Gregg R Thomas

The key phrase in the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment is:

“…nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law…”

Notice it says “any person,” not “any citizen.” That choice of language was intentional, and the U.S. Supreme Court has consistently interpreted it to mean that non…[Read more]

Tesla sales have plummeted by over 70% in countries like Germany and Spain. Some Tesla owners have resorted to placing stickers on their vehicles to distance themselves from Musk’s politics, with messages like “I bought this before Elon went crazy.” ​ His alignment with right-wing politics, including his role in Donald Trump’s administration, h…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Tesla did lead the way with Ev’s. But now I think they just refine their models while China and South Korea are redefining what Ev’s can be. They’re innovating fast and at scale.

He has two additional problems. First, his latest showpiece model, the supposed pinnacle of Tesla automotive engineering, the cyber…[Read more]

Tesla did lead the way with Ev’s. But now I think they just refine their models while China and South Korea are redefining what Ev’s can be. They’re innovating fast and at scale.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia should be freed immediately. Whether or not is is a gang member is irrelevant. He is entitled to “due process”. If not, any citizen can be disappeared in the middle of the night…or at any time of the day. Everyone in the U.S., including those without legal status, have constitutional rights to due process under the Fifth and…[Read more]

….and…..Stun guns deployed as protesters disrupt Marjorie Taylor Greene’s town hall………..

Here is another one:

U.S.-born man held for ICE under Florida’s new anti-immigration law.

A friend of mine whose grandchildren are in a school in Az. told me that ICE agents came into the classrooms and removed “4 Mexican looking children”. They also scooped up some native American Indian children. If you wanted your children back, a parent or g…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Robert, Well, the Judge is just as presumptuous as Trump if he thinks the U.S. justice system applies to El Salvador.

Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s tinpot dictator, is under Trump’s thumb. He’s maintaining a Trump Administration concentration camp for $6 million, not as an expression of El Salvadoran sovereignty.

And if…

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You can stop worrying if you might be a redneck (Jeff Foxworthy reference for anyone who’s scratching their head) and start worrying about whether you might be a traitor who hates America and deserves to be sitting in an El Salvadoran prison:

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-counterterror-czar-proposes

Private Eye is a satirical magazine….

From Private Eye magazine:

China has pledged not to back down in its trade war with President Trump, with president Xi pledging to defend capitalism and the free market.

In a televised address to the nation, Xi rallied his people. “We will not accept the excessive tariffs of the centralized state controlled economy,” he said.

“They wish to…[Read more]

@Enco

We need to start planning for a world where many citizens won’t have jobs but somehow aren’t destitute. Not having a traditional job doesn’t necessarily mean sitting on the couch eating bon-bons and watching TV. I, for example, don’t have a job but am active all day long.

The alternative would seem to be walled cities with people with jobs…[Read more]

@Unseen – beating his own previous record, I imagine.

No president has been this unpopular. And he managed to do it in just three months!

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Unseen, The average person would also benefit from AI and automation if all they had to do was debug the processors and spray clods off of the automated plows and oil the machines. Humans would also still have to provide oversight if AI made mistakes. As I’ve pointed out earlier, they still need art lessons.

Sounds fulfilling. LOL

@jakelafort – From the earlier article…. One more for your list…..

Bottom line is we ought to support those who are of right mind and want to get off the merry go round.

Yes, I fully agree. If somebody is compos mentis when they make a legal declaration that clearly shows they wish to end their life if certain conditions are met or at a predetermined date, then so be it.

It often happens that once they have the…[Read more]

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has publicly stated that all of his children are vaccinated. During his Senate confirmation hearings in January 2025 for the role of U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, he declared, “All of my kids are vaccinated, and I believe vaccines have a critical role in healthcare.” ​

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Judging from that video, Idahoans weren’t in good shape even before Trump if they are that dependent on thousnds of illegal aliens and food banks.

Clearly we are heading toward a future where there will be relatively few jobs, and many of those low-paying. Of course, that doesn’t apply to the oligarchs who will benefit f…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:
Sunday school has had a few articles involving unforseen consequences. How this apparent debacle in tariffs and related Trumpery will play out no human can know. Seems safe to predict no good will come of it and yet we don’t know.

In Idaho, of all places, 12,500+ show up for Bernie and AOC’s Anti-Oligarchy Tour.

Trump doesn’t g…[Read more]