IMPEACHMENT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED?

Published February 17, 2025 by Nan Mykel

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/19/trump-2020-campaign-selling-10-plastic-straws-for-15.html

–(And I thought we were supposed to quit using plastic straws!)
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Given that Trump immediately made hostile remarks and/or moves on several of our allies, signed executive orders on schools, the military, birth citizenship and…what more will be in the news today. the word suggesting impeachment has finally appeared. For detailed info about the reasons for impeachment in the US I’ll refer to Google.
Five broad categories of impeachment evidence:

1.EVIDENCE OF BIAS
2 EVIDENCE OF DEFECTS IN PERCEPTION AND RECALL
3 EVIDENCE OF BAD CHARACTER FOR TRUTHFULNESS
4. EVIDENCE OF PRIOR INCONSISTENT STATEMENTS
5. CONTRADICTION (One DAY TRUMP ANNOUNCED February AS black history month & almost immediately his directive doing away with special months was announced. Not cited as cause for impeachment by yours truly, but example of current level of governing.

PUT ANOTHER WAY,
Impeachable offenses
Culpable violation of the constitution.
Treason.
Bribery.
Graft and corruption.
Betrayal of Public Trust.
Other high crimes.
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After 11 Days 100,000 Had Already Signed a petition to ‘Impeach Trump Again”- The Guardian
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It is fairly well known that President Trump has a low opinion of military service personnel–At least the ones who were captured, died, etc. I was surprised, then, to read that He spoke so proudly of our military the other day in his rejection of trans individuals from our fighting force, defining them as not living up to the high standards of the military–

“Defending [Protecting?] Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government) shall apply to this order.”
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HRC files 2nd legal challenge to Trump’s anti-trans military ban: The lawsuit lays out precisely how Trump’s ban harms the lives of military members and their families (and hurts national defense as well). LGBTQNATION. ON HOLD?
By Daniel Villarreal Thursday, February 6, 2025
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REMINDER;

HRC – Human Resource Council

DOGE – Recently I saw on Google that The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, said in a post on social media it terminated 89 contracts totaling $881 million. DOGE, which billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk leads, also said it cut 29 diversity, equity and inclusion training grants worth $101 million. And by the way, you probably already know that Musk’s 19-year old acolyte known as Big Balls, has taken on new roles as a senior adviser at the State Department and at the Department of Homeland Security, raising concerns among some diplomats and others about his potential access to sensitive information (Yahoo news)

WILL THIS BE ONE OF THE DISCOVERIES castrated by our new version of “America?” See Scitechweekly.com:

Rice University bioengineers have developed a groundbreaking construction kit for building customizable sense-and-respond circuits in human cells, enabling them to detect disease signals and trigger precise therapeutic responses. This breakthrough in synthetic biology could revolutionize treatments for complex conditions like cancer and autoimmune diseases by creating “smart cells” that react in real time.

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NOTICE: I think I’m coming down with daymares, and I wonder which one will remain standing at the end of this act…Or who?

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OLD REFLECTION by Nan

The World Is Flat After All

Dubbed Democracy, it used to be

top of the line, the lead ship, at sea,

and on the land it served us well,

until the strains of its death knell

fell,

baring an underbelly swole

with all the pilfered things they stole

in broad daylight, and on t.v.!

Gone is the half-belief in he

who’ll take us safely to the shore

while staying steadfast to the core.

The compass nestles in the deep

while those on board remain asleep.

They used to say the earth was round,

that right makes might, but I found

that all I knew I now know not,

nor how to tell the truth from rot,

and not so sure that we’ll endure,

to make a safe arrival.

C@ Nan

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NOT A SURPRISE

I see today in the headlines that an effort is underway to impeach our president.

SHALL WE EAT CAKE, OR WHAT?

Published May 15, 2023 by Nan Mykel

“Let them eat cake” is the most famous quote attributed to Marie-Antoinette, the queen of France during the French Revolution. As the story goes, it was the queen’s response upon being told that her starving peasant subjects had no bread. Because cake is more expensive than bread, the anecdote has been cited as an example of Marie-Antoinette’s obliviousness to the conditions and daily lives of ordinary people. But did she ever actually utter those words? Probably not. From <https://www.britannica.com/story/did-marie-antoinette-really-say-let-them-eat-cake>HOWEVER, obviously the anecdote matched the feelings of many or it would not have trickled down to us.

The quote came to mind when reading about the jazza-ma-tazz of splurges in a number of high-rises, as revealed and commented upon by The Nation earlier this year: “Absurdly opulent offices defy the market’s gloom.” …Or would that be deny the market’s gloom?

“Take a look inside the most expensive home in the country, a penthouse in New York City’s Central Park Tower that is listed at $250 million.” While you’re at it you might like a nice purse at $10,200 dollars. You don’t have to bother with the battle against the homeless in downtown San Francisco or the attempt by the poor in New York to ban evictions (The Nation, April 2023). It all depends on where you look, where your attention is drawn, your own backyard.

If you look at the salaries of those lucky enough to have found a job, then the increase per hour might seem encouraging. On the other hand, if you’re looking at the homeless and others without work and impoverished education who compete with burgeoning technology, the situation is alarming/horrifying/sobering/grim. Free counseling from A.I. will never make up the shortfall.

Does every American have a right to a job? Since might makes right, it’s questionable in practice. Certainly the statement is not popular with most of the wealthy. The vision, however, is that a federal job guarantee could be transformational for our country. “The concept is about much more than just providing work and an income for people who are unemployed, as important as that is. A job guarantee will help us rebuild our country, go a long way toward ending economic insecurity, improve mental health, and create a stronger sense of community. It will create a much healthier and happier America.” Perhaps you guessed that the words are from Bernie Sanders in The Nation March, 2023. (Of course, undoing the Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling which changed corporations into people and permitted the massive buying of elections. One corporation against Mr. or Mrs. John Q. Public? Unspeakable and destructive, as we’re seeing and feeling it today.

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Gun deaths among American children rose 50 percent between 2019 and 2021, from 1,732 to 2,590, according to a report by the Pew Research Center. Gun deaths among all Americans rose 23 percent during that period. Male castration fears continue to rule in most states, at the cost of neighbors’ lives.

In many states will forced childbirth not replace them, population-wise? Excuse my bitterness. I’m not sure but I may have homeschooled if my young’uns were school age now.

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Why don’t conservatives want children to be upset about the world they live in? A 63-year old psychology teacher in Florida gave his 11th and 12th grade students an assignment to write their own obituary in order to inspire reflection on how they want to move forward with their lives. A super idea, in my opinion. Did his assignment result in more mature students able to contribute to our world? Are you kidding? He was fired. (The Week April 21, 2023)

If you’re not following her…

Published June 30, 2017 by Nan Mykel

Begin following the Diane Ravitch Blog. Tomorrow she turns 79. I stumbled across her a couple of years ago and have been reading her ever since. Can’t imagine what would happen without her blog.

Arizona: Acute Teacher Shortage, 22% of Teachers Not Fully Qualified

Published June 24, 2017 by Nan Mykel

Getting worse under DeVos

Diane Ravitch's blog

After years of underfunding public education and diverting money to charters and vouchers, Arizona is coping with an acute teacher shortage.

“On a Saturday in late April, Principal Theresa Nickolich gave her best recruiting pitch to every person who walked in the door.

“Come teach at Clarendon Elementary School in the Osborn School District, she told the candidates at the job fair.

“You’ll be part of a system that will support you. You’ll feel like family in a professional environment built up over years of strong leadership. You will be an anchor of stability for children in need, many of them poor.

“You will have a rewarding career. You will change lives.

“But across from Nickolich stood both her biggest recruiting challenge and an emblem of one of the biggest crises facing public education in Arizona.

“Almost no qualified applicants walked in.

“It was the last job fair of the…

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