The “stop Pompeo” movement is great but it’s not enough. Right now we need maximum pressure to keep all neocons and war hawks out of the Trump administration. They have had their time at the table and brought nothing but disaster to the world and this country. America First:

We need independent family farmers farming the land way more than we need big corporations buying up the land.

The system is rigged as Dutch says but the bigger kicker is that hospitals get better insurance contracts, have huge upside of hospital based billing, which has very high facility fees that a private clinic does not, many hospitals also are critical access rural hospitals and get

I don't know who needs to hear this but being over 50 is amazing. Most of the stuff that held us back in our thirties and forties doesn't matter anymore. You can just be you. It's so freeing.

The test for free speech is whether you’ll accept people expressing views that you find reprehensible or objectionable - because you realize the principle is more important than your feelings.

The First Amendment exists to prohibit the government from abridging speech that others disagree with or find disagreeable, as well as speech that others hate or find hateful.

IMO health insurance only adds a middle man that has to add more cost to the system in order to function. If anything, the ACA codified this stupid system and tried to force us all into it. Catastrophic coverage at a reasonable cost & self pay for everything else is the answer

To say "let's eliminate due process for the bad guys" is to fundamentally misunderstand what due process is.

My values are right leaning libertarian and I am disgusted that this idea is even being floated. It is right in line with the Obama admin floating the idea that he could eliminate any US citizen on US soil he deemed a terrorist without any due process. They will try to expand

Matt Van Swol LONG ANSWER BELOW (however I believe it’s worth the read): Absolutely and I’m speaking from the stand point of someone who has a lot of student loan debt for my graduate degree. I do feel that there needs to be reform however. And I absolutely believe the colleges and

I met a 100-year-old man today. He said he loves life and could just sit outside and watch ants in their anthill and love every minute of it. He told me some pretty sad things that happened in his life, but then said he had more good than bad experiences. What a gift!

💯 Repeal the Patriot Act.

Due process of law in the context of deportations exists first and foremost to protect American citizens from wrongful deportations. The only way to protect Americans from executive mistakes or abuses is to provide due process to anyone facing deportation. This is basic logic.

After thinking about this, I realize one possible solution to the elimination of the need for a large percent of labor is to fund programs to help turn laborers into small business owners leveraging AI tools to do so. I bet it would be cheaper to fund such a program than to fund

One cool aspect of travel nursing is the way it has forced me to prioritize what I buy and keep. I have to limit my belongings to what can fit in my car. Forced minimalism, if you will.