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Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….

White House Drafts Executive Order for Indefinite Detention | TPM LiveWire – The last thing we should be doing is “normalizing and institutionalizing indefinite detention.” This is an era that I hope we will look back at with shame.

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18 hours ago

"Nearly 150,000 mail ballots rejected in California’s primary despite efforts to count every vote"

The AP headline's headline should read (since it's largely what's in the story):

"California mail voting rules worked, 150K ballots rejected"

Trump objections have always been "votes come in late and still count, anyone can send in a ballot" etc. The article makes it clear California is preventing that, despite the headline.

#mailballot #mailvote #votebymail

https://apnews.com/article/california-primary-rejected-mail-ballots-voting-2291684fe4544cab2301f8965abc8f79

3 days ago

Garlic-Parmesan Melting Potatoes https://hill-kleerup.org/blog/margie/garlic-parmesan-melting-potatoes.html

6 days ago

At the #CUBoulder #Colorado #Shakespeare Festival world premiere of David Davolos' "Friends | Romans | Countrymen," sharing a set with their "Julius Caesar" production.

#csf #theater

6 days ago

Went to The #Odyssey last night. Had a great time seeing an ambitious movie that largely pays off on what it's trying to do. Worth seeing.

#movies #moviereview

https://hill-kleerup.org/blog/2026/07/19/movie-review-the-odyssey-2026.html

7 days ago

Now, all of a sudden, #Trump is concerned about #airquality ? No, he's only concerned about looking like The Biggest Bully on the Block. Also, the biggest idiot.

#fires #climatechange #airpollution #smoke

1 week ago

The #Trump administration has finally come up with an odd rationale for banning #windfarms : they confuse radar, so drones can sneak past them and do drone things, so clearly they are an existential #nationalsecurity risk.

Next up: "You know, when drones fly just above trees in national forests, it confuses radar, so ..."

https://gizmodo.com/pentagon-says-drones-can-hide-in-wind-farms-freezing-155-wind-projects-2000787068

1 week ago

Cheesy Zucchini Casserole https://hill-kleerup.org/blog/margie/cheesy-zucchini-casserole.html

2 weeks ago

I am not a fancy-talking diplomat or politician, but this sure looks like a shake-down to me -- basically, charging all shipping through the Strait of Hormuz a 20% tariff to pay for the costs of keeping the Strait open which were largely necessitated by Trump's actions in the first place.

Must be nice to have a great big navy to extort people with.

#trump #hormuz #usnavy #iran

2 weeks ago

Strawberries Romanoff https://hill-kleerup.org/blog/margie/strawberries-romanoff.html

2 weeks ago

#Trump continues to fire anyone who's not a zealous supporter or deep-pocket contributor, as enabled by #SCOTUS. In this installment, he's basically emptied out the #ElectionAssistanceCommission leadership. That "independent" agency certifies voting machines, maintains the national mail voter registration form, etc.

Gee, why would he be doing that just a few months before a critical #midterm?

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-terminates-election-assistance-commission-members-2026-07-10/

2 weeks ago

Getting things, and people, and places mixed up is, I speak from experience, a not-so-early sign of some form of #dementia.

Recalling the dictum that everything about Team #Trump, including the boss, is about #projection, it's illuminating how much effort they put into asserting Biden's mental unfitness and how it was being covered up by his cronies and power-mad hangers-on.

https://crooksandliars.com/2026/07/trump-mixes-zelenskyy-putin-japan-and-iran

2 weeks ago

A good friend of mine spent several patient minutes explaining, procedurally, how Trump's call could have had no effect on the re-evaluation of #Balogun's red card.

Even granting that, the stench of corruption around both #Trump and #FIFA make even ultimately disproven accusations seem credible.

Ironically, the best thing that happened to the US #Soccer Team was losing the Belgium, as any overall wins would have been tainted by Trump's inappropriate actions.

#worldcup #football

3 weeks ago

"Will no one rid my team of this troublesome Red Card?"

The #Trump claim that he didn't tell #FIFA what to do regarding #Balogun doesn't pass the laugh test. *Making the call* is influencing. As he well knows.

But, then Trump is an entitled brat who exercises power -- hard and soft -- without a care for how it looks, just so long as he gets what he wants.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/07/06/trumps-request-before-reprieve-us-star-casts-pall-over-world-cup-match/

3 weeks ago

Blue Cheese and Basil Dip https://hill-kleerup.org/blog/margie/blue-cheese-and-basil-dip.html

3 weeks ago

How incredibly fragile #MikeJohnson 's sense of citizenship must be if folk who look or sound or act differently from him being still considered citizens weakens the meaning of being an American.

Frankly, I find Johnson himself more of an insult to what means for me to be an #Americam #citizen than some kid born here of unlawful immigrants.

"Mike Johnson says Congress should look at birthright citizenship bill" https://share.google/ZHqHXXwROV1ivAmmh

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