This Is Your Government!

I am not even to write anything, you have to read this! The whole article article... this is what Trump is doing to the country with his xenophobic adminstration in your name.

Society / August 11, 2026

One Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE Detention

My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare.

The Nation

Maryam Tahmasebi

You got to read it! They are doing it your name, in the name of your country, you can't sit back say you never knew... because the truth is out there. It is on the internet. The Nation is a well respected magazine.

Some Deep Thinking

The primaries are over here in Connecticut, and I have some thinking to do. Lamont won—good! Luke Bronin won, too, but that one troubles me. I didn’t like him as mayor of Hartford. I don't know exactly why, but he just didn’t give me warm vibes when he was in office.

Who did I vote for in the primary? Jillian Gilchrist. Unfortunately, she received only 2,250 votes district-wide. Our paths actually crossed during the four years it took me to get my MSW. I interned at the Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund in the Hartford YWCA building, and her NARAL office was just down the hall from mine. Based on her time as a state representative, I really liked her voting record (and yes, folks, I actually looked up their records).

I couldn’t find any voting information on Bronin because, as it turns out, he has never voted on a bill. Since he was a mayor, voting on legislation wasn't part of his job. Instead, I had to judge him on what he did for Hartford—like bringing the city out of debt through a deal with the state.

I agree that it was time for Larson to go, but like many politicians, he didn't see the handwriting on the wall. I would have much rather seen Larson announce his retirement instead of losing an election. Bronin is definitely not my first choice, but I will still vote for him this November.

Ice Is Not Nice!

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The New Bandwagon… “Ice ICE!” Liberal candidates (while conservatives cry for more funding) are talking about getting rid of ICE, an agency created in response to 9/11.

It was a knee-jerk reaction to the attacks on us; maybe it is time to revisit it, either to abolish it or reshape it away from the Gestapo-like agency that Trump molded it into. But let’s not have another knee-jerk reaction in the opposite direction.

ICE was created to track down potential security threats inside the country, but it has morphed into an agency known for bashing heads and civil liberties violations.

Under Trump’s presidencies, it has been transformed into a heavy-handed force that ignored the Constitution and due process. However, no matter what replaces it, the system remains ripe for abuse. Who defines what a “terrorist” is? Under Trump, the transgender community has been targeted and demonized as terrorists.

All I am saying is: don’t be hasty and create another monster!

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What Gets Me...

I am a little handicapped this morning... I am up at the cottage and guess what I forgot to bring... my mouse! So with the touch pad and the touch screen, I'm getting by.

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What I want to know is why Homeland Security Investigations was watching a U.S. Congresswoman?

Rep. Ilhan Omar says federal agent was stationed outside her monthly town hall meeting in Richfield

CBS News

By Nicholas Lentz

August 10, 2026

Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar says a Homeland Security Investigations agent was outside her monthly town hall meeting in Richfield, Minnesota, on Thursday.

Omar posted a letter she sent to Michael McCarthy, interim special agent in charge of HSI's office in St. Paul, Minnesota, regarding the incident on social media Monday afternoon. The document said a Richfield police officer noticed a young woman sitting in a Ford Explorer as people arrived at an area community center, where the meeting took place, and "became suspicious of the way she was monitoring the building."

What were they investigating a sitting member of Congress for? I can only think of two reasons why: A) To intimidate her supporters, or B) To gain political intelligence on their opponents, or both.

Think about this... a political party using government agencies to spy on the other political party... harking shades of "Tricky Dick" Nixon!

"Instead of monitoring the area for those who might wish harm to me and my constituents, Richfield Police were required to devote time to investigating why an HSI agent was outside of a Congressional event in a vehicle with mismatched plates," Omar said in a written statement on Monday. "It also raises serious and uncomfortable questions about the purpose of HSI's presence outside of my event."

That's a very, very, good question. And I think another very good question is, on who's orders?

But this intimidation goes a long ways back...

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Two Stories!

Which one do you believe?

There are now two version of an attack on a Jordan air base in July.

US says two military personnel killed by Iranian attack in Jordan

Reuters

By David Ljunggren, Enas Alashray and Hatem Maher

July 17, 2026

Summary

• US says two service members killed, another missing in action
• Iran's leader says US will pay for breaches of deal
• Iran appears to target Saudi Arabia as well as other US allies
• US airstrikes on Iran reported to continue on Saturday afternoon

The U.S. military said on Saturday two of its personnel were killed in Jordan and another was missing ​after an Iranian attack, while Iran's supreme leader said Washington would pay for "seeking to escalate the conflict" after a seventh straight night of U.S. strikes.

The U.S. and Iran have intensified ‌attacks since an interim ceasefire deal signed a month ago fell apart last week, raising the possibility of a return to all-out war.

U.S. Central Command said the two deaths occurred on Friday and that a third U.S. service member was missing in action. The announcement brought the number of U.S. service members killed since the war began to 16, while more than 420 have been wounded.

But from middle east sources tell a different story...

$300 million up in smoke? Iran claims it destroyed three US F-35 fighter jets in Jordan

Edited by: Vivek Dube

TIMESOFINDIA.COM

Jul 30, 2026

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Thursday claimed it destroyed three US F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jets and severely damaged three more in a ballistic missile strike on Jordan's al-Azraq Air Base, in what, if verified, would mark one of the most significant losses of America's most advanced combat aircraft.

According to a statement carried by Iran International, the attack targeted an aircraft parking area and a maintenance hangar at the base in response to a US strike on Iran's Qeshm Island. The IRGC also claimed that several US military officers and maintenance personnel were killed in the strike.

The United States has not confirmed the claim, and there has been no independent verification of the reported destruction or damage to the aircraft.

So which was it? Did the planes get destroyed and the Trump administration doesn't want admit it or Iran is lying?

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The War Is Almost Over

How many times have you heard Trump say that. I wondered also so I asked my favor AI, ChatGPT

My working count

I would currently put the number of distinct occasions in which Trump or a senior administration official publicly suggested the Iran war would end imminently at roughly 20+, depending on exactly what we count as a separate prediction.

For Trump alone, I can already document well over a dozen:

Date	Who	What he said / predicted
Mar. 1	Trump	4–5 weeks
Mar. 2	Trump	4 weeks, said they were ahead of schedule
Mar. 9	Trump	War “very complete” / “very soon”
Mar. 11	Trump	War will end “soon”; could end it whenever he wants
Mar. 12	Trump	Iran “pretty much at the end of the line”
Mar. 13	Trump	“I don't think it's gonna be long”
Mar. 16	Trump	Could wrap it up in a week; “it'll be soon”
Mar. 17	Trump	“very near future” for leaving
Mar. 23	Trump	Gave five days for negotiations to produce a deal
Mar. 26	Trump	Said they were “a lot ahead of schedule”
Mar. 31	Trump	Leaving “very soon”, within 2–3 weeks
Apr. 1	Trump	Mission would finish “very shortly”; 2–3 weeks of strikes
Apr. 15	Trump	Said war was “very close to over”
May 19	Trump	Called off planned strikes because “serious negotiations” were underway
May 22	Trump	Said he'd wait “a couple of days” for Iran's response
May 23–25	Trump	Said peace deal was “largely negotiated”
June 11	Trump	Said they had reached a “great settlement”, documents in a few days
June 11	Trump	Said signing would be “shortly”
Aug. 6	Trump	Said the war would end “pretty soon”

The March sequence alone is remarkably repetitive. PolitiFact's timeline, for example, documents the March 9, 11, 12, 13, 16 and 17 statements, including Trump saying the war would be over soon, that Iran was essentially finished, and that the U.S. would leave in the “very near future.”

And the August 6 statement is particularly important for your original question, because it is after the June agreement and after the earlier predictions had already failed to produce a lasting end. Reuters reports that Trump said he expected the war to end “pretty soon” and that Iran couldn't sustain it much longer.

And yes, we should include the other officials

For example, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was saying on March 8 that the operation was “only just the beginning,” directly contradicting Trump's imminent-end messaging.

That's actually useful because it lets us distinguish:

• 🟢 Trump says it's almost over
• 🔵 Administration official says it's almost over
• 🔴 Administration official says it's going to continue
• ⚫ Actual outcome

And that last column is the one that makes this really interesting.

I think the best next step is to make the full timeline—date, person, exact prediction, promised timeframe, and whether that timeframe actually came true. That will let us answer not merely “how many times?” but “how many times did they give a specific imminent deadline that passed without the war ending?”

That is a much harder number to dispute.