Donald Trump Built a National Debt So Big (Even Before the Pandemic) That It’ll Weigh Down the Economy for Years

He promised to reduce the national debt but instead increased it. It is now at its highest level relative to the U.S. economy since the end of World War II

This is one of his lesser known but profoundly damaging legacies, the explosive rise in the national debt that occurred on his watch.

#usa #politics #debtceiling #gop

https://www.propublica.org/article/national-debt-trump

"...we technically have enough materials to build renewable energy infrastructure, actually mining & processing them can be a challenge. If we don’t do it responsibly, getting those materials into usable form could lead to environmental harm or even human rights violations."

https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/01/31/1067444/we-have-enough-materials-to-power-world-with-renewables/?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=bb0d3b6d2d-briefing-dy-20230201&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-bb0d3b6d2d-47563632

Trying this again. I’m an immigrant and this is very near & dear to my heart. My goal is to have 1000 of my 44,000+ awesome supporters sign this petition to demand undocumented immigrants can get the basic need of a Drivers License. (So far 100 did from my earlier post. Thank you!)

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1/ A trainload of Russian soldiers is reported to have mutinied after nearly suffering frostbite in an unheated train. According to the VChK-OGPU Telegram channel:

"On 13 January a four-car train (about 200 soldiers) stopped at Ulusarka station in the Lipetsk region.

The soldiers almost got frostbite on the way to the combat zone, as it was freezing and the train was not heated in any way.

Really sick of having Republicans crash the economy when they're in power and when they're not in power, they threaten to crash the economy to get things they couldn't pass when they were in power.

RT @[email protected]

The debt limit has been raised 78 times since 1960:
-49 times under GOP presidents
-29 times under DEM presidents

Per @[email protected] https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/debt-ceiling-deadline-will-republicans-pass-rcna65710

The Long Fight for the King Holiday

The assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968 brought a rude re-awakening to Americans that their country’s commitment to racial equality was threadbare.

1/10

“How Long? Not Long” from King’s speech, “Our God is Marching On,” delivered on the steps of Montgomery Alabama Capitol Building

https://youtu.be/5n5WbNCEeHM

#BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #BlackExcellence #BlackTwitter #History #MlKDay #histodons #Holiday #CivilRights #BlackHistory #News

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