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March 10, 2020

It doesn't count if it's not counted

or something like that. 🤔

Remember back when Bush started the illegal war and killed probably a million innocent Iraqis? Except that nobody will ever know how many he actually killed because reports of the casualties were hidden?

Seems like Trump’s taking a page from that playbook. If testing isn’t adequate people can’t be diagnosed. If they aren’t diagnosed then the blame for catastrophic loss can’t be placed on Trump — because .... the numbers aren’t that bad.

I don’t know the endgame. China and other communist countries are stifling their numbers. But America isn’t China. Yet. The treason against American citizens and the country has to stop.

March 4, 2020

I have zero faith in the looming election

The entire primary process has been manipulated by the right wing—from the too-early candidate declarations more than a year ahead of the actual election; to the pitted debates; to the caucus tampering and now to the inevitable vote suppression. The massive turnout—of many voters Super Tuesday was thwarted by making poll equipment unavailable.

How and why people continue to overlook the obstacles to simply voting is beyond me. Nothing is more important—not Trump’s next fiasco, or even the 400 bills on McConnells desk.

From 2000 to now we’ve been shocked by vote tampering and suppression; wept at fixed election outcomes only to turn our sights to the next rigged election.

Insanity still means doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

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