CardinalBacker

I’m not exaggerating… she said that.

I read a first hand account from a former slave who was a child when Juneteenth occurred. He said that everyone was summoned to the main residence, helped prepare a big meal, then their former owner announced that they were free. Welcome to stay, but free to go. The man said that his family left the same day and traveled as far as they could, then realized that they had no money or food… it wasn’t easy. I think it’s a very worthy day for us to celebrate.

It’s not just being 79 years old… it’s got to be unbelievably stressful. It would be bad if things were going smoothly, but things are anything but smooth right now. The only positive that I can see for Trump at the moment is that it seems like he isn’t fighting off the legal system for the time being. I fully expect that to kick back off if the House flips next year.

Nobody alive remembers where they were when the news hit on 6/19/1865. Nobody hid anything from anybody. President Lincoln emancipated the slaves in states that had already left the Union. That proclamation made as much weight in the Confederate States as one from the King of England would have. It’s also laughable to wrongly say “Lincoln freed the slaves” when the ones that existed in the United States (The North, at that point) weren’t freed until after the civil war ended. Personally? I think that Juneteenth is a great day for all Americans to celebrate. I’m not convinced MLK day is quite as justified, and I don’t know why we celebrate Columbus Day at all. But to follow your logic, Non-Christians should be forced to work on Christmas. Should ALL black people be allowed the day off on Juneteenth, or just the descendants of slaves? Because I’d be mad if some dude from Somalia who arrived stateside in 2018 gets the day off when I’ve had to listen to racist bull my entire life.

There’s no way to know for sure…. But I’m having a hard time imagining that he’ll still be around, fighting the entire world 3 and a half years from now. He’s not a young dude. That guy could bust a spring at any minute. Looking back at how quickly Biden deteriorated, anything is possible.

I think we’re at 15 now. We could stand for a few of them to be recognized days, but not Holidays. There’s also been talk about businesses rotating the Holidays… these four this year, those four next year, etc. I don’t think Trump spoke out of turn- I think he was whistling at a group of his supporters who aren’t happy that the last two federal holidays were gifts to the African American Community. But he’s not alone- I had a black co-worker make the argument only black people should have Juneteenth off, lol. Fanning the fires of racism never goes out of style, I guess.

I wonder if it will be JD Vance, as sitting President, vs some other Dem. This pace is feverish.

I’m just glad we elected Trump. This new era of peace and prosperity is awesome.

This…. Elon wore the cost for Doge and saved 150 billion-then Trump wants to go 3.6T deeper in debt. I’d be peeved, too. $TRUMP coins for when your dollar ain’t worth a dime. It’s coming if Trump gets his way.

I’ve been waiting for four months for this to kick off… surprised it took so long.

Obviously, he was a genius until he spoke out against Trump. Now he’s an idiot. But that’s true of everyone from Musk to Faucci to Omarosa to Mad Dog Mattis.

If the plane is going to crash, might as well point the nose down and get over with.

I don’t remember him campaigning on adding $30 trillion in new debt over the next ten years. [Hidden Content] *our current debt is 37 trillion- it’ll hit 67 trillion in ten years according to some estimates. If it was good for the economy, Wall Street would be celebrating, right? Bid drop yesterday, flat today… bond market is cratering, Moody’s downgraded us because of our debt. Then we cut taxes further. It’s literally trying to borrow our way out of debt. But your guy won the election, and that’s all that matters.

Yep… immediate tax cuts funded by spending cuts that start in 2029… but we all know that won’t ver happen. This is going to be disastrous for our national debt. Interest expense is the second largest component in our federal spending, so the solution is to borrow more? Outstanding.

Trump is now screaming at Walmart when they announced that they’re having to raise prices in response to Trump’s tariffs. [Hidden Content] Did that idiot really think that China would stick a check in each shipping container to cover his tariffs? It was always gonna be passed off to consumers with higher prices. At the end of the day we’d either pay more for foreign food because of tariffs or pay more for goods made here in America. Either way, we’re paying more for everything. He believes that Walmart should “just eat” the 80% markup on the goods they sell instead of passing the cost on to customers. This guy is a turd.