Michael Jones

[Bonnie Boden @designergirla]

THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST DESCRIPTION OF A DEMOCRAT THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN.

Ron Howard has summed up what many of us believe. Including me....
“I'm a liberal, but that doesn't mean what a lot of you apparently think it does. Let's break it down, shall we? Because quite frankly, I'm getting a little tired of being told what I believe and what I stand for. Spoiler alert: not every liberal is the same, though the majority of liberals I know think along roughly these same lines:
1. I believe a country should take care of its weakest members. A country cannot call itself civilized when its children, disabled, sick, and elderly are neglected. PERIOD.
2. I believe healthcare is a right, not a privilege. Somehow that's interpreted as "I believe Obamacare is the end-all, be-all." This is not the case. I'm fully aware that the ACA has problems, that a national healthcare system would require everyone to chip in, and that it's impossible to create one that is devoid of flaws, but I have yet to hear an argument against it that makes "let people die because they can't afford healthcare" a better alternative. I believe healthcare should be far cheaper than it is, and that everyone should have access to it. And no, I'm not opposed to paying higher taxes in the name of making that happen.
3. I believe education should be affordable. It doesn't necessarily have to be free (though it works in other countries so I'm mystified as to why it can't work in the US), but at the end of the day, there is no excuse for students graduating college saddled with five- or six-figure debt.
4. I don't believe your money should be taken from you and given to people who don't want to work. I have literally never encountered anyone who believes this. Ever. I just have a massive moral problem with a society where a handful of people can possess the majority of the wealth while there are people literally starving to death, freezing to death, or dying because they can't afford to go to the doctor. Fair wages, lower housing costs, universal healthcare, affordable education, and the wealthy actually paying their share would go a long way toward alleviating this. Somehow believing that makes me a communist.
5. I don't throw around "I'm willing to pay higher taxes" lightly. If I'm suggesting something that involves paying more, well, it's because I'm fine with paying my share as long as it's actually going to something besides lining corporate pockets or bombing other countries while Americans die without healthcare.
6. I believe companies should be required to pay their employees a decent, livable wage. Somehow this is always interpreted as me wanting burger flippers to be able to afford a penthouse apartment and a Mercedes. What it actually means is that no one should have to work three full-time jobs just to keep their head above water. Restaurant servers should not have to rely on tips, multibillion-dollar companies should not have employees on food stamps, workers shouldn't have to work themselves into the ground just to barely make ends meet, and minimum wage should be enough for someone to work 40 hours and live.
7. I am not anti-Christian. I have no desire to stop Christians from being Christians, to close churches, to ban the Bible, to forbid prayer in school, etc. (BTW, prayer in school is NOT illegal; *compulsory* prayer in school is - and should be - illegal). All I ask is that Christians recognize *my* right to live according to *my* beliefs. When I get pissed off that a politician is trying to legislate Scripture into law, I'm not "offended by Christianity" -- I'm offended that you're trying to force me to live by your religion's rules. You know how you get really upset at the thought of Muslims imposing Sharia law on you? That's how I feel about Christians trying to impose biblical law on me. Be a Christian. Do your thing. Just don't force it on me or mine.
8. I don't believe LGBT people should have more rights than you. I just believe they should have the *same* rights as you.
9. I don't believe illegal immigrants should come to America and have the world at their feet, especially since THIS ISN'T WHAT THEY DO (spoiler: undocumented immigrants are ineligible for all those programs they're supposed to be abusing, and if they're "stealing" your job it's because your employer is hiring illegally). I believe there are far more humane ways to handle undocumented immigration than our current practices (i.e., detaining children, splitting up families, ending DACA, etc).
10. I don't believe the government should regulate everything, but since greed is such a driving force in our country, we NEED regulations to prevent cut corners, environmental destruction, tainted food/water, unsafe materials in consumable goods or medical equipment, etc. It's not that I want the government's hands in everything -- I just don't trust people trying to make money to ensure that their products/practices/etc. are actually SAFE. Is the government devoid of shadiness? Of course not. But with those regulations in place, consumers have recourse if they're harmed and companies are liable for medical bills, environmental cleanup, etc. Just kind of seems like common sense when the alternative to government regulation is letting companies bring their bottom line into the equation.
11. I believe our current administration is fascist. Not because I dislike them or because I can’t get over an election, but because I've spent too many years reading and learning about the Third Reich to miss the similarities. Not because any administration I dislike must be Nazis, but because things are actually mirroring authoritarian and fascist regimes of the past.
12. I believe the systemic racism and misogyny in our society is much worse than many people think, and desperately needs to be addressed. Which means those with privilege -- white, straight, male, economic, etc. -- need to start listening, even if you don't like what you're hearing, so we can start dismantling everything that's causing people to be marginalized.
13. I am not interested in coming after your blessed guns, nor is anyone serving in government. What I am interested in is the enforcement of present laws and enacting new, common sense gun regulations. Got another opinion? Put it on your page, not mine.
14. I believe in so-called political correctness. I prefer to think it’s social politeness. If I call you Chuck and you say you prefer to be called Charles I’ll call you Charles. It’s the polite thing to do. Not because everyone is a delicate snowflake, but because as Maya Angelou put it, when we know better, we do better. When someone tells you that a term or phrase is more accurate/less hurtful than the one you're using, you now know better. So why not do better? How does it hurt you to NOT hurt another person?
15. I believe in funding sustainable energy, including offering education to people currently working in coal or oil so they can change jobs. There are too many sustainable options available for us to continue with coal and oil. Sorry, billionaires. Maybe try investing in something else.
16. I believe that women should not be treated as a separate class of human. They should be paid the same as men who do the same work, should have the same rights as men and should be free from abuse. Why on earth shouldn’t they be?
I think that about covers it. Bottom line is that I'm a liberal because I think we should take care of each other. That doesn't mean you should work 80 hours a week so your lazy neighbor can get all your money. It just means I don't believe there is any scenario in which preventable suffering is an acceptable outcome as long as money is saved.”
Ron Howard

[Michael Jones @mrjones0420]

@Nipi_220 Change purse.

[Richard E. Selzler @RichardSelzler]

@GBC_Press

[ShinyMcShine: Simpsons Quotes @ShinyMcShine_]

Any red-blooded, flag-feeding American would love...the M-320. Celebrate the independence of your nation by blowing up a small part of it.

[Michael Jones @mrjones0420]

@Dussyme Iowa

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House.

Democrats introduced 7 bills to fund the TSA.

Republicans blocked every single one.

The Transportation Security Administration protects every American airport.

Every flight. Every checkpoint. Every piece of luggage screened for weapons.

The party that runs the entire federal government just blocked TSA funding seven times.

The same party spending $21 billion on a war in three weeks.

The same party that used ChatGPT to cancel Holocaust education grants.

The same DOGE that failed to reduce the deficit by a single dollar.

The same administration hiding casualty counts and banning cameras at funerals.

$21 billion for a war nobody authorized.
Seven blocked bills to keep airports safe.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

Funny how memory works.

Republicans are mad Democrats didn’t clap for Trump’s lies.

But during Joe Biden’s 2024 SOTU, they sat stone-faced for:

“No billionaire should pay less than a teacher.”

“You can’t love your country only when you win.”

“Cap drug costs at $2,000.”

They wouldn’t stand for fairness.
They wouldn’t stand for democracy.
They wouldn’t stand for lower prices.

So spare us the fake outrage now.

[Alex Taylor @AlexTaylorNews]

𝐃𝐎 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐆𝐎 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐔𝐒 !

UK grandmother handcuffed, shackled, forced to sleep on the floor of a locked cell in an ICE detention centre for 6 weeks, 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒆 having valid visa @guardian

ICE agents get paid per detainee

𝐁𝐎𝐘𝐂𝐎𝐓𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐂𝐔𝐏 !

[Annie @AnnieForTruth]

💯💯💯

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Trump administration strips Social Security benefits from a Black American cancer patient by claiming that she is “not lawfully present in the U.S.”

This is what Trump’s intentional cruelty looks like in 2026.

Ramona Rakestraw, 59, was born at Parkland Hospital in Dallas in 1966. She has never left Dallas County — not for vacation, not for work, not for anything. And yet somehow, the federal government has decided she is “not lawfully present in the U.S.”

Her crime? Existing while sick.

Rakestraw has battled kidney disease for decades. She endured a transplant. She returned to dialysis. In 2024, she was diagnosed with cancer. Through it all, she survived on Supplemental Security Income — her only source of income — and Medicare Part B.

Then in October, the payments stopped. Why? Because her “immigration status” was suddenly under review.

“I’m not an immigrant,” she said. “I’ve never even left Dallas County — let alone the country.”

Let that sink in. A lifelong Texan. Born in an American hospital. Fighting cancer. Forced to march down to a Social Security office with her birth certificate in hand to prove she belongs in the country where she was born.

And still, she received a letter stating: “We cannot pay you benefits because you are not lawfully present in the U.S.”

This is the human cost of a system so obsessed with rooting out “illegals” that it can’t tell the difference between a Dallas native and a border crossing.

Her Medicare was eventually restored. Her SSI — her only income — was not.

Now she’s appealing, drowning in paperwork while undergoing dialysis and cancer treatment. Sixty days to fight a bureaucratic accusation that should never have happened.

This isn’t about paperwork errors. It’s about a government climate that treats citizenship as suspect and vulnerable Americans as disposable.

Ramona Rakestraw isn’t asking for special treatment. She’s asking for the benefits she’s legally entitled to — the benefits she paid into with a lifetime of perfectly legal existence in this country.

Born in Dallas. Fighting for her life. And now forced to fight her own government just to survive. That’s not just incompetence. That’s a system that’s lost its humanity.

Please like and share this sad story!

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

🚨NEW: House Speaker Mike Johnson has denied a request by the family of Jesse Jackson for the civil rights hero to lie in honor in the United States Capitol rotunda.

RETWEET if you stand with Jackson's family against Johnson!

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

Last night, CBS refused to air Stephen Colbert’s interview with Texas Democrat James Talarico after pressure from Trump. Colbert addressed the issue with his audience and released the clip online anyway.

RETWEET to thank Colbert for standing up for free speech!

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

REMINDER: “your energy bill within 12 months will be cut in half. I’ll have your energy bill down within 12 months, throughout the country."

It's been 13 months.
Electricity is UP over 11%.

Promise everything.
Deliver NOTHING.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Peculiar way to draw the first ten digits

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

🚨ALARM: Republicans are closer to ramming the SAVE ACT through, the Project 2025 voter-ID bill that requires voter’s current names to MATCH their birth certificates.

79% of married women take a spouse’s name. This could disenfranchise MILLIONS of women.

#HandsOffHerVote

[P a u l ◉ @SkylineReport]

ICYMI — this actually happened:

A 22-year-old mother, Kimberlyn Yaritza Menjivar Aguilar, went to a routine fingerprinting appointment for an approved work permit process.

ICE handcuffed her.
ICE deported her.
ICE sent her to Honduras without her 8-month-old baby.

Key facts people keep lying about:

• She was not a criminal.
• She had active deferred action and was in an approved Special Immigrant Juvenile visa process.
• The case was not dismissed on the facts. DHS leaned on a missed 2022 court date from when she was a minor.
• Agents asked about breastfeeding, then restrained her anyway.
• She was tricked into signing a document she was told meant she could take her baby with her. She was deported alone.

Her infant stayed in the U.S.
She did not.

This is not a one-off. It fits a documented 2025 pattern of ICE detaining and separating pregnant and nursing mothers, often in violation of its own policies. Federal judges have already ruled the harm from these separations is “self-evident.”

Bottom line:
A young mother followed the rules, showed up as instructed, and was punished by being forcibly separated from her child.

Anyone calling this “law and order” is lying to you.

Sources

[1] CBS Minnesota — Young mother deported without her infant from Minnesota to Honduras (Feb. 2026)
https://t.co/EoFJhi1p83

[2] CBS Minnesota — Nursing mother in ICE custody in Minnesota to be released after judge rules separation causes irreparable harm (2025)
https://t.co/GU6fYjMsOC

[3] CBS-affiliated video interview — Attorney Kelly Clark confirms document misrepresentation and infant separation
https://t.co/1nFBXXTfCk

[4] DHS statement via CBS Minnesota — DHS relies on prior removal order despite active deferred action
https://t.co/EoFJhi1p83

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

BREAKING: During an ICE protest at Fremont High School in Fremont, Nebraska, a student was severely injured when a vehicle driven by a Trump supporter hit into her and drove off.

Does anyone know who this Trump supporter who partook in this violent hit and run is?

Let’s get his name! Please share!