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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.
SPECIAL REPORT (American Pulse – unlocked) The Trump Money Pattern: A $100K-a-Month Timing Edge on the Presidency, Foreign Cash, and Pending Cases
paying $100,000 a month for it anyway - because they're not buying an audience. They're buying Trump
The Public Investment Brick What Good Government Requires – Brick Eleven – Public Investment
The government taking equity stakes in strategic industries is no longer a radical proposal. It happened with Intel. It happened with rare earth mining. It happened with U.S. Steel.
The Public Investment Brick What Good Government Requires – Brick Eleven Public Investment – Video
The government taking equity stakes in strategic industries is no longer a radical proposal. It happened with Intel. It happened with rare earth mining. It happened with U.S. Steel. The only question is whether those
The Real Message of Trump’s Address to the Nation by Robert Reich
We are facing the biggest test of our democracy since the Civil War
‘Elections are Decided by Voters, Not by the President’: Secretary Read Responds to President Trump’s Prime-Time Address on Elections
PRESS RELEASE Date: July 16, 2026 Contact: Connor Radnovich | connor.radnovich@sos.oregon.gov 'Elections are Decided by Voters, Not by the President': Secretary Read Responds to President Trump’s Prime-Time Address on Elections SALEM, OR — Tonight, President Trump gave
Reflections of Power, Trump’s journey into irrelevance.
What Trumps Want the world to see
The other side is the enemy, and now that side has morphed into evil Commies. It’s McCarthyism again. – Video
I could go on, but if you've been paying attention at all, there's no need. Just don't get distracted into a resurgence of McCarthyism. No matter how you spell it, it always boils down to
It’s Not Which Side, It’s Looking In The Mirror – Video
That's right, freedom — we fought for freedom. But somewhere in there should be a guarantee of protection. And I don't see anyone way up the ladder caring about protecting anyone anymore, except themselves. Have
Impeach Him, Impeach Him, Well Maybe we Hold Off On That – Piece 2: Why Not Impeaching Might Be the Smarter Move – Video
So: to impeach, or not to impeach. Maybe that's the question we put to Congress before they decide it on their own. After all, they work for us.
The Immigration and Social Services Brick What Good Government Actually Requires – Brick Ten – Immigration and Social Services – Video
We are a wealthy country. We are — when we choose to be — a compassionate one. We should never fail to provide basic services to the people who need them. Not because it is
Impeach Him, Impeach Him, Well Maybe we Hold Off On That – Piece 2: Why Not Impeaching Might Be the Smarter Move
So: to impeach, or not to impeach. Maybe that's the question we put to Congress before they decide it on their own. After all, they work for us.
Impeach Him, Impeach Him, Well Maybe we Hold Off On That – Piece 1: The Vance Problem – Video
That's the Vance problem. Not that he's Trump's successor. That he's Trump with the volume turned down and have the power already installed.
The Immigration and Social Services Brick What Good Government Actually Requires – Brick Ten – Immigration and Social Services
We are a wealthy country. We are — when we choose to be — a compassionate one. We should never fail to provide basic services to the people who need them. Not because it is
It’s Not Which Side, It’s Looking In The Mirror
That's right, freedom — we fought for freedom. But somewhere in there should be a guarantee of protection. And I don't see anyone way up the ladder caring about protecting anyone anymore, except themselves. Have
The Hypocrisy of Insider Advantages: From Bolton’s Guilty Plea to Trump Family Fortunes – Video
In a recent interview, Trump remarked that his sons have “inside information” simply because of their proximity to the presidency. He suggested that even routine business decisions become difficult because they know things other people
Iran says, “Bad Trump. Death to Trump.” — Trump says, “What, me? What did I do?”
The fingers keep flying. "I have instructed all my loyal leaders to fire all 1,000 missiles aimed at Iran if I die mysteriously in my sleep, or any other way — bomb, bullet, knife, exploding
Impeach Him, Impeach Him, Well Maybe we Hold Off On That – Piece 1: The Vance Problem
That's the Vance problem. Not that he's Trump's successor. That he's Trump with the volume turned down and have the power already installed.
The other side is the enemy, and now that side has morphed into evil Commies. It’s McCarthyism again.
I could go on, but if you've been paying attention at all, there's no need. Just don't get distracted into a resurgence of McCarthyism. No matter how you spell it, it always boils down to
Trump refuses to sign major housing affordability bill ‘in PROTEST.’ It’s about to become law anyway.
Trump refuses to sign major housing affordability bill 'in PROTEST.' It's about to become law anyway.
The Hypocrisy of Insider Advantages: From Bolton’s Guilty Plea to Trump Family Fortunes
In a recent interview, Trump remarked that his sons have “inside information” simply because of their proximity to the presidency. He suggested that even routine business decisions become difficult because they know things other people
The Environment Brick What Good Government Actually Requires — Brick Nine – Environment – Video
Not a perfect environmental policy. Not a zero extraction economy. Just the honest acknowledgment that exploitation without limit is not capitalism. It is not freedom. It is not progress. It is greed. And more greed.
The Long View From 1964 – 23 and Me – Video
You can post a photo to your profile on those sites. And I keep finding more and more second and third cousins with really, really dark tans. Maybe that should be a requirement for the
The Environment Brick What Good Government Actually Requires — Brick Nine – Environment
Not a perfect environmental policy. Not a zero extraction economy. Just the honest acknowledgment that exploitation without limit is not capitalism. It is not freedom. It is not progress. It is greed. And more greed.
Behind the Scenes — The Secrets of Mediocrity and Old Age – Video
I was chasing. And it was predictable. I was getting to where I could do half a dozen cartoons a week before the events even happened, because I had figured out the pattern. Which led
The Healthcare Brick What Good Government Actually Requires — Brick Eight – Healthcare – Video
The river doesn't have to change course overnight. You move the banks incrementally and the water follows. It has been done before in pieces — Medicare negotiating drug prices, the ACA expanding Medicaid eligibility, surprise
Behind the Scenes — The Secrets of Mediocrity and Old Age
I was chasing. And it was predictable. I was getting to where I could do half a dozen cartoons a week before the events even happened, because I had figured out the pattern. Which led
The Healthcare Brick What Good Government Actually Requires — Brick Eight – Healthcare
The river doesn't have to change course overnight. You move the banks incrementally and the water follows. It has been done before in pieces — Medicare negotiating drug prices, the ACA expanding Medicaid eligibility, surprise
The Long View From 1964 – 23 and Me
You can post a photo to your profile on those sites. And I keep finding more and more second and third cousins with really, really dark tans. Maybe that should be a requirement for the
250 Years, and you don’t know why we are celebrating? – Video
Meanwhile the home-born, the ones handed this country at birth, the ones who never had to sit for a test or prove they earned it — half of them can't tell you what happened 250
250 Years, and you don’t know why we are celebrating?
Meanwhile the home-born, the ones handed this country at birth, the ones who never had to sit for a test or prove they earned it — half of them can't tell you what happened 250
Not On My Watch – Video
That truth is this. The closest thing to actual power most of us will ever hold is a vote and a voice. That's it. That's the whole arsenal. It isn't much, until enough people pick
America, 250 years, and what do we have to celebrate? – Video
Maybe the French will show up, polish their statue and demonstrate how they solved their problem by slicing a good loaf of French Bread with their one slice at a time slicer. Now that would
Not On My Watch
That truth is this. The closest thing to actual power most of us will ever hold is a vote and a voice. That's it. That's the whole arsenal. It isn't much, until enough people pick
America, 250 years, and what do we have to celebrate?
Maybe the French will show up, polish their statue and demonstrate how they solved their problem by slicing a good loaf of French Bread with their one slice at a time slicer. Now that would
The Four Horsemen Are Already Here – For anyone paying attention – Video
The Pale Horse. We are waiting for Death. History tells us it always arrives eventually when the first three have been allowed to run unchecked. The only real question, the one nobody in the gallery
The Education Brick What Good Government Actually Requires — Brick Seven – Education – Video
What is missing is a federal civilian pathway to trade certification that carries the same social contract as the degree programs. We fund your training as an electrician, a welder, a medical technician, a licensed
The Four Horsemen Are Already Here – For anyone paying attention
The Pale Horse. We are waiting for Death. History tells us it always arrives eventually when the first three have been allowed to run unchecked. The only real question, the one nobody in the gallery
The Education Brick What Good Government Actually Requires — Brick Seven – Education
What is missing is a federal civilian pathway to trade certification that carries the same social contract as the degree programs. We fund your training as an electrician, a welder, a medical technician, a licensed
The Capitalism Brick What Good Government Actually Requires — Brick Six – Capitalism – Video
We are currently in a period of deliberate deregulation. Sold as freedom for business to grow. What it actually produces — when the major players are left to their own devices — is consolidation until
How do you spell MAGA?
Total lies. Fake news. But we're gonna win anyway, we're gonna win so much, you'll be tired of winning. Make America Great Again? No no no... it's all LIES according to them. But we know
The Four Horsemen Are Already Here – A message for Texas Bible Thumpers and Christian Nationalists everywhere – Video
So there we are, folks. Three Horsemen accounted for. What??? There are FOUR Horsemen? You're right. There are four. So who are we missing? Who are we waiting for?
The Capitalism Brick What Good Government Actually Requires — Brick Six – Capitalism
We are currently in a period of deliberate deregulation. Sold as freedom for business to grow. What it actually produces — when the major players are left to their own devices — is consolidation until
Just Asking the Obvious – Video
If the tools exist, and they clearly do — why aren't they being used here? And if it turns out the forgiveness itself was secured by deceiving a federal court — what happens then?
The Four Horsemen Are Already Here – A message for Texas Bible Thumpers and Christian Nationalists everywhere
So there we are, folks. Three Horsemen accounted for. What??? There are FOUR Horsemen? You're right. There are four. So who are we missing? Who are we waiting for?
Just Asking the Obvious
If the tools exist, and they clearly do — why aren't they being used here? And if it turns out the forgiveness itself was secured by deceiving a federal court — what happens then?
The FCC and The News Brick What Good Government Actually Requires — Brick Five – The FCC and The News – Video
I can remember when the news was presented as news. Facts. This is what is happening. If an outlet wanted to offer opinion it was called an editorial and labeled as such. The separation was
The Elephant In The Room Nobody Is Looking At – Video
Are we watching the dark money apparatus recognize that their vehicle has failed and quietly preparing to deploy a new one? A cleaner one. A more electable one. A saving angel that turns out to
The FCC and The News Brick What Good Government Actually Requires — Brick Five – The FCC and The News
I can remember when the news was presented as news. Facts. This is what is happening. If an outlet wanted to offer opinion it was called an editorial and labeled as such. The separation was
Tell Me One Thing, I Dare You
Not a single word about what sending money would actually accomplish. Not a single promise about what gets better, what gets built, what gets fixed. Just the other side. How dangerous they are. How your
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