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  • The verdict is in: America cannot withstand another 3 years of political division

    The verdict is in: America cannot withstand another 3 years of political division

    Wake up. The writing is on the wall in big bold capital letters right in front of our faces: America cannot survive another three years of Donald Trump’s divisive, chaotic, disorderly, and soon economically disastrous policies. It is what it is. The sooner we the citizens come to terms with this the better.

    Before you accuse me of having TDS or being a libtard, I am a constitutional conservative moderate. I don’t have a personal beef with Trump. I have a beef with his toxic leadership and the disastrous impacts it is having on the people of the United States of America.

    I recognize why some people might find this position very hard to understand. It’s not because I’m wrong. It’s because the narrative they’ve been following is so powerful in their minds. It goes something like this:

    Trump is simply a victim of the lunatic left, that he’s never done anything wrong, that he’s never done anything to deserve the scorn of the left, that he is just simply being singled out by them because they hate him because he is such a good looking, successful, rich, “winner.” but is that true? Has Trump never done anything wrong? Has he never provoked them? Has he never lied about them? I mean after all, Donald Trump led the conversation about the legitimacy of Barack Obama’s birth certificate. Or have we forgotten about all that already? Did the left wage war on Donald Trump first or did he wage war on them first?

    It’s an important question because again, if he waged war on them first, he is not simply a victim of the left, they are simply fighting back and defending themselves against his attacks on them in his quest for massive power and glory. And this isn’t me defending the left, this is me trying to get down to the bottom of the truth to understand if the popular narrative on the right about Donald Trump being a victim is true. And I’m here to tell you, I don’t think it’s true.

    Again, I am not advocating for a Democrat government. I don’t like some of the Democrat policies. I am pro-life and I can’t support a party that is pro abortion. However, I do find myself in agreement with moderate Democrats who are anti-abortion. I’m just reminding you that I’m not trying to overthrow the Republicans. I’m trying to get down to the bottom of the truth about the current president because I think the people have been deceived into supporting authoritarian extremism, when we should be supporting moderatism.

    Do you want specific examples? OK here we go.

    Mr. Trump accuses everybody who disagrees with him of defamation. But he is the chief defamer. He defames everybody who disagrees with him. Never in history have we had a leader in any domain who hates people who disagrees with him as much as Trump does. His absolute intolerance and hatred for DISSENT (which is literally at the foundation of our identity, as Americans) makes discourse, compromise, and American unity impossible. We are the ones who suffer the most from division in our government and culture.

    Don’t think I’m exonerating the Democrats. I recognize they do the same thing. I’m telling you both sides are wrong. And this is important because the popular narrative on the right says only the left is wrong, when the right is doing the same thing— if not worse because they are now in power.

    Trump is on a defamation lawsuit rampage. He’s got everybody scared of him now. Is that American? To lead by fear? To terrify people into silence? That sounds like a hellish orwellian society from the book 1984, not the America I know and love. Even Charlie Kirk was a champion for open debate and discourse. I don’t think Trump follows his lead at all. In fact, I think he’s the polar opposite of Charlie Kirk. Trump wants compliance and silence only. Since when should we be fearful of speaking out against our government? That ain’t freedom. That is slavery to fear. His own party is terrified of him.

    Wake up. Trump doesn’t sue because he’s being defamed. He sues to conceal truth that he doesn’t want to get out – truth about himself. Truth that he is not who he says he is. Truth that he does not have the skills that he claims he has. Truth that he is not the economic genius and miraculous deal maker he has been trumped up to be. Truth that he has totally in over his head, and doesn’t know how to lead people without dividing them, and doesn’t even fully understand what America is all about.

    But don’t trust me. Listen to his own niece’s words about him. Mary Trump, a certified clinical psychologist with a PhD in human analysis says this about her uncle:

    “Nothing is ever enough with Donald. This is far beyond garden-variety narcissism; Donald is not simply weak, his ego is a fragile thing that must be bolstered every moment because he knows deep down that he is nothing of what he claims to be. He knows he has never been loved. So he must draw you in if he can … Then he makes his vulnerabilities and insecurities your responsibility: you must assuage them, you must take care of him. Failing to do so leaves a vacuum that is unbearable for him to withstand for long.

    “Donald’s ego has been and is a fragile and inadequate barrier between him and the real world, which, thanks to his father’s money and power, he never had to negotiate by himself.”

    Donald Trump doesn’t live in the real world. He lives in Donald Trump world. In Donald Trump world there is no room for anyone who does not completely agree with everything he says and confirm every single one of his biases. This has terrible consequences for the way of the people because as someone who lives in his own world, he cannot compromise and negotiate with his adversaries in politics and find solutions that benefit we the people. He is always at war with himself, and thus at war with everyone who disagrees with him. And we the people are the ones who suffer as a result.

    Leaders are supposed to UNITE people. The only way they can do this if they are humble and they put people first. Empathy is an absolute necessity of servant hearted and unifying leadership. There is no empathy in him. He only empathizes with himself. And he taught his soldiers to be the same way. Which is why Charlie Kirk was fond of saying he doesn’t believe in empathy. Well, I’m here to tell you, Jesus did. And I’m here to tell you if our leaders don’t empathize with us, we are totally screwed. And at this moment, we are totally screwed.

    Every defamation Mr. Trump does leads to more defamation and more defamation and more division and more hatred. He is the most divisive president we’ve ever had. It’s ironic that he would say Obama was divisive. At least Obama united his own party. Trump can’t even do that. Today he is fully attacking Marjorie Taylor Greene, one of the OG Maga supporters who helped to get him elected. He can’t even unite his own party! Never have we had a more defamatory and divisive president as Trump.

    I personally think we should ALL be demanding he step down. I don’t like JD Vance, but he is not divisive as Trump. in fact for all I know JD Vance secretly still disdains Trump. Give him a chance to do the job, see what happens. Not saying he’s an angel, so calm down. But the division in this country is totally unsustainable. And by the way? it’s going to completely destroy the Republican Party and give the country back to the Democrats if it isn’t stopped W

    What we really need is moderate constitutional servants of the people who truly care about the working classes in our highest offices. We should accept nothing less. Because we are the ones who suffer most from their egos and endless wars on each other.

    Don’t believe in the narrative on the right that Donald Trump is simply a victim and that the Blue team is the quintessential evil of America. This is political propaganda. Not everyone on the left are “lunatics.“ That is divisive hatred and lies to divide us for the purpose of conquering us. Both sides play a part in this war. We must stop all of them from waging war on each other so they can start working for us rather than themselves.

    Once again, United, we stand divided we fall. As long as we are letting them divide us, we are falling. Point blank end of story. 

  • Trump announces massive fed gov layoffs amid shutdown—as planned..

    Trump announces massive fed gov layoffs amid shutdown—as planned..

    🚨TRUMP ANNOUNCES MASSIVE PERMANANT FED GOV LAYOFFS AMID SHUTDOWN. I believe the government shutdown is controlled demolition. They allowed it so they could eliminate a massive number of jobs in the federal government so they could replace them with AI. Notice DOGE (should be DOAI = department of AI installation) is still on the clock and has not been shut down. This is not a coincidence. The Trump administration is transforming the United States government into one big monstrous Frankenstein autonomous robot. WHY??? MONEY, power, and control. No other reason.

    MONEY: they are making a ton of money off all the technology companies they are giving the contracts to. Massive insider trading scheme. Remember Haliburton? Same deal.

    POWER: getting humans out of the way removes all the regulatory barriers (they keep consumers relatively protected) to complete anarcho and predatory capitalism to allow the corporations (including Trump Inc) POWER to do whatever they want wherever they want without any government regulation whatsoever. Read: oligarchy unleashed.

    CONTROL: removing all the humans and replacing them with AI ensures the party (see 1984) can keep the population under control at all times to prevent any sort of uprising, all in an effort to protect the oligarchy’s money and power.

    You are witnessing the controlled demolition of your government and massive money, power, and control transfer to the corporate technocracy and all of their global investors. It is easily the biggest wealth redistribution heist in the history of America bar none without any equal.

    But don’t worry, my friends. Barron Trump will be running TikTok any day now. The Golden Age is upon us. Pass the Kool-Aid.

  • Unemployed people are paying consultants $10K to find them a job

    Unemployed people are paying consultants $10K to find them a job

    The job market totally sucks under the unstable and reckless Trump regime, and people can’t find work they are qualified for. I constantly talk to people who have applied for 400, even 600, jobs and have not even had one interview.

    Desperate to find work, Wall Street Journal is reporting that people are paying $10,000 and more to consultants to find them new jobs.

    This is really all you ever need to know about how corporate America has been responding to the Trump administration. They aren’t hiring, and when they do, they are putting people through the ringer. It’s never been harder to find work than it is now. And sadly, the situation is only going to get worse as AI replaces more and more jobs

    But of course it’s not only AI that is replacing jobs. Many corporations are still outsourcing jobs overseas. I was just perusing Amazon‘s book publishing support jobs, and I see they are all based in India. So no, corporations are not bringing jobs back to America, they are sending more jobs overseas than ever before to recover the hit they are taking from Trump’s insane tariffs.

    But don’t worry, according to Trump supporters, we are in the Golden Age. Don’t pay attention to the flood of evidence everywhere you look to the contrary.

  • Restaurants hurting bad and closing as food prices continue to soar…

    Restaurants hurting bad and closing as food prices continue to soar…

    Donald Trump started his inauguration off by saying we were entering the Golden Age. Since that time he has boasted repeatedly about how “the cost of everything have come down and Americans are enjoying a much higher quality of life than ever before” on his watch. But is that true?

    According to restaurants and bars, that is definitely not true.

    Many food and beverage establishments are struggling. Wholesale food prices are up 17%, beef is up 21%, produce is up 10% or more, and they aren’t hiring anymore. They are cutting hours and reducing food portion sizes in order to survive.

    Case in point. Just recently, my wife and I went to a breakfast joint in our neighborhood. I was shocked that the food barely even covered my plate. They had cut the egg and hash brown size by HALF. I paid $15 for a meal that didn’t even fill me. We said we would never go there again. Since then, I found out that many of my neighbors have decided the same. Sad.

    A growing number of businesses are hurting just as bad as they did during the pandemic or worse. Many are closing for good. Consumers are eating at home way more often now. And it’s all because of continuing inflation that Donald Trump has failed to make a priority of his admin.

    I can’t help but wonder if the situation would be different if Donald Trump actually focused on bringing prices down. Instead, he is focused on punishing universities, slapping massive tariffs on all kinds of businesses, more tax breaks for the ultra rich and investor class, suing and silencing his critics, AI, crypto, expanding his Trump empire, building data centers, and now making marijuana legal and readily available to everyone in every state (as if already dumbed down Americans need one more thing to numb and sedate them).

    Given Trump’s priorities, you could never convince me that this is a man for we the working class people. This is a man who is for the elite class. He is totally out of touch with the majority of American people and our needs, and everyone will feel the pain of his apathy and ignorance on an increasing basis —until people stand up and stay “enough!”

  • UH OH! Bankruptcies soar to highest levels since 2020…

    UH OH! Bankruptcies soar to highest levels since 2020…

    Amid Trump‘s constant bragging about the wonderful state of the economy, and how America is the “hottest“ place on the Earth, and how prosperity is coming for all, in the real world bankruptcies are at the highest level since 2020 as consumers get crushed under a burden of household debt that they can no longer carry.

    Here are the top 10 states where bankruptcies have increased dramatically this year:

    1 Rhode Island tops the list, with bankruptcy filings up 27.6 percent in the 12 months ending June 30.

    2 & 3 Florida and Minnesota— filings increased 23.5 and 21 percent.

    4. Vermont: 20.3 percent

    5. Texas: 19.4 percent

    6. Idaho: 19.1 percent

    7. Maine: 17.9 percent

    8. Colorado: 17.6 percent

    9. Iowa: 17.0 percent

    10. California: 16.6 percent

    From Newsweek:

    Matt Layton, LegalShield senior vice president of consumer analytics, wrote in April: “Bankruptcy inquiries hit the highest we’ve seen since early 2020, just before Americans’ checkbooks were boosted by COVID checks from the government. When you combine record debt, rising delinquencies, and prolonged financial stress, topped by price pressures driven by tariff uncertainty, the risk of a summer surge in bankruptcy filings becomes very real.”

    “Debt is the common thread behind rising consumer stress,” he said in July. “Whether it’s missed mortgage payments, maxed-out credit cards, or mounting buy-now-pay-later balances, debt-fueled household spending is forcing people to ask a lawyer for help.”

    And don’t forget Trump‘s tariffs. They are wreaking havoc across the entire economic spectrum, regardless of their absence in the headlines.

    So much for the “golden age.“ This is no golden age. Every day this is looking more and more like the dark ages. And don’t talk to me about the stock market. The stock market is being propped up by energy investments, AI technology, investments, and biotechnology investments, all of which will not be creating any jobs or improving our quality of life. 

  • Doh! Trump advisor says the quiet part about the jobs report out loud…

    Trump’s top economic adviser, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett—one of the administration’s most visible defenders— just admitted to the media that the job numbers were weaker than we expected, completely undermining Trump’s smear campaign against the Labor Stats chief he fired.

    By my count, that is at least the sixth time one of Trump‘s officials have publicly undermined him and in the process called into question his “fake news” narratives against anyone who dares to question him or, God forbid, make him look less perfect than the infallible pope of American govt that his base have propped him up to be.

    It must be very difficult, keeping up appearances of infallibility. I would go as far as to say it is absolutely exhausting, and those participating in it are exhausted and probably ready to quit.

    Beyond all the hypocrisy, double speak, flip flopping, witch hunts, double mindedness, and deceit, the real victim here is we the people who, on an increasing basis, are being deprived of the truth by every institution in existence, including the Trump administration.

    But that doesn’t mean we can’t get the truth. We don’t actually need government reports and media research to get to the bottom of the truth. All we really need to do is talk to a lot of people out here in the real world. If we do, we will find that we are living in anything but the golden age, that consumers are living on credit, that they are upside down, that employers have stopped, tiring, and much more. T

    The institutional authorities might be able to conceal the truth, but the truth will not be concealed… at least not if all of us demand that it surfaces.