Trust is the one thing a public-health system cannot manufacture in the middle of a crisis. It can only spend the trust it has already earned.
And the fastest way to burn through that trust is to project absolute confidence, silence critics, get caught being wrong, and then issue the correction in a whisper months later or never at al.
Do that often enough, and eventually they will create exactly what we have now: a country that instinctively distrusts official certainty, even in moments when the authorities may finally be telling the truth.
That may prove to be the most damaging legacy of the entire pandemic era.
It’s so boring how every single American political conversation has to relate back to World War 2 and the Nazis, somehow.
>”You’re a Nazi!!!”
>”This is a holocaust!!!”
>”He’s just like Hitler!!!”
Dude oh my God, no one cares - can we please just talk about what’s actually happening right now?
You really can’t make this up. Democrats held a fundraiser and one of the items for bid was a copy of the Constitution signed by … @GovBobFerguson. Who signed no fewer than five unconstitutional laws this year.
Just got this video from a family leaving the home in Washington state where they raised their children. Leaving for Arizona. One of many. I hope @MayorofSeattle and @GovBobFerguson are proud of themselves.
Let's be perfectly clear:
Everytime the political Left calls you a Nazi, or a racist, or a fascist, or a threat to democracy, this is what they want -- they want some mentally ill freak to pick up a gun and try to kill you.
🚨Top Democrat political consultant and campaign strategist, James Carville, just stated on the Left-wing ‘Policon’ podcast that when the Democrats regain power, they plan to:
-Grant statehood to Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico, so that the Democrats can unlock 4 extra seats in the Senate.
-Pack the U.S. Supreme Court from 9 Justices up to 13 Justices, adding another 4 Left-wing Justices to the court.
-Reopen the U.S.-Mexico border and grant mass-amnesty to every single alien currently inside of the United States.
-His advice to Democrat politicians: “Don’t run on it. Don’t talk about it. Just do it.”
No one is more Right-wing than a blue-state conservative.
Unless you've seen first hand, up close and personal, the damage that the far-Left is capable of causing, it's all theoretical.
I spent the first 25 years of my life in Portland, Oregon. I have seen, with my own two eyes, the real world consequences of far-Left political ideology.
Neighborhoods - destroyed.
Crime rates - skyrocketing.
Small businesses - gutted.
Homeless population - through the roof.
Illegal aliens - everywhere.
Housing costs - stratospheric.
Public parks and playgrounds - littered with used needles.
Sidewalks - covered in graffiti and human feces.
Your old friend from highschool - overdosed, dead.
Take it as a warning from me -- we can NEVER let these people win.