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America is in rapid moral decline
Via: Don Overton • News & Politics • 0 Comments • 5 years ago
“We have all seen the self-righteous memes in our social media feeds, and the message is always some variation of the following: American morals are...”
We have all seen the self-righteous memes in our social media feeds, and the message is always some variation of the following: American morals are going to hell in a handbasket. Yes, our nation is moral decay, according to a 2015 opinion piece from the National Review. Per the author of that...
Trump Is Using A Dirty Trick To Cut Billions In Aid To The Poor
Via: Don Overton • News & Politics • 2 Comments • 5 years ago
“The Trump administration is going to use a sneaky statistical trick to cut billions of dollars in aid to the poor.”
The Center For Budget and Policy Priorities explained, “A proposal the Trump Administration is considering to use a lower inflation measure to calculate annual adjustments to the federal poverty line[1] ultimately would cut billions of dollars from federal health programs and cause millions of...
10 Stats That Disprove Trump’s Claim We’re Enjoying the “Best Economy & Jobs EVER”
Via: Don Overton • News & Politics • 0 Comments • 5 years ago
“This much is clear: The Trickle-Down Effect doesn’t work.”
Last week, the Congressional Research Service (CRS), a nonpartisan branch of the Library of Congress, delivered its preliminary report on the far-reaching tax plan signed by President Donald Trump in December 2017. And despite Trump's frequent suggestions that his tax plan has led to the “Best...
White House Demands Media Be Complicit In Trump’s Lies And Crimes
Via: Don Overton • News & Politics • 20 Comments • 1 Like • 5 years ago
“Deputy White House Press Secretary Hogan Gidley said that Trump wants a media that is compliant and complicit with whatever he says.”
Gidley said on Fox News, “When he leaves a meeting with Nancy Pelosi and all they do is mischaracterize his demeanor, and take whatever she says lock, stock, and barrel. I mean, it would be so nice if we had a complicit compliant media the way the Democrats do, but we don’t. Ask Hillary Clinton...
Trump Encourages N. Korea To Interfere In Election After Attack On Biden
Via: Don Overton • News & Politics • 10 Comments • 5 years ago
“Trump Welcomes Election Help From North Korea”
By agreeing with North Korea’s attack on Biden, Trump is encouraging Kim Jong-un to do more. No US president has sided with the world’s oppressive dictators as Donald Trump has. North Korea is trying to interfere in the 2020 election to for the same reason that Saudi Arabia and Russia want to...
Republican Dirty Tricks, History
Via: Don Overton • News & Politics • 4 Comments • 1 Like • 5 years ago
“Be Prepared to Protect Yourself and Fight Back”
Once considered liberal and progressive, the Republican Party has been taken over by right-wing conservative con artists who lie, cheat and steal to gain and maintain power. From voter fraud and suppression to smear campaigns, personal attacks and media manipulation, they have been using the...
10 Types of Internet Trolls You'll Meet Online
Via: Don Overton • News & Politics • 0 Comments • 5 years ago
“Haters gonna hate, trolls gonna troll”
I felt that Jasper's article didn't quite go far enough. An Internet troll is a member of an online social community who deliberately tries to disrupt, attack, offend or generally cause trouble within the community by posting certain comments, photos, videos, GIFs or some other form of...
An open letter to all clergy
Via: Don Overton • News & Politics • 74 Comments • 1 Like • 5 years ago
“Where are those voices today? Why are the voices of the faiths that have made America great been silent”
When the ruling party and the sitting president of the United States cease to represent the conscience of the American people, and when the rule of law is made a mockery of on a daily basis, who do you expect to step up to the plate and point out that “the emperor is naked?” Granted, many in...