Health Care is a right!  After publicly announcing for the "millionth time" they were going to get rid of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), aka "Obama Care," the Republicans and Trump look silly. almost childish . . . like every whining bully who cannot win a fight . . . AGAIN!

"Trump punts vote on health-care bill until after next year’s elections"

By John Wagner   April 2, 2019

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-punts-vote-on-health-care-bill-until-after-next-years-elections/2019/04...

I wish it were a joke, 1 April.  It's just dumb.  Americans do not understand foreign aid is a more direct, better solution to the current immigration at our southern border than the Wall.

"U.S. Officials say aid to El Salvador helped slow migration. Now Trump is canceling it"

By Kevin Sieff    Kevin SieffLatin America Correspondent   April 1, 2019 at 8:03 PM

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/us-officials-said-aid-to-el-salvador-helped-slow-migration-now-trump-is-canceling-it/...

 I am not confident in the analysis and thinking behind weaponizing space.  I think the military Industrial Complex vision is clouded by dollar signs and profits.

The potential Unintended Consequences seem potentially, even likely to be catastrophic!

"'Terrible" antisatellite test by India threatens international space station, NASA says"

By Rick Noack   1 April 2019

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/04/02/terrible-antisatellite-test-by-india-endangers-international-space-station-na...

"Overdose Death Rates"

https://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates

 A movie, "Beautiful Boy"  .  .  .  Wow!

What is collusion?  Was Trump hard on Russia and Putin or are his actins deceptively NOT hard on Putin?

"What does ‘collusion’ really mean?"

By Merrill Perlman    7 Nov 2017

"The derivation of “collusion,” in fact, is pretty benign. As Merriam-Webster noted, “‘collusion” is from the Latin “colludere, formed from com- (‘with,’ ‘together’) and ludere (‘to play’): the literal meaning of collusion is ‘playing together.’”

That kind of “collusion” sounds like fun: If you “collude” with some...

It doesn't seem to matter if President Trump, or as HE calls himself, "Tariff Man," hurts farmers with tariffs.  It does not matter when President Trump says he grabs pussy because he is a celebrity, or defrauds his workers by not paying them, goes bankrupt, has a night of sex while his wife delivers a baby, or his Trump University defrauds thousands, or he defers to Putin and Russia, and pretends to be "tough" on Russia with measures having no impact on Putin himself, or disrespects a true...

Whiteness has always been a problem in America, and our favorite trait.  We love being "white" in every way.  When it became a thing to fear any other color, we were doomed.

White Nationalism.

Despite Trump supporters wish America is looked at as strong, we are laughed at or feared or both, an no longer trusted to do the right thing.  We are hypocrites on human rights as we jail more people than any other country, and for long periods of their lives, with no hope of finding a better life...

You know what triggers me?  Talking points.  I feel like what I get from my Trump supporting Republican, Conservative friends is talking points.  I distinguish talking points from facts, like Democrats want open borders.  The facts show Democrats vote billions of dollars for border security so I get pissed!  The GOP had a chance to pass Comprehensive Immigration Reform in 2013 when they owned the Congress and they did not do it!

Guilty!  I am adding to the divide between "Left" and "Right"...

"Trump focuses on divisive messages as 2020 reelection bid takes shape"

By Seung Min Kim and Toluse Olorunnipa       April 15, 2019

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-focuses-on-divisive-messages-as-2020-reelection-bid-takes-shape/2019/04/15/423d9aa0-5f91-11e9-9ff2-abc984dc9eec_story.html?utm_term=.f02b38a5f193

The US Civil War had no clear winner in its immediate aftermath, but the South and the Confederacy lost for certain.  The "victory" of the North took many, many...

Saudi Arabia hates the West, but the West is their biggest customer and has the cash they want, so they put up with the West.

"Saudi Arabia still isn’t doing enough to fight the financing of terrorism"

By Bob Graham and Fionnula Ni Aolain    February 19, 2019 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/saudi-arabia-still-isnt-doing-enough-to-fight-the-financing-of-terrorism/2019/02/19/bdb300d4-3454-11e9-a400-e481bf264fdc_story.html?utm_term=.61851f66bcad

"EU adds Saudi Arabia...

Iran

USA never betrayed Iran and we love their form of Islam, less extreme Muslims.  Iran is good, more humane and egalitarian.  Human rights record of Iran is MUCH better than Saudi Arabian record where people are beheaded still.

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Sometimes justice is served when black people are assualted and killed.

WORLD NEWS     APRIL 12, 2019 / 8:12 AM / 14 DAYS AGO
"Sweden charges three police over fatal shooting of Down's syndrome man"

"Eric Torell, who had the mental age of a three year-old, died in a hail of bullets after sneaking out of his home in Stockholm in the middle of the night to play.

Police fired 25 shots at Torell in a residential courtyard believing a toy pistol he was carrying was a real weapon. Torell, was hit...

".  .  .   first tell the truth; then you point out what the lie is and how it diverges from the truth. Then you repeat the truth  .  .  ."

See source of this statement below . . . it's how to deal with Trump and his team's lies.

"In 2019, The Media Has to Do Better in Calling Out Trump's Shit"
Being objective doesn't mean letting liars lie.
By Dan Sinker        Jan 5, 2019 

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a25741262/media-trump-lies-2019/

"Trump’s Lies Are a Virus, and News...

RUSSIA IS INVADING AMERICA THRU THE BACK DOOR - ELECTRONICALLY!  Russia is feeding our tribal instincts.

"Tucker Carlson: The Russia investigation didn't destroy Trump, but damaged our country"

by Tucker Carlson     19 April 2019

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-the-russia-investigation-didnt-destroy-trump-but-damaged-our-country

So if Russia hacks and interferes with an election in the United States, investigating that actin hurts America?  Therefore, according to Tucker,...

I have empathy for youngish workers making their first couple million, but people who have ~$10s and ~$100s of millions do NOT have my sympathy.  The Coke Brothers are the ugliest I know of, trying to shrink government to smallest possible size with one goal: 100% for their benefit.  Nothing wrong with trying to help yourself, UNLESS you are hurting others who are less fortunate, weak, sick, old, young, handicapped, gay, black, brown, immigrants seeking asylum, or POOR. 

Government...

Supremen Court is rampaging thru America, turning the US into an ugly, nasty country.  WE are far from achieving the nation of good people we thought we could become.  We have often struggled, but somehow regained our hope to be better.

Tribalism in America is fed by money in politics.

"How Our Campaign Finance System Compares to Other Countries"
PAUL WALDMAN APRIL 4, 2014
We may well be heading toward the removal of all contribution limits. How do other advanced democracies regulate their campaign contributions and spending?

https://prospect.org/article/how-our-campaign-finance-system-compares-other-countries

A liar and a cheat.

Attack Trump on all fronts, including impeachment?

"Why Is Joe Biden the Only Democrat Who Wants to Talk About Donald Trump?"

By Susan B. Glasser

https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/why-is-joe-biden-the-only-democrat-who-wants-to-talk-about-donald-trump?utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_source=nl&utm_brand=tny&utm_mailing=TNY_Daily_042619_Test&utm_medium=email&bxid=5bd67d6f24c17c104802b005&user_id=48850791&esrc=&utm_content=B&utm_term=TNY_Daily

" .  . ...

What is Trump's problem with Cuba, the tiny island nation off our Florida coast?  If it is human rights and communism, aren't China and Russia FAR worse in human rights terms, BY A HUGE MARGIN!?

Is it all humanity, or mostly whites, or mostly Americans . . . that are the most aggressive?  WE have more guns per person, the biggest military, more cops killing people, more crime as we put more people in prison, our political tribalism  might lead to a hot Civil War . . . How do we measure and...