Route66Kid
@route66kid.bsky.social
Blogger @ reasonreststop.com
Journal keeper
Observer of life and times along Old Route 66
Sweat equity Rotarian @
willrogersrotary.org
Oklahoma Sooners fan and OU alum
U.S. Navy, retired
Journal keeper
Observer of life and times along Old Route 66
Sweat equity Rotarian @
willrogersrotary.org
Oklahoma Sooners fan and OU alum
U.S. Navy, retired
As late former VP Dick Cheney once retorted, "The ballot box provides all the accountability we need."
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Trump facing bleak future as GOP 'retirement caucus' defections grow beyond his control
Following a pair of losses in the House where a smattering of Republican lawmakers joined with Democrats to push back against Donald Trump initiatives that are near and dear to his heart, the preside...
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February 14, 2026 at 2:39 PM
As late former VP Dick Cheney once retorted, "The ballot box provides all the accountability we need."
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Minnesota has set an excellent example. The folks there also proved that intensity of the sort ICE was pushing is hard to sustain and will eventually deflate.
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Minneapolis showed how to fight ICE and win - Salon.com
Organizers from around the country are being trained by people in Minneapolis
www.salon.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Minnesota has set an excellent example. The folks there also proved that intensity of the sort ICE was pushing is hard to sustain and will eventually deflate.
www.salon.com/2026/02/13/m...
www.salon.com/2026/02/13/m...
Anger, grievance and cruelty are hard to maintain at useful levels of intensity over the long term. The tactics of MAGA's chief manipulator of these tools seems to be reaching an end point where they are simply not working anymore.
www.salon.com/2026/02/11/m...
www.salon.com/2026/02/11/m...
MAGA blame game shows Trump in retreat
Trump and Vance back down and blame unnamed staffers for controversial posts
www.salon.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Anger, grievance and cruelty are hard to maintain at useful levels of intensity over the long term. The tactics of MAGA's chief manipulator of these tools seems to be reaching an end point where they are simply not working anymore.
www.salon.com/2026/02/11/m...
www.salon.com/2026/02/11/m...
If the USA is going to remain a constitutional republic, a free and independent judiciary is an imperative. Judicial decisions must be followed from the chief executive down. He may get away with flouting justice, but those down the chain won't.
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'Furious and exhausted’ judges reach limit with Trump — and eye contempt: report
Judges across the country are growing “increasingly furious and exhausted” as the Trump administration continues to openly defy court orders on mass immigration enforcement, prompting courts to proact...
www.rawstory.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:24 PM
If the USA is going to remain a constitutional republic, a free and independent judiciary is an imperative. Judicial decisions must be followed from the chief executive down. He may get away with flouting justice, but those down the chain won't.
www.rawstory.com/ice-26752513...
www.rawstory.com/ice-26752513...
The body count of retiring/bailing Congressional Republicans is now up to 31. If the Dems do reclaim a majority, will there be anything left in terms of government and nation to salvage?
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More Republicans ‘running for the hills’ as midterm beatdown looms
Bulwark White House Correspondent Andrew Egger admits the U.S. Capitol is “starting to see some Republicans run for the hills” as mounting frustration under the rule of President Donald Trump mingles ...
www.alternet.org
February 9, 2026 at 1:18 PM
The body count of retiring/bailing Congressional Republicans is now up to 31. If the Dems do reclaim a majority, will there be anything left in terms of government and nation to salvage?
www.alternet.org/trump-midter...
www.alternet.org/trump-midter...
Finally, some of the louder voices on the MAGA right are coming to terms with reality and are finally being honest with themselves and their audience.
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MAGA podcaster concedes 'things can get worse under President Trump'
With President Donald Trump more than a year into his second term, one of the loudest voices of the MAGA movement is now admitting that conditions for Americans may continue to worsen well beyond wher...
www.alternet.org
February 7, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Finally, some of the louder voices on the MAGA right are coming to terms with reality and are finally being honest with themselves and their audience.
www.alternet.org/maga-influen...
www.alternet.org/maga-influen...
It seems the Minnesota story is quite a hard sell now, even among the MAGA faithful.
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Trump’s own MAGA voters don’t buy his claims about Minnesota: GOP pollster
President Donald Trump has finally done something that has broken through to his loyal supporters and broken their support along with it. Longtime Republican pollster and Bulwark publisher Sarah Longw...
www.alternet.org
February 5, 2026 at 2:03 PM
It seems the Minnesota story is quite a hard sell now, even among the MAGA faithful.
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February 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
In a free market we should remember that we have options as to where we spend our money.
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truthout.org/articles/her...
Here’s How to Find Out Which Corporations Are Collaborating With ICE
Here are six areas that you can dig into to understand possible points of leverage against a corporate enabler of ICE.
truthout.org
February 4, 2026 at 2:12 PM
In a free market we should remember that we have options as to where we spend our money.
truthout.org/articles/her...
truthout.org/articles/her...
Farewell Chuck Negron. Your voice helped define the music of a generation. You will live on in the playlists of every classic rock devotee. Travel well, Sir!
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Chuck Negron, Original Singer of Three Dog Night, Dead at 83
YouTube video by Rock History Music
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February 3, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Farewell Chuck Negron. Your voice helped define the music of a generation. You will live on in the playlists of every classic rock devotee. Travel well, Sir!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRoL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRoL...
Republicans in ruby-red Congressional districts in ruby-red states are finally figuring out that winning culture war battles doesn't get day to day real life results for most voters.
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'Blood in the water': Georgia Republicans 'on edge' as 'fractured GOP field' threatens party
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) left her seat at the start of the year, leaving an open seat in the state's northwest corner. Now, Democrats smell "blood in the water." The Atlanta Journal-Con...
www.alternet.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Republicans in ruby-red Congressional districts in ruby-red states are finally figuring out that winning culture war battles doesn't get day to day real life results for most voters.
www.alternet.org/marjorie-tay...
www.alternet.org/marjorie-tay...
This is an ever-growing concern for members of the 47th president's administration. Even Bannon is worried about it and said so.
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White House Insiders Fear They're Going To Prison After Trump's Term Ends
YouTube video by Farron Balanced
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February 2, 2026 at 3:04 PM
This is an ever-growing concern for members of the 47th president's administration. Even Bannon is worried about it and said so.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6_Q...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6_Q...
The good news is that we in the Northern Hemisphere are now halfway through winter. Peace, Phil! 😁🦫☮️
February 2, 2026 at 2:30 PM
The good news is that we in the Northern Hemisphere are now halfway through winter. Peace, Phil! 😁🦫☮️
It is imperative in the upcoming protests that we do not take the bait and answer violence in kind even if provoked. Once they have us violent, they know how to handle us.
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The Activists Are Winning This Time. Why?
YouTube video by Brendan Miller
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February 2, 2026 at 1:55 PM
It is imperative in the upcoming protests that we do not take the bait and answer violence in kind even if provoked. Once they have us violent, they know how to handle us.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKor...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKor...
The Last Days of Caligula & America's Descent into Madness
YouTube video by Mike Madrid
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February 1, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Critical thinking is an imperative for a functional government be it a democracy, republic or whatever.
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How We Ended Up Raising the Stupidest Generation
YouTube video by PhiloNautica
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February 1, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Critical thinking is an imperative for a functional government be it a democracy, republic or whatever.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuE2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuE2...
This is likely why he is going after voter roll data and election records. This is what happens when you are invested in total utter BS of the populist fantasy of a malignant narcissist.
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GOP 'running scared' as voters sour on Trump
The Republican Party is "running scared," according to political commentator Jennifer Rubin, as voter approval turns "horrific" in the face of Donald Trump's escalating "brutality.Rubin appeared on Th...
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January 30, 2026 at 2:12 PM
This is likely why he is going after voter roll data and election records. This is what happens when you are invested in total utter BS of the populist fantasy of a malignant narcissist.
www.alternet.org/news-politic...
www.alternet.org/news-politic...
Now journalists are being arrested. Something has got to be done!
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Don Lemon taken into custody | CNN Politics
Journalist Don Lemon was taken into custody on Thursday night, according to his attorney.
www.cnn.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Now journalists are being arrested. Something has got to be done!
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www.cnn.com/2026/01/30/p...
I've never met anyone at a protest or rally against GOP/MAGA policies who was paid to be there. Not even the organizers. I am aware though that the super-spreader event at the BOK Center in June 2020 had several paid seat-fillers. Go figure.
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MAGA Support IS NOT REAL
YouTube video by Cliff Cash Comedy
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January 30, 2026 at 1:39 PM
I've never met anyone at a protest or rally against GOP/MAGA policies who was paid to be there. Not even the organizers. I am aware though that the super-spreader event at the BOK Center in June 2020 had several paid seat-fillers. Go figure.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeiN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeiN...
The former Transportation secretary nailed it!
Trump stink?! He's not wrong.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfIs...
Trump stink?! He's not wrong.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfIs...
Pete Doesn't Hold Back, Blasts Trump & Noem
YouTube video by Pete Buttigieg
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January 29, 2026 at 1:53 PM
The former Transportation secretary nailed it!
Trump stink?! He's not wrong.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfIs...
Trump stink?! He's not wrong.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfIs...
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 29, 2026 at 12:11 AM
