I feel like there is a false binary being perpetuated on X regarding toxic comments about the Trump assassination attempt. Yes, Cancel Culture is bad and should not be imitated. Claiming, "They made the rules and we're just following them," is hypocritical. But the major distinction is that the past major cases of Cancel Culture focused on politically incorrect viewpoints and speech. Gina Carano was canceled for her social media posts where she compared the way modern leftists currently behave toward conservatives against the way Nazi Germany began its persecution of the Jews. Likewise, Taylor Swift and Drake have also been targeted in response to their speech concerning the recent Israel-Hamas conflict. The speech that is either encouraging or supporting the Trump assassination attempt is categorically different. It often specifically violates societal rules concerning death threats and wishing harm upon others. Some of the speech may even straddle the line of being illegal. For example, last fall a Utah man suspected of making veiled violent threats against President Joe Biden was shot and killed by FBI agents despite being a frail, elderly man who didn't pose a credible threat since he had trouble crossing the street, never mind attempting an actual violent action. Regardless, he posted online about planning to dig out a camouflage suit and begin “cleaning the dust off the M24 sniper rifle” in response to Biden visiting the state. That speech was more vague than many of the recent comments about Trump yet it was treated as an illegal action. As such, I believe the recent actions to find and uncover people making threats against Trump and make them face repercussions falls under a third distinct category. Considering all this, I doubt whether these actions should still then be considered a part of Cancel Culture. If anything, it's more of a Corrective Culture that seeks to expunge toxic, dangerous elements from society. That said, what I dislike is the vindictive nature of these actions. By contrast, these actions should be sober-minded and focused on restorative justice by considering the context of the individual. Were they simply going along with the crowd of their peers by making a joke about Trump? Or do they show a consistent negative pattern of behavior that is in severe need of correction? One just needs personal attention while the other may benefit from being publicly called out to prevent their toxic behavior from continuing to impact society. The point is that we need to tread carefully. We don't want a wave of persecution that results in a backlash that only heightens tensions in this country. Everyone needs to focus on being better Americans. And I mean everyone, including all parties.

@eyeslasho I'm curious how much that percentage is influenced by the relentless propaganda campaign. I would like to know what the numbers look like for only people fully or mostly knowledgeable about how DOGE is actually operating.

@ZeekArkham I'm not a big fan of Trump in general, but so far Trump 2.0 has exceeded my expectations by being what I had hoped Trump 1.0 would be.

RT @The92ers: Important point about the 1970s inflation. The rise in oil prices wasn't the cause; it was an effect. Oil exporting countrie…

This post didn't age well now that we know the January 2025 inflation numbers have begun to spike. Still, it's a question of whether or not this is a temporary bounce or the beginning of a larger trend.

The media told the public Trump said to drink or inject bleach. Biden ran with it. This and many similar hoaxes are mindlessly repeated to this day. Trump was talking about UV light as a disinfectant to kill COVID. Trump knew that a Healight medical trial was upcoming to test UV light as an internal disinfectant by injecting it into the body like a ventilator down the endotracheal tube. This is the scientific research Trump was referring to: UVA Light Reduced Virus Loads in COVID-19 Patients ( Trump provided the context of UV light before and after the infamous video that was edited to remove this context. If anyone literally injected bleach afterwards that was the fault of the media for intentionally misrepresenting him to make him appear foolish. It's also the fault of anyone continuing to repeat the hoax.

RT @RealEJAntoni: Who’s going to break it to Chuckles that today’s inflation report covered the end of Biden’s term and we don’t even have…

RT @icepowered: @ChrisCoons Are you saying that $300 million in medication is being allowed by someone to expire in direct defiance of Trum…

Are you saying that $300 million in medication is being allowed by someone to expire in direct defiance of Trump's orders? The USAID waiver was announced on January 28, 2025. The waiver is so that "existing life-saving humanitarian assistance programs should continue or resume work if they have stopped..." In addition, announcements from Marco Rubio and other Trump administration officials made it clear that humanitarian aid was exempt from the 90 day spending freeze. If someone is withholding funding in defiance of what the Trump administration actually ordered that act could be considered malicious compliance, which is when someone follows rules or orders in a way that undermines their intended purpose, typically for the purpose of scoring political points by making their superiors appear bad. An example of malicious compliance is when Trump announced the dismantling of DEI programs. Someone in the US Air Force decided to enforce that order by removing references to the Tuskegee Airmen from basic training. But when the Trump administration learned of it they immediately restored the history of black pilots. Alabama Senator Katie Britt tweeted, "I have no doubt Secretary Hegseth will correct and get to the bottom of the malicious compliance we've seen in recent days. " Hours later, Hegseth replied: "Amen! We're all over it senator. This will not stand." I'd assume that the Trump administration will react similarly when they find out someone is wasting life-saving humanitarian aid.

The report you retweeted states the waivers were approved on January 29, 2025. Unless I'm missing something, the waiver was announced on January 28, 2025, so the absolute scandal is that the waiver was approved the next day? The waiver is so that "existing life-saving humanitarian assistance programs should continue or resume work if they have stopped..." In addition, other announcements made it clear that humanitarian aid was exempt from the 90 day spending freeze. Special exceptions were to be made for family situations. If someone was withholding funding in defiance of what the Trump administration actually ordered that act could be considered malicious compliance, which is when someone follows rules or orders in a way that undermines their intended purpose, typically for the purpose of scoring political points by making their superiors appear bad.

The International Republican Institute (IRI) NGO is a nice little way for establishment Republican politicians to funnel money to themselves via USAID. A 2024 audit report reveals they were awarded $82.5 million in 2020. 🔴 Mitt Romney – Director 🔴 Lindsey Graham – Director; U.S. Senator from South Carolina. 🔴 Joni Ernst – Director; U.S. Senator from Iowa. 🔴 Tom Cotton – Director; U.S. Senator from Arkansas. 🔴 Marco Rubio (Formerly) 🔴 Dan Sullivan – Chairman; U.S. Senator from Alaska. 🔴 Kelly Ayotte – Director; former U.S. Senator from New Hampshire. 🔴 Mark Kirk – Director; former U.S. Senator from Illinois.

@AndrewYang Did you warn the same in September 2024 when the Biden administration last raised tariffs on China?

RT @farzyness: The way Democrats are scrambling to change their messaging on what DOGE is doing is actually quite eye opening. Trump is a…

RT @TheMuppetPastor: I read a fascinating commentary on the Pauline epistles, which states an interesting fact. The epistles are MEANT to…

RT @JonathanTurley: The NY Post is out with my column on claims that there is a "constitutional crisis" over the Trump reform efforts. This…

RT @RealEJAntoni: Painfully clear that inflation hasn't been trending toward 2.0% target; instead, prices have been steadily rising at 3.1%…

RT @RepThomasMassie: Where’s the lie?

RT @AdameMedia: BREAKING: 🇺🇸 Officials within the Trump administration have said that President Trump is considering returning the U.S doll…

RT @KobeissiLetter: The Fed's worst nightmare just got worse: CPI inflation just officially JUMPED +0.5% in one month, the largest increas…

RT @2xBeepBoopVodka: @ShawnOnTheRight @I_missJohnWayne Go to GAO website and look at all their reports That is $2.7M in improper payments…

RT @TheRabbitHole84: The Treasury is estimated to have ~23.87% of its budget being used in a fraudulent or wasteful fashion.