Bryan and I catch up with all the current events with Washington State, DOGE, and the nation.

A dear old friend of 38 years and I have a blast catching up

The democrats are relentless in this state of Washintgon. I go over some key points in this brief episode , more of a rant in an ominous tone.

Check out details in Brandi Kruse reporting on the disgusting corruption inWashitngon State Schools

https://youtu.be/69JocO7_Hps

I’m a week late, but what’s new? Today I dive into the State of The Union, or the Prez addressing congress, whatever you want to call it, cause I didn’t get many good vibes SO I NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT haha.

https://youtu.be/GCM9_cdwHNw?si=imgwZPvyjXjLHxfd : Democrat with This is not Normal sign. Rep. Lance Gooden of Texas taking sign from Rep. Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico

https://www.youtube.com/live/QlrQKv1vN_4?si=Zv_v0JKRtZYyb9El :Sander’s SOTU response.

https://www.dpeaflcio.org/factsheets/the-professional-and-technical-workforce-by-the-numbers :This is where I was getting those occupational numbers from.

Quick episode with regards to China's recent threat...

Random thoughts about current events, SOTU, Democrats and the torn society.

So many things to discuss, but instead I got sidetracked by Bill Maher.

https://youtu.be/dskdjJJ7bnQ?si=RCLQ8yE55hVKYUsz

Medical bills account for 40% of bankruptcies: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1127305/

John Brown: Pottawatomie Massacre

* On May 24-25, 1856, Brown and his men killed five pro-slavery settlers in Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas

noblesse oblige

1. the inferred responsibility of privileged people to act with generosity and nobility toward those less privileged.

In this episode I rely heavily on Andrew Heaton's new book: Tribalism is Dumb: Where it Came From, How it Got So Bad, and What to do About it. I read a passage from the book and discuss how the defined terms of progressive/socialist, Conservative, Libertarian, and Populist don't actually have that as many differences as they might think—if they would just strip away the nonsense dividing them. I can't recommend the book enough, hope you check it out and enjoy!

I supposed it was time to dive into a little of what Trump has done during his first 5 weeks as president. But then there was the shocking argument he had with the Ukrainian president, so we had to touch on that. I gave some ham fisted opinions on USAID, which is the biggest thing that the administration has done so far (speaking of ham fisted), but maybe it's not such a bad thing; not only for US citizens, but for the future of democracy on the planet? I'm still dubious but we'll see.

https://confronting-capitalism.pinecast.co/episode/77925932/don-t-cry-for-usaid

http://oig.usaid.gov/node/7359: Article about Chemonics International

https://congressionaldish.com/cd244-keeping-ukraine/:Congresssional Dish

Bryan and I share our thoughts on the first few weeks of Trump and other various issues