Hurray! Yoo-hoo! Wow!
Democrats have been out wildly celebrating our US election results. It has been quite a wipeout!
Yes, I voted a straight Democratic ticket and am glad that we won. But I'm not out celebrating yet since so much work still remans to be done. We cannot rest on our laurels for more than 2 minutes before rolling up our sleeves to pitch in once again. Nothing lasts forever, so to keep this Democratic sweep going on a while longer, we now have to continue talking to everyone, keep on voting, keep on contributing funds, and do whatever else we need to do. FDR's original New Deal lasted about 5 years from 1933 to 1938. We Democrats need to keep the momentum going even longer now for our new New Deal.
Trumpism must never be allowed to arise ever again.
Donald Trump says he's not done yet, with 2 years still left in his term, vowing to stick around even after that, not planning to go anywhere.
Meanwhile, rather than being preoccupied with tedious matters of everyday governance, Mr. Trump has been quite busy lately, personally pointing out all the trees he is ordering to have removed from the DC municipal golf course, despite court orders for him to stop. Ignoring a restraining order for him to desist and to halt all tree removal, he just had 430 trees cut down over a single weekend, with plans to cut even 70 more, some 500 trees now all gone. It takes only minutes to cut down a tree, but even decades to actually grow another.
This golf course is Trump's major presidential priority right now, even though national park repairs are way behind schedule and he is taking funds from other authorized programs to actually revamp his own favorite local golf course. Trump definitely plans to stay around Washington to keep on interfering with the government, even after leaving office, and especially to continue telling other Republicans just how to vote, so he'll still be out playing golf right there on the municipal course.
Yes, Mr. Trump really enjoys golf; it relaxes him and he's actually a pretty good player. He just doesn't like seeing so darn many trees all around there. Trump's golf game is his current presidential priority. He's already decked out the oval office all in gold leaf, so revamping the DC public golf course is next. He'd even like to close the local golf course and its surrounding park to completely redo everything there exactly to his own satisfaction, just like he's done at the White House, and he really doesn't give a hoot that a very annoying federal judge has ordered him to stop. Who does she think she is? What is that silly judge going to do now, put the US president in jail? That's a laugh. What a joke! The president is simply going full speed ahead right now with cutting down even more trees, turning them all into mulch and sawdust. No more trees. With so many trees already gone, it's already a done deal, so just forget all about that pesky old judge!
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The Washington Post
The Trump administration is considering a major reorganization of the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, according to internal documents.
So, here's another priority on Donald Trump's own personal agenda, probably just to get rid of Fish and Wildlife altogether.
I have a daughter recently dismissed from Fish & Wildlife for trying to start a labor union there. Trump certainly doesn't want any federal unions emerging on his watch. No siree!
Facebook, Republican Rep. Thomas Massie introduced articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on the House floor on Monday afternoon.
Mr. Hegseth, elevated by Trump far beyond his experience and intellectual capabilities, is an actual war criminal, finally facing a reckoning from a member of the Republican Party.
What is President Trump going to do now about Mr. Hegseth?
I wouldn't be surprised if Trump just throws Hegseth right under the bus.
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Another question:
Who will be Trump's presidential successor in the Republican Party and who do the Democrats now have to offer? It would be great to finally have a woman president, but no women have emerged so far. Maybe trying for a woman would be a bridge too far even for most Democrats right now, who really need to win the presidency next time. Of course, they always want to win, but this next time is super-important to put the final nail in the coffin of Trumpism. Democratic frontrunners soon need to emerge.
There are 2 current Republican presidential front-runners. Their photos appear above, Senator Marco Rubio who has 4 children, as does his probable party rival, Vice President JD Vance. Rubio speaks Spanish, which is a plus, but Vance does not. Vance is only 42, while Rubio is now 55. Vance is a Catholic convert, while Rubio grew up in that faith, then later explored Mormonism and joined the Southern Baptists before returning to the Catholic church. I myself am Catholic, but not particularly observant except when I am in Latin America, where the Catholic church is still part of the culture, though not as much, even there, as before.
Perhaps 15 years ago, on a flight between Florida and Washington, DC, when returning to the US from Honduras, where I've always conducted an annual mission, I sat across the aisle from Mr. Rubio, then a US senator, just chatting there with him in both English and Spanish. I've never voted for a Republican and maybe never will. But I'd have to see who the Democrats come up with first before making up my mind. But back when Rubio and I were talking, he had then impressed me quite favorably, and I also noted that he was flying coach, just like all the rest of us.
Rubio says Trump's war against Iran not 'necessarily popular' but needed to stop a nuclear threat.
I would completely disagree. There was no nuclear threat from Iran until we provoked it by attacking that nation for no apparent reason. We might just as easily and more fruitfully have extended Iran an olive branch. Unfortunately, Donald Trump, our increasingly failing and completely befuddled US president, just heeding bad advice from Israel's leader, Bibi Netanyahu, had then thoughtlessly and impulsively started a war now proving very difficult to exit. Donald Trump, since he is unfortunately our president now, needs a minder with him to prevent or correct mistakes.
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Here now is a comment that just came into my feed. Namrta Sha and her husband Raj were Peace Corps volunteers with me in Honduras several years ago, sometime between 2000 and 2003, during my 3 1/2 years there as a health volunteer (an extended volunteer term). Her mother-in-law has just died and Namrta has posted a tribute to her on Facebook; Namrta's husband had already died some years before.
Dear Ba,
Twenty eight years ago on July 11, 1998, I gained another mother by marrying your son, Raj. Little did I know at the time, how much I would learn from you that would help me survive after the death of Raj. Watching you over the years live on your own after Papa died taught me so much. Independent, you never wanted to be a burden to your kids or anyone. Your resourcefulness, I admired the most. If something broke you figured out a way to fix it.
Yes, I just sent Namrta (or Nina, as we called her back then) a message on Facebook, now after all these years.
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Here's a recent assignment, presumably for Spanish medical interpretation, which was my gig back in DC. But I never was paid less than $35 per hour, sometimes even $45, so only $30 would be a reduction. That doesn't really seem to be enough. Or are we now actually in a recession?
| Location | Washington, DC 20005 (2.46 miles from you) |
| Date and Time | Mon, 9 Nov 2026 12:00 PM EST |
| Price & Payment Terms | Hourly rate of $30.00 for a maximum of 4.00 hours
Paid 7 days after approval |
| Eligibility | 0 Mandatory Requirements** |
This next one doesn't mention payment. In any case, I am no longer available.
Spanish interpreter needed in Washington 11/12
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Good morning,
Are you available for a job in Washington, DC 20020 for 11/12/26 at 9:00 AM for 2 hours 30 minutes? Job #1895587
Kind regards,
Valeria Quinones
Language Specialist, Onsite ServiLanguageLine SolutioE-mail: Onsite@languageline==========================================================================Nofor ///// bit of local history ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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Because of its strategic location and vital armory, where weapons were once stored, Harpers Ferry changed hands many times during the Civil War. Here below is a vista of Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, adjacent to neighboring Charles Town where abolitionist John Brown was hanged. Charles Town is located only 42 miles right from where my son and I live now.
This was John Brown's fort in Harper's Ferry.
John Brown was
was hanged on December 2, 1859, in Charles Town, Virginia (now West Virginia), following his conviction for treason, murder, and inciting a slave insurrection.
- John Brown's Raid (1859): Charles Town is famous as the site of abolitionist John Brown's raid on the U.S. Armory and Arsenal, a pivotal event that fueled tensions leading up to the American Civil War. You can also visit John Brown's Fort, as well as the armory, in neighboring Harper's Ferry, West Virginia.
- Civil War Battleground: Because of its strategic location and armory, Harper's Ferry changed hands numerous times during the Civil War.
- "John Brown's Body" is a marching song about the abolitionist John Brown, a tune quite popular with the Union army throughout the Civil War.
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