It was always thus

This was the point of Thomas Jefferson saying that a little revolution every now and again is a healthy thing. If there’s ever a population that’s just sitting around assuming everything is gonna be okay because of “the leaders,” or just passively observing that the leaders aren’t good, and therefore, oh no!, or anything like that, that’s a recipe for bad bad trouble.

It’s you and me man

Independence from fossil fuels would be nice

How about we send all the religious people on to the next country again? Just put them on a boat, wish them the best of luck, and don't let them come back.

The 4th Of July is only a "holiday" to blow shit up. It no longer holds any reverence for our most prized assets, Freedom and Independence. Enjoy your day, hope your neighbors with $2000 worth of small explosives don't burn your house down.

Consider, for instance, the publicly available itemized list of weapons provided to Ukraine, which the administration periodically updates. The transparency is because of fear of Congress taking the money away, and it is a signal to NATO that it had better follow suit. But still, the accounting is made public and the public benefits.

And yet no such list is available for U.S. military aid to Israel. (I’ve written about this here.)

“We’re being careful not to quantify or get into too much detail about what they’re getting — for their own operational security purposes, of course,” White House national security spokesperson retired rear admiral John Kirby said of U.S. arms assistance to Israel.

That's because the admin considers Israel as a real ally, while Ukraine is a mere tool in the war against Russia.

The operational security of Ukraine is not that important to the admin.

Ukraine will be abandoned at some point or at least transfered over from the care of the USA to the care of the EU, and let EU do with Ukraine what EU wants.

In any case Israel =/= Ukraine, nor should they be equal.

That said I agree that the number 1 priority of our admin should be the American people! Instead the admin uses the American people as pawns in a geopolitical game of chess where the primary and often the only beneficiaries are the superrich.

I'm with you on this 4th being a sad one, that's for sure. It was easy to lightly appreciate what the battles of long ago had wrought us. We had stability and a positive outlook.

Now we have one side that is foaming at the mouth to get power back so they can abuse it and the other that will do what they always do: come up with 100 different ideas and end up doing nothing.

This election doesn't decide anything. It's just a marker of when everything will go to complete shit... Now? Or later? Eventually the right will be in power and they will play the same script they always play. "This group is terrorists, so the white house must do this horrible thing." They'll manufacturer some garbage their base will gobble up (laden in fear mongering and hatred as usual), and the atrocities will commence.

Enjoy this 4th, it may be the last "normal" one. Just beware of the super patriot dressed in the flag. He's far more likely to murder his fellow countryman for not having identical beliefs.