(2/2) "My…concern now is that Russia will use this to justify their illegal…actions against Ukraine, or China to justify an invasion of Taiwan," Bacon wrote. "Freedom and rule of law were defended last night, but dictators will…exploit this to rationalize their…objectives.”
Quoting from NPR: “Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, wrote in a statement that the operation will be positive for Venezuelans and the region.” (1/2)
What y’all fail to realize is this: these awful and “successful” people with their outsized egos who assert that your like or dislike of them determines your value - their narcissism doesn’t let them really see, let alone care, for anyone else. We’re all specks of dust to them.
"I told them at the beginning of the year, 'If we win a championship, I'll drink.' ... I had a couple of shots, champagne, had beer. It was all disgusting. I'm gonna stick to Shirley Temples... I can't speak on the parade though."
- Jalen Williams 😆
DEAN: “What’s the tariff on bananas?”
LUTNICK: “10%.”
DEAN: “Walmart already raised banana prices by 8%.”
LUTNICK: “Well, if you build in America, there’s no tariff.”
DEAN: “You can’t build bananas in America.”
Poor @Target - definitely a rough go of things to start the year. And unfortunately, QC for Up&Up may be falling. With 100% satisfaction guarantee requires hoops and hurdles and plenty of other fish in the sea... sigh for Tar-gey.
This chart says it all.
If we’re going to save American democracy, we must stop billionaires from buying elections.
We must end Citizens United and move to public funding of elections.
We should all be rising up in protest at this administration’s criminalization of protest, promotion of false patriotism, and return to propagandizing of history.