cdeb315.bsky.social

cdeb315.bsky.social

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Perspective on Trump’s extorted “slush” fund: $1.776 billion?? News outlets report it as “nearly $1.8B”. DO NOT miss the significance of the amount-It was intentional!🤬 Per USA Facts, $66,622 is avg income in US- that’s more than 266 CENTURIES of work! $15,080 (Fed min wage) =1,178 CENTURIES!!

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Are we on the path to our own destruction ? Or will we honor those who sacrificed for our freedoms, by rejecting those who would divide us for the sake of power and money for themselves? What legacy will we leave our children?

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Why? Because divided and fearful is more easily manipulated and easier to control. If we’re fighting each other, if we distrust each other, power is more easily be gained over us. Abraham Lincoln said “A house divided against itself cannot stand”.

We are currently divided against ourselves. There is only one way that we begin to heal and move forward from here: We must reject the manipulation. We must unify in our shared values and and open our minds. We must not allow fear to dictate who we are and distract us from what we MUST do.

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As we talked, and yes - sometimes disagreed - we were able to see and understand different points of view borne from circumstances that varied from our own. We understood that perspectives are formed by circumstance and relationships.

Someone else understood that too… understood that by sowing distrust, by putting up “walls”, by blaming, by creating chaos and thus, fear - they could divide us. And, by causing that division, they could better control us.

If you think Russia, China, North Korea, and India aren’t conspiring to create a new world order - you’re not paying attention. Trump created an environment which our enemies see an opportunity to take advantage of mutual angst over his tariffs and foreign aid, while alienating our allies. Crazy.

And the “cherry on top”: The hypocrisy of the multi-million $ parade to honor the army - when we all know that he considers himself to be the “supreme leader” and it’s an homage to his own ego. He is a tyrannical demagogue- anyone with half a brain knows it. 😒

Why a felon & known draft-dodger who called veterans “losers” was selected to speak defies explanation.In his MAGA hat & neon pink tie -instead of honor, integrity or ‘protecting and defending’ our country- he spoke of “crushing America’s adversaries and killing our enemies”.😳

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Phang: It’s time for federal judges to acknowledge that they have lifetime appointments—and that should give them the courage to uphold the rule of law, but also to put some damn teeth into the court orders they’re issuing. it’s time that we start seeing action from the judiciary. Grow some balls

Pay a “living wage” in the US and no one will be able to afford the products!Meanwhile, errant policies destroy the small businesses that are the backbone of the US economy! Stop before it’s too late! The jobs moved because it cost too much to make in the USA- that HAS NOT CHANGED!

The infrastructure to do this doesn’t exist anymore! The buildings,machinery, expertise, the YEARS it will require to set up, the lack of experience (now retired or in other sectors). Literally it’ll be DECADES & trillions to “recreate” in the US. The “high paid” mfg jobs?? Flat-out fantasy!!

Does no one realize that US manufacturing has-for years-struggled to fill positions? I worked in mgmt in mfg for 30 years, last 10 years at least 15% of week was on interviews to fill open mfg jobs. We never got a full workforce despite lower expectations…

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