@BuzzPatterson I'm a DAR. My Grandpa was a Pearl Harbor survivor. My father was a Vietnam vet. My brother served in Iraq and Afghanistan and is currently a Major in the Army National Guard. I'm telling you that you have no idea what makes America the land of the free and the home of the brave.
The fact that he uttered that line about "telling our children that we live on stolen land" at fucking Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills of South Dakota, which was STOLEN from Native Americans, is despicable.
Trump: You can be a communist or you can be a patriot. You cannot be both. As for those who peddle Marxist lies about our heritage, tell our children that we live on stolen land or that our heroes were oppressors. They're doing something much worse than slandering our past. They are slandering and attacking our future. We're not going to let that happen.
There’s a massive heat wave in the biggest city in the country. The mayor is trying to avoid blackouts that could result in the heat deaths of elderly and ill people, so he’s asking people to set their thermostats to 78 degrees to alleviate stress on the electrical grid. There are many people out there taking great offense that a SOCIALIST would tell them what to do. Many are setting their thermostats LOWER in defiance, and then bragging about it on social media.
Moments like these remind me that many people’s commitment to free market and libertarian principles has nothing to do with philosophy or ideology. It’s convenient alignment to whatever will let them do what they want, whenever they want, with no burden of consequences to themselves or other people. To them, “live free or die” is simply the right to be selfish and pat yourself on the back for it.
I will repeat: “leave me alone to live how I want” is a valid principle ONLY if you’re committed to other people enjoying the same privilege, even those with whom you have nothing in common. And when you apply this maxim honestly, intelligent compromise in times of stress is inevitable. Using moments like these to double down on Zack de la Rocha slogans doesn’t make you an individualist, it makes you an asshole. VIA~~Dan Roche
@EricSpracklen Do you proclaim yourself to be "pro-life" and Christian? If so, you should look up the definition of "hypocrite." You can find it by looking in a mirror.
@LawrenceFoa5t@DemocraticWins So you contend that only people who come to the US legally are "under the control or jurisdiction" of the government? That would mean our laws don't apply to them. How can the government detain, arrest, try, convict, and imprison anyone who isn't under its control/jurisdiction?
@UriBlago_v2@DemocraticWins Or, and I'm just thinking out loud here, Democrats expect the Court to issue rulings that align with what's written in the Constitution. You can't just abolish the Constitution via Executive Order-there's a whole process for amending the Constitution. Guess where you can find it?
@Strat_Les_Paul@jones_shaun@covie_93 We can read just fine. Maybe you're just a really shitty writer, because it totally sounds like you're talking out of your ass. Use better words.
@RobSchneider@ISayWhatISee Weird. I listened to that and it sounds like he believes he's exactly what he is - the mayor of NYC, who cares about his constituency - and didn't hear anything claiming that he has power over the federal government. Maybe you should tell those voices in your head to STFU.
@ronsterd89 That only works if your income is 40-50k/year. And if your income is 40-50k/year, there's no way to magically save that amount because you're struggling to make ends meet.
@Lee1975Kimber@theblacklist@AzPetrich@besiandrew A "heavily conservative" district Mace only won by 1 point, then got redrawn because the GOP was scared. And the Navy may have left Charleston, but Charleston hasn't left the Navy. Her service should give her an edge there.
I have to do another video on the reflective pool debacle. They are trying to say it was sabotaged by the left. They are unable to see a flaw in their God king. The Trump administration dumped hydrogen peroxide to kill the algae and it stripped the paint.
Retired Lt. General @MarkHertling: “I’m sorry for getting emotional, but that comment from @PeteHegseth that diversity is not our strength is bullshit.”
Hertling shows pictures of fallen soldiers to refute Hegseth’s nonsense. Powerful.
(From @BulwarkOnline)
@jappleby@TheDemocrats I, for one, find the reply exceedingly appropos in the context of the post Miller made. It was a disgustingly ugly post. Context matters.