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Praxis, Political Theory in Action - Effective Action through Deeper Thinking Including Legal Action and the Political Philosophy Embedded in the Constitution
'Make America First’ – but for *which* Americans exactly? Services are being slashed for American citizens while benefits are handed out to a privileged few, now being positioned for an even greater share and control of the nation’s wealth."
April 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
'Make America First’ – but for *which* Americans exactly? Services are being slashed for American citizens while benefits are handed out to a privileged few, now being positioned for an even greater share and control of the nation’s wealth."
In a world where the stakes are as high as nuclear security and apocalypse, a government without stable institutions is not just a risk; it's the very definition of insanity. Institutions built on structure and continuity are our safeguard against the unthinkable. #NuclearSecurity #Governance
April 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
In a world where the stakes are as high as nuclear security and apocalypse, a government without stable institutions is not just a risk; it's the very definition of insanity. Institutions built on structure and continuity are our safeguard against the unthinkable. #NuclearSecurity #Governance
Governments, like corporations, follow rules, policies, and procedures—not just to create stability against the unpredictable nature of human behavior, but to preserve institutional memory, intelligence, and the skills to keep systems functioning.
#InstitutionalStability #NuclearSecurity
#InstitutionalStability #NuclearSecurity
April 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Governments, like corporations, follow rules, policies, and procedures—not just to create stability against the unpredictable nature of human behavior, but to preserve institutional memory, intelligence, and the skills to keep systems functioning.
#InstitutionalStability #NuclearSecurity
#InstitutionalStability #NuclearSecurity
Harvard: Freedom
This book explores how education can be used to either maintain or challenge power structures. It argues that traditional education can perpetuate oppression by treating students as passive recipients of knowledge and hindering their critical thinking
www.amazon.com/Pedagogy-Opp...
This book explores how education can be used to either maintain or challenge power structures. It argues that traditional education can perpetuate oppression by treating students as passive recipients of knowledge and hindering their critical thinking
www.amazon.com/Pedagogy-Opp...
Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 30th Anniversary Edition
Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 30th Anniversary Edition [Paulo Freire, Myra Bergman Ramos, Donaldo Macedo] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 30th Anniversary Edition
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April 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Harvard: Freedom
This book explores how education can be used to either maintain or challenge power structures. It argues that traditional education can perpetuate oppression by treating students as passive recipients of knowledge and hindering their critical thinking
www.amazon.com/Pedagogy-Opp...
This book explores how education can be used to either maintain or challenge power structures. It argues that traditional education can perpetuate oppression by treating students as passive recipients of knowledge and hindering their critical thinking
www.amazon.com/Pedagogy-Opp...
Signal Gate: Chain of Command? Congress?
Maybe the fate of our planet is too important to be left to politicians.
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Maybe the fate of our planet is too important to be left to politicians.
thebulletin.org/doomsday-clo...
Doomsday Clock - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
It is 89 seconds to midnight.
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April 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Signal Gate: Chain of Command? Congress?
Maybe the fate of our planet is too important to be left to politicians.
thebulletin.org/doomsday-clo...
Maybe the fate of our planet is too important to be left to politicians.
thebulletin.org/doomsday-clo...
4th Circuit
We yet cling to the hope that it is not naïve to believe
our good brethren in the Executive Branch perceive the rule of law as vital to the American ethos. This case presents their unique chance to vindicate that value and to summon the best that is within us while there is still time.
We yet cling to the hope that it is not naïve to believe
our good brethren in the Executive Branch perceive the rule of law as vital to the American ethos. This case presents their unique chance to vindicate that value and to summon the best that is within us while there is still time.
April 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
4th Circuit
We yet cling to the hope that it is not naïve to believe
our good brethren in the Executive Branch perceive the rule of law as vital to the American ethos. This case presents their unique chance to vindicate that value and to summon the best that is within us while there is still time.
We yet cling to the hope that it is not naïve to believe
our good brethren in the Executive Branch perceive the rule of law as vital to the American ethos. This case presents their unique chance to vindicate that value and to summon the best that is within us while there is still time.
Make American American Again MAAA
Why Attack Harvard? Independent thought.
Accusation, innuendo, spin—truth drowned in noise.
This isn’t governance; it’s propaganda posing as power,
wielded not for justice, but for retribution.
By those who wish to rule, not serve. To command, not lead.
Why Attack Harvard? Independent thought.
Accusation, innuendo, spin—truth drowned in noise.
This isn’t governance; it’s propaganda posing as power,
wielded not for justice, but for retribution.
By those who wish to rule, not serve. To command, not lead.
April 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Make American American Again MAAA
Why Attack Harvard? Independent thought.
Accusation, innuendo, spin—truth drowned in noise.
This isn’t governance; it’s propaganda posing as power,
wielded not for justice, but for retribution.
By those who wish to rule, not serve. To command, not lead.
Why Attack Harvard? Independent thought.
Accusation, innuendo, spin—truth drowned in noise.
This isn’t governance; it’s propaganda posing as power,
wielded not for justice, but for retribution.
By those who wish to rule, not serve. To command, not lead.
Make America America Again MAAA
Wilkinson wrote that the administration's position is shocking, "not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear."
The people must hold with the courts. Congress?
abcnews.go.com/US/slamming-...
Wilkinson wrote that the administration's position is shocking, "not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear."
The people must hold with the courts. Congress?
abcnews.go.com/US/slamming-...
Slamming Trump administration, appeals court denies request to appeal Abrego Garcia ruling
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit has denied the Trump administration’s effort to appeal an order requiring it to facilitate Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return.
abcnews.go.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Make America America Again MAAA
Wilkinson wrote that the administration's position is shocking, "not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear."
The people must hold with the courts. Congress?
abcnews.go.com/US/slamming-...
Wilkinson wrote that the administration's position is shocking, "not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear."
The people must hold with the courts. Congress?
abcnews.go.com/US/slamming-...
Make America America Again MAAA
"The government is asserting a right to stash away residents of this country in foreign prisons without the semblance of due process that is the foundation of our constitutional order."
www.npr.org/2025/04/17/g...
"The government is asserting a right to stash away residents of this country in foreign prisons without the semblance of due process that is the foundation of our constitutional order."
www.npr.org/2025/04/17/g...
Court denies White House appeal of 'shocking' Abrego Garcia deportation case
The Fourth Circuit ruling against the Trump administration came just one day after it appealed a lower court order in the Abrego Garcia case, a remarkably short time for a court to reach a decision.
www.npr.org
April 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Make America America Again MAAA
"The government is asserting a right to stash away residents of this country in foreign prisons without the semblance of due process that is the foundation of our constitutional order."
www.npr.org/2025/04/17/g...
"The government is asserting a right to stash away residents of this country in foreign prisons without the semblance of due process that is the foundation of our constitutional order."
www.npr.org/2025/04/17/g...
Van Hollen Boasberg
General Douglas MacArthur once said: “When I cross the river, my last conscious thoughts will be of the Corps, and the Corps, and the Corps.”
So too must Americans stand—united for the rule of law: for the Republic, and the Republic, and the Republic.
youtu.be/lafPwwmRvf0?...
General Douglas MacArthur once said: “When I cross the river, my last conscious thoughts will be of the Corps, and the Corps, and the Corps.”
So too must Americans stand—united for the rule of law: for the Republic, and the Republic, and the Republic.
youtu.be/lafPwwmRvf0?...
DUTY HONOR COUNTRY
YouTube video by West Point - The U.S. Military Academy
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April 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Van Hollen Boasberg
General Douglas MacArthur once said: “When I cross the river, my last conscious thoughts will be of the Corps, and the Corps, and the Corps.”
So too must Americans stand—united for the rule of law: for the Republic, and the Republic, and the Republic.
youtu.be/lafPwwmRvf0?...
General Douglas MacArthur once said: “When I cross the river, my last conscious thoughts will be of the Corps, and the Corps, and the Corps.”
So too must Americans stand—united for the rule of law: for the Republic, and the Republic, and the Republic.
youtu.be/lafPwwmRvf0?...
Blood for profit-when health, aviation, clean water, food, and air are handed to unfettered capitalism, “efficiency” means gutting the rules that protect us. Because in this worldview, human life is expendable. A new golden age? Brake inspectors and inspection time cut: www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
A year after a train derailment in Ohio spilled hazardous chemicals, health fears persist for East Palestine
Daily life largely returned to normal for the nearly 5,000 residents of East Palestine, Ohio, months after a Norfolk Southern train derailed and spilled a cocktail of hazardous chemicals that caught f...
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April 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Blood for profit-when health, aviation, clean water, food, and air are handed to unfettered capitalism, “efficiency” means gutting the rules that protect us. Because in this worldview, human life is expendable. A new golden age? Brake inspectors and inspection time cut: www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
MAGA worked because it left the “who” and the “what” of "America" and "great" blank. But defining the terms reveals the truth: this isn't an America we recognize—or chose. It's being shaped by power, not the people. Want answers? Follow the money.
April 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
MAGA worked because it left the “who” and the “what” of "America" and "great" blank. But defining the terms reveals the truth: this isn't an America we recognize—or chose. It's being shaped by power, not the people. Want answers? Follow the money.
An infomercial needs a script—audience, questions, outcomes. But dissenting justices, town halls, foreign leaders, and sovereign nations don’t follow scripts. Reality isn’t a brand. And the Constitution isn’t a prop.
April 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
An infomercial needs a script—audience, questions, outcomes. But dissenting justices, town halls, foreign leaders, and sovereign nations don’t follow scripts. Reality isn’t a brand. And the Constitution isn’t a prop.
Harvard: Fitting that the administration is launching a war against "Veritas"—Latin for “truth”—the very word emblazoned on Harvard’s seal.
April 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Harvard: Fitting that the administration is launching a war against "Veritas"—Latin for “truth”—the very word emblazoned on Harvard’s seal.
Language Matters More Than Ever: A message to the media—referring to “our democracy” fuels the myths of populism and erodes both the function and understanding of our constitutional republic.
April 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Language Matters More Than Ever: A message to the media—referring to “our democracy” fuels the myths of populism and erodes both the function and understanding of our constitutional republic.
Five-Alarm Fire: The Supreme Court is poised to decide whether you—regardless of reason, claim, or error, justified or not—can be seized from your home or community without due process and taken to a place where your constitutional rights no longer apply. The consequences are too grave to ignore.
April 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Five-Alarm Fire: The Supreme Court is poised to decide whether you—regardless of reason, claim, or error, justified or not—can be seized from your home or community without due process and taken to a place where your constitutional rights no longer apply. The consequences are too grave to ignore.
Chilling comment from the live Cabinet meeting: "The universities are not behaving." Freedom of thought in America? What do the universities say? Qui tacet consentire videtur. He who is silent seems to consent. It is not a time for silence. The rope of freedom is slipping through our hands.
April 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Chilling comment from the live Cabinet meeting: "The universities are not behaving." Freedom of thought in America? What do the universities say? Qui tacet consentire videtur. He who is silent seems to consent. It is not a time for silence. The rope of freedom is slipping through our hands.
Extreme Danger: A justice department attorney acted ethically and professionally. He was put on administrative leave. Erz Rueveni acknowledged what he called an "absence of evidence" justifying Abrego Garcia's detention and deportation.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US sidelines DOJ lawyer after judge orders return of man deported erroneously
The Department of Justice on Sunday said it had placed one of its attorneys on leave after he failed to vigorously defend the department's handling of a man erroneously deported to El Salvador in what a U.S. judge called a "wholly lawless" detention.
www.reuters.com
April 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Extreme Danger: A justice department attorney acted ethically and professionally. He was put on administrative leave. Erz Rueveni acknowledged what he called an "absence of evidence" justifying Abrego Garcia's detention and deportation.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
To Those Defending the Inhumanity of Illegal Deportations without Due Process:
Many native American tribes have spoken of the importance of personal growth and learning, as essential to becoming a fully realized human being. "You are not born human, you must become human."
Many native American tribes have spoken of the importance of personal growth and learning, as essential to becoming a fully realized human being. "You are not born human, you must become human."
April 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
To Those Defending the Inhumanity of Illegal Deportations without Due Process:
Many native American tribes have spoken of the importance of personal growth and learning, as essential to becoming a fully realized human being. "You are not born human, you must become human."
Many native American tribes have spoken of the importance of personal growth and learning, as essential to becoming a fully realized human being. "You are not born human, you must become human."
NC Retroactive Disenfranchisement of Voters: A dangerous precedent.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
NC Voters Must Fix Ballots in 15 Days or Be Disenfranchised, Court Rules
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
April 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
NC Retroactive Disenfranchisement of Voters: A dangerous precedent.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
On the judicary committee hearing on judges opposed to Trump: An attack on the US Constitution. Will your congressperson participate in this shameful show, or stand up for the rule of law? "All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent."
April 1, 2025 at 4:24 AM
On the judicary committee hearing on judges opposed to Trump: An attack on the US Constitution. Will your congressperson participate in this shameful show, or stand up for the rule of law? "All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent."
It is technically impossible to add yourself to a chat unless you are invited. Leaders who deceive us about gravity will eventually drag us all over a cliff. The people must choose science and fact or media and mythology. Which do your congresspersons and senators choose?
March 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It is technically impossible to add yourself to a chat unless you are invited. Leaders who deceive us about gravity will eventually drag us all over a cliff. The people must choose science and fact or media and mythology. Which do your congresspersons and senators choose?