The Refried Presidency: Trump Hateful Machine/Fossil Fuel Boogaloo or Whatever Continuation

"Our team of safety volunteers, who have been selected because of their military, first responder and other relevant de-escalation experience, believed that there was an imminent threat to the protesters and took action. The safety volunteer who responded to the individual and who was questioned by police is a military veteran."​

There seems to be some contradictory stuff going on there.

 

There are two issues with Gabbard:
1 - She doesn't have the traditional background one would expect for the head of the DNI (in other words, she doesn't have much/any intelligence experience). This was noted when she was nominated as she had not built up a prior network of contacts that she should trust in various countries. Not field spies, but those in the intelligence analysis field with whom she already had a trust and shorthand communication.
2 - It is widely accepted that she is a Russian plant of some degree.

And some concern should exist about her in light of the MessageGate (or what ever it was called) where The Atlantic journalist was invited into a chat with many others using unsecured phones and an unsecured app. That Gabbard was on this chat raised all kinds of judgement questions.

That said, what Gabbard is doing here and what she is doing in front of Congress is what you said - what a traditional DNI would do in that position.

 

Okay, now I get your point.
But this downplays, somewhat, some of the historical aspect to the racism. One thing that sometimes gets lost in some of this is the historical racism of this country. There was a very concerted effort post Civil War to pit poor Whites against poor Blacks. This was to keep both groups down, but more so the Blacks. Carry on to the great migration part I and part II, and then the suppressed labor costs and anti-union labor laws in the South which allowed some manufacturing to be moved south.

But manufacturing is not the only place where there are working class people. The service industry is horrible. Sure, a labor party might be beneficial for them, but remember the vote to federal raise the minimum wage? Every single Republican Senator voted against it. All of them. And remember the vote to overturn the ACA in Trump's first term? 43 of 52 Republicans voted to repeal (with not substantial replacement). And those are just things off the top of my head. You say that both parties are alike regarding support for the working class. But I don't think that is accurate. While the Dems could (and should) be better, Republicans are (and have been for a long time) actively working against the working class. Would a labor-focused party be better? Of course. But that is not at the expense of the Democrats and Republicans being the same. Because, regarding labor (the topic here), they are not the same.

 

First, what is a "military veteran?" IOW, who position this that person have the military? And why are they no longer in the military?
Second, what kind of de-escalation training do they all have?
Third, was there any background check on them?
Fourth, did they have approval to carry guns?
Fifth, was there any licensing/permit needed (and/or sought and/or approved) for armed "safety volunteers?"

And I never subscribe to a "good guy with a gun." That means that somebody is still dead or injured, and it also makes an excuse to not deal with the systemic approval of violence in this country.

 

As far as I understand, that mean pedophile. No accusations, and certainly nothing proven. That's not acceptable.

 

Hegseth has been accused of sexual assault (and after looking it up, I've been reminded that he made a payout for it).

 

The show Adolescence for me. Though I heard it in Mobland after knowing.

 

Post 9/11, in a US environment where the military had been really harmed by the B Clinton downsizing and high level of experts moving to private industry, and then the launch of the Iraq War, Bush II instituted a program where undocumented could earn citizenship by serving (no convictions, no gang tattoos, etc). Not sure if that program is still going, but explains why there are a significant number.