@msemmd.bsky.social
with credit to Monty Python - I "try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations"
If you think this FB post is inappropriate and want to let the alternate Ethics Official know - here's the contact info:
Vanessa J. Myers
Acting Counsel for Ethics
Alternate Designated Agency Ethics Official
Myers.Vanessa.J@dol.gov
202-693-5702
"As soon as I had some into this sea, I took by force some Indians from the first island, in order
that they might learn from us, and at the same time tell us what they knew about affairs in these
regions."
Yep, taking by force should be celebrated #columbusday
www.gilderlehrman.org/sites/defaul...
This will make an excellent exhibit at her trial before the International Criminal Court
12.04.2025 04:53 — 👍 1143 🔁 253 💬 52 📌 6owning a small business in 2025…
11.04.2025 16:59 — 👍 9164 🔁 2736 💬 205 📌 239
If IG.com has calculated this correctly - President Trump has about 7.5 million dollars in stocks - held in mutual funds and EFTs.
They estimated his total net worth at 7.5 BILLION dollars. So, even if the stock market went to zero - he would lose .1% of his wealth.
I came across this graph from farmdocdaily.illinois.edu. And I have to ask - how is a trade war with China helping our farmers? We already run a HUGE export surplus of agricultural products with China....
06.04.2025 13:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thank you President Trump. You've been in office 73 days and now I've lost 2.8% of my conservatively invested stock and bond portfolio that I count on to supplement my 24K a year Social Security benefits. I'm not quite clear on how this will help our economy grow....
03.04.2025 20:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Vance in Greenland -
“I think that they ultimately will partner with the United States,” Vance said. “We could make them much more secure. We could do a lot more protection. And I think they’d fare a lot better economically as well.”
88% of Greenlanders are native Inuit. How do our own Inuits fare?
This is apparently what DOGE looks like...."I may not receive a response".
27.03.2025 12:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Says an Army pilot who was nearly killed in Iraq. www.chicagomag.com/chicago-maga...
26.03.2025 19:46 — 👍 1090 🔁 185 💬 6 📌 2
Fact Checker by Glenn Kessler: No matter how we do the math, the numbers mentioned by President Donald Trump don’t add up.
14.03.2025 12:24 — 👍 342 🔁 101 💬 65 📌 12I'm retired - no pension, just Social Security and my investments, which are relatively conservative. Even so, I've lost 2.3% of my retirement portfolio since Trump was inaugurated just 52 days ago.
And the president says "You really can't watch the stock market".
"U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin is encouraging all U.S. citizens to join him this week in filing formal demands for access to their personal data obtained by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Elon Musk."
jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy...
