We Are All Precariat Now Understanding the current situation, plus what we can do about it Daniel #Pinchbeck
..."Bolsen proposes that Trump is the appointed salesman for the decline of American global power, overseeing an intentionally engineered collapse of our economy and government. ... Trump’s role is to mask this systemic unraveling with populist rhetoric while enabling the true power holders — the transnational fi”...
..."yesterday two top security officials from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) tried to stop people associated with Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, from accessing classified information they did not have security clearance to see. The Trump administration put the officials on leave, and the DOGE team gained access to the information.
Vittoria Elliott of Wired has identified those associated with Musk’s takeover as six.”...
..."federal prosecutors were withdrawn from a criminal investigation of Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN) for election fraud; Ogles recently filed a House resolution to enable Trump to run for a third term and another supporting Trump’s designs on Greenland. On Wednesday, federal prosecutors asked a judge to dismiss an election fraud case against former representative Jeffrey Fortenberry (R-NE). Trump called Fortenberry’s case an illustration o.”...
Happiness – Captivatingly fleeting, unexpected as coming upon a gorgeous serenity; so in love with this moment. Vital we know, we must hold awareness, “It’s possible!” This bliss experience. More than possible, a commonality, even in response to simple stimuli, gentle pleasure despite pervasive pestilence, terror, boredom, defeat. I want this for you, my close associate: to feel your presence a joyful beam; or how could I be vicariously happy?
it seems to be a Republican matter of faith that taxpayer money ought go only to their causes (like making the wealthy wealthier) and not be wasted on what is good for the taxpayers (whom they most certainly work to not be)
what do they need that money for? to excite voters and get them to the polls? I believe most people would respond better to people they know or at least who are neighbors urging them to vote for the people they know are good choices than to be bombarded by ads, mailings, emails, texts, etc.