Trump created a $1.7 billion taxpayer-funded slush fund for himself and his MAGA cronies to compensate themselves for alleged prosecutorial overreach during the Biden years. Never have taxpayers been subjected to such brazen self-dealing at the hands of a president who purports to represent them and wants to drain the swamp.
After a society gets called out for an atrocity, one of the cries we hear from “good” citizens is that the act does not reflect them as a whole. However, these incidents never occur anonymously. They always reflect a long-term trend and internal moral rot. The latest example is Israel, of course, but it is hardly unique to them.
Asked if he considers the economic pain caused by his war against Iran, Trump said, “Not even a little bit.” Will this “let them eat cake” moment hurt him as much as “basket of deplorables” hurt Hillary?
The American worker is under incredible stress from rapacious employers, a horrific job market, avaricious vendors, societal stressors, and an oppressive government. It would take a little more energy to change it all—but that may be asking too much for now.
Remember those car ads where they drove a gas-guzzling vehicle up to the top of a mesa in Arizona to capture the romance of the open road? Now that gas prices are soaring, it looks more like a death wish.
Despite repeated disasters, the Democratic National Committee continues its strategy of sidelining leftists and progressives in favor of corporate moderates who are unpopular with voters.
Theoretically, representative democracy is a process by which candidates for elected office accurately assess people’s biggest concerns and develop popular plans to fix the problems. However, politicians from both parties, especially Republicans, seem to prefer radical and novel redistricting schemes so that they don’t have to convince anyone and can still win.
These days, everything seems so fake that it’s impossible to discern what may or may not be real in order to determine whether you should care.
Nearly every day brings another example of Trump or one of his lieutenants making a brazenly outlandish and illogical argument to justify doing what they want to do despite the law and Constitution.
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