Adults born in the 70s, '80s '90s—the most vaccinated generations in American history—are now leading a movement to ensure their children don't receive the same protection that kept them alive. They attended schools where immunization was mandatory, benefited from herd immunity they now actively undermine, and never saw a classmate in an iron lung because vaccines worked. Now they share memes about "government propaganda" while their own vaccine scars fade on their shoulders—physical evidence of the system they reject. This selective amnesia isn't just ironic. It's lethal. As measles outbreaks surge across the United States and vaccination rates plummet, children are dying from diseases we'd already defeated. The danger isn't the vaccine. It's a vaccinated generation's willingness to doom the next generation because they've forgotten why those childhood shots were necessary in the first place.
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People Enabling Trump. Power, Policy & Consequence.
An investigation into the machinery of Donald Trump's second administration reveals how a core group of advisors—Stephen Miller, Pete Hegseth, Susie Wiles, Dan Scavino, Karoline Leavitt, James Blair, and Vince Haley—are translating presidential authority into concrete policy through immigration enforcement, military operations, personnel control, and institutional reorganization. Miller's documented influence has produced more than 200 executive orders targeting immigration, while Hegseth faces bipartisan congressional scrutiny over a Pentagon Inspector General report finding he violated protocols by sharing classified information on Signal and over controversial Caribbean military strikes. Scavino now controls "almost all positions in government" through the Presidential Personnel Office. This examination of Trump's first eleven months back in office documents how loyalty-based staffing, agency reorganizations, and centralized decision-making are reshaping federal institutions in ways that may outlast this administration.
Examining the Implications of Mass Leadership Dismissals Under the Trump Administration
Between January and November 2025, the Trump administration dismissed or forced into retirement more than a dozen senior military officers in what represents the most extensive peacetime purge of military leadership in modern American history. The dismissals included the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff—removed less than 17 months into his statutory four-year term—the first woman to serve on the Joint Chiefs, the commanders of the Coast Guard, Navy SEALs, Navy Reserve, U.S. Cyber Command, and the National Security Agency, as well as all three service judge advocates general simultaneously.
Five former secretaries of defense, representing both Republican and Democratic administrations, issued an extraordinary joint letter calling for congressional hearings, warning that the dismissals raised "troubling questions about the administration's desire to politicize the military" and removed legal constraints on presidential power. The scale and manner of these actions—combined with the administration's explicit emphasis on personal loyalty and the firing of officers who provided intelligence assessments contradicting presidential claims—threaten the apolitical character of the U.S. military that has been a cornerstone of American democracy for more than two centuries.
This analysis examines the documented facts of these dismissals, their implications for civil-military relations, national security effectiveness, and constitutional governance, and what these unprecedented actions reveal about the evolving relationship between civilian and military authority in the United States. The article draws on official government statements, news reports from multiple sources, congressional testimony, and analysis from former defense officials to provide a comprehensive assessment of a critical juncture in American military history.
The Destruction of Indigenous America
This comprehensive documentary history examines the systematic destruction of Indigenous peoples in what is now the United States from 1492 to the 20th century. Through detailed regional analyses, population data, survivor testimony, and historical records, the document chronicles how an estimated 5-8 million Indigenous people were reduced to 250,000 by 1900—a 95-97% population decline.
Kansas is at a Crossroads as Raids, Bills increase the High Cost of Criminalizing THC
Kansas raids dozens of hemp shops while considering legalization bills that could generate $20-50 million annually. The state arrests nearly 5,000 people yearly for cannabis possession at a cost of $7-54 million in criminal justice expenses—money that could fund schools, roads, or treatment programs instead. Meanwhile, legislators debate three competing approaches: medical cannabis (SB 294), adult-use regulation (HB 2405), or tighter hemp restrictions (SB 292). The math is clear: prohibition costs Kansas taxpayers millions while generating zero revenue and saddling thousands with criminal records that reduce lifetime earnings. The question isn't whether Kansas can afford to reform—it's whether Kansas can afford not to.