Christine Hallquist

A dictator needs war to stay in power.

The moon over a horse farm in Charlotte Vermont.
📸 Ken Rachlis

At the beginning of the war, we were spending $2B per day. Now we are spending $1B per day. In less than one month, if we spent that money to close the nutrition gap. We would save $160B in health care costs. Don't ever tell me MAGA is pro life or pro economy.

Trump forwards another unqualified appointment. Hospitality executive Scott Socha is President Trump’s pick to lead the National Park Service, and has no experience in public service or conservation. His company actually sued the NPS.

This cartoon is as relevent today as it was in the 1950's. Will we ever learn??

Pete Hegseth Complains Reporting On Dead Troops Is Trying To 'Make The President Look Bad'.

As our country attacks Iran, it is hard for me to see the difference between the Christian Nationalism that is coming out of the Trump administration and Sharia Law. If you simply replace a few words, Christian Nationalism looks just like Sharia Law.

Trump and Rubio need to get a little more coordinated with their lies on why we are fighting a war in Iran. The Trump administration has offered an array of conflicting justifications for the war with Iran since the bombs started falling on Saturday.

Quit ChatGPT right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism.

OpenAI president Greg Brockman, donated $25m to Maga Inc, Donald Trump’s biggest Super Pac. This made him Trump’s largest donor of the last cycle.

Military leaders pushing 'Armageddon views' on troops as Iran war begins: complaint A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers Monday that the Iran war was part of God's plan to usher in the End Times and bring about Jesus Christ's second coming, according to a complaint ...

"He said that 'President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,'"

www.rawstory.com/military-267...

So the message to the troops is, it is God's plan for Trump to create Armageddon. That is actually the most sensible answer.I've heard yet for Trump's decision making.

Burlington Vermont
📸 Adam Silverman

President Trump was right in 2020:

"We've spent $8 trillion in the Middle East and we're not fixing our roads in this country? How stupid. How stupid is it? And we're not fixing our tunnels, our bridges, our hospitals, our schools? It's crazy."

Make sure to join your next No Kings rally on March 28. Burlington Vermont folks, join me as I lead the march from Roosevelt Park to City Hall. Bring your noisemakers!

We are now the invaders. We started this war.
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
—George Orwell (1984)

The United States body count is now up to 6.

Donald Trump just became the first US Commander in Chief since 1991 to have three American fighter jets shot down by another country… and somehow, it wasn’t even an enemy.

Trump's psychosis is why we are at war. Trump appeared to link the massive attack he ordered against Iran to his persistent claims about his 2020 election loss in a social media post about allegations that Tehran’s government interfered in the US elections.

3 American F-15 fighter jets were 'mistakenly' shot down by friendly fire during combat operations against Iran, US says. $360 million to replace. He announced the war with a post on social media! That is how congress learned we are at war.

Whatever. That's not the point. Point is it was a better deal. He could have easily walked away with the success.

Trump had a favorable deal with Iran. A better deal than any president before him. It would have ensured no nuclear weapons. He declared war anyhow. Why is this??

Trump 2011: Obama will start a war to win the election YouTube video by Middle East Monitor

" Our president, will start a war with Iran because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate...."

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if you believe in any form of free enterprise at all, the idea that the Pentagon can not only cut off your contract but designate you a supply chain risk and prevent other companies from buying from you just because you won't build killbots for the government should be terrifying

Veteran CBS News producer, Mary Walsh, who is leaving the network after 46 years has suggested that political bias is at play at the network in a farewell memo sent to colleagues on Friday afternoon.

I canceled my CNN subscription today. I am not going to support any news service that simply becomes a shill for the trump administration.

I have canceled my Google Gemini pro subscription and switched to Claude pro. I am proud of Anthropopic for their position in protecting user data from government overreach. AI is a powerful tool. Like a saw can help you build your house, it can cut off your limbs. Be careful with unregulated AI.

These two pictures are views from the same spot, at the same time, facing opposite directions in Vermont
📸Lisa Lovelette

White House 'circulating' 17-page executive order draft to declare emergency over voting President Donald Trump, who has insisted on federalizing voting and who issued an executive order last March to pressure states to require proof of citizenship to register voters, is reportedly now be...

Trump is now planning to complete his goal of permanently establishing a tyrannical government in our country.

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