Remarks June 7 2026 This is a surreal time. On one hand, here in Poulsbo we’re having a lively early summer. Temperate weather, kids playing in the playgrounds, shops are open and the sweet corn is in at the grocery, joggers are jogging, and neighbors are pruning rosebushes and chatting with one another. On the other hand… We are now in fascism. A real, genuine dictator can say whatever he wants, or fall asleep, and his government supports whatever comes into his mind. He li

April 19, 2026 1. At our protest today, we had dramatic readings --artistic interpretations of three statements by Donald Trump--each performed by a brave volunteer from the crowd. Here was Trump campaigning against Kamala Harris in 2024 (read by Diana), saying the following: “She destroyed the city of San Francisco, it’s – and I own a big building there – it’s no – I shouldn’t talk about this, but that’s OK, I don’t give a damn because this is what I’m doing. I should

April 12 2026 In these posts, we aim to put developments in the national story into some kind of perspective. Recently we have described what is called moral injury --the despair and helplessness felt when a person witnesses, or has to take part in, acts that violate their foundational ethical values. We experience moral injury, for example, in watching Israel destroy Lebanon, or standing by while ICE murders American citizens and stores hundreds of children in prison camps.

Washington State Representative, 23rd LD, Tarra Simmons Friends & Neighbors - We are here today not because we reject our country, but because we believe in it deeply. We are here because we understand something fundamental: democracy is not a gift handed down from the powerful. It is a promise we make to each other—and a responsibility we must defend together. The message of this protest is simple and timeless: no kings. That idea is not new. It is at the very heart of this

March 22, 2026 Robert Mueller, the former FBI director who judiciously investigated Russia’s assault on the 2016 election, died Friday night after a battle with Parkinson’s. Trump shared his comments on the passing of this American hero by tweeting: ‘Robert Mueller just died. Good, I’m glad he’s dead.’ And today, the President of the United States with the character to utter such a statement is now sending ICE to our nation’s airports, supposedly to augment the dwindling ran

March 1, 2026 Trump’s firehose strategy overwhelms the newsfeed so that we can’t even respond sanely to any one outrage. Events have been firehosing in a big way in the last few days. Not only do Trump’s ICE thugs continue their brutal and lawless arrests of thousands, not only do the Clintons’ appearances in hearings emphasize the absence of any investigation of Trump and the rest of the Epstein class, not only does this president exhibit his monstrous corruption right out