Some good news. Looks like (if I am correct), all his fascistic deployments of troops have failed--save for D.C. Now if we can stop him from using troops to disrupt the midterm election, and doing some false flag shit to provoke civil unrest necessitating National Guard involvement we will be golden

Ouch! These guys don't even give a head-nod to pluralism. It's like Margaret Atwood's Gilead in their hearts. . “The only thing that has truly served as an anchor of the United States of America is that we have been, and by the grace of God we always will be, a Christian nation.” - JD Vance

"Jefferson said that governments are instituted among men to secure our natural and unalienable rights. But for most of history governments existed to centralize wealth and power and to allow a few to rule the many. Donald Trump stands on one side of history. The American people stand on the other."

Don't you wish Metamucillini, Steven Miller, Susie Wiles and the rest of the crew of bumpkins, sociopaths, sycophants and miscreants would take off between now and Jan 2 so we could let our fucking guard down for one damned week??

Mantel clock with little drawer. #woodworking #woodwork #woodart #jasonswoodcreations #mantelclock #clock #artsyclock #mantleclock #customwoodworking #woodworker #woodcraft #wooddesign #finewoodworking #woodclock

Trump's latest "shoot-from-the-hip, ignore your own frontal lobe" national security strategy is going over about as well as Hegseth's taking military brass to task, or Patel's crack gumshoe work. It's, not surprisingly, heavy on immigration as our #1 threat. This d-bag can't help fucking stuff up.

"Lazy Susan" turntable made of mostly ambrosia maple #lazysusan #woodworking #woodwork #woodart #customwoodworking #woodcrafting #woodcrafter

#cuttingboard with a few different woods, including Brazilian cherry, African padauk, and osage orange. #woodwork #woodworking #woodart #customwoodworking #cuttingboards #exoticwoods #facegrain

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It's hard not to react with rage when I read stuff like this. The people with more power in this country have been abusing power and acting in ways that indicate they deserve no honor for so long now I can't remember any other way...

Then and Now: Carter's 'Malaise Speech' (1979) and Trump’s Economic Rant (2025)

Don't let the door hit ya on the way out you creep! . www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.

A clock I made a while ago. It uses a handy-dandy clock insert which is easier and looks pretty smart--if it doesn't bother your eye that it is an insert instead of a more traditional clock face. #woodworking #woodwork #clock #mantelclock #woodart #woodcrafter #woodworker

I was just thinking of the lies we are subjected to daily now. The Epstein file release is a perfect example. Or Trump yelling bullshit at us. Or the DNC not releasing their report. Fuck, I have a book titled "Lies My Teacher Told Me." Read Chomsky, Zinn, Coates--it's about lies, lies, lies, #lies.

I guess the Epstein Files were bound to be mere obfuscation by a corrupt and feckless DOJ. We probably were being foolish to celebrate their release. Apparently, like a bunch of Romans, the Senators figured hey let's vote for this pile of shit--Bondi's got it under wraps. Well, ladies, your turn!

This could easily go unnoticed, but as an investor, I appreciate anything that can be done to keep Metamucillini's grubby hands off financial institutions. #federalreserve #stockmarket #financialstability #economicpredictabiility #legitimacy #fascism

#authoritarianism #fascism #Trumpism #democracy #theocracy #endoftherepublic #weareRome

What #GarrettM.Graff says about #GregoryBovino; it's a bit long and a bit heady but it's interesting. It came from this page: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-bord...

At times I am firmly behind my beloved psychology--the study behavior and mental processes. Or the study of the soul, as it were. At other times, it's an embarrassment. Here is one of those latter examples: www.history.com/articles/wha...

Can you think of a more offensive, fascistic, illiberal, brazen, corrupt and ham-handed evil deed than the way the United States has treated Kilmar Abrego Garcia in the last year? I struggle to. It's like Manzanar Internment Camp or fucking with Theodore Kaszinski to the point he became mad.

From Garrett M. Graff, who I knew nothing about like six months ago but who has consistently impressed me: .

From Scott Dworkin: .

Scott Dworkin's email indicated more strength from Illinois!:

The Dem establishment needs to lead or get the hell out of the way. Burying this report makes it appear as though they are not willing to change jack shit in order to take on the biggest threat to America and its institutions since World War II. . Why fight Trump if America will remain unchanged??

Wow talk about a radical idea.

This is real and it is happening. Beware and cross your fingers you don't land in the crosshairs. .

The guy who allegedly did both the MIT and Brown killings is a Portuguese national. That's it--immigration from Western Europe is hereby ceased! Thank you for your attention to this bullshit.

I've been reading both about the American Revolution (and watching Ken Burns), as well as Rome. . It ain't looking good for us, my friends.

Canarywood live edge side table, oak legs in the half-lap joint style. Sold this one six months ago. I love canarywood--everything from the grain to the smell to the colors to the hardness. Sadly, like everything in life, the colors are vivid at first and then fade over time.. #woodworking #woodwork

I watched "Being Charlie" last night. I think it went like this: Adam: "Dad, I've been good, right? And guess what? I wrote a screenplay! Daddy will you PLEASE produce and direct it?" Rob: "Fuck me; I made A Few Good Men--and you want me to make THIS movie? Fine." "Cary Elwes--you owe me a favor!"

So… he’s giving them their own money? Where’s the tariff money?

"Angry old man yells at kids to “Get off my lawn” for 18 minutes in a nationally televised speech." by Robert Hubbell open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...

Wow USA Today showed some spine with this email-blast headline! .

I hope you will be aware of this organization, FIRE. They "defend and sustain the individual rights of all Americans to free speech and thought." They do not appear to be on Bluesky. They are on CharityNavigator dot org and have a 100% rating. Our interests are aligned with libertarians', IMHO.

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Morning! Gotta make a 13"x16"x2" black walnut cutting board in time to get it in the mail. Some mornings, it's hard to get going; #woodworking is such challenging, exacting, dirty work. Here I have cut it to four 90-degree angles, sanded it, sprayed a little H2O on it #woodworking #woodart #walnut

I too suggest we remember all these examples of utter lack of spine. Now, for one individual to fear imprisonment, deportation to a gulag, or death is fairly reasonable. But for Columbia University, CBS, and Mike Johnson to do so....that is just a fear of loss of status, power, privilege, etc.

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Trump, based on last night's harangue, is like a dumb-ass football coach who has only memorized five plays. The defense is onto you, choad

@democracydocket.com reports that "Eric Neff, a Republican lawyer with a web of ties to election-conspiracy theorists detailed by Democracy Docket, is the new acting chief of the voting section at the U.S. Department of Justice." . That is the type of shit that keeps me up at night.

From Jen Rubin. The AUS shooting was with legally purchased guns, and there is definitely fairly strict gun control in the country. So that's not good news for liberals. However, we have FAAAR more shootings than other countries do, so that says that gun control can work. And that we're fucked up.

#mantelclock <--who am I kidding--that "mantel #clock" is a searched-for phrase!!? Anyway I have made about 35-40 different mantel clocks and I'm kind of over it but it was a good run. #woodworking #woodart #customwoodworking #woodwork #maple #peruvianwalnut #cncmachine #mantleclock

It's only a dream, but in my mind we are a country that looks to its leader #Picard, elected by 85% of the voting public (with a 98% voter turnout). Hell, I would even be willing to support him as Dictator for Life if he were real and would pledge to do his best to right the ship (pun intended)

Man, some mornings the news from the fascist federal government just puts me in a terrible mood! I'm incensed about there being no ACA vote, us essentially at war with Venezuela, an election denier being promoted to a key spot, and Hegseth deciding not to release the video of one of his killings.