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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.
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
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
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
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 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
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
Fake News or Just a Fake Narrative
But in reality what he is missing is the real picture. Because it doesn’t fit the narrative.
The Elephant In The Room Nobody Is Looking At
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
I Am In F-ing A Hurry
I won't live to see the final fruit from the seeds I hope to plant. But I sure hope I see the garbage taken out before it spoils what may come. I have my children
Why I Meme
This meme should speak for itself. It would have taken three articles to convey the same message. I think I'm getting the point across without overly offending too many people — except maybe a few
The Long View From 1964 – The Newsboy Cap
We didn't just lose the newspaper. We lost the commons it created. Oh, I would love a basket of Ol' English Fish and Chips with a bottle of malt vinegar right now.
I Just Got Scammed — For Real, Not Clickbait
$97.89 stolen from my checking account, and I helped them do it. I am eighty years old this November. I am exactly who they prey upon. They picked the wrong one. Let's make them hurt.
Trump’s Peace Plan Memorandum Has Been Published, How Did We Do, Oh Master Negotiator?
I really wish this was a joke, boy has Second String Donny screwed us over.
Get Off The Bench
Right now we are playing a purely defensive game. Where is the offense? The firebreak doesn't build itself. The ball doesn't move without someone running with it. Time to get off the bench. Then maybe
One last thing, the Treasury is ours as well, get your fingers out of it. – Video
Sorry Charlie, but you works for us, not the other way around.
One last thing, the Treasury is ours as well, get your fingers out of it.
Sorry Charlie, but you works for us, not the other way around.
The President Who Won’t Leave – That’s right Donny, you never needed 4 inches to begin with.
The President of the United States works for us. He has no reason to fear us — unless we are not on his agenda. Unless what he has been doing was never in the best
F you Judge
I have this speeding ticket I've been thinking about. Pretty sure the officer was politically motivated. I'm going to evaluate whether his authority applies to me before I decide whether to pay it. If the
The Long View From 1964 – The Saucepan Hat
The voters that scare me are the sheep. Here is how to vote, do it this way because I told you to. That is what keeps me up at night. Those are people with unfertilized
That’s One Mangy Mutt
The collar changes the problem. A dog that spent its life running wherever it wanted is not suddenly going to become obedient because it found itself at the end of a rope. It's going to
The Truth They Can’t Reach
When all is said and done the only person who will actually believe his version of history is Trump himself. That's part of the illness.
If It Isn’t Trump, Who Is Running The Show?
This is about today. Right now. With a sick old man spending his remaining energy screaming at everything he doesn't like on his own little social media platform — there is not a chance in
They Opened the Door. They Can Close It.
They Opened the Door. They Can Close It. An op-ed on the Supreme Court, presidential immunity, and the precedent they set themselves In 2022, the Supreme Court did something many legal scholars had considered unthinkable.
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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?
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
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?
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
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