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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Our Founding Fathers considered the First Amendment perfect and the most important paragraph written by man in history. It was the only amendment in the Bill of Rights which was not contested by a single member of the Constitutional Congress. It guarantees every person in the United States certain human rights which cannot be violated by the government or any other group or organization. However, it no longer exists. Trump continues to violate every sentence, every word written by the men who created our nation in 1789. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” Every man and woman calling themselves a “Republican” makes no decision, votes for or against any law, without the approval of the Christian Religious Right. Trump is owned by...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart If the committee deciding who will be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for Peace is considering Trump for the award, it will lessen the value and prestige of the award for every past recipient. Trump promised his “people” that he would end the invasion of Ukraine on day one: the carnage continues. Trump planned, organized, and executed the attempted coup on January 6, 2021. I watched all three hours of the violent and disgusting insurrection. I saw a bloodthirsty group of Neo-Nazis search for Vice-President Pence and Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, with the intent of murdering them, under orders from Trump. Giving the worst man in the world such a prestigious award would make the entire process a sham, meaningless, and of no value. Finally, Trump is Putin’s most valuable asset. To even consider the possibility that he is serious about negotiating peace in Ukraine is ludicrous. Op-ed by James Turnage Follow my blog and be informed Source: https://www.dailykos.co...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart America’s federal government has become the most corrupt in the world over the last few decades. It continues to destroy the Constitution piece by piece and in the 21 st century the Law of the Land is nothing more than a memory. Legal scholars agree that Trump is violating the Constitution and breaking civil laws daily. However, it appears to me that our nation’s corrupt Supreme Court continues to intimidate lower courts. It’s time for someone to take control of Washington and end the chaos created by the fascist who is intentionally destroying everything which once made America a nation on the edge of greatness. Any citizen with common sense is aware that Trump’s silly red hats have a hidden meaning. MAGA actually stands for “Make America White Again.” Currently, Trump and his thugs known as ICE are engaged in ‘ethnic cleansing,’ disguised as “immigration reform.” Every policy he adopted since January 20, 2025 harms minorities, women, and the LGBTQ community. ...

Trump is a weak and powerless schoolyard bully who obeys his master, Vladimir Putin. The enormous damage he has done to our nation over the last 10 years cannot be accredited solely to one obese, very old man who is in advanced stages of dementia. Our entire government, the media, and Trump’s oligarchs continue to hide the truth from the 340 million people who in reality are the United States of America. The fact that the American people are suffering from a dysfunctional government, composed of corrupt politicians, a Supreme Court which ignores its singular responsibility, and an illegitimate president whose loyalty belongs to the Russian president explains how the demise of America has become a reality. If you choose to assume that my allegations are part of a conspiracy theory, you are sadly mistaken and misinformed. This story began early in 2016. Our government was informed by all 12 security agencies that they were investigating their belief that Vladimir Putin was attempting to ...

The annual budget for the Pentagon is nearing one trillion dollars. The first time I wrote this number, I was appalled. $1,000,000,000,000. That is 1,000 billion dollars. No working man could possibly imagine how much money that is. The truth is one-half of their annual budget is wasted, according to a non-profit watchdog organization. A couple examples of our military’s fiscal failures. I researched the F-35 fighter a number of years ago. The project was approved in 1995. Testing was completed in 2021. It was approved for mass production, although I cannot find any information about where or if it is in full production in 2025. [The average flyaway cost of an F-35A (the conventional takeoff and landing variant) is around $82.5 million. The F-35B (vertical takeoff and landing) has an average flyaway cost of $109 million, and the F-35C (carrier-launched) is priced at $102.1 million. These prices are for production lots 15-17, which were delivered in 2023, 2024, and 2025.] The F-35 is th...

Trump and his first administration were incompetent, ignorant, unqualified, arrogant, losers, and nothing more than pretenders. If you remember how horrific they were and how badly they failed their responsibilities, you are beginning to experience “Trump 2.0.” First, a personal comment. In my 78 years I have learned that great wealth and intelligence are not synonyms. Most of our nation’s 813 billionaires are men and women who had one talent, but fail to have a general knowledge about anything else, and have absolutely no common sense. That said, the orange buffoon’s second administration is filled with billionaires and wannabes. Politicians like Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and Tulsi Gabbard failed to perform in their first jobs, and are now taking their incompetence to the executive branch. It is laughable that a complete airhead like Gabbard is now your Director of National Intelligence. I doubt she is able to spell ‘intelligence.’ Noem is the Secretary of Homeland Security. This is a...

I have feelings of overwhelming sadness today. I woke up this morning thinking about my life and how it was so very different from the obese old Nazi is now pretending to be your president. Trump was born on June 15, 1946. The day I came into this world was just three weeks later on July 7, 1946. Our paths never crossed. Trump’s path led him into the depths of everything which is wrong with the world today. He was born into a world of wealth and extreme white privilege and taught to hate anyone who was not like him. Money was his family’s god and achieving greater wealth was the family’s only goal. My family was probably considered poor when I was born in Lewiston, Idaho. However, my mother’s family was very warm and loving. The Catholic Church was at the center of their lives, and they lived according to those deep beliefs in what they were taught, a high moral standard, unbreakable principles, and respect for others,  The word “hate” was not in their vocabulary. Now that both of ...

  In February of 2016 the most radical right-wing Supreme Court ju stice, Antonin Scalia, died suddenly. There were nine months before the next election.    However, Moscow Mitch McConnell violated the rules specified in the Constitution, and made his own rule, claiming that no Supreme Court justice would be confirmed during an election year. He would break this rule for his own benefit in October of 2020. Merrick Garland was President Obama’s nominee.   I am one of many who believe that as our Attorney General under President Biden, Garland will be remembered as the worst in history. After Trump planned, organized, and executed a violent insurrection on January 6, 2021, no charges were filed by the Department of Justice.   My wife and I watched all three hours of the attempted coup, and there is no doubt Trump committed treason. The facts prove that if Garland had the courage to do his job, Trump wou ld not be taking the oath of office on Mond ay . Garland pla...

  The United States is a nation without laws and therefore justice for any man or woman with outrageous wealth and/or great power. I have been making this claim for more than a decade, and in 2024 the world was given proof that justice is non-existent in America when a corrupt Supreme Court gave Trump absolute immunity. My wife and I did not need to read the results of the select committee investigating the events of January 6, 2021. We watched all three hours of our nation’s darkest day. We heard Trump order his Neo-Nazi army to storm the Capitol and overturn our government by halting the certification of the Electoral College vote. There has been more corruption and deceit from our government and the mainstream media since that dark day. The insurrection has never been re-broadcast for everyone to see. Thankfully, there was a select committee chosen to investigate the events: the attempted coup. The results have been partially revealed. Special Prosecu...

      If you watched the violent insurrection on January 6, 2021, you cannot deny what you saw. Trump stood on a stage in front of the White House and ordered his Neo-Nazi army to march to the Capitol and halt the certification of the Electoral College vote. When they arrived at the Capitol Building, they broke down doors, smashed windows, and physically attacked the Capitol Police, killing at least one and injuring about 150. They searched the building, stopping to defecate in some of the offices, looking for Nancy Pelosi and Mike Pence. Trump had ordered his mob to kill them both. The only thing I did not know on that day was what happened before the insurrection. The mainstream media will not tell the truth, but it is available on several legitimate and respected websites. The planning and organization took place at Trump’s Willard Hotel in D.C. In attendance were Trump, Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, and leaders of Neo-Nazi gr...

Three hours. That’s how long mywife and I watched what is undoubtedly the darkest day in American history ; the day a sitting, outgoing president attempted to overthrow his own government . We watched Trump tell hisNeo-Nazi army to march to the Capitol and halt one our nation’s most sacred and democratic processes: the certification of the Electoral College vote from the 2020 election.   They followed his order s and broke into the building where our nation’s laws are passed or rejected by our legislative branch. They smashed doors, and shattered windows to gain entrance to the hallowed halls of the Capitol Building.    The y proceeded to steal what became memorabilia, smash office equipment, defecate on furniture in offices, a nd assaulted the Capitol police, while searching for Mike Pence and Nancy Pelosi. They had ord e rs to kill them both.   Yesterday, the certification of Trump’s questionable  win in the Electoral College on November 5, 2024, too...