Donald Trump’s administration is threatening to withdraw federal funding for unemployment assistance in all 50 states as part of the president’s nationwide campaign against “fraud” in government spending.
In a letter to the governors of 53 states and territories, acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling warned that the federal government would use “every available tool” to combat “waste, fraud and abuse” within state-run unemployment insurance programs, including “withholding administrative funds from states” for the first time in history.
There is no single national program for unemployment support, though the federal government partners with state agencies to support temporary financial assistance to out-of-work Americans. Nearly 2 million people are currently receiving those benefits, while roughly 229,000 people are filing initial jobless claims every week, according to the Labor Department.
What he wants:
What he (hopefully) gets:
Seriously, why aren’t billionaire villas burning? Why is Mar-a-Lagos still standing? I’m surprised how much the American people are willing to endure.
Oh, just book a trip to Florida and burn down Mar-a-Lago. Why hadn’t I thought of that before?
Surely no one will gun you down within 200 yards.
If they start shooting protesters things will escalate. That’s how civil wars start.
Have you seen the French protest? I don’t say one man should go to there and burn it down, but I would expect big, violent protests there.
The French only have to protest in France. Imagine the French protesting in Moscow. That’s the distance from Utah to Florida. Utah isn’t even the furthest point from Florida. Tell some Frenchmen to go march on Russia and protest until they get their way. Now picture that playing out.
Sure, America is too big for protests 🙄 That’s why I didn’t just mention M-a-L, but billionaire villas too. Protests at the closes place that makes sense. The white house, your local rich people quarter, Mar-a-Lagos, an ICE facility, the villa of the local Trump supporter,…
If you get enough people together it’s hard to ignore. Make the rich fear the people again.
March when never possible, with as many people as possible. And if that fails? General strike.
Sure there were a few “no king” demos, but they ended too soon and protested the wrong places. The ultra rich and Trump himself should feel the heat.
At this point I’m convinced we’re the weakest generation of Americans in American history. And the fact that our history really isn’t very long doesn’t help make that feel any better.
IMHO it doesn’t get any weaker and lower than exterminating indigenous people or owning slaves.
Armed revolution results in U.S. military drone strikes on blue states. I am not joking. This is Pete Hegseth’s handpicked military; they’re waiting for a revolution to crush.
I’m not necessarily saying a revolution should or shouldn’t happen, but you should absolutely be aware of the circumstances on topics like these. Plus, people have tried to attack the president. So many times that it’s seemed for a while that these are selected shooters. They’ve all failed thus far.
I mean, Trump’s war of choice in Iran was an unmitigated disaster. I can’t imagine how poorly they would respond to domestic guerrilla warfare
Horror. Abject horror would be the result.
If it’s like Iran, it looks like he’d try to fight this weaker force, lose anyways, and then push the cost on all Americans, which would just grow the insurgency. His incompetence extends to military strategy.
Except Iran actually has a military to fight back, not to mention support from China regarding drone supply. I think you’re vastly overestimating the average American’s capability for war. Especially when compared to the U.S. military.
I’m estimating their capability as equal to one Iranian each.
What is the Strait of Hormuz equivalent that U.S. insurgents can control? Because that is quite literally the only reason Iran has a fighting chance.
Nice try, FBI.
The US military hasn’t won against an insurgent force since Vietnam. Big shiny weapons don’t subjagate a populace, the USA doesn’t have the numbers they need to control a population as large as ours, nor do they have enough to cover the amount of land they would need to control.
You can consider it a disaster because iranian drones drilled them a new one. But keep in mind these guys are sociopath with no value for human life besides their own. They would totally send soldiers kill as many as possible while suffering high losses without a second thought.