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Neal Beets

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Author of A New Constitution for the United States of America, available on Apple Books and Kindle. Retired city attorney and city manager. Here's my website where I write mostly about our Constitution: https://is.gd/vvquq8

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Is anyone buying what the Salesman-in-Chief is selling? I guess his diehard supporters, who don’t know any better. Independents?

25.02.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And yet we all are gathered in this leftover love, this longing become the measure
of a joy all mourners know. An old man's mind is a graveyard
where the dead arise.

16.11.2025 17:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trump is winning the race to the bottom.

27.07.2025 21:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.
β€” Omar El Akkad re Gaza. Could also be said about MAGA, MAHA, tax cuts without corresponding spending cuts, etc

27.07.2025 20:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What happened to Congress’s Art I power over interstate commerce and trade that the president can impose, modify, reimpose, pause tariffs as he alone decides upon?

21.07.2025 19:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Whatever happened to federal civil service protections that so many career federal employees are summarily fired?

21.07.2025 19:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What happened to our current trade agreements that President Trump can unilaterally impose whatever tariff he wants on other countries?

21.07.2025 03:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Perspective....

25.06.2025 19:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My bet: Elon will run for President in 2028.

04.06.2025 18:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In tune with Francis, out of tune with Trump.

28.05.2025 14:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pope Leo’s Doctoral Dissertation: Thoughts on Power and Authority

Fascinating, especially the part about leadership being less about control and more about service.

23.05.2025 12:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sometimes youth are more mature than adults.

16.05.2025 14:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Tom, Any contacts with Leo XIV arising out of Chicago or otherwise?

08.05.2025 19:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Poetry for our time.

26.04.2025 14:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Read along with one of the most popular books in history.

26.04.2025 14:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Grim Signal: Atmospheric CO2 Soared in 2024 - Inside Climate News Scientists are worried because they can’t fully explain the big jump, but they think it might mean that carbon absorption by forests, fields and wetlands is slowing downβ€”a major problem for the world.
26.04.2025 14:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, this:

22.04.2025 14:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent reminder.

22.04.2025 13:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

M. a. W. mehr #Losdemokratie:

#Zufallswahl – #Deliberation – #Rotation.

13.04.2025 13:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Great, long article about Trump and Trumpism. Best I’ve seen.

10.04.2025 02:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This America is grotesque.

09.04.2025 21:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hahahaha

03.04.2025 15:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Musk's mind is a bagful of cats chasing catnip.

30.03.2025 17:41 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Rigid ideologies turn politics into a morality play, a soap opera.

28.03.2025 22:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We should do better

26.03.2025 06:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Paraphrasing Wendell Berry, trying to make sense out of many of President Trump’s actions is like looking for eggs in a cuckoo clock.

24.03.2025 14:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes.

24.03.2025 01:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rain gardens not only prevent flooding, they can be really pretty

22.03.2025 19:48 πŸ‘ 501 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 1

Looking forward to the day, I hope soon, when Trump says he hardly knows Elon Musk.

16.03.2025 01:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0