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OliverQ

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January 5, 2020

I'm so tired of feeling helpless.

Pompeo is lying his face off on CNN this morning claiming Iraq wants the US to stay there right as they approve to expel all US troops, then he says the retaliation and death of American citizens is no big deal and "just a little noise."

The entire Executive branch is run by war mongering, corrupt idiots and there is nothing we can do to stop them for at least a year. We can't survive another year. These people need to be removed now.
We need to be in the streets demanding their resignations and removal from office. All of them.

January 3, 2020

Do you think this Iran attack will help Trump win again in 2020?

Historically, wars have boosted Presidential elections, especially Republicans. That's of course why Trump is doing this, and based on responses from Republicans and his supporters over this, they think this is awesome.

Will this be enough to push him over the edge? I seriously cannot handle another 5 years of this.

December 23, 2019

Warning: Your Christmas ham is likely contaminated.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/inspectors-warn-unsafe-pork-could-make-its-way-consumers-under-n1097676

Inspectors warn unsafe pork could make its way to consumers under Trump rule change


He changed this rule a week ago. He's reducing the number of inspectors and how long food has to be inspected at 90% of all pork processing plants.

In light of how food recalls are getting more common, our entire food supply is becoming dangerous to eat. How can we fight this?

Anyone have advice on how to get better quality food?
December 20, 2019

Gabbard faces heat back home for present vote on impeachment

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2019/12/20/hawaii-news/gabbard-faces-heat-back-home-for-present-vote-on-impeachment/

According to the website govtrack.us, Gabbard missed 88.7% of the 141 House votes taken in the past three months.


Wow. Gabbard missed almost 90% of House votes over the past few months. That's insane. She's completely ignoring her job.
December 19, 2019

Every newspaper in the world has Trump impeachment on front page.

Pretty amazing to see. I looked at the UK, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Germany, France, China, Switzerland, Australia.

December 19, 2019

I'm still astounded not a single Republican grew a spine.

There are a lot of no votes, so some Republicans want to vote yes, but refuse to actually be on the record.

I just can't believe an entire party is betraying Democracy and the Constitution for a monster like Trump. It's truly depressing.

December 18, 2019

Feedback from my Impeachment Rally tonight

So I went to one of my local impeachment rallies. There were maybe 30-40 people there. Smaller than I was hoping for, but it's a smaller city on the water and it was cold and rainy.

People had signs and were chanting at the cars that came by. Bunch of cars honked in solidarity. One truck with some college kids screamed "Go Donald Trump" out the window, and 1 woman cussed us out, but other than that most people seemed supportive.

Sadly, the group broke up in about an hour and I heard who I assume is the organizer tell someone else most people just don't give a crap. Trump has given a voice to bigots and other horrible people and lots of people like that.

So overall I was rather discouraged. It didn't give me much hope for the future of this country.

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