Republican States Are Struggling the Most Financially

Trump economy is hollowing out the Republican base

Let's Flip These Seats!



https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-real-gdp-growth-by-state-in-q1-2025/

He's negotiating with a terrorist who is holding 26,000 kids hostage!

"we don't negotiate with terrorists"



How many US presidents have said that?

Ronald Reagan made it a prominent part of his rhetoric, particularly during the hostage crises of the 1980s. During a news conference in 1985, he stated that the U.S. would "never make concessions to terrorists" because doing so would "only invite more terrorism."

Of course It turns out that Reagan had secretly sold arms to Iran, a state sponsor of terrorism, with the alleged goal of securing the release of American hostages held by Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Bill Clinton adhered to the policy of not negotiating with terrorists and not paying ransom. However, he granted a visa to Gerry Adams, the leader of the political wing of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), which was on the U.S. State Department's terror list at the time. But it was an important part of the Northern Ireland peace process.

George W. Bush took a very firm stance against negotiating with terrorists or state sponsors of it. He declared that the U.S. would not allow terrorists to "develop new home bases" and would "act preemptively" to defend itself. His rhetoric and actions, such as the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq, were based on the idea of not cowering to threats and dismantling terrorist organizations by force.

Barack Obama maintained the official policy of not negotiating with terrorists or paying ransoms for hostages. However, in 2014 he exchanged Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, an American soldier held by the Taliban, for five Taliban detainees. This was clearly a prisoner exchange,

Donald Trump has publicly stated his policy is to not negotiate with terrorists. He often publicly takes a hardline approach and emphasizes military action as the primary tool for dealing with terrorist threats.

But now Trump is negotiating with a terrorist who is holding 26,000 kids hostage!

The forced deportation and "re-education" of Ukrainian children by Russian forces is a widely documented and condemned atrocity, with Ukrainian officials and international bodies like the International Criminal Court (ICC) having documented thousands of cases. The ICC has even issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his commissioner for children's rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, for the "unlawful deportation" of these children.

Trump is so self-centered that I'll be shocked if he even brings the 26,000 kids up without being questioned about it directly.

The Earth will be fine, missing it's ice caps.

I can't say the same for human coastal cities though:


https://www.ancient-earth.com/

http://www.scotese.com/newpage13.htm

Russia exported Fear and Division to the US & now Russia is drowning in them

Konstantin Samoilov speaking for himself only from inside southern Russia August 7 2022.
I wonder if people felt like this in 1933 in Germany.

Fear is growing since February 24.
The purges are coming in waves.
Friends are turning each other in.
More aggression in public.
Distrust in public.
More black and white thinking.
Fear of using blue accidentally with yellow.
Every day is like before a boxing match.
It's more intense every day.
His "phony prayer" 😓 at the end is so truthful, sad, and raw 🙏

Apotheosis of the Russian Empire

Florida Rep. Joe Harding is a shithead

Social media 'influencer' charged with spreading 2016 election disinformation.

We need more of these arrests! Our russian-influenced president that set the country on fire with words and decrees is temporarily muzzled and still needs to be banned from office. Disinformation from russia didn't end with the occupation of our Capital.

This 'influencer' committed election fraud by using the media to spread disinformation that is dangerous to democracy and freedom. Just words and Free speech? No. Yelling fire in a crowded room isn't. Harming the election is eventually harmful to everyone. Spreading disinformation within our own industry is suicide for America. That path ends in D I S A S T E R not democracy.

POLITICO: Social media 'influencer' charged with spreading 2016 election disinformation.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/27/social-media-influencer-election-disinformation-463170

The charges: The FBI arrested Douglass Mackey, known as “Ricky Vaughn,” on accusations of conspiring to deprive individuals of their right to vote through “coordinated use of social media to spread disinformation,” according to a complaint filed in the Eastern District of New York.

Mackey, according to a 2018 HuffPost report, is a prominent pro-Trump online troll with ties to the white nationalist movement.

How the lies spread: According to the complaint, Mackey and several unnamed co-conspirators sought to stoke confusion about the voting process by claiming on social media that supporters of one of the two major presidential candidates could vote by posting online or texting.

I love taking away the rights edge policies by using their own logic against them.

To bad the left is too conservative to do it.

START calling defense spending nondiscretionary!

Nearly everyone agrees that we should have some sort of minimum military always capability aka spending, say 500 billion. Therefore it is non-discretionary.

It also helps put the already paid for nondiscretionary social security and Medicare spending in better perspective.

Now let the right attack the "baked in" (their words) non-discretionary spending.