I old enough to understand that if we continue to embrace social media platforms we become poor sucker birds who can be affected by misinformation and disinformation if we allow it.

Democracy is facing a deeply important paradox as it’s modern erosion highlights a troubling reality: the slow undermining of democratic norms occur with overt violence, direct overthrow, or legal, procedural, and institutional manipulation.

The former guy wanted the sentencing delayed, but the majority of justices found his arguments can be handled as part of the regular appeals process. However, the usual suspects, Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh wanted to delay the sentencing. "Public confidence in the integrity of the Government
is indispensable to faith in democracy;
and when we lose faith in the system,
we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for."
-Adlai Stevenson, VP to FDR, 1952 - Meanwhile, T minus 10 days… And so it goes.

As deadly wildfires continue to devastate Los Angeles County, the outbreak of a new inferno in the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday afternoon led to the spread of fake pictures and videos across social media claiming that the iconic Hollywood sign is ablaze.
Those images are fake and, at the time of writing, the legendary landmark is safe from the flames as the fire would have to cross over a freeway to impact the sign. Several people have been killed by the out-of-control fires so far, with more than 1,000 structures destroyed and 150 K residents forced to flee their homes.

He was not an evil man and his politics were not totally, but he was more of a realist for that time.

The social media tech bros are abusing power to push hate and division. These platforms are tools for spreading fascist ideologies. We The People should abandon them by suppressing and dismantling these systems of oppression. Enabling this content perpetuates the spread of these ideologies that harm us all. It’s time to take a stand. Users who oppose fascist policies should stop supporting these businesses and delete these apps immediately.
I remember when Ollie was part of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy.
Are oligarchs going to ruin our government?
Creeps, clowns, or sucker-birds?
Say it ain't so, Joe!
“The dons, the bashaws, the grandees, the patricians,
the sachems, the nabobs; call them by what names you please,
sigh and groan and fret, and sometimes stamp and foam and curse,
but all in vain. The decree has gone forth, and it cannot be recalled,
that a more equal liberty than has prevailed
in other parts of the earth
must be established in America.”
-John Adams

Sure, most Americans are supposed to be smart. But They Could Have Been Smarter. Exposure to toxics probably lowered I.Q. levels,

Scientific research is finding this might be the next case of USA widespread food and industrial pollution.

Toxics are poisonous substances that can cause serious illness or death. Some examples of toxic substances include: 

The long-lasting Arctic outbreak with ties to the polar vortex will be accompanied by a significant winter storm over the weekend.⁠
According to published reports, a 2025 storm is set to deliver upwards of a foot of snow in parts of the Plains, Midwest and Appalachians, with somewhat lower amounts for Washington, D.C., Baltimore and potentially Philadelphia as well. Kansas City and areas around St. Louis could see their biggest snowstorm in decades.