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Dear Donald Trump,
Dear Donald Trump, As a person that has never once cared for the particulars of politics, never spoke of it, never even thought of it, my distaste for you says more than perhaps someone that is heavily involved in the topic. Seven of my 25 years on this planet mattered when it came to selecting the President and other government officials, and I didn't dare once register my name to vote. I didn't care, my voice couldn't possibly have made a difference. To be completely honest with you, I still don't think that it would have, but what I have seen over the last four years is undeniably inexcusable, bizarre, and equally as frightening.
By Brianna Scarlata5 years ago in The Swamp
No, I Dont Want To Buy Your Black Lives Matter Or Martin Luther King Merchandise.
For years the racial injustice that African Americans have faced has been swept under the rug to be invalidated or ignored. We have been treated like nothing and then slammed for requiring common decency. As time passes and I see the world for what it is I also start seeing that everything that is given to us blacks has been solely to appease us in that time being. There are people who would say black lives matter only to also apply all lives matter in the same breath.
By Blue Dymond5 years ago in The Swamp
Who Could Have Predicted This?
“This is Josh Holloway with ABG Nightly News. We have breaking news from the White House. The president has just declared martial law.”
By The Green Shoes5 years ago in The Swamp
Dear Trump
Looking back at the trump presidency, I realized that society makes mindsets. Certain things that we believe, and try to do has to come from what you convince yourself is true. I remeber something with Trump talking about how, he thinks America should be run like a business, and other information about businessmen not being treated fairly in America.
By Joseph Wilson5 years ago in The Swamp
History of Presidential Transitions
We think that our most current change in Presidential administration is contentious. But our national history has seen worse. And it goes back over 200 years to the third Presidential election, and several since then.
By Bill Petro5 years ago in The Swamp
Why Trump's Twitter Ban Is A Bad Idea. Top Story - January 2021.
For some reason, unknown to probably everyone, Trump decided that his go-to way of communicating with the American people over the last 4 years would be Twitter. He fully embraced the medium and definitely became the first full on social media president.
By Chris Hearn5 years ago in The Swamp
That Citizen From Michigan
Dear President Donald J. Trump, As a child, I remember seeing your face presented on different Television shows and Movies that I loved. Then you were nothing but a Millionaire who walked on a screen to portray the role of yourself. I never thought someday I would be placing the word President in front of your name. Especially since your race in 2000 was not successful, just as your race in 2020. The morning I woke up to your new title, I felt as if I was trapped in a dream. As I flipped through the pages of my history books, the former President’s of the United States did not have a background similar to yours. You know, a spoon-fed millionaire with no prior history in politics? So the question “How did this happen?” would soon rattle my brain for weeks to come.
By Keyana 5 years ago in The Swamp
Dear Donald Trump
Dear Donald Trump, I want to thank you for bringing this country to an all-time low. Other countries are probably laughing their butts off at the embarrassment of having you as our president for four LONG years. How do we as a country expect other countries to take us seriously when our President has made a fool of himself and our country? Despite the number of supporters you have, obviously the majority of the Americans have spoken and you will no longer be in office. Thank God for small miracles. I honestly don't think I could take another four years of your shenanigans. Every time I turned on the news, it was always something that you had either said or done that made me want to gag. I had registered to vote for the first time so I could vote against you and vote for newly-elected President Joe Biden. Unfortuntaly, I was unable to get my voter card in time, but thanks to my fellow American's who haven't fallen victim to your line of lies and psychiatric tendencies, I still got the outcome of the election that I wanted. But before you leave office, there are a few things I think you should know.
By Vanna Vorbach5 years ago in The Swamp
Entire Dutch Government Quits
Over a nationally televised address to the nation last Friday, The Netherlands' Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his entire cabinet resigned citing political responsibility over the government's welfare scandal. The scandal started when the Dutch parliament instituted new policy in order to crack down on child welfare fraud, however the policy implemented did far more harm than good for the Dutch people. When parents would apply for welfare, a simple clerical error or misfiling would result in the parents being accused of fraud and forced to backpay payments to the government, plunging them into financial ruin and while COVID-19 dominates the world.
By Juliet Schive5 years ago in The Swamp
The times have changed
Family is something that has been around since the dawn of man, and even before. We know that there are some animals that mate for life and raise families as well. It is as normal and common as the sun rising and setting every day. They come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and makeups. So why are we seeing a jump to redefine the family? What has changed to make a "normal family" so out of the ordinary now? Sure everyone deserves to be part of a family and even have or start their own families. However, there is now a push to make a standard family, mom, and dad plus the children, seem more like a freak show more than normal. Indeed normal has changed, and all things change as time progresses, but is this change good? What is it about the standard traditional family that is so inherently bad in 2020?
By Bradley Perry5 years ago in The Swamp
Avenging Lady Liberty
Dear Donald Trump, I wrote you a letter four years ago when you first took the most cherished position in the oval office. Through shaking hands and eyelashes drenched in a rude awakening, I wrote you a note I knew your narcissism would never allow your eyes to see. I sit here today on January 17th, 2021 and yet again I write you a letter you will never read.
By heather may5 years ago in The Swamp
Foxtrot Oscar Donald
There isn't a person in western civilisation over the age of 25 who doesn't know a Dumb Blonde joke. Granted not all blondes are stupid but there are at least two; Boris Johnson and Donald Trump, more so the latter of the two. At least the former has the ability to speak several languages.
By Alan Walker5 years ago in The Swamp