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Why aren’t we looking into corporate welfare? In the United States, it costs taxpayers billions each year, with estimates ranging from $92 billion to $100 billion annually. Meanwhile, USAID costs only $40 billion. Hmmm… doesn’t add up.

As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget.

Really think about how twisted this all is.

Trump claims Palestinians have 'no alternative' but to leave Gaza during his Oval Office meeting with Netanyahu Trump said he believes the Palestinians would be better off moving to neighboring Egypt or Jordan. A spokesman for Hamas called Trump's remarks "a recipe for creating chaos."

www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

YouTube video by The Daily Show Jon on Trump’s Trade War, The War on DEI & Myth of “Meritocracy” | The Daily Show

Jon on Trump’s Trade War, The War on DEI & Myth of “Meritocracy”

youtu.be/TLOuiApOnbw

What Octavia Butler saw on Feb. 1, 2025, three decades ago Her 1993 novel "Parable Of The Sower" saw a world of climate chaos and racial violence.

www.axios.com/2025/02/01/o...

Imagine Peace Pottery

www.imaginepeacepottery.com

I’d love to learn someday - there’s a really cool guy here who does wood fired pottery
Imagine Peace is his business name, check it out - he’s pretty amazing!

The Fu*king Nightmare Trump II, week 2

I want to share with you some thoughts about the second horrific week of Trump II.

It’s even worse than I’d imagined. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-fuking...

Elon Musk now has access to your Social Security number. The world’s richest man has gained access to the confidential personal information of every taxpayer in the United States.

USAID, founded in 1961 as the primary U.S. foreign aid agency, is now under threat of being dismantled by President Trump. Signs outside the USAID building have been removed, the agency’s website went offline, and its X account disappeared.

That’s so awesome you are doing pottery

Hey Donna! Also concerned about senior centers, but great story - would be even more interesting if you got the why on the family 😂

Westfield Community Arts - free classes starting up again on Jan 22. www.westfieldcommunityarts.org