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Since its founding in May of 2002, Daily Kos has endeavored to get to the truth of issues and the state of our country. As always with all things human, it has been an imperfect but necessary journey. Like science, new information can change the political thesis. As it should.

The wrestling with reality goes on, for that is what we do in all its messy glory. It has never been easy work, only absolutely necessary, for what we do is deeply moral work.

Today’s indecent administration illustrates why.

In a time when an incompetent, vulgar, abusive, and deeply narcissistic man who tried to overthrow a legitimate election has been elected again, the necessity of truth telling is absolute.

In a time when lies have been ignored, cruelty excused, self-righteous ignorance applauded, when false idols rule, truth telling is more than necessary — in it lies our right to exist as a decent trustworthy society. In it rests the futures of our children, grandchildren, and those generations not yet born.

Lives have already been lost. More lives are on the line. Cruelty, greed, ignorant dysfunction, and lust for power are the hallmarks of this administration. Parents have been ripped away from their crying children. Babies have starved to death because of its actions. Americans have been murdered in their homes for simply being Democrats. This administration and its mouthpieces have blood on their hands.

They don’t want us pointing that out. They do not want anyone shining light on their fog of lies.

That truth telling is why our institutions of higher learning, journalists, our Judges, and anyone who does not buy into a deviant administration are under attack.

That is why this site is now in Trump’s DOJ’s crosshairs —

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That’s not a metaphor. It’s real.

I wish I could tell you more, but I’m not allowed to say anything further. Convenient, isn’t it? A perfect gift for an authoritarian regime—using the power of the state to silence dissent and debate, all while shielding Trump from criticism.

We’ve watched them go after ActBlue. After Media Matters. I guess it was inevitable that we’d get our turn.

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You—our supporters—got us through our legal fight with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and I’m counting on you to help us now. I’m not exaggerating when I say that this one is existential….

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What in the world does this decision on birthright citizenship from SC mean and the constitution?

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Friday June 27, 2025 · 11:40 AM PDT

2025/06/27 · 11:40

The way I understand it, the Supreme Court giving Trump card blanche on citizenship, what is stopping him from going back on the generations. To me it means Trump has been given the right to decide who is a citizen and who is not. It is limiting the way I understand it, is left to lower courts statewide. How stupid to say a person can be born in one state and be a citizen but if born in another state is not. What kind of law is even constitutional under this administration? This is crazy. He has taken war with lawyers and many who can file lawsuits won’t. This is saying on MSNBC Supreme Court allows Trump Adm to take steps to implement an end of birthright citizenship . This will cause chaos more than we have. It could overwhelm some states to have their child be protected as a citizen. We need the courts to uphold nationally the constitution. This is patchwork on merit.

Trump and republicans are killing the constitution and it seems we are on our own. The court loses power to Trump. He is a king at this point IMO.

How hard is it for an individual child born in America whose parents undocuments or claimed to be undocuments be declared not a citizen under this constitution?

14th Amendment

The Citizenship Clause:

The key part of the 14th Amendment regarding birthright citizenship is the Citizenship Clause, which states: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside."

The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees birthright citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to its jurisdiction. This means that anyone born within the geographic boundaries of the U.S. is automatically a citizen, regardless of their parents' citizenship or immigration status.

There is no longer balance of power.

ICE Forces Purple Heart Vet to Self-Deport After Living in US 48 Years

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Friday June 27, 2025 · 1:21 AM PDT

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Not sure why I didn’t hear about this latest outrage from ICE earlier, seeing as how this particular victim was a fellow resident of Hawaii, or why it apparently hasn’t been mentioned here yet, but Sae Joon Park’s story has now spread around the world — and even ultra right-wing rags like the Daily Caller seem suitably upset. Indeed, this story seems so shockingly unbelievable that Snopes had to issue a fact check testifying to its authenticity. NPR probably has the most detailed look at what happened to this South Korean who came to America as an immigrant to be with his mother when he was just 7 nearly 50 years ago:

For 55-year-old U.S. Army veteran Sae Joon Park, this was the hardest moment of his life. Not getting shot in combat. Not the years battling post-traumatic stress disorder or addiction. Not prison. It was leaving the U.S., a country he called home for nearly five decades.

On Monday, Park, a green-card holder, self-deported to South Korea. His removal order was the result of charges related to drug possession and failure to appear in court from over 15 years ago — offenses that, he said, stemmed from years of untreated PTSD.

Park's story reflects both the challenges of life after combat and the perils that noncitizen veterans face if caught in the legal system — realities made harsher amid the Trump administration's push for record deportations.

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Growing up, Park said he didn't have many positive influences. But he looked up to his uncle, a colonel in the South Korean military. After high school, Park enlisted in the U.S. Army.

"I wanted direction and [to] better myself and maybe help serve the country," he said.

When 20-year-old Park finished basic training, he was deployed to Panama — unaware that he would soon be part of the 1989 U.S. invasion known as Operation Just Cause to topple Manuel Noriega's regime.

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Park ended up getting shot twice in an unexpected firefight with Panamanian troops and had to be evacuated back to the US where he was awarded a Purple Heart for his injuries, and then honorably discharged from the US army.

Though his body eventually recovered from the paralysis caused by a bullet lodged near his spine, his mind took much longer to heal.

Back then, Park didn't know he was dealing with PTSD. So, he never sought help and the trauma slowly took a toll. He eventually turned to drugs to cope.

" I had to find some kind of a cure for what I was going through," he said.

Throughout his 20s and 30s, he battled a crack cocaine addiction. One night in New York, while meeting up with a dealer, police appeared and arrested Park. Later, he skipped one of his court hearings.

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Park was charged with possession of a controlled substance and bail jumping, which derailed his chances of naturalization or getting relief from a deportation order.

Park said for a long time, citizenship was not a priority because he did not fully grasp the consequences of remaining a noncitizen. Although the U.S. offers expedited naturalization for those who serve honorably in the U.S. military for at least one year, or a single day during wartime, Park was discharged before he had served 12 months and the invasion of Panama was not classified as a period of hostility.

Seriously?! Even though he was awarded a Purple Heart for injuries suffered in combat?? Some additional details from the Guardian:

Park spent a few years in prison beginning in 2009 after police in New York arrested him while he tried to buy crack from a dealer one night, he said. At one point, Park skipped a court hearing related to his arrest knowing he would fail a required drug test. That doomed his chances of converting his legal residency into full US citizenship, which the government offers to military veterans who arrive to the country from abroad and serve honorably.

A judge ordered Park’s removal from the US, though he was allowed to remain in the country on the condition that he checked in annually with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents. That arrangement is typically offered to people whose removals are not considered a priority, and Park took advantage of the opportunity to settle in Hawaii while raising a son and daughter.

Then earlier in June, as NPR noted, Ice officials under the Trump administration’s direction warned him that he would be detained and deported from the US unless he left voluntarily in the coming weeks. He chose to bid farewell to his friends, children and mother, who is aged 85 and battling the early stages of dementia.

Park told KITV he realized he may never see any of his loved ones again as he prepared to fly out of Honolulu’s Daniel K Inouye international airport.

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The Trump administration has been unapologetic about its immigration policies. And on Wednesday, the assistant homeland security department secretary, Tricia McLaughlin, issued a statement saying Park’s history “includes convictions for possession, manufacturing or selling a dangerous weapon, carrying a loaded firearm in a public place, assault and criminal possession of a controlled substance”.

McLaughlin’s statement didn’t elaborate on Park’s record – but it also said his prior, adjudicated removal order deprived him of the “legal basis to remain in the US”.

“If you come to our country and break our laws, we will find you, arrest you and deport you,” McLaughlin’s statement said. “That’s a promise.”

Park told KITV and NPR that he considered himself fortunate to have been able to be a US soldier and control how he left the country. But he also maintained his treatment at the hands of Ice was “so unfair”.

Indeed, his parting shot as reported by Newsweek kind of sums it all up:

A United States Army veteran who was forced to self-deport to South Korea has told Newsweek he will only return once President Donald Trump leaves office.

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"President Trump sucks. I will try to come back after Trump leaves," Park told Newsweek in a statement.

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Now DHS is lying about scary immigrants with weed whackers

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Monday June 23, 2025 · 8:46 PM PDT

2025/06/23 · 20:46

Former Marine Alejandro Barranco next to his father Narciso Barranco, along with his younger brothers Emanuel and Jose Luis in 2020. Narciso, a father to three U.S. Marines, was violently detained by Border Patrol officers while doing his job as a landscaper.

As Los Angeles and surrounding Southern California cities continue to be besieged by ICE raids, violent detainments, and protests, one case is sparking exceptional anger and outrage across the region.

Narciso Barranco was doing his job as a landscaper outside of an IHOP restaurant on Saturday in the heavily Latino city of Santa Ana when seven masked agents jumped out of unmarked vehicles and approached him. Video of his resulting arrest went viral because the men are clearly shown beating Rodriguez and punching him in the head as he’s on the ground.

What in the hell is going on in this video? Narciso Barranco was tackled, punched, and pepper sprayed by masked agents outside an IHOP in Orange County. He is a landscaper. A father of three US Marines. This is not America. If there is more to the story, we need answers and transparency, NOW.

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Local news station KTLA accurately described the assailants as “masked men wearing U.S. Border Patrol vests,” a nod to widespread criticism of the agents’ refusal to identify themselves as they kidnap brown people off the streets without warrants or cause and throw them into unmarked vehicles.

And the truth hurts, as evidenced by the Department of Homeland Security’s defensive response to the latest controversial encounter.

“He ASSAULTED federal law enforcement with a WEED WHACKER,” said an official DHS post on X Monday. “Perhaps the mainstream media would like our officers to stand there and be mowed down instead of defending themselves? What a completely slanted portrayal of what actually happened.”

The whiny post was accompanied by additional video of Rodriguez’s detainment, which showed a frantic man trying to run away from several armed men and pepper spray while holding a work tool. Oddly, the video had no sound, which makes it impossible to determine whether the weed whacker was even running. In the background, a masked man can be seen pointing a gun at a passing car, which only illustrates the chaos and terror these unhinged “agents” are unleashing on innocent people whose only crime is looking “illegal.”

It’s no wonder DHS is pushing back against the resulting uproar that sparked more protests in Santa Ana: It turns out Rodriguez is the father of three U.S. Marines, including two on active duty.

“I feel betrayed,” former Marine Alejandro Barranco told The Orange County Register. “My dad has no criminal history. He wasn’t doing anything bad. He was just working. The way they (federal agents) attacked him, I don’t think it’s right.”

Alejandro Barranco, who served in Afghanistan, told the Register his father has no criminal history and was in the process of applying for parole-in-place, which can grant undocumented family members of active-duty military permission to stay in the U.S. for an undetermined period.

The veteran told community newspaper The Santanero that his father was able to call him from a Los Angeles detention facility and “humbly asked him to ‘finish the job he was doing when he got detained.’”

Democratic lawmakers, including Reps. Mike Levin and Lou Correa, denounced the action and called for an end to the indiscriminate raids and detentions.

“This is just madness,” Correa told the Register. “You have a family of three kids that took an oath for the country, ready to lay down their lives for this country, and their parents can’t stay here?”

DHS is continuing a pattern of lying about its actions during raids and detainments. Officials lied about agents trying to gain entry to the Dodger Stadium parking lot, and also lied when they claimed New York City Comptroller Brad Lander was arrested for assaulting ICE agents while he was escorting immigrants at a courthouse.

They also lied and said Sen. Alex Padilla of California was manhandled and detained for not announcing his identity when trying to ask a question during a press conference being held by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, when video of the incident included clear audio of Padilla identifying himself.

The community has rallied around the Barranco family, donating to a GoFundMe to cover legal expenses and continuing to hold raucous protests outside of Orange County hotels housing ICE agents and Border Patrol officers while they’re in town doing their dirty work. But the racist Trump administration’s stubborn refusal to admit any wrongdoing, as shown in their tireless persecution of wrongfully deported Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia, means Narciso Barranco’s eventual freedom is far from guaranteed.

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Trump So worried about illegal immigration.. Who the hell wants to come here legal or otherwise.

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Thursday June 12, 2025 · 4:49 PM PDT

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Many will think I am an American hating citizen. Not true but I see this country turning into more like what people are leaving than not. Land of Free? Really?

You don’t cross this administration..You don’t question them...You don’t disagree...You don’t protest...Hell you can’t even be elected and represent the party not in power..Where is the freedom? You speak up or cross them, hands rough you up or lock you up. People are getting separated from families and on and on it goes. People of other countries...stay and fight for your country because the republicans are turning this country into a dictatorship.

After watching Noem’s presser and the treatment of the Senator, one will end up in cuffs for asking a question much less self defense..He was manhandled and did not fight them back… This is not the America I want.

My respect for the Senator because if I was manhandled like that I would be fighting them like a tiger and probably been killed.

Take a Madman serious. As MB stated. Here we go.

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Sunday June 08, 2025 · 5:08 PM PDT

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Seal of the National Guard of the State of California — This is a State call and Trump is again abusing his power. Nobody asked for Trump's help from the state.

This was MB’s post and some here ticked me off when thought it was embellishment or headline grabbing, well BS, anyone who knows MB’s writings know he does not do that and it worsens today with the Madman in Charge. First of all, read the diary posted by MB. Thank goodness it is top of the rec list.

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Now know Orange man’s lackey has made it worse and puting us on the verge of a civil war which if he deploys them...the bear has been poked enough to throw us into that scenearo. Deploying Camp Pendelton troops on high alert? Really? For a Protest? A right? The only one kicking up destruction from what I see are the so called law.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Saturday that US Marines at Camp Pendleton have been placed on high alert and could be deployed to support National Guard efforts in Los Angeles, as violent protests continue for a second day.

Camp Pendleton, located in North San Diego County, is the main West Coast base of the US Marine Corps.

In a post on X, Hegseth wrote, “The violent mob assaults on ICE and Federal Law Enforcement are designed to prevent the removal of Criminal Illegal Aliens from our soil; a dangerous invasion facilitated by criminal cartels (aka Foreign Terrorist Organizations) and a huge NATIONAL SECURITY RISK.”

He is so unqualified to be in this position...Obviously not familiar with:

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The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law (18 U.S.C. § 1385, original at 20 Stat. 152) signed on June 18, 1878, by President Rutherford B. Hayes that limits the powers of the federal government in the use of federal military personnel to enforce domestic policies within the United States. Congress passed the Act as an amendment to an army appropriation bill following the end of Reconstruction and updated it in 1956, 1981 and 2021.

The Act originally applied only to the United States Army, but a subsequent amendment in 1956 expanded its scope to the United States Air Force. In 2021, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 further expanded the scope of the Act to cover the United States Navy, Marine Corps, and Space Force. The Act does not prevent the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard under state authority from acting in a law enforcement capacity within its home state or in an adjacent state if invited by that state's governor. The United States Coast Guard (under the Department of Homeland Security) is not covered by the Act either, primarily because although it is an armed service, it also has a maritime law enforcement mission.

The title of the Act comes from the legal concept of posse comitatus, the authority under which a county sheriff, or another law officer, can conscript any able-bodied person to assist in keeping the peace

The key to that authority is invoked by the governor and last I looked Trump is not the governor

If Trump and Hegseth keep poking that civil war bear, they will certainly get it.

This is the State’s call not Federal Troops.

2000 Troops have been deployed from the National Guard and Newsom says this is a spectacle now Marines are on high alert.

This is insane.

Thanks MB for your post for early warnings and you are right “Here we go”.

The only violence I have witnessed on the protest seemed to come from the peace keepers or so called Law enforcement. Trump does not want protests. Amazing...the mayor and governor are democrats...nooooooooooooo..that has nothing to do with this stink Trump is escalating. Ya think?

"No Kings Day" June 14th. A Nationwide Day Of Defiance!

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In chorus with those like-minded Israeli protesters in Israel (Tel Aviv, etc). And all those protesting this war. At the UN Rabbi Challenges Zionist Narratives. Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss speaking on the world's silence on the Palestinian crisis. May 15, 2025 / Palestinians-Gaza Protests Against Hamas June 4, 2025

I Agree “Hey, Hey, Yo, Yo, netanyahoo’s, Got To Go!” ie Palestinian Civilians Killed-Shot. At Food Aid Distribution Station. June 3, 2025 (One more reason, he’s got to go). “For Sure, You Know, benny mileikowsky’s Got To Go!”

This war and the ongoing suffering and casualties, of innocent, non-combatant, Palestinian civilians, (and also; Israel’s continually being attacked). It’s all wrong. Obviously wrong. By, anyone’s standards.

I concur with, peace protesters, everywhere. My Mother always said, “two wrongs, don’t make, a right.”

It’s Not, anti-semitic, to criticize tyrants like netanyahoo and hamas, too. The term "Semitic" refers to a language and cultural group. People who speak semitic languages. ie Hebrews (Jewish) and Arabs.

“Just call me Ishmael.” (Pun Intended).

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Trump’s attempt at a “show of force,” with all the Troops he plans to have around at his “Military Parade” aka Birthday Party, National Guard, Marines-Navy, Army, Air Force, etc, Their presence, won’t intimidate or deter, anyone.

Our US Military; They’d All Be On The People’s Side.

Considering how trump treats our Troops and Veterans. I doubt they’d do anything trump says.

Unlike trump, we Love our Troops, Veterans, and we know, they care about us. that’s why they serve. For the people.

Troops And DC Police, They’ll Be There.

But They’ll Be There With Us, “The People Of The United States!”

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Trump Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet! And We have all summer to protest.

Organization - Maintain Supervision.

“Passive Resistance”

Calm, Peaceful Organized Protests. Where We Can Document Protesters Good Behavior. Encourage the Media, too. Documenting and avoiding, all homen-ice, bs about cause.

ta, da, donald!

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No, President Trump. Don't Do That! Hint, Four Years, Will Go By In A Blink*

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Rachael Maddow Youtube Donald Trump is eager to fill out his autocratic profile with a display of military might in the form of a military parade. Anti-Trump activists are planning mass protests across the United States.

Ezra Levin, co-executive director of Indivisible, talks with Rachel Maddow about the effects protests are having on the Trump administration and the importance of local activism.

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So, Donald Trump Got Elected..…

Comanche code talkers at Utah Beach

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Friday June 06, 2025 · 5:42 PM PDT

2025/06/06 · 17:42

Comanche code talkers of the 4th Infantry Division. 13 landed at Utah beach on D-Day

This extraordinary corner of history deserves a fuller diary than I can manage today. Apologies.

There were Cherokee and Choktaw code talkers who served during WWI.

The US military's first known use of code talkers was during World War I. Cherokee soldiers of the US 30th Infantry Division fluent in the Cherokee language were assigned to transmit messages while under fire during the Second Battle of the Somme.

en.wikipedia.org/…

Comanche code talkers were at Utah beach, serving in the 4th Infantry Division. This article focuses on one of them, Charles Chibitty, and the battles they fought.

Creating a code is always difficult, but aspects of the Comanche language added to the usual challenges. Many military terms had no equivalent in the Comanche language. For example, Comanche has only one word for “airplane” and no way to distinguish between a fighter, bomber, or other type of aircraft. To overcome this problem, the Code Talkers used other Comanche words as substitutes: “tank” became “wah-kah-ray,” meaning “turtle,” Adolf Hitler became “posah-tai-vo,” or “crazy white man,” and so on.

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Once the code was finished, the Code Talkers were ready for action. Two Code Talkers were assigned to each of the three regiments in the 4th Infantry Division. Three stayed at headquarters and the rest were assigned to other Army Signal Corps divisions. According to Chibitty his job was to “be a Code Talker, to get to the frontlines and report back to the command post what kind of artillery was coming in on us” and other information. Every transmission the Code Talkers sent, either by radios or telephone, used the Comanche code. Because their messages were in code, even another Comanche would not be able to decipher the message. The Germans did not stand a chance.

On D-Day, Chibitty and 13 other Code Talkers came ashore at Utah Beach as part of the 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. Years later he still remembered the first message he transmitted that day: “Five miles to the right of the designated area and five miles inland the fighting is fierce and we need help.”

www.armyheritage.org/...

A video explores more details including personal accounts from the Code Talkers.

YouTube Video

This gem from the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian covers code talkers from multiple Native American nations: americanindian.si.edu/...

Memorial Day, The Hero's Journey.

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Monday May 26, 2025 · 2:57 PM PDT

2025/05/26 · 14:57

Memorial Day - Thank You.

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Gov't And Social Services Links For ♥All Our Troops♥ And Veterans♥

The Hero's Journey

Republican Senators-Stop Ignoring, Immigration Reform. DACA ♥ The Dream Act, Now!

Troops And Veterans, All Our Heros!

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Natural-Insect And Pest Repellent Plants.

I've become selfish; and I hate that. A vent.

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Saturday May 17, 2025 · 9:15 AM PDT

2025/05/17 · 09:15

In November of 2016, right after the election, my local state representative held a meeting to try and figure out where to head next. So many people showed up, the room was above capacity. I began getting more heavily involved and later became a precinct committeeperson in my town. I’ve been doing what I can since then. I will be poll-greeting again for the state primary in a few weeks. I knock on doors. I call. I write postcards. I subscribe to a fairly decent newspaper.

But, I’m out of spoons.

“The spoon theory explains that people living with chronic illness, chronic pain, and disability have limited energy resources and also expend more energy on everyday tasks than people without illness and disability.” from verywell.com

This applies to myself, as I have chronic pain, and can also apply to caregivers. Which, if you read further, you will grasp.

What is making me angry? Because of the policies in the USA, I’ve become selfish. And I hate that. This isn’t something new. This has been going on ever since I became cognizant of the cruelty of the government—and the ignorance of many of its citizens. You’ve heard the term, “we can’t have nice things?” Well, I’ve realized this since I was old enough to follow politics.

I am a late baby boomer, born in 1959. My father was a veteran of WW2. He was in the Royal Navy and left England in 1949 (with his parents and younger sister) because of the British economy. His parents and sister returned to England not long afterward—because of the NHS. His father needed treatment. They later returned.

My father and mother worked hard and did everything right. They voted in every election (mostly Democrat, but on occasion, they voted for a Republican if they were a better candidate.) They subscribed to multiple news magazines and both the NY Times and Newsday. They let me read anything and everything. All those years, they never had more than two weeks off a year. My father was an engineer and because they tend to move around, he never had a pension. My mother was a bookkeeper.

My grandfather died in 1971 and not long after that, my grandmother suffered a massive stroke. I don’t know the financial details. (My parents never really discussed finances with myself and my much older sister). All I know is that she was in a rehab facility for a year and then came back home to live with us. (Fortunately we had a full bedroom and bathroom on the first floor). I assume Medicaid benefits in New York at the time were generous. We had someone in the home during the week from 9 to 3 to care for my grandmother, as my mother still had to work.

Fast forward to 1983. My parents retired to the space coast in Florida. They didn’t have much, but they had enough to come up to visit us in Pennsylvania once or twice a year, and take vacations now and then. My father became a lay spiritual leader at a synagogue and my mother volunteered for the Red Cross.

In 2008, they were both diagnosed with dementia. My sister (who lived in Western NY) and I became out-town-caregivers. We did everything we could to keep them in their manufactured home. It took a lawyer (which we paid for) to get my mother (and later my father) on Medicaid. My father was very stubborn and refused to try and move up north, although neither of us (my sister and myself) had the funds to get a decent assisted living arrangement, etc.

They were forced to live on $4000 a month. Keep in mind, the at-home care received was minimal-not as generous as my grandmother had in the 1970’s. When my mother died (after 18 months in a nursing home) the allowed income fell to $2000 a month for my dad. (Medicaid income rules are draconian). Even though he was a WW2 veteran—it was not from the USA, so he got nothing. We tried. My sister and I had to pay for many expenses. (Which we did, of course).

So you see how this is going. Mom died in 2013 and my dad died in 2017.

And then—I have a disabled adult daughter with severe mental illness. This began when she was in elementary school. In Pennsylvania, they have a program where children with disabilities can get Medicaid without a parental income cap. She managed to graduate high school and college, but she owes a lot in federal student loans. Her work history has been sporadic and she has worsened as she ages. Now she’s on another attempt to get SSDI. (Been denied twice, even with a lawyer. Had a hearing over the phone with a judge, and now has to see two social security doctors. I can’t even deal with going into that further. If she loses her Medicaid, I don’t know what we will do).

Meanwhile, I developed a chronic pain condition when my kids were in preschool and 1st grade. I was a stay-at-home mom. I never thought it was life-long. When I eventually applied for SSDI (and I was also caring for my daughter) it was too late—I didn’t have enough work quarters in the previous 10 years.

So many others struggled more than we did. And I often feel guilty. But, I’m out of spoons. My focus (for years) has been what will happen to my children, especially my one daughter. And I’m now in panic mode. We’ve been here before, but John McCain is no longer here to save the ACA. The democrats have taken a butter knife to a gun fight. The other party is okay with fascism. Many politicians and the wealthy are out of touch and don’t seem to give a crap. Our main hospital system where I lived was destroyed by for profit hedge fund managers and closed.

Groups are pitted against one another.

Every day is more frightening.

And now I’m selfish. I don’t have the energy to do what I wish I could. To the United States—You made me selfish. And I despise you for that.

Not long before my dad died—he was still fairly lucid, and he despised trump—he said, if I had known what would have happened here and how people are treated, I would have moved the entire family back to England.

I was shocked. He loved this country and was one of the most patriotic people I have ever known. I’m glad he’s not here to see this. And to see his normally politically active daughter say, I’m out of spoons.

I do go to a NAMI support group once a month. And I have a therapist. But, thanks for reading my vent.

Trump wants to rename Veterans Day

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Friday May 02, 2025 · 11:04 PM PDT

2025/05/02 · 23:04

~~You’re not going to believe this.~~ You’re going to believe this: trump, who dodged the draft in the Vietnam War, wants to rename Veterans Day.

www.washingtonpost.com/...

President Donald Trump said he will rename Veterans Day as “Victory Day for World War I” as a way for the country to celebrate its military victories. In a late-night post on Truth Social, Trump said that in addition to the Nov. 11 federal holiday, he was also going to rename May 8, a day widely celebrated as V-E Day, for Victory in Europe Day, as “Victory Day for World War II.” The post was not accompanied by an executive order, and only Congress has the authority to create or change a federal holiday.

“We won both Wars, nobody was close to us in terms of strength, bravery, or military brilliance, but we never celebrate anything — That’s because we don’t have leaders anymore, that know how to do so! We are going to start celebrating our victories again!” Trump wrote in the post…..

...Only Congress has the authority to create, end or rename a federal holiday, said David Schultz, a political science professor at Hamline University. “This is a power textually committed to Congress,” Schultz said…..

Here’s a guy who dodged the draft while claiming to be a star athlete, called veterans suckers and losers and wouldn’t tour WWI graveyards because it was raining.

I am a Vietnam veteran and this just disgusts me. I propose naming it Bonespurs Day after our Dear Leader’s heroic excuse

The kid above with the duffel bag is me with my brothers, SFO airport, Apr 67, heading to Vietnam, by way of Ft Lewis WA. Although my family lived in Berkeley, 6 freeway exits from Oakland Army Base, they sent me to Vietnam through Ft Lewis, meaning the public bought my ticket and paid me travel pay. Your tax dollars at work

Reminder Nation Wide Protests, Saturday, April 19th. Overview-Short Version. Where To Find Protests.

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2025/04/18 · 10:09

Update Summary-What To Know. For Today And For Future Reference

50501-Find Events Search By ZIP Code, Address, Key Words.

Find Protests Near You. The Big List Of Protests See At Top Of Page Boxes - All States, Filter By Date, Click

Expect Scheduled Protests, At State Capitals-Locations Scroll Down A Little.

National Day Of Action; Saturday, April 19th. "Uphold The Constitution And End Executive Overreach. A Protest Against A Hostile Government Takeover, By The Trump Administration." A Nationwide Response To Federal Policy Shifts.