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The Ballad of Washington vs. Chicago
🎺 “Hail the Chief,” they holler loud,POTUS points at Chi-town’s crowd.“March the tanks by Wrigley Field,The pizza’s ours, the city yields!” 🥁 VPOTUS bangs a rebel drum,Declares the Confederates have come.But instead of Dixie’s dusty roads,It’s Lake Shore Drive with traffic cones. 🚁 “Deploy the jets!” the orders fly,Over Navy Pier, hot dogs sigh.The skyline ducks, the seagulls squawk,But…
I want to be very clear about why it's important to protest what's going on in Portland. In America, we're supposed to have this little thing called "the rule of law". This is how it works: law enforcement officers obtain probable cause, which they demonstrate to a judge, who then signs a warrant. When the police arrest a suspect, they identify themselves as police and explain the charges. The suspect is informed of their rights and is placed into a marked police vehicle for transport. The case is then adjudicated through the court system. That is not what's happening in Portland. Nameless, badge-less agents are grabbing people off the streets essentially at random, throwing them into unmarked cars, and driving them to a secondary location. No warrants. No arrests. No charges. These agents do not wear identification and it is impossible to tell what agency, if any, they belong to. They are uninvited, unwanted interlopers, who are completely ignoring the rule of law. Imagine you're a young woman in downtown Portland, walking home after a long day of exercising your First Amendment rights. An unmarked van screeches to a stop beside you, and 3 dudes in camouflage jump out, grab you, and shove you into their van. They put a bag over your head and drive off. You have no idea who they are or why they've taken you. Are they federal agents? Military? Far-right militia? Human traffickers? Ransomers? They don't explain what's going on. They don't charge you with a crime, because you haven't committed one. Once they've sufficiently terrorized you, they let you go. This is not the sort of thing that happens in a free society. This is what happens in authoritarian regimes. The governor of Oregon is outraged. The mayor of Portland is outraged. The state legislature is outraged. The Attorney General of Oregon has already filed a lawsuit to try and stop what are, quite literally, extrajudicial kidnappings. I realize that this sounds like an exaggeration, but it's not. Please stand up and speak out. Let the people of #Portland know that we have their backs. This is not normal. This is not okay.
Almost half of our people voted for a man who said himself that "(if elected) I would do a coup d'état at the same day" and that "Through the vote you won't change anything in this country. It's only going to change when we start a civil war in here and do the job the dictatorship didn't, killing about 30,000 people. If inocent people are going to die, that's okay." These are literally his words, brazilians are using their freedom to lose it. Please pray for our country.
The Body Remembers: How Grief Wreaks Havoc on Human Health
When death strikes close, the wound is not only emotional. The human body, built to withstand storms of nature and hunger, is far less prepared for the silent trauma of grief. Scientists and physicians increasingly recognize what mourners have always known: losing someone you love can break you physically as surely as it breaks the heart. One of the most documented effects is on the…
The Fence and the Fire: A Life in Activism and Exile
Dateline: October 28, 2025By: Cliff Potts Introduction This is the story of a lifetime spent fighting back — against ignorance, against greed, against the creeping shadow of fascism. From a fence in the mountains of Peru to the streets of Chicago, from Bible tracts to witchcraft, from Occupy to exile, it’s all the same struggle: the battle for human dignity.I’m not famous. I never wanted to be.…
The GOP’s Uneasy Relationship With Democracy
Dateline — September 7, 2025 When Utah Senator Mike Lee declared in 2020 that “democracy isn’t the objective,” critics recoiled at what seemed to be a stunning admission from a sitting U.S. senator. Five years later, his words continue to reverberate, not only because of their blunt dismissal of democracy as an ideal, but because they echo a growing undercurrent within the Republican Party that…
Emerging Platform EndFascism.xyz Offers Hope for Global Democratic Renewal
In an era marked by rising authoritarianism and polarized politics, a nascent online platform, https://endfascism.xyz, is poised to become a beacon for those seeking to safeguard democracy worldwide. Launched recently, the site is in its infancy but presents a promising framework for educating and mobilizing citizens against the creeping threat of fascism. If utilized wisely, the resources and…
Learn the difference
...Between patriotism and having emotional support fascism
