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Fred Smith, the founder of FedEx, died over the weekend. A passage from his obituary and 2 charts from today’s papers illustrate the fallacy of Republican Party economics.
From Fred Smith’s obituary:
Trump refused to release:
His health care plan
His medical records
His tax returns
His White House visitor logs
His infrastructure plan
A list of foreign visitors to his hotel
Classified docs stolen from the White House
But MAGA demands Kamala produce:
Her 1980s McDonald's W-2
@thejackhopkins To a certain extent democracy ended when Trump was nominated in 2016. Everything we have done since then has been to try to win it back. Please, let's all get out there and vote blue up and down the ballot to keep democracy alive and strengthen it. 💙🌊💙🌊💙🌊💙🌊💙🌊💙🌊💙🌊
"I want to support a candidate who respects the will of the voters & would never use the power of the Presidency to overturn an election after having been turned out by the voters."- @JeffFlake
THANK YOU, sir! 🙏
#CountryOverParty 🇺🇸
#HarrisWalz2024 ☑️
So, I saw today that a requirement to be my local county sheriff is that he/ she cannot be a convicted felon. How in the hell can someone be President as such??? #2024Election
Since Trump Tower Chicago is a thing right now, let me tell you a little story.
I have a friend (we'll call him John to protect his identity) who runs a successful painting company in Chicago. They do a lot of large projects like skyscrapers and what not.
He had an employee (we'll call him Bob) that had been with him for a long time who was like his "second" in command and my friend paid him well.
Bob was able to salt away enough of his own money to start his own business. John gave him his blessing and a bonus gift to help him get his business going. He'd also refer jobs he didn't want to take to Bob.
After a few years, Bob's business was going strong when the Trump Tower Chicago job became available.
Bob asked John about it, and John told him not to take it. He told Bob that he had it on good authority that Trump never pays his bills.
Now, there are a couple of things you should know.
*This was The Apprentice era, long before Trump was a politician.
*John was (and still is) a resolute Reagan and Bush loving Republican who I had argued with many times.
Bob took the job anyway, taking out loans and putting (I think) over $1 million into it.
He finished the job, and Trump never paid. When he sued, Trump managed to put off the trial until Bob had to declare bankruptcy again.
Now Bob works for John again while he tries to pay off his debt.
I moved away from Chicago in 2012 and lost touch with John. One day in 2016 I get a Facebook Message from him: "Has anyone checked the weather in hell?"
"What?" I replied.
"Because I'm going to vote for Hillary Clinton."
There are literally thousands of stories like this.
Trump always says it's because they didn't do the job adequately, but he had never anyone come "fix" the job. Trump is a deadbeat.
Donald Trump does not care for the ordinary blue collar worker. He destroys them.
#DeadbeatDon
Watch this gentleman destroy a hamster-brained MAGA fascist who is desperately trying to rationalize Trump's trashing of Congressional Medal of Honor recipients. 🔥🔥🔥🙌🇺🇸
(📣) Media has an ethical obligation to not carry the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee live—as journalistic principles preclude airing content live that journalists know will be dangerous disinformation about our courts, government and democracy.
RETWEET if you agree.
COPIED FROM JOE BECIGNEUL: THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO TICK SOME PEOPLE OFF, AND I HOPE IT DOES. BUT I’M GOING TO KEEP ON SHARING IT AND SAYING IT. AND ONCE AGAIN, I AM NOT A SWIFTIE, BUT I AM A HUMAN BEING, A DAD AND, A MONSTROUS FOOTBALL FAN.
I am extremely disappointed in so many of you who think that "not being a fan" of someone means you're entitled to shit all over them.
I want to remind you of something.
Your children are watching you complain about Taylor Swift sitting at a football game, being happy, and cheering for a man she loves in what appears to be a very loving, respectful relationship.
Your Children are watching you judge a woman for literally just EXISTING and taking up space happily.
And you know what? Ms. Swift has won 324 awards? How many do you have?
She brought $5 BILLION dollars in consumer spending and boosted the U. S. economy so significantly, that leaders from other countries actually beg for her to play there?
Did you know that there are over 20 college courses about her skills as an artist, lyricist, and musician - including at places like Harvard, Stanford & UC Berkeley?
Did you know that Taylor Swift quietly donates mass amounts of money to local food banks in every city she performs in?
AND DID YOU KNOW …
That Taylor Swift was sexually assaulted by a radio DJ, and she got him fired? When he sued HER for over $3 million for defamation, she counter sued for a symbolic $1 in a court case that took 2 YEARS for her to win. And, she did that just to show women that fighting for what's right has no price tag & to never be silent in the face of oppression.
WELL IF YOU DON’T CARE BY NOW, YOU SHOULD.
Because your daughters, nieces, and your nephews are watching you run your mouth. And they are seeing the world hate a woman who does so much good, simply because she exists in their line of sight.
DO BETTER PEOPLE.
Teach your boys to respect women. Teach your girls that as women - they are ALLOWED to take up space.
Fix it. Become aware of your words. Because we all have the ability and the obligation to fight for the future of our children with simple moments. And we need to consciously choose to be better for them.