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Training our Military as Warriors not Defenders

What is the purpose of a nation’s army? Common sense would say that it is to defend the nation’s territory and protect its citizens from foreign powers that could destroy their homes, businesses, and peace.  Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, in line with President Trump’s plan to create a MAGA-Military,...

Creating a Non-Woke Military Has Begun

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is rejecting liberal woke beliefs because he claims they have weakened and misguided our military. He introduced the generals and admirals to the new Department of War, no longer called the Department of Defense, because Trump saw “defense as too politically correct.”  Hegseth said the...

The Folly of Political Assassinations 

The folly of assassinations is that they generate the opposite of what the assassin intended. Aside from the tragedy of taking a human life, there is a pattern of how assassinations work against what the assassins aim to accomplish.  Perhaps this realization could prevent assassins before they pull the trigger,...

Who is a Fascist? & What is Fascism?

At the end of August, huge banners hung from trucks circling Chicago’s downtown streets, carrying a message for President Donald Trump: "Do not come to Chicago" and "FASCISTS ARE NOT WELCOME." Name-calling in politics is more of a tradition than an anomaly. However, after Donald J. Trump was elected president in 2016,...

The Art of Deflection,  Look at Soldiers in Cities – Forget the Epstein Files

President Trump sent soldiers into U.S. cities, not to fight crimes, but to distract the public from the Epstein Files. There is a clear link between media coverage of the child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s files and Trump’s deployment of Federalized National Guards and Marines into the Democratic-leaning cities of Los...

Pushing America to be a Christian Nation – Not a Secular Democracy

Gallows erected at the January 6 Washington, D.C., Insurrection  - In God we Trust  photo by Tyler Merbler from flickr.com/photos Last month, a small brick was removed from our Constitutional wall that separates the state and church. The New York Times’s investigative reporters reported in July 2025 that the Internal Revenue Service carved out an...

A Rational View of Capitalism vs Socialism in America & History

President Donald Trump declared that America will never be socialist. He’s beating up a strawman, since there has never been a fully socialist country. That’s because, throughout history, every country, whether it considers itself socialist or capitalist, engages in capitalism to some degree, which is essentially the existence of...

5 Key Lessons from Mamdani’s Startling NYC Win 

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How do we know if our President is Mentally Unstable?

How do we know if our President is Mentally Unstable? You can also read this piece on Substack, Medium and Linkedin   Congress should pass a law to help select and maintain a stable president in the future. This should involve requiring presidents to undergo neurocognitive exams to determine if they are mentally impaired or unstable.  To...

Did we elect a Manchurian Candidate to Guide our Defense?

A Manchurian Candidate, as initially defined in Richard Condon's 1959 novel and the 1966 movie, is a nation’s leader controlled by that country’s enemy. These works of fiction played on the fear of a Communist takeover of America by Russia or China, a conspiracy worthy of being promoted by QAnon. However, over time,...

Connecting the Dots: Trump’s Budget – MAGA supporters – Republican Senators

Image from Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy –Center for Children and Families Understanding Trump’s Beautiful Budget’s Impact on His Supporters Trump’s budget clearly favors certain supporters over others. It reallocates funds from health care intended for his low-income populist base to sustain tax subsidies for his wealthiest backers. As Trump’s...

A Judge Bans Trump’s Authoritarian Orders – Will SCOTUS?

“No American President has ever before issued executive orders like the one at issue,” U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell wrote in a 102-page opinion. Howell was referring to Trump punishing a law firm that a president, without evidence of the firm violating a law, ordered the government to cancel...

Trump is Trying to Subvert His Biggest Threat – Lawyers

Trump’s blitzkrieg rolls over liberal law firms. It took six weeks for the German Army to trample over France. In roughly the same period, President Donald Trump scattered his biggest legal opponents into disarray by issuing over a hundred Executive Orders. The key to both victories, although short-lived for one...

Fifth Column: The Right Wing Think Tank behind Subversion of the Justice Department

You can read this piece below or on Substack, Medium and Linkedin If you like it, become a Patreon patron or make a single contributionto help me reach others.  – thank you, Nick President Donald Trump is openly transforming the Department of Justice's primary role of advising presidents on the limits of their authority under...

Trump’s lying strategy is to destroy our republic’s liberal institutions

You can also read this piece on Substack, Medium or Linkedin You can also continue to read below.If you like it, become a Patreon patron or make a single contributionto help me reach others.  - thank you, Nick Mainstream media detailed Trump’s multiple false and misleading claims but ignored how that was a deliberate strategy for demolishing...