After Jack Dorsey Allows the President of the United States to Communicate Again, Trump Addresses the Nation

In his first tweet since Twitter suspended his account when Trump called on the demonstrators at the Capitol to go home, the President posted a video in which he calls for calm and reconciliation. He condemns the violence that was committed at the Capitol and states that the focus is now on ensuring a smooth and peaceful transition of power.

The President’s twitter account is still heavily redacted by the social media platform, which also deleted the video in which Trump tells protestors to go home.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1347334804052844550?s=20

We All Want (Mostly) the Same Thing

The reason for the protests and riots that are happening right now, is for reasons that are way more similar to why the Black Lives Matter protests and riots happened than either side is willing to admit.

At the core of these riots, at the core of why they voted for Trump in the first place, is frustration and fear over what they see around them: lost jobs, low wages, the cost of living skyrocketing out of control.

Simply put: people who are happy and comfortable don’t riot. The problem is that they’re misplacing their anger and rage.

This isn’t about left vs. right, Republican vs. Democrat, White vs. Black.

It’s about the people vs. a relative handful of incredibly powerful politicians and cronies who rob us every day.

They rob us of our money, but they also rob us of our opportunities, of our livelihoods, of our future. As we’ve seen many times, sometimes they rob us of our lives.

Their actions fill us with rage, and they redirect our rage towards each other.

Remember in the 2000s when Occupy (anti big business) & the Tea Party (anti big govt) were fighting each other while big govt handed trillions of dollars to big business, created regulations to turn them into monopolies, and laughed at the rest of us?

That’s happening right now.

We just got yet another “stimulus” bill where we got $600, crony corporations & big government agencies got trillions, & we got stuck with the bill for it, with interest.

This was passed in a broad bipartisan agreement. Pelosi, Harris, McConnell and Trump all had a part in it.

They want us to riot so they can use it as an excuse to pass even more authoritarian “tough on crime” measures. Can you imagine what Biden and Congress are going to do after this fiasco?

The thing is, it doesn’t have to be this way. It never did.

We don’t have to live with a system that wasn’t built for us, but relies on us to keep going.

We don’t have to be struggling to make ends meet.

We don’t have to beg for crumbs from the bread that was stolen from us.

There is only one way to fix this:

Recognize that this is all a scam, that Rs & Ds are in on it together.

Never vote for them again.

Replace them with people who will dismantle their thieving, murderous system.

Don’t hate your neighbor, work with them to fix this for good.

– Spike Cohen

Ohio Removes Duty for Crime Victims to Retreat

The governor of Ohio reluctantly signed a bill into law, removing the requirement for a law abiding citizen to retreat when attacked by a criminal before being allowed to defend him/herself.

While Ohio still has many problematic laws which make good people more likely to get convicted of a crime there than in many other states, this so called “stand your ground” bill is a great step in the right direction and will reduce legal advantages that criminals in Ohio had over their victims.

The majority Republican lawmaker in Ohio also refused the governor’s call to pass so-called gun-control legislation, which would have created more restrictions and legal pitfalls for law-abiding gun-owners who simply want to protect themselves and their loved ones.

https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/4/mike-dewine-ohio-governor-signs-gun-rights-bill-el/

Health Care Providers Must Disclose Prices Starting 2021, Thanks to Trump’s Executive Order

Starting January 2021, hospitals will be required to disclose their pricing negotiations to better inform consumers.

The new rule, which mandates that health care systems and insurance companies reveal costs for tests, procedures, and treatments, follows a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to uphold President Donald Trump’s executive order calling for health care price transparency.

https://thefederalist.com/2020/12/30/greedy-health-care-providers-must-disclose-prices-in-2021-thanks-to-trumps-executive-order/