OK let's talk about the GOOD things Trump and his administration did this time

[kj]

It sounded oddly like Trump was actually thinking when he recently said he didn't think Putin wanted peace. I mean, duh, but at least it's a little sign of contact with reality.

[davemchine]

Sometimes things cannot be fixed while staying within the bounds of the law. My question is, when is it morally correct to break the law and how does that evaluation happen? Perhaps it doesn’t and the winner writes the history book.

[mattkime]

Wags wrote: Didn't try nearly hard enough. I hold the Dems responsible for our current state of frickedupedness.

Sorry, I think its BS to blame the dems. Yes, they're flawed but to ignore the other side's flaws is ridiculous.

[davester]

special wrote:
Trump declared English as the official language of the US. I don' think this is a bad thing, it was required to get citizenship.

Give me a break. The only reason Trump did this was to emphasize his racism, make it more difficult for non-english speakers to understand government publications by eliminating multilingual versions, and signal to his followers that they should denigrate people who are not native english speakers.

[mrbigstuff]

davester wrote:
[quote=special]
Trump declared English as the official language of the US. I don' think this is a bad thing, it was required to get citizenship.

Give me a break. The only reason Trump did this was to emphasize his racism, make it more difficult for non-english speakers to understand government publications by eliminating multilingual versions, and signal to his followers that they should denigrate people who are not native english speakers.
Yes, I agree, completely racism based.

However, I think too many folks believe they never have to put in the time to learn English. It's the "lingua franca" that unites us and should be a common bond.

[Wags]

mattkime wrote:
[quote=Wags]Didn't try nearly hard enough. I hold the Dems responsible for our current state of frickedupedness.

Sorry, I think its BS to blame the dems. Yes, they're flawed but to ignore the other side's flaws is ridiculous.
Can’t say I agree with your read that I’m ignoring the other side’s flaws.

[mattkime]

Wags wrote:
[quote=mattkime]
[quote=Wags]Didn't try nearly hard enough. I hold the Dems responsible for our current state of frickedupedness.

Sorry, I think its BS to blame the dems. Yes, they're flawed but to ignore the other side's flaws is ridiculous.
Can’t say I agree with your read that I’m ignoring the other side’s flaws. It generally implies that there was some sort of clear and obvious path to take and they simply chose not to.

[$tevie]

special wrote:
I'll start.

RFK wants to remove some of the color additives in our food and reduce the number of ingredients considered safe that can add to your food without FDA approval.

Except I read that according to science, the color additives they want to remove are perfectly harmless. It's performative.

[DeusxMac]

mrbigstuff wrote:
However, I think too many folks believe they never have to put in the time to learn English. It's the "lingua franca" that unites us and should be a common bond.

There is a point of diminishing returns; where foreign language accommodations can reach unreasonable levels for printed materials*.

I've received printed documents translated into 15-20 foreign languages; some languages I've never heard of.

*Online translations can be significantly more efficient.

[Wags]

mattkime wrote:
It generally implies that there was some sort of clear and obvious path to take and they simply chose not to.

Indeed. 4 years, no indictment after inciting an insurrection plus numerous other charges against CFDT. Pretty obvious pathway, imo. 4 years, no action from the Justice Department at all.