Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy❤
No. of Recommendations: 14
It’s why the circle of defiance is growing. For there is a growing recognition of how absurd on its face Trumpism is. It’s not just wrong, and dangerous, it’s also ridiculous, comical, deeply unserious, tin pot dictator, Monty Python, Charlie Chaplin, Peter Sellers, Mike Myers, Banana Republic, “you have to be shitting me” stuff.
Putin wants peace?
Prices are GOING DOWN?
Your economic strategy is for Americans to both PAY MORE and GET LESS?
You are doing a military parade on your BIRTHDAY?
Are you really saying that you cannot pick up the phone and get Abrego Garcia back?
You claim that a Venezuelan gang here in the US is AN INVASION?
Your insane budget bill is going to increase the deficit and debt by tens and tens of trillions of dollars and essentially bankrupt the country and yet you and Musk are claiming that mantle of fiscal responsibility?
You are dismantling the public health care system in the US while claiming you are MAKING AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN?
You revoke Harvard’s tax status because you DON’T LIKE THEM?
In interviews this week Trump repeatedly claimed prices were GOING DOWN.
Yesterday, ABC News released a bit more of their time with Trump in the Oval Office. Just watch this segment. Trump is asked about the Declaration of Independence. His response:
it's a declaration of unity, love and respect and it means a lot. It's something very special to our country.
Our leader has NO FUCKING IDEA WHAT THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IS!!!!!!!!Simon Rosenberg
https://open.substack.com/pub/simonwdc/p/trump-is-...
No. of Recommendations: 2
Our leader has NO FUCKING IDEA WHAT THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IS!!!!!!!!
Sadly, I'd bet over half of the adult population of the U.S. couldn't summarize what the declaration of independence says and what it means.
No. of Recommendations: 2
Sadly, I'd bet over half of the adult population of the U.S. couldn't summarize what the declaration of independence says and what it means.
Very true. They stopped requiring civics in high school. Our daughter took an equivalent class (that included a field trip to DC), but it wasn't required.
1poorlady probably knows more than most citizens because, as part of her naturalization, she had to study and take a test.**
I saw a survey/study a while back (which I can't find now) that indicated that a large portion of the population thinks they have rights that they really don't. In searching for the study, I came across some examples (e.g. people think they have right to counsel in civil matters...for free). I know they think they have a right to drive (which they do not...hence the requirement of a license). I wish I could have found that study, because it illustrates very well why we need civics classes in school.
**We had a friend at work whom we ate lunch with almost daily. He was very knowledgeable, and we would discuss history, the Constitution, the DOI, Thomas Paine, and some basic history to prepare her for the test. Which she aced.
No. of Recommendations: 3
Our leader has NO FUCKING IDEA WHAT THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IS!!!!!!!!
Neither do many of is ardent followers, but they are pretty sure it was handed down by GOD himself.
The Constitution? Forget about it. Just a bunch of gobbledegook that gets in the way of Trump's 'governing'.
No. of Recommendations: 2
They stopped requiring civics in high school.
A terrible mistake.
In the 1960s we had an excellent civics curriculum in high school.
WE NEED THAT!
Do you think the coming taxpayer funded religious schools will have any interest? Hell no.
No. of Recommendations: 11
And this is funny:
You claim that a Venezuelan gang here in the US is AN INVASION?
MS-13 is an American gang started on the streets of Los Angeles.
"Mara Salvatrucha, commonly known as MS-13, is an international criminal gang that originated in Los Angeles, California, in the 1980s. Originally, the gang was set up to protect Salvadoran immigrants from other gangs in the Los Angeles area. Over time, the gang grew into a more traditional criminal organization. MS-13 has a longtime rivalry with the 18th Street gang." Wiki
