“I have no idea if my friends are OK,” he said. “It’s terrible… I’m literally thinking, most of my friends are dead. That’s all that went through my mind, is like, ‘Are my friends dead or not?’”

A HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORE

#VoteTheBumsOut
#PrayerIsNotASolution
#StopGunViolence

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article285488527.html#storylink=cpy

Not paying much attention to the debt ceiling/default crisis.

Here’s the thing: politics is always about brinksmanship. They’ll pull it out in the end.

Even if they don’t, there will be no political consequences because:

A. Elections are over a year away, and
B. People will blame the party which they already dislike for failing to negotiate.

Sadly my retirement accounts will suffer, but there is exactly ZERO that I can do about it.

#politics #VoteTheBumsOut