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Women display signs as people protest at Dupont Circle in Washington, on August 11, 2025. (Photo by Ken Cedeno/Reuters)

Women hold protest signs during a demonstration at Dupont Circle in Washington on August 11, 2025.(Photo by Ken Cedeno/Reuters)

U.S. President Donald Trump holds the hands of Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan as they shake hands between each other during a trilateral signing event, at the White House, in Washington, D.C., on August 8, 2025. (Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

U.S. President Donald Trump facilitates a handshake between Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan during a trilateral signing ceremony at the White House on August 8, 2025.(Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

A banner depicting the Washington, D.C., flag with a text reading “Free DC” hangs from an overpass with a view of the U.S. Capitol after U.S. President Donald Trump announced federal take over of the Metropolitan Police Department under the Home Rule Act to assist in crime prevention in the nation's capital, in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 12, 2025. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

A “Free DC” banner, featuring the Washington, D.C. flag, hangs from an overpass with the U.S. Capitol in the background after President Trump announced the federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department under the Home Rule Act to combat crime, August 12, 2025.(Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

Demonstrators are detained after blocking the street during a protest called March Against Immigration Cruelty outside the U.S. immigration court in Manhattan on August 11, 2025. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)

Demonstrators are detained after blocking traffic during the “March Against Immigration Cruelty” protest outside a Manhattan immigration court on August 11, 2025.(Photo by Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)

Bands of wildfire smoke from a nearby fire color the sky and setting sun orange as seen from near Elkton in southwestern Oregon on August 12, 2025. The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for the area with temperatures reaching around 100 degrees on Tuesday. (Photo by Robin Loznak/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Wildfire smoke tints the sky and sunset orange near Elkton, Oregon, on August 12, 2025, as the National Weather Service issues a heat advisory for 100°F temperatures.(Photo by Robin Loznak/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, left, NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers, Anne McClain, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi are seen inside the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship SHANNON shortly after having landed in the Pacific Ocean on August 9, 2025 off the coast of San Diego, California. McClain, Ayers, Onishi, and Peskov are returning after seven months in space as part of Expedition 73 aboard the International Space Station. (Photo by Keegan Barber/NASA via Getty Images)

Astronauts Nichole Ayers, Anne McClain (NASA), Takuya Onishi (JAXA), and cosmonaut Kirill Peskov (Roscosmos) inside SpaceX’s Dragon Endurance after landing in the Pacific Ocean on August 9, 2025, concluding a seven-month ISS mission.(Photo by Keegan Barber/NASA via Getty Images)

Noah Mack displays American flags on his shorts and in his sunburn before the start of a NASCAR Cup Series auto race in Watkins Glen, N.Y., Sunday, August 10, 2025. (Photo by Seth Wenig/AP Photo)

Noah Mack sports American flag-themed shorts and a sunburn before a NASCAR Cup Series race in Watkins Glen, New York, August 10, 2025.(Photo by Seth Wenig/AP Photo)

Jesus Rubio, 10, practices his lassoing routine before performing during the Mexican Rodeo Fiesta at the 156th Boulder County Fair on August 10, 2025 in Longmont, Colorado. The oldest county fair in Colorado, it focuses on family-oriented activities, the region's agricultural tradition, and showcases the projects of its 4-H and FFA youth, while remaining one of only four non-profit county fairs in the state. (Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images)

Ten-year-old Jesús Rubio practices lassoing ahead of his performance at the Mexican Rodeo Fiesta during Colorado’s 156th Boulder County Fair, August 10, 2025.(Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images)

A worker recovers rubber ducks from the Chicago River after they were dumped from a bridge during a charity fundraiser on August 07, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Around 80,000 ducks were dumped into the river where they race to a finish point to raise money for the Special Olympics Illinois, with the supporter who chose the winning duck receiving a new vehicle. The annual fundraiser generates about $500,000 for the charity. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Workers retrieve rubber ducks from the Chicago River after a charity race on August 7, 2025, raising $500,000 for Special Olympics Illinois.(Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) federal agents patrol at Union Station after U.S. President Donald Trump announced federal take over of the Metropolitan Police Department under the Home Rule Act to assist in crime prevention in the nation's capital, in Washington, D.C., U.S., on August 12, 2025. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

DEA agents patrol Union Station following President Trump’s federalization of D.C.’s police force to address crime, August 12, 2025.(Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

Crews paddle fast towards the turning mark during the annual Great Salem Maritime Cardboard Boat Regatta in Salem, Massachusetts on August 9, 2025. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Teams race toward a buoy during the Great Salem Maritime Cardboard Boat Regatta in Massachusetts, August 9, 2025.(Photo by Joseph Prezioso/Anadolu via Getty Images)

FBI agents patrol the Navy Yard neighborhood, after U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement to deploy the National Guard and federalize the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 12, 2025. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)

FBI agents monitor Washington’s Navy Yard after Trump deploys the National Guard and federalizes local police, August 12, 2025.(Photo by Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)

People participate in the Red Dress Run, an annual charity event where runners, walkers, and drinkers make their way along a two-mile course passing through the French Quarter and surrounding areas on August 9, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region are preparing to mark the 20 year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which occurred on August 29, 2005. The failure of levees during the catastrophic storm in New Orleans flooded about 80 percent of the city including historic communities such as the Lower Ninth Ward. Katrina resulted in nearly 1,400 deaths, according to revised statistics from the National Hurricane Center, and remains the costliest storm in U.S. history at around $200 billion in today's dollars. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Participants in New Orleans’ Red Dress Run, a charity event, traverse the French Quarter on August 9, 2025, ahead of Hurricane Katrina’s 20th anniversary.(Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks about Javelin anti-tank missiles next to U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi during a press conference about deploying federal law enforcement agents in Washington to bolster the local police presence, in the Press Briefing Room at the White House on August 11, 2025. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

President Trump gestures beside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi during a press conference on federal law enforcement deployment, August 11, 2025.(Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

A protester encourages cars on the 101 Freeway to honk their horns during a demonstration in downtown Los Angeles organized by immigrant rights, labor, and grassroots groups to protest federal immigration enforcement actions in Los Angeles, California on August 13, 2025. (Photo by Daniel Cole/Reuters)

A protester urges honking on Los Angeles’ 101 Freeway during a rally against immigration enforcement, August 13, 2025.(Photo by Daniel Cole/Reuters)

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds up a printed out copy of The Washington Post article from 2024 with results of a poll on public safety in D.C., during a briefing in Washington on August 12, 2025. (Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt displays a 2024 Washington Post poll on D.C. public safety during a briefing, August 12, 2025.(Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

U.S. President Trump deploys the National Guard and federalizes the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington on August 13, 2025. (Photo by Jessica Koscielniak/Reuters)

National Guard troops and federalized police deploy in Washington under President Trump’s order, August 13, 2025.(Photo by Jessica Koscielniak/Reuters)

Randy Moore (L) and Per Eriksson of Ghost perform on a stop of the band's Skeletour tour at MGM Grand Garden Arena on August 09, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Ghost members Randy Moore and Per Eriksson perform during their Skeletour at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena, August 9, 2025.(Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Protesters shout "cheaters" and gesture as the House of Representatives adjourns after Democratic lawmakers left the state to deny Republicans the opportunity to redraw the state's 38 congressional districts, in Austin, Texas on August 11, 2025. (Photo by Sergio Flores/Reuters)

Protesters jeer as Texas’ House adjourns after Democrats flee to block GOP-led redistricting, Austin, August 11, 2025.(Photo by Sergio Flores/Reuters)

Law enforcement investigates a fatal shooting in the parking lot outside Target off Research Boulevard, in Austin, Texas, Monday, August 11, 2025. (Photo by Mikala Compton/Austin American-Statesman via AP Photo)

Authorities investigate a fatal shooting outside an Austin Target store, August 11, 2025.(Photo by Mikala Compton/Austin American-Statesman via AP Photo)

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Raymond Hinze

Raymond Hinze

Raymond Hinze is a writer and IT consultant with nearly 20 years of experience across the private and public sectors. He's worked as a writer, trainer, technical support person, delivery manager, system admin, and various other roles that involve getting people and technology to work together.
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