Trump’s open contempt for the Constitution, due process, and basic human rights isn’t ignorance. It’s autocracy—hiding behind lawyers and weaponizing fear to erode liberty.

By Dr. John Petrone – USAF Veteran, Former H.S. Teacher & Principal, Associate Professor, Citizen Defender of Democracy

Gutting Earth systems research in a time of escalating climate chaos isn’t just negligence—it’s willful sabotage.

Global crises fester as Donald Trump holds the world economy hostage—because chaos is his currency and cruelty is his brand.

And I am Outraged!

Today, the soul of America roared!

ENOUGH!

My immigrant family served in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. My uncle was MIA in Korea. I served during the Cold War. Trump dodged the draft—and dares to call himself a patriot.

A draft-dodging demagogue wants to wrap himself in the flag and roll tanks through D.C.—not to honor the military, but to hijack it for his own authoritarian fantasy.

The tariffs weren’t about China. They weren’t about policy. They were about profit. While Trump threatened economic collapse, his allies shorted the market—then bought the rebound.

Legislated Voter Supression

Let’s get something straight: when you’ve slung wrenches on the flightline, sweated through road construction under a July sun, taught kids about the Great Depression, and led schools through real cri...

My immigrant family served in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. My uncle was MIA in Korea. I served during the Cold War. Trump dodged the draft—and dares to call himself a patriot.

As an honorably discharged veteran of the United States Air Force who served during the Cold War, I know what it means to handle sensitive information.

We Need You Now More Than Ever!

A democracy under siege does not fall all at once.

IMHO my Most Important Post

Dear President Zelenskyy,

There are moments in history that define a leader.

In a sign that not every Trump official is on the same page, leaders at the FBI and State Department instructed employees not to respond.

Former Secretary of Labor, Professor Robert Reich has laid out the undeniable truth: Let’s be clear: The Trump-Vance-Musk regime isn’t just corrupt—it’s an active threat to democracy, human rights, an...

As a former high school US government, US history, and economics teacher, high school principal, and current tenured associate professor of educational administration at a public university, I have sp...

The GOP’s latest budget proposal is nothing short of an economic scorched-earth policy against working-class Americans, seniors, students, veterans, and the most vulnerable among us—all to bankroll gr...

I have written on this topic multiple times, however yesterday`s appalling appearance by government lawyers in front of Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan has angered/motivated me to write again.We the Peopl...

It’s no secret that Donald Trump’s second term is shaping up to be an all-out assault on scientific research and intellectual progress.

In 1776, our forefathers penned a document that would serve as a timeless indictment against unchecked power.

James Madison, in Federalist No.

The DOJ’s Descent into Trump’s Political Tool

When the FCC killed the Fairness Doctrine in 1987, it didn’t just loosen regulations—it unleashed a torrent of partisan propaganda that has ravaged American democracy like a cancer.

As an honorably discharged USAF Cold War veteran (1981-1987) with a family legacy of service that spans generations, I will not sit quietly while Elon Musk and Donald Trump (who allegedly could not ge...

As an honorably discharged USAF Cold War veteran (1981-1987) with a family legacy of service that spans generations, I will not sit quietly while Elon Musk and Donald Trump (who allegedly could not ge...

Donald Trump and Elon Musk have spent the first month of Trump’s second term ripping apart the fabric of American democracy with the precision of a wrecking ball aimed directly at the nation’s core.

President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to abolish the Department of Education. Here’s what the agency does and how eliminating it could play out.

Republicans are set to control the House of Representatives by the skin of their teeth, and if they want to pass any type of meaningful legislation they'll either need a newfound sense of discipline, ...

America’s education story is ultimately a story of the tension between the idea that the nation’s democracy rests on the foundation of education and the inability to ever fully deliver on that commitm...