Correct. A prudent, law-abiding President who appoints qualified agency personnel to enact thoughtful regulations is going to see their agenda inevitably fail. A malicious, arbitrary President who runs around barking illegal commands at people will be rewarded.
Spent the afternoon power washing the patio which is basically the soothing equivalent of an adult coloring book. Still pretty mad.
Part of the issue here is that a lack of real enforcement for 30 years turned aggressively anti-competitive business models into the only reliably high-growth strategy rewarded by investors. A whole generation of executives identifies market-cornering âmoatsâwith capitalism per se.
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Juneteenth is a time to gather as a family, reflect on the past and look to the future. Discover ways to celebrate this African American cultural tradition of music, food and freedom.
Murder âŹď¸ 26.4% Rape âŹď¸ 25.7% Robbery âŹď¸ 17.8% Property Crime âŹď¸ 15.1% Crime is down. Lying and fear mongering about crime to scare voters, race bait and get clicks is way up.
According to the latest FBI data, violent crime and property crime are down sharply in 2024. The new data shows substantial drops in every category, including murder (-26.4%), rape (-25.7%), robbery (...
Give this man a Chancellorship!
I think legalized gambling is proof of the outsized power of concentrated capital in our society. Something that virtually everyone has moral objections to is legal. Why? Because monied interests want it that way. It effectively redistributes capital upward â the new American âDream.â
I would love to see what working 3,769x harder than the average employee looks like. Just your reminder that itâs the workers who create the value with their labor.
$1.2B spent on lobbying in Q1 â to block climate action block universal healthcare keep wages low keep drug costs high keep billionaire's taxes low protect union busters sell more weapons If a politician says a necessary policy is "radical," it's because they're paid to say it.
