TRUMP FAILED BADLY: Remember the Long Lines of Americans Begging for Free Food in 2020? NOW, People Have Jobs and We Can Buy Our Own Food. Thank You, Joe Biden!

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These Photos Show the Staggering Food Bank Lines Across America.
https://www.motherjones.com/food/2020/04/these-photos-show-the-staggering-food-bank-lines-across-america/
Food banks across the United States are struggling amid droves of hungry Americans in need of a meal. And images from photographers around the country show the horrifying number of Americans lining up to receive food assistance.

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Trump requires food aid boxes to come with a letter from him.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/01/trump-letter-food-aid-boxes-424230
The Agriculture Department last week began mandating that millions of boxes of surplus food for needy families include a letter from President Donald Trump claiming credit for the program.
The USDA’s $4 billion Farmers to Families Food Box Program has distributed more than 100 million boxes to those in need since May, with the aim of redirecting meat, dairy and produce that might normally go to restaurants and other food-service businesses. But organizations handing out the aid complain the program is now being used to bolster Trump’s image a month before a high-stakes election — and some even have refused to distribute them.
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Trump Failed. Remember the Long Lines of Americans begging for free food in 2020?

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As an AI language model, I do not have personal beliefs or opinions. However, I can provide you with some relevant information.

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused a significant economic downturn in the United States, resulting in high levels of unemployment and food insecurity. Many Americans lost their jobs and were struggling to make ends meet, resulting in long lines at food banks and other charitable organizations.

Some critics have argued that the Trump administration's response to the pandemic was inadequate, with insufficient aid and support provided to those in need. Others have praised the administration's efforts to mitigate the economic impacts of the pandemic, such as stimulus checks and loan programs for small businesses.

Regardless of one's opinion on the matter, it is clear that many Americans experienced financial hardship in 2020, and the pandemic's economic effects continue to be felt in the country today.


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Trump's Totally Fake TV Ad. WHY?
Because He Can't Run on "What a Great Job He Did Last Time."
Everyone Knows He was a Total Disaster!
Republicans Release a TOTALLY FAKE Advertisement using AI Generated Propaganda... Brainwashing at its Finest. They LEARNED from Project MKULTRA... and will Use MIND CONTROL to Motivate Hate!


Headline:

MAGA Is Ripping Itself Apart...

The extremism, aggression, and lack of restraint in MAGA world is Failing... People are Sick of That CrazyTalk®

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/04/trump-e-jean-carroll-rape-case-tucker-carlson-fox/673857/

How to "Game" The FaceBorg AI System to Show Your Posts to People That Don't Already Agree With You... Simply Join Republican Groups... and Like Crazy QAnon Posts... The AI System Will Believe That You are a Brainwashed TrumpNik® and Show You More Right Wing Posts and Russian Propaganda! Then... Like and Share these Memes! https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2023/04/idiot-neo-nazis.html


Did You Ever Read Trump's Book: The Art of the Failed Deal? Every Deal Lost Money...

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A Vote for Trump is a Vote for ECONOMIC DISASTER.




I've noticed a LOT of CHEVRON Greenwashing Advertisements on TV Recently... All About How wonderful They Are... Just Look at the Happy People DRIVING CARS! FUN! However, On the Corporate Headquarters there are NO SOLAR PANELS on the Roof... They Run Heaters and Air Conditioners USING FOSSIL FUEL... or maybe NUCLEAR POWER from Diablo Canyon...

We will know the Exact Location of the Rainbow Gathering on June 15th - or so... Watch for notices about SEED CAMP because That's Usually Really Close to the Actual Gathering... Somewhere in the California - July 1-7 Welcome Home!

Selfie - Gregory Vanderlaan The noise cancelling wireless headphones are EPIC... when the gardener is blowing with the gasoline powered leaf blower... I don't hear a thing! Here's a Larisa Stow Song/Guided Meditation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgM6YLo8_HA


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"Pravda, Stuck in Ukraine Again...
Just about a Year Ago, Vlad was Setting Out from Old Moscow...
Seeking to Bring Chernobyl, Back into the USSR... The War Got Bad, The War Got Worse...
The Russian People Got Screwed...
Pravda, Stuck in Ukraine Again...

If I Only Had a Ruble, For Every Soldier Dead...
for every time we bombed a school, while children studied math...
I could buy a Tractor and Start Me a Communal Farm...
But Vladimir is a Nutcase, He wants me to Go to the Front!
Pravda, Stuck in Ukraine Again...

The Man from CNN, Said we were Gonna Lose... Just Like in Afghanistan, We're Doomed to Very Bad News...
When the Babuskas Rise Up... It's time to Run Away!
Pravda, Stuck in Ukraine Again... "


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People who lie, I just don't get it. Isn't it extremely embarrassing for others to know you are lying (and we do know)? Besides the fact I just see no sense in lying unless it is to protect someone from serious harm and even then it would be difficult for me, I would be so humiliated if I ever lied and someone knew I was lying. I am an extremely vague person because it would be rare someone would comprehend my life without misjudging and making wrong assumptions, but I won't lie. I just don't get how it's just nothing to some people to lie all the time and feel no embarrassment or shame.

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How to Escape the Cult of Trump: Deprogramming by Family Members of the MAGA MORON is Essential... If Someone you Know has been Brainwashed... RESCUE THEM!
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The "facts" are that something like 80% of all of the stock traded on the NYSE is owned by a hand full of billionaires and corporations. So when we show the DJIA at record highs, and start bleating accolades of gratitude for Joe for having accomplished this stellar feat, all we are really doing is celebrating the increase in the wealth of the billionaire class.
Most Americans don't own stock. So the DJIA doesn't reflect their economic situation.
We should stop measuring economic success in terms of how well the billionaires are doing and instead, measure the standard of living of the average citizen. If we did that we would see that there is an inverse correlation between the DJIA and the US standard of living.

and I replied: 
and Labor Union Retirement funds play the stock market... SEIU - I retired from a Great UNION Job... as an Eligibility Worker at DHHS Humboldt County, CA

JB Said: 

A rising stock market indicator, like the DJIA DOES mean companies are doing good. What it doesn't mean is that employees, or their families, or citizens on average are also doing well. You see, that's the point.
That's something we need to understand in the US. If your boss gets richer, that's wonderful, as long as you share in that prosperity. In the US we have created an economic system where the boss gets richer mostly because of government policy designed to accomplish that outcome, such as tax cuts for the rich. But the average citizen sees no benefit for himself relating to those policies designed to benefit the wealthy.

Julia “Butterfly” Hill came down Luna, a redwood tree she lived in for two years on December 18, 1999. Photo by Shaun Walker.
Old duplicate copies of Times-Standard being made available to the public for FREE today at the Timber Heritage Association at their train yard in Samoa.

Vote for Jessica Morse - US House CA03 - A Democrat Seeking to Beat Republican Kevin Kiley - The CA03 District is from Mount Lassen to Lake Tahoe to Death Valley... and the Sacramento Suburbs near Folsom Prison. Let's Make the US HOUSE BLUE!

https://morseforcongress.com/

The Primary resulted with Kiley getting 55.1% and Morse Getting 42.9%... With 47% of the Votes Counted... SO... They Both are in the Runoff Election November 5th... GO GO GO!

https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/election/california-elections/article286147816.html

Candidate	Party	Votes
Kevin Kiley *	Rep.	69,067
Jessica Morse	Dem.	53,842

Remember that Kevin Kiley was part of the Idiotic GOP Failure to Recall Governor Gavin Newsom... 

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/15/how-gavin-newsom-beat-the-recall-511783

The turning point for the campaign, according to Newsom’s strategists, came in the governor’s adoption of aggressive mask and vaccine mandates — both widely popular in California — and in Newsom’s avalanche of spending depicting his top Republican opponent, Larry Elder, as an anti-science clone of former President Donald Trump.

Jessica Morse

I applaud the House of Representatives for passing these critical aid packages. We cannot allow Russia’s authoritarian aggression to go unchecked. For months, MAGA extremists have played politics with funding for Ukraine, and today, they failed. The consequences of Ukraine losing are too high. If Russia advances further, a NATO ally could be next — drawing in not just our dollars, but our troops. As your next Congresswoman, I look forward to continuing the fight to protect democracy at home and abroad.

Headline: Who is Kevin Kiley and what would he do as governor? He's an Anti-Vax Freak!

https://calmatters.org/politics/2021/08/newsom-recall-candidates-kevin-kiley-interview/

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I’m so honored to have earned the endorsement of the
League of Conservation Voters Action Fund in my race to represent #CA03 in Congress! LCV are on the frontlines in the fight to tackle the climate crisis. They are a leading force for good – working to keep our communities healthy and sustainable, confront environmental injustice, and strengthen our democracy. I’m honored to have their support!
— with League of Conservation Voters.

Jessica Morse

Congressman Pete McCloskey established Earth Day more than 50 years ago. His work to protect our environment laid the foundation for the progress we continue to make here in California.
I was grateful for the opportunity to visit with Pete today to thank him for his support and advice over the years. Please join me in sending love to him and his wife, Helen.

#CA03 is not only home to the most beautiful mountains of California, it’s also the headwaters for 60 percent of California’s water supply.
This Earth Day, help me ensure we flip the seat and get an advocate who will protect this vital ecology while fighting the climate crisis that threatens our homes and future.

Jessica Morse

Did you know that I'm the only woman challenger in California to move forward after our March 5th primary?

In a year where reproductive freedom is unquestionably on the ballot, the fact that I’m the only woman left to draw the contrast is both sobering and cements my commitment to ensuring that we have a voice in Congress.

I have a big fundraising deadline for the end of the first quarter of 2024 this Sunday, and if I’m going to be the last woman standing in California after polls close on November 5, I need your help to reach our next major benchmark. Chip in before Sunday to send me to Congress this November so we can get to work!

Let’s do this for your daughters and granddaughters.

Jessica Morse

Mourning the passing of former State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Delaine Eastin. I had the privilege of running alongside Delaine on the campaign trail in 2018 when she was running for governor. She embraced my campaign and supported it with great enthusiasm. I will forever be grateful for her advice and friendship.

Delaine was a model for how to lead as a public servant. She paved the way for more women to run for office and serve in leadership roles, and she was incredibly generous with her time and energy — uplifting me and others even during her own campaigns.

I loved watching Delaine deliver passionate speeches about her efforts to ensure our education system provided students with the necessary support and tools for success in the classroom. She was a fierce advocate for school food programs, ensuring our kids had the nutrition they needed. Delaine also fought for smaller class sizes and advocated for inclusive policies, pushing for our schools to provide essential resources to students with disabilities. Her work directly improved the educational experiences of countless students in California, and will reverberate for generations to come.

I’m sending love and support to Delaine’s family and friends. Let us honor her legacy by continuing to advocate for the causes she cared about so deeply. Rest in power, Delaine.

Jessica Morse announced on Tuesday that she’ll run in Eastern California — in an attempt to unseat Republican Congressman Kevin Kiley in District 3.

Read more at: https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/election/california-elections/article279212394.html#storylink=cpy

Remember: Kevin wasted the Taxpayer's Dollars with a Failed Recall Election against Governor Newsom. Obviously, He Thinks He's Amazing!

Five years ago, shortly after the #CampFire decimated the town of Paradise, I went up to help. I filmed this video thinking I was going to help for a few days but ended up on the ground through the next month working side-by-side with local heroes who, with resilience, strength, and courage rebuilt their community. https://www.facebook.com/jessica.morse.336/videos/10215833174875001

I met a paradise school board member who had lost her home in the fire, but was going shelter by shelter to track down each of her students to ensure they were safe.

Emulating their resolve, I spent the next four years working every day to prevent wildfires like the Camp Fire. I didn't relent until we had a state-wide strategy and resources to actively mitigate these fires. We now have tools and resources to meet the fire crisis head on so other communities don't need to test their courage and grit like the people of Paradise. #ParadiseStrong #CAWildfire

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When Jessica Morse sees a problem, she runs toward it and wants to help solve it. In Congress, she will do what she always does when facing a problem: listen and learn, find common ground to build a coalition of support, and put forth the best ideas to solve it. Jessica needs your support to protect what’s important – our homes from wildfire, our paychecks, our healthcare, and abortion rights.

https://ballotpedia.org/Jessica_Morse

https://kiley.house.gov/contact 

Email Kevin and tell him what you think!

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Trump Received Money From Roman Vasilenko (a Russian Businessman) for His 2016 Campaign. GOP operative Jesse Benton was convicted of funneling Russian donations. The "Russia Hoax" was Not a Hoax After All. Trump Actually Got Rubles to Help Him Campaign AND HE KEPT THEM!

Why Hasn't Trump Been Arrested and Convicted for This Crime? 

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/18/gop-operative-convicted-of-funneling-russian-donation-to-trumps-2016-campaign-.html

Republican political operative Jesse Benton was convicted in federal court of funneling $25,000 from a Russian businessman to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.

DOJ: Political Consultant Sentenced for Scheme Involving Illegal Foreign Campaign Contribution to 2016 Presidential Campaign.

A Texas man was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for his role in funneling illegal foreign campaign contributions from a Russian national to a 2016 presidential campaign. 
According to court documents, Jessie R. Benton, 45, of The Woodlands, schemed with another political advisor to funnel political contributions to a 2016 presidential campaign from a Russian national seeking to meet and take a picture with the presidential candidate. 

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/political-consultant-sentenced-scheme-involving-illegal-foreign-campaign-contribution-2016

GOP operative sentenced in scheme to funnel Russian money to Trump campaign...

A Republican strategist was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison for his role in helping funnel illegal foreign campaign contributions from a Russian national into former President Trump's 2016 campaign, per the Department of Justice 

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Jesse Benton, a longtime conservative operative, was convicted Thursday on six campaign finance charges stemming from his role in a scheme to help a Russian businessman get into an exclusive meeting with Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/11/gop-operative-convicted-of-funneling-russian-money-to-trump-campaign/

GOP campaign consultant sentenced to 18 months for arranging Russian contribution to Trump campaign...
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Appeals court upholds conviction of GOP operative who steered Russian money to Trump camp

Jesse Benton played leading roles in the presidential campaigns of Ron and Rand Paul and worked briefly as Mitch McConnell’s campaign manager.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/19/trump-russian-money-appeals-court-00153339

A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the conviction of veteran Republican campaign operative Jesse Benton for steering an illegal Russian contribution to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.

Benton, who played leading roles in the presidential campaigns of Ron and Rand Paul and worked briefly as Mitch McConnell’s campaign manager, helped facilitate an improper $25,000 payment to the Trump camp and the Republican National Committee on behalf of Roman Vasilenko, a Russian national who had approached another GOP operative, Doug Wead, about his interest in meeting an American celebrity. When he was unable to get an audience with Oprah Winfrey, Steven Seagal or Jimmy Carter, the operative suggested Trump.

Benton then arranged for Vasilenko to attend a join Trump-RNC fundraiser in Philadelphia, where the Russian took a picture with the soon-to-be president. Vasilenko used the photos to burnish his reputation in Russia “including speaking on Russian TV about President-elect Trump and his attitudes toward Russia.”

Benton — who was pardoned by Trump in 2020 for other campaign finance crimes in the final weeks of Trump’s term — was convicted by a jury in late 2022 of six felonies related to the contribution and falsified campaign finance records. U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump appointee, sentenced Benton to 18 months in prison, and records indicate he is due for release in June. Both Ron and Rand Paul — the former Texas representative and current Kentucky senator, respectively — wrote letters on Benton’s behalf at sentencing, decrying the impact that a jail sentence would have on his family.

In addition to his time working for Ron and Rand Paul, Benton managed McConnell’s 2014 reelection campaign in Kentucky, helping the Senate minority leader stave off a primary challenge from his right. But Benton but left his role before the general election amid an investigation into campaign finance violations unrelated to his work for McConnell.

In his appeal, Benton argued that the government improperly charged him under a 20-year-old statute criminalizing the falsification of records to the government, rather than under campaign finance laws. But the appeals court rejected the argument.

“The government is free to exercise its discretion to prosecute under either or both statutes,” wrote Judge Karen Henderson, a George H.W. Bush appointee to the court, for a unanimous three-judge panel. The panel’s other judges, Florence Pan and Bradley Garcia, are both appointees of President Joe Biden.

Notably, the judges also ruled that McFadden did not make a mistake when he ruled that prosecutors could introduce evidence of Benton’s pardoned conviction for his earlier crimes. Though the ruling became moot when Benton opted not to take the stand, he argued that it was nevertheless an error by McFadden.

The appeals court, however, rejected that argument as well, noting that prosecutors are permitted to introduce evidence of other “bad acts” in trial under certain circumstances. And while Trump’s pardon of Benton could be seen as an “act of grace” by the outgoing president, Trump did not claim that Benton was actually innocent of the charges against him.

“Under the modern understanding of a Presidential pardon’s effect, it ‘does not blot out guilt’ or create a factual fiction that conviction never occurred,” Henderson wrote.

“[T]he face of Benton’s pardon makes no mention of rehabilitation or innocence,” the judge continued. “Benton places great weight on the accompanying White House press release but it is likewise silent as to Benton’s rehabilitation or innocence.”

WHAT DO THESE PEOPLE HAVE IN COMMON? 

Jesse Benton=Guilty, Lev Parnas=Guilty, Igor Fruman=Guilty, Steve Bannon=Guilty, Nikolas Cruz=Guilty, John Lambert=Guilty, Roger Stone=Guilty, Paul Manafort=Guilty, Mike Flynn=Guilty, Michael Cohen=Guilty, Rick Gates=Guilty, George Papadopoulos=Guilty, Alexander Vanderzwaan=Guilty, Duncan Hunter=Guilty, Chris Collins=Guilty 

and Over 900 QAnon Freaks Have Been Arrested for Storming the US Capitol on January 6th and FAILING to Overthrow The US Government and Crown Trump King... 

ANSWER: 

They are All TrumpNik® Swamp Creatures... 

ENDLESS FAILURES... Remember What a Disaster the Economy Was When Trump was President... Massive Lines of Cars Waiting for a Box of Free Food... Largest Loss of Money on the Stock Market in History... A Million Americans Died from Trump's Coronavirus... TOTAL FAILURE DON
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GOP House FAILS to Even Try To Do Anything to Make America Great. Nothing But Revenge... and That Doesn't Help You or Me At All...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/17/republicans-unleash-revenge-joe-biden-democrats


Big GOP Donors Reject Trump, as he launches 2024 Campaign...
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Why Doesn't The GOP use the House of Representatives to ACTUALLY MAKE AMERICA GREAT? Endless Bogus Investigations Don't Do Anything to Make My Life Better... Or YOURS... What About INFLATION? Are They Going to DO ANYTHING? ANYTHING AT ALL? https://apnews.com/article/biden-inflation-donald-trump-business-9af868065b776b21f81fa73e7bafb97d


and on FaceBorg I Saw:

Visiting all 50 states is not on my bucket list (maybe it is now) but this is fun anyway! Studies show that out of 50 states, 8 is the average number most people have visited. Sadly, many never leave the state in which they were born. Put a by all the states you have been to.
Put a where you have lived. Passing through an airport counts--but flying over doesn't. The average is 8 for Americans.
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I've lived in California, Maryland and Virginia... Traveled from Mexico to Canada on Highway 5, from Santa Clara to Maryland on Highway 80, from Maryland to San Jose on Highway 40 and from Key West to Canada on Highway 95. also a Rainbow Gathering in Idaho and Hawaii, Maine...

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Tucker Carlson - Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire


Fox "News" fined $787.5 Million for Intentional Lying



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and on FaceBorg: Comments about Fox "News" being Fined $787.5 Million Dollars for Intentionally Lying:

OUTRAGEOUS!!!
No apology on FOX for willful misinformation. Just... 'some facts wrong' .... and 'continued commitment to highest journalistic standards! Shameful!
I was very disappointed. Do you think all of those texts that they had to bring out in the discovery process will make their way into the vision of those who watch Fox? Maybe somehow they will be exposed to that info on how Fox lied to them


... there is some modicum of pain inflicted with a $787 million settlement.... I like the precedent it sets for ALL the other lawsuits against them..... pretty soon, it could even add up to very painful expensive experience, lol...


Trial was Not even mentioned on Fox "News". Told a Trumper friend and she said they are the only ones who tell the truth!


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When I hear DeSantis making comments like Disney can take a hike, I wonder if he has ever even stepped foot on the property! This is not just a factory that can pick up and move to Mexico like the Oreo factory. This place is huge! It's a city itself! This is 4 huge theme parks, 2 waterparks, 22 huge sprawling hotel resorts, acres and acres of wildlife refuge, 4 fire departments, solar plants, a recycling plant, a garbage complex, 2 LARGE bus maintenance facilities, 400 buses, Many many boats, a sky liner transport system, a monorail system, a power plant, several water and sewer facilities, a very large animal care facility for Animal Kingdom park where they care for all the animals, two train tracks with trains, all the backstage areas for the cast members and where all the magic is created out of the sight of guests. A tunnel under the Magic Kingdom. A whole area for other things like offices and all the small things like all the radios and cell phones issued to all the cast members. All the vehicles and places for all of them to be maintained and parked. The parking lot at the Magic Kingdom is larger than Disneyland in CA. Just the parking lot. The trams that take people from the parking lot for the Magic Kingdom to the Ticket and Transportation Center that is across the lake from MK. And ALL of the parks and resorts have large parking lots. So large you need trams to take people from one side to the parks. All the carefully cultivated landscaping that costed a FORTUNE to create all over the 47 square mile complex. And I'm SURE I'm forgetting something. Disney World is not just a factory. It is a CITY. It's TWICE as large as Manhattan in NY and as big as San Francisco CA. It straddles a large portion of two counties. Disney World also owns 4 or 5 apartment complexes that the young people from overseas, who work for Disney World, rent from Disney to stay in. They are located just a few miles off of the 27,000 acre main Disney World complex. And about 5 miles away is an office area with high rise office buildings for Disney World in a community called Celebration. It's on the map. AND because Disney promised to keep 30% of their land as a wildlife refuge and it is starting to exceed that on the main complex, they purchased MORE land just a few miles away, not for the public, but JUST for wildlife to fulfill their promise to the state. ALL of the things I mentioned were built, and are owned and operated at DISNEY's EXPENSE and are on the Disney property! Disney has contributed to the roads around Disney World as a partner with FDOT (Florida DOT). They have funded countless local projects mostly focused on charities having to do with children. They have been a VERY good and responsible neighbor in this area! And they employ 72,000 cast members giving this area a good tax base and so many jobs! And that doesn't include all the businesses and contractors who do business in this area only because of Disney being here! All the off property hotels, restaurants, tourist trap retail stores, the bus companies etc. Without Disney the largest employer in Florida, my area would become a ghost town and our property values would plummet. That in turn would not be good for Florida. The man is a FOOL and an idiot. And I believe he is doing this just to make a name for himself and get attention.

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Let’s take one example that McCarthy and Republicans are getting ready to propose: the imposition of “work requirements” for the tens of millions of Americans who rely on Medicaid for health insurance or food stamps to feed their families. If you’re looking for big government, work requirements are it.
This is just one way that the push to have government spend less money can wind up making government more punitive and intrusive in people’s lives.
Now, let’s consider some of the other things Republicans have been doing lately:
Making it illegal for women to get abortions in Republican-run states, including trying to ban minors from traveling to another state to get an abortion
Trying to stop women in every state from accessing medication abortions
Outlawing medical care for transgender youth that their parents want for them
Outlawing medical care for transgender adults
Banning drag performances
Banning websites Republican legislators don’t like
Banning books from schools and public libraries
Forbidding discussions of systemic racism in schools and universities
Banning diversity efforts in higher education
Attempting to make it illegal for fund managers to consider environmental, social and governance goals in some investment decisions
Making it unlawful for liberal cities in conservative states to pass their own laws according to their residents’ wishes
Going after individual companies that don’t toe the conservative line


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Most of the street fentanyl in the U.S. is distributed by the Sinaloa cartel, which operates in every U.S. state and in 47 countries. This cartel used to be led by Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, who began serving a life sentence in a U.S. prison in 2019 after Mexican authorities arrested him and extradited him to the U.S. Now four of his sons run it: Ovidio, Iván, Joaquín, and Alfredo, who are known as the “Chapitos.” DEA administrator Anne Milgram said they took their father’s “global drug trafficking empire” and “made it more ruthless, more violent, more deadly—and they used it to spread a new poison, fentanyl.”
According to the DEA official, the Chapitos started the manufacture and trafficking of street fentanyl and are behind the flood of it into the U.S. in the past 8 years. It is a global business. While illicit drugs used to be plant-based, newer ones like street fentanyl are made with synthetic chemicals. The cartels import the chemicals necessary to make fentanyl from China into Mexico and Guatemala. Then they manufacture the drug, distribute it in the U.S., and launder the money, much of it through cryptocurrency.