MrBadger42

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I am a writer. I dream for my world. Retired SW/FW eng. Agile and Open Source Advocate. Tech PM. Portland OR. Progressive views are my own. 😄
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"When Christianity worked its way from the lower to the higher classes, its social sympathies became less democratic and fraternal, its language less simple, and its ideas more speculative, elaborate and remote. Origen felt he had to apologize for the homely Greek and the simple arguments of Jesus. Theology became an affair of experts. The first duty of the laymen was to believe with all their hearts what they could not possibly understand with all their heads."

Walter Rauschenbusch

“We don't take an oath to a wannabe dictator. We take an oath to the Constitution, and we're willing to die to protect it.”

https://substack.com/@demwinsmedia/note/c-120459531?r=39hbf&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action

Democratic Wins Media on Substack

BREAKING: General Mark Milley delivered one of the finest speeches in American history. “We don't take an oath to a wannabe dictator. We take an oath to the Constitution, and we're willing to die to protect it.” This is a must watch.

Substack
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Karma is such a B1+c4!
Is it a sign of the times that I fear this information might actually be useful? 😳🤪
This!

Yep. “We gave met the enemy and they are us.”

“…it was the US itself which 'mishandled' its hegemony and 'abused' its power, 'losing allies and emboldening enemies'.”

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/World+slipping+out+of+US+hands%3f-a0589357140

World slipping out of US hands? - Free Online Library

Free Online Library: World slipping out of US hands? by "Pakistan Observer (Islamabad, Pakistan)"; News, opinion and commentary General interest Military-industrial complex

No one guves up power voluntarily. This is going to get ugly. 😳

https://open.substack.com/pub/thomhartmann/p/when-the-tyrant-slips-why-america-15f

When the Tyrant Slips: Why America Should Fear a President Who’s Losing the Plot — and the Polls

Dictators don’t go quietly. They orchestrate fear, silence dissent, and distract with spectacle. Trump’s moves in 2025 suggest he’s not planning to lose power — no matter the cost.

The Hartmann Report
Trump Is Prosecuting a Congressional Democrat for Doing Her Job. The Media’s Response: No Big Deal.

The Trump administration hit Democrat Rep. LaMonica McIver with criminal charges for doing oversight on ICE. The media barely blinked.

The Intercept
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@mrbadger42 I don't think Americans are a ready to realize why their politicians, both sides of the aisle, have made every bad or questionable decision they have ever done.

@PatrickoftheG
maybe people who buy chicken will stop buying chicken?

@mrbadger42

@PatrickoftheG
or maybe the species just doesn’t make it. some days, it’s looking less likely.

@mrbadger42

Do they only sell to the working class?
USDA withdraws a Biden-era effort to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry

The United States Department of Agriculture is withdrawing a rule proposed to help prevent salmonella poisoning from contaminated poultry.

CBS News
@mrbadger42 This is partly false, since there are existing regulations for salmonella that are still being enforced. Though the proposed rules would have been much better for consumers.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/usda-salmonella-proposal-withdrawl/
USDA withdrew proposed new salmonella regulations in poultry, but that doesn't mean the bacteria will be unregulated

A USDA spokesperson said its most recent performance standards, set in 2016, regarding salmonella prevalence in food continue to be enforced.

Snopes