Demystifying_Politics

#charlie #kirk is infamously quoted as saying gun deaths are "unfortunately necessary" to keep the 2nd amendment.

Getting shot in the neck is unfortunately necessary to keep public speaking events in #utah.

Federal judge rules that tariffs cannot be universally applied AND only Congress has the power to enact them. Who knew?

Other than economists, constitutionalists, Congress, the executive branch, anyone with a basic understanding of balance of powers, and most pundits

Words are important. Words matter, but not as much as intention or even more importantly...actions.

In other words: people say a lot of things, but their intentions are more important than the verbiage they choose and their actions are more important than their intentions.

The Idiocracy carousel.

The Right has propagandized for decades against communism/socialism.

Now the Trump administration has invested $10B in Intel to receive about 10% share of the company, effectively nationalizing the microchip sector.

Which is the textbook definition of COMMUNISM.

Demystify gerrymandering: Texas Republicans wanted to pick up 5 seats for Trump, but when you redraw maps you can't create land out of thin air. In their short-sighted effort they likely just put 10 other districts in jeopardy.

You can't write fiction this ridiculous.
#FAFO

This needs to go viral. This is awful to watch. This is how Nebraska plans to fill its new immigration detention facility in McCook.

These things aren't happening in some scary, hypothetical, dystopian future. It's happening right now in cities nationwide.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTHGU3LskP...

When someone TELLS you who they "are" I'm automatically skeptical because when someone SHOWS you who they are I BELIEVE THEM.

"Washington gets the headlines, but change starts in our communities."

Federal politics might feel distant, but local leaders—school board members, city councilors, county officials, and librarians—are the ones shaping the day-to-day lives of families like yours.

Who’s ready to lead?"

I'M SCARED FOR MY FAMILY.

In my short time engaging with people and trying to understand their main concerns this has been the most common phrase I've heard.

Everyone is born with the "flight or fight" mechanism. Let's fight for our families #together

Vote. Run for local office. Volunteer.