Tag Archives: Obama

Tom’s Tidbits- There’s hope after Dope… dim, dim hope, but hope!

Greetings, In January 2017 I promised an addition to our newsletter, TRUMPWATCH, in which we’d “…try to keep track of the most egregious lies, the most insane policies, the most blatant violations of Constitution and basic human values that the … Continue reading

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News To Make You Furious- Jeff Sessions plays “Dukes of Hazzard” for real

What made us Furious in 2014? A little-known law enforcement technique called “Civil Asset Forfeiture”, an abusive aberration of justice allowing police to stop people and seize their property without charging them with any crime, then switching the basic presumption … Continue reading

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Keith Tucker’s What NOW?!! Toon for April 2017

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Save the Internet with just ONE click

John Oliver makes another splash in Net Neutrality Surprise, surprise… the Trump Administration wants to end Net Neutrality.  On the bright side they’re asking for your comments… at a poorly advertised, hard to find, and difficult-to-use public comment page.  Comedian … Continue reading

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Sit Down. Shut Up.

The Legislative push to keep you quiet.  And Compliant. Republicans greeted the election of Barack Obama with the wise counsel and universal respect necessary to give his agenda a fair chance to succeed.  Of course that’s horse puckey; they proudly … Continue reading

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Don’t Believe Your Lying Eyes!

Greetings! Conventional wisdom says practice makes perfect, but the first week of the Trump Presidency proved conventional wisdom wrong.  The Trump Campaign was a cesspool of documented, provable lies, big and small, consistently, on every subject imaginable, but this week’s … Continue reading

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A Glimpse Into The Pit

Follow us on a tour of the infamous Health Care Exchanges (Update 9/24-  ObamaCare goes live in Oregon on Oct 1.  If you want a look at Oregon’s exchanges, go to CoverOregon.org.) One of the central debates of Obamacare was … Continue reading

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Torture and Rendition

I’m Tom Dwyer Not that long ago, Bush and Dick gave us Rendition.  That’s when a “unitary executive” can arrest you without warrant, imprison you in another country without trial, and torture you without accountability. Citizenship doesn’t shield you, because … Continue reading

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Rendition

I’m Tom Dwyer Not that long ago, Bush and Dick gave us Rendition.  That’s when a “unitary executive” can arrest you without warrant, imprison you in another country without trial, and torture you without accountability. Citizenship doesn’t shield you, because … Continue reading

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