Mic Farris 9/12/26 Mic Farris 9/12/26

Quick Hits - Bribery, AI, and 9/11

This week’s thoughts on the topics – not necessarily related

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Mic Farris 9/5/26 Mic Farris 9/5/26

Zero Fail

The USPS rule to prevent nonexistent widespread voter fraud threatens election chaos

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Mic Farris 8/29/26 Mic Farris 8/29/26

Checks and Balances

Good public decision making requires safeguards and friction to thwart bad decision makers wielding power.

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Mic Farris 6/13/26 Mic Farris 6/13/26

Stopping the Next “Stop the Steal”

GOP leaders are already questioning election results that aren’t going their way. Knowing the pattern helps us to prevent attempts to steal results in November.

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Mic Farris 4/25/26 Mic Farris 4/25/26

Trump vs The Press

Donald Trump doesn’t value America’s First Amendment. So, White House correspondents shouldn’t be celebrating the First Amendment with him.

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Mic Farris 4/12/26 Mic Farris 4/12/26

Words as Weapons

Harvard scholars are calling April 7, 2026 a date that will live in infamy. Whether or not that’s true, there must still be accountability.

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Mic Farris 3/28/26 Mic Farris 3/28/26

No Kings 3.0

“…the right of the people peaceably to assemble…”

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Mic Farris 3/15/26 Mic Farris 3/15/26

They Chose The Shoes

How footwear can tell you about one’s character

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Mic Farris 3/7/26 Mic Farris 3/7/26

The Slow Journey of Truth

Eventually, the truth comes out, but that doesn’t always drive decisions.

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Mic Farris 2/28/26 Mic Farris 2/28/26

War! Act II

Trump launches an unconstitutional 3 am attack on Iran.

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Mic Farris 2/21/26 Mic Farris 2/21/26

Tariff Tantrum

The Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s tariffs as unconstitutional, and of course, he’s handling it well.

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Mic Farris 2/14/26 Mic Farris 2/14/26

The Right to Speak Freely

A grand jury shutout, keeping that right very much alive

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Mic Farris 2/8/26 Mic Farris 2/8/26

Trump v. United States

Ranking as one of the worst Supreme Court decisions in history

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Mic Farris 1/24/26 Mic Farris 1/24/26

“Shot and Killed”

Federal authorities are escalating their uncivil war on America

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Mic Farris 1/18/26 Mic Farris 1/18/26

Melting ICE

More Americans support abolishing ICE than keeping it

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Mic Farris 1/3/26 Mic Farris 1/3/26

Venezuela

We interrupt the new year with U.S. invasion and occupation…

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Mic Farris 12/14/25 Mic Farris 12/14/25

Terrible Decisions

Betting markets, crypto, voting on truth – time to raise our ethical standards.

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Mic Farris 12/7/25 Mic Farris 12/7/25

Gerrymander Disaster

Republicans may be setting themselves up for a self-inflicted wipeout.

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Mic Farris 11/9/25 Mic Farris 11/9/25

Blue Shift

Seeing the light - hope getting closer

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Mic Farris 11/1/25 Mic Farris 11/1/25

Decisions: Election 2025 Edition

America will be making key decisions this week.

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