Conscientious disrupter and believer in all people—both big and small. Enjoys making good things better. Always look for the nugget of truth wrapped in crazy.
What the fuck is this?!
Whoever gave our troops the order to salute an athlete needs to be brought up on charges.
Saluting an athlete is a breach of tradition and a misuse of the honor.
This is an insult to all the brave men and women who died for this country.
@JamieBonkiewicz It’s like the old Febreeze commercial. America is “nose-blind” to our own stink.
I hope us normies help integrity, intellect and humanity to prevail once again.
The Trump presidency is a national embarrassment. One might think it better than alternative paths, but it remains an embarrassment, a debasement, a cheapening, and a dishonoring of the office and the country.
This ostentatious, vulgar, and arrogant overreach of power by Trump, will forever be a historic definition of Trump’s character.
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The GOP is running a larger federal deficit than the pandemic year when we printed $7 trillion
It’s no surprise that stocks are up
The currency is fake
I know we’re all inured to this but it’s still remarkable that the president of the United States lies on a daily basis about the last three presidential elections — and all because he has the world’s most fragile ego and can’t admit he lost
A few Germans like Freddy, went to the United States for the World Cup and have been travelling around the country. They ended up going viral because they were genuinely amazed by America and shared their enthusiasm online.
As someone who has been to the U.S. around twenty times and even lived there for a year, I can understand their reaction. In my experience, Americans are generally friendlier, more polite, and warmer than Germans, especially in smaller towns. And once you get away from the main tourist routes, there is an incredible amount of beautiful nature, unique experiences, and fascinating places to discover. If you know where to go, even the food can be outstanding.
I think the reason their videos went viral is that, for the past decade or so, most of the news coming to Europe about America has been negative. As a result, many people have developed a distorted image of the country. If you follow German news and media, you mostly see stories about school shootings, racism, police brutality, political conflicts, and similar issues. I honestly cannot remember the last time I saw a genuinely positive portrayal of America in the German media.
So when people actually visit the United States, they are often surprised by how different the reality feels from the image they had in their minds. In a way, I think America could use a rebranding. Growing up, I remember hearing stories about the "American Dream," and many of us in Germany dreamed of visiting or living in America. That sense of optimism and opportunity seems to have faded from the public conversation.
we live in age of great moral panics about things that don’t matter and zero moral outrage over some of the most egregious societal sins we’ve ever seen
Social security is insolvent in 6 years and we are deporting and banning legal immigrants so it’ll be only 5 years, while doing absolutely nothing about the underlying issue
When screwworm is spreading and threatening our ranchers & livestock producers, it's disappointing Roger Marshall is blaming everyone else for the consequences of his decision not to listen to Kansans. The timeline is clear.
March 2025: Marshall clapped as Washington slashed vital programs to monitor screwworm. He fled from a town hall of Kansans concerned about these kinds of cuts, and his office even mocked them as not 'real Kansans.'
July 2025: Marshall stands next to Secretary Rollins to praise her efforts on combatting screwworm and 'protecting our farmers'
January 2026: Marshall told KSNW that "we're in a really good spot" on stopping screwworm
June 2026: Screwworm is detected in US cattle for the first time in decades.
Kansans deserve better.
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Social Security’s trust fund is now due to run low on money beginning in 2032.
The government acknowledged that the Trump administration’s immigration policies and tax cuts are expected to contribute to the insolvency. https://t.co/FpQywAm1Hv
Fascism does not arrive saying “I am fascism.” It arrives saying “law and order,” “border security,” “anti-woke,” “election integrity,” and “national emergency.”