“When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.” ~Brian Sims

“Without scientific progress, no amount of achievement in other directions can ensure our health, prosperity, and security as a nation.” ~ Dr. Vannevar Bush, Director of the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development, 1941-1947

If there was a place in the United States that was fireworks-free, I would move there. It sucks every year that I sit in my bathroom holding my dog while she trembles until midnight while a war zone erupts all around us. #EnforceTheLaws

“The more society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.” ~George Orwell

“Protective tariffs are as much applications of force as are blockading squadrons, and their object is the same—to prevent trade. … What protection teaches us, is to do to ourselves in time of peace what enemies seek to do to us in time of war. ~ American economist Henry George, 1886

"But unlike Waltz and Hegseth, who both remain in their jobs, the career DHS employee was put on administrative leave and told late last week that the agency intends to revoke her security clearance..."
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“National security is not just a matter of military strength. It also depends on the ability of a nation to maintain productive and stable ecosystems, resilient biological communities and sustainable access to natural resources.” theconversation.com/ecological-d...

“Warmer temperatures and changing weather patterns have triggered earlier and more sporadic bloom seasons.” caseytrees.org/2025/03/how-... #CaseyTrees

Remember the promises?

Eggs are not cheaper. Gas is not cheaper. Groceries are not cheaper.

Ukraine is still being bombed by Russia every day.

Our economy is not growing.

Our stock market is crashing.

Our retirement accounts are losing value.