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James Ross Kelly lives in Northern California next to the Sacramento River. Mr. Kelly was a long-time resident of Southern Oregon where he grew up. And the Fires We Talked About published by Uncollected Press in 2020 is Mr. Kelly’s first book of fiction. In 2024 Mr. Kelly published his third book, "Above Neil Rock," a memoir.

2020 Is Not a Bad Year. Trump is a Bad President. | Rebecca Hamilton


We did not have to suffer through the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. It could have been stopped.President Obama worked with our allies and stopped a much more dangerous outbreak of Ebola. It took almost two years to get it done. We came close. But his competence and close partnership with the rest of the free world’s leaders saved us.George Bush II worked with our allies and closed down another much worse bug — the SARS virus. I’ve read descriptions of SARS as the bullet that whistled by humanity’s head.But Trump lied. Prevaricated. Lied. Held rallies. Lied. Blamed “liberals.” Lied.

Source: 2020 Is Not a Bad Year. Trump is a Bad President. | Rebecca Hamilton

Trump Is Losing His Mind – The Atlantic


The president is discussing martial law in the Oval Office, as his grip on reality falters…

During the past four years, the right-wing ecosystem became more and more rabid. Many prominent evangelical supporters of the president are either obsequious, like Franklin Graham, or delusional, like Eric Metaxas, and they now peddle their delusions as being written by God. QAnon and the Proud Boys, Newsmax and One America News, Alex Jones and Tucker Carlson—all have been emboldened.

Source: Trump Is Losing His Mind – The Atlantic

Zeke 34:15-16


15 I Myself will feed My flock and I Myself will [a]lead them to rest,” declares the Lord God. 16 “I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the broken, and strengthen the sick; but the fat and the strong I will eliminate. I will feed them with judgment. Amplified

Lest We Forget the Horrors: A Catalog of Trump’s Worst Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: The Complete Listing (So Far): Atrocities 1- 1,004 – McSweeney’s Internet Tendency


Early in President Trump’s term, McSweeney’s editors began to catalog the head-spinning number of misdeeds coming from his administration. We called this list a collection of Trump’s cruelties, collusions, and crimes, and it felt urgent then to track them, to ensure these horrors — happening almost daily — would not be forgotten.

Source: Lest We Forget the Horrors: A Catalog of Trump’s Worst Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: The Complete Listing (So Far): Atrocities 1- 1,004 – McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

House Democrat invokes Civil War 14th Amendment that would prevent 126 Republican Congressmen supporting the overturning of the Presidential election from being seated in Congress


14th Amendment

No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.

Pascrell issued a statement to House leaders publicly asking them to exercise this clause of the Constitution.

Source: House Democrat invokes Civil War amendment that would prevent 126 Republicans from being seated in Congress

Lincoln Project’s Steve Schmidt: American Democracy Was Deliberately Poisoned | Amanpour and Company – YouTube