The majority of Americans had had enough even before this illegal, reckless, and poorly planned war of choice against Iran. Trump was never fit for office and he’s now lost whatever bullshit artist wit and charisma he once had and was able to use to create a cult of personality and take over the Republican Party. For the good of the country and the world, those still supporting and enabling this disturbed and deteriorating man really need to stop and his cabinet should invoke the 25th amendment to remove him from power. As citizens we need to make it clear that we aren’t on board with this war or the country’s trajectory and vote out those who are. America, with all its flaws, is better than this, much better than this, and history will not judge those who supported and enabled this president and administration kindly.
No Kings Protest March 28th
Americans dissatisfied with where their country is headed and with the instability and chaos their elected government has unleashed onto the world will make this the largest protest and one of the most peaceful protests in American history. Americans will show each other and the world that they do not accept this corrupt and incompetent wannabe king president, his sycophantic enablers in the government, or this reckless, poorly planned, and entirely unnecessary war that has already killed thousands, displaced millions, and wasted tens of billions of dollars.
Troops on the Ground
Here is a repost from over 11 years ago. I cringed every time I heard the phrase “Boots on the ground” all throughout the Iraq and Afghanistan wars so as soon as I had a place to publicly put something on the record I wanted to say something about it. Now that I’m hearing this phrase everyday regarding Trump’s reckless and poorly planned war of choice in Iran I felt the need to repost it in hopes it might reach a few more people and persuade them to stop using this extremely unpleasant phrase.
January 3rd 2015 “Boots on the ground” — First “collateral damage” as a euphemism for innocent victims of what is oftentimes criminally negligent manslaughter and now this. Military euphemisms are dangerous because they make war seem less repulsive than it really is therefore we should all oppose their use. I suggest we replace this term with “troops on the ground” or even “sons and daughters on the ground” in order to show what’s really at stake because boots can be replaced, people can’t.
Trump’s War of Choice
The death, destruction, and chaos seen since Trump started this ill-advised and poorly planned war were entirely predictable. It is why previous presidents have refused Israel’s attempts to drag the U.S. into a regime-change war with Iran. With thousands dead, many more injured, and millions displaced, the situation will almost certainly get worse unless a diplomatic solution can be found. Far from helping Iranians or Americans, Trump’s war of choice has…
1.) strengthened domestic and international support for Iran’s oppressive regime.
2.) increased resentment towards the U.S. while destroying its credibility as a negotiator.
3.) damaged the global economy and strengthened Putin’s Russia by increasing oil prices.
4.) weakened international law by normalizing attacks on smaller countries by larger ones.
5.) killed or wounded thousands of civilians including those at that elementary school in Minab.
6.) cost American lives and has made Americans far less safe and secure at home and abroad.
7.) caused Gulf states to question the value of their alliance with and investments in the U.S..
8.) exposed the limits of U.S. power providing valuable insights to its geopolitical rivals.
9.) encouraged Iran to seek nuclear weapons to provide deterrence against future attacks.
10.) set back the Iranian people’s hard-fought progress towards freedom and democracy.
Furthermore, the tens of billions of dollars being spent on this war of choice could have and should have been spent building schools, hospitals, and civilian infrastructure, not on destroying them. With that said, we must not allow U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East or elsewhere to be determined by Israel or any other country, and we should vote out any politicians that seem more concerned about the state of Israel than they are about the United States of America. If a candidate claims the U.S. has a “biblical responsibility” to Israel like U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) did recently, then they should seek public office in Israel, not in the U.S..
Track AIPAC
After the U.S. backed mass slaughter and destruction in Gaza, the increasing violence and oppression in the West Bank, the murder of nearly half of all journalists murdered in 2025, and now with Israel having pulled the only U.S. president that was dumb and/or compromised enough to go along into a war with Iran an increasing number of Americans are finally recognizing the toxicity of this “alliance”. Moreover an increasing number of Americans are no longer falling for the lie that all criticism towards the Israeli government equates to anti-semitism. I hope this raised awareness and shift in public opinion will help ensure that this year we get the liberation day we were promised last year. Unlike last year instead of being liberated from affordable prices I hope this year America will be liberated from Israel who continues to drain American resources, put Americans in harm’s way, and help America damage its reputation in the Middle East and around the world like no other “ally” ever has.
However it must be noted that the U.S. a country of nearly 350 million people is fully responsible for allowing a country of 10 million people to have this kind of influence in their government so I’m not trying to place all the blame on Israel as they’re just looking out for their own fundamentalist interests and are trying their best to reclaim the land they think their god left them and if America and Americans are dumb enough then why not take advantage of them in order to achieve these aims that don’t take into account all the other people living on the land they want. If you want to make this liberation day a reality be sure to vote in your primary election and before you do find out which of the candidates is taking money from AIPAC and other pro-Israel lobbies and which reject such money. I’m not just singling out Israel, although it definitely deserves to be singled out, because we shouldn’t be electing politicians that accept money from any groups that lobby on behalf of foreign countries and governments.
Minab
Now that more information has come in since the elementary school in Minab was bombed it seems that around 175 people were killed with most of them school girls aged 7 to 12. Absolutely sickening and yes it looks like it was done by the U.S. due to them being too lazy or incompetent to update their list of targets. I oppose this war of choice because as history has shown us there are a lot more ways for it to go bad than to go good and the longer this war goes on the more schools, clinics, and civilian infrastructure the U.S. and Israel will blow up and the more innocent lives that will be lost.
If you don’t want to see the U.S. and Israel turn Tehran into the next Gaza then let your representatives know how you feel about your tax dollars and perhaps your loved ones being used to carry out this reckless war. Also every time you hear about another American service member who has tragically died in this unnecessary conflict and about the families they leave behind remember those teachers and students starting their school day at that elementary school in Minab and all the families they leave behind along with all of the other innocent Iranians dying and suffering in this poorly planned war.
War Powers Resolution
A war powers vote must be held as soon as possible so we can see where each and every representative in the House and Senate stands on this reckless and illegal war, and so we can hold those in favor of it accountable at the ballot box. Americans should not allow Israel or any other foreign country determine their country’s foreign policy especially when Israel, much like the U.S., is run by a corrupt criminal far more concerned with staying in power and out of jail than he is about creating a more peaceful and prosperous world.
The U.S. should immediately end this war and restart negotiations before the situation gets even worse. The war has only just begun and it has been reported that an elementary school has been bombed resulting in the deaths of over a hundred school children. This is what happens when you start a war and have missiles flying over densely populated areas. It has also been reported that Iran’s Supreme Leader has been killed but he was nearly 87 years old and would have died on his own soon enough without the need for this military action that is sure to increase support for his oppressive regime and hatred towards the U.S..
From America First to Israel First
Trump could be compromised and it might be due to something his old partner in crime Epstein might have passed on to Israeli intelligence before his arrest and “suicide”. After this launch of a regime change war on Iran as negotiations were proceeding well with future negotiations still scheduled I wouldn’t be surprised if compromising material existed and was alluded to by Netanyahu during at least a few of his visits to the White House over the past year in which he lobbied the president to go to war with Iran on behalf of Israel.
Congress needs to depose the Trumps like they did the Clintons and release the rest of the Epstein files so crimes can be investigated and victims can get justice as this will send a message to the rich and powerful that they are not above the law and a message to victims that their accusations will be taken seriously and properly investigated, moreover it will help Americans determine whether or not their president is compromised by a foreign government and if this is one of the reasons he is pulling them into a reckless and illegal war.
Release the Files
Dear Representatives in the House and Senate,
We will not be distracted and this will not go away so please support and advocate for the release of all of the Epstein files and push the Department of Justice to provide Congress with an adequate number of computers to access the unreacted versions so we can get to the bottom of this scandal, hold those guilty of criminal activity accountable, and ensure that any future crimes like this are properly investigated regardless of who is accused of committing them as no one should be above the law.
Sincerely,
Your Constituent
Diplomacy Not War
The U.S. has enough problems as it is and should be much more concerned about its own government, justice system, and law enforcement than it should be about Iran’s. If it was as simple as dropping a few bombs and having a democratically elected human rights respecting government replace the current fundamentalist regime then it would be debatable whether or not Congress should declare war and whether or not Americans struggling to make ends meet should pay for it. However considering that a military dictatorship or civil war would probably be the most likely outcome of overthrowing the current regime and that this would probably be even worse for the Iranian people and the region I think it’s best to continue applying pressure diplomatically with the support of other countries who don’t think governments have the right to murder protestors and dissidents.
We saw what happened in Iraq and Afghanistan and I prefer not to see what would happen if such a regime change war was attempted in Iran which has a population greater than Iraq and Afghanistan combined not to mention strategic partnerships with China and Russia. As much as I’d love to see all of the world’s terrible regimes be replaced by better ones I wouldn’t bet on the U.S.’s ability to bring it about especially when their own regime is so rife with incompetency and corruption. In fact an unprovoked attack by the U.S. might have the opposite effect and rather than overthrowing Iran’s fundamentalist regime it might actually help strengthen it by gaining it support at home and abroad while further weakening international law, damaging the U.S.’s already terrible reputation, and setting another dangerous precedent for other countries that feel like overthrowing their neighbor’s government.
As for the main cause of this flare up in tensions it needs to be made clear to Israel that if it attacks Iran again thinking it can draw in the U.S. like it did last year it is seriously mistaking because this time they will be left to deal with the consequences on their own as this is the only way they will learn that they can’t go around attacking and murdering their neighbors with impunity. Israel helped pull the U.S. into the disastrous Iraq war and it must not be allowed to do the same with Iran. Just think of what the U.S. could have achieved for its citizens and the world had it not spent nearly 20 years and trillions of dollars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Furthermore just think of the millions of people who have died or been damaged as a result of those two disastrous wars and the instability they created. Never again, we want diplomacy not war, and if war is what Israel wants then let them do it themselves without any support from the U.S..
Impeach, Convict, Remove
Recently when asked if there were any limits on his global powers Trump said “Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”. This brazenly corrupt and increasingly delusional demagogue is drunk on power and those who have been serving him the intoxicating elixir of praise and rationalizing every messed up thing he has done are responsible. Republican officials need to stand up to this corrupt menace to Democracy and the rule of law or answer to their constituents who do not want the U.S. represented and behaving like this in their name with their tax dollars.
January 6th Fifth Anniversary
All Americans should ask themselves how the man responsible for making January 6th 2021 such a dark day in American history not only avoided jail time but was actually elected president a second time by the majority of U.S. voters. America has really lost its way and the last year goes way beyond politics as usual. I write this in hopes that a humbled U.S. will emerge from this psychotic episode better than it was before. However after nearly a year of this mad king and watching how the checks and balances we were so proud of have failed to keep him checked or balanced I’m a bit worried that the darkest days may have yet to come. In the meantime let’s continue trying to break the spell this conman has put on many of our fellow citizens so they realize they’ve been lied to because the swamp Trump promised to drain has only become more toxic and corrupt.
Murder – Trial – Prison
Since September 2nd there have been at least 21 illegal strikes with at least 83 people extrajudicially killed and those responsible for these murders need to be held accountable. Those giving the orders along with those following them need to be tried in a court of law and judged by a jury of their peers otherwise it would seem that murder is now legal in the U.S. and Americans are Ok with it. For instance the guy that gave the order and the guy that pulled the trigger on that September 2nd double tap strike that killed the two survivors of the first strike on their boat should face a fair trial and serve a fair prison sentence if they are found guilty.
Is any significant portion of the U.S. population really Ok with murdering people on boats the Trump administration claims, without having provided any evidence, has drugs on them? Earlier this year when all those men were rounded up and sent to a terrible prison in El Salvador the Trump administration claimed they were the worst of the worst gang members however after just a little bit of good reporting we learned that many of those men had entered the U.S. legally and most had no criminal record in the U.S. or in their home countries. Fortunately thanks to continuous public outcry most of them were freed after suffering for 4 months in CECOT.
With that precedent in mind how do you know these alleged drug dealers are anything more than people who were forced onto drug boats after being promised a job on a fishing boat or after their families were threatened? Now that they’re all dead there’s no amount of good reporting or public outcry that can bring them back. Extrajudicial killings like these are unacceptable in any country that wishes to be seen as civilized. After all the abuse of power in this administration Americans, especially those who help put Trump back into office, need to remind their representatives that extrajudicial killings are unacceptable and the use of military force should be authorized by Congress.
Political Violence
If people aren’t free to speak their minds without having to worry about losing their heads then a free society cannot exist. Political assassinations like the one this week in Utah or the one last June in Minnesota should not be seen as an attack by one political party or one end of the political spectrum on the other they should be seen as an attack on anyone who wants to live in a free society.
Everyone who wants to live in a free society has the civic duty to keep their friends and family in check if they start getting violent with their rhetoric. If it becomes a possibility that someone you know could put their violent words into action then don’t hesitate to report them to the authorities while providing ample supporting evidence so they can be offered counseling and be put on a watchlist.
Free the Innocent
Since the shameless secretary and this shameless administration won’t do it the people need to demand and keep demanding that their representatives in the Congress and Senate work to ensure that the innocent people who were sent to CECOT are set free as soon as possible. If DOGE and the Trump administration want to cut government spending then tell them to start by not paying El Salvador to jail innocent people like Andry José Hernández Romero.
If you feel that this should not be happening in the U.S. or anywhere for that matter then please take a minute to contact the White House and your elected officials. Thank you for standing up and speaking out against this grave injustice.
A May Day Mayday
After 100 days of poorly planned and incompetently executed policies from the full pardons of violent insurrectionists, to DOGE cuts, to ICE abductions, to “Liberation Day” and it’s ridiculously determined and rashly implemented tariffs America is having a Mayday moment. Those of us who sincerely care about the country and would like to see it continue working towards the ideals that until recently made it leader of the free world and a beacon of hope for many need to do all we can to show the world that these ideals are still alive and well and that we will not let them and whatever remains of U.S. credibility be destroyed by one severely flawed individual and his cult of personality.
I supported ending DEI policies but now key government positions are being filled with whoever can best flatter and brazenly lie in support of the dear leader who they along with the dear leader himself believes is on a mission from god. The government isn’t being staffed with the most capable and qualified it’s being staffed with the most flattering and loyal and not the most loyal to the country, the constitution, or a set of ideals like freedom of speech and the right to due process but loyal to an insecure man with an overwhelming fear of people ripping him off and laughing at him which he constantly projects onto the country. A country that by most measures was doing pretty good before he took office but not so good 100 days later.
Trump and his minions are removing as many checks on his power as they can and since the Democratic Party has proved itself basically useless and is largely responsible for what is happening we the people need to act. If the Democratic Party hadn’t pandered to woke radicals and allowed massive numbers of unvetted immigrants to pour over the border and allowed transgender people to compete against women and girls in sports and didn’t completely fail in its withdrawal from Afghanistan and hadn’t given Israel a blank check to massacre so many innocent people who had nothing to do with putting Hamas into power we could have avoided this. Instead the war Trump said he’d have settled in one day still rages on and the massacre which Trump said he’d have a ceasefire for before he took office continues.
As for the deportations I know throwing good people into a dungeon will persuade others not to enter the country illegally however this is utterly un-American as America is known for giving people freedom and not for unjustly taking it away. Those mistakenly caught up in a poorly planned drive to catch the worst of the worst must be freed. Maybe they don’t need to come back to the U.S. and at this point they might not even want to but they certainly can’t be locked in a dungeon for the crime of heeding the words written on the Statue of Liberty, seeking to escape violence and persecution, and trying to create a better life for themselves. Now is the time for Americans to drop their party affiliations, come together as independents, and tell ideologues and extremists on the left and right “Not in my country and not with my tax dollars.”.
Due Process
Hello, it’s been a while. I hope this post finds you in better shape than the U.S. credibility and moral standing in the world. Many of us knew a second Trump term would be bad but few of us expected it to get this bad this fast. Of all the “un-American” things Trump and the minions he has surrounded himself with have done over these past 77 days the most “un-American” of them all has to be disappearing people in the United States of America.
Regardless of immigration status the U.S. has no right to disappear someone into an El Salvadoran dungeon based on hearsay and tattoos which have nothing to do with gang membership or criminal history. Some of these people need to be brought back to the U.S. immediately so their case can be heard in a U.S. court and all of them need to be given due process before deciding if there are any among them that actually do deserve to spend the rest of their life in an awful prison.
If it turns out they aren’t violent criminals, which according to this 60 Minutes report appears to be the case for the vast majority of them, then they should at least be returned to their home country. If you agree and feel that this should not be happening in the U.S. or anywhere for that matter then please share this video and take a minute to contact the White House and your elected officials. Thank you for standing up and speaking out against this grave injustice.
Gay Venezuelan stylist sent to Salvadoran prison after a disgraced cop’s report
Harris 2024
Biden should have announced he wasn’t going to seek re-election a year ago and if he had there would have been time for a proper primary election and actual voters could have chosen the best candidate to face Trump however it looks like it’s too late for that so Kamala it is. Give her a chance because you know the alternative and another 4 years would be even worse with an aging Trump and his puppet JD next in line.
If a Harris-led ticket isn’t exciting enough for you just be happy the election isn’t a Biden-Trump rematch and if you want better choices next time you need to make more noise in the primary. Although I voted for and still wish Dean Phillips was the nominee I am all in for Kamala Harris. Tuesday November 5th is only 100 days from now so spread the word and help keep America moving forward towards a better future and not backwards towards some imaginary past.
Assassination Attempt
Political violence is a far greater threat to democracy than a second Trump presidency. Trump needs to be beaten again at the ballot box and not by an assassin’s bullet or any other violent means. In addition to accidentally murdering someone in the crowd the would-be assassin has boosted Trump’s already good chances of being reelected because photos of a bloody and defiant Trump surrounded by secret service with Old Glory waving in the background are sure to gain him sympathy and support.
Speaking of secret service it’s a disgrace that the limited number of roofs in the area of the rally were not secured. I want to know how a 20 year-old with a rifle could outsmart the entire secret service and police detail assigned to protect Trump. It’s hard to distinguish blatant incompetence from deliberate ignorance and this overt ineptitude of the secret service is bound to lead some to believe this gaping hole in security was intentional. Regardless those who planned that security detail should be demoted or fired.
Biden was already in trouble and now he’s sure to fare even worse against a Trump who just narrowly dodged death and has the scars and photos to show for it. The best hope for the Democrats and anyone else that doesn’t want to see Trump reelected is to run an open and fair Democratic Primary before the convention because the excitement and free publicity around selecting a new generation of Democratic Party leaders will provide the best chance of keeping Trump out of the White House.