Notices by Burr Deming (burrland01@mastodon.world), page 2

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Key Trump claim:
The executive order says that the Second Amendment “is foundational to maintaining all other rights held by Americans.”

Key rights reality:
In fact, it is the right to vote for the lawmakers who make up our government that is foundational to maintaining all other rights held by Americans.
https://www.red-state-blues.com/2025/02/15/week-of-madcap-musk-oval-elon-no-more-privacy-dogedodge-cybertrucking-rightswronged#heathercoxrichardson

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In Letters from an American, historian Heather Cox Richardson notes one executive order, and contrasts Trump’s assiduous safeguarding of gun rights to actions that endanger most other basic rights.
https://www.red-state-blues.com/2025/02/15/week-of-madcap-musk-oval-elon-no-more-privacy-dogedodge-cybertrucking-rightswronged#heathercoxrichardson

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Vixen Strangely begins with this:

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She then proceeds to commit vivisection on the logic of JD Vance.

Key evaluation:
This is the “are you smarter than a fifth grader?” level of understanding how our government works.
https://www.red-state-blues.com/2025/02/15/week-of-madcap-musk-oval-elon-no-more-privacy-dogedodge-cybertrucking-rightswronged#vixenstrangely

Juanita Jean has 9 more reasons why it’s okay to panic now.

Key revision:
UPDATE BELOW: Musk also takes over US Treasury payments system.
https://www.red-state-blues.com/2025/02/08/week-of-trump-extreme-extremism-icy-ice-musking-data-theft-trump-bumbling-bee-air-tragedy-rumble-gaza-tumble-freeze-fumble/#juanitajean

In Letters from an American, historian Heather Cox Richardson details how illegal access to your records has been given to Elon Musk employees. Officials who try to interfere this unlawful breach are fired by the Trump administration.

My thought: Who needs a Nigerian prince, when Musk can go direct?
https://www.red-state-blues.com/2025/02/08/week-of-trump-extreme-extremism-icy-ice-musking-data-theft-trump-bumbling-bee-air-tragedy-rumble-gaza-tumble-freeze-fumble/#heathercoxrichardson

Used to be a Nazi salute could end a career.
Now, criticizing a Nazi salute has ended a career.
https://politicalwire.com/2025/01/25/station-fires-weather-forecaster-for-criticizing-musk/

Americans must now confront a new national security concern.

If anything should ever happen to Elon Musk, Trump would become President.

Tommy Christopher has it about right on the Hunter pardon. MAGA folk can spin it as a big win if mainstream media misleads and, so far, media have done just that.

Key example (from CNN legal analyst Elie Honig):
"Honig trashed the decision at length — then admitted in the fine print that 'There is a reasonable argument that in some respects, Hunter Biden was treated unfairly.'

"That’s Honig-ese for 'Hunter Biden was treated unfairly.'"
https://www.red-state-blues.com/2024/12/07/first-week-of-the-last-month-of-2024democrats-trump-weird-appointments-ending-the-hunter-hunt-project-2025-verified-musk-hall/#mediaite

Tommy Christopher provides network video as Jen Psaki lists a few good things about Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth.

Then she does an on-the-other-hand, there are those unfortunate details around that little sexual assault allegation thing.
https://www.red-state-blues.com/2024/11/30/thanksgiving-weekjfk-taken-away-annual-gratitude-landslide-slides-down-incoming-madcap-admin/#mediaite

Juliet at Decoding Fox News has prospective Defense Secretary Hegseth explaining how our military is no longer manly enough. We should stop wars like we did in Japan.

Key Hegseth televised quote:
We did that then because we had barrel-chested men saying 'we are going to win this war.

Key Juliet reminder:
"The U.S. military dropped two nuclear bombs on Japan."
https://www.red-state-blues.com/2024/11/30/thanksgiving-weekjfk-taken-away-annual-gratitude-landslide-slides-down-incoming-madcap-admin/#decodingfoxnews

As Trumpers boast of an election mandate, Kathy Gill, at The Moderate Voice, points out that actual voting counts show less than 50%. So what mandate?

Wikipedia‘s updated results back her up.
https://www.red-state-blues.com/2024/11/23/week-of-cabinet-cabaret-gaetz-in-gaetz-out-hegseth-noem-tulsi-oh-my#themoderatevoice

Well...
That's different!
Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) knows women!

Anyone who chooses to end a pregnancy:
- Hates America
- Hates her neighbors
- Hates babies
- Hates responsibility
https://politicalwire.com/2024/10/24/lawmaker-says-women-who-get-abortions-hate-the-country/

More fake Trump support?
https://politicalwire.com/2024/10/10/firefighters-were-not-holding-pro-trump-signs-at-rally/

"RFK Jr. Says Dems Spent Millions to Make Him Look Crazy"

RFK Jr has a valid point.

What a waste of campaign funds:
Paying so much for what is already there for free.

https://politicalwire.com/2024/09/28/rfk-jr-says-dems-spent-millions-to-make-him-look-crazy/

Kevin has it about right:

"If you're one of the lunatics who thinks Israel is an illegal colonial settler on Palestinian land and it's therefore righteous to seek its destruction, go block a freeway or set up a bunch of tents or do something else stupid and pointless

"On the other hand, if you're someone who thinks the West Bank settlements are wrong and Israel has a lot to answer for—well, I agree. If you think Benjamin Netanyahu is an odious piece of shit, preach it"
https://jabberwocking.com/what-do-you-expect-israel-to-do/

"The Trump on display on the campaign trail in the past month isn’t disoriented, unfocused, or undisciplined—he’s dotty, doddering, demented, possibly deranged, and clearly disturbed."
https://politicalwire.com/2024/08/20/the-biden-ing-of-donald-trump/

Trump campaign says hacked by Iranians.
Probably true.

Still...
...how about we wait for confirmation by intelligence services or other experts .
Reasonable to consider the source.
https://politicalwire.com/2024/08/11/the-hacking-of-presidential-campaigns-begins/

I haven't checked to see if this is really true.

I've been busy walking around the neighborhood meeting people.

A few are gleeful Biden was diagnosed with COVID. Seems to have proved something to them.

I understand the President's symptoms are light and he's doing well.
I'm glad.

I had COVID last year.
I'd been vaccinated. Symptoms for me were mild as well.

Over time, more than a dozen extended family members contracted COVID. Almost half died.

Of those deaths, none were vaccinated.
Two couldn't get the vaccine due to inept Missouri state administration of supplies.

Vaccination myths have killed.