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That’s where you should have stayed. We were better off without you.
I can confirm that this information is 100% accurate.
Some have to stay and complain constantly, no matter what and be blind when their party brought us the worst inflation, DEI and unaffordability in 4 decades.
@FD1000. DEI stands for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Diversity – Having a mix of different people and perspectives. This can include differences in race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, religion, education, and experiences.
Equity – Ensuring fairness by recognizing that people start from different places and may need different levels of support to have equal opportunities. Equity is about outcomes, not just equal treatment.
Inclusion – Creating an environment where all people feel respected, valued, and able to participate fully and authentically.
Some people have no tolerance for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Indeed, some countries have no tolerance for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. They prefer to displace or kill anyone who is not just like them. And under the "leadership" of our current "president" we too are headed in that direction. Perhaps that is one reason FD1000 is so enamored of him. Birds of a feather...
We were not all hoping for some overblown reposts of WH press releases? Announcements with little substance? Political statements meant to curry favor? Desperate words to stem the bleeding?
"Federal Bureau of Investigation director Kash Patel is facing criticism for announcing on social media that the FBI had detained a person of interest in Saturday’s mass shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, that killed two and injured nine others. That individual was released hours later. This is not the first time Patel has rushed to make an announcement that later turned out to be incorrect."
"When asked why the FBI is having trouble locating the suspect, Trump tried to blame the university. 'You’d really have to ask the school a little bit more about that because this was a school problem,' he said. 'They had their own guards. They had their own police. They had their own everything, but you’d have to ask that question really to the school, not to the FBI. We came in after the fact, and the FBI will do a good job, but they came in after the fact.'"
Comments: Incompetent Trump loyalist Kash Patel screws up once again! Trump, predictably, shifts the blame to Brown University.
"An interview with White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles published in Vanity Fair today reinforces the impression that the administration is chaotic. In eleven interviews with Wiles over the course of Trump’s second term so far, journalist Chris Whipple examined the administration’s handling of major issues: the destruction of USAID, deportations of immigrants, Trump’s tariff war, the deployment of National Guard troops in Democratic-dominated cities, Trump’s “revenge” against those he perceives as enemies, the destruction of Gaza, and the administration’s attack on small boats from Venezuela."
"Wiles told Whipple that Trump 'has an alcoholic’s personality,' suggesting he cannot imagine limits on his behavior, and quoted him as judging people 'by their genes'; that Vice President J.D. Vance converted from being a Never Trumper to a major MAGA booster for political reasons; that director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought, a key author of Project 2025, is 'a right-wing absolute zealot'; that Musk’s reposting of a tweet about public sector workers killing millions under Hitler, Stalin, and Mao was a reflection of his drug use; and that Trump is, indeed, embarked on a project to use the power of the government to hurt people he hates."
Comments: The Trump administration creates extreme chaos but fails to improve the lives of ordinary Americans! It really doesn't help when we have low-caliber administration officials like the ones noted above.
"...It’s not the Fed’s job to worry about employment growth at the federal government. The Fed needs to look at private sector jobs and not get distracted by federal government job cuts and their impact on the unemployment rate..."
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Diversity – Having a mix of different people and perspectives. This can include differences in race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, religion, education, and experiences.
Equity – Ensuring fairness by recognizing that people start from different places and may need different levels of support to have equal opportunities. Equity is about outcomes, not just equal treatment.
Inclusion – Creating an environment where all people feel respected, valued, and able to participate fully and authentically.
So tell me @FD1000, what is so bad about DEI?
Federal government slashed 172,000 jobs in 3 months, Private Sector gained 225,000, the most since May. It's a good idea to cut the overhead.
that the FBI had detained a person of interest in Saturday’s mass shooting at Brown University
in Providence, Rhode Island, that killed two and injured nine others. That individual was released hours later.
This is not the first time Patel has rushed to make an announcement that later turned out to be incorrect."
"When asked why the FBI is having trouble locating the suspect, Trump tried to blame the university. 'You’d really have to ask the school a little bit more about that because this was a school problem,' he said. 'They had their own guards. They had their own police.
They had their own everything, but you’d have to ask that question really to the school, not to the FBI.
We came in after the fact, and the FBI will do a good job, but they came in after the fact.'"
Comments: Incompetent Trump loyalist Kash Patel screws up once again!
Trump, predictably, shifts the blame to Brown University.
reinforces the impression that the administration is chaotic.
In eleven interviews with Wiles over the course of Trump’s second term so far, journalist Chris Whipple examined the administration’s handling of major issues: the destruction of USAID, deportations of immigrants,
Trump’s tariff war, the deployment of National Guard troops in Democratic-dominated cities, Trump’s “revenge”
against those he perceives as enemies, the destruction of Gaza, and the administration’s attack on small boats from Venezuela."
"Wiles told Whipple that Trump 'has an alcoholic’s personality,' suggesting he cannot imagine limits
on his behavior, and quoted him as judging people 'by their genes'; that Vice President J.D. Vance
converted from being a Never Trumper to a major MAGA booster for political reasons;
that director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought, a key author of Project 2025,
is 'a right-wing absolute zealot'; that Musk’s reposting of a tweet about public sector workers
killing millions under Hitler, Stalin, and Mao was a reflection of his drug use;
and that Trump is, indeed, embarked on a project to use the power of the government to hurt people he hates."
Comments: The Trump administration creates extreme chaos but fails to improve the lives of ordinary Americans!
It really doesn't help when we have low-caliber administration officials like the ones noted above.
Says who? Public sector jobs are indeed jobs. The FED's dual mandate is to balance jobs and inflation.
https://wolfstreet.com/2025/12/16/the-fed-should-look-at-private-sector-jobs-growth-and-not-get-distracted-by-the-massive-federal-government-job-cuts/