Mike Weland has been reporting local news in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, the heart of Trump Country, since 1991. Unfortunately, despite being a moderate Republican since he could vote, he never fell for Trump. Instead, almost since Trump came down the golden elevator, he's used his online news sites to sound warning, drawing considerable ire from the local populace who are so proudly MAGA. Having given his news site away to the next carrier of the torch and now semi-retired, he launched this site on the eve of Donald John Trump's second term as president both to share what he's written and in anticipation of much more news to come in the interesting times ahead. All commentary on this site is Creative Commons, so if you feel anything here worthy, feel free to share, and please share the site with your friends.
Despite what those of the righteous far right proclaim, the most egregious offenders of grooming and abuse aren’t the marginalized so easily blamed, but the upright stalwarts we tend to hold in esteem; those we respect and tend to believe over the pleas of the abused. The pious, the wealthy … the powerful. The ones…
All candidates have the right to challenge the results and request a recount, especially in close races. That goes without saying. But I suspect the reaction to this mid-term election will be different, a continuation and expansion of the MAGA contention that the presidential election of 2020 was stolen from former president Donald J. Trump,…
