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Pansexual/Panromantic. Happily married. Proud dad x 3. Indie author. Music & Nature lover. Amateur Astrophotographer. Software industry. Chicagoland is home. He/Him.

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I just released an action adventure fiction novel with treasure, suspense, and a strong non-binary character.

If you are interested in books similar to Dan Brown and would be willing to leave an honest review on Goodreads or Amazon, let me know.

I'll be happy to send you a copy.

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13.01.2026 05:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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They want us fighting so we never notice who is stealing from us all. Donโ€™t get lost in the circus.

24.08.2025 10:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 15079 ๐Ÿ” 5153 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 425 ๐Ÿ“Œ 234
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21.08.2025 22:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 55 ๐Ÿ” 20 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We havenโ€™t reached bottom yet.

Because there is no bottom to his moral depravity.

14.04.2025 17:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 32123 ๐Ÿ” 5628 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 964 ๐Ÿ“Œ 207
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GOP Slammed Bidenโ€™s Voting Order as Federal Overreach โ€” But Praised Trumpโ€™s Read more here

When President Biden issued an executive order to expand voter registration, Republicans called it an illegal Washington power grab.

Now, the GOP is lauding President Trump's move to transform election laws by coercing states and bypassing Congress.

07.04.2025 14:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 556 ๐Ÿ” 181 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30 ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
Tweet from user 'Chris Hayes' reads, "The libs were right about Trump and it's only a matter of time until the overwhelming majority of Americans accept it."

Tweet from user 'Chris Hayes' reads, "The libs were right about Trump and it's only a matter of time until the overwhelming majority of Americans accept it."

Heโ€™s worse than most of us even said heโ€™d be. I personally didnโ€™t think heโ€™d crash the economy quite so quickly, but never underestimate his idiocy.

07.04.2025 14:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 4361 ๐Ÿ” 487 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 170 ๐Ÿ“Œ 18
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NEW: U.S. stock futures are tankingโ€”and Trump doesnโ€™t seem to care. The guy causing the damage doesnโ€™t even get it. Itโ€™s like the arsonist lit the fire and is confused about the smoke.

This is 100% the result of his policy and we are not in good hands.

07.04.2025 01:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1430 ๐Ÿ” 425 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 123 ๐Ÿ“Œ 31

when people say "this isn't what I voted for" they should be forced to list what they DID vote for

07.04.2025 01:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 30710 ๐Ÿ” 5208 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 851 ๐Ÿ“Œ 303

hard to believe that the fucking moron who just tariffed penguins went broke running casinos

03.04.2025 01:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 2973 ๐Ÿ” 503 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 80 ๐Ÿ“Œ 23
BREAKING: Sen. Booker gives marathon speech to โ€˜disruptโ€™ Senate because โ€˜our nation is in crisisโ€™
BREAKING: Sen. Booker gives marathon speech to โ€˜disruptโ€™ Senate because โ€˜our nation is in crisisโ€™ YouTube video by MSNBC

BREAKING NEWS:
At 7 PM EST this evening, Senator Cory Booker rose before Congress with nothing but conviction in his heart, daring to stop the Senate in defense of democracy.

โ€œI rise tonight with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senateโ€ฆ

01.04.2025 01:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 6781 ๐Ÿ” 1405 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 179 ๐Ÿ“Œ 67

Tesla sales are down over 70% in Australia.

The Aussies understood the assignment.

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29.03.2025 14:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 15505 ๐Ÿ” 2302 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 327 ๐Ÿ“Œ 106
FW: URGENT DATA CALL: FW: Other unrelated data call - due today: 

Contracts regarding censorship

Wed 3/26/2025 9:34 AM 
This message was sent with High importance. From: Sent: Wednesday, 

Dear CORS Please review the highlighted text and indicate whether you have any contracts that fall within its scope that I administer for you. Please respond to me and not reply all. 

Please respond by noon today. 

Negative responses required. 

Thank you. 

Scope: Any contract support that "may be related to any form of censorship at all or directing people to believe one idea over another related to health outcomes - this could in particular include COVID prevention (masking) or COVID vaccine usage - but is not limited to COVID. So for example, any kind of contract with a media or social media organization to take down information off websites or social media. Any advertising for COVID vaccine uptake, or public health messages about dangers of COVID or not wearing masks, etc. Any contracts to promote COVID vaccine uptake. Any such contracts or grants to fight misinformation or disinformation in general. Please check for keyword 'media literacy', 'disinformation', 'social media,' 'misinformation,' 'social distancing,' 'lockdown' 'masks, etc. This should address any contract that could be used to "censor Americans" not just on COVID, but in general."

FW: URGENT DATA CALL: FW: Other unrelated data call - due today: Contracts regarding censorship Wed 3/26/2025 9:34 AM This message was sent with High importance. From: Sent: Wednesday, Dear CORS Please review the highlighted text and indicate whether you have any contracts that fall within its scope that I administer for you. Please respond to me and not reply all. Please respond by noon today. Negative responses required. Thank you. Scope: Any contract support that "may be related to any form of censorship at all or directing people to believe one idea over another related to health outcomes - this could in particular include COVID prevention (masking) or COVID vaccine usage - but is not limited to COVID. So for example, any kind of contract with a media or social media organization to take down information off websites or social media. Any advertising for COVID vaccine uptake, or public health messages about dangers of COVID or not wearing masks, etc. Any contracts to promote COVID vaccine uptake. Any such contracts or grants to fight misinformation or disinformation in general. Please check for keyword 'media literacy', 'disinformation', 'social media,' 'misinformation,' 'social distancing,' 'lockdown' 'masks, etc. This should address any contract that could be used to "censor Americans" not just on COVID, but in general."

Apparently, the administration just revoked any grants that have to do with media literacy or disinformation. After all, how can you control what a population thinks when people study and report on how the public may be fooled?

The email highlights vaccination & #COVID as subjects of disinfo study.

26.03.2025 20:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 674 ๐Ÿ” 249 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12 ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
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To anyone living in a state that doesn't respect you for who you love or who you are: Illinois has a place for you.

You are seen, you are celebrated, you are protected, and you are welcome here in our state.

26.03.2025 16:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 22678 ๐Ÿ” 3831 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 472 ๐Ÿ“Œ 275

In a normal world Waltz and Hagseth would be fired for leaking the info and setting up the chat. Gabbard and Ratcliffe would go for possibly misleading Congress yesterday.

26.03.2025 16:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 18060 ๐Ÿ” 3730 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 875 ๐Ÿ“Œ 161

Theyโ€™re not going to get out of this by playing semantics.

Sending detailed information about an upcoming military strike on unclassified channels (and even to the wrong guy) is wrong, reckless, and obviously a threat to American troops.

26.03.2025 15:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 71729 ๐Ÿ” 15067 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2306 ๐Ÿ“Œ 560

Well, they lied. Obviously.

26.03.2025 13:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 69388 ๐Ÿ” 10387 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1993 ๐Ÿ“Œ 529

It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.

25.03.2025 23:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 56190 ๐Ÿ” 17586 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1026 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1024

This is what happens when you have an entire cabinet full of folks who would NEVER pass a regular security clearance.

Led by a president who would never be able to pass one either.

26.03.2025 02:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 35360 ๐Ÿ” 8351 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 791 ๐Ÿ“Œ 340

This is surely the dumbest possible timeline.

24.03.2025 17:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 290 ๐Ÿ” 15 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Is Bondi going to prosecute this guy federally as a domestic terrorist?

24.03.2025 13:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 33654 ๐Ÿ” 8995 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2170 ๐Ÿ“Œ 603

It doesnโ€™t entirely shock me, but I canโ€™t really get over the top US officials celebrating the deaths of dozens of people with American flag emojis in a Signal chat. Iโ€™m not sure they see other people as human

24.03.2025 19:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 6219 ๐Ÿ” 944 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 119 ๐Ÿ“Œ 87

How many Signal chats with sensitive information about military operations are ongoing within the Pentagon right now? Where else are war plans being shared with such abject disregard for our national security?

We need answers. Right now.

24.03.2025 20:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 34835 ๐Ÿ” 8247 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2690 ๐Ÿ“Œ 607

Pete Hegseth never should have been tapped for this job. It's too important.

He should be fired immediately.

25.03.2025 00:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 42536 ๐Ÿ” 7488 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1485 ๐Ÿ“Œ 387

Top intelligence committees need to begin an investigation into Pete Hegseth's epic Signal chat mishap. ASAP.

There should be televised hearings so all Americans have transparency on how such an enormous breach of national security could take place in first place.

24.03.2025 18:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 33339 ๐Ÿ” 9344 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1612 ๐Ÿ“Œ 494
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Considering his Legal & Ethical record, you would think the painting would be the lowest priority for this 34 times convicted, perpetual grievance monkey.

Turns out, you would be wrong...

#Pathetic ๐Ÿ˜

24.03.2025 19:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 23289 ๐Ÿ” 4058 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1378 ๐Ÿ“Œ 193

Pete Hegseth has fucked up more in the first month than most people do combined in their entire career.

25.03.2025 00:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 582 ๐Ÿ” 84 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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'Who exactly is running the government?' Trumpโ€™s war plans leak denial backfires President Donald Trumpโ€™s claim that he was unaware of a cabinet-level breach of classified informationโ€”an incident reportedly involving up to 18 top national security officials discussing sensitive details of a planned military strikeโ€”appears to have backfired, raising questions about his knowledge of the actions of his top officials, and, as Commander-in-Chief, his knowledge of U.S. national security and military operations. The Atlanticโ€™s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, revealed Monday afternoon that he inadvertently had been included in the 18-person group chat on the unclassified messaging app Signal. Experts say those discussions should never have been held over the app, but rather inside a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, or inside multiple SCIFs. On Monday afternoon at a press conference, a reporter asked the Commander-in-Chief for his reaction to the story in The Atlantic. โ€œI donโ€™t know anything about it,โ€ was Trumpโ€™s immediate response. His next response was to attack the media outlet. โ€œIโ€™m not a big fan of The Atlantic, itโ€™s, to me itโ€™s a magazine thatโ€™s going out of business,โ€ the President declared. โ€œI think itโ€™s not much of a magazine, but I know nothing about it.โ€ READ MORE: Alina Habba Immediately Targets Top NJ Democrats After Trump Names Her New US Attorney He then asked the reporter to explain to him what had been reported in The Atlantic. โ€œYouโ€™re saying that they had what?โ€ โ€œHaving to do with what?โ€ he asked twice. โ€œWhat were they talking about?โ€ After the reporter gave him more information, Trump, seemingly still not understanding all the details, declared that the leak โ€œcouldnโ€™t have been very effective because the attack was very effective, I can tell you that.โ€ He again denied any knowledge of the leak. โ€œI donโ€™t know anything about it,โ€ Trump repeated. โ€œYou, youโ€™re telling me about it for the first time.โ€ The White House has acknowledged the leak occurred. Axios called it a โ€œmind-boggling security breach.โ€ The Washington Post reported that โ€œthe disclosure raises questions about how the administration has discussed classified issues and whether anyone will be disciplined.โ€ โ€œAs the bombing campaign moved ahead, Hegsethโ€™s [Signal] account shared details that Goldberg said he believed could put at risk the safety of U.S. troops or intelligence officials, especially those deployed in the Middle East,โ€ the Post reported. โ€œThose details, the Atlantic article says, allegedly included the specific weapons to be used and in which sequence the Houthi targets would be hit.โ€ Military and national security experts are stunned โ€” not only that this massive leak occurred, but that the President was not informed until a reporter asked him about it on Monday. โ€œIf the President is telling the truth and no oneโ€™s briefed him about this yet, thatโ€™s another story in itself. In any other administration, CoS would have been in the Oval within nanoseconds of learning about something like this, wrote The Atlanticโ€™s Tom Nichols via social media, referring to the White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. Nichols is a retired U.S. Naval War College professor who is an expert on national security, international affairs, Russia, and nuclear weapons. โ€œHeads need to roll for this. They have broken laws and endangered the lives of our service members with this idiocy,โ€ commented Army veteran of 22 years, Fred Wellman, a graduate of West Point and the Harvard Kennedy School. Journalist Wajahat Ali wrote, โ€œWhatโ€™s worse is that he HAS no idea, allegedly, about the story, which makes it even worse and more terrifying. Like, bro, why donโ€™t you know?โ€ โ€œOne wild thing about Trump,โ€ observed journalist Isaac Saul, โ€œis that he is notoriously insulated from certain information streams by his team. Absolutely believable that he went out to the podium having not been informed of this massive story bc the people who brief him on info were culpable in the leaks.โ€ READ MORE: Arkansas Senator Files Bill to Abolish State Library, Give Education Department Control โ€œHereโ€™s some insight,โ€ offered Sophia Kinzinger, a former press secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. โ€œThe White House has an entire department, staffed by military professionals, dedicated to facilitating secure communications. They travel with staff, provide devices, and set up SCIFs (Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities) whenever and wherever needed, operating 24/7. There is absolutely no excuse for mishandling classified information, especially for someone leading the National Security Council at the White House. Their actions clearly demonstrate a lack of qualification for such a critical role. we deserve better!โ€ U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX) added: โ€œIf itโ€™s true that the President of the United States had no idea that his war cabinet and VP were discussing war plans on a Signal chat that included a journalist, that is astounding ignorance and profound incompetence.โ€ Derek Martin, who conducted supply chain counterintelligence at the National Security Agency (NSA), asked: โ€œIf Trump doesnโ€™t know about a major incident involving his VP, Chief of Staff, NatSec Advisor, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Director of National Intelligence, and CIA Director, then who exactly is running the government?โ€ U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-DE), according to Deadline, wrote: โ€œEvery single one of the government officials on this text chain have now committed a crime โ€“ even if accidentally โ€“ that would normally involve a jail sentence. We canโ€™t trust anyone in this dangerous administration to keep Americans safe.โ€ In his report at The Atlantic, Goldberg noted that โ€œcoordinating a national-security-related action over Signal, may have violated several provisions of the Espionage Act, which governs the handling of โ€˜national defenseโ€™ information, according to several national-security lawyers interviewed by my colleague Shane Harris for this story.โ€ Goldberg also explained that he chose to not publish all of the texts, noting that, โ€œif [some] had been read by an adversary of the United States, [they] could conceivably have been used to harm American military and intelligence personnel, particularly in the broader Middle East, Central Commandโ€™s area of responsibility. What I will say, in order to illustrate the shocking recklessness of this Signal conversation, is that the Hegseth post contained operational details of forthcoming strikes on Yemen, including information about targets, weapons the U.S. would be deploying, and attack sequencing.โ€ Watch the video below or at this link. โ€” (@)
24.03.2025 21:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 34 ๐Ÿ” 15 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I mean very obviously Hegseth should resign, and if it were a Democratic administration this would be quickly be a consensus position.

24.03.2025 20:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 96770 ๐Ÿ” 15989 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3562 ๐Ÿ“Œ 766