CLINTONS REJECT FASCIST WITCHHUNT

Both Bill and Hillary Clinton were subpoenaed to testify under oath before the Republican-led House committee investigating events described in 'The Epstein Files', and (rightly) refused to appear, possibly resulting in charges of contempt of Congress.

THE SOLUTION IS SIMPLE
Until the committee subpoenaes five Republican officials or former officials named in the Epstein Files, swears them in, and interrogates them, the move against the Clintons will obviously qualify as a political witchhunt. Your move, fascists.

Copyright 2026 by G.E. Nordell, all rights reserved

January 2026 Quotations (50)

on the second anniversary of the attack by Hamas on Israel:
"There are no adults in Middle East politics."
~~ philosopher G.E. Nordell

"A Trump-led deployment of federalized National Guard and active-duty troops to quell a fabricated insurrection inside American cities, should only be understood as war on the American people."
~~ former Undersecretary of the Navy Janin Davidson

"When we say these guys are advocating for fascist ideas, it’s because they literally are."
~~ former Obama adviser Tommy Vietor

"Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are so low." ~~ political scientist Wallace Stanley Sayre [1905-1972]

"Academic politics is much more vicious than real politics. We think it's because the stakes are so small." ~~ political scientist Richard Neustadt [1919-2003]

see also Sayre's Law: "In any dispute the intensity of feeling is inversely proportional to the value of the issues at stake."

"Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right you claim for yourself."
~~ Robert Green Ingersoll [1833-99]

"The president has lost his mind !!"
~~ TV news host Lawrence O'Donnell, late 10/1/2025

"When the heart is at peace, for and against are forgotten."
~~ Chuang Tzu / Chuang Chou / Zhuangzi [IVth Century B.C.E.]

"The American Revolution represents one of the most important events in the history of the planet, and its ideals continue to symbolize hope and freedom for humankind."
~~ Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic Magazine’s editor in chief

"You can either look old or you can look weird. You can’t look young. You already did that, and that part’s over."
~~ comedian Dustin Anderson

"Comparison is the thief of joy."
~~ Theodore Roosevelt [1858-1919]

"You can blow out a candle, but you can't blow out a fire."
~~ song lyric by Peter Gabriel

"If you’re not scared, you’re not paying attention."
~~ Ezra Levin, cofounder and co–executive director of Indivisible

"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make."
~~ primatologist Dame Jane Goodall [1934-2025]

"Violence is always wrong (except in direct self defense), but too much is being spoken/- written/broadcast about fascist agitator Charlie Kirk - his body was flown home from Utah in Air Force Two, f'godsakes ! I say not a hero and GOOD RIDDANCE to the traitor bastid – instead fly flags at half-mast for all the schoolchildren assassinated by domestic terrorists, one day per murdered child or teacher . . ."
~~ philosopher G.E. Nordell, 10-2025

"Rebellion is born when rulers forget [that] they are meant to serve."
~~ Chinese philosopher Confucius / Kong Qiu [551-479 BCE]

"If you think Trumpism will simply end in three years, you are naive."
~~ David Brooks, writes for The Atlantic Magazine

"It is okay to love people: real love is free."
~~ philosopher G.E. Nordell

"Hope is not a survival strategy - it never was."
~~ historian Tad Stoermer

"In nine months, Donald Trump and his cronies have enacted nearly half of the 'Project 2025' agenda."
~~ Dr. Mary L. Trump, 10/24/2025

"Donald Trump has openly solicited and received sums of money that look a great deal like bribes."
~~ David A. Graham, staff writer at The Atlantic Magazine

"The human race is a pretty good place."
~~ folk music legend Woody Guthrie [1912-67]

"My prayer is like a sword. And my sword is like a prayer."
~~ Ivan Ilyin [1883-1954], in 1927

"Somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly. Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech. Somewhere I read of the freedom of press. Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right."
~~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. [1929-68]

"If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we'd all have a Merry Christmas."
~~ character Sheldon Cooper on "The Big Bang Theory" TV series [2007-2019]

"God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. [Donald Trump] makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart."
~~ Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England, Feb 2019

"Consumer culture is currently a series of dramatic swan dives into a sort of giddy meaninglessness that functions as tacit admission that we’ve all more or less lost the plot."
~~ Jia Tolentino, staff writer at The New Yorker Magazine

"The truth is, dreams are how we figure out where we want to go, and life is how we get there."
~~ Kermit the Frog, May 2025 commencement address at University of Maryland

"The damage caused by pseudo-President Elon Musk and his teenage hackers crew should be given the name The Dork Ages."
~~ philosopher G.E. Nordell

"Bear in mind, this is just a dream; but again, it could be reality."
~~ musician Swamp Dogg

"if i listen to the boss then i'm just a bloody fool"
~~ song lyric by Peggy Seeger

"Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor."
~~ James Baldwin [1924-87]

"One person with convictions is worth ninety-nine with merely interests."
~~ John Stuart Mill [1806-73]

"Giving up is unforgivable."
~~ President Joe Biden, on 7 November 2024

"What's the matter with you?"
~~ Arnold Schwarzenegger to Donald Trump, on 15 August 2025

t-shirt text: "authenticated !"

"My movie is born first in my head, dies on paper; is resuscitated by the living persons and real objects I use, which are killed on film but, placed in a certain order and projected onto a screen, come to life again like flowers in water."
~~ French filmmaker Robert Bresson [1901-99]

"A director must be a policeman, a midwife, a psychoanalyst, a sycophant, and a bastard."
~~ Billy Wilder [1906-2002]

"All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman, and a pretty girl."
~~ Charlie Chaplin [1889-1977]

"Being an artist means not having to avert one’s eyes."
~~ cinema master Akira Kurosawa [1910-98]

"one moment your life is a stone in you, / and the next a star . . ."
~~ Rainer Maria Rilke [1875-1926]

"There is no man smaller than a coward at a hero's funeral."
~~ Irish proverb

"The Constitution is not a document for the government to restrain the people: it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government."
~~ Patrick Henry [1736-99]

"A man learns in only two ways; one by reading, the other by association with smarter people."
~~ Will Rogers [1879-1935]

Jack Warner’s advice to Nobel Prize winner Albert Einstein , who visited the studio in 1931: "Doctor, you have your theory of relativity and I have mine: Never hire a relative."

"I sing my sorrow, and I paint my joy."
~~ singer Joni Mitchell

"Excessive corporate profits are ALWAYS the result of underpaid workers and overpriced products."
~~ philosopher G.E. Nordell

"Journalism is only the first rough draft of history."
~~ Alan Barth [1906-1979]

"Power, the most insidious of the passions, is also the most cunning."
~~ Elizabeth Hardwick

{each set of posted quotations are then posted at the Working Minds website, alphabetical by author}

2026 Predictions - January

U.S. Army recruiting posters will soon appear that imitate the James Montgomery Flagg iconic Uncle Sam and read "Uncle Donald wants you!"

Department of War-Mongering Secretary Hegseth will announce a mandatory military draft, including all MAGAt boys & girls under age 30.

Young MAGAts will purchase and wear T-shirts that read "I won't go! / I have bone spurs."

Mandatory conscription will begin on Uncle Donald's birthday in June.

Copyright 2026 by G.E. Nordell, all rights reserved

News Factoids for Fourth Quarter 2025

Americans spent $103 billion on lottery tickets in 2023, according to the most recent census data.

Nuclear power's share of the world’s electricity supply plummeted from 17% in 1996 to 9% in 2024; by 2040, nuclear power will supply 12% of global electricity compared to the current 9%. Despite renewed enthusiasm in the US, the vast majority of new capacity is coming online in other countries. The U.K. plans to increase its nuclear capacity to meet 25% of its electricity needs by 2050, up from 15% currently. And Russia is working on 19 nuclear power plants beyond its borders in places like Turkey, Iran, and Bangladesh, making it the biggest exporter of nuclear capacity. Goldman Sachs projects that the world will have 500 functioning nuclear reactors in 2030, up from the current 440.

There are more than 9,900 craft breweries across the U.S. now, compared to just 4,800 ten years ago.

In October 2025, silver surpassed $50 a troy ounce, its highest price in decades, as investors sought protection from economic uncertainty.

China is the world’s biggest manufacturer, accounting for roughly 30% of global production and about a quarter of its overall economy.

Concentrations of planet-warming CO₂ in the atmosphere have been rising fast in recent years, but 2024 recorded the biggest jump to date. Atmospheric CO₂ concentrations now stand at 423.9 parts per million, and scientists are now worried it isn’t just fossil fuel emissions driving the change.

Amazon is currently the second-largest employer in the U.S.

There have been 1,618 cases of measles in 42 U.S. states this year through Oct. 21, and nearly half of those (803) are in Texas alone.

"Frankenstein" [1818] sold 40,000 copies annually in English alone — which is not to count the millions of copies already in print.

And just like that, the U.S. Mint stopped issuing new pennies on November 12, ending a 232-year run.

The American cattle herd is now the smallest it’s been since 1951.

The world had 2,919 billionaires on April 4, according to Swiss bank U.B.S. — the largest number since the bank started collecting suchdata in 1995.

Despite a spurt of job growth in September 2025, unemployment hit a four-year high of 4.4% that month, according to government data.

The economy: The US economy added 64,000 jobs in November after losing 105,000 in October, per federal jobs numbers delayed by the government shutdown. Unemployment rose to 4.6 percent, its highest point in more than four years.

In 2023, 93 of the 100 most-watched programs on American television were professional football games.

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