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15 April 2026

Recycling My Facebook Memories: On This Day April 15, 2025

US History marker.  Recycling from Facebook.  Content posted a year ago (Apr 15, 2025).  Photo of the president of El Salvador's visit to the White House.

CONTEXT: Trump and his bosom buddy in El Salvador agreed to imprison those dangerous illegals, insisting that they were all members of a Venezuelan criminal gang.

Visit to the White House

Below are my comments on Facebook from a year ago.

The President of EL SALVADOR really made a good first impression on US, didn't he?

EL SALVADOR: A country where the leader brags about being “the coolest dictator” and building BIGGER PRISONS in order to liberate the people. (?)

Shouldn't this country be on everyone's vacation travel bucket list?

Are you kidding? That's PREPOSTEROUS!

Is it any wonder that more people are leaving El Salvador than staying or arriving?

But if you count the deportees who get admitted to CECOT, maybe the calculations will change. Just play with the a bit.

EL SALVADOR? That name is ironic. Should be EL DIABLO!!

Just saving my thoughts from that day. Since that time, ICE has done much more than deport “dangerous illegals”. Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller was upset because “the numbers” for deportation were not IMPRESSIVE ENOUGH. So ICE agents were told to go into Home Depot and the strawberry fields. Agents were given guns and masks and allowed to escalate "enforcement" efforts.  The aggressive tactics resulted in the deaths of American citizens who protested ICE violence.

But it's OK now because ...

  • Kristi Noem (the lady standing in the photo), who was in charge of ICE deportations and spent $200 million (of our tax dollars) advertising GOT FIRED. She was replaced by Markwayne Mullin, a man who admits he has “anger issues”. Stephen Miller still has his job and is living in guarded military housing. That means he can continue dropping “poison in the president's ears”.
  • Pam Bondi, US Attorney General, GOT FIRED because she couldn't bury the Epstein files.

U.S. forces launched Operation Absolute Resolve and captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife. Venezuelan Nobel Prize Winner María Corina Machado tried to “bribe” Trump to give her his support by offering him HER prize. The Nobel Committee shut that down and plainly stated the “Nobel Peace Prize cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred once awarded”. Yeah! That's right!

MEANWHILE,

POTUS Trump started a war with Iran, and now there are calls to invoke the 25th Amendment (i.e., if a U.S. President dies, resigns, is removed, or is temporarily unable to perform their duties, ensuring the Vice President or another official can take over), AND actions have been taken to impeach SOW Pete Hegseth.

Melania Trump called a Press Conference to “distance” herself FROM Jeffrey Epstein and made it clear she was not a victim. But victims should be allowed to testify before Congress. (She was so noble. BARF!)


TODAY'S DATE:  April 15, 2026

Oh yeah! A lot happened in a year. I only wish it were a fictional soap opera show like “The West Wing”. Instead, it's a horrific blended rendition of George Orwell's “Animal Farm” AND “1984”.


10 December 2025

Trump's Second Term Accomplishments (??) ~ Federal Police Misconduct Database Shutdown

President Trump’s administration shut down the National Law Enforcement Accountability Database (NLEAD), which tracked misconduct records of federal law enforcement officers. This effectively erased access to thousands of records documenting misconduct histories.

Yes. The "law and order" president.  (#HistoryMarker)

Seal of the United States Department of JusticeUS government, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

🗂️ What Happened

  • Database eliminated: In early 2025, Trump issued an executive order that revoked Biden’s 2022 order establishing NLEAD, a nationwide database of federal police misconduct.

  • Records deleted: The Justice Department confirmed that more than 4,000 misconduct records were removed when the database was shut down.

  • Origins of NLEAD: The idea for such a database was first floated by Trump in 2020 after George Floyd’s death, but it wasn’t implemented until Biden’s executive order in 2022.

  • Impact on accountability: Experts warned that without the database, officers with misconduct histories could more easily transfer to new agencies without scrutiny.


⚖️ Why It Matters

  • Transparency loss: The database was designed to prevent “bad apples” from moving between agencies undetected. Its removal reduces oversight.

  • Criticism vs. support: Police reform advocates criticized the move as undermining accountability, while some law enforcement groups questioned whether the database was effective in practice.

  • Federal scope only: Importantly, this database covered federal law enforcement (e.g., Border Patrol, Bureau of Prisons), not local police departments.


🚨 Risks & Trade-offs

  • Risk of rehiring misconduct officers: Agencies may unknowingly hire individuals with prior misconduct.

  • Reduced public trust: Eliminating transparency tools can erode confidence in law enforcement institutions.

  • Policy debate: Some argue the database was flawed or incomplete, but others believe reform should improve it rather than erase it.


So, to clarify: Trump did not erase all police misconduct records everywhere, but he ended the federal database that tracked misconduct among federal officers, effectively wiping out a centralized accountability tool.

REAL QUESTION:  Is this an ACCOMPLISHMENT?


References:

Trump's Justice Department Deletes Database Tracking Federal Police .... https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/trump-s-justice-department-deletes-database-tracking-federal-police-misconduct/ar-AA1zD1SE

Trump Deleted NLEAD Police Misconduct Data on CBP, BOP. https://theappeal.org/nlead-trumps-deleted-police-misconduct-database-full-of-prison-and-border/

Trump ends police misconduct database — but was NLEAD effective at .... https://www.police1.com/officer-misconduct-internal-affairs/trump-ends-bidens-police-misconduct-database-was-it-ever-effective

Trump deletes database of federal police officer misconduct. https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/trump-database-police-misconduct/

Justice Department deletes database tracking federal police misconduct. https://www.napo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Trump-Justice-Department-delete-federal-police-misconduct-database-The-Washington-Post.pdf

17 October 2017

Obama's Healthcare Reform - Will It Remain Law or Become History?

(Updated Oct 2017.) 

 


(Updated Oct 2016.)
Access to proper healthcare for all the citizens of the United States of America should be and should have always been a given; not a topic for philosophical debate, as if we're all great minds gathering together on the Areopagus trying to reach an agreement on the purpose and meaning of life, and why - if God does exist - why He couldn't create human beings with perfect health who never need a physician any way!!  But since He didn't and some of US do get sick, who are the ones that truly deserve to receive medical treatment?!  Cause clearly some of US are more important than others.
(Whatever!  Just write it off as my bad attitude!)


President Barack Obama speaks at a town hall m...
President Barack Obama speaks at a town hall meeting on health care reform Thursday, June 11, 2009, at Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)


But healthcare is big business here in the USA and if an industry's cash flow is going to be "possibly" disrupted by a "law", well one can expect lengthy heated and robust discussion on the matter for ... ??? ... for forever!!


Back in November 2012, shared these links to suite.io (formerly Suite101) articles via my business page on Google+ - Insurance Mart and Insurance SMART; and hashtagged them #healthcarereform #healthcare #health #obamacare.  Recycling them here at my blog for historical reference purposes.*


  • The "opposition" to Obamacare made it plain on several occasions that they have a mission to REPEAL OBAMACARE.
  • Obama has tried do his best. Best or not, 2016 he has to go.
  • So! 2016 and beyond - Will Obamacare remain law or become a historical reference point like the efforts all the other US presidents before him?  
(Yes it is the last quarter of 2014.  Time waits for no one.  There will be a newly elected leader soon and don't think this subject won't be a hot button topic on his or her "To Do List".  So do your homework, and ready yourselves to understand the PROs and CONs when this matter is being publicly discussed reasonably and intelligently - for the good of all the people.)

*Great articles.  Unfortunately not published at the site anymore.  Supplied replacement links below.

U.S. Presidents And Health Care Reform

Article by Robert Mcroberts - Summary: " For nearly one hundred years, U.S. Presidents have struggled with the complicated politics of health care reform and universal health insurance."

(Not Obama!  He went into office with a mission!  Insurance companies not gonna screw over nobody else's momma!!!)

"Presidents And Health Reform: From Franklin D. Roosevelt To Barack Obama." Health Affairs. Project HOPE: The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc., 01 June 2010. Web. 17 Oct. 2016.
( http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/29/6/1096.full ).

Health Care Reform: Self Employment and 'Obamacare'

Article by Kc Morgan - Summary:  "The left says it's a much-needed health care reform. The right says it's the root of all evil. Where do the self employed fall when it comes to 'Obamacare?' "

"Health Insurance for Self-Employed People, Startup Businesses." HealtheDeals. Health EDeals Insurance Solutions, a Division of IHC Specialty Benefits, n.d. Web. 17 Oct. 2016. ( http://www.healthedeals.com/articles/health-insurance-for-self-employed-people-startup-businesses ).

Insurance Mart and Insurance Smart shares general health info.   
For general information purposes. Not to be substituted for medical advice. 



Trump and Clinton spar over Obamacare during presidential debate

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton sparred over Obamacare during the second presidential debate on Sunday, outlining how they would reform the health insurance system. "Obamacare is a disaster," Trump said. "You know it, we all know it."



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