John & Gordy in the Afternoon is no more....

Bad news, we've been let go at Civic Media, and hope to continue J&G in a daily podcast. In the meantime, stay in contact with us at democurmudgeon.blogspot.com and at my Facebook page John Peterson. In the meantime, I will miss every one of you. And that goes for Gordy too. It was group therapy. You can email me here, or at Facebook.

Yes, it's the John & Gordy "Let's go Back to Cursive" children's storybook!

 

Another Minneapolis Death, Alex Pretti, Vilified by Trump, Noem and Bovino.

 The shooting of Veteran ICU nurse Alex Pretti was captured by a witness just a few feet away. Since the video shows the shooting, it's not publishable, just a link to the video: 

Omg, this version shows it all. His back was to the agent who shot him. These MF's!https://t.co/2SLpwmZagG

— 🦋 Annie 🦋 (@Stand4TruthOnly) January 25, 2026

Federal agents in Minneapolis wrestled Alex Pretti to the ground and secured the handgun he was carrying moments before shooting him multiple times, according to a Washington Post analysis of video footage.

Read more: https://t.co/gs55sapKJH pic.twitter.com/0LwulTgqLy

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 25, 2026

Wow. Greg Bovino and Kristi Noem literally saying the exact same thing. pic.twitter.com/ETDfrqrfCY

— Blue Georgia (@BlueATLGeorgia) January 24, 2026

“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.” pic.twitter.com/LvpsLm4IES

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) January 25, 2026

Bash: "It feels as though you're blaming the victim here."

Greg Bovino: "The victims are the border patrol agents.“

FFS
pic.twitter.com/YKCeFfb0yV

— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) January 25, 2026

🚨🇺🇸 BREAKING: Protesters in Los Angeles just projected an anti-ICE video onto a building.

And it wasn’t just any building.

It was Twin Towers, an ICE-linked detention facility where LASD actively collaborates with ICE for deportation screening.

This is what resistance looks… pic.twitter.com/rz4f0u6kqj

— Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) January 25, 2026

Peaceful Protests in Minnesota

 What appears to be AI generated, is making the rounds and is an appropriate statement.

ICE Chases Protestor In Major Escalation in Minnesota — Air Force Called In

pic.twitter.com/pW9L16Moh1

— Morgan J. Freeman (@mjfree) January 18, 2026

 Here's real video from Minneapolis in -7 degree weather, with thousands of protesters in the streets. 

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Clergy of all faiths protest at Minneapolis airport during the ICE Out, asking the airlines to cancel contracts to fly immigrants out-of-state. 

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Mad King Don's 2nd Term Storybook

 Welcome to another collection of memorable moments from Mad King Don's first year.

Here again is Phycologist Dr. John Gartner on Times Radio on Mad King Don's obvious problem with malignant narcissism:

WHERE'S SGT. FURY and his HOWLING COMMANDO'S when you need them? 

If you’re familiar with Marvel’s Sgt. Fury artist Jack Kirby, Bovino looks like just like someone he’d draw as a Nazi arch villain. At least that’s what the Twitter video looked like.

Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino marches through Minneapolis surrounded by federal agents, shouting at American citizens.

This isn’t about deporting “the worst of the worst.” It’s about deliberately sowing fear and chaos in cities that oppose the Trump regime pic.twitter.com/zxP10HVsll

— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) January 17, 2026

This is a news broadcast dispels the idea they’re not intentionally sweeping up Americans. The inhumane treatment of every detainee is a national war crime;

This U.S citizen who was detained by ICE in Minnesota says that they took her to Whipple. She said they wouldn’t let her use the phone & then she was put in shackles & then in a U.S Citizen’s cell so they knew they would be detaining Americans! They had to beg for food & water! pic.twitter.com/7cOlwiPvum

— Suzie rizzio (@Suzierizzo1) January 17, 2026

Mad King Don is now accepting anyone's past trophies and accolades, WOW: 

The Trophies suddenly came pouring in...

Trump shifts ICE mission from immigrants to Americans using Good's killing...we're all on notice.

Here's Bucks head coach Doc Rivers on the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis by ICE. 

This is a moving tribute to Renee Nicole Good by Youtuber Robert Arnold, that I will never forget....

In an attempt to ambush protesters, who Fox News thinks don't know why they're there, Hannity finds out the hard way they know more than him:

🔥 MUST-WATCH: “That’s not what it looked like to me at all. There just absolutely is no justification for this.”@seanhannity sends a reporter to try to embarrass a Minneapolis protestor… and he chooses the wrong dude — who instead cooks 🔥 live on Fox for 2 full minutes🦸🏻‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/uJ7DJJLmlh

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) January 10, 2026

By the way, we now know what the plan is, as one ICE agent admits:

An ICE agent in Minnesota to a woman recording him: “Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?”

He then knocked her phone out of her hand.

What has America become? pic.twitter.com/5NvLeaQncQ

— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) January 10, 2026

So this marks the beginning of ICE moving from Immigrants to Americans, using Good's death as inspiration. 

MINNEAPOLIS: Border Patrol agents warn two white women in separate SUVs to stop trailing them and not to impede. 'Dont make a bad decision today..." pic.twitter.com/An2MAWUYcY

— Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) January 9, 2026

MS NOW's Catherine Rampell is saying what I'm saying... 

#BREAKING:🔥Rampell: "You know it's interesting because I remember when these VERY SAME (rightwing) voices were decrying government tyranny, government tyranny under Obama, government tyranny under Biden, so much government tyranny that that's why we all need guns, that's why we… pic.twitter.com/dmCciYFwSI

— Emoluments Clause (@Emolclause) January 11, 2026

Really Bad Orange Santa

 

Call him Mini-Trump Tiffany...

I haven't posted anything for a while, but I had to add to the history of Wisconsin's now infamous Rep. Tom Tiffany. He polluted WI water and air, doesn't read much based on his screwy declarations, and now he's running for Governor? Let's get to his current foul-up campaign mirroring Trump's own pointless agenda, thus, the nickname Mini-Trump Tiffany:

1.  Mini-Trump Tiffany falls for Moms for Liberty post Claiming a transgender individual used a girls locker room.

NO PROOF, Moms for Liberty are either taking the word of a whistleblower or just making it up. They offered screen shots of documents stating school policy in Racine, but no Whistleblower report or any reference to a written complaint.

Mini-Trump Tiffany reacted in anger, posting this on X: 

“When I’m governor, girls’ sports, locker rooms, and bathrooms will be protected for girls, and common sense will win. No more of this crap."

Mini-Trump Tiffany is on it. 

This is the original X post: BREAKING: A grown man in his 40’s is repeatedly walking into the women & girls’ locker room at the Racine Unified School District Aquatics Center — and staff say the school district policy stops them from stopping him.

2.  Mini-Trump Tiffany whines energy cost too much in WI…

…forgetting Republicans have only done one thing in the last 13 years regarding energy, delay wind and solar. But market forces aren’t waiting for MAGA politicians.

Here’s Mini-Trump Tiffany repeating Trump energy talking points: 

“My plan to lower costs is simple: -Stop closing power plants -Expand nuclear -Protect our farmland from unreliable solar/wind projects.

Tiffany hasn’t heard battery storage for solar is used now in off hours. Tiffany should talk; he destroyed beautiful farmland for industrial frac sand mining.

• Wisconsin's high energy prices are driven by increasing demand, the high cost of new generation projects like solar, wind, and natural gas, and upgrading aging infrastructure. Wisconsin still relies largely on fossil fuels which are more expensive now than green energy. 

NOTE: Experts do not project that utility companies will remove short-term customer rate increases after project completion to fund these projects.

3.    Tom Tiffany’s Mini-Trump like Campaign fail 

Libsof TikTok post: Quiz in “Introduction to Cultural Geography” at @uwoshkosh demonizes ICE and Trump’s immigration policies— suggests Trump is detaining American citizens. ICE agents are facing a 1,000% increase in assaults.”

Mini-Trump Tiffany: 

“We need to make the Universities of Wisconsin serve Wisconsinites again. Indoctrination doesn’t belong in our public universities, and it’s time we demand accountability for the taxpayer dollars funding them.”

Imagine what would happen to the UW System if Tom Tiffany were Gov.

The multiple-choice quiz doesn’t demonize ICE, all answers are true. If MAGAs see this as demonizing, maybe this should open their eyes? 

4.  Tiffany tries to be like Trump on Violent crime

THIS HAPPENED: An absolutely horrific situation last night, as an armed thug shot a young student in the ear on Langdon Street…

Rep.and now Gov Candidate Tom Tiffany channeled Trump promising the end of crime if Governor: 

“We must restore law and order in Wisconsin. Criminals belong behind bars, law enforcement deserves our support, and prosecutors must do their job and prosecute criminals. No excuses.”

Another response by Donavan Noggle: “Surprise, it's a cultural experience BLM. It's the mayor's DEI. Time to start thinking statewide curfew under 18 11:00 PM in your home. Hold parents responsible double the fines.”

TESLA CHAINSAW MASSACRE...ARE YOU NEXT?

 

Mad King Donald's Global Tariff Experiment Gone Wrong

Liberation Day continues to trash retirees' investment funds. and the U.S. economy isn't going where the golden king had promised.  Luckily, Truth Matters uncovered this bizarre moment in our nation's history that can inform future generations:

Scott Walker Grilled over Act 10 lie over saving taxpayer money...and more!

 I posted this many years back, but the topic keeps popping up in discussions across social media. I have a shorter version featuring questioning from Dennis Kucinich, but this clip features other politicians taking their deserved shots at Walker. 

Hope you enjoy it as much as I have...

Finally, the Truth!

 

Emperor has no clothes, plans...

 

Hard to believe huh...?

 

The Trump Olympics! People say they've never seen this much lying. It's true.

 

Biden can now do anything...maybe this?

 

JD's Orange American Elegy

 

Projection? Who's got the Crime Family?

Republicans signed on to what is essentially a strike, to do nothing until the election in November, including our own Ron Johnson.

If Trump's 34 felony convictions aren't embarrassing enough to support without question, maybe they should remember all those who also fell on their swords for Trump. Not a good look...

Every Dog has their day...

 

MAGA-NATION vision!