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So busy.
I’ve spent the past few weeks moving and I’ve had to put a pause on all of my creative endeavors to get settled in our new location. The world has not stopped moving and there are so many things to talk about it is hard to know where to even begin. We are close to…
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Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing
(Well who doesn’t love a pet cause… This order is in reference to the diversity, equity, and inclusion practices that became the law of the land in recent history. These were an early target of the Trump campaign and as promised, here’s one of the orders to remove the programs and language.) Section 1 –…
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REFORMING THE FEDERAL HIRING PROCESS AND RESTORING MERIT TO GOVERNMENT SERVICE
(There will be a lot of these that have titles that make your eyes gloss over so hang in there. I read through the text of them all 100% so you don’t have to.) The introduction to this order lists the relevant codes of United States Title V. Section 1 – Policy This section describes…
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Every bit as bad as we imagined.
Donald Trump was inaugurated for a second time yesterday and spent the better part of his first day signing dozens of executive orders. The text within the orders reads like the conservative fever dream they are, utilizing legal verbiage and lots of collegiate-level vocabulary. There are bits of Trump’s demanded language peppered throughout, but it…
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Billionaires.
On Tuesday evening, a 1,500 page continuing resolution proposed to fund the government through March of 2025. As is tradition, rather than sit down and hash out the direction we might be heading for the long-run, it was yet another panic to avert a shutdown. Our oligarchic overlords, the billionaire class, cried foul at the…
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Class consciousness.
It is time for an expanded class consciousness in this country. People need to see how insane the divide is between the bottom 99.9% and the top 0.1%. As the most severe example, we will take Elon Musk’s ludicrous net worth into consideration and compare it to the average working class American. Elon Musk is…
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The new black market.
Among the many uncertainties that come with the second Trump presidency, reproductive rights will be near the top of the list. There is cause for concern given how proudly the man strutted around the country during the campaign talking about how he single-handedly got Roe overturned. Republicans want to outlaw abortion completely and this includes…
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The growing divide.
We have never been more divided as a nation than we find ourselves in 2024. I do not come by this observation lightly. Instead, I have felt the tension rising steadily over the past 8 years until it became a part of every day life. This year brought the most contentious election cycle I have…
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Congressional dick measuring.
As much as I hate bureaucracy, it may be the only thing standing in the way of the potential chaos of the second Trump term. Congress likes to flex on presidents and I suspect some of this will even happen to Trump. The first few cabinet selections will let us know how contentious things may…
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Trans(parency)
The House introduced a bill specifically to ban transgender women from using the facilities used by biological women in Congress. (What is the best term to use for bio women? If I’m off, I sincerely apologize.) If you need to know what the priorities are, this gives you a glimpse into how much of a…