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Rolando Garcia @rlnsanz.github.io · 01/07/2026

You joke but he loves melting in the sun. Here he is campaigning from the AZ border. In the summer, in a suit, without any shade.

Trump visiting the AZ border for a campaign event. He is gesturing next to a security official. He looks out of place standing in the desert in a full suit. The sun hits his face directly, makeup drips around his mouth.

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Rolando Garcia @rlnsanz.github.io · 14/03/2026

why do they look like this guy?

David Dastmalchian playing a schizophrenic co-opted by The Joker in The Dark Knight (2008).

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Rolando Garcia @rlnsanz.github.io · 09/06/2025

Senator you served in the Marines and you take your oath seriously. On Jan 6 you say your training kicked and gave you clarity in a moment of crisis. What does your training tell you now? Do you have words for our men and women in uniform?

Ruben Gallego on the House floor on Jan 6 helping coordinate aid.

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Rolando Garcia @rlnsanz.github.io · 04/06/2025

Y’all. Second nest of the season. 3 robin chicks fledged a few weeks ago, but there’s still time for more 🐣

A blue/green robin egg is prominently featured in its cozy nest inside a green shrub.

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Rolando Garcia @rlnsanz.github.io · 06/03/2025

Trump only understands leverage. Our leverage is the more than $400 bn in student loans we’re paying off every month. Keep the education dept around so we can keep paying off our student loans.

Draft of Trump Executive Order Aims to Eliminate Education Department
Secretary Linda McMahon would be directed to
"take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure" based on "the maximum extent appropriate and
permitted by law."

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Rolando Garcia @rlnsanz.github.io · 03/03/2025

I was also thinking of the Jan Brewer scene with Obama

Trump gestures emphatically while berating Zelensky in the Oval Office

Former AZ Gov Brewer gestures emphatically while berating Obama

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Rolando Garcia @rlnsanz.github.io · 09/01/2025

That's a pretty good charter ngl.

The image shows a campus setting with a stone monument displaying the ASU (Arizona State University) Charter. The text on the monument reads:

"ASU is a comprehensive public research university, measured not by whom it excludes, but by whom it includes and how they succeed; advancing research and discovery of public value; and assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic, social, cultural, and overall health of the communities it serves."

The monument is surrounded by desert landscaping, including several cacti, with a paved walkway in the foreground. The background features palm trees, buildings, and a clear blue sky, reflecting a sunny day.

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Rolando Garcia @rlnsanz.github.io · 13/11/2024

I’m already pestering my senators!

Message Topic:
Defense/Military

Subject:
Help Block Unqualified Pentagon Nominee Pete Hegseth

Comments:
Dear Senator Durbin, as Senate Democratic Whip, I urge you to lead opposition to Pete Hegseth’s confirmation as Secretary of Defense and to rally bipartisan resistance to this deeply concerning nomination. The Wall Street Journal’s reporting highlights red flags that should alarm both Democrats and security-minded Republicans: Hegseth has never held any senior government position that would prepare him to manage the Pentagon’s $850 billion budget and three million personnel. His public dismissal of the Ukraine conflict’s importance and his characterization of military diversity initiatives as prioritizing “wokeness” over readiness should raise serious concerns among moderate Republicans who have consistently supported a strong NATO alliance and professional military leadership. As a Fox News commentator rather than an experienced national security leader, Hegseth lacks the serious credentials needed to lead the Department of Defense during multiple global crises. Your unique position as Democratic Whip and your long history of working across the aisle make you ideally suited to build a coalition that puts national security above partisan politics and blocks this unqualified nominee. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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Rolando Garcia @rlnsanz.github.io · 13/11/2024

These are not mere hypotheticals; this is US history. Now, Trump has nominated Pete Hegseth a media partisan who is as qualified as Tucker Carlson to lead the department of defense. Think about how 2020 may have played out with Hegseth in charge instead of Esper—13/

Former President Donald Trump speaks with Fox News host Pete Hegseth during a media event at the White House. The room is bustling with members of the press, staff, and officials, set against the elegant backdrop of the White House’s formal decor.

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Rolando Garcia @rlnsanz.github.io · 13/11/2024

Esper was dismissed on Nov 9, long before the Jan 6 insurrection, so we can only speculate about how he may or may not have responded to the attack on the capitol. 12/

Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, in an attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. Amid clouds of tear gas and the chaos of the scene, rioters clash with law enforcement as they scale barriers and occupy the Capitol steps, leading to an unprecedented breach of the seat of American democracy.

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Rolando Garcia @rlnsanz.github.io · 13/11/2024

clearing a path for Trump, Esper and several other Trump administration officials. Milley and Esper would go on to regret and apologize for their participation in those events. 10/

President Trump walking with an entourage to St. John's Episcopal Church for a photo op. Esper is pictured directly behind Trump.

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Rolando Garcia @rlnsanz.github.io · 13/11/2024

That same summer, Esper walked alongside Trump to a photo op in front of St. John's Episcopal Church outside the White House; just prior, police in riot gear and mounted police cleared protestors using smoke and flash grenades and a chemical irritant spray from Lafayette Square, 9/

Former President Donald Trump holds up a Bible outside St. John's Episcopal Church near the White House after it was damaged during protests. This symbolic gesture followed the dispersal of protesters from the area, sparking widespread reactions and discussions on the use of force and the role of symbolism in leadership.

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Rolando Garcia @rlnsanz.github.io · 13/11/2024

On June 1, 2020, amid widening unrest, Trump demanded the deployment of 10,000 active-duty troops to the streets of Washington and other U.S. cities in a heated meeting with Esper and Milley, who opposed this request. 8/

Police officers in riot gear stand in a standoff with protesters during a night demonstration. Both sides are equipped with protective gear, underscoring the tense atmosphere and heightened confrontations over social justice issues.

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Rolando Garcia @rlnsanz.github.io · 13/11/2024

Domestically, public outrage over the May 25 murder of George Floyd sparked civil unrest across the US. Esper, along with General Mark Milley and Attorney General Bill Barr, privately discouraged Trump from invoking the Insurrection Act to deploy military troops to Minneapolis. 7/

Federal officers in tactical gear respond to protests in Portland, Oregon, deploying tear gas to disperse demonstrators amid unrest following the George Floyd protests. Graffiti-covered walls serve as a backdrop as tensions between law enforcement and protesters continue to escalate.

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Rolando Garcia @rlnsanz.github.io · 13/11/2024

His resistance to Trump's desired rapid withdrawal reportedly contributed to his dismissal as Secretary of Defense on November 9, 2020, after which Trump ordered a reduction to 2,500 troops on November 17. 6/

Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks at the U.S.-Afghanistan Joint Declaration Announcement in Kabul, Afghanistan on February 29, 2020. Esper repeatedly said that he supported the peace process, provided it was "conditions based".

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Rolando Garcia @rlnsanz.github.io · 13/11/2024

Conditions would not be met. Tensions between Trump and Esper arose when President Trump pushed for an accelerated withdrawal before the November 2020 election, despite the Taliban's noncompliance with the agreement. 4/

Afghans desperately crowd around a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane on the runway of Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport, attempting to escape as the Taliban retake control of Afghanistan. August 16, 2021.

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Rolando Garcia @rlnsanz.github.io · 13/11/2024

In light of Trump tapping a Fox News personality for Secretary of Defense, I wanted to do a thread on Mark Esper, Trump's final Secretary of Defense during his first term -- who he fired by tweet on Nov 9, just a few days after the 2020 election. 1/

Esper, with his wife Leah, is sworn in as Secretary of Defense by Justice Samuel Alito on July 23, 2019.

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Rolando Garcia @rlnsanz.github.io · 10/11/2024

Hadn’t taken the drone out in a while, but today was lovely.

An aerial view captures the vibrant tapestry of autumn as trees in shades of orange, red, and gold surround a tranquil lake, with clear blue skies stretching above. The landscape exudes the serene beauty of fall, with sunlight casting soft shadows across the colorful foliage and calm water below.

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Rolando Garcia @rlnsanz.github.io · 21/10/2024

I was just at the Colorado School of Mines. Loved the high desert!

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