Cops can’t enter a home or business without a warrant. [FN1] There are exceptions to the Fourth Amendment, but none exists for “whims of a wannabe dictator in the Oval Office.” Provisions of the Bill of Rights were a result of experiences with King George, III. 1/10

The masked individuals sent forth in Minneapolis claim they do not need to comply with the 4th Amendment. [FN2] J.D. Vance claimed that those individuals have absolute immunity carrying out trump’s progrom. [FN3] That is…

“Salacious gossip” [FN1] [FN2] doesn’t sound like speech the 1st Amendment [FN3] was meant to protect. Jefferson faced such gossip, that he’d been father of children w/Sally Hemings. [FN4]. DNA tests in 1998 established a high likelihood the gossip was truth. [FN5] 1/14

Some gov’t officials want to erase our history in favor of a fictional their Christian nationalist storyline. [FN6] Chilling free speech enables placement of a false narrative before the public. We cannot allow lies to…

On 1/16, John Schmitz [FN1] did a negative FB post Democrats. [FN2] My reply disparaged the GOP. [FN3] A “David Ford” replied to me. [FN4] (full thread is in the footnotes)

I felt that I must reply to “David Ford”: 1/18

I. You say “check your facts” & you assert that “Stephenson was NEVER a Republican. He was ALWAYS a registered Democrat.” (sic) You suggest if I don't believe you, “then you are arguing against the Indiana Historical Society who can confirm all of this.”…

We cruised along w/ “rule of law” for 246 years, but screeched to almost zero and a legal gray area, akin to Frodo’s. [FN1] All peaceful means must be used to dislodge the idiotic, wannabe king from behind the wheel. Some blanch at criminal penalties, but, generally 1/12

a contract can be struck down, in whole or in part, if it is illegal or opposed to public policy. [FN2] With civil remedies we can grab cash. An example of trump’s violations of the emoluments clause [FN3] is the…

Maybe IN Lt Gov Micah Beckwith surfed for porn as he presided over the IN Senate on 1/6/26. Several months have passed since Beckwith’s co-pastor [FN1] & podcast co-host [FN2] ‘fessed up to having sex w/his wife on video found on their son’s cellphone. [FN3] 1/12

Boredom w/reruns is natural (or au naturel) after so many times. Research is out there. Jimmy Swaggert preached about the hazards of choking one’s chicken [FN4] & his acts of self-sacrifice [FN5] in field research in…

Content Warning 1: This story contains references to suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide and needs support now, call or text 988 or chat with the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988lifeline.org. 1/11

The “unsinkable” HMS Titanic sank in April, 1912. Dave MacDonald lost control as he exited Turn 4 on the second lap of the 1964 Indy 500. Eddie Sachs hit him. Both men died. Space Shuttle Challenger exploded in the sky shortly after lift-off in January,…

Think mid-term elections (2026) will save us? If trump is allowed to take office:

1) The judiciary will be gone. The SCOTUS bldg at 1 First NE, DC will be there, but rebranded as a trump hotel; 2 words summarize the judiciary to come: Aileen Cannon. 1/8

2) The 2020 election will be deemed to have been stolen & thus “void.” There’s no evidence it was stolen, but any challenge will end up at ... The Supreme Court. 2/8

3) Any actions President Biden has taken will be…

Micah Beckwith has claimed he has talks w/”The Lord” about events or matters specific to Beckwith’s run for IN Lt Gov. [FN1] Temptation to use satire to lampoon an extremist candidate, like Beckwith is great. We also need to address the chats seriously and as falsehoods..1/11

There seem to have been two “chats.” The first was described by Beckwith in a “selfie” video Beckwith shot in his car: “I sent those riots to Washington. What you saw yesterday [01/06/21] was my hand at work.”…

Last weekend, delegates to Indiana’s State GOP convention nominated Hamilton County preacher Micah Beckwith for Lt Gov. The result shocked campaign staffers for Mike Braun, the GOP’s nominee for Gov, who had chosen as a running mate, a woman. [FN1] 1/8

Cynics might suggest Braun really wanted Beckwith, a male, as a running mate. Realists might counter that suggestion w/a simple fact: Braun staffers sent promotional emails for his pick for running mate to delegates on the morning of…

People can try to shut you up because you’re boring, but when they shut down access to media, it is something more. Last week, in a two-minute op-ed on “Mouthwash,” John Schmitz’s podcast on Facebook, I criticized Micah Beckwith, IN GOP’s nominee for Lt Gov. 1/8

Beckwith took a different approach by recruiting people to “run” for slots as State convention delegates. Beckwith probably recruited people who have the capacity to be moral. Beckwith has said only Christians have the…

Nobody boards an airliner if informed the pilot is suicidal. [FN1] Last Tuesday, Hamilton County preacher/GOP nominee for IN Lt Gov Micah Beckwith was a scheduled guest on “Mouthwash.” [FN2] My op-ed expressed a view both different & not liked. [FN3] [FN4] That “view”?  1/11

1) Beckwith is power-hungry; 2) He’s delusional re chats w/”The Lord,” but to think he doesn’t aspire to high Fed office is more delusional than Beckwith; 3) Evangelicals are nihilistic, esp re: Armageddon;…

Often the person who shouts “morality” loudest lacks that quality. Indiana’s GOP convention, on 6/15/24, nominated Hamilton County preacher Micah Beckwith, 891 to 828, over Rep Julie McGuire, the nominal pick of GOP primary winner Sen Mike Braun. There are indicators 1/11

Braun was not enthusiastic about McGuire as a #2. (E.g., Braun’s campaign emails, touting McGuire, were sent to delegates the morning of the convention). He can say his effort to name a woman for #2 was spoiled by…

We all should fear Beckwith, the Indiana GOP nominee for Lt Governor. In April a person said to me: “Beckwith on the GOP ticket is good for the Democrats.” I replied: “Never should hope the worst people on the other side in elections get the nominations.” It’s not a game. 1/9

Elections are to sporting contests as Supreme Court justices are to umpires in baseball: they’re not. The futures of our country & world are at stake. Once Beckwith gets the power he craves, he won’t want to…

On 6/11, Facebook removed posts I’d written. Later, on “Mouthwash,” John Schmitz’s podcast, the guest was Ham County preacher Micah Beckwith, who is seeking the GOP nomination for IN Lt Gov. For a 2-minute spot I do each week, I talked about Beckwith. Context: GOP issues 1/8

GOP candidates for Gov ran on issues far outside a governor’s authority.

Beckwith calls himself a Christian nationalist. I addressed the nihilistic foundation of Beckwith’s beliefs. Beckwith believes the book…

I’m beginning to get it. Even when I cite sources for information that I rely upon for points that I make about a Christofascist who is seeking the GOP nomination for Lt Gov in Indiana, and I do not pander or mislead, I get reported for violating Facebook rules.

Facebook pulled my 6/11 blog: “It looks like you tried to get likes, follows, shares or video views in a misleading way.” The blog/tweets concerns Hamilton County preacher Micah Beckwith and his effort to be nominated for Lt Governor by the GOP. 1/7

Most posts in social media try “to get likes, follows, shares or video views.” There are metrics that assist in this matter. FB’s AI perhaps views the blog as “a misleading.” There’s little point in trying to talk w/a human at FB or Meta…

There is little reason to speculate about the dead in the past: he’ll deny accountability & probably dispute numbers. [FN1] There’s even less reason to guess at dead in the future. IN Lt Gov hardly has any authority. He’s only saying what Hoosiers want to hear. We live in scary times. 1/11

Hamilton County preacher Micah Beckwith seeks the GOP’s nomination for Lt Gov at the State convention this Saturday in Indy. For a year he’s worked to get 908 of the 1,814 delegates [FN2] &…

Today I posted, on FB and “X/formerly twitter,” a blog/tweets about Ernie Pyle and his writings after D-Day. Pyle was born in Indiana, was a student in IU’s School of Journalism in the 1920s & won a Pulitzer for his writings as a war correspondent in WW2. Later, FB notified me: 1/3

“It looks like you tried to get likes, follows, shares or video views in a misleading way.” On a different screen it is noted, in part: “Our technology found your content doesn't follow our Community…

A brilliant Hoosier writer, Ernie Pyle was a war correspondent; 80 years ago, he wrote about D-Day. In part: “It was a lovely day for strolling along the seashore. Men were sleeping on the sand, some of them sleeping forever. Men were floating in the water, but they didn’t know they 1/8

were in the water, for they were dead. [] The wreckage was vast and startling. The awful waste & destruction of war, even aside fr the loss of human life has always been one of its outstanding…

In November, Hoosier voters can vote for Governor, just like Hoosiers in May’s GOP primary cast a ballot for Sen Mike Braun. Each time, voters had an illusion of voting for a person who would fulfill the duties of the office of Gov if Braun prevails in November. 1/8

The problem is Hamilton County preacher Micah Beckwith [FN1] who’s running to be GOP’s nominee for Lt Gov. [FN2] If you do not recall having the chance to vote for a candidate for Lt Gov on your primary ballot, that’s…