I’ve been here waiting for the longest time I can’t believe it’s real You lose the battles that you never fight Can’t hide from what you feel Come on!
No more compromise This is do or die And now you’ve crossed the line You’ll wake the beast inside No more compromise This is do or die I’ll warn you one last time You’ll wake the beast inside!
You’ll wake the beast inside!
You’ll wake the beast inside!
Don’t look down! Don’t look down!
So break through it all, and don’t look down You won’t fade out ‘Cuz the fire in you never dies
It comes around To light the flame They’ll know your name Burned into their memory
(So break through it all) Don’t stop, we’re on a mission Overdriving over all the competition Counting up the damage when it’s done
(So break through it all) We can’t pretend to listen Sorry if it puts you in an imposition We won’t stop until the battle’s won
What goes around Comes back around again
And if we don’t come down We’ll be lost in the wind
I know that we will find our way We’ll do whatever it will take And if we never reach the crown We’ll take the whole thing down!
Don’t look down! Don’t look down!
Songwriters: Kellin Quinn, Tomoya Ohtani, Tyler Smyth, Julian Comeau. For non-commercial use only.
Why aren’t the representatives in the Democratic Party never concerned about parts of the government who are always over-spending or can’t explain their loses, i.e., Pentagon/Post Office, etc.? It always seems to be a given or they never question this?
The railroad/post offices have to be structured/run as a business.
Something the representatives/leaders of the government have not learned is – the government is a business not a piggy bank – and that is the problem.
The railroad and the post offic need to be treated as such. A good example is during elections the Democrats use the post office to advance their election votes – manipulating the mail-in votes by adding or subtracting the votes.
Is that why the Democrats are bashing Musk?
The government must be more advanced in their thinking rather than “doing business” the old ways which are the horse and buggy days.
The Democrats line of thinking is – if you have a post office box at their station(s) – you can’t have anything delivered to your home address become you do not have a POST OFFIC BOX in front of your house. Does that make sense when I can receive a United Parcel Post /Amazon/etc. package – they can deliver it to my home even though I don’t have a mail box in front of my home?
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Elon Musk’s newest targets in his quest to slash the federal government: the United States Postal Service and the national passenger railroad company Amtrak.
The DOGE chief said Wednesday at a Morgan Stanley tech conference, “Logically, we should prioritize anything that can reasonably be privatized… We should privatize the post office and Amtrak,” according to CNN.
“To understand the federal government, it is like a corporate takeover at scale,” Musk also said, “but one where the company is actually in much worse shape than any commercial company could ever be.”
While Musk has spent the weeks since Donald Trump’s inauguration leveling accusations of fraud at the federal government and cutting programs he disagrees with, this seems to be the first time that he has publicly advocated for the privatization of these two high-profile government organizations.
Elon Musk delivers remarks during a Cabinet meeting held by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on February 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. / Andrew Harnik / Getty Images
Privatizing the USPS—which in recent years has faced dramatic financial difficulties, losing billions each year—has long been floated as an idea to make the service more effective.
Unelected Elon dubbed ‘CEO of the country’ inking deals leaving U.S. ‘less safe,’ critic says
“There is a lot of talk about the Postal Service being taken private,” he said in December. “It’s a lot different today, between Amazon and UPS and FedEx and all the things that you didn’t have. But there is talk about that. It’s an idea that a lot of people have liked for a long time.”
Last month, the Post reported that Trump was considering attempting to seize control of the USPS by way of an executive order, which could violate federal law. He hasn’t done so yet.
However, privatizing the postal service could have serious downsides, especially for rural communities and small businesses. The agency’s “universal service obligation” means that it will deliver to distant parts of the country regardless of whether doing so is profitable.
An Amtrak passenger train pass by Waldo Stadium before the college football game between the Kent State Golden Flashes and Western Michigan Broncos on October 26, 2024, at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, MI. / Icon Sportswire / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
Likewise, proposals to privatize Amtrak have also come up in the past amid the organization’s financial difficulties. While the railroad service is majority-owned by the government and relies on federal subsidies, it is already run as a for-profit company.
While supporters argue that taking the passenger railroad private would make it operate more efficiently, critics of the idea point to the many problems that emerged when Britain privatized its passenger rail service in the 1990s. It resulted in greater service lapses and further financial issues, yet still required significant government subsidies.
If Musk follows through on his words, the two agencies would just be the latest on which he has sicced his DOGE team. The squad has already infiltrated numerous government organizations, including the Department of Education, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the U.S. Agency for International Development.
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The Democrats will never agree on anything that Musk recommends because his mind is so far above their heads they can’t comprehend anything called “CHANGE” unless you talk about the change in their pockets. And, the fact, it doesn’t have corruption or fraud incorporated in it – then – they are not interested because their take is not included.
If you will note most of their bill allocations are for outside countries and are all frivolous.
If Ukraine wants to break off from Russia and have their own country, why isn’t their a process through the world court to sue for their release, pay Russia for what Ukraine is worth, and let the world move on. Why is war always the first answer to kill and destroy the cities?
We are civilized people and should work in that manner. It is not the leaders of the war-torn countries who are killed and their lives turned upside down – it is the citizens.
There are some leaders who always want war because it means a lot of money is exchanged and turned into fraud and corruption.
|As of right now the world has given a lot of money to Ukraine and what do we have to show for it? Not one thing! As a taxpayer, it is time to rethink how wars are handled.
It should be handled through the World Court. Ukraine should make its case as to why they want to leave the control of Russia and become their own country.
A good example are the German/Japan Wars. Look how many people died and cities destroyed. After the wars and Germany/Japan lost – we all became trading partners and here we are at the same game with Russia/Ukraine playing the war game. Ukraine keeps striking out and the rest of the world is flushing money down the toilet to keep them at home plate.
It is the people who are suffering and the deaths of citizens/military and destroyed cities that will have to be rebuilt.
It is time to stop this game called “war” and settle it in the world court.
People divorce every day because they can’t work things out. It is time for countries to settle their differences in the World Court in the same/peaceful manner. People should be allowed to leave a country if they don’t like being dictated or how they are treated through the world court.
We need to rethink this thing called war.
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Trump’s decision to halt aid to Ukraine yesterday is the final betrayal (Picture: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Eight million people live in New York City, just under 20 million in the state. And yet, I’ve never felt more isolated.
As Ukraine marks three years under relentless attack, I’ve found myself in a country that seems eerily indifferent to the suffering of my neighbours.
I may live in the US, but I am proudly British, proudly European, and absolutely, wholly, completely, proudly pro-Ukraine. Every day and every headline is a fresh betrayal, and I find myself mostly surrounded by people who don’t know, don’t care, or don’t understand.
One relative out here even questioned why I’m so invested in Ukraine’s sovereignty and told me that I would feel differently if it were my taxes funding it — seemingly completely unaware that Europe has contributed more to Ukraine than the US.
The callousness goes beyond Trump. Days after those scenes in the Oval Office, Marco Rubio accused Zelenskyy of ‘Ukraine-splaining’ when he dared to push back against US politicians undermining his country’s fight for survival. Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence, used her platform to claim that Zelenskyy has ‘different aims’ beyond peace.
But the root of all this animosity tracks back to that infamous call in 2020.
Trump had a 30-minute phone call with Zelenskyy in which the Ukrainian President said his country was ‘ready’ to buy more weapons from the US. Trump responded: ‘I would like you to do us a favour though,’ before later asking Zelenskyy to ‘look into’ Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, and his business dealings with a Ukrainian company.
A whistleblower complaint of this exchange was later the basis for Trump’s first impeachment, which he was acquitted for.
Then, there’s the rest of them. JD Vance essentially argued that supporting Ukraine is a waste of resources and Americans ‘won’t stand’ for funding ‘the war forever’.
Republican members of Congress have openly spread and entertained Russian propaganda. It seems to me that the only ones willing to talk about Ukraine are those looking to plunder the country for its minerals.
JD Vance essentially argued that supporting Ukraine is a waste of resources (Picture: ADAM GRAY/AFP via Getty Images)
And where the hell are the Democrats? There is zero leadership. The national party has slumped to the most embarrassing political communication I’ve ever seen — and I worked for the Liberal Democrats during the tuition fees fiasco.
Michelle and Barack Obama? I can’t see a single word. Hillary and Bill Clinton? Nothing meaningful. Jill and Joe Biden? Silent. Even George W. Bush, who knows a thing or two about illegal wars, doesn’t appear to have said anything.
Comment now. What do you think of Donald Trump’s handling of international relations with Ukraine?
Okay, a few — notably Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, AOC, and a handful of others — have been speaking out. But it’s not enough.
I am exhausted from constantly explaining why my continent’s survival — why Trump and Putin can’t just redraw geographical boundaries — should matter to Americans.
This is not some distant conflict; if Ukraine loses, the world becomes catastrophically less safe. Putin and other dictators who dream of conquest will not stop at Ukraine. They will test the limits of Western inaction, and authoritarian regimes will take notes. US security, NATO’s future, and global stability all hinge on Russia’s defeat.and 350 billion more accurately to a country to fight
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President Trump alludes that he’ll suspend all military aid to UkraineUnmute
And guess what? If Ukraine does lose, where do you think all those refugees are going to go? The same people who dismiss this war as ‘not our problem’ will likely be the first to complain about an influx of displaced, desperate families seeking safety. So, if only for your own selfish reasons, start giving a flip about this war.
And let’s clear up another thing: Alliances are not one-sided. America rightly expects loyalty from its allies, but where is their commitment?
Vance can seemingly dub the UK ‘some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years’ (something he’s since denied), but when our once-closest ally needed us after 9/11, we responded without hesitation — and lost 636 brave British soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
This is life and death. Every dollar withheld, every weapon delayed, costs lives. Each time you look away, you are complicit.
Britain has stepped up in a way that sends shivers down my spine (Picture: James Veysey/Shutterstock)
Living here, watching my home continent under siege, has been isolating, frustrating, and depressing. But one good thing has come of it: I have never been prouder of my country.
Britain, while certainly not perfect, has stepped up in a way that sends shivers down my spine. I understand the difficult dance Starmer is doing, but seeing Zelenskyy welcomed in the way he was brought tears to my eyes.
Cheering crowds outside No 10 Downing Street; our Prime Minister embracing him on the streets, a seemingly small but powerful difference, as Prime Ministers tend to wait inside No 10 to greet leaders — it has been a masterclass in solidarity.
But still. The war goes on. Ukraine continues to be ravaged. And the most powerful country in the world is now looking the other way, pulling funding and – what appears to me – to be siding with Russia.
So I beg you. Do your bit — stop turning the other way. Stop scrolling past. Do not shrug off the destruction, do not ignore the bombed-out homes, and do not rationalise Trump’s appeasement.
Silence is complicity. And there is more than enough history to teach us that complicity leads to the darkest of places.
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