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April 1, 2026

ICE agents to be stationed outside Marine graduation events.

They’ll be looking for undocumented family members and friends attending the graduation of Marines who have volunteered to serve our country.

Stephen Miller’s ICE can’t sink any lower. Congratulations Marine! Thank you for your service. By the way, we’re deporting your mother back to El Salvador.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/ice-agents-will-stationed-marine-corps-graduation-events-south-carolin-rcna265941

March 31, 2026

Clay Jones cartoon

March 31, 2026

We're at war, Americans struggle with high fuel costs, TSA agents aren't being paid, while Trump plays golf.



Expressing regret, the architect of the Vietnam War, Robert McNamara, wrote in a 1995 memoir that his own behavior in shaping the Vietnam War was “wrong, terribly wrong.” You can see the contrition written in his face.


Trump will never lose any sleep over the consequences of his actions and will never feel any regret. He’s a narcissistic sociopath. The only thing Donald Trump cares about is Donald Trump.

March 30, 2026

Trump's approval rating at all time low - 33%

Now we know 33% of Americans are white supremacists

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2676637068/

March 30, 2026

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

March 29, 2026

UN planning for a nuclear strike on Iran by US/Israel

Mahamad Safa, formerly the permanent representative to the United Nations for a major human rights organization, resigned from his diplomatic positions on Friday to leak a dramatic claim, along with a desperate plea to the United States and elsewhere.

His post on On X. I did not include the photo of Tehran he included in his post.

Mohamad Safa
@mhdksafa
I don't think people understand the gravity of the situation as the UN is preparing for possible nuclear weapon use in Iran.

This is a picture of Tehran. For you uneducated, untraveled, never-served, warhawks licking your chops at the thought of bombing it. It's not some low population desert. There are families, children, family pets. Regular working class people with dreams. You're sick to want war.

Tehran is a city of nearly 10,000,000 people. Imagine nuking Washington, Berlin, Paris, London, or beyond, bombed with nuclear weapons.

I gave up my diplomatic career to leak this information. I suspended my duties so as not to be part of or a witness to this crime against humanity, in an attempt to prevent a nuclear winter before it is too late.

Yesterday, nearly ten million people protested “No Kings” in the United States. The possibility of the use of nuclear weapons must be taken very seriously. It's dangerous. Act now. Spread this message worldwide. Take the streets. Protest for our humanity and future. Only the people can stop it. History will remember us.
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4:43 AM · Mar 29, 2026
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https://www.rawstory.com/nuclear-weapons-2676635699/

Another source:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/iran-nuclear-weapons-who-warning-b2941153.html

March 29, 2026

Misunderstood song lyrics

She’s a one ton tomato..


Guantanamera by the Sandpipers



Hotel California by the Eagles - On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair…




Bad Moon On The Rise by Creedence Clearwater Revival

March 28, 2026

At his news conference March 16, President Trump said, "We don't need oil. We have all oil we need for ourselves."

As usual, he's wrong. In 2025, US petroleum exports totaled about 11 million barrels per day; however, we had to import about 8 million barrels per day.

Why? Our very old refining capacity was designed for what's called sour oil. Due to fracking, we now produce more oil than we ever have; however it's sweet and US refineries can't process it.

Due to historical supplies, costs, and environmental reasons, we haven't built new refineries capable of refining the kind of oil we now produce. So, we export the sweet oil to Europe, which has refineries designed for that, and import sour oil from Canada, Mexico and Venezuela for our refineries.

OP - The President has people smart enough and experienced enough to tell him that, but just like in other matters, they lack the courage to tell him something different that he misunderstands or already believes. Due to his malignant narcissism, those that dared to correct him, soon lost their job. Examples: Tillerson, Mattis, Kelly, Fauci, ad infinitum. He surrounds himself with yes men.

March 27, 2026

ICE recruiting poster

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Born at US Naval Hospital, Newport, RI Grew up in Austin, TX University of Texas Graduate 1969 Drafted US Army for Vietnam War Graduate School on the GI Bill Married 49 years Certified Public Accountant 40 Years Local non-paid elective office held: Three terms on City Council 37 years on Board of Directors of local water utility district Surfing consistently summers and winters since 1968
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