April 13, 2026

Do you remember?

https://x.com/cmclymer/status/2043625022367944845

In the past week, Donald Trump has threatened nuclear war against Iran, called for the genocide of 93 million Iranians, publicly attacked the Pope, and compared himself to Jesus Christ.

Recall July of 2024 when every pundit and reporter in American media were urging President Biden to step down due to concerns over his cognitive health.

Where are those voices now? Where are the demands for Trump to be removed? Where is the flood of op-eds and cable news panels and social media posts calling for the 25th Amendment to be triggered?

Why are you all so silent on this?

Charlotte Clymer on X

April 7, 2026

HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP STATEMENT ON DONALD TRUMP'S THREAT TO KILL A WHOLE CIVILIZATION

Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark, Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar, Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Ted Lieu, Assistant Democratic Leader Joe Neguse and DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene released the following statement:

Donald Trump is completely unhinged. His statement threatening to eradicate an entire civilization shocks the conscience and requires a decisive congressional response. The House must come back into session immediately and vote to end this reckless war of choice in the Middle East before Donald Trump plunges our country into World War III.

For years, Republicans have enabled and excused Donald Trump’s deeply dangerous and extreme behavior. Enough is enough. Our brave men and women in uniform have been put into harm’s way in the Middle East. Over a dozen have already been killed and hundreds injured. Gas prices are skyrocketing, the cost of living in America is out of control and billions of taxpayer dollars are being wasted on a reckless war of choice.

It’s time for House Republicans to put patriotic duty over party loyalty and join Democrats in stopping this madness.

https://jeffries.house.gov/2026/04/07/house-democratic-leadership-statement-on-donald-trumps-threat-to-kill-a-whole-civilization/

April 6, 2026

Question for psychologist or other mental health professionals

If a malignant narcissist knows he's going to die, would he be...er, tempted to take others with him?

Asking for a concerned friend...

April 6, 2026

He spent investigating Opus Dei, a Catholic group accused of a vast conspiracy of abuse. Then...

Pope Leo asked to meet.

Gareth Gore’s 2024 book Opus alleges decades of manipulation, which the group has denied. He believes the pope wanted to send a clear message


Gareth Gore was on a research trip to California earlier this year when he was told to expect a call from the Vatican arranging a one-on-one audience with the pope.

Gore was stunned. In 2024 he published the book Opus, a meticulously researched and gripping account of the abuses allegedly perpetrated by Opus Dei, the highly secretive Catholic group started by the Spanish priest Josemaría Escrivá in the 1920s. Over a century Opus Dei established itself as a deeply religious order that, they claim, helps ordinary people “love God and serve others through work well done, carried out with honesty and integrity”.


Gore’s book lays out claims the organisation is at the heart of a conspiracy involving child grooming, human trafficking, and psychological and emotional control, with former members saying the group used private confessions as leverage against members and drugged those under its sway – claims Opus Dei categorically denies. Gore reported that Opus Dei collaborated closely with the bloody dictatorship of Francisco Franco in Spain, before supporting rightwing causes around the world.

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Gore believes Opus Dei would never have been able to function without the complicity of the Vatican – which made the invitation from Pope Leo all the more surprising.
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More at https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/06/opus-dei-gareth-gore-pope-leo

March 30, 2026

Medicare drug price increase

I used to pay $15 for a three month supply of Ezetimibe (Zetia), I'm now paying over $30 for a one month supply. As I have coronary artery disease and this is a cholesterol-lowering drug, (my cholesterol is now 124), I don't have much choice

March 25, 2026

The writer of an article praising Graham Platner wrote a book slamming Joe Biden

I've seen an article posted here that defends Maine candidate Graham Platner-which can be found here:

https://jacobin.com/2025/10/platner-maine-senate-reddit-media

And you find this at the end of the article:

"Branko Marcetic is a Jacobin staff writer and the author of Yesterday’s Man: The Case Against Joe Biden."

And here's how this book is described on Amazon:

"...Over nearly fifty years in politics, the man called “Middle-Class Joe” served as a key architect of the Democratic Party’s rightward turn, ushering in the end of the liberal New Deal order and enabling the political takeover of the radical right.

Far from being a liberal stalwart, Biden often outdid even Reagan, Gingrich, and Bush, assisting the right-wing war against the working class, and ultimately paving the way for Trump."

https://www.amazon.com/Yesterdays-Man-Case-Against-Biden/dp/1839760281

I found this interesting....and I believe Platner is a Repub plant

March 19, 2026

WTF??? Comer called Rep. Summer Lee a "bitch"

WTF?????????????

WTF 🗞️
Congresswoman Summer Lee walks out of a hearing with Pam Bondi because James Comer calls her a bih when she asks will the Committee hold Bondi in contempt.
#Epstein

— Jules⚖️ (@northjules.bsky.social) 2026-03-19T01:30:14.184Z

March 5, 2026

Ken Paxton doubles down, adding to GOP's Texas fears

This gonna be good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/3/5/2371767/-Ken-Paxton-doubles-down-adding-to-GOP-s-Texas-fears

Attorney General Ken Paxton on Wednesday said not even President Donald Trump could push him out of the Texas Senate contest, telling a right-wing cable news show that he still plans to stay in the GOP primary runoff against Sen. John Cornyn even if he does not earn Trump's endorsement.

I'm staying in this race," Paxton told Real America's Voice. "I owe it to the people of Texas. I've spent a year of my life campaigning against John Cornyn because John has not represented the people of Texas well. He's been against Trump in both of his elections, said he shouldn't run last time. The people of Texas, at least the Republicans, would like something different."


Paxton"s comments came after Trump said on Wednesday he was finally going to acquiesce to establishment Republicans' pleas and get off the sidelines to endorse in Texas' Republican Senate primary. Trump added that whomever he doesn't pick should drop out of the race to spare the GOP an expensive and bruising runoff that could hurt the eventual nominee in November"s general election.

"I will be making my Endorsement soon, and will be asking the candidate that I don"t Endorse to immediately DROP OUT OF THE RACE!" Trump wrote a post on Truth Social."We must win in November!!"
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This is great news for us
The ensuing struggle is a big help to Talarico

February 26, 2026

Hillary asked for press to be allowed to view deposition

since Boebert leaked images-but apparently Repubs declined

https://x.com/krassenstein/status/2027097939039138084

February 25, 2026

Judge blasts ICE 'sloppiness' for claiming 4-year-old kid had a marijuana conviction

A federal judge reprimanded Donald Trump’s administration for claiming that an immigrant seeking his release from custody was convicted for marijuana possession in 2009 — when he was 4 years old.

To support arguments for the man’s ongoing detention and removal from the country, government lawyers attached a document from Immigration and Customs Enforcement that they "indicated" was related to his criminal history.

They submitted the document in court filings “despite the differences in birthdate, birthplace, parents’ names, and immigration status,” West Virginia District Judge Irene Berger noted in her order to release him on Tuesday.

“This sloppiness further validates the Court’s concerns about the procedures utilized by the Respondents depriving people present in the United States of their liberty,” she wrote.

More at https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-sloppiness-judge-contempt-rulings-b2927381.html