https://newrepublic.com/article/208579/trump-cfpb-warning-signals-economy-recession
«What they want in this instance is to shut off any warning lights that might dare blink red about the economy. It’s bad for business, and if a bust is coming they’d prefer we suckers don’t know in advance. We may get crushed, but the big players will get bailed out, like always.»
«Amid ICE arrests and detentions, attendance has dropped and churches have closed. “You’re deporting the future of American Christianity,” a Latino evangelical leader said.»
Maybe don’t vote for straight-out racists next time.
(I did not read the article.)
«Mr. Hegseth had been pressing Mr. Driscoll and General George for months to remove the officers from the promotion list. But Mr. Driscoll and General George refused, citing the officers’ long records of exemplary service.»
Because guess who actually won the popular vote?
That doesn’t mean we should give up on passing it (state by state), but it IS an argument against anybody on the right saying it’s just a Democratic gimmick.
Pretty sure racism lives on, though. It’s eternal.
https://newrepublic.com/article/208322/pete-hegseth-religion-war-iran-sadism-rage
I wonder if Twain was truly being satirical when he wrote *The War Prayer*?
Or was it based on actual prayers he had heard?
https://prospect.org/2026/03/30/apr-2026-magazine-when-ice-blows-through-rural-america-minnesota/
«Salazar herself had always been told by family members to hide her emotions and keep her head down. Despite this, she couldn’t help but cry at an Albert Lea City Council meeting on February 9, when she gave a public statement about how ICE was affecting her family.
“Both my daughters are carrying their passports,” she said, wiping a tear away. “I shouldn’t have to send my kids that are U.S. citizens with their passports because I don’t know if they’re going to be detained.” Her voice hitched. “I can’t even allow my mom to go outside during the day when I am not home.”
She described to me her work organizing Cinco de Mayo and Mexican Independence Day celebrations for city residents, which she has done for years.
“Everybody loves the music, the food, the parties,” she said. “But are you saying you just love our music? You just love our food? But you don’t love us enough to fight for us to stay here?”»
https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB965
The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact has passed the Virginia legislature by 21-19 in the Senate, 61-36 in the House.
The closeness in the Senate shows why every vote at the state level counts. Maine just narrowly defeated an attempt to repeal it. Once this thing goes into law, Republicans will never stop trying to take it down.
https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/63-support-national-popular-vote-president-pew-poll
«“If you call yourself a patriot but you believe that it is your obligation to only praise or only worship your president, then you must not be a patriot of this country,” he said. “Because leader worship is how citizens behave in nations that aren’t free.”»
Well, ok… a thin thread of commonality, I guess.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-long-war-is-coming-and-trump-cant-stop-it
«These are the second- and third-order effects that—again—no one in the American regime seems to have thought about before they did Warrior Alpha Lethality SplosionMaxxing
But I bet the Iranians and the Chinese had them top-of-mind. We are losing a war we didn’t need to fight because we are led by idiots and crooks.»
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