The banks got bailed out in 2008.
The auto industry got bailed out in 2009.
The airlines got bailed out in 2020.
The corporations got PPP loans forgiven in 2020.
Every time the system fails the powerful the government writes a check.
Every time the system fails you they say pull yourself up.
Socialism for the rich.
Personal responsibility for everyone else.
Same country.
Every single time.
Buried in this 162 page report is the tell. The White House suggests the Smithsonian's flagship history museum needs a warning label at the entrance, because the exhibits inside were "prepared by people who don't want you to love your country."
Read that twice. The material getting flagged as unpatriotic includes slavery, exclusion, and the treatment of Native nations, things that happened, documented in the federal government's own archives. A warning label on accurate history is not a correction. It is a request for the museum to stop telling visitors things that are true.
The same report also demands the museum "correctly identify what a woman is" in an exhibit that happens to profile a transgender teenager, and separately flags "anti-White activism" as a category alongside slavery and conquest. That is not a fact-check. That is a content mandate, dressed up as one.
We can’t have nice things because the white folks in this country are too racist to share with people who don’t look like them. They would rather burn it ALL DOWN than share! Reagan created the “welfare queen” myth to use racism to dismantle the social safety net for everyone
And yet the French have a decent rail system, paid family leave, paid sick leave, a social safety net, 99% literacy, a younger retirement age, higher life expectancy, and so on
Landon Donovan says America is missing soccer talent because kids can’t afford to play.
“Only 2% of kids playing organized soccer in America came from households that made less than $50,000.”
“If you don’t make $50,000, your kid cannot play organized soccer.”
“Think about how many kids you’re missing out on in this country because they can’t afford to play the game.”
“There is zero chance I could have played club soccer.”
“My mom made $34,000 a year, single mom raising three kids.”
“She couldn’t pay $4,000 for me to play club. Are you kidding? She couldn’t pay $400.”
“That’s not a good system to create good players.”
i just want to point out… the amount of money the U.S. has spent on war in the last 2.5 months is roughly the same cost that Bernie Sanders proposed for universal college. so the real question is never ‘can we afford it’… it’s what we choose to prioritize.
Here we go again,,, The US Gold Medal Winning Women’s Hockey Team is nominated for Best Team at the ESPYs. The ESPYs offer ALL teams the same number of invites to rep the team at the awards,,, meaning some get left out.
These women deserve to represent and celebrate together. I told my girl Hilary Knight I would make sure ALL the women get to go to the ESPYs. Imma take care of all travel glam wardrobe. But if any companies want to support,,, here’s another chance to Do The Right Thing 👍🏾
Trump is letting companies add poisons to our foods because it's profitable for the companies who donate money to him.
This is what Republicans mean when they say "deregulation."