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EPSTEIN Files, Please, DOJ Pam Bondi

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While we watch aghast as ill-trained ICE agents take down and kill American citizens, and Pam Bondi demands voter registration rolls from Minnesota (and according to the Brennan Center for Justice and Democracy Docket, looking for “sensitive” voter registration information from ALL states), 2 million (estimated) Epstein files have yet to be released.

Minnesotans are the least likely “domestic terrorists” ever, dressed in their buffalo plaid wool shirts and snow boots. Minnesotan, those white bread Scandinavian immigrants from long ago, Paul Bunyan-esque in strength an behavior, amicably welcomed their Somali newcomers, and are now protecting them as best they can while staying alive.

We all have to step back and ask ourselves “Am I a DOMESTIC TERRORIST?”

Look at these good church-going Minnesotans, shuttling immigrant children to school, picking up and delivering groceries to them surreptitiously, taking families hidden in their SUV’s to medical appointments. Do these seem like people who are afraid of their immigrant neighbors?

I respect Customs officials. I respect the rules of our nation. I do not respect those who overstep their jobs, who take delight in the adrenaline rush of attacking protestors, who shoot, rather than exhibit the self-rstraint we expect of law-enforcement. Most of us have no problem with ICE going after, as they state, violent criminals, few as they are.

It’s a Numbers Game

What we object to is going after people who are NOT criminals just because the Toddler-In-Chief wants to be able to show numbers. Trump, you started off your campaign in 2015 going after those rapists, criminals and drug addicts. We didn’t believe you then, and we sure don’t believe you now. We believe our own eyes. We are witnesses to violations of our Constitution by people who should be models of legal behavior.

Corrupting the FBI to investigate political appointments, and firing prosecutors when they tell you there is not evidence to get a conviction is not the American Way.

We know you want to keep your party in power. We know you’re afraid you are going to lose big in upcoming elections, and that is the purpose behind bullying the blue states and trying to intimidate their officials is to get an upper hand on the elections. YOU, who complain about rigged elections, YOU who whine that you really won the 2020 election (and your own elections supervisors would not support your claims) YOU are trying to bully, intimidate and subdue the population so that YOU can rig the elections!

Props to Minnesota! Props to them for showing fortitude, for being good neighbors, for welcoming the stranger (as Moses and Jesus taught us) and for showing self-restraint in the face of thugs and goons itching for a fight. Trump is eager to invoke the Insurrection Act, we know because he says so! Props to you, Minnesota, and to you, Portland for having the maturity and persistence and yes, a sense of humor to outlast, outplay and survive this despicable tyrant.

January 27, 2026 Posted by | Civility, Community, corruption, Crime, Cultural, Law and Order, Leadership, Political Issues, Quality of Life Issues, Relationships | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

When Federal Prosecutors Resign Rather than Follow Illegal Orders

There is a theme going on here, not just in Minnesota, where SIX federal prosecutors resigned rather than investigate the widow of the victim, Renee Good, instead of investigating the fatal shooter, Jonathan Ross. Six good people refused to follow illegal orders, refused to blame the victim. They were ordered to find dirt, rather than to investigate why and how the shooting occured. The fact that there is all kinds of video, including phone video from Jonathan Ross, which indicates he was not intentionally hit, if he was hit at all, and that as he shot, he said “f##king b#tch!” to the woman who had just said “I’m not mad at you, sweetie!” Is this a phrase to instill fear for your life?

At the same time, we are watching prosecutors resign, or even be fired, for refusing to bring charges – again – against James Comey, prosecutors who say there is not enough evidence to bring charges. The nincompoops who HAVE followed orders, who have brought charges, have had the cases dismissed, time after time. Please, send the Toddler-in-Charge back to his room for a time out!

Mark Kelly is fighting back, charged by the least qualified Secretary of Defense ever with lacking integrity. He threatens Mark Kelly with sanctions – reduction in rank resulting in reduction in retired pension. Pete Hegseth threatens Mark Kelly because Mark Kelly stated it is your duty and your right not to obey illegal orders. Mark Kelly is taking Hegseth to court.

Jerome Powell, head of the FED is also fighting back, fighting for the independence of the FED.

We Are Only Following Orders

The problem is with the courts. While any system of justice created by fallible men provides flawed outcomes, for the most part, our system has been more impartial than most. So many years ago, studying constitutional law, one of my professors said the problem with Supreme Court nominees is that with lifetime guarantees, they refuse to comply with the will of the nominator, surprising people with their independence. Not so with the current court. There have been a few welcome surprises, a few shows of independent thought, but some shockingly lock-step decisions, many in the shadow docket, with no background for the decision making process.

Our only hope for survival of a just system is in the bureaucrats that escaped the great demolition chainsaw, that they can stay under the radar and keep some semblance of sane function going until this undemocratic regime destroys itself. I believe they will. AventureMan, ever pragmatic, says “hope/belief is not a actionable plan.”

January 15, 2026 Posted by | corruption, Law and Order, Leadership, Lies, Living Conditions, Political Issues, Social Issues, Stranger in a Strange Land, Transparency, Women's Issues, Work Related Issues | , , , , | Leave a comment