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washparkhorn

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  1. A little reality on the predicament we find ourselves in: Over the past 50 years, the dominant corporate model has prioritized offshoring production and maximizing shareholder returns while systematically de-industrializing the American economy. The resulting concentration of wealth is astounding; the combined market capitalization of five leading U.S. technology firms now exceeds the total market capitalization of China's four largest banks. We spent $8 trillion on post-9/11 wars and homeland security (see, Costs of War" project at Brown University (https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/costs/economic/us-federal-budget)). These conflicts produced protracted and indecisive outcomes while generating significant revenue for defense contractors. This focus on military spending has come at the expense of domestic investment. The American Society of Civil Engineers consistently assigns poor grades to the nation's infrastructure (citing chronic underfunding). As capital flows disproportionately to financial markets, many working Americans contend with stagnant wages in an economy increasingly skewed toward capital over labor. Truncated The aggregate effect of this mal-investment is a hollowing-out of our national capacity and capability. This is the result of policy choices that favored financialization, global military engagement, and short-term corporate profit over broad-based public investment and resilience. America’s trajectory, unfortunately, will be remembered as a lesson in the long-term consequences of neglecting foundational economic and social infrastructure. We have neither the will nor the common sense to alter our unfortunate trajectory. “We live in a world in which you can talk all you want about international niceties and everything else, but we live in a world, in the real world, that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power. These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.” Stephen Miller, CNN Interview, 6 January 2026 “The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power. Power is not a means; it is an end.” George Orwell, 1984
  2. Cruelty is the point. It serves as a bonding mechanism for his supporters. Two important facts undermine any claim of justification for the use of deadly force. First, the act of placing the vehicle in reverse to create distance between herself and the agent positioned at the front of the car is objectively inconsistent with an intent to strike or use the vehicle as a weapon. Had the driver’s objective been to inflict harm, initiating reverse motion would have been a counterproductive and unnecessary maneuver. Second, the driver’s subsequent steering of the vehicle to the right, away from the agent’s position, further negates the existence of an immediate threat. By moving to the vehicle’s left side, the agent exited the path of the vehicle, which ended any imminent threat to the agent. The agent’s subsequent actions (leaning over the hood, aiming, and discharging his weapon) was done absent an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury. The application of deadly force was not a reasonable response to an imminent peril. It was a discretionary act undertaken after the threat had ceased. The shooting was not objectively reasonable under the totality of the circumstances and therefore constituted an impermissible use of force.
  3. If anyone believes Maduro's capture will bring 'stability,' then you probably also thought Saddam Hussein's departure gifted the Middle East a legacy of unparalleled calm. Bless your heart. We have the best and brightest on the case: https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1422326/dl
  4. Shortly before committing suicide, child rapist Jeffery Epstein sent a letter to fellow child fucker Larry Nassar letting him know he was taking the shortcut out of prison and . . . informing Larry know that another child molester was living his best life. (Allegedly of course). From today’s document dump - the letter:
  5. And these two ended work from home . . .
  6. This exacerbated the situation:
  7. If "the medium is the message,” an opinion piece in Compact magazine about the problems that younger white males face forces one to think about what it means to publish that piece in this specific media. Compact is not a neutral place. Its main point as a medium is: The Liberal Consensus is no longer effective. The goal is to dismantle the dominant liberal worldview, which encompasses both progressive and neoliberal viewpoints. Combining leftist economic ideas with rightist social and cultural concerns is okay. It gives intellectual and political legitimacy to ideas that mainstream conservative (National Review) and leftist (Jacobin) outlets think are wrong.
  8. According to David Brooks, you are a QAnon conspiracy theorist if you want the Epstein files released. Guess who is in the Epstein files. Given the latest photo dump, David might have some explaining to do . . .
  9. I can only think of one person Maynard and Catrina aresinging about:
  10. May 2025. There is no evidence Berkshire is moving in Yen. The CrYpTo boys are frantic to staunch the bleeding.
  11. The U.S. has the most costly healthcare system in the world. Private insurers employ vast numbers of people for marketing, billing, claims denial, and provider negotiations. Providers (hospitals, doctors) also have massive billing departments to deal with hundreds of different insurers, each with its own rules, codes, and forms. A single-payer system simplifies this enormously. There is one payer, one set of rules, one claims form. Estimates are that M4A could reduce administrative costs by $150-$500 billion annually. This savings alone could fund coverage for all the uninsured. Galvani, A. P., Parpia, A. S., Foster, E. M., Singer, B. H., & Fitzpatrick, M. C. (2020). Improving the prognosis of health care in the USA. The Lancet, 395(10223), 524-533. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)33019-3 Pollin, R., Heintz, J., Arno, P., Wicks-Lim, J., & Ash, M. (2018). Economic Analysis of Medicare for All. Political Economy Research Institute (PERI), University of Massachusetts Amherst. https://peri.umass.edu/publication/item/1127-economic-analysis-of-medicare-for-all Woolhandler, S., & Himmelstein, D. U. (2017). Single-Payer Reform: The Only Way to Fulfill the President's Pledge of More Coverage, Better Benefits, and Lower Costs. Annals of Internal Medicine, 166(8), 587-588. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7326/M17-0302 As the sole payer for nearly 330 million people, the federal government would have monopsony power (sole purchasers) and could negotiate lower prices for prescription drugs, hospital services, and medical equipment, similar to how the VA and current Medicare get lower prices than private insurers. This is the single biggest source of cost containment. A huge amount of resources in the private insurance market is spent on "risk selection” (figuring out how to avoid sick people and attract healthy ones). This is economic waste that does not contribute to actual healthcare. By covering everyone in a single, national risk pool, this entire layer of inefficiency disappears. The system's goal shifts from profit and risk avoidance to health outcomes. Coverage is tied to employment for most, creating "job lock" (people staying in a job for the insurance) and administrative churn as people switch plans when they change job. With a single payer system, coverage is lifelong, universal, and portable, regardless of employment status. This reduces administrative friction and improves continuity of care.
  12. Shit-Lib enablers are a large part of the problem.
  13. Given the inability of the Democratic Party to act as anything other controlled opposition to the the thriving billionaire and corporate oligarchy, the easiest path to Medicare for All is for progressives may be to promise Trump a spot on Mount Rushmore if he cuts big insurance out of healthcare in America. He can pardon Luigi, credibly claim he is saving the country $150-500 billion annually, and cut off a huge donor pipeline that props up Democratic Party politicians who oppose single payer healthcare. Shit-libs are soulless slaves to their masters who are actively enshitifying this country. With friends like them, who needs enemies.
  14. Same vibe:
  15. Someone else ran and won on “affordability” last night. Say his name. 🐀
  16. FDR was a populist. His second “Bill of Rights” remains a powerful blueprint for winning elections. FDR, January 11, 1944: “We have come to a clear realization of the fact that true individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. "Necessitous men are not free men." People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made. In our day these economic truths have become accepted as self-evident. We have accepted, so to speak, a second Bill of Rights under which a new basis of security and prosperity can be established for all—regardless of station, race, or creed. Among these are: The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation; The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation; The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living; The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad; The right of every family to a decent home; The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health; The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment; The right to a good education. All of these rights spell security. And after this war is won we must be prepared to move forward, in the implementation of these rights, to new goals of human happiness and well-being. America's own rightful place in the world depends in large part upon how fully these and similar rights have been carried into practice for all our citizens. For unless there is security here at home there cannot be lasting peace in the world.” In 2025, the wicked and the corrupt call these policy goals “communism.” In 1944, these words steeled American spines as they fought against the fascists abroad and on the home-front. They fought for a better future that is long past due.
  17. What haunts the Democratic Party are the “specters of lost futures”— the futures that modernism promised but failed to materialize.
  18. The President may only remove a Fed Member “for cause.” “For cause” in the case of an independent agency member is a high standard. There must be a clear nexus between the alleged misconduct and the official’s duties and responsibilities as a Fed Member. The alleged misconduct occurred prior to Cook beginning her 14 year term. The misconduct alleged in this setting has nothing to do with performance as a Fed member. A personal financial transgression, even an illegal one, prior to holding office does not meet the “for cause” standard.
  19. Did any of you get the invite? Peter Thiel sermonazing on the biblical antichrist.
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