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Former US Commerce Department official and nationals security council member, David Rothkopf, spells out the specific crimes which Donald Trump and Todd Blanche committed last week, which are not being reported correctly in the media. Source link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4TFdMulBK0OyCA2lzHpGrP

What a time to be alive, eh? Celebrating the moments that really matter: New paint for the pool! Never mind those pesky war shenanigans! They're so silly to focus on! Here's a shiny ball to watch! Look at Me! Mr. Trump! I have big cars, too! Whee!

The American Foreign Service Association shared this on their LinkedIn today. Which is strange because I've also seen posts from the State Department on LinkedIn, with admittedly bizarre imagery, saying they're trying to hire new foreign service officers. (Out with the Constitutionalists, in with the Blood & Soil Radical Christians?)

With this week's devastating blow against the Voting Rights Act, which will allow state governments to gerrymander Jim Crow back into existence, it's time to stop pretending the Constitution carries weight any longer. It's time for Appalachian Separatism along bioregional lines.

Like Cascadia in the Pacific Northwest, it's time for Southern Appalachia, starting with Western North Carolina, to secede from our state capitals and establish ourselves as newly sovereign subnational entities.

My ancestor helped establish the State of Franklin as the 14th State after the Revolutionary War. It existed for four proud years before rejoining North Carolina. But after numerous disasters, not least of which was Hurricane Helene, after which we saw Raleigh functionally wash their hands of us, this week's catastrophic SCOTUS ruling is the last straw.

It's time for Appalachia to become its own self-governing polity, in line with ecology and workers' dignity.

References:
https://cascadiabioregion.org/bioregionalism-core-principles

Bioregioning is our future: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-08-27/bioregioning-is-our-future/

Bioregioning - The defining practice of regenerative cultures: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-09-25/bioregioning-the-defining-practice-of-regenerative-cultures/