“I’m going to make sure that #Bitcoin is protected, that people can keep their own wallets, that the current White House war on bitcoin will be over, that transactions will be protected and encouraged.” #Kennedy24

My path to victory draws from Dems, Republicans + independents. Plus one more key supporter. #Kennedy24

Aquifer depletion is an aspect of sustainability that doesn't get enough attention. Give credit where credit is due — the NYT has some good reporting on this issue.

America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow (Published 2023)

Unchecked overuse is draining and damaging aquifers nationwide, a data investigation by the New York Times revealed, threatening millions of people...

Groundwater depletion is destroying rivers as springs that were once year-round dry up. This affects downstream ecosystems. As they dry out, they become more susceptible to fires and disease. So much groundwater is being pumped that it even contributes to sea level rise and affects the spin of the earth!

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Earth Tilted: We’ve Pumped So Much Groundwater That Earth’s Spin Shifted

The shifting of mass and consequent sea level rise due to groundwater withdrawal has caused the Earth’s rotational pole to wander nearly a meter ...

This is one of the win-win issues that can unite people on both sides of the climate change controversy. As President I am going to support a transformation of American agriculture. Regenerative practices not only require less water for irrigation, but they dramatically increase soil infiltration rates and water absorption and retention. With the right practices, farmland can contribute to aquifer recharge. In other places, forest conservation and beaver reintroduction can also replenish aquifers. This is a problem we can reverse! #Kennedy24

Destroying Ukraine in order to save it. Sobering article on depleted uranium munitions. Needless to say, as President I will put a stop to this reckless and inhuman policy. #Kennedy24

Maria Zakharova on Depleted Uranium: Dead Land: Western Depleted Uranium Shells Turn Ukraine into Uninhabitable Territory

Today, Maria’s short article on DU—”Dead Land: Western Depleted Uranium Shells Turn Ukraine into Uninhabitable Territory”—was published b...

How the U.S. government's disinformation enterprise is destroying liberal democracy. I’m not exaggerating. Read this monumental article. https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/guide-understanding-hoax-century-thirteen-ways-looking-disinformation

President Biden offered a $700 payment per household to Maui residents. He’s also asking for $25 billion for Ukraine. There are about 50,000 households in Maui. $25 billion adds up to $500,000 per household. That gives you some idea of what this nation is sacrificing to fund the war machine. As President, I’m going to scale down the military, end the forever wars, and bring our resources back home where they are needed. It isn’t just Maui. Communities and working people are hurting all over. #Kennedy24 #MauiFund #BitcoinAddress bc1qsv0crppu5asqpffmue4nukmm4tqxpuyj0mz2xg

Mortgage rates have spiked above 7% across the nation. This means higher housing costs. It’s part of why people are saying, “Can’t afford life.” Well, we can change this. To do that, we have to understand what has happened. Two decades of U.S. spending on war after war, the imperious response to Covid-19, and huge tax giveaways have generated massive inflation. High-interest rates and home unaffordability steer that inflation onto the backs of those who can afford it least — American workers. There are many things we can do to address this problem. Soon I will be announcing a program to make homes affordable again. The centerpiece is an approach that will reduce interest rates to 3% for millions of new mortgages. It’s a version of the approach first proposed by my uncle, President John F. Kennedy, 60 years ago. We need it now. #Kennedy24

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President Biden's choice to defy his chief military adviser by refusing to negotiate and obstruct every peace offer has cost hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian lives. When I am President, I will end forever wars and restore the middle class. #Kennedy24 https://www.nationofchange.org/2023/08/16/us-backed-roll-of-the-dice-leaves-ukraine-in-worse-crisis/

Cornell West is a truth-teller. I'm glad he's part of the presidential race because he is a thoughtful, brave, compassionate, and honest person who sees how devastating America’s forever wars have been to this country and the world, and who understands how corrupt corporate influence has hijacked our government and both political parties — especially the Democratic Party elites. Dr. West brings civility, decency, and respect into politics — qualities sadly lacking in today’s political culture. His candidacy can help raise the level of political discourse in this country. #Kennedy24

An incisive and entertaining commentary on the decrepitude of our political system — but it leaves out the new vitality that may be born from its ashes. #Kennedy24

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America is now a zombie state

Demonic nihilism has infected the nation

Our country is divided in many ways, but one of the most difficult places to heal that divide can be in our own family. Sometimes, the only thing a family member can hear is, "I love you." #Kennedy24

Join me and other free speech advocates for this event that no one will censor because my team is hosting it! Thursday, Aug. 17 @ 8 p.m. ET https://t.co/wzTS97QOUN

I am summoning our party back to its core values and making it a champion again of working- and middle-class Americans, All in Favour can Zap ⚡ #Kennedy24

Tragic and sobering. The corrupt knows no limits. Let us rise up and forge a society that does not tolerate corruption in any form. #Kennedy24

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Who was Fernando Villavicencio, presidential hopeful shot dead in Ecuador?

Killing of Villavicencio, former journalist and union member who pledged to fight corruption, comes days ahead of vote.

Blue-collar workers should be able to support a family on one income , buy a house , take vacations and even save for retirement . I say this not to evoke nostalgia, but to raise our expectations for for what is possible.

Next-gen maglev trains can reach speeds of 400 mph. If we muster political will + turn our money from war toward national revitalization, we could link our cities together with efficient, fast trains.

Greater Bay Area plans maglev train at 650km/h

The city of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong are planning a high-speed maglev train route with designed speed of 650 km per hour, said an expert ...

If you take flight delays and airport security waits into account, this would be as fast or faster than air travel. Besides airports, America’s main transportation infrastructure is the superhighway system, conceived and launched during the Eisenhower administration. It’s 20th-century infrastructure. There are six commercial maglev systems in the world today: all in Japan, South Korea + China. Let’s reclaim the quintessential American can-do spirit and move into the 21st century. America’s decline is not some random process. It is not inevitable. It is the result of some bad choices. The worst choice of them all was to maintain a militarized empire. That effort has nearly bankrupted us. When we turn our energies toward peace, we will reverse the decline and lead the world once again. #Kennedy24

The average income in our country is $5,000 less than the basic cost of living. I'm going to change that. Over the course of the next few weeks, I'll be releasing an economic plan that focuses on ending the corrupt merger of state and corporate power to make sure Americans can once again afford their most essential expenses — housing, food, childcare, commuting to work + healthcare we need to survive. #Kennedy24

How would a #nuclear war between the U.S. and Russia affect you? This video gives some idea. This is the future the Biden administration risks by escalating the war in Ukraine. According to U.S. National Security Council official Fiona Hill and former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett, Ukraine and Russia agreed on the terms of a negotiated peace in March 2022. Russia pledged to retreat to pre-invasion lines and Ukraine pledged not to join NATO in exchange for security guarantees from a number of Western countries. Both Bennett and Hill tell the same story. Leaders from Washington and London arrived to scuttle the deal and prolong the war in the hopes of exhausting the Russian war machine on the grist of Ukrainian teenagers. As we mark the nuclear destruction of Hiroshima, we must ask ourselves, is having Ukraine in NATO worth even the slightest risk of a nuclear winter killing 99% of the people living in the United States today? Is it worth the cost already being paid — tens of thousands of dead youngsters and families? Billions of American dollars drained from our food banks, our hospitals, our schools and instead detonated in foreign skies to rip young flesh from bone? Higher gas bills, higher grocery prices, higher utility bills, higher housing costs, and too little money in your bank account to pay for them? Tell me, President Biden, how is it worth all this to fight a war that could have ended a month after it began? #Kennedy24

#Self-control #Health #Mind #Kennedy24