It’s amazing how little attention Americans paid to having been ripped off blind by Elon Musk.
The presence of greedy billionaires in our lives is bad enough, but when they conspire with the U.S. president and openly loot our Treasury, shouldn’t that raise something of a ruckus?
We live on a planet that features war, torture, environmental collapse, and a criminal sociopath elected as the most powerful person on Earth.
Can someone explain why anyone could possibly want to spend more than a few seconds on the rebranding of a fifth-rate restaurant chain?
Most Americans, me included, are puzzled as to how the Trump administration can openly thumb its nose to the findings of our courts. Until recently, behavior like this would have wound you up in jail.
From “The Grio”:
Austin Smith, a former Republican state representative in Arizona, has pleaded guilty to charges for forging signatures on his 2024 re‑election campaign petitions. He admitted to submitting nomination papers with names of deceased individuals and other forged entries. The plea agreement calls for probation, a fine of $5,000 and a five‑year ban on seeking public office. Meanwhile, Smith had served as a senior director (and briefly strategic director) of Turning Point Action, the 501(c)(4) advocacy arm of the conservative youth group Turning Point USA and resigned from that leadership role when the allegations surfaced. Through his dual role as lawmaker and conservative organizer, Smith’s case underlines questions of campaign integrity and the responsibilities of politically active organizations.
I would have thought (and hoped) that election fraud would merit some jail time.
Traci Coston Ministries comments: This number could rise to 200 clinics in the next 1-2 years nationwide if current federal defunding remain in effect! We praise God for working through politics and the lives that will be saved, but ultimately, only a change of heart in people is what creates lasting change.
I wouldn’t count too heavily on a “change of heart in people” with respect to Planned Parenthood; this organization is regarded quite highly outside of the realm of religious zealots.
Abortion services make up 4% of all the health services they provide, and federal funds rarely go toward abortion care (only in cases of rape, incest, and life-threatening situations).
This means that 96% of services are birth control and a wide variety of women’s health issues, e.g., cancer screening.
Corporations must publish their financials, providing some level of transparency to shareholders.
There was a time in the late 20th Century when it appeared that a law would be passed forcing them to reveal their impact on the environment, as well.
Unfortunately, corporations have so much power at this point that they can forestall all attempts to make this happen.
Ever since I was a small boy, I thought it strange that people would say, “I’m proud to be an American.”
You’re proud of something you had absolutely nothing to do with?”
People should be proud of their accomplishments, or perhaps those of their children, not some accident that they happened to be born in a certain part of the Earth.
Apparently, philosopher of science Karl Popper felt the same way.
A segment of Newsmax tonight began with many clips from commentators from both parties saying that Donald Trump is the most powerful person in the word. “All right, enough!” the host finally interjected. “Well, if he is the most powerful person in the world, why can’t he appoint whoever (sic) he wants to prosecute James Comey and Letitia James?”
Well, we do have a few sticking points here.
We have the U.S. Constitution, and 200+ years of rule of law, and the concept that no one is above the law.
And we have the question, “Given that they have taken stances against Trump, why not have them both summarily beheaded?” Given that we no longer have a balance of powers among the supposedly three co-equal branches of government, what’s the big deal?
Three hundred years ago, that’s precisely what would have happened to people who took public stances against a king.
We either stand for freedom and loyalty to a constitution — or we don’t. We can’t have it both ways.
About 20 years ago, a friend asked me if I was aware that cars could run on air. I asked, delicately, what she meant, and she explained that cars can run on compressed air.
“Ah,” I replied. “Of course they can. But where does the energy come from that compresses the air?” End of conversation.
Now, it’s back. Now there are enormous swaths of the population who know so little about middle school science that they believe we can put cars on the road, in an ocean of air, and extract energy out of that air to power our automobiles.
If you’re among these morons and want to invest with some heavy-duty fraud/charlatans, here’s your opportunity. They say that it’s “self-sustaining and needs no fuel.” If that makes sense to you, be my guest.
I live across the street from the K-8 school my kids attended 20 years ago. The quality was superior then and it’s still going strong today. Its students look robust and eager to learn.
