thomaslknapp (57)in #icc • 2 hours agosteemCreated with Sketch.Rubio's Anti-ICC Campaign is an Anti-"Sovereignty" ProjectThe International Criminal Court, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio complains in a July 13 Wall Street Journal…thomaslknapp (57)in #grahamplatner • 2 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.The Dishonesty of Political Buyer's RemorseOn June 9, Graham Platner won the Democratic Party's nomination for US Senate from Maine with 72.1% of the primary…thomaslknapp (57)in #iranwar • 5 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Trump Says the Ceasefire is Over. The Law Says — Twice — the Iran War is Over."The United States and Iran exchanged fire for a second consecutive night on Thursday [July 9]," the New York…thomaslknapp (57)in #jasonwatson • 10 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Why Jason Watson is Wrong, Even if You Agree With What He Stands For"I am calling on average Americans everywhere to peacefully exercise your First Amendment rights en masse every day…thomaslknapp (57)in #independenceday • 13 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Meh on the Fourth of July: In Dependence DayWhen the Continental Congress adopted its "Declaration of Independence," officially published on July 4, 1776, there…thomaslknapp (57)in #voting • 16 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Mail Voting Proposal: Make an Example of SteinerImage taken by User:Minesweeper on December 14, 2003 and released into the public domain. From left to right, the post…thomaslknapp (57)in #reflectingpool • 19 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Reflecting Pool Solution: It's Right There in the Name!Between ruinous wars abroad (e.g. the war on Iran) and at home (e.g. the wars on immigrants and drugs), rising…thomaslknapp (57)in #termlimits • 21 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Term Limits? OK, But Here's How To Do Them RightIt comes, it goes, but seldom a month goes by without the notion of "term limits" popping up in the American political…thomaslknapp (57)in #publicservices • 23 days agosteemCreated with Sketch."Public Services": The Longest ConThree Card Monte. Photo by ZioDave. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. Plans to cut…thomaslknapp (57)in #artificialintelligence • 26 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.If the US Government Won’t Respect Freedom of Speech, AI Firms Should Move"The US government," artificial intelligence firm Anthropic informed the public in a June 12 statement , "citing…thomaslknapp (57)in #iranwar • 28 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Iran: Another Trophy for Trump's "First" Shelf?US president Donald Trump loves being "first." Whenever something newsworthy happens, big or small, in fact or in…thomaslknapp (57)in #daylightsavingtime • last monthsteemCreated with Sketch.Could Donald Trump Finally End America’s Twice Yearly Clock-Setting Nightmare?"Daylight Saving Time (DST) transitions," researchers wrote in Brain Sciences earlier this year, "act as a…thomaslknapp (57)in #fisa • last monthsteemCreated with Sketch.FISA Fail: A Good First Step, But Hold Off on the CelebrationOn June 11, the US House voted down --- on a bipartisan basis, with 19 Republicans joining most Democrats --- the…thomaslknapp (57)in #donaldtrump • last monthsteemCreated with Sketch.Rip Van Trumple Contradicts His Own Ballroom Argument"This event would never have happened with the Militarily Top Secret Ballroom currently under construction at the…thomaslknapp (57)in #donaldtrump • last monthsteemCreated with Sketch.We Don't Need AI to Tell Us Donald is a RedUS president Donald Trump, Reuters reports , is "looking into" a US government stake in leading artificial…thomaslknapp (57)in #florida • last monthsteemCreated with Sketch.Florida Property Tax Debate: The Right Answer is Always "Cut Government Spending"As I write this column, Florida legislators are hard at work on a measure to eliminate property taxes in the state.…thomaslknapp (57)in #nuclearfamily • last monthsteemCreated with Sketch.Tennessee Celebrates the New-Fangled “Nuclear Family”In mid-April, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed a legislative resolution designating June "Nuclear Family Month."…thomaslknapp (57)in #datacenters • 2 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.Data Center Panic Forgets the FutureFrom national politics down to local neighborhood discussion, America seems to be in full-blown moral panic about data…thomaslknapp (57)in #iran • 2 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.War With Iran, Phase Two: All Three Plausible Explanations Call for One Corrective ActionOn May 25, US president Donald Trump went back to war with Iran, launching strikes in the southern part of that…thomaslknapp (57)in #barackobama • 2 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.Charge Obama? Great Idea, But UnlikelyLast July, then US Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the formation of a "strike force" to investigate former…
