Day 392:
Robber Barrons
Lets tear up national monuments for coal, then use shitty trade policy on solar, steal, and aluminum so we can cripple the solar and wind industry!
Real forward thinking…
If you want to see what the future of this country looks like, look to places like Russia. Oligarchs running the place like dictators, looting natural resources to gain even more money while the people are divided with stupid pointless social issues so that they never rise up and overthrow the robber barons. All while the earth warms, and the seas rise.
If you care at all about this sort of thing you had better be out voting for someone progressive (or at least sane) in the primaries. You CAN NOT sit this one out folks.
Further Reading:
Texas Democrat’s Underdog Bid To Unseat Ted Cruz Picks Up Momentum (Beto O’Rourke)
State Dept. Was Granted $120 Million to Fight Russian Meddling. It Has Spent $0.
SpaceX confirms plan to activate South Texas launch site in late 2018
The 2008 Great Recession led to an increase in obesity, diabetes and mental health issues
Trump administration aims to gut clean water standards to help out coal power plants.
Christopher Steele, the man behind the Trump dossier
Mueller’s leaked ‘hit list’ may indicate he’s treating Trump’s team like a ‘criminal enterprise’
Special counsel wants documents from Trump, numerous campaign associates
Florida teacher removed from classroom after being linked to white supremacist podcast
2nd Steele Memo: Russia ‘Blocked’ Mitt Romney as Sec of State
Robert Mueller’s Pace Measures Up With Best Prosecutors ‘In Modern History
Melania Trump likes tweet questioning how she obtained visa
Russia takes credit for getting Trump to reject Mitt Romney as secretary of state
Audio Recordings Prove Russian Meddling in U.S. Election, Escort Says
Kelly questions what Kushner, Ivanka Trump do all day: report
Trump says tariffs ‘will only come off’ if new and fair NAFTA agreement is signed
Mueller subpoenas witness for documents tied to Trump, campaign associates: report
Donald Trump promised Malcolm Turnbull Australia would be exempt from trade tariffs
It’s ok to say it, Democrats: Russian interference helped Donald Trump
Thoughts and Prayers Will Stop Mass Shooting ‘Evil,’ Says Florida State Senator
Mueller Reportedly Wants Documents On Trump And His Advisers
At What Point Does Trump Simply Resign?
President Trump has made 2,436 false or misleading claims so far
Trump claims Obama launched Russia probe to help Clinton
‘No such thing as medical marijuana,’ Health Secretary says
Stocks are set to fall at the open on Wall Street as trade war fears remain
10 years after financial crisis, Senate prepares to roll back banking rules
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As an armchair keyboard warrior, my first thought is this guy wasn”t hired as a janitor or grounds keeper, he was a trained, armed, deputy, assigned to school security, who should have known every square inch of the property What would I have done? simple, I would have charged in an engaged or win the Darwin award trying. When people talk about AR rifles, I”m reminded of the FBI murders in the mid eighties, that was where agents knew armored car/bank robbers, robbed and killed people senselessly, the robbers were known to be heavily armed, automatic rifles,shotguns,44 mag pistols, the FBI unwisely chose to be armed with things like a 5 shot 38 air weight, 9mm, 12 gauge shot gun ,one agent had a rifle in the trunk of his car. My point is, if the weapon of choice in these shootings is an AR you need at least that or better and a plan to deploy it. Or do like a bunch of real A-hos I saw on TV the other night and blame the NRA, I sent them a check and you should too.