Maybe instead of funding the government, we just start over? The constitution clearly has issues. Time for a convention.

Does Hegseth think that grooming and weight standards will improve the performance of three and four star generals and admirals? Here I thought they were chosen for their leadership, organization and strategy. I guess they are chosen by who can best run towards (or away) from the enemy.

Not unrelated to the current events, "Don't tell me what you believe. Show me how you treat other people, and I'll tell you what you believe." - James Talarico.

We're approaching an intellectual crisis. The best mathematicians, scientists, artists and explorers were successful and are remembered for their contributions advancing ideas. Now you can't speak your mind, travel across lands, practice your religion, read any books,without someone threatening you.

People who intentionally involve themselves with unlike-minded people, tend to have open minds, and have an appreciation that grows for the differences that makes humankind so important. Those close-minded, often only gather with like-minded, and think everyone unlike them is the problem.

As a friend once told me (paraphrased), "The purpose of a having a business is to employ people and do what you want. The bonus is the profit, not the point". People forget that profit has only been a corporate mandate since 1970 or later. Businesses should be shamed for any profits from cut jobs.

A leopard trainer, training their leopards to eat faces, got their face eaten. I can't be sympathetic.

I think a good indicating trait of a kind, reasonable, creative person is the ability to listen. To look with care at the person speaking, to listen, to consider their words, and respond with a measured statement. Those unwilling to listen already have prepared their verdict regardless of your words

DT is the type of person who, despite the overwhelming evidence and belief that he is not entering the pearly gates, will pay an evangelical preacher to tell him he will. He will convince himself of this singular belief and hold onto it until his last breath, giving himself comfort.

I have to publicly admit I have now seen #F1themovie in the theaters three times, twice in IMAX. I've only seen one or two movies twice in the theaters. It's not perfect, but it's an incredible big screen show that needs the sound. I don't think Joseph Kosinski is getting the recog he deserves.

The number one cause of crime is poverty. It has always been the case across millennia and the world. Research backs this up again and again. I want to eliminate crime as well. Best way to do that is to eliminate poverty. Otherwise you're just temporarily removing the symptoms, not the cause.

I've long believed that setting personal moral lines is a rare thing among humans, especially lately. It's an important distinction to set in oneself. And since almost everyone operates under, "do what you want, justify it later" attitude, this is the government we now have. It's your own fault.

Citizens United was decided on the simple fact that 💲= free speech. If universities, states, museums, etc. are changing their policies because they are afraid of losing their funding, then money does not equal free speech, but the control of speech. Can some attorney please get on this?

All these 'trade deals' is just Trump promising you (and people of the other countries) will pay more for stuff than you did a year ago. Look up tariffs yourself. Most have been - for decades - less than 5%. Now everything is 15%+. Everyone loses when tariffs are artificially increased.

My #epstein prediction is that the "list" will be released in a few weeks or months. It'll either be heavily redacted or modified in a way it can't be trusted. Trump's name won't be found once. And after this regime is over, we'll get agents talking about how #Trump was redacted all over the list.

Yesterday’s announcement of the official call to action begins now. It is just after 6 am in California. We wait to see how many farmworkers join the #StrikeForDignity They asked for just three days, “They will not fire you”. They can say this bc they know no one can do what they do.

Hey NBC, maybe your headline should have read "Geneva Protocol violations against 1st and 2nd amendment practitioners"

Nothing is more American than Mexican and Chinese restaurants. Built from a system of immigrants needing to feed themselves. I'm done with celebrating traditional Americana. Give me the arts and culture of our immigrants any day. That's the backbone of the real modern American culture.

Gotta be honest, the American Revolution was well on its way for a lot less than this

Tapping the sign, once again.

If the people we elect only care about their billionaire donors and don't care about the actual harm that will come from their actions, why do we need them? What's the point? If we can't reform it, we need to end the American experiment. I guess 250 years is an expiration date. #revolution

Is there anything stopping Congress from writing bills funding the wish lists of red state Congress members and obliterating the expenditures from blue states? If they can buy enough votes from enough states, right? Because another state isn't their concern, right? Not their constituents.

I'm proud of the opportunities this country has provided to "poor, huddled masses" the last couple hundred years when they didn't have any other. This year for the 4th, my family will not be waving American flags or eating "American" food. We will be celebrating history and the culture of my wife.

If you believe in your right to own a nuclear weapon (for defense), you have to believe in the right for others to do the same. You need to apply logic and morals evenly. When you start making excuses and loopholes, that's when you can justify anything, even genocide, war and poverty.

It's time to tap the sign again...many need to resign if they're willing to violate laws against their own countrymen.

Trump cannot ever give an apology. His narcissism won't allow it. So he can't bring back Garcia, with a 'mea culpa'. He can bring him back for federal charges. And if he's found 'not guilty' that will be the jury's "fault", not Trump's. He makes sure he never loses face. It's your fault, not his.

People, including actors, pass every day. Every now and again there's one that passes that touches you more than the rest that makes no sense. RIP George Wendt who genuinely loved beer and was paid well to pretend he did. May we all find a career like that. And be called as friends when we enter...

I'm tired of just about every human, including just about every politician, who judges people and makes decisions based on a person's brief statement, while ignoring their collective life actions. Believe what they do, not what they say.

I know the press secretary for Trump gets a lot of flack, but give her credit where it's due. If I were asked questions about this current Nazi government, I wouldn't be about to do what she does, which is to tell a horseshit statement do flawlessly that somehow she blames the reporter for asking it

Does anybody else have clothes that will not disappear from the laundry room? Someone brought them in; someone washed them; but once dry they belong to nobody and thus nobody will remove them from the laundry room. Of course, both children absolve themselves.

I've never understood the arguments against anyone's rights, even Guantanamo terrorists. Like, even if they are horrible terrorists, they are still humans. And if we treat them as less than human, don't we become them? Don't we radicalize people against us by treating others with less humanity?

Never trust a person who cannot accept blame but will happily take credit.

We all should honestly be happy that Trump is gutting federal jobs, because if he had more people, he'd be deporting and rendering citizens and residents at a faster rate. His ineptitude to fully staff the federal government is slowing his unconstitutional crime rate.

If the government has a difficult time acting on the court order because "it involves country-specific considerations" maybe they should consider the implications of rendering people to a Gulag? They acted wrong, acted sloppily, got caught, and now claims their hands are tied? Pick up a phone...

Everyone getting conspiratorial about Trump can stop. There is no plan. Never has been. He can't connect three ideas together because he can't figure out tomorrow. He's a narcissist. Therefore he can never admit fault or a mistake. He needs to keep going until he crashes and then blame someone else.

I don't have much to offer this political movement, except one significant thing. I'm not trained in the military and I'm not young anymore. But I'm still a master carpenter and I'm pretty sure I can make a wicked guillotine. Well built, sturdy, wood pores sealed well to prevent blood staining.

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If the Democrats in office want to ever grow their margins, they need to be reminding the public daily that every office in the government owes loyalty to the American People. Specifically, the many over the few. Loyalty to anyone else, including the President, is disloyalty to the American People.

Vance isn't very smart. The US only has a base in Greenland with their permission. If I were Greenland/Denmark, I'd cancel that agreement and give them 60 days to get the equipment. Why would you allow a military base on your soil from a country who threatens you?

Trump thinks his new automotive tariff will lead to more revenue from imported cars. Most people aren't fools. If they see two cars, but one has a 25% import tax, they'll pick the other one. More likely is we turn into Cuba, where people fix cars more often and longer because they can't import them.

The real reason no one will resign re:signalgate (besides the fact they're narcissistic sociopaths) is because they don't have anyone better. Of course there are far better choices. But on their 'team', on their 'roster' of acceptable choices, they already have their 'A' team in place.

It doesn't matter what your religion is, what you are labeled, where you are or if you're a government. If you intentionally attack civilians, you're a terrorist. That's literally the definition. Even if it's 'your' people doing this, you need to call it as it is.

Let's say, hypothetically, Trump doesn't do anything worse, we ride out the storm and elect a Democrat who restores much of what was broken. Problem solved? Well, no, because now there's a playbook. We actually need to let this break further now so when it's repaired we never get here again.

This planet is kinda hosed in the future due to climate change. And I've seen too many awful people doing awful things. I don't think humans deserve this planet anymore. But there are still doggos here. And cats, antelope and cacti and everything else just trying to live. Save the planet for dogs.

I think shutting down the government is bad, but given all the news we've seen since January, it's quickly shutting down even with a budget. No one with a spine should vote for a bill so punitive towards every American. Trump made his bed; let him lay in it.

If you ever want to be humbled how complicated the import/export business is, read the Harmonized Tariff Schedule. I have, because I used to manage a warehouse that imported. It's like 1400 pages and products are categorized more specifically than you can imagine. Let's leave this to experts, please

After Trump has sold off the jobs and sold off the buildings and sold off the trees, what is left? He long ago sold off our respect and dignity. I'm scared that he might realize he could sell off the immigrants and prisoners

Now I understand why the British burned down the White House in the War of 1812. Maybe we need a clean slate again.

I'm not watching the speech tonight, but tomorrow I hope I find that not one Democrat entered the Capitol. Any other protest, whether it's signs or yelling, will look childish. They should not show up reminding everyone they are not involved in this mess. Go party with the people instead.

Trump has beaten the image of "businessman" into the conscience of everyone. A real businessperson knows that a successful business deal allows everyone to win. Trump doesn't. He only sees this as him winning and everyone losing. And as long as everyone is losing, he must be winning, so he's right.