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I think the U.S. citizenry is being afflicted by a sort of mass insanity at the moment. There are no good outcomes if this continues. As a result, I feel compelled to provide a voice for those of us lost in the political wilderness.
We must persevere and not be manipulated into the obvious and nefarious divide and conquer tactics being aggressively unleashed across the societal spectrum. If we lose our grounding and our fortitude, who will be left to speak for those of us who simply don’t fit into any of the currently ascendant political ideologies?
Specifically, we need to review some obvious facts. Neo-nazis and Antifa didn’t destroy the middle class. They didn’t start an unnecessary and barbaric war in Iraq either. Neither of these groups jack up prescription drugs, nor do they poison your water or food supply. Oligarchs and their political minions do that. Violent Americans dressing up in Halloween costumes aren't the real threat, oligarchs are, but the corporate media doesn't want to talk about that. This is precisely why they focus so heavily on clueless protesters and counter-protesters punching each other. It benefits the true power structure in America.
originally posted by: TerryMcGuire
And who are these oligarchs? From what I can see they are victors in our economic system. They are the ones who control the corporations and hence through their monetary power our government.
originally posted by: kosmicjack
Totally agree OP. All those protesters - on both sides - mostly fit into the same socioeconomic brackets....middle, barely middle or broke as hell. And they didn't do it to each other.
H.R. 339 makes certain changes to the foreign worker permitting process for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), a U.S. territory. Under current law, CNMI is undergoing a “transition period” in implementing U.S. immigration law in the territory. Foreign workers can currently apply to be treated as “nonimmigrants” for work purposes.
The bill would limit work permits issued to nonimmigrant construction workers in the CNMI to those who had a permit before October 1, 2015. The bill also would limit the total number of nonimmigrant work permits to 15,000 in 2017 (the permits are to be phased out by the end of 2019). Additionally, the bill would increase the fee charged by the Secretary of Homeland Security (from $150 to $200) per nonimmigrant worker to each prospective employer to fund ongoing vocational education curricula and program development by CNMI educational entities.
Russia should use its special services within the borders of the United States to fuel instability and separatism, for instance, provoke "Afro-American racists". Russia should "introduce geopolitical disorder into internal American activity, encouraging all kinds of separatism and ethnic, social and racial conflicts, actively supporting all dissident movements – extremist, racist, and sectarian groups, thus destabilizing internal political processes in the U.S. It would also make sense simultaneously to support isolationist tendencies in American politics."
originally posted by: clay2 baraka
a reply to: infolurker
Russia should use its special services within the borders of the United States to fuel instability and separatism, for instance, provoke "Afro-American racists". Russia should "introduce geopolitical disorder into internal American activity, encouraging all kinds of separatism and ethnic, social and racial conflicts, actively supporting all dissident movements – extremist, racist, and sectarian groups, thus destabilizing internal political processes in the U.S. It would also make sense simultaneously to support isolationist tendencies in American politics."
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originally posted by: kosmicjack
a reply to: clay2 baraka
Exactly. It needs a thread. I don't know why more people aren't seeing this. If Putin can't have a strong/capable Trump, he will seek to destabilize the U.S. It's straight out of their playbook but no one is talking about it. I hope intel types are. Jeeze.
originally posted by: TerryMcGuire
And who are these oligarchs? From what I can see they are victors in our economic system. They are the ones who control the corporations and hence through their monetary power our government.