How Much Longer Will We Have a Constitution?

By Michael Woyton We don’t have to imagine a country where a woman in one state can receive safe, effective and legal reproductive health care but if she travels a couple of states away she may not be able to receive the same care. The United States Supreme Court made that decision in 2022 andContinue reading “How Much Longer Will We Have a Constitution?”

Arrested Milwaukee Judge Says She’s Immune from Prosecution

By Michael Woyton A Milwaukee County judge, who was arrested after being accused of helping an undocumented immigrant get away from ICE, filed a motion Wednesday to have her case dismissed. Judge Hannah Dugan, who was indicted by a federal grand jury for obstructing an official proceeding and concealing a person from arrest, is citingContinue reading “Arrested Milwaukee Judge Says She’s Immune from Prosecution”

SMDH Today: Bluesky Edition

By Michael Woyton Things that made me, well, shake my damn head. It’s amazing that he’s still alive, isn’t it? — — — — — Subscribe to On Second Thought for free: — — — — — The felon-in-chief knows they can’t vote, right? Or is that next? — — — — — I’m beginningContinue reading “SMDH Today: Bluesky Edition”

West Point Prof Resigns, Says Academy Has Been Undermined

By Michael Woyton A professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point has resigned citing policies issued by President Donald J. Felon. Graham Parsons, a philosophy professor at the academy for 13 years, wrote about his reasons in a New York Times opinion column Thursday. He said he assumed that the leaders ofContinue reading “West Point Prof Resigns, Says Academy Has Been Undermined”

‘We Are All Afraid, Okay?’: Senator

By Michael Woyton It’s pretty head turning when an elected official in the federal government says something that many of us have been thinking lately. Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican who’s been in public service for decades, spoke Monday to a leadership summit in Anchorage and was asked by someone, “What do you haveContinue reading “‘We Are All Afraid, Okay?’: Senator”

Felon Pardons People Who Rioted for Him

By Michael Woyton Anybody else’s head still spinning from yesterday? I know mine is. We knew that Inauguration Day would eventually get here, but it was still sobering to think that adjudicated convicted felon and adjudicated rapist Donald Trump actually swore to defend the Constitution of the United States.  That counts as his first officialContinue reading “Felon Pardons People Who Rioted for Him”

Trump Nominates Former Inmate & More: This and That

By Michael Woyton Another fine upstanding nominee from the convicted felon and adjudicated rapist was announced Wednesday. Peter Navarro, fresh out of prison for refusing to comply with a subpoena from Congress about the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots, was tagged Wednesday by Donald Trump to be a senior counselor for trade and manufacturing. ThatContinue reading “Trump Nominates Former Inmate & More: This and That”