, and weather worldwide.

Pointing out Charlie Kirk's hate speech is not hate speech. It's objective reporting. Apologize to Matthew Dowd and rehire him. A full-throated embrace of genocide is hate speech – beyond all measure. Fire Brian Kilmeade. Immediately.

The Senate vote to release the Epstein Files failed this week. And Trump’s inaction on Russia’s incursion into Poland gives Putin a green light to continue his push west. I wonder why the US media focused only on Charlie Kirk?

Dear Fox: This is unacceptable, especially in the wake of what happened this week. #BrianKilmeadeRESIGN

Worth a read.

Does anyone else find it curious that news organizations are citing Trump as a reliable source for the Kirk investigation?

The trouble with living by the philosophy of “an eye for an eye” is that ultimately it renders the whole world blind.

Praying for him.

Huh. Looks like waste! Somebody call DOGE!

Stupid regime gonna stupid. Not only ki11s American industry, but alienates a key Asian ally in the process. Are we great yet? 🙄

Bets the media will comply. Because they’re in the business of staying in business, not reporting the news. 🙄

ICH BIN EIN CHICAGO 2025 🥊