One of the things pounded into my head in grad school: speak to others on their level. Don't try to impres. Speak honestly, but in ways you can be undeestood. Good connunicators always do.

What the world needs now is to
Embrace & celebrate the differences in people

Voted Romney with a heavy mix of dems in 2012.

2014 was surprisingly heavy dem for me.

in 2016 I voted Kasich in the primary .

Hillary in the general, but a few repubs were in the mix still.

Today I finally got around to dropping off my first straight dem ballot.

I researched every person and the dems were simply better qualified, the republicans were unimpressive, or racist, or sexist, or batshit crazy.

So yeah, vote dem this time K?

-Jeast

Yes, I boosted my own post. You need to vote and I’m going to keep reminding you!

Periodic reminder: there is no illegal immigration crisis https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/06/25/most-immigrants-who-enter-the-country-do-so-legally-federal-data-show/?utm_term=.636694056b68 …

@lordrochestersmonkey
I want more economic journalism as well. The markets are not going to put up with crazy for much longer, they are already squealing. Free ride is coming to an end.

Puts this in perspective. Look way on the lower right hand side. That is the percent of men who have been falsely accused. Maybe a picture helps with to understand better than numbers.

https://counter.social/media/Eqp8yBaFAqSuD2Hiz_s

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; Nationalism is when hate for people other than your own comes first. Nationalism should never be confused with Patriotism."

- Charles de Gaulle

Political post of the night. Frustrating hearing my dad miss the forest for the trees.

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Democrats need to be in the majority to have the kind of pull they need to put checks on Trump.

There is only one party that has the organization, numbers and balls to do anything about or against him.

Families intentionally traumatized. Journalists dead without justice. White nationalists unafraid.

We have one really good shot at ending this regime before it gets too far off the ground.

Let's take it.

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Report: If Not for Republican Policies, the Federal Government Would Be Running a Surplus

https://www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-member/newsroom/press/report-if-not-for-republican-policies-the-federal-government-would-be-running-a-surplus

"Without the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the enormous post-9/11 defense buildup and two rounds of costly, regressive tax cuts, the federal government would be running a $156 billion surplus instead of a $779 billion deficit. The Trump Tax Cuts – which coupled permanent corporate tax cuts with temporary individual tax cuts – added $164 billion to the 2018 deficit."

In a normal world, this would be the top news story in the nation.

Over 500 border patrol agents have been arrested over the past two years for everything from rape & murder to drug trafficking & domestic violence.

Those are the ones that were caught.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/12/us/politics/border-agency-employees-arrested.html?smid=tw-nytimes

@lordrochestersmonkey These are fucking animals. That's all there is to it. They will get away with it, and the US ( Trump ) will still give them arms.

Bastards!

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