Trump is like the bully in school who comes into a room of hard working students and flips over all the tables so he can feel powerful and show disdain. The tables in this case are health, environment, constitutional order, diversity, civil rights ..... and on and on.
Alienating ALL your Allies = AFTER DAVOS = ALL!!!!!!!!!!! hmmmm who's left ??? Russia, Hungary, North Korea ...... UPSIDE DOWN RIGHT = How scary is all this...one crazy person projecting POWER......We have seen this in History before !!! Elon gave the Salute....coincidence ?..... When someone SHOWS you who they ARE, .....you really should BELIEVE THEM !
Al Gore should have been our president. I’m so sorry he did t win. George W set us on a pathway to destruction. And we never have fully recovered . Al would still make an excellent president.
Do we know if Gore won? The Supreme Court stopped the recount. What a disaster: the Iraq war, the financial crisis, no effort to address the climate crisis. The world would be much better off if Gore had been President in 2001. Would we have gotten Trump if Bush hadn’t been such a disaster?
I actually dealt with that years ago in High School. I was one of the "brains" in high school who never got into trouble. I shared one class with the chief bully, and one day he decided to give me crap before class. I responded by shoving the desks out of the way and challenging him right there. He didn't expect that, and realizing that his record was worse than mine and knowing that I had studied karate he backed down. Word spread quickly and as a result he lost all his status. Two weeks later he dropped out. Bullies are invariably cowards.
I will be 66 years old on February 4. For the first time in my life, I am afraid of the POTUS and the future of our once great country. Trump has no idea what he's doing, but will do it anyway.
I will be 70 in March, and I share all your fears. At times, it feels like we are re-entering some strange new Dark Age where willful ignorance, grotesque stupidity and unthinking cruelty are celebrated, rather than seen as obstacles to be overcome. Hatred for science and climate denialism is the curse of this new age. How we work to turn this terrible moment into something positive will be the challenge of my later years. I can only say take care of yourself, be as kind to yourself and others as you can. Seek new ways of doing as much good as you can, for as many as you can, for as long as you can. Happy Birthday!
I too will be 70 in March. Happy Anniversary of your Birth! Our country has become everything you describe and so much less.
I agree with your plan and will be looking for every way possible to turn this back around. I have friends who are tearful and so scared but, all this just gets my warrior blood boiling! We need to organize once again, resist and speak out against their morals and ethics not focusing on their politics but their values. May the Great Spirit and Mother Earth right the world.♡
Hey you guys! I just turned 70 back in October! Welcoming you all into Club 70 this coming March! What events we have experienced in our lifetimes! And now it comes to this. We deserve better. The world deserves better.
Never fear a bully. Do what you can (with help from many others) to undo their power and influence. It's a fight that's worth it in the end. Victory will be sweet. At 76, I was taught not to accede to bullies and to question authority. I still believe this. Oh, and happy birthday when it arrives!
I will be 78 yoa this summer and I am so glad my elders impressed upon us kids the fate of facism during WWII and the wealth of wisdom shared by post war leaders. I pray that our example as elders will have an impact on todays youth (ya know, the ones that get most of their news on social media!). Resist Isolationism/facisim and read U.S. History/world books.
I'll be 74 in June. I came of political age in the late '60s; I pinpoint 1968, the year I turned 17, as pivotal, both for me and for the country. I don't remember a time when this country was great, except in wealth and natural resources. I do remember a time when many were trying hard to make democracy work for everyone and I did my bit. I didn't realize till later that others were working as hard, and with vastly more financial resources, to return it to the decades and centuries of white male supremacy, a world where money talked louder than "we the people." It culminated in the election of 2024, but it's been building for a long, long time. We have work to do.
Motivation matters! IMO the aberration began with Reagan, and by my reckoning you have to be at least 60 to have somewhat adult memories of the U.S. before the neocons started working overtime to roll back gains made by people of color and women of all colors. Which is to say that those of us who do have such memories have an important role to play, because the neocons, originalists, and their dupes have been working hard to erase that history.
Laser focused on trying to be King of the WORLD ........ has a nice RING to it ;) ....someone should tell him...it's been DONE BEFORE .... It did NOT END WELL for that Country
I must have stolen the line from someone but, although stupid can't be helped, you shouldn't advertise it. Trump is, demonstrably, stupid in the historic sense of the word. And he just keeps advertising the stupidity. So, what does that say about the people who voted for him?? Just, sadly, asking...........
He carries the shovel for his political grave under his arm. He should read about Joe McCarthy who demonized and destroyed thousands innocent people's reputations and careers. Old Joe died broke and alone - justly so.
He pardoned R. Ulbrect who created app Silk Road and made $200 million selling drugs online to kids and anybody willing to pay - Libertarians feel adults should be able to purchase anything - (guess none of their kids died) Trump promised to pardon Utbrect for their votes and he did. Shameful pardon. Decent republicans should be outraged.
Me too! Future looks bleak but always clears - we just need to forge on and do what is right - speak out, help those in need and be true to those you love and yourself.
Actually Trump knows exactly what he's doing. Just what he's doing isn't necessarily good for the country, international affairs or beneficial to other than the wealthy and large corps. And he sure knows what he's doing when it comes to vengeance. And congressional Repubs in on his plans for revenge are once again planning, at taxpayer expense, costly investigations/fishing expeditions against Trump's perceived enemies.
Vengeance is only momentarily satisfying - then it turns sour and poisonous. Congress GOP are mostly self- serving - they know Trump is old and declining fast. The shoving and pushing at big pig trough will be hilarious when GOP and Trump collapse. So many professional climbers - like Moms of Liberty who made millions talking about policing librarians in public and schools here in Florida - then the founders got caught having a threesome party with a friend and that was the end of that.
I just turned 70 on January 8, here in Los Angeles in the middle of the fires. Then the horrendous inauguration on top of that. I’m emotionally exhausted, I feel you, and I hope you use your Birthday to celebrate and care for yourself. Hugs.
xox their ethos IS to exhaust, deplete and defeat your emotions...so you cannot fight back....nurture yourself, be kind to your self and others find kindness and values and you will FEEL so much better.... and come back when ready...to Resist....American's never ever give up :) Thank goodness :)xo
I think about Californians who had side by side disasters with the fires and the horror show that is unfolding. Be safe and stay strong. People have to come together and fight this regime and the consequences unfolding. Interestingly Trump is coming to Western NC today as well. I suspect both are strategic visits in states with Democratic Governors so he can complain about them and Biden. We'll see.
Oh Susan, I am CERTAIN he is going to complain and issue mandates to not pay for helping the victims unless our “corrupt and incompetent leaders” bow before him and offer him the tax breaks in exchange. He is the utter asshole of the planet here, among others. I thank you for your kind words.
We are lucky he doesn't know his limitations - he is on a honeymoon with is voters - GOP is going to fracture over his crazy cruel attempts at leadership.
It's probably not feasible, but they should paying federal taxes. They keep the poor red states going. If Trump can make demands, so can others. Fuck him. (Sorry to anyone that word may offend). I have a potty mouth when I'm mad.
I wish you happy birthday, but mostly I wish you peace and safety in your surroundings. I'm sorry this is how you have to live the 'golden years', but I'm right there with you. Be well, Barbara.
I always felt like it was the beginning of the end of my America when the republican thug boys stole the election from Al Gore. What followed - response to 9/11, Iraq invasion, war without end, Great Recession, red state reaction to Obama, response to COVID, Trump, Trump. Newt started it in 1996.
I too felt the same thing. I firmly believe that the repubs haven’t honestly won an election since. No I don’t subscribe to crazy conspiracy theories, but I do know that the likes of Karl Rove and his response on FOX when Obama beat Romney told me all I needed to know. At 80 I need to see a change before I go.
This last election was lost due to voter suppression and gerrymandering. Also, too many people 'checked out' and didn't vote. Maybe, seeing the nightmare unfold, they will wake up and do the right thing.
They won’t even know it till their insurance becomes unavailable, their healthcare unaffordable, the air polluted and their water toxic. It is a tragedy beyond all precedent.
A friend of mine who lives in Colorado, commented on the 10.5 inches of snow in my backyard in Lafayette LA, he said....so much for Al Gore and his climate warming....My response? You do not understand climate change vs. weather....and so MAGGOTS will bury their heads in the sand and deny what is so obvious....that climate change is causing these extremes in weather.
Michael Bloomberg should be acknowledged as a stand out figure for democracy. This from Heather Cox Richardson: And after Trump announced he would withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), billionaire former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg yesterday announced that his philanthropic foundation will cover the financial contribution the U.S. will not. According to Zack Budryk of The Hill, it will also provide the agreement’s reporting requirements for emissions associated with climate change.
“[P]hilanthropy’s role in driving local, state, and private sector action is more crucial than ever—and we’re committed to leading the way,” Bloomberg said.
So, republicans deny climate change & it appears that they are ready to deny bird flu & any other medical/health emergency. The Idiot in Chief has decided that reports & warnings concerning the growing concerns of bird flu, which has now jumped species to cows & in some instances domestic cats & humans, well those notices & guidance no longer need to be disseminated!.
He screwed up the last pandemic response and cost millions of lives. We'd be nuts to think he would handle the next one better, especially if RFK jr. is in charge.
I always wonder whether the Idiot-in-chief (great title!) ever thinks of the future of his grandchildren... But somehow they either don't need clean air and clean water or they can buy all that with Opa's grifted moneys.
In my opinion, DJT only cares about HIS future, HIS wellbeing, HIS money. He is in denial about DEATH. The future that awaits every man. He and his science denying ilk don't seem to realize that money can't buy you clean air, water, and food.
In New York, egg prices are UP! Wait until the deportations kick in and fruits and vegetables can't be planted and harvested. I'm going to leave little post it notes in my supermarket saying "These prices and empty shelves brought to you courtesy of DJ Trump and MAGA! Are you happy now?"
I can't see the army planting, washing dishes, running delicious food trucks, being waiters,hotel workers....I guess magas will be doing all that, oh wait a minute....
His "Inconvenient Truth" documentary was outstanding. It's sad, though, that we've got a climate change denying criminal in the WH, and we'll be careening over the climate cliff now.
Having had an interest in environmental issues since being in school, watching AIT in 2007 was what got me to really pay attention to human-caused climate change. I started reading up on the topic and eventually ended up joining the Skeptical Science team in 2010 to help with translations into German. Several years later I joined Al Gore's Climate Reality Leadership training in 2020 which somehow felt like "coming full circle"!
I often wonder, where we'd be today and how the world would look like had Al Gore not been denied the presidency all those years ago....
While I despise trump and everything he stands for I’d like to mention he is not a smart person. The big money machine behind him and his agenda is The Heritage Foundation & The Federalist Society. They’ve been quietly building an army of right wing jurists, attorneys, politicians since the 1980’s. They own the Republican Party and have orchestrated gerrymandering across our nation. Theirs is a long game and the democrats have been asleep at the wheel. Now we’re behind the curve seriously and must have strong, aggressive strategists and leaders to counter attack the fascism that’s firmly in place. I’m ready to resist but we have to be absolutely together to develop a tactical, multidisciplinary response. Who will lead our resistance movement? I’m not sure but I hope to hell they emerge quickly.
So, when felon 34 announced that he withdraw this nation from the Paris Climate Agreement it drow approving roar from the crowd present during the inauguration. What a bunch of ignorants!!
Unfortunately not just them but all of us , one way or another, will be affected more and more by uncontrollable fires, stronger hurricanes and tornadoes, severe rain or drought, extreme heat or cold and they only answer is "drill baby drill"
The US has sustainable energy companies that want to compete in international markets. Energy producing states like Texas and Wyoming have already diversified their industries. They don’t want go lose out. Even Saudi Arabia knows the petrochemical game is over. That’s why MBS is investing so heavily in new industries.
All I can add is that to me trump represents evil. Every action he takes seems destructive and/or cruel. I am nearly 78, and for the first time in my life am fearful of our government. Our country is being trashed by ignorance and bigotry.
I have a cause: use charitable deductions to save the SSA retirement Trust Fund. The default of Trust Funds is supposed to apex in 2033 due to the increase of birth rates of baby boomers. After 2033, birth rates of later generations flatten and the funds can be solvent.
Social Security is the greatest anti-poverty program in US history. Social Security protects workers, widow(er)s, orphans and disabled people and is a major investment for many of us. Donations can flatten the default curve, extending the apex.
Thank you for posting this information. I knew Elizabeth Warren was smart, but that letter should be shared everywhere. We can cut spending without cutting benefits necessary for citizens.
Watch out for anyone who claims that God chose them. That person is irrational and a science-denier and, in the case of this particular Dear Leader, is also suffering from some type degenerative mental condition. When you can't tell reality from a fairy tale, you think that members of a lethal mob are tourists, that drinking bleach will stop a deadly pandemic and raking a forest will stop dangerous wildfires. You also believe that billionaires care about the poor, that women are good for only one thing and that tariffs are paid by someone else. In other words, you have a Dear Leader who should be in a secured mental institution. Good Luck!
The really terrifying thing is not so much this persona but that so many people voted for him. Literally "what were they thinking!!!! Followers are the enablers and they scare me more.
Agreed -- always a massive tell of a manic, deranged, DELUSIONAL narcissistic nut: God or Jesus Complex!; hence the friggn White Nationalists are just birds of his felonious feather!
Al Gore has been a personal hero for decades. I was crushed when he was declared the loser by the Supreme Court. Turns out that was the first big foray into overturning the rule of law to support the Republican Party. We lost so much in that election and are paying the price today.
I saw the writing on the wall and deleted all my Meta accounts a few months ago. X account was deleted the day Muskrat took over. I'm crossing my fingers for BlueSky.
Trump is like the bully in school who comes into a room of hard working students and flips over all the tables so he can feel powerful and show disdain. The tables in this case are health, environment, constitutional order, diversity, civil rights ..... and on and on.
Alienating ALL your Allies = AFTER DAVOS = ALL!!!!!!!!!!! hmmmm who's left ??? Russia, Hungary, North Korea ...... UPSIDE DOWN RIGHT = How scary is all this...one crazy person projecting POWER......We have seen this in History before !!! Elon gave the Salute....coincidence ?..... When someone SHOWS you who they ARE, .....you really should BELIEVE THEM !
Mel Brooks needs to do another “Producers” with songs like: Springtime for Elon and Germany….
Just saw that very thing on YouTube last night, using footage from "The Producers" and overdubbed with lines about Elon! ☺️
Exactly. I still can not wrap my brain around this current state of affairs.
Al Gore should have been our president. I’m so sorry he did t win. George W set us on a pathway to destruction. And we never have fully recovered . Al would still make an excellent president.
What a different path we would have taken, if only. Al's a thoughtful, honorable patriot, but we need someone at least a couple of decades younger.
Do we know if Gore won? The Supreme Court stopped the recount. What a disaster: the Iraq war, the financial crisis, no effort to address the climate crisis. The world would be much better off if Gore had been President in 2001. Would we have gotten Trump if Bush hadn’t been such a disaster?
I actually dealt with that years ago in High School. I was one of the "brains" in high school who never got into trouble. I shared one class with the chief bully, and one day he decided to give me crap before class. I responded by shoving the desks out of the way and challenging him right there. He didn't expect that, and realizing that his record was worse than mine and knowing that I had studied karate he backed down. Word spread quickly and as a result he lost all his status. Two weeks later he dropped out. Bullies are invariably cowards.
Great imagery, lauriemcf.🤗
I hear you.
I will be 66 years old on February 4. For the first time in my life, I am afraid of the POTUS and the future of our once great country. Trump has no idea what he's doing, but will do it anyway.
I will be 70 in March, and I share all your fears. At times, it feels like we are re-entering some strange new Dark Age where willful ignorance, grotesque stupidity and unthinking cruelty are celebrated, rather than seen as obstacles to be overcome. Hatred for science and climate denialism is the curse of this new age. How we work to turn this terrible moment into something positive will be the challenge of my later years. I can only say take care of yourself, be as kind to yourself and others as you can. Seek new ways of doing as much good as you can, for as many as you can, for as long as you can. Happy Birthday!
I too will be 70 in March. Happy Anniversary of your Birth! Our country has become everything you describe and so much less.
I agree with your plan and will be looking for every way possible to turn this back around. I have friends who are tearful and so scared but, all this just gets my warrior blood boiling! We need to organize once again, resist and speak out against their morals and ethics not focusing on their politics but their values. May the Great Spirit and Mother Earth right the world.♡
Hey you guys! I just turned 70 back in October! Welcoming you all into Club 70 this coming March! What events we have experienced in our lifetimes! And now it comes to this. We deserve better. The world deserves better.
Aww, thank you for your kindness and words and birthday wishes.
Never fear a bully. Do what you can (with help from many others) to undo their power and influence. It's a fight that's worth it in the end. Victory will be sweet. At 76, I was taught not to accede to bullies and to question authority. I still believe this. Oh, and happy birthday when it arrives!
I will be 78 yoa this summer and I am so glad my elders impressed upon us kids the fate of facism during WWII and the wealth of wisdom shared by post war leaders. I pray that our example as elders will have an impact on todays youth (ya know, the ones that get most of their news on social media!). Resist Isolationism/facisim and read U.S. History/world books.
I'll be 74 in June. I came of political age in the late '60s; I pinpoint 1968, the year I turned 17, as pivotal, both for me and for the country. I don't remember a time when this country was great, except in wealth and natural resources. I do remember a time when many were trying hard to make democracy work for everyone and I did my bit. I didn't realize till later that others were working as hard, and with vastly more financial resources, to return it to the decades and centuries of white male supremacy, a world where money talked louder than "we the people." It culminated in the election of 2024, but it's been building for a long, long time. We have work to do.
All you youngsters. I’ll be 78 in October and am still kicking. Let’s see this Trump aberration through!
Motivation matters! IMO the aberration began with Reagan, and by my reckoning you have to be at least 60 to have somewhat adult memories of the U.S. before the neocons started working overtime to roll back gains made by people of color and women of all colors. Which is to say that those of us who do have such memories have an important role to play, because the neocons, originalists, and their dupes have been working hard to erase that history.
Laser focused on trying to be King of the WORLD ........ has a nice RING to it ;) ....someone should tell him...it's been DONE BEFORE .... It did NOT END WELL for that Country
It's been attempted many times in history. No one has ever succeeded, except at best to become king of their known world.
I must have stolen the line from someone but, although stupid can't be helped, you shouldn't advertise it. Trump is, demonstrably, stupid in the historic sense of the word. And he just keeps advertising the stupidity. So, what does that say about the people who voted for him?? Just, sadly, asking...........
He carries the shovel for his political grave under his arm. He should read about Joe McCarthy who demonized and destroyed thousands innocent people's reputations and careers. Old Joe died broke and alone - justly so.
Trump knows what he is doing: rewarding the donor class. However, he does not know and likely does no care about the repercussions of his actions.
He pardoned R. Ulbrect who created app Silk Road and made $200 million selling drugs online to kids and anybody willing to pay - Libertarians feel adults should be able to purchase anything - (guess none of their kids died) Trump promised to pardon Utbrect for their votes and he did. Shameful pardon. Decent republicans should be outraged.
At this point "decent Republican" is an oxymoron.
73 here and lived through Nixon and others. I’m very concerned for the world I’m handing off to my kids and grandkids
Me too! Future looks bleak but always clears - we just need to forge on and do what is right - speak out, help those in need and be true to those you love and yourself.
I am 76 and mad as hell, bury me with my arm raised in a middle finger salute to trump.
Actually Trump knows exactly what he's doing. Just what he's doing isn't necessarily good for the country, international affairs or beneficial to other than the wealthy and large corps. And he sure knows what he's doing when it comes to vengeance. And congressional Repubs in on his plans for revenge are once again planning, at taxpayer expense, costly investigations/fishing expeditions against Trump's perceived enemies.
Vengeance is only momentarily satisfying - then it turns sour and poisonous. Congress GOP are mostly self- serving - they know Trump is old and declining fast. The shoving and pushing at big pig trough will be hilarious when GOP and Trump collapse. So many professional climbers - like Moms of Liberty who made millions talking about policing librarians in public and schools here in Florida - then the founders got caught having a threesome party with a friend and that was the end of that.
Happy Birthday, I hope.
I just turned 70 on January 8, here in Los Angeles in the middle of the fires. Then the horrendous inauguration on top of that. I’m emotionally exhausted, I feel you, and I hope you use your Birthday to celebrate and care for yourself. Hugs.
xox their ethos IS to exhaust, deplete and defeat your emotions...so you cannot fight back....nurture yourself, be kind to your self and others find kindness and values and you will FEEL so much better.... and come back when ready...to Resist....American's never ever give up :) Thank goodness :)xo
Thanks Shauna
Great advice. I'm trying to do just that.
I think about Californians who had side by side disasters with the fires and the horror show that is unfolding. Be safe and stay strong. People have to come together and fight this regime and the consequences unfolding. Interestingly Trump is coming to Western NC today as well. I suspect both are strategic visits in states with Democratic Governors so he can complain about them and Biden. We'll see.
Oh Susan, I am CERTAIN he is going to complain and issue mandates to not pay for helping the victims unless our “corrupt and incompetent leaders” bow before him and offer him the tax breaks in exchange. He is the utter asshole of the planet here, among others. I thank you for your kind words.
We are lucky he doesn't know his limitations - he is on a honeymoon with is voters - GOP is going to fracture over his crazy cruel attempts at leadership.
California paid in 82 million for federal disaster recovery ... they ask for help and get nothing - they should refuse to pay in the future.
It's probably not feasible, but they should paying federal taxes. They keep the poor red states going. If Trump can make demands, so can others. Fuck him. (Sorry to anyone that word may offend). I have a potty mouth when I'm mad.
I wish you happy birthday, but mostly I wish you peace and safety in your surroundings. I'm sorry this is how you have to live the 'golden years', but I'm right there with you. Be well, Barbara.
Thank you. I can feel your exhaustion. I'm so sorry for everyone going to through this horrendous experience. My heart is with Californians.
I think essentially he knows exactly what he's doing, just at a shallow level: disruption, destruction, self-enrichment - with zero accountability.
I'm near to you in age and I agree.
I always felt like it was the beginning of the end of my America when the republican thug boys stole the election from Al Gore. What followed - response to 9/11, Iraq invasion, war without end, Great Recession, red state reaction to Obama, response to COVID, Trump, Trump. Newt started it in 1996.
I too felt the same thing. I firmly believe that the repubs haven’t honestly won an election since. No I don’t subscribe to crazy conspiracy theories, but I do know that the likes of Karl Rove and his response on FOX when Obama beat Romney told me all I needed to know. At 80 I need to see a change before I go.
This last election was lost due to voter suppression and gerrymandering. Also, too many people 'checked out' and didn't vote. Maybe, seeing the nightmare unfold, they will wake up and do the right thing.
They won’t even know it till their insurance becomes unavailable, their healthcare unaffordable, the air polluted and their water toxic. It is a tragedy beyond all precedent.
Unfortunately, you are correct. And the rest of us will hurt as well. Prepare as best you can.
Reagan started it and now it snowballs into Bullyville.
Oh, it goes back much further than that.
A friend of mine who lives in Colorado, commented on the 10.5 inches of snow in my backyard in Lafayette LA, he said....so much for Al Gore and his climate warming....My response? You do not understand climate change vs. weather....and so MAGGOTS will bury their heads in the sand and deny what is so obvious....that climate change is causing these extremes in weather.
Yes, and that same southern storm made it all the way to Ireland where one third of their country lost power , roofs and trees.
But gee… who needs FEMA? I remember after Katrina worrying if Bush would allow FEMA to help.
My earth science profs were predicting climate change in 1970. Everything they predicted has come true and is going further faster.
OMG....and yes, in 1970, the nuns at my catholic high school were predicting the horrors of climate change...the earth is crying....
Yes, Yes, Yes.!!!
Michael Bloomberg should be acknowledged as a stand out figure for democracy. This from Heather Cox Richardson: And after Trump announced he would withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), billionaire former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg yesterday announced that his philanthropic foundation will cover the financial contribution the U.S. will not. According to Zack Budryk of The Hill, it will also provide the agreement’s reporting requirements for emissions associated with climate change.
“[P]hilanthropy’s role in driving local, state, and private sector action is more crucial than ever—and we’re committed to leading the way,” Bloomberg said.
so it's the battle of the billionaires....
We can debate whether or not billionaires should rightfully exist, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't applaud their attempts to do good.
I meant it as battle between good/bad billionaires, you know the old good vs. evil thing
They best keep doing that NOW!! More and Better!
So, republicans deny climate change & it appears that they are ready to deny bird flu & any other medical/health emergency. The Idiot in Chief has decided that reports & warnings concerning the growing concerns of bird flu, which has now jumped species to cows & in some instances domestic cats & humans, well those notices & guidance no longer need to be disseminated!.
Good one, donnie the dumb!
He screwed up the last pandemic response and cost millions of lives. We'd be nuts to think he would handle the next one better, especially if RFK jr. is in charge.
Take precautions now to protect yourselves.
I always wonder whether the Idiot-in-chief (great title!) ever thinks of the future of his grandchildren... But somehow they either don't need clean air and clean water or they can buy all that with Opa's grifted moneys.
In my opinion, DJT only cares about HIS future, HIS wellbeing, HIS money. He is in denial about DEATH. The future that awaits every man. He and his science denying ilk don't seem to realize that money can't buy you clean air, water, and food.
As a 69 yr. old grandmother, and regular church goer, I pray daily for his expiration date to come swiftly for all of our sake.
So on point -- ....or immortality!
And he is suppressing the reports about avian bird flu. People will have no idea of what is happening. Watch egg prices skyrocket
we can only hope egg prices go up....something magas understand
In New York, egg prices are UP! Wait until the deportations kick in and fruits and vegetables can't be planted and harvested. I'm going to leave little post it notes in my supermarket saying "These prices and empty shelves brought to you courtesy of DJ Trump and MAGA! Are you happy now?"
I can't see the army planting, washing dishes, running delicious food trucks, being waiters,hotel workers....I guess magas will be doing all that, oh wait a minute....
Spot On, dear lady.!!🤗
It's still in the scientific press.
Widely read by magat, I'm 😃
They're even rising here, for the *first* time.
They are already rising.
If you don't report it, it doesn't exist, just like COVID. Remember "slow the testing down please"? So polite!
His "Inconvenient Truth" documentary was outstanding. It's sad, though, that we've got a climate change denying criminal in the WH, and we'll be careening over the climate cliff now.
I read his book, Inconvenient Truth, while I was deployed in Iraq. Soon, it will be impossible to live in the Middle East due to the extreme heat.
He thinks migration is a problem now. Wait till middle easterners start moving to the better climates.
Anywhere in those latitudes.
Having had an interest in environmental issues since being in school, watching AIT in 2007 was what got me to really pay attention to human-caused climate change. I started reading up on the topic and eventually ended up joining the Skeptical Science team in 2010 to help with translations into German. Several years later I joined Al Gore's Climate Reality Leadership training in 2020 which somehow felt like "coming full circle"!
I often wonder, where we'd be today and how the world would look like had Al Gore not been denied the presidency all those years ago....
Extraordinary writing. Congrats to the Contrarian for organizing so quickly and already hitting home runs!
While I despise trump and everything he stands for I’d like to mention he is not a smart person. The big money machine behind him and his agenda is The Heritage Foundation & The Federalist Society. They’ve been quietly building an army of right wing jurists, attorneys, politicians since the 1980’s. They own the Republican Party and have orchestrated gerrymandering across our nation. Theirs is a long game and the democrats have been asleep at the wheel. Now we’re behind the curve seriously and must have strong, aggressive strategists and leaders to counter attack the fascism that’s firmly in place. I’m ready to resist but we have to be absolutely together to develop a tactical, multidisciplinary response. Who will lead our resistance movement? I’m not sure but I hope to hell they emerge quickly.
So, when felon 34 announced that he withdraw this nation from the Paris Climate Agreement it drow approving roar from the crowd present during the inauguration. What a bunch of ignorants!!
Unfortunately not just them but all of us , one way or another, will be affected more and more by uncontrollable fires, stronger hurricanes and tornadoes, severe rain or drought, extreme heat or cold and they only answer is "drill baby drill"
As felon 34 would say..." very unfair ".
The US has sustainable energy companies that want to compete in international markets. Energy producing states like Texas and Wyoming have already diversified their industries. They don’t want go lose out. Even Saudi Arabia knows the petrochemical game is over. That’s why MBS is investing so heavily in new industries.
All I can add is that to me trump represents evil. Every action he takes seems destructive and/or cruel. I am nearly 78, and for the first time in my life am fearful of our government. Our country is being trashed by ignorance and bigotry.
Completely agree!
Ask him about "Reinventing Government."
If Elon Musk is serious about cutting government waste, fraud, and abuse, he may find help in an unusual place: Al Gore.
Also Elizabeth Warren. https://www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_to_doge_rerecommendationstosave2trillionoverthenext10years.pdf
I have a cause: use charitable deductions to save the SSA retirement Trust Fund. The default of Trust Funds is supposed to apex in 2033 due to the increase of birth rates of baby boomers. After 2033, birth rates of later generations flatten and the funds can be solvent.
Social Security is the greatest anti-poverty program in US history. Social Security protects workers, widow(er)s, orphans and disabled people and is a major investment for many of us. Donations can flatten the default curve, extending the apex.
https://www.ssa.gov/agency/donations.html
Why doesn't SSA advertise that donations can flatten the curve and extend the default date beyond 2033?
Thank you for posting this information. I knew Elizabeth Warren was smart, but that letter should be shared everywhere. We can cut spending without cutting benefits necessary for citizens.
Watch out for anyone who claims that God chose them. That person is irrational and a science-denier and, in the case of this particular Dear Leader, is also suffering from some type degenerative mental condition. When you can't tell reality from a fairy tale, you think that members of a lethal mob are tourists, that drinking bleach will stop a deadly pandemic and raking a forest will stop dangerous wildfires. You also believe that billionaires care about the poor, that women are good for only one thing and that tariffs are paid by someone else. In other words, you have a Dear Leader who should be in a secured mental institution. Good Luck!
The really terrifying thing is not so much this persona but that so many people voted for him. Literally "what were they thinking!!!! Followers are the enablers and they scare me more.
"Gott Mit Uns."
Agreed -- always a massive tell of a manic, deranged, DELUSIONAL narcissistic nut: God or Jesus Complex!; hence the friggn White Nationalists are just birds of his felonious feather!
Al Gore has been a personal hero for decades. I was crushed when he was declared the loser by the Supreme Court. Turns out that was the first big foray into overturning the rule of law to support the Republican Party. We lost so much in that election and are paying the price today.
I often think how different our circumstances would be now if the decision had gone for Gore way back then.
I do too. I think it would be a very different world in a good way.
I've just learned that META has put Trump’s Facebook on EVERY account. You can block his access to your page.
1984
I saw the writing on the wall and deleted all my Meta accounts a few months ago. X account was deleted the day Muskrat took over. I'm crossing my fingers for BlueSky.
I've not seen anything from him on my page, thankfully.