Principles Matter

I have been trying to write this letter for weeks but every time there seems to be a pause in atrocities, something else happens. To Start:
Epstein corruption
• VP Vance’s plan to hold a “secret” cabal with members of the DOJ to talk about the what to do about the Epstein files.
• The Deputy AG special meeting0 and unprecedented treatment Maxwell is receiving.
• Not listening to the victims.
• Promised release of Epstein files, but has not.
• Why are there are nearly 3 minutes missing in the video from his cell when he died.
Attack on the Constitution
• Inciting an insurrection
• Pardoning violent offenders that participated in the Insurrection
• Accepting a bribe plane costing US billion dollars to retro fit. Why can we not just build a new one and not be beholden to Quarter??? There are no free lunches.
• White House million dollar dinners for Crypto business
• Tariffs -imposed without Congress
• Stock market manipulation
• Silencing the media
• Silencing anyone who does not support Trump
• Attack on our freedoms
• Pam Bondi’s baseless investigation into the Russian interference issue, another distraction and waste of Taxpayer money
• Constant lawbreaking and not being help accountable
ICE
• Unidentified masked gunman rounding up people and detaining them without due process. Some American born, some are immigrants working towards citizenship.
• 72% have no criminal record
• Deporting Children
• Concentration Camps
• ICE budget increased 350%, more than most countries entire Military budget

Voter suppression
• Trump wants 5 more republican seats in Texas, and the governor is compliant.
• Limits the voting rights of many Texans and it’s only the beginning
DOGE
• Illegal mass firing of government workers
• Unpopular Budget bill that cowardly republicans passed, without regard for their constituents.
• Defunding Education
• Defunding NPR and PBS
• Defunding FEMA
Social Programs Cuts
• Medicaid
• ACA
• SNAP
• Social Security
• At least $500 million worth of awards /contracts cancelled to develop mRNA vaccines. This includes covid and those being tested for Cancer treatment.

Economy
• Taxes increased for all but the richest among us
• Huge tariffs that increase prices for everything not made in the US
• Slowest economic growth in 2.5 years and projected to worsen with the tariffs

International
• US is now on a Global watch list for freedom of the press
• US downgraded by Civicus, (an international non-profit organization focused on civil rights) for attacks on civil freedoms.
• Gaza and Isreal
• Canada

Then the less serious but no less disturbing
• Bulldozing the historic Rose Garden
• Demolition of the East wing and building a gilded ballroom
• The overall gilding of the White House
• Opening golf courses on the taxpayer’s money

Principles MATTER!! Decide if you will be a Citizen or a Subject. Citizenry takes effort. Subject’s, have no voice and if you try using it, it will be silenced. This democracy cannot run itself as many Americans expect. Stand Up AMERICANS!

Colette Badger

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