In Trump’s Truth Social post at left, we see the criminal sociopath’s threat to turn the United States military against the people of Chicago.
This brings us dangerously close to the point that our generals and admirals receive an order from the Commander-in-Chief, saying, “We’re invading our nation’s third largest city” with the response: “The fuck we are.”
The author of the meme here has a good point, though I would argue that there are more galling aspects to all this, e.g., having a wanna-be dictator and criminal conman in the White House.
I’ll certainly admit that it’s the height of irony that the hateful morons who support Trump deplore DEI and then turn around and applaud the appointment of some of the most clearly unqualified people imaginable to key positions.
The idea at left isn’t a bad one, but there are a number of complexities at play here.
Renewable energy in all its forms is rooted in the idea of transforming some kind of energy into electricity. This cannot be understood without a basic knowledge of physics: the conservation of energy, electricity and magnetism, semiconductors, fluid dynamics, the states of matter, and thermodynamics.
I would incorporate all this into the appropriate sections of first-year 11th grade physics textbooks.
Nuclear energy (fission and fusion) goes in AP physics.
Composting goes in 9th grade biology and/or 10th grade chemistry.
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.
