mtutiger

Looks like Dr. Phil is embedded at the Hilton lol

https://www.transportation.gov/RAISEgrants/raise-nofo Unions are now DEI apparently

Amazing how all of these tech guys sound like 70s era Bond villains justifying their plans (that would exact a lot of pain on all of us) Real "Curt Jurgens talking about his amazing underwater utopia" energy lol

The other piece is that when people hide behind their service to defend themselves, by extension, they are professing to speak for all service members and veterans. Which they don't. The Tuskegee Airman thing is a good example... Holic sits there and says NBD, yet I've seen at least two people in my FB feed who are vets (who otherwise don't talk about politics) pipe off about this in particular and what a crappy move it is. It's anecdotal, but not every vet feels like he does

Framed in a different way, but this is not the first time this idea has been brought up, always seems to go unaddressed. Great question... Also, if and when the price for consumer goods skyrocket on account of shortages of workers to do these jobs, are we expected to just take it?

I think they are worried about scripture, JV....

https://www.tuskegeeairmen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Statement_TAI_USAF_Training_Courses.pdf Oh really?

While not really answering the question... He knows

Curious to hear some sort of rationale for the the administration would do this. Or how it "Makes America Great Again"? I'll take my call off air

Lest people think I was joking... https://apnews.com/article/air-force-dei-tuskegee-women-wwii-pilots-ecdeac68dc7696535d093c7690ab73bc

Are we allowed to believe our eyes and ears yet?

$4.69 at the local Aldi...

Holic laughs, but we all know that political parties love to keep problems ongoing when they benefit from them

I'm not going to defend the Ds and how they have handled the issue, they are a big reason we find ourselves here But let's be honest with ourselves: the GOP, even now, has zero interest in solving any problems related to immigration and the border.

I mean, come on...

Exactly. He's the POTUS, he's the one who campaigned on taking care of it and taking care of it quickly. Maybe when his administration gets done doing things like directing the Air Force not to teach about the Tuskegee Airman, they can get around with telling us how they plan to addressing high costs.

I mean, when I see the administration taking a loaded gun and and threatening to shoot ourselves in the foot on this particular issue... Yeah, I'm going to hold that against them.

Not threaten steep tariffs on other countries, for starters. I have yet to hear a compelling case that these are necessary

I'm out of likes, but totally understand Eddie's POV.

He also ran on these things... These were big pieces of his campaign message Promises Broken

I don't have Eddie's self restraint in tuning out (to my detriment probably), but I do think that part of why people are sort of tuned out (or at least not engaging as much with this stuff in online spaces) is because Trump won the popular vote and, at least in the context of how our elections are run (ie. EC), pretty decisively. (Note: I don't think it was all that decisive.... this was more 2004 than 1984) Ultimately because of this, there's a recognition that if we are to get out of this mess, it's going to have to be a longer game and that people are going to have to feel pain of touching the hot stove. Which, to be honest, still feels pretty underindexed.... I don't think a lot of what he's doing is going to be popular in practice. That doesn't mean that there aren't ways to engage, certainly donating money and time to organizations that push back against the excesses is a good start. But outside of being an outlet for catharsis, there isn't much that posting about this stuff here ultimately accomplishes.

Reports of Navajo people being detained in immigration sweeps sparks concern from tribal leaders

The reporting on WGN tonight is that the school employees understood that the person was with DHS. That became an assumption of ICE, but USSS is also under the umbrella of DHS as well. It looks like a misunderstanding. I think the story we are now getting is accurate, but it's not surprising with the way the incoming (now current) administration went out last weekend and specifically called out and targeted this city in the Wall Street Journal as being an epicenter for these raids. The end result is that residents are on edge and are distrustful of the feds. It goes to the larger point made earlier: this administration is singularly focused on immigration, but the impacts of this focus could very well have consequences for local law enforcement and other agencies in dealing with investigations of possible crimes.

I have a feeling that won't be the only tie that JV is gonna have to break

"While other countries cling to the stale past, here in America we breathe life into dreams. We create the future, and the world follows us into tomorrow. Thanks to each wave of new arrivals to this land of opportunity, we're a nation forever young. Forever bursting with energy and new ideas, and always on the cutting edge, always leading the world to the next frontier. This quality is vital to our future as a nation. If we ever closed the door to new Americans, our leadership in the world would soon be lost." Ronald Reagan, 1989