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As someone from that part of the world, I’m disappointed to see this mean-spirited post on by Jake Tapper about: .

I expect more from a professional anchor on — especially given serious issues in the

*Sigh*

As counterbalance to this ugliness, here’s my love letter to & of the deserts where I come from:

https://www.theculturium.com/yahia-lababidi-desert-songs/

@bookstodon @histodons #boost

A few weeks ago, I posted a graphic showing the evident relationship between the epidemic of gun deaths in the United States and the out-of-control number of guns owned by "law-abiding" US citizens.

See -- https://climatejustice.social/@breadandcircuses/110237267888073549

But there's another statistic that illustrates just how ugly and violent the culture of the USA is, from the top to the bottom.

The United States spends more on *war* than the next nine countries COMBINED.

It's sick and disgusting.

For 2022, the United States war budget is $801 billion. For the next nine countries combined -- China, India, UK, Russia, France, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Japan, and South Korea -- the total is only $777 billion.

📣Calling Folks on // 📢

I just received 1st look at my forthcoming — political, cultural & spiritual meditations composed during our global pandemic & the Trump Years 👀

Might anyone be up for collaborating on a trailer?

Here, are past short from my previous :

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCZaCL780j0rR5oqAzP4rv7w

Please, , Thank You 🙏🏼

@bookstodon

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.

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

I've a new story out today @TexasObserver based on a document leaked to me from the Department of .

Workers are now expected to dress "in a manner consistent with their biological gender" (whatever that means!) according to a memo released April 17. An employee told us they fear for + coworkers: https://www.texasobserver.org/sid-miller-department-agriculture-dress-code-transgender/

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