Anslinger Being Tough?
Harry Anslinger was a United States government official who served as the first commissioner of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Federal Bureau of Narcotics. He was a supporter of prohibition and the criminalization of drugs, and played a pivotal role in cannabis prohibition. [1]
Excerpt from the book:
Many people assume what we call the War on Drugs began in 1971 during the Nixon Administration. Some believe “the War” began during Prohibition due to the relentless efforts of a racist and moralist federal agent named Harry Anslinger. [2]
Continuing later in the book:
Anslinger was a bureaucratic empire-builder and he saw marijuana as the leverage needed to expand the size and power of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. He railed against the use of reefer, weed, or pot by blacks, particularly black entertainers. Anslinger hated jazz with its free-wheeling lack of rigid structure and he equated it with what he viewed as black depravity. Black bandleader Cab Calloway had a 1933 hit song called Reefer Man featured in the movie International House. Anslinger must have been furious. [2]
References:
- Wikipedia, Harry Jacob Anslinger
- Prisoner of War: The Story of White Boy Rick and The War on Drugs by Vince Wade – Page 20, 39
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- Look What Republicans Have Said About Trump
Pixabay Many Republicans, sometimes longstanding or high‑profile ones, have spoken out negatively about Donald Trump over the years. Below is a list of some of them — along with what they criticized him for or publicly said.
JD Vance
JD Vance once called Donald Trump “America’s Hitler.” The remark came in a private 2016 message to a former law-school roommate, where Vance wrote: “I go back and forth between thinking Trump is a cynical a**hole like Nixon who wouldn’t be that bad … or that he’s America’s Hitler.”
The message was made public in 2022 (shared by the roommate) and repeatedly confirmed by press fact-checks. – Snopes.com
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio did refer to Donald Trump as a “con artist” during the 2016 Republican primary. Rubio made the comment in February 2016 while criticizing Trump’s business practices, particularly pointing out the now-infamous Trump University and the way Trump conducted his business.
At one point, Rubio said, “He’s a con artist. He’s a fraud. He’s been swindling people for years.” This was part of a broader attack on Trump’s credibility and qualifications to be president, which Rubio made as he sought to differentiate himself in the crowded GOP field.
RFK Jr
In a text message exchange reported by The New Yorker, Kennedy called Trump “a terrible human being,” “the worst president ever,” “barely human,” and said “He’s probably a sociopath.” – TotalNews.com
RFK Jr did use the term “sociopath” to describe Trump, though it was reportedly in private texts, not (publicly) in a speech at that time. – The Guardian
Pete Hegseth
In a clip from March 2016 (during the Republican primary) shows Hegseth saying: “It’s typical Trump: all bluster, very little substance … he talks a tough game … but then when pressed on it, he’s an armchair tough guy.” Mediaite.com and IB Times
Tulsi Gabbard
There is credible record that Tulsi Gabbard did call Donald Trump “Saudi Arabia’s bitch.” In November 2018 she tweeted, “Hey @realDonaldTrump: being Saudi Arabia’s bitch is not ‘America First.’” – Star Advertiser
Elise Stefanik – House GOP conference chair
According to multiple news reports, Elise Stefanik has been reported to once have called Donald Trump a “whack job.” – Mediaite.com
A profile in The New York Times reportedly obtained a message in which she described Trump as a “whack job.”
Mitt Romney
In 2016, he delivered a major public rebuke during the primaries, calling Trump “a phony, a fraud” and saying he lacked “the temperament nor the judgment to be president.” – KPCW
After the 2017 Charlottesville events, he condemned Trump’s comments that blamed “many sides,” calling that moral equivalence wrong. – The Guardian
Jeff Flake
After deciding not to seek re‑election (2017), he used a Senate floor speech to harshly denounce the Trump administration — calling it destructive to norms and accusing Trump of using “reckless, outrageous and undignified” behavior. He said Trump had “debased” the presidency and criticized his rhetoric, character, and impact on American institutions. – – Wikipedia
Adam Kinzinger
Though he initially voted with Trump on many things, he later broke with him, particularly after the 2020 election and 2021 Capitol riot. He called Trump “unfit” and “unwell,” urged invoking the 25th Amendment, and voted for Trump’s second impeachment. He also condemned conspiracy theories (like QAnon) that became associated with segments of Trump’s base. – Wikipedia
Ben Sasse
After the 2020 election and Trump’s pardons of some supporters of the Capitol riot, Sasse called those pardons “rotten to the core.” He condemned efforts by some Republicans (e.g. to challenge the electoral vote count) as threatening legitimate self‑government. – Wikipedia
Bob Inglis
In 2016, he was among a group of former GOP lawmakers who publicly declared they could “under no circumstances” vote for Trump. He criticized Trump’s appeal to fear and said that amplifying fears — rather than offering reasoned leadership — was “demagoguery.” – Wikipedia
Bill Kristol
A conservative commentator and Republican‑aligned thinker, Kristol has said for years that Trump “does not have the character to be president of the United States.” He’s criticized a broad range of Trump policies — foreign and domestic — and co‑founded a group (Republicans for the Rule of Law) opposing some Trump administration actions. – Wikipedia
Lisa Murkowski
More recently (2025), she publicly challenged fellow Republicans to speak out if they see government overreach, arguing that some of Trump’s policies or executive actions violate law or norms. – Washington Post
She called certain of Trump’s statements “unacceptable,” demanding “a higher standard of decorum and decency.” – Fox News
- Remembering Greg Brayton
Gregory Lee Brayton (1955-2014)
Greg Brayton with his writing partner, Art Fettig Greg was born July 23, 1955 in Coldwater to Lee and Helen Jean (Weakly) Brayton. He married Sally A. Culver on Aug. 4, 1979 in Coldwater.
Greg graduated from Coldwater High School in 1973. He studied at the Montreau Music School of Jazz during the summer after graduation before attending one year at the Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati. During high school he was active with the Balladiers, traveling to Europe to perform.
Greg was one of the first students with a disability to attend public schools. He achieved things that most people with his disabilities would never think of doing, such as wrestling and playing football. His love of music and great leadership proved him to be a pioneer in the music industry as well. He started Blindman’s Bluff in 1975 and toured throughout the U.S. and Canada. Greg was also one of the first blind musicians to have a recording studio in Michigan.
Mr. Brayton had helped with the family business Certified Sand and Gravel and hosted a radio program on ACB Radio for many years. He was inducted into the Coldwater Music Hall of Fame in 2006.
Greg was a member of the Coldwater Noon Rotary and the United Methodist Church, where he played in the Praise band for 18 years. He was an avid reader who enjoyed playing chess, riding bikes and sitting in his swing and his rocking chair. Greg loved playing Goal Ball but most of all he was a dedicated family man who enjoyed the time they all spent together.
Greg is survived by his wife Sally; his sons Spencer Brayton of Coldwater and Jason Brayton of Cleveland, Ohio; his parents Lee (Jean) Brayton; his brother Todd (Teri) Brayton; many aunts and uncles including Jan (Bill) Robinson, Joan Schafer, all of Coldwater; and many nieces and nephews including Carly Brayton and Hunter Brayton.
- If People Don’t Like You, They’re Not Going to Care About You
Pixabay My wife and I have two cats, Max and Fritz. Our two- and one-half-year-old granddaughter Brynn absolutely loves Fritz because he lets her pet him whenever she wants. Max, on the other hand, runs the other way as soon as he sees her coming. For this reason, Brynn does not like Max. All this has been going on for quite some time. My wife and I went away for a long weekend recently and Brynn and her mom agreed to come over twice a day and check on the cats. On the second day that we were gone, one of the cats decided to make a mess on the bathroom rug to protest our being gone. When the mess was discovered, Brynn’s mom asked her which cat she thought was responsible. Without hesitation, Brynn adamantly stated, “It was Max!” the cat she doesn’t like. Brynn, at her very young age, demonstrated typical human behavior. If people like you, they will look out for you, but if they don’t like you, they won’t hesitate to “throw you under the bus!”
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- Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love 1850s-1950s
Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love 1850s-1950s by Hugh Nini and Neal Treadwell – Available from Amazon.com Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love, 1850-1950 portrays the history of romantic love between men in hundreds of moving and tender vernacular photographs taken between the years 1850 and 1950. This visual narrative of astonishing sensitivity brings to light an until-now-unpublished collection of hundreds of snapshots, portraits, and group photos taken in the most varied of contexts, both private and public.
Taken when male partnerships were often illegal, the photos here were found at flea markets, in shoe boxes, family archives, old suitcases, and later online and at auctions. The collection now includes photos from all over the world: Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Japan, Greece, Latvia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, and Serbia. The subjects were identified as couples by that unmistakable look in the eyes of two people in love – impossible to manufacture or hide. They were also recognized by body language – evidence as subtle as one hand barely grazing another – and by inscriptions, often coded.
Included here are ambrotypes, daguerreotypes, glass negatives, tin types, cabinet cards, photo postcards, photo strips, photomatics, and snapshots – over 100 years of social history and the development of photography.
Loving will be produced to the highest standards in illustrated book publishing, The photographs – many fragile from age or handling – have been digitized using a technology derived from that used on surveillance satellites and available in only five places around the world. Paper and other materials are among the best available. And Loving will be manufactured at one of the world’s elite printers. Loving, the book, will be up to the measure of its message in every way.
In these delight-filled pages, couples in love tell their own story for the first time at a time when joy and hope – indeed human connectivity – are crucial lifelines to our better selves. Universal in reach and overwhelming in impact, Loving speaks to our spirit and resilience, our capacity for bliss, and our longing for the shared truths of love.
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- Be the Rainbow In Someone Else’s Cloud – by Dr. Ross Reck
Pixabay I Can See Clearly Now
Everyone has bad days, and you can usually spot these people coming from a mile away. They often look depressed, dejected, unhappy, miserable, or discouraged. What these people need at that precise moment is some tender loving care or a rainbow in their cloud that will make things better. And there is no reason that we all can’t be that rainbow. All it takes is a kind word, a smile, a hug or a listening ear and you’ve made an incredible difference in that person’s life. And here’s the wonderful catch for doing this—it makes a big difference in your life as well in addition to making the world a much better and happier place.
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- The Santa Train: The Train That Nobody Seemed To Care About – by Art Fettig
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The Santa Train by Art Fettig – Available from Amazon.com The Santa Train: The Train That Nobody Seemed To Care About – by Art Fettig
Once upon a time, there was a worn out locomotive that nobody seemed to care about. Except maybe Charlie Weller, who was an old retired railroad engineer. And maybe nobody cared about old Charlie anymore either. At least it often seemed that way to Charlie. He had little to do but sit around and remember the good old days when he would run that ancient train up and down the tracks hauling freight.
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- Political Persecution by the Trump Administration
Captain Mark Kelly’s Response
“I’ve given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies who care more about their own power than about protecting the Constitution.” – Mark Kelly
OFFICIAL STATEMENT:
— Department of War 🇺🇸 (@DeptofWar) November 24, 2025
The Department of War has received serious allegations of misconduct against Captain Mark Kelly, USN (Ret.). In accordance with the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 688, and other applicable regulations, a thorough review of these allegations…BREAKING: Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) responds to Pentagon investigation: "I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies"
— MS NOW (@ms.now) Nov 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
[image or embed]Just Some Responses in Support of Captain Mark Kelly
x.com U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt once said, “Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.”
Roosevelt made this remark in an essay entitled “Lincoln and Free Speech” that was originally published in Metropolitan Magazine in May 1918. The full essay is available via the HathiTrust Digital Library. Click on the Image Below.
OperationsManager | NewsQuill The Full Quote
“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the President or any other public official save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him in so far as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth — whether about the President or about anyone else — save in the rare cases where this would make known to the enemy information of military value which would otherwise be unknown to him.” Theodore Roosevelt (1918)
…to stand with the country. Not that ignorant pedophile. pic.twitter.com/orzO0ciMMS
— Flowrchk ☮ (@flowabug) November 24, 2025Others Are Also Being Targeted
Congressman Chris Deluzio – Christopher Raphael Deluzio is an American politician, attorney, and former U.S. Navy officer serving as the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania’s 17th congressional district since 2023.
“Trump just called for my death and arrest.
He not only called for my arrest—he went even further, calling for violence against me and several of my colleagues who also served the country before our time in Congress.
Why? Because we spoke a simple truth: no service member is forced to follow an illegal order. The oath to the Constitution is sacred, one that I first swore as a 17-year old at the Naval Academy, and binds us all to the rule of law.
I will not be intimidated by Donald Trump and his calls for violence against me.
I took the oath in the Navy—and I took it again when I was elected to Congress.
That oath doesn’t expire—and I’ll be damned if Donald Trump, a man who tried to overthrow our government on January 6, 2021, tells me how to serve this country.
So Trump can threaten me, call for my arrest, and even try to incite violence against me, but he can’t scare me into abandoning my oath.”
- Don’t Give Up The Ship
This video was released by a group of U.S. lawmakers from the Democratic Party, many of whom have military or intelligence backgrounds. It uses the phrase “Don’t give up the ship,” a historic naval motto, to urge service members to uphold their oath to the Constitution and the law rather than blindly follow orders.
This video is a call to conscience for military/intel personnel: you have obligations beyond just following orders. It underscores that lawful service is rooted in loyalty to the Constitution and the law—especially when orders may conflict with those. As a civilian, it signals a concern about potential misuse of military power in domestic contexts and an emphasis that service members should “stand up for laws and our Constitution”.
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
— Sen. Elissa Slotkin (@SenatorSlotkin) November 18, 2025
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship. pic.twitter.com/N8lW0EpQ7rTrump’s Response and Political Persecution
Trump called the lawmakers responsible for the video “traitors” and accused them of “seditious behavior … punishable by DEATH!” in posts on his social-media platform. The White House press secretary (Karoline Leavitt) said that Trump did not intend to literally call for executions—though she also criticized the lawmakers’ message as a call for military rebellion.
“Dem Lawmakers Get Bomb Threats After Trump Calls For Their Execution. The president’s use of violent language has had severe and frightening consequences.” – The New Republic, Rachel Kahn, November 22, 2025
“White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats. The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.” – The Washington Post, Ellen Nakashima, Warren P. Strobel and Alex Horton, November 22, 2025
What Does the UCMJ Article 92 Say?
Under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), service members are generally required to obey lawful orders, but they are not required to obey unlawful orders. Following an unlawful order can have serious consequences, including criminal liability. Service members are expected to refuse orders that are clearly illegal. Examples of illegal orders include: committing a crime (e.g., assaulting civilians, theft, unlawful killing), violating the Geneva Conventions, or other criminal acts.
What To Do If You Are a Part of the Military?
Service members should report illegal orders through their chain of command or Inspector General channels. In short: You must obey lawful orders. You must not obey unlawful orders. And if you follow an unlawful order, you can be held legally responsible.
Practical guidance for service members:
- Ask for clarification if an order seems questionable.
- Document the order and your refusal if possible.
- Report through the chain of command or IG channels if the order is unlawful.
References:
- The New Republic, Greg Sargent, November 21, 2025 – Is Trump Giving Illegal Orders? Dems Just Blew the Question Wide Open. From the boat bombings to deportations to prosecutions, the evidence mounts. And the speaker of the House could get to the bottom of it if he wanted to. Yeah, right.
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- Yes, This is Your President
Quiet, Piggy
“Donald Trump told a female reporter to be “Quiet, Piggy” while she asked him a question about the Epstein files onboard Air Force One. The commander-in-chief leaned forward to deliver the sinister remark, which he made in a cartoonish voice while wagging his finger.” – The Independent, November 18, 2025 – Did Trump really say ‘Quiet, Piggy’ to a female reporter asking about the Epstein files?
Twitter Who Did He Insult?
Veteran White House reporter Catherine Lucey, now with Bloomberg, after she asked about the possibility that the Department of Justice’s investigative files on the late child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein might incriminate him. – Huffington Post, Andy Campbelll and S.V. Date, November 18, 2025 – The reaction from the White House press corps to a personal attack on a colleague has been muted — in an apparent attempt to avoid losing further access.
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