I write articles and stories for a wide variety of outlets. Sometimes when I fail to gain the attention of a publisher, I drop the article into my personal blog you’re reading now. I’ve written a few pieces on the on-going saga of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and as you can see in the comments, I have few supporters. The last article I posted here was rejected by the publisher of a blog site called AmericanThinker.com. In the editors rejection notes to me, we had a spirited back-and-forth that I thought you might enjoy reading so I have copied and pasted it below. Looks like I’m hitting nerves!

On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 8:15 AM Bob <hmrun123@aol.com> wrote:

You argued with me about this some months ago and come to find out you were wrong.  Maybe now this is timely?

Bob:

I’m afraid that pillorying the Trump administration on behalf of a gangster and human trafficker is not something that will play with AT readers. We’re going to pass. 

Best,

JR Dunn

On Fri, Aug 29, 2025 at 8:27 AM Bob <hmrun123@aol.com> wrote:

JR:

There is nothing in what I wrote that is incorrect factually.  Gangster?  Zero proof.  Human Trafficker, again zero proof, read what I wrote.  If you’re a Trump at all costs guy, you’re really not doing your readers any service feeding them only what they want to hear.  There a many flavors of ice cream, seems you’re hooked on plain vanilla. 

 “And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith”

In a message dated 8/30/2025 7:04:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time, jrdunn@americanthinker.com writes:

— JR Dunn 

Bob:

I’ll stick with plain vanilla rather than the Ben & Jerry’s Diesel Oil with Sea Slugs that’s being presented here. 

BTW, a colleague reminded me that we should add “wife beater” to “gangster” and “human trafficker.” 

JR:

Here it is in its simplest form:  Are you familiar with the legal concept known as the “fruit of the poisonous tree” doctrine?  If not, Google it.  Had the administration not erred in grabbing Garcia up and unlawfully taking him to prison in the first place, (Which BTW they admitted doing) none of what followed would have taken place.  What followed was literally the fruit of the poisonous tree.

Don’t EVER declare in your writings that, “we are a nation of laws” or otherwise tout lawfulness when you approve of trampling all over civil and constitutional rights as a necessary casualty of getting to the outcome you have pretended to envision as the right one.  Your position in this case is one of a dogmatic ideologue suffering from cognitive dissonance.  (Thankfully, this can be treated.)  

Thank you for making my point so vividly in your tortured defense calling for crucifixion via the publics ignorance of due process and making your case only attractive in the public square of group-think low-information consumers of news. 

You and your colleague ought to sign up for a Constitutional Law course in order to elucidate yourselves.  I’ll take as convincingly persuasive, the quotes I reference from members of the judiciary over your tepid and unsupported utterances passing as authoritative.

If you had any creative courage at all, you would publish what I wrote with your 2-cent warning label about how full of crap you think I am, but reminding readers about how you are of a big enough mind to put what I wrote out there to see what others might think.  One would think you would relish watching me get flamed?  It seems to me that you’re all about reinforcing your opinions rather than exploring alternatives.  Not really so courageous.