I do kind of love how defense oriented conservatives so often rail against Bob McNamara and his policies in Vietnam yet continually worship consultants at McKinsey, give high priced contracts to Deloitte and Boeing, and want service academies to emulate HBS or Wharton
One of the problems in a concentration camp regime is that institutions tend to respond to authority the way they always have, and are often incapable of shifting gears to acknowledge in any panoramic way exactly how bad the situation as a whole has become.
Ring any bells?
Commenting to correct the post above; these were approved in late 2024 bsky.app/profile/effi...
Interesting, I now really want an answer for who thought removing the Olive branch was a good idea. Thank you for correcting me
It’s even more shitty up close
These designs were approved by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Not sure where you saw 2024 as I couldn’t find that www.msn.com/en-us/news/n...
This is the new U.S. limited edition dime design for the nation’s 250th commissioned by Trump
The olive branch is now gone from the eagle’s left talon
Helps that most people (outside of political junkies and the informed) don’t really care about OMB let alone could tell you what it stands for or its function
Being a Secretary is like being a C-suite executive; it does not require degrees nor any type of special skills. Literally the most low ranking, least paid employee of a company could be the CEO since they have the same credentials
My point is we need standards
It would be good if (1) the Dem national leadership actually used that messaging in elections and (2) if we had a left version of John Yoo or Bill Barr who utilized a super niche, out there reading of the law to help eradicate conservative jurisprudence policy
feels like a minute since i have pointed out that donald trump has pardoned more child sex offenders than every other president of the united states combined
Sure, definitely. Not disagreeing there. But in the meantime, it means way worse shit for any type of immigration enforcement policy
But I mean this *should* help the Democrats in the midterms, provided the leadership actually does its job
Can anybody tell me the last time we had a Senate confirmed cabinet secretary that had zero credible experience nor even a Bachelor’s degree?
And if you thought Noem was a bad choice, wait until you see Mullin
Listen to the historians.
Read their books.
Please.
Regina Vanburg is running for US Congressional District 21 youtu.be/R6UGc1E54Xs #TxVotes
Well it seems like my skeptical hunch about him has been proven right
Having met her and given this is my district, I cannot endorse her enough
She is not only highly intelligent and policy oriented, but genuine, dedicated, and passionate about helping her community
If you’re in the new District 21, please get out and vote for her. She will do incredible things
I realize I don’t get on here much anymore (been way too busy), but I really want to let you all know about Dr. Regina Vanburg, running for Texas’ 21st Congressional District
She is a progressive Democrat who values the people of her district and wants them to have real representation
Don’t ever fall for Republicans’ lies about them respecting law and order or wanting peace. They very clearly do not and never have; what they want is to kill everyone who has even the slightest disagreement with them
Journalism is dead. Or at least, journalism as long as it is staffed, funded, and led by persons with elite credentials, Ivy League educations, and have family ties to decades long wealthy families should be considered dead
The gratitude I have for the people working to bring us translations of books that have been out in other countries for decades cannot be understated. This timeline sucks but it has given us some amazing pieces of literature in English for the first time in many cases and that makes me happy.
Local advocacy is more important than ever. It's overwhelming to think about how to fix [motions to everything] but I can make it safer for seniors to cross the street, for kids to bike to school, for people to have places to meet in public space... all of which build and strengthen our democracy.
Yes, call your elected representatives in Washington, but also:
Show up to a community board meeting. Run for for school board. Organize your neighbors. There's a lot of manageable things you can do. Everything helps.
Why does David Frum, one of the propagandists of the Iraq War and a true Conservative believer, still have a platform?
WEAK
It's an illegal war. They lied to us. They have no plan.
Skip to the part where we impeach, convict, and remove them.
All of them.
This isn’t reformable
I’ve never even been in the service but this is incredibly dumb
Like it should be clear how idiotic such a suggestion this is
It’s disappointing that this is now the kind of opinion that is seen as controversial when it’s a bold truth
It’s disappointing to see democracy come this far and just … fail
And that’s who the American people voted for
