4th of July

I had a group of friends, and they emailed regularly. The rise of Trump killed the group. They argued and quit the group. 

There's a guy who lives above me, works at a grocery store, who's a libertarian, doesn't want government. He thought Obama was as corrupt as anyone else.

Night doorman across the street agrees with him. Denies the obvious difference in corruption.

Retired bus driver across the street thought Trump was being persecuted legally with frivolous cases. 

Jewish fellow in the park didn't think 700k people died from Trump's inaction around Covid. "Maybe".

Albanian woman in the park said, "you have the right to guns, right?"

Cote d'Ivoire woman thought the protests in Portland meant the January 6th insurrection was just a protest. She moved to Hungary with her mixed race children. They recently protested Orban saying don't celebrate pride with a massive turnout. The current regime likes Orban. 

Italian-American woman neighbor, who thought vaccines were bad, moved to Texas.

Irish-American woman who converted to Judaism moved to Idaho. She loved Trump.

Polish woman in the park said to forget Musk's two sieg heils. 

Senate passed the apocalypse bill, that's going to wreak havoc on America. Now only the House stands in front of it.

Trump is talking about exporting people he doesn't like from the country. Doesn't matter if they're citizens or if they were even born here, or fought for the country. 

We're truly looking at a horrible society of nightmares. 

HCR: "Just after noon today, the Senate passed its version of the budget reconciliation bill. All Democrats and Independents voted no. Three Republicans—Susan Collins of Maine, Rand Paul of Kentucky, and Thom Tillis of North Carolina—joined the Democrats in voting no. That left the bill at 50–50. Vice President J.D. Vance cast the deciding vote, pushing the measure through the Senate and sending it back to the House to vote on the changes made by the Senate. From the reporters’ gallery above the floor, CNN’s Sarah Ferris heard Senator Angus King (I-ME) yell to his Republican colleagues: “Shame on you guys. That was the most disgusting vote I’ve ever seen in my life.” The measure cuts taxes for the wealthy and corporations and offsets those cuts in part by slashing Medicaid and food security programs for low-income Americans."

USA 1776-2025 RIP. I'm a third in denial, third minimizing and a third really really really angry. Only anti-social nihilists can applaud these moves. Call your Representatives, that's our only last hope. Protest on Saturday. Lots of people's dying words will be, "I blame Trump." Repetition compulsion, he's provoking another great depression. Hard times ahead, more violence.