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Tim Probst
Tim Probst
@Tim@www.timprobst.com

Early adopting super geek, musician, father, resident tech guru.

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Category: Politics

  • I think it is certainly fair to question the president and Tom Homan about a potential deployment of ICE agents at our nation’s airports. Clearly, there is a reason most of the country does not trust the agency.

    Before any of them walk into an airport on duty, we should know exactly what they will be doing in their official capacity, we should have the more than fair expectation that not one of them will be hiding behind a mask, and every agent should know the exact procedure to hand off tasks and actions to appropriately trained TSA and CBP officers who are actually trained to be working at our ports of entry and dealing with travelers and the stresses that come in those scenarios.

    Tom Homan says ICE agents will assist at crowded airport security points amid TSA staffing shortages

  • If you had any remaining doubts that Trump considers ICE to be his personal intimidation force, this should clarify things for you.

    Trump threatens to put ICE agents in airports over funding impasse | Reuters

  • This seems like an incredibly important data point for every leader around the globe to consider when interacting with Iran. This is especially true for those leaders that wrongfully feel they have the right to start unprovoked wars.

    Iran’s Attack on Distant U.S.-U.K. Base Demonstrates Growing Range

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  • Nikki McCann Ramirez wrote an excellent article in Rolling Stone about how we Americans, through our elected government, could be spending our collective budget on positive changes for citizens and humanity instead of bombing and killing Iranians.

    Surely, we all can agree that the following list of alternatives would have wide support:

    • Health Care
    • Child Care
    • Medical Debt
    • Foreign Aid
    • Food Assistance
    • Public Programming
    • Preschool Development
    • Aid for the Disabled

    These are all things that help real people and can have lasting, positive impacts on our collective lives on this planet. We are well overdue on changing the way we think as Americans about how best to have impact, and it all starts by actually caring about each other and electing the right leaders.

    THINGS THE MONEY FOR TRUMP’S IRAN WAR COULD HAVE PAID FOR THAT AREN’T … WAR

  • This ruling is a massive win for the citizens of the United States and for the over 360 million people worldwide that rely on Voice of America for information especially in countries where real, factual information is not otherwise accessible.

    Judge orders restoration of Voice of America | AP News

  • As a father, I feel like I can say this with a certain level of authority at this point in my life:

    The President of the United States is experiencing what some might call a temper tantrum.

    Trump says he will raise US global tariff rate from 10% to 15%

  • Just watched the PBS News Hour interview with Senator Johnson of Wisconsin.

    All I can say is wow. Senator Johnson’s comments on ICE are completely tone deaf and delusional. Wisconsin deserves better representation and leadership.

  • Even the Chinese military had the sense and humanity to stop when a person stood in front of a column of tanks.

    Not the United States Trump SS!

  • It is difficult to listen to the words in our national anthem today before the NFL playoff games. We have fellow citizens from a major city that are experiencing such conflicting versions of what the anthem says America is supposed to be.

    I am 100% confident that the citizens of Minneapolis do not feel free today. They are under siege by our own government. They have masked invaders hunting down their neighbors. Imagine how you would feel in their shoes just for a moment.

    On the flip side, we can see in every video made public that the citizens of Minneapolis are proving over and over again that Minneapolis is indeed the home of the brave. They are standing up to a corrupt government and putting their lives on the line.

    Be brave, be free. The future is brighter than today.

  • Police Chief O’Hara is showing what a community leader and public servant looks and sounds like. This is the type of care and behavior we should expect from the people that keep us safe in our homes and communities.