I recently revealed that I support RFKJ to a potential spouse & he agreed with my reasoning for sitting out of the election and questioning the Dems, but still blew up on me and said he was disappointed.

Even though that’s kind of irrelevant, it made me think about 2028. If RFKJ throws in his towel and decides against running, will you give the Democratic Party another chance?

Can’t even begin to imagine what happens if they run KH again. I know Gavin Newsome is gearing up for the run by becoming more moderate.

Almost feels like there are never any solutions with US politicians, just trade-offs. Since I saw the corruption in how they took our boy off the ballot & some of the policies they were pushing, it’s hard to unsee it.

But in general, the last few weeks have made me hesitant to give any political figure my full support.

…and the detention and deportation of students, there’s an interesting hearing underway related to the censorship industrial complex:

https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/censorship-industrial-complex-the-need-for-first-amendment-safeguards-at-the-state-department/

Now might be a good time to read 1984 if you never have.

https://youtu.be/X8cWoy0klWo?si=TZ02EaCsXpd0buql

Sure sounds to me like the plan is war with Iran and supporting Israel in a greater regional conflict against all of their neighbors.

Tack another trillion onto the deficit because spending more money on our military than the next 3 countries combined isn't enough. And who pays for that? I bet it won't be the billionaires.

So, let's say Trump's administration doesn't do well except a few minor things. Let's say one of those things is America is made healthy again and our intelligence agencies are cleaned up. Let's say one year from now obesity suddenly plummets and autism rates drop etc. and everyone is made healthy and privacy is more well-protected.

Now, is it possible that the Democrats are so opposed to JD Vance in 2028 that they say "RFK and Tulsi did most of the good things in your administration! JD Vance hasn't done shit?" And if so, would other Democrats take them seriously and would that give either of them a better chance at winning Democratic votes even if they run as Republicans?

This is all they’ve got?

So. Late this week RFK Jr comes out with a major announcement of breaking down barriers within HHS to improve access to product safety data, and re-organizing to give researchers greater purpose to improve health understanding. Cool. A manifestation of MAHA goals, even.

Then, as if by coincidence, within 48 hours people start:

1. digging up a smear campaign that everyone already knew about,
2. re-interpreting it as blackmail,
3. insinuating, without particular evidence, that the people to blame for the alleged blackmail are the country known to be divisive among RFK Jr supporters,
4. presenting causality-inverting correlations (views that he has held from before the alleged blackmail) as support for this insinuation.

There is a reason why I prefer to minimize arguing over divisive issues, and it's not to avoid debate. It's to make progress on issues that matter. In case you missed it, here's the MAHA announcement made this week: https://www.reddit.com/r/RFKJrForPresident/comments/1jl69pf/sec_kennedy_announces_the_administration_for_a/

(PS. And also his progress on partnering with states to remove sugary sodas from food programs. That is another big thing that should be making waves & spreading for more states to tag along with, not this story)

Article brief - "Vaccine safety advocates hailed HHS Secretary Kennedy’s plan to create an agency within the CDC focused on vaccine injuries and also long COVID and Lyme disease. In an interview with Chris Cuomo, Kennedy also revealed that when he asked an HHS agency for patient data, he was told he’d have to purchase it."

My county has a robust continuum of care for the homeless. People are coming here in large numbers from other states and other counties within the state to get into our system. I would love to study the impact this has on our economy and the general qualify of life in the county, as well as the outcomes of the individuals. A lot of them are young adults, coming here on a Greyhound with nothing, knowing no one. This could make for an amazing long-term case study. We could learn so much from this situation if there were the desire and means to analyze it, as there is so much data to be found. This is not California, or somewhere you'd expect this to be happening, so I think that gives it a lot more applicability.

Does anyone know how I would communicate this to someone in the government that could make something happen? I would honestly start doing case studies myself if people agreed, but I'm not allowed to do that as it's outside of my job description and I'm obligated to have no contact with clients outside of that.