You make it difficult to enjoy your company when you're always on your phone. And, reality is, you have an aberrant behavior problem.
Steve Thompson PhD
Former Johns Hopkins, Dartmouth, UC Davis faculty. Internet addiction research pioneer. Media terrorism scholar. Editor. Author. Veteran newsman. Independent. Believer.
Last published book: Machine Law, Ethics, and Morality in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (2021).
Understanding Information Literacy: Strategies in Processing Everyday Information (2026), and Digital Media Profiteers: Provocateurs, Jesters, and Propagandists (2027), Cognella Academic Publishing.
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Avoid the Plague
We are witnessing a steady assault on Truth in our lives.
From the top down, across all mainstream media and independent media, in houses and homes, with families and friends, in schools and in churches.
If we have no foundation in Truth, we must be swept up in this perpetual assault and have no one to blame but ourselves. Because we all see it.
While we cannot put a stop to it overall, we can put a stop to it in our own lives.
Our problem is, we no longer find value in the honor of Truth.
Trump administration pulls back on tariffs for Italian pastas - UPI.com
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/01/01/tariff-rollback-italian-pasta/5631767309584/
#Republicans #MAGA #GOP #Trump #politics #tariffs #pasta #press
So much for presidential priorities.
Republican Trump administration terminates leases for DC's three public golf courses | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/trump-golf-courses-washington-dc-53ba4e673bb78bdea1fa101e4030b0bd
The Trump administration has ended the lease agreement for three public golf courses in Washington, a move that offers President Donald Trump an additional opportunity to put his stamp on another piece of the nationās capital.
Ohio police search for suspect after dentist, wife found murdered at home - ABC News https://abcnews.go.com/US/ohio-police-search-suspect-after-dentist-wife-found/story?id=128829216
Around 40 killed, 115 hurt in Swiss resort bar blaze on New Year's Day, police say - ABC News https://abcnews.go.com/International/dead-fire-bar-switzerland-new-years-day-police/story?id=128825726
How the Supreme Courtās Judicial Sanewashing Wrecked the Legal System | The New Republic https://newrepublic.com/article/204788/supreme-court-judicial-sanewashing-roberts The Roberts Courtās reality distortions have thoroughly disrupted the law, facts, and democracy.
Today's moronic toxic White House moment.
Republican President Donald Trump slams Clooneys for acquiring French citizenship
https://www.politico.eu/article/trump-slams-clooneys-for-acquiring-french-citizenship/
UK crypto users forced to share account details with tax officials
Their Death Sentences Were Commuted by Biden. They Could Face Execution Again.
At least four of the 37 men whose sentences were commuted last year could face the death penalty at the state level after a push from the Republican Trump administration
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/us/death-penalty-biden-trump-south-carolina.html
Jack Smith told lawmakers Trump was 'the most culpable' in election interference case, deposition transcript shows
The former special counsel who brought charges against Trump during the Biden administration had wanted to testify in public, but Republicans refused his request. - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/jack-smith-closed-door-testimony-released-house-republicans-judiciary-rcna251732
Republican President Donald Trump Uses Veto to Punish Tribe for Blocking Alligator Alcatraz | The New Republic
https://newrepublic.com/post/204838/donald-trump-veto-punish-tribe-alligator-alcatraz
Chicago mayor blasts āauthoritarianā Trump after SCOTUS blocks National Guard deployment
āThere is at least another branch of government that recognizes that the overreach by the president is a real threat to our democracy,ā Brandon Johnson told MS NOW.
We are living in a Republican dictatorship. This is what that looks like.
Republican President Donald Trump's first second-term vetoes reject bipartisan bills
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/31/trump-vetoes-water-pipeline-everglades-bills
Jack Smith's testimony on Trump investigation: 5 takeaways
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/31/trump-jack-smith-election-transcript-testimony-fbi
1. Jan. 6 probe wasn't about the 2024 election, Smith claims
2. Smith defends subpoenaing congressional leaders' phone records
3. Trump obstructed recovery of classified documents ā Smith says
4. Smith says he would have investigated any president
5. Smith refuses to disclose potential Patel interview
The White House did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment.
Trump Appoints Self To Divine Muses
Karoline "Goebbels" Leavitt
How the UK Retail Sector Responded to the Scattered Spider Hack Wave - Infosecurity Magazine https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news-features/how-uk-retail-responded-hack-wave/
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