The MAGA crowd doesn’t care about anyone but their group. They will gladly sacrifice some of their own for their common good. Sadly, most of our posts are not reaching anyone to impart change. Time to make it personal. Keep it constructive but targeted.

Military Drops Recruiting Efforts at Prestigious Black Engineering Awards Event Until this week, Army Recruiting Command had a public partnership with the Black Engineer of the Year Awards, or BEYA, an annual conference that draws students, academics and professionals in science,...

"For the Army now, it's 'Blacks need not apply' and it breaks my heart." www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Spent some time on ChatGPT asking about Elon Musk and his plans for USAID today. Mostly for fun. The AI seemed to not know the things that Elon has said widely covered in the news lately. I asked the AI if it was instructed not to say negative things about Elon Musk and I think it got offended.

USAID was investigating Starlink (SpaceX) for it's misuse and possible ties to Russia. That is why Elon needed USAID to go first. Now he can double deal to Ukraine and Russia. www.newsweek.com/usaid-elon-m...

Trump steps up his 2018 tariffs on steel and aluminum, risking inflation on promise of more jobs President Donald Trump on Monday removed the exceptions and exemptions from his 2018 tariffs on steel, meaning that all steel imports will be taxed at a minimum of 25%.

The steel industry lost 75,000 jobs the first time around. This taxes raw steel and aluminum, not imported items made from that. Local manufacturers pay more for their raw materials and pass that cost on to the consumer. Can food, windows, car parts, soft drinks and beer.. apnews.com/article/trum...

Plastic shards permeate human brains Our brains are increasingly plastic. Minuscule shards and flakes of polymers are surprisingly abundant in brain tissue, a study of postmortem brains shows.

Minuscule shards and flakes of polymers are surprisingly abundant in brain tissue, a study of postmortem brains shows.

FACT CHECK: Canada has already announced this plan BEFORE Trump announced his tariffs.

Tax Payments by Undocumented Immigrants Undocumented immigrants paid $96.7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes in 2022. Providing access to work authorization for undocumented immigrants would increase their tax contributions both be...

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The first recorded sighting of a UFO was in June 1947. Kenneth Arnold was flying around Mount Rainier in search of a crashed cargo plane. He saw nine objects flying in formation at high speed. Secret military aircraft? The term "flying saucer" was coined in the local newspaper. Think about it...

Pentagon agency pauses celebrations for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Black History Month and more The Defense Department intelligence agency has paused observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Pride Month, Holocaust Days of Remembrance and other cultural or historical annual events in response t...

The United States of America, where if you are a white male you are ok. Oh, and all women in the workforce are DEI hires. Think about that. apnews.com/article/trum...

Sadly anymore it is about preserving ones own paycheck than doing the peoples will.

Revisiting January 6th: The Truth in Motion (Videos Of Pardoned Criminals) Uncovering the Lies, Confronting the Violence, and Standing Firm for Democracy

The truth of January 6th can't be erased. Watch the pardoned criminals brutally attacking police inside the Capitol and see what some call 'patriotism.' No spin, just facts.

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Just so you know how this year started.

So TikTok has turned its US service back on. All because Trump said he would use an executive order to pause the law on day one. I think this is beyond presidential authority. Yes? The law went into full effect and SCOTUS unanimously let it stand. I guess he could refuse to enforce the law…

Elon Musk's AI turns on him, labels him 'one of the most significant spreaders of misinformation on X' His posts, it added, “can have real-world consequences."

Like we didn’t already know this. LOL fortune.com/2024/11/14/g...

YouTube video by Hasty History The Hawley-Smoot Tariff in Under 5 Minutes - Hasty History

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Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act - Wikipedia

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YouTube video by John Kessler Voodoo Economics

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Snake Oil salesman.

Why Some Billionaires Are Actively Trying To Destroy The World This is an ideology gaining in popularity amongst tech billionaires that the world is inevitably heading toward a collapse, and that instead of trying to prevent that collapse, we should rip off the b...

This is a real thing. Some of the rich and empowered think themselves shielded and safe. thatjoescott.com/2023/12/18/w...

Pro-Trump dark money network tied to Elon Musk behind fake pro-Harris campaign scheme - OpenSecrets News An initiative called Progress 2028 that purports to be Kamala Harris’ liberal counter to the conservative Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025…

Elon Musk is dumping money into a malicious fake pro-Harris fund. It's called Progress 2028 and you may see adds on Facebook. This dirty politics is sickening. www.opensecrets.org/news/2024/10...

This website is an excellent source to determine if your news consumption is centered, left or right. www.allsides.com/media-bias

47% of humans have some form of critical thinking ability. So many do not even though they say they do!!! Critical thinking leads to better, just and common sense laws. How has this impacted the economic landscape. Critical thinking v. ideological reasoning.

Cronyism that will hurt your children! If the Senate votes to approve then they are putting party and demagoguery over the needs of the people. WE v. ME core values in play. thehill.com/homenews/499...

Demographics play a role in critical thinking. For example, men are 20% more likely to avoid people with different opinions than women. Low-income respondents are also 20% more likely to avoid people with different opinions than those with the highest income.

In my opinion, those who do not have critical thinking skills should never be in charge of anything. Critical Thinking = growth.
Reboot survey: reboot-foundation.org/the-state-of...

Critical thinking skills over time
A Reboot Foundation survey found that 18% of respondents said they did less critical thinking since high school, and 23% said their critical thinking skills had deteriorated.