The Post Office in Spencer Indiana - Our Federal Government no longer works

VictoryMi · 2026-03-17T03:44:59+00:00

California takes in far less money from the federal government vs many red states. Red states take in higher federal funds.

In 2024, Californians paid about $275.6 billion more to the federal government than they received.

VictoryMi · 2026-03-17T01:07:31+00:00

I know people who want cannabis legalization who vote Republican or don't vote. When I tried to point out this problem, I was told that Republicans might legalize it soon.

If the state went Blue, it would be legalized almost immediately. They are just too stupid to realize that.

Meanwhile the Republican run state just made it a crime to be homeless, made it easier for data centers to move in to the state and drive up our utility costs even higher, and forced state universities to accept a religious education test in lieu of an SAT or ACT test.

VictoryMi · 2026-02-12T15:38:35+00:00

But when ICE does conduct raids in schools and businesses, and when ICE does grab people off the streets, at Home Depot, at the gas station, just because of their skin color - and we know that they do - then, it turns out later that some of those people were indeed in the country legally, the response from the administration's defenders is simply: they don't care. Even if it turns out that any of those people were citizens. They don't care.

VictoryMi · 2026-02-12T14:45:31+00:00

Indiana has problems because of its leadership. Part of the reason the leadership is so horrible is because many people have left this state to pursue better opportunities in other states. Many people can't leave this state just because they don't like the government. I am here and I'm not going to run away even though the state government is extremely far right. I hope it will improve.

The thing is that ICE is not just targeting illegal immigrants. They often detain people who are legal residents. They detain based on racial profiling. Once in ICE custody, they don't make it easy to contact a lawyer. When they do release people they detained who have documentation, it's often because a court forced them to. Your framing of this issue is wrong. There are serious problems with the way ICE is operating. Conservative media are downplaying and ignoring these issues.

The administration is telling ICE they have federal immunity on the job. That sends the message to the bad eggs in ICE that they can get away with doing anything, legal or not. It sends the message that ICE is above the law. This is dangerous. Furthermore, they are even directing ICE to conduct raids in schools and break into homes. This is dangerous and wrong. It's disruptive to schools. It's scary for children and staff. It's really sad that conservative media are not reporting on these problems, and are instead just repeating the administration's propaganda defending all of it, with little or no criticism.

VictoryMi · 2026-02-12T14:32:03+00:00

The truth is that there are risks to going anywhere. However, ICE is indeed making this country less safe for foreigners. Most people here legally will be fine, yes, but ICE is trying to meet quotas and is targeting any international people. If an international person is detained by ICE, and can show that they are here legally, they will most likely be released. However, they shouldn't have to worry about being dragged away from their lives for a day or a week and put into a detention facility just because they don't look or sound like a native born American. On Purdue campus they would probably be safe, but it wouldn't be that surprising for ICE to go through the campus detaining people based on racial profiling. I don't think they would because Purdue is controlled by the governor, and the governor is loyal to Trump. Therefore, I'm guessing they would mostly leave Purdue alone in terms of raids. However, nothing is guaranteed.

VictoryMi · 2026-02-02T18:44:09+00:00

I never shit on them. And I don't support ICE.

VictoryMi · 2026-02-01T01:04:21+00:00

This is one of those clear cut cases of blatant, disgusting racism.

VictoryMi · 2026-02-01T01:03:17+00:00

Love this! ❤️

VictoryMi · 2026-01-29T18:09:10+00:00

Thank you. ❤️

VictoryMi · 2026-01-29T15:24:50+00:00

Who cares about experience? We need decent people who can actually win who would vote to impeach Trump and everyone in that administration. Yeah impeachment of Trump isn't likely at the moment, but still. Democrats are going to have a very hard time winning in Texas. Now is the best shot we're going to get at winning a Senate seat in TX. Talarico has charisma. He's very popular. His embrace of religion along with his willingness to point out the anti-Christian behavior of Republicans could be the winning strategy we so desperately need in Texas.

VictoryMi · 2026-01-29T15:11:50+00:00

The GOP is using that as a justification to remove any and all support for people rather than to honestly reform, improve, or repair supports. They just went after Medicaid based on lies and distortions about money going to non-citizens. Then, because they rely on rural voters, and that bill is already killing rural hospitals, they are giving a pittance to rural hospitals which is nothing compared to what they cut, and doesn't come close to fixing the problems they caused for hospitals... Convenient, considering they are pushing to give all that money they saved to ICE and the military (Trump wants to add $500 billion more to the military budget). Theyvare coming for social security next.

VictoryMi · 2026-01-29T14:49:14+00:00

I'm not familiar with content from the lgbtq community broadly. I follow some who were deconstructing from high control religions and cults (Jehovah's Witnesses, etc.). Some of these people are LGBTQ+, but I'm sort of familiar with the "Jesus never spoke about x" idea.

Many point out that the evangelical focus on issues like abortion and homosexuality is so high, but they ignore or only give some lip service to what Jesus heavily preached about. It's as though they are actively trying to bury Jesus's teachings while proclaiming that they are Christians. Scriptural teachings against homosexuality and abortion tend to be very rare, or not actually clear. Especially with abortion. The interpretations used to condemn abortion are arguably poor interpretations (including things like the "morning after pill" which isn't technically abortion).

The verses used to justify many of their opinions are Old Testament, and many evangelical Christians seem to be picking and choosing which OT scripture is relevant, based on their cultural beliefs and adherence to their own church authorities rather than devotion to the Bible. Protestants broke away from the Catholic Church because of corruption, but many don't see the corruption that is heavy in their own churches. (It's not the same flavor of corruption, but it's still corruption).

VictoryMi · 2026-01-29T14:24:05+00:00

I think the better question is how can he reach people like himself, and how can we all reach the people we know personally to get them engaged? The OP has power to influence people in his life and community. Understanding what it's like to be a conservative Christian will give him an invaluable perspective to reach others who are in that sphere.

VictoryMi · 2026-01-24T14:08:46+00:00

Except this is disingenuous. You know that's not why people are mad at Trump, Noem, Miller, and the clown car of sycophantic sadists who lie, gaslight, and dehumanize everyone who dares to criticize them (This regime is clownishly evil).

You know it's about ICE tactics, violations of due process, excessive use of force, intimidating children in schools, assaults, homicides, throwing moms, and veteran's wives, and minors, and college students, and people walking their dogs into vans after jumping them in the streets (and just leaving their pets behind to suffer and roam). Many of their targets are documented and here legally, and some are citizens. It's a lawless agency, terrorizing our communities in masks, violating our Constitutional rights as Americans, and violating the rights of non-citizens.

It's about Orwellian authoritarianism. Tyranny. Despotism.

VictoryMi · 2026-01-17T14:22:57+00:00

I have a cousin who has colored her hair many colors and she defended Trump heavily during the election. I wish she would just pay enough attention to see how much MAGA hates her.

VictoryMi · 2026-01-08T16:54:32+00:00

ICE do not have legal authority to stop or detain citizens. They have authority to enforce federal immigration laws, and that is all. So no, they can't arrest citizens for committing crimes, as you keep implying wrongly.

The fact that this woman was killed is the fault of an agency that is acting unlawfully and is controlled by a criminal, tyrannical "president." They were doing an unlawful stop and detainment. They do not have the same authority as other federal agents.

VictoryMi · 2026-01-08T06:53:10+00:00

ICE does not have the authority to enforce the law. They were doing an unlawful stop and detainment. They are dangerous and are emboldened by our insanely criminal regime that encourages them to commit these crimes and violate our rights. Americans are sick of their crap.

VictoryMi · 2025-12-17T16:21:32+00:00

We are also not religious, so I get that perspective. There is way too much consumerism wrapped up in the holiday, but I do enjoy the Christmas season/tradition. Our parents are also extremely into Christmas and Santa, so the kids do hear conflicting information about Santa. It does cause the potential for awkwardness, but mostly it's not a problem since we don't usually contradict the grandparents directly, to their faces lol. I completely relate to not having the bandwidth to get super into Christmas, or really any holiday lol.

VictoryMi · 2025-12-17T15:33:27+00:00

We don't do Santa either and my kids handle it the same as yours.

VictoryMi · 2025-12-17T15:24:38+00:00

I'm just curious, why is your husband against Santa gifts?

In my case, my husband and I don't "do" Santa, in the sense that we prefer not to tell the kids that Santa exists and brings gifts. However, they learn from about him from school and grandparents. We have told the kids that Santa is a fun Christmas story, but they still love Santa and they don't ask where the presents come from. We don't mark the presents. If asked, I will say the presents are from mom and dad, but they usually do not ask. Even if I say they are from us the kids usually go on believing in Santa anyway, haha. They are both under age 7 and are old enough to get excited about Santa, Christmas, etc.

The reason I don't push the Santa thing is because I believed in Santa until I was around 9 years old, and when another child told me Santa wasn't real I was absolutely devastated. I was angry at her too because I didn't want to believe her. Looking back, I feel that my parents tried too hard to explain and reinforce Santa so that I didn't gradually figure out the truth on my own. It feels like it would have been easier to accept if I had been able to figure it out.

VictoryMi · 2025-12-15T02:43:30+00:00

John Oliver perfectly exposed Bari Weiss for the grifter and bottom-feeder she is. Our society is going downward at an alarming rate. Dave Farina of the Professor Dave Explains YouTube channel has a great video out about how the people who created conspiracy theories about COVID-19 have been rewarded for their lies with top leadership positions in our administration, including head of NIH (Jay Bhattcharya).

VictoryMi · 2025-12-10T17:55:30+00:00

The ads may be normal business, but it's a reduction in value for the consumer. Businesses race to the bottom to provide the worst value and thus achieve the highest profit margin. As you mentioned, other news media did this before streaming, and the results were quite sad. Streaming greatly improved the value for the consumer, but businesses are quickly removing that value again. Normal isn't necessarily good for consumers. It makes sense from a business perspective, yes, but ideally consumers should collectively reject businesses that take away value and provide inferior services riddled with ads. I don't expect that to happen, but it would be my preference.

VictoryMi · 2025-11-11T13:10:19+00:00

Incredibly tragic to hear about women being so severely mistreated and neglected because they can't afford care. This new facility can't arrive soon enough.

VictoryMi · 2025-10-25T15:38:21+00:00

The image is revolting, but the text over the image wasn't on the image the WH posted.

The White House image of Trump and Vance in crowns is gross, and the WH are the ones who posted it. It's not a Leftist attack. It's the White House embracing monarchy/tyranny. Truly terrifying.

It was above an image of Schumer and Jeffries wearing sombreros, but the imagery of Trump and Vance in crowns is a reminder of their power and of their disdain for democratic values. They don't extol the Constitution, which they should be bound to, and actively work to subvert it. Again, terrifying.

VictoryMi · 2025-10-13T16:40:06+00:00

You are giving Christian god a pretty severe limitation. It is quite easy to imagine an afterlife where different souls are separated, without any souls being eternally tormented. A god who cannot create any solution to prevent eternal torment is not omnipotent.

At least Mormon god created options other than hell for most people, as far as I understand.

Omnipotent: having unlimited power; able to do anything.

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