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Master List: Authoritarian and Anti-Constitutional Actions by Donald Trump (2025)
The last update to this was on May 24, 2025. Let me know if I forget to add to it. This post is a rolling chronicle of executive orders, proclamations, federal memoranda, and allied state-level initiatives that legal scholars, journalists, and watchdog groups have flagged as authoritarian, unconstitutional, or corrosive to democratic norms since President
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Magic Housing Unicorn
There’s a high profile homelessness “expert” who is against these tiny houses that are popping up all over the country for homeless people. Barbara Poppe, who coordinated federal homelessness policy for most of Barack Obamas presidency, said she believes the development of slums is a real risk and that some of the ramshackle camps used
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What the hell just happened?
I can make no promises as to what is about to be vomited on this page or if I’ll have the energy to clean it up afterwards. I guess shock is a good word. I’m still in shock. Last week, I and many incredibly hard working homeless people dismantled everything we created over the last
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My “Big Heart”
I always cringe a little when people tell me I have a “big heart.” It’s something I hear fairly regularly. But it’s definitely not how I see myself. When they say it I imagine Forest Gump. A well meaning mentally challenged individual. It is also always followed by advice on how I need to counteract
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#10 – Today we die
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God who raises the dead
It’s hard to compete with the writings of a guy like Paul. Hell, it’s hard to compete with any of the great leaders of humanity. I feel like a tool when I compare my writings and thoughts to someone like Martin Luther King Jr. His understanding of philosophy and religion crush my own. And then
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Standing Up To Bullies
I went to bed with this message ringing in my head last night: I suspect this person didn’t care for my piece on where I stood with drug dealers. This message amuses me because it was a rather big deal for me to take the public stand I did in that post. I told these
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Fighting 21st Century Homelessness with 19th Century Tools
If you haven’t checked it out, I HIGHLY recommend Dan Carlin’s podcast, “Hardcore History.” You can pick any of them. They are all great. When I think of how society treats homelessness today it reminds me very much of how much of the world went into fighting World War I. Blueprint for Armageddon I is
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Drug Dealers: We need to talk
I think there is a good chance I would have been a drug dealer if I had been born into a different situation. Drug dealers are ambitious, driven and like the action. That’s me. And honestly, that’s the American culture. Get money at any cost. We had slaves because it made more money. We have
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The Conundrum of the Drowning at the Rio Grande
I’ve gotten to hear two sermons recently. This Sunday and last. That’s novel for me, considering I haven’t listened to a sermon in many months. Our friend, Holly, took us to her church during our trip to Boston: Old Cambridge Baptist Church. And I just watched the live stream of the Medina United Church of
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Self Hatred
I think people believe I do the homeless work I do because I am somehow a better person than most. In reality, I do this work because I feel like a worse person than most. I spend my life trying to do things that will make others respect me and loved ones be proud of
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Austin Texas: A MAJOR WIN FOR HOMELESS HUMAN RIGHTS
People are pissed. I don’t need to quote any social media comments for you to imagine how people feel about Austin Texas’ new law which would permit the city’s homeless population to sleep or camp in any public area. There’s a picture of a tire store that has homeless people’s stuff in front of it:
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#9 – I thought about quitting this week
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Hanging out with prostitutes
There are a couple reasons I enjoy spending time with prostitutes. First, they often lift my spirits. Their job is to make a person feel better. It’s a skill that is actually quite rare and not as easy as you might think. They are just good at making people feel good. For the record: I
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Mayor Horrigan Says NO ONE Should Be Homeless in Akron Ohio
We are never going to get off the dime if we can’t break down the issue of homelessness in Akron Ohio. The position of Mayor Horrigan’s office is that no one needs to live in a tent in Akron Ohio. We are unlike all other cities in America because we have housing for any homeless
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#8 – About Hate
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So ya want to save the world, here’s some tips
One of the more embarrassing and amusing aspects of doing this homeless work is I honestly believed the city was going to thank me. I thought they’d come by and say something like, “there are some things we like and there are some things we don’t like, but thank you for contributing to this challenging
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#7 – The Rabbit Hole
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“When the truth offends we lie”
I’d like to suggest you get HBO Now. It’s the streaming version of HBO. You can watch it on your phone, tablet, Roku, Apple TV or however else you like to stream tv. Just cancel Netflix for a month and get HBO Now. It’s $15 with a 7 day free trial. You can catch up
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#6 – Why talk about pedophiles
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Pedophiles
Well, well, well. I seem to have hit a nerve. A person told me that if I was going to support pedophiles then they were no longer going to support me. I didn’t realize that I was only permitted to care for socially acceptable people in need. Pedophiles are likely the most hated people in
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Akron: The Recovery City
Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in Akron in 1935. Founders Day this year is June 7, 8, & 9, 2019 Akron, Ohio. Akron is known world-wide as the birthplace of A.A. Akronite, Dr. Bob Smith’s last drink was on June 10, 1935 (a beer to steady his hand for surgery), and this is considered by members
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Underneath the addiction
I can’t truly understand what being homeless is like. I can only imagine being in a tent with absolutely nowhere else to go. No friends. No family. No money. Nothing. That tent is your last life raft on planet earth. I can only imagine the fear and anger and worry that time in your life
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#5 – Holy Cow!
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#4 – the Golden Retriever
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#3 – my motivation
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It is CRITICAL We Elect Pastor Gregory Harrison For Mayor of Akron on May 7
We held a meet the candidates event last night. The entire conversation can be seen here: https://www.facebook.com/sagelewis71/videos/10161537026385104/ The people on the stage were Tara Samples running for re-election of Ward 5. Tammy Cummings running for Ward 7 and then Pastor Gregory Harrison who is running for mayor of Akron. All 3 people are truly impressive
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#2 – Trouble
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#1 – Why
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Summit County Democrats Are Insane With Power
In Akron you must always remember the saying: Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Summit County Democrats have so much power and so little counter balance they are now turning on themselves. There are currently sending out vindictive letters about 3 Democrats that the party has determined are not Democrats at all. What they mean
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Don’t Let Money Win The Akron Primary Election an May 7, 2019
Come join me for a Meet the Akron Candidates Event this Friday at 6pm. I LOVE local politics. All politics is local. If you can change things on the local level then you can change politics at the state and national level. I am here to tell you: Money controls ALL Akron politics right now. The
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