Mastodawn

According to Scott Galloway: "In Finland, nearly 90% of people say they trust others — one of the highest rates globally. Only 30% of Americans agree that most people can be trusted.”

This makes sense to me, because many (too many, but a decreasing number of) Americans like Donald Trump. That is enough to cause me not to trust those people.
#values #ethics #politics

RonSupportsYou 14m ago

"Ground Truth is an innovative, people-powered canvassing program that’s helping Democrats win back power by reimagining how we talk with voters":
https://ourgroundtruth.org/
See if their approach makes sense to you.
#politics #values

Changing how Democrats do voter contact | Ground Truth

By starting early, listening deeply to voters, and sending real insights to Democratic campaigns, we can win critical elections in 2026 and beyond.

Ground Truth

RonSupportsYou 29m ago

Rep. Jim McGovern: "Jamal Khashoggi was a journalist, a human being with thoughts and feelings and a family and a future. A Saudi prince didn’t like his viewpoint, so he had him brutally murdered and hacked to death. Anyone who can put that aside for polite dinner conversation is sick in the head."
#Trump #MohammedBinSalman #values #HumanRights #politics

RonSupportsYou 32m ago

When he saw Pres. Donald Trump being so joyous during his meeting with Mohammed bin Salman, Jesse Lee wrote: "The only two people I’ve ever seen Trump joke with like this, treat like a real friend, are Mohammed bin Salman and Jeffrey Epstein."
#FriendsInLowPlaces #values #politics

Joe Public 🇨🇦9h ago

🇬🇧 Rory Stewart: I hope we go out and think about ourselves as active citizens working together. Not just voting, but listening to each other, respecting each other's differences, persuading each other, empathizing with each other #democracy #values @rory-stewart.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Rory Stewart's speech on the f...

Rory Stewart's speech on the fight for democracy.

YouTube

Richard Michael Blaber 1d ago

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/18/asylum-changes-use-children-as-a-weapon-labour-peer-alf-dubs. The #Labour #Government should listen to Alf #Dubs - but will it? The #LabourParty, under Keir Starmer, has lost its #conscience, its #values & its #principles, so I fear the answer will be "No."

Asylum changes seek to use children as a weapon, says Labour peer Alf Dubs

Dubs, who was a child refugee, says Shabana Mahmood’s ‘shabby’ plans will increase community tensions

The Guardian

RonSupportsYou 1d ago

#GoodNews from the world of #sports:

"Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase has been suspended one game after the NFL found he spat on Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Jalen Ramsey on Sunday":
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6812843/2025/11/17/jamarr-chase-suspended-spit-jalen-ramsey-nfl/
Brutish behavior should not be tolerated.
#values #decency

Bengals’ Ja’Marr Chase suspended 1 game for spitting at Steelers’ Jalen Ramsey

Ramsey was ejected for throwing a punch at Chase, but said after the game that it was a reaction to Chase spitting on him.

The Athletic

Dog 2d ago

A person with integrity is worth their weight in gold. Keep your word. Have your words match actions. Be honest.
Don't be an asshole. If you do fuck up, apologise, then do better. Those things alone will put you ahead of most of the crowd.

#honesty #integrity #bereal #truth #trust #values #wordsandactions #keepyourword #beapersonofworth #dontbeanasshat #dontbeanasshole #the_dogfather #thedoghouse

RonSupportsYou 3d ago

"Pope Leo Doesn’t Want to Be the Anti-Trump. But He Is":
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/opinion/trump-pope-leo-maga-christianity.html
"Last week, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a special message on immigration that was an unmistakable rebuke of the Trump administration and its cruel and punitive immigration crackdown. The message did not mention Pres. Trump by name, but its meaning could not have been clearer."
#religion #values #politics

Opinion | A Christian Answer to Trump and Trumpism Is Finally Here

Pope Leo doesn’t want to be the anti-Trump. But he is.

The New York Times

RonSupportsYou 3d ago

Justin Wolfers: "It's too easy to be distracted by the economic story of the day. The more important story is of our system fraying: The rule of law is decaying, bribery is spreading, crony capitalism was normalized. It won’t show up in next quarter’s data, but it can when our kids try to build their lives."
#politics #values