Here is an article from The Guardian by Sam Levine that tells it all:
“Five years after the deadly attack on the US Capitol, Donald Trump and other Republicans have engaged in a near-complete effort to rewrite the history of the day and erase it from the collective American memory.
On his first day in office, Trump pardoned anyone involved in the attack, a move that affected about 1,500 people. His administration has paid $5m to settle a wrongful death lawsuit with the family of Ashli Babbitt, a rioter killed by a Capitol police officer as she attempted to breach doors near the House floor. Hundreds of other rioters are also seeking millions of dollars in compensation.
“The pardons issued last January sent a clear message to the American people: political allegiance now matters more than criminal conduct. But over the past year, we’ve also seen a sustained effort to rewrite the facts of January 6, as if the historical record could be negotiated away or erased,” said Gregory Rosen, who led the justice department unit that prosecuted January 6 cases.
“But Americans remember that day for a simple reason – we watched it happen. And as long as we remember what it was – unadulterated mob violence – we can speak honestly about what it means for our democracy and our future.”
Ed Martin, an attorney who represented January 6 defendants, now occupies a powerful position in the justice department, where he has led the effort to exact retribution on Trump’s rivals. One of the people working with him is Jared Wise, who referred to police officers as “gestapo” and “Nazis” on January 6 and said “Kill ’em! Kill ’em! Kill ’em!” when violence broke out, according to an FBI affidavit. Charges against Wise were dropped when Trump issued his pardon.
The justice department has demoted and fired career attorneys who worked on January 6 cases. Republicans have even refused to install a legally mandated plaque at the US Capitol building honoring those who defended the Capitol on January 6.
“The plaque matters because January 6 matters,” said Brendan Ballou, a former January 6 prosecutor who is representing two police officers who defended the Capitol in a lawsuit seeking to force the installation of the plaque. “If the president and his allies manage to erase the history of that day – or worse yet, convince people that the riot was legitimate political discourse – they will make any future attack on our democracy permissible. So we have to memorialize January 6 so that it never happens again.”
The effort to rewrite January 6 has gone hand-in-hand with Trump’s stunning political comeback. After January 6, Trump faced one of his most politically vulnerable moments. Having lost the election, the president was somewhat of a pariah in his party and Americans blamed him for the attack. After the US House of Representatives – including 10 Republicans – voted to impeach him, the Senate voted to acquit him. Seven Republicans voted in favor of a conviction.
Mitch McConnell, then the Senate majority leader, and other Republicans rallied around the idea that a former president could not be impeached. The acquittal gave Trump a critical breath of oxygen to begin a resurrection that would lead him back to the White House four years later. Many of the Republicans who voted in favor of impeachment are no longer in Congress.
There were other critical decisions on the way. Some believe US attorney general Merrick Garland may have moved too slowly in appointing a special counsel, Jack Smith, to investigate whether Trump committed a crime in trying to overturn the election. Smith’s sweeping criminal case against Trump and allies was dropped after Trump won the election. Trump was also given critical lifelines by the US supreme court, which ruled that his conduct on January 6 did not disqualify him from the presidency under the 14th amendment and that official acts of the presidency could not be criminally prosecuted.
Smith has not gone away, however. He told lawmakers last month that the insurrection attempt at the Capitol “does not happen” without Trump.”
Kids Care
What could possibly be wrong with having childcare centers in every office building in the country?
A small investment from each office in the building would more than pay the cost.
It could afford an entry level job to young teachers and enormously benefit parents and children, who would have the possibility of seeing each other during the day while the parent works.
What’s wrong with that?
A small investment from each office in the building would more than pay the cost.
It could afford an entry level job to young teachers and enormously benefit parents and children, who would have the possibility of seeing each other during the day while the parent works.
What’s wrong with that?
Affordability is the Key to Survival
America’s survival depends on the general issue of affordability. In order to win the upcoming midterms and get our country back on track, Democrats need to focus on (1) lowering the costs of healthcare, housing, childcare, and education, (2) eliminating many of Trump’s tariffs (These tariffs are raising costs for the consumer and reducing job availability), (3) busting up monopolies (We used to have laws regarding monopolies. These laws need to be reenacted. Monopolies must be disbanded and then eliminated altogether). (4) Giving workers more power through unions (A percentage of corporate gains should go directly back to the workers who produce the goods.) (5) Raising the minimum wage (It’s inconceivable that people who work full-time jobs cannot afford to feed their children this day and age. Salaries need to be raised alongside the rising cost of living. Taxes need to be raised on corporations, millionaires, and billionaires rather than just increasing taxes on the lower class).
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How Come America?
It seems strange that Americans are able—have been able, and still are able—to support Trump at any level. The fact that he is still the president of the United States feels like a total anomaly. History may never fully understand what went wrong in America to allow such a large percentage of the population to support him. As a human being, he is profoundly distasteful: ignorant, has no respect nor regard for the law, disrespectful toward people and professionals alike, and lacking basic etiquette. He shows no real respect for anyone, including the democracy he is meant to serve.
He was known for putting this hand on the crotch of any female he could reach to push against a wall. He never fully paid his bills and never fully paid anyone who served him. He is disrespectful of the press and of anybody who disagrees with him. And God knows, there is little enough to agree with him on.
It is still astounding and will always be surprising that there are so many people in the United States who are willing to not only support a “Trumpocracy”, but who were also willing to support Trump and commit TREASON against the United States on January 6, 2021. Why is this happening in America? What is dividing America this way? Even if you look at the differences between the rich and the poor, why not address the problem of the disparity between these economic classes? Why not address the question of why the “corporate head” is making such disproportionate amounts compared to the “workers,” who actually produce the goods? Why not explore the reason — if there is any rather — for anybody who works full time not to be able to afford a home or be able to put food on the table? Why should we, as a nation, not have universal healthcare? If Obamacare did not work, then prove it.
Why are we failing to support the American people and economy, while new policies continue to erode fundamental rights—such as free speech, healthcare, education, and economic opportunity—everything that has historically made America great.
He was known for putting this hand on the crotch of any female he could reach to push against a wall. He never fully paid his bills and never fully paid anyone who served him. He is disrespectful of the press and of anybody who disagrees with him. And God knows, there is little enough to agree with him on.
It is still astounding and will always be surprising that there are so many people in the United States who are willing to not only support a “Trumpocracy”, but who were also willing to support Trump and commit TREASON against the United States on January 6, 2021. Why is this happening in America? What is dividing America this way? Even if you look at the differences between the rich and the poor, why not address the problem of the disparity between these economic classes? Why not address the question of why the “corporate head” is making such disproportionate amounts compared to the “workers,” who actually produce the goods? Why not explore the reason — if there is any rather — for anybody who works full time not to be able to afford a home or be able to put food on the table? Why should we, as a nation, not have universal healthcare? If Obamacare did not work, then prove it.
Why are we failing to support the American people and economy, while new policies continue to erode fundamental rights—such as free speech, healthcare, education, and economic opportunity—everything that has historically made America great.
Borrowed Money
If anybody doubts Trump’s connection to Putin, let it be remembered that in 1990s, no bank in the world would lend money to Trump, or known as “the King of Debt” because of all of his bankruptcies. Trump was able to access over 2 BILLION dollars in loans from the Deutsche Bank despite the German lender being aware of inconsistencies in his finances.
How did America ever like Trump to begin with? What is wrong with America? What is wrong with Americans? Don’t we any longer care about our democracy? Don’t we care about America? Do we no longer care about integrity? Are we really willing to give ourselves away to this man? A man who could only depend on Putin’s Deutsche Bank to support him during his long time of debt. He may claim his independence from Putin, but his bank receipts beg to disagree. Putin is the one in command of the Deutsche Bank. When no other bank in the world lent Trump money, Putin did. That is why Trump will forever be indebted to Putin.
America Deserves Better…
In the beginning of the year, Kennedy has been at the topic of conversation with his fiery accusations and false conspiracies about vaccines. In the height of the global pandemic, “Kennedy petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to revoke emergency use authorizations for existing COVID-19 vaccinations and not approve or license them, even though they were shown to be safe and effective. The vaccinations have since been credited with saving millions of lives.”
The major hypocrisy is that all of HIS children are vaccinated, and yet he believes that American children should not be vaccinated. He states that vaccinating is a primary cause of autism and the onset of other childhood diseases. How can this dichotomy exist? This man is totally unfit to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Kennedy is another one of Trump’s totally unqualified appointments.
Sources: https://www.apha.org/publications/public-health-newswire/public-health-newswire/articles/2025/01/31/kennedy-unqualified-to-lead-hhs
Guns Kill
Guns are an unusual product. In America, there are more guns than people and more people with guns than anywhere else in the world.
When you study economics, you are taught that there is a balance between supply and demand. Demand is supposed to match supply. But in the case of guns, the supply creates further demand: the more we kill one another, the more Americans decide that they need guns to protect themselves. Get rid of the guns.
We don’t have proper anti-gun legislation because our society cares more about money than it does about lives.
The 2nd Amendment is specific about a gun to protect your home, not a gun to walk the streets with. Rid America of guns and we will be a safer society.
When you study economics, you are taught that there is a balance between supply and demand. Demand is supposed to match supply. But in the case of guns, the supply creates further demand: the more we kill one another, the more Americans decide that they need guns to protect themselves. Get rid of the guns.
We don’t have proper anti-gun legislation because our society cares more about money than it does about lives.
The 2nd Amendment is specific about a gun to protect your home, not a gun to walk the streets with. Rid America of guns and we will be a safer society.
The Cage Over New York City
New York City is being totally destroyed by scaffolding that remains up for years, by pavements that are never repaired, by streets that are littered with piles of garbage, and by empty stores. Even my little dog will only go to the bathroom on 56th street where the sidewalk is level. Come on people! Rise up! Scaffolding is not necessary for more than a 6-8 month period of time, during which time, the entire building should be inspected and then the entire scaffolding removed. There’s no reason in this world for the pavements of New York City not to be leveled, making it more possible to walk comfortably.
It looks more and more as though scaffolding, in the city of New York, is just another scam, of which there are several. There should be a legal limit on how long scaffolding can be maintained on any given building. Although there is supposed to be a time limit of around a year, scaffolding has been known to stay up for 16 years.
Democracy Down the Drain
Every day in every way Trump violates the basic rules of our democracy. It may not be a bad idea to have control of our borders and who immigrates to our country. However, the recent demands made by “the White House [saying] it planned to require visa applicants from dozens of countries to provide social media, phone and email histories for vetting before being allowed into the US” is appalling.
This is another way for Trump to control freedom of speech and people’s right to disagree with him publicly. “Minky Worden, the director of global initiatives at Human Rights Watch, said the new entry requirements were ‘an outrageous demand that violates fundamental free speech and free expression rights.’” This is not democracy. This is autocracy. Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin were all autocrats. This what America has become under the Trump regime
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/11/trump-plan-vet-us-visitors-social-media-tourism
Range & Despair
President Trump has exhibited a clear loss of mental acuity to the extent that he is no longer qualified (if he ever was) to be president of the United States. Example 1 – He appeared to be falling asleep during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday.
He is not qualified to represent the United States nor be entrusted with the complicated negotiations within our government or with dubious leaders of other world powers.
He should be declared mentally incompetent and Section 4 of the 25th amendment should be invoked, officially removing him from the presidency. If he does claim to be competent, then he simply is a despicable human who feels he doesn’t have to observe the rules of common decency and respect that we uphold when communicating with our fellow man.
“In the last few weeks, Trump’s insults, tantrums, and threats have exploded.
To one correspondent he said: ‘Are you stupid? Are you a stupid person? You’re just asking questions because you’re a stupid person.’
Another: [you’re] ‘third rate … ugly, both inside and out.’
About Somali immigrants to the United States: ‘Garbage’ whom ‘we don’t want in our country.’
To Bloomberg White House correspondent Catherine Lucey: ‘Quiet. Quiet, piggy.’
About Democratic lawmakers who told military members to defy illegal orders: guilty of ‘sedition … punishable by DEATH.’”
Translation: he is willing to kill anyone who gets in his way.
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