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A Citizen's Letters

Support of S. 2212, the “Visible Identification Standards for Immigration-Based Law Enforcement Act of 2025” (VISIBLE Act)

Dear Congressman,

I support SB2212 “VISIBLE Act” for its purposes of supporting transparency and accountability in immigration enforcement, and its ability to protect citizens from potential threat actors posing as law enforcement, and I urge you to vote in support of this bill. While this bill represents a critical step forward for civil rights and oversight, it is only a foundation for more comprehensive reforms and is not a final solution. 

Having visible identification would make […]

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A Citizen's Letters · Support of S. 2212, the “Visible Identification Standards for Immigration-Based Law Enforcement Act of 2025” (VISIBLE Act)
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Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3

The Reason Trump Won’t Declare Martial Law

Drip, drip, drip. The daily dilly dallying on the margins that the Trump administration keeps doling out continues. Horror after horror is revealed on this fascist march into demolishing the world’s oldest democracy. But the money keeps rolling in.

The ongoing debate as to whether or not these despicable actions are distractions is in and of itself a meaningless distraction. We’re essentially living under a dictatorship already, and yet the putzes with power can’t really go there. Doing so would cut their mother’s milk off at the teat.

There’s a reason for the pace of things. There’s a reason why Trump hasn’t just declared a full national emergency and implemented martial law and shut the place down. That reason is political fundraising. That’s where the money is. That’s where the suckers are.

Without elections the con men and women can’t shake down the public, corporations, and foreign countries for political donations. Cut off that cash flow and you cut the power, quicker than flipping a switch. It’s not just money for candidates and causes. It’s money for consultants, think tanks, and the advertising dependent media. Declare martial law and the spinning wheel stops.

In order to keep the money flowing there needs to be an opposition. Without one it would be all about selling meme coins, fake gold phones, and silly shoes. The shake downs would still continue, just on a different levels. Gunpoint, gifts and grifts.

Of course the silver lining is all of those fundraising emails would stop.

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You can also find more of my writings on a variety of topics on Medium at this link, including in the publications Ellemeno and Rome. I can also be found on social media under my name as above. 

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The Japan Times

The Japanese American National Museum decried the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump for detaining immigrants lacking permanent legal status where Japanese Americans were interned during World War II. japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/ #japan #us #museums #donaldtrump

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The USA Potato

Public Commenters Overwhelmingly Oppose EPA’s Plan to Curtail Key Climate Protections

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Experts and members of the public on Tuesday voiced overwhelming opposition to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to rescind its key greenhouse gas “endangerment finding” and vehicle emissions standards. That pushback came during the first of four scheduled public […]

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Voice of East

Direct NATO Intervention In Ukraine Might Soon Dangerously Turn Into A Fait Accompli

 

Direct NATO Intervention In Ukraine Might Soon Dangerously Turn Into A Fait Accompli

By Andrew Korybko

Trump’s negotiating strategy is to “escalate to-de-escalate” in a very risky attempt to coerce concessions, which he might soon apply against Putin after being emboldened by its success with Iran.

The White House Summit between Trump, Zelensky, and a handful of European leaders officially concerned “security guarantees” for Ukraine, which is an ultra-sensitive issue for Russia. It was therefore alarming from its perspective that Trump subsequently said that the proposed deployment of French and British troops to Ukraine “will not create problems for Russia.” To make it even worse, he also spoke about helping them “by air”, while another report claimed that 10 countries are willing to send troops.

While it hasn’t been confirmed, this sequence of events suggests that Trump’s envisaged endgame in Ukraine is the deployment of NATO troops (even if not under the bloc’s banner), which may include a US-enforced (partial?) no-fly zone and/or promises of US air support if they’re attacked. All three – NATO troops in Ukraine, a no-fly zone, and the de facto extension of Article 5 mutual defence commitments to allies’ troops there (contrary to Hegseth’s declaration in February) – go against Russia’s security interests.

Nevertheless, it’s hypothetically possible that Putin might agree to at least some of the above, but only in exchange for far-reaching Ukrainian and/or Western concessions elsewhere. To be clear, neither he nor any officials below him have even hinted at anything of the sort, instead always opposing these plans and threatening that they might even use force to stop them. Having said that, “diplomacy is the art of the possible” as some have said, and these three briefings would contextualize any such quid pro quo:

* 7 August: “What’s Responsible For The Upcoming Putin-Trump Summit?”

* 16 August: “What’s Standing In The Way Of A Grand Compromise On Ukraine?”

* 21 August: “Which Western Security Guarantees For Ukraine Might Be Acceptable To Putin?”

In sum, Trump’s carrots and sticks might convince Putin that it’s better to accept this scenario than oppose it, but it might also be presented as a fait accompli for pressuring him into accepting it as part of a peace deal if he still opposes it instead of risking an escalation if it unfolds during active hostilities. After all, the US, UK, and the EU are all actively coordinating on the “security guarantees” that they’ll soon present to Russia, and this could dangerously include plans to directly intervene in the conflict.

Trump’s negotiating strategy is to “escalate to-de-escalate”, which thus far most dramatically took the form of the US bombing Iran’s nuclear sites, in a very risky attempt to coerce concessions from others. He might therefore possibly tell Putin that the US will imminently create a (partial?) no-fly zone over Ukraine and provide air support to NATO allies’ troops, who’ll also imminently deploy there, if they’re attacked while carrying out “non-combat” duties if he doesn’t agree to peace on the West’s terms.

Those same terms, however, might include the three aforesaid outcomes – NATO troops in Ukraine, a no-fly zone, and the de facto extension of Article 5 to allies’ troops there – that go against Russia’s security interests. Putin would in that scenario thus be forced into a dilemma whereby he’d either risk World War III by defending its interests via strikes against those troops and breaking the US’ no-fly zone or accepting them for the sake of preventing World War III and hoping that the consequences will be manageable.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Voice of East.

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