Val Carmer

Trump says he is sending a hospital ship to Greenland U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he was working with Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry to send a hospital boat to Greenland, a Danish territory that Trump has said he wants to acquire.

Like,…WHY???

www.reuters.com/world/trump-... Trump says he is sending a hospital ship to Greenland | Reuters

It’s a struggle every day. And I tend to fail regularly at attempting to be “balanced”.

Anyone have any idea why the government took down the CIA World FactBook site? As an educator, I have students use this all the time. It’s been a wonderful resource.

What 6 wars did Trump stop? I’m usually pretty on top of current events, but I must have missed the end to these wars. Someone needs to clue me in to these major events.

Why is it that mainstream media hasn’t directly addressed the fact that most mass shooters are white men?

So what’s trump saying about the crowd size for his pathetic parade?

David Hogg won’t run again after DNC votes to redo vice chair elections | CNN Politics David Hogg will not seek reelection to his Democratic National Committee vice chair position after the party announced Wednesday that members had voted to redo the contests he and another officer won ...

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This is going to backfire on the DNC. They are refusing to move forward and therefore will stagnate and die. 😔

Trump, asked if he has to 'uphold the Constitution,' says, 'I don't know' Trump said on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that he’s following lawyers’ advice as he tries to execute rapid deportations, arguing that giving immigrants due process is time-consuming.

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WHAT????

I wonder how many will actually show at Trump’s rally in Warren, Michigan to mark his 100 days in office.

Supreme Court temporarily pauses deportations under Alien Enemies Act | CNN Politics The Supreme Court early Saturday morning paused the deportation of immigrants potentially subject to the Alien Enemies Act, freezing action in a fast-developing case involving a group of immigrants in...

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Are we placing bets yet on whether he’s actually going to follow this ruling? 🤔

My high school Econ students had done research prior to break. A couple sources were .gov. They just tried to access these sources to discover they’ve been scrubbed. They are frustrated and I’m beyond pissed. 🤬🤬🤬

Foreigners Dump U.S. Treasuries. Here’s Who Did the Most Selling. Before the back-to-back selling of the world’s safest debt, foreigners had kept buying for 15 straight months.

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South African ambassador expelled by Trump receives hero’s welcome at home Ebrahim Rasool addresses supporters, calling his persona non grata status a badge of dignity after his US expulsion.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/...
The US government sure know how to influence people - to do the opposite 🤪

WHY are the Dems not FLOODING THE AIRWAYS with all the crap this administration is doing??????

US deports hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador despite court order Hundreds of alleged criminals have been deported from the US to El Salvador, hours after a federal judge said not to do so.

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And there goes the collapse of the Judicial branch. 😵‍💫

Trump officials want to measure the economy's health in a way that may hide DOGE cuts Trump administration officials have suggested they may try to look differently at a key economic measure of America's economic health: the quarterly GDP.

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Focusing on different aspects of economic data is fine but to come up with a new calculation method… not so fine. 🤦‍♀️

War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon’s DEI purge | CNN Politics References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and the first women to pass Marine infantry training are among the tens of thousands ...

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This just makes my heart hurt.

China says it is ready for 'any type of war' with US The comments come in response to US tariffs and as Beijing boosts defence spending by 7.2%.

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"If war is what the US wants, be it a tariff war, a trade war or any other type of war, we're ready to fight till the end," China's embassy said on X, reposting a line from a government statement on Tuesday.

JD Vance in Vermont: Protesters target vice-president The vice-president and his family reportedly moved to an undisclosed location from their planned ski resort as a result.

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Not even 100 days into the term and it sure is looking a bit uncomfortable.

Canada’s plans to fuel Ukraine’s war effort with Russian cash, explained Ottawa wants to take funds from Russian groups and citizens who have been sanctioned but are not facing criminal charges. Here's how.

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May more nations follow suit. 🤞

DOGE released data about federal contract savings. It doesn't add up A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.

www.npr.org/2025/02/19/n...

Double checking your math is always a good idea.

South Africa suspends American businesses and mineral exports - The Maravi Post South Africa suspends American businesses and mineral exports - The Maravi Post

www.maravipost.com/south-africa...

Well,…I guess our businesses didn’t really need those minerals for production. 🥴

How many people work in Colorado's national parks, forests? What to know amid firings Colorado had nearly 5,000 employees working for public lands and wildlife agencies before federal employees' terminations hit last week.

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Well, there goes several small businesses. 🥴

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Well,.. Congress won’t oppose him and now it looks like the Courts won’t either. 🤨

Farmers feeling weight of Trump policies with shutdown of aid In the last two presidential elections, farmers voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump, but now some are saying his efforts to cut the government are causing major financial pressure. William Brangham ...

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The very sad ripple impacts of actions that never should have happened.

Starbucks sued by US state of Missouri for using DEI policies Missouri accused Starbucks of tying executive pay to the company’s achieving racial and gender-based hiring quotas.

www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...
Sure wish the Missouri AG would focus on issues that actually impact the people of our state.

I’ve decided that Trump is playing the role of Franz von Papen and Musk is Hitler.

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Hitler eliminated the German Republic is 53 days. At the rate Presidents Trump and Musk are going, we won’t have a government by the end of the month.