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Well maybe not daily, but as the need to express my current feelings. Joy and Depression. I know that this to shall pass, but sometimes it just feels hopeless.
This page is a curated and evolving list of internet voices I find worth listening to. Like anyone else, I’ve been pulled in by clickbait and hype more times than I care to admit, and I use sources like these to step back, clear the noise, and see the broader picture again.
I’ll be honest with you — most of what I read and listen to leans left. That’s where I land. But I’m genuinely afraid of any pendulum that swings too far in either direction, so I’ve made a deliberate effort to include voices that challenge that. The Dispatch and Tangle in particular are worth your time regardless of where you stand politically. If a source is a late-night show like The Daily Show or Jimmy Kimmel, you’re responsible for separating the delivery from the substance — humor often carries truth beneath it.
The goal here isn’t to tell you what to think. It’s to give you the opportunity to think — to slow the manufactured insanity we’re all living through, and to focus on fixing broken systems rather than just tearing everything down. Links get added and removed over time. So do my opinions.
The Long View From 1964 – Where is Anywhere
That's what this series has been. Not solutions. Not a platform. Not a party. Just someone who has been paying attention since 1964 sitting with the question honestly and refusing the checkboxes that don't fit.
A Day Late — On Purpose – Video
We don't need a monument to remember this lesson. We don't need a reminder carved in stone. This one will be DNA. Let that be how we actually honor the ones who earned our respect.
The Long View From 1964 – The Road and The Ground Beneath It – Video
That is not a rhetorical question. It is the most practical question anyone can ask right now. Seeds need ground. Ground needs memory. Memory needs honesty. We are running out of all three.
A Day Late — On Purpose
We don't need a monument to remember this lesson. We don't need a reminder carved in stone. This one will be DNA. Let that be how we actually honor the ones who earned our respect.
The Long View From 1964 – The Road and The Ground Beneath It
That is not a rhetorical question. It is the most practical question anyone can ask right now. Seeds need ground. Ground needs memory. Memory needs honesty. We are running out of all three.
A Bold Step Forward in American Statesmanship
It's reassuring to know that after months of what generally sounds like a five year old throwing a tantrum, the administration has now added what sounds like a door left open at the local establishment
The Great American Fleecing
When I started writing this there was one clear thought — this is Second String Donny's fault. But by the time I got here I realized everything is broken because we the sheep allowed it
The Long View From 1964 – How I tried to Save America – Video
Same work scenario, same house, same need for caffeine, same TV and why is that big plane flying to those buildings. I didn't have a clue to what was unfolding, I just turned on, you
On May 14, 2026, Josh Green signed Senate Bill 2471 into law, now known as Act 011
Hawaii’s law may ultimately fail in court. It may be narrowed, delayed, or overturned entirely. But its existence alone marks an escalation in the national conversation. It suggests that some states are no longer satisfied
The Long View From 1964 – How I tried to Save America
Same work scenario, same house, same need for caffeine, same TV and why is that big plane flying to those buildings. I didn't have a clue to what was unfolding, I just turned on, you
The Long View From 1964 – The Land Moved While You Slept – Video
The donkey and the elephant. I'm not sure either animal still exists in any form I recognize. What replaced them nobody has named yet.
The Fastest Gun Alive — A Case for the Second Amendment – Video
From the Author of The Long View From 1964 The Second Amendment was never about Vinney the desperado riding into town looking for a fight. It was never about bravado or immunity or masks or
The Fastest Gun Alive — A Case for the Second Amendment
From the Author of The Long View From 1964 The Second Amendment was never about Vinney the desperado riding into town looking for a fight. It was never about bravado or immunity or masks or
The Long View From 1964 – The Land Moved While You Slept
The donkey and the elephant. I'm not sure either animal still exists in any form I recognize. What replaced them nobody has named yet.
1776 — The Number That Tells You Everything – Video
But we have already established in this country that fair elections and accepted elections are not always the same thing. I have a sinking feeling we will find ourselves watching Second String Donny screaming foul
1776 — The Number That Tells You Everything
But we have already established in this country that fair elections and accepted elections are not always the same thing. I have a sinking feeling we will find ourselves watching Second String Donny screaming foul
The Long View From 1964 – The Checkbox Problem – Video
There is no party infrastructure, no primary, no institutional home for the person who looks at both options and says — honestly, clearly, without drama — neither of these fits. The labels don't fit anymore.
The Long View From 1964 – The Checkbox Problem
There is no party infrastructure, no primary, no institutional home for the person who looks at both options and says — honestly, clearly, without drama — neither of these fits. The labels don't fit anymore.
The 20th century begins on a midnight ride by Steve Schmidt
My series looks at the world through the eyes of one young, and naive man who was first eligible to vote in 1964. The Long View From 1964. Steve Steve Schmidt takes us on journey
The President Who Won’t Leave – Part 3 of 3 The Third String – Video
Boy is he in for a rude surprise. Vinnie is brave only because he thinks he's the fastest. He's never actually been tested. He's never stood in front of someone who knows exactly what they're
The Long View From 1964 – Maybe Just Listen – Video
So yes. You have to make mistakes to learn. You have to touch something hot to understand burns. You have to get things wrong before you understand what right costs. But the secret — the
The President Who Won’t Leave – Part 3 of 3 The Third String
Boy is he in for a rude surprise. Vinnie is brave only because he thinks he's the fastest. He's never actually been tested. He's never stood in front of someone who knows exactly what they're
The President Who Won’t Leave – Part 2 of 3 Home Sweet Home – Video
Maybe, just maybe, he thinks he needs it to protect himself from us. And if that's so, the next question follows naturally. Why would he need to protect himself from the very people he was
The Long View From 1964 – Maybe Just Listen
So yes. You have to make mistakes to learn. You have to touch something hot to understand burns. You have to get things wrong before you understand what right costs. But the secret — the
The President Who Won’t Leave – Part 2 of 3 Home Sweet Home
Maybe, just maybe, he thinks he needs it to protect himself from us. And if that's so, the next question follows naturally. Why would he need to protect himself from the very people he was
What makes this kleptocracy rather than mere corruption
What makes this kleptocracy rather than mere corruption is the systematic dismantling of oversight mechanisms. Trump fired inspectors general across multiple cabinet departments
The President Who Won’t Leave – Part 1 of 3 Has He Been Planning For This War All Along? – Video
That's why he needs the bunker. And he knows it. Which is why he is in such a panic to get it built. He doesn't plan on going anywhere, and I think he has realized
Sheep Don’t Storm Castles – Video
Sheep don't storm castles. They stand in the field and wait to be shorn. Again and again and again. Occasionally complaining to each other about the cold. Occasionally sharing a strongly worded post about the
The President Who Won’t Leave – Part 1 of 3 Has He Been Planning For This War All Along?
That's why he needs the bunker. And he knows it. Which is why he is in such a panic to get it built. He doesn't plan on going anywhere, and I think he has realized
Do Not Get Into Political Arguments. It’s Not Worth It. – Video
The game was designed so that nobody wins. Stop playing.
Sheep Don’t Storm Castles
Sheep don't storm castles. They stand in the field and wait to be shorn. Again and again and again. Occasionally complaining to each other about the cold. Occasionally sharing a strongly worded post about the
Do Not Get Into Political Arguments. It’s Not Worth It.
The game was designed so that nobody wins. Stop playing.
The Long View From 1964 – Superman
Back to Superman, because that's what this is all about. Truth, Justice and the American Way. Straight from the 1940's comic books So I ask you — by today's standards, what is the American Way?
Your Grandchildren Will Search Your Name – Video
You are in the room. You still have a choice that most of us don't have. We can vote, we can write, we can refuse the checkbox that no longer fits — and we will.
Protecting Voting Rights is a fundamental aspect of American Democracy
Courts have repeatedly affirmed that such actions can't override constitutional limits or state authority without clear statutory backing. That said, litigation can take time, so proactive steps are key to safeguarding access to the ballot.
A War Being Run By the Second String
From the Author of The Long View From 1964 The first string was either fired or asked to resign. What we have left is the second string. At best.
The Ash Didn’t Disappear
From the Author of The Long View From 1964 I walked through Dachau at seven years old. The ash was still there. I am still here too. And I remember everything.
Your Grandchildren Will Search Your Name
You are in the room. You still have a choice that most of us don't have. We can vote, we can write, we can refuse the checkbox that no longer fits — and we will.
The Longest Con: Why Trump Needs to Lose
And the only solution — the only way to finally, truly deliver — is to give him absolute power to finish the job. Forever.
Nobody to Blame but Himself
As a direct result, governments and corporations worldwide are now frantically dumping resources into renewable energy. Solar is getting some love, but the real winner? Wind turbines. They’re popping up on the horizon faster than
The Truth, The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth, Yah Right, Far Right, Far Far Right.
As expected, about as long as a mayfly in hell. Free Speech, I don't think so. thanks Donny.
Hard at work solving our problems?
At a time when the country is dealing with serious economic pressure, global instability, and eroding trust in institutions, some of the legislative attention in Washington is being directed toward symbolic efforts tied to Donald
Breaking News, WORLD PEACE HAS BEEN RESTORED
Breaking News, WORLD PEACE HAS BEEN RESTORED
The Chaos Candidate Part 2 of 2
The chaos candidate understood something about this moment that his opponents repeatedly failed to grasp: that a significant portion of the electorate had become so accustomed to dysfunction that they stopped expecting anything else. He
The Chaos Candidate Part 1 of 2
What I keep coming back to is this: chaos is this man’s life support system. Not metaphorically. Functionally. Remove the crisis and you remove the reason for the rally, the reason for the emergency declaration,
Ungrateful Bastards
I ask them for one little favor, and they refuse, ungrateful bastards.Â
He’s At It Again. He Never Really Stopped.
What has changed is the urgency. He said it himself at the Turning Point rally this week, almost accidentally. He knows the historical pattern, that the president's party typically loses ground in midterm elections. He
No Records, No Library. Give the Land Back.
If there are no records worth keeping, there is nothing to archive. And if there is nothing to archive, there is no justification for gifting hundreds of millions of dollars worth of public college land
If There Are No Records, There Is No Legacy
If the records have no enduring value, then neither does the archive meant to hold them. Return the land. Cancel the project. Call it what it is.
When Power Pushes Too Far
People are questioning narratives they once accepted. They’re comparing sources. They’re recognizing when emotion is being used as a lever. They’re less willing to stay neatly inside political lanes that no longer reflect their views.
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