caucus99percent

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Let's be clear: You and I will not be getting a federal jobs guarantee with a living wage. It's for our own good. We just don't understand that having the safety and the security of a guaranteed job so we can provide for our families is not in our best interests.

As we all observe the government shutdown, Newsweek publishes this:

Deportations Under Trump Still Lag Far Behind Those Carried Out by the Obama Administration

Go figure.

Ajit Pai and the FCC are done with net neutrality. Now they're going after SMS.
They want to be able to block text messages, and they're claiming they'll only go after spam. https://t.co/lYfLQskBQc

— Lee Camp [Redacted] (@LeeCamp) December 26, 2018

First, and fascinatingly, is Eva Bartlett’s ‘Organ theft, staged attacks: UN panel details White Helmets’ criminal activities, media yawns’, RT Dec. 25, 2018

I've given President Trump a lot of credit lately for his decision to pull out of Syria, and I don't regret doing so.
But let's not forget the Drone War that Bush started, Obama made worse, and Trump has pumped up to record levels of carnage.

Forgive me if you knew this stuff already.
The Christian right is so convinced of their victimhood, regardless of the facts, that they must invent examples of how they are under siege. For example, on today's Breibart:
Canadian Imam: Muslims Saying ‘Merry Christmas’ Worse Than Murder

Here's the text:

https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-says-millennials-dont-have-it-tough-7...

Biden Doesn't Want to Hear Millennials Complain: 'Give Me a Break'

https://www.resilience.org/stories/2018-12-25/christmas-during-the-forge...