Mark Small

Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote: “The best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market...” 250 U.S. at 630. trump speaks of, yet mocks, “truth” and is ignorant of the marketplace. 2/13

First Amendment’s protection of free speech & free press are greatest for speech directed at a public official that is critical of the official’s conduct. New York Times v Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964). 3/13

Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice; moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.” Sen Barry Goldwater, viewed by some as patriarch of conservatism, said that in his acceptance speech of 1964 GOP nomination for Pres 4/13

Recent iteration of GOP: not conservative. Large corporations - pharma, defense, oil or combos - jump into the trough with all four hooves & snout when billions - now trillions - are available to keep them afloat, “free market” be damned. 5/13

If poor people, immigrants, veterans, students - I could go on - need assistance, major shareholders of those corporations & their media hucksters cry “Socialism!” Now some say they are willing to die for the economy. 6/13

We should not hold our breaths. They will not sacrifice themselves, but others & profit from media coverage. If we criticize them, they will mimic trump and issue cease-and-desist letters. 7/13

The other candidates in GOP primary for Indiana’s 5th are in a contest to out-trump ea other. To say trump is out of touch with reality is polite. He is delusional & unconcerned about the well being of this country & the World. 8/13

Congress: meant to be check on, not rubber stamp 4, POTUS’s actions. My opponents in GOP’s primary for Indiana’s 5th Congr Distr (INCD5) have indicated they only will act as trump’s rubber stamp. 9/13