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Dems DHS Shutdown Strategy Became a Messaging Failure

Guest Commentary: J.P. McJefferson, “The breakdown turned a strategic advantage into public confusion . . . “ In mid-February, Democrats held a clear advantage on the issue of ICE and Border Patrol (CBP) reforms within the Department of Homeland Security. Following high-profile incidents and protests in Minneapolis, public attention was sharply focused on concerns surrounding […]

Differing Views on Why the President can not Impose Tariffs

On February 20, 2026, SCOTUS decided on a case as to whether the president has the constitutional authority to impose tariffs during peacetime. Three of the noted conservative justices in the past sided with the more liberal judges in determining whether the president has such power to impose tariffs. What the author of this piece […]

What Has the World Received in Return for U.S. Efforts?

Summing it up as to what our current president is doing to make the United States and the rest of the world safer and economically better. Nothing, just worse, “Double Standard at the Top, When One Tremor Ripples Across the Globe, & The Quiet Crisis in America’s Living Rooms,” Kareem Takes on the News Summary:  […]

Understanding the larger context for small, discrete events is essential to protecting our rights

Civil Discourse The Fate of the First Amendment – Joyce Vance The Defense Department announced is barring press photographers from the briefings it holds on the war in Iran. Why? According to “two people familiar with the decision who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retaliation,” it’s because the press has published photos […]

Flaw & Fixes

Our Republic is in great peril.  The democracy so proudly brought forth hangs in the balance. The ever-so critical upcoming midterms won’t be Democrats vs. Republicans; they will be we the people vs. them, democracy vs. autocracy and fascism.  Will be even more so if we make it to the 2028 elections (a huge if).  […]

No More Benefit of The Doubt by the Court

BY that, Joyce Vance is telling you The Honorable John R. Tunheim does not want any more jello fed to him by ICE not following his judicial orders. Apparently. ICE confiscates the property of the people detained by them. When these people are found to be innocent and or released due to no findings, their […]

“[p]eople are loving what’s happening” and said: “Cuba’s going to fall, too.”

Exactly what we, the people do not want to see coming from our President. I am sure the millions of people who have lost and are losing healthcare are loving it. And Herr Trump with his actions has most certainly had an impact on the nation’s debt. March 5, 2026 Letters from an American Prof. […]

Versatility of conviction, big law extortion edition

TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out) was coined to describe Trump’s flip-flops on tariffs, but he’s flip-flopped on other notorious threats. “The Trump administration plans to abandon its defense of the president’s executive orders sanctioning several law firms, according to people familiar with the matter. “The Justice Department as soon as Monday was expected to drop […]

Versatility of conviction, big law extortion edition

TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out) was coined to describe Trump’s flip-flops on tariffs, but he’s flip-flopped on other notorious threats. “The Trump administration plans to abandon its defense of the president’s executive orders sanctioning several law firms, according to people familiar with the matter. “The Justice Department as soon as Monday was expected to drop […]