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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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We currently have 21 tents up at the Church of the Nomadic Spirit.
We currently have 21 tents up at the Church of the Nomadic Spirit. I was watching a news video out of Seattle. It was of a community of housed people living next to unhoused people. The housed people actually sounded really understanding. One man said that he was willing to share the space but…
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My position on eliminating the need for a concealed carry permit in Ohio
I think I’m a fan of removing the requirement for needing a permit to carry a concealed gun that is coming to Ohio in June. It gives low income people access to this ability. They still have to pass the background check. THAT SAID, I believe a lot of people deeply misunderstand what “stand your…
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Street Rules Reform
I like working on the street. I like the people. I like the excitement. I like being street smart. But this “no snitching ever” policy is beginning to infuriate me. When your boyfriend abducts you while holding 2 guns after repeatedly, severly beating you and then goes on to shoot another person in the head…
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Sage Against The Machine Podcast – Episode 79
Murderous violence You can listen to the audio here: Sage Against The Machine Podcast Archive If you have missed any shows they are now archived in a podcast. You can check them out on my blog. Or you can get them on your favorite podcasting platform. Sage Against The Machine on Spotify Sage Against The…
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Difficult Truths
My Communist friends will be sad to know this truth: most homeless people are very conservative… both black and white. They often exhibit racist and homophobic characteristics… and sex offenders, forget about it. They ALL hate sex offenders. My Conservative friends will be sad to know this truth: Most homeless people want to be just…
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A New Police Officer In Town
Since the beginning of creating homeless tent villages I’ve been very open to working with the police. We often want the same things: Less violence on the streets. We aren’t a place to hide anyone from the law… especially people that burn down buildings and try to outright kill people. There are a few…
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A Reason I’m Thankful Dan Horrigan Shut Down Our Tent Village
Having the mayor of the 5th largest city in Ohio write an op-ed condemning you for trying to help his homeless situation with private land and private funds would be comical if it weren’t actually short-sighted, ignorant and a huge missed opportunity. That said, there are several reasons I’m thankful Dan Horrigan shut down…
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Sage Against The Machine Podcast – Episode 78
What Margo Summerville did to Russ Neal on Akron City Council is a modern day lynching. They politically lynched Russ Neal. You can listen to the audio here: Sage Against The Machine Podcast Archive If you have missed any shows they are now archived in a podcast. You can check them out on my blog.…
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LOOK AT THAT LITTLE BABY!
I only know 2 things: That’s our friend Aubrey. And that’s her new baby. Aubrey is the first homeless person I’ve worked with that decided to choose adoption. So I’ve never really thought about the process much until now. But what a beautiful gift adoption is. It’s the ultimate form of giving. A mom is…
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I have now evicted at least 5 homeless people from housing
I am in the process of evicting yet another homeless person (this time a homeless woman) from housing that we offer specifically for homeless people. I wanted to talk about this because I’m continually hearing about how housing is the answer to ending homelessness. That’s what the advocates say. Get more housing and we’ll end…
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Comparing Josiah Ingalls’ Camp Haven Sanctuary to the Church of the Nomadic Spirit Garden
I saw this article about Josiah Ingalls’ Camp Haven. I had never heard of him before. But I was SO excited to hear that he’s doing this work. This video is a comparison of his camp to my camp. Here’s the article for reference: https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgm3qx/texas-banned-homeless-encampments-so-a-guy-made-one-on-his-property
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Sage Against The Machine Podcast – Episode 77
Addiction and Risk Taking You can listen to the audio here: Sage Against The Machine Podcast Archive If you have missed any shows they are now archived in a podcast. You can check them out on my blog. Or you can get them on your favorite podcasting platform. Sage Against The Machine on Spotify Sage…
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MY CURRENT THINKING ON HATEFUL COMMENTORS
(I posted this on Facebook. But it applies here. I’ve turned off commenting altogether because people create fake accounts and comment here.) I’ve always wanted people to have their say on what I discuss. I understand that the actions and ideas I present are controversial in some circles. And clearly the entire topic of homelessness…
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My son increased his ACT score from 17 to 22
My son increased his ACT score from 17 to 22. He’s a junior. I think if he can get it to 24 he’ll qualify for a free ride to University of Akron. (but my wife always makes a point that cost is not the priority for where our son goes to college.) We probably spent…
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Sage Against The Machine Podcast – Episode 76
Every Single System is Evil and Corrupt You can listen to the audio here: Sage Against The Machine Podcast Archive If you have missed any shows they are now archived in a podcast. You can check them out on my blog. Or you can get them on your favorite podcasting platform. Sage Against The Machine…
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Sage Against The Machine Podcast – Episode 75
American Homelessness is a Humanitarian Crisis Covered Up by the Government and HUD and local Continuums of Care. You can listen to the audio here: Sage Against The Machine Podcast Archive If you have missed any shows they are now archived in a podcast. You can check them out on my blog. Or you can…
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I. WILL. NOT. STOP.
This photo was taken on April 2, 2021. That’s just over a year ago. That means that our Garden Tent Village has been up and running for 1 full year. Our first village ran for 2 full years. So we’ll see if we can beat that record until the City of Akron shuts us down…
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Bureaucrats will never solve homelessness
The main problem with addressing the growing tragedy of homelessness due to extreme evictions and exploding rent prices is that it is bureaucrats, and social workers who are being tasked with solving the problem. Business people have their own problems. But some of their strengths are innovation and radical transformation. The business world needs to…
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams has leveled 239 of the 244 homeless encampments identified in the city.
Here’s a picture of a homeless man (Michael Rodriguez, who has been living under a raised section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway for the past two years) desperately grabbing a few more of his belongings as the City of New York enacts their inhumane Nazi-esque sweep of 239 encampments in their city. So far, Mayor Eric…
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We Were At The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Yesterday
YOU NEED TO KNOW that I will NEVER quit fighting for the fundamental human rights of American homeless citizens. They are experiencing a humanitarian torture, cruelty and murder on par with the bloody nightmare of African American slavery and Native American genocide. YOU NEED TO KNOW that America has a barbaric side that will gladly…
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I’m a “Trouble” Spot
My wife is donating her older mace to a homeless woman. It’s still good. But she decided to get a fresh one. Violence is absolutely on an upswing right now with my homeless friends. Both men and women are being attacked. We had 5 outside men roll through our camp this past week. They attacked…
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Sage Against The Machine Podcast – Episode 74
Broken systems and are you addicted? You can listen to the audio here: Sage Against The Machine Podcast Archive If you have missed any shows they are now archived in a podcast. You can check them out on my blog. Or you can get them on your favorite podcasting platform. Sage Against The Machine on…
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Trying To Give You A Glimpse Into The Mind Of A Homeless Person
This is a wonderful article about the homeless men that were recently murdered by another homeless man:https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/21/nyregion/homeless-men-killed.html I am an ok writer. But I wish I was a great writer so I could better express to you the swirling life of confusion, ghosts, depression, anxiety, trauma, fear of many homeless people. It’s like a thick,…
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I Need You To Believe
Do you ever think that maybe it wasn’t God who made us in his image, maybe it was US that made God in OUR image? As I run for mayor over the next year I have made a pact with myself to try to be as positive and hopeful as I can possibly be. At…
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Sage Against The Machine Podcast – Episode 73
I made this video an hour ago and I have no idea what we talked about. You can listen to the audio here: Sage Against The Machine Podcast Archive If you have missed any shows they are now archived in a podcast. You can check them out on my blog. Or you can get them…
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I Will Enact Affirmative Action As Mayor of Akron Ohio
The systemic, flagrant, crushing racism SPECIFICALLY against Black people in Akron Ohio is baked into our very DNA. We’ve been racist since the beginning. Because of that, we have a HUGE amount of unwinding and healing to do to help our Black Akron neighbors even begin to start in a place of equality with everyone…
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Dan Horrigan Believes Democrats that Care About Things Are Communists.
This is what City of Akron, Ohio – Mayor’s Office thinks of Democrats that care about things like fresh air, equity and justice, livable wages and affordable housing. COMMUNISTS!!! That’s from this article:https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/03/16/ohio-big-city-mayors-kept-active-text-message-commentary/9441788002/ This election is mine to lose. That’s all I have to say. This guy should be SO easy to beat. But because…
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City of Akron’s Budget Was $8.5 million SHORT!
The City of Akron can’t even balance their budget without the bailout of the ARPA funds.
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Blake More and his company: CNE Electrical Contractors Just Installed at Brand New Electrical Panel at the Houseless Movement House.
This right here, ladies and gentlemen, 2 electricians who came to the Houseless Movement house to install a BRAND NEW 200 AMP electrical panel so that we can keep the people who stay with us in tents and tiny houses warm. This is ALL thanks to Blake More and his company: CNE Electrical Contractors. They…
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Truth To Power Is As American As It Gets
There is a good article today in the Beacon Journal about working at the Romig Road Amazon warehouse. I personally know several people that work there. They all have said they like it. They all said they like the 3 12 hour shifts they work a week. That allows them to work another job. They…
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