It is becoming clearer by the day that Donald Trump is engaged in a full scale war against federal government agencies and workers, with his refusal to end the federal government shutdown, harming hundreds of thousands of workers and innumerable agencies.
He is promoting anarchy and division unlike any time since the Civil War, and this pleases Vladimir Putin manifestly.
He has, since he took the Presidential oath, refused to fill many high government positions, and now has shown his total disrespect for federal workers, including denying them pay raises, as well as furloughing many, and others forced to work, but with no pay.
This will soon cause an economic crisis, and many workers will lose their homes or apartments, their autos, and their health, as well as cause great psychiatric stress. Many businesses that work around federal agencies are losing their business, and will disappear, and many workers will leave and go to the private sector, causing great shortages of personnel in key security, law enforcement, and other areas of the federal government.
And the closure of national historical sites, museums, and other tourist locations will harm those areas economies, and disappoint many who had planned tourist trips to these sites, in particular in Washington, DC, but also all around the country.
With so many people living paycheck to paycheck with little funding in reserve, the lives of ordinary Americans will be harmed, and now for the first time, even those whites with only a high school education are finally starting to turn against Trump, as they are now seeing the destruction and damage he has wrought.
Learning that Trump is now seen as clearly colluding with Russia, and took the translator notes from the summit in Helsinki with Putin away from the translator and any other government officials, who have no idea what happened at that summit in July, makes the constitutional crisis we face very more terrifying.
Good point that was brought up in response to the New York Times bombshell. What if the obstruction was the collusion?
https://www.lawfareblog.com/what-if-obstruction-was-collusion-new-york-timess-latest-bombshell
Tuesday, January 15, 2019 @ 12:30 p.m. ET — Teachers from Los Angeles, California are now on strike.
In this video, Jimmy Dore’s wife, Stef Zamorano, talks about how bad it is; a few years ago she was a teacher.
Ronald has written about how big is California’s economy. Los Angeles County has a population larger than 41 U.S. states.
https://youtu.be/gOksjGqkg8A
Some of our state Republicans crossed over to help sponsor a bill to raise our state’s minimum wage.
https://www.virginiamercury.com/2019/01/14/surprise-bi-partisan-vote-sends-bill-to-raise-minimum-wage-to-full-senate/
The theory is that the Republicans are getting scared of a Democratic majority in our state government and are trying to soften their image.
There was an earthquake off the East Coast tonight, felt from Delaware through the Outer Banks, and as far west as Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia. No tsunami watches or warnings were issued for the coast following the quake.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/earthquake-reported-off-coast-of-maryland/2019/01/15/dbd3fdac-1933-11e9-b8e6-567190c2fd08_story.html?utm_term=.0ba4dde4d119
The earthquake was caused by Trump, stumbling down the steps in the White House. lol
On the national front regarding the minimum wage:
House Democrats Propose $15 Minimum Wage With New Majority
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/house-democrats-15-minimum-wage-majority_us_5c3f9b59e4b041e98ffa4ef1
Typical. Our Republican-controlled state senate voted No to raising minimum wage. Shame on those Republicans!
https://www.facebook.com/ProgressVA/photos/a.340462799351729/2219400328124624/?type=3&theater