Melody Ann Kramer

JK (just kidding) gets political twist today Transparency on the Epstein files

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I think we all need to carefully and thoughtfully evaluate how we make voting decisions, and we need to set up some criteria now before political candidates or media try to frame priorities for us. #politics

What he said: 💯 🎯

Speaker Johnson: Federal employees aren’t being paid. Nutrition cuts may cause children to go hungry. Millions are seeing their health premiums soar.

End the 6 week paid vacation you’ve taken. Join your Democratic colleagues and negotiate an end to this shutdown.

We stayed classy. #NoKings

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

This Is Fascism

"What an easy way to outsource our humanity, our own moral code. When we see inhumanity in our society, we’ll just blame somebody else and ignore the fact that we did nothing to stop it and everything to allow it to continue."

I'm horrified to hear that Charlie Kirk was shot at an event in Utah.

Democratic societies will always have political disagreements, but we must never allow America to become a country that confronts those disagreements with violence.

Mark and I are praying for Charlie's recovery.

Political violence from any party or any ideology is a direct assault on the foundations of democracy and the rule of law; it seeks not to persuade but to intimidate, not to debate but to destroy.

Freedom (and pitfalls) of Speech The words we use, and the words we don't use

Have you been paying attention to language and its import on everything else? Leave it to a write to look deeper. open.substack.com/pub/reclaimi...

Being American, and feeling American, are not the same thing. One fundamental problem has been staring me in the face.

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YouTube video by MSNBC Idaho teacher fights back after order to remove ‘Everyone is Welcome Here’ poster

The good news is that there *are* people meeting the moment.

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Really appreciate your continued posts offering suggestions for mitigation of the dumpster fire going on right now.

Our painful differences Nixon, Williamsburg, and a father and daughter trying to navigate political differences

“How could we both love our country so much, but end up yelling at each other?” #politics #family #patriotism
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Reasons you should care about deporting Venezuelan criminals Looking past the hype and considering the Constitution

Its easy to breeze past some of the news headlines, thinking they don't apply to you. So much is going on right now, but maybe you should dig in and look at some things at a deeper level. #constitution #deportation #venezuela #alienenemiesact #whatcouldgowrong
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Totally agree. It’s easy to have our attention drawn to the dumpster fire, but the solutions actually lie elsewhere and training ourselves to not get pulled away from the fundamentals of cooperative democracy is so important

I'm curious. Are you targeting these senators simply because they collaborated with the GOP? Or do you believe they did something not in the best interest of the country? IMHO we shouldn't always take sides. Effective democracy requires compromise. Just trying to understand.

The Francesca Effect: Why We Are Fighting With Everyone Lessons from observing a neighborhood cat

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Acknowledging our enduring trauma of 9/11 Trauma has the power to pull people together, at least temporarily

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Acknowledging our enduring trauma of 9/11 Trauma has the power to pull people together, at least temporarily

We were once united in tragedy and trauma - we haven’t healed yet
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From 2016 until now, on a quest to learn new skills for making America better (aka Dear Readers: Why I’m writing this blog)

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Don’t start a conversation (as he did during election) and then complain when people keep talking - geez.

Totally agree. Nazi Germany and the death of millions did not happen in a vacuum and did not happen without the assistance of many, many people who would claim they did nothing wrong. Harm to others, harm to the world, often happens in incremental steps in the wrong direction. #lawyers #ruleoflaw

There are other historical examples of this also, where someone trying to take power eliminates the intellectuals and civil servants. Cambodia, Vietnam, and Cuba come to mind. #politics #civilservice #dictatorship #democracy

Thanks for the like! Hoping to write and post more articles soon.

Someone needs to explain to our Sec of Commerce how capitalism works.

America has a GLOBAL TRADE SURPLUS on services. Services have the highest margins and profits of our exports. That is where capital and expertise focused.

It is why we dominate in tech globally.

Death of a shining city on a hill The struggle to regain the soul of America

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World domination through tariffs? Why is our government even talking about such BS? Canada has no desire to give up its sovereignty and become part of the US and to even suggest it is insulting. But Trump and his mindless followers keep spouting this nonsense. Enough already!