Monday, August 17, 2026

America Is Not Great Right Now!

Sometimes you just want to stay in bed.

They keep showing us who they are!

No firearms were used in this incident in New York involving a man having a physical altercation at a synagogue. Yet it is treated like a mass shooting. The online agitators are quickly blaming Zohran Mamdani, Abdul El-Sayed, Hasan Piker and Ilhan Omar.

Larry Montes entered Central Synagogue during a Shabbat service, disrupted the gathering, and attacked a 63-year-old congregant and a security guard. He was arrested at the scene and charged with multiple offenses, including assault as a hate crime. Court and law enforcement disclosures later revealed that Montes had local criminal history, held highly erratic personal views, and had explicitly referenced anti-Jewish rhetoric during his arrest.

Quick to name the suspect. Quick to claim a motive. Quick to blame.

Mamdani faced immense scrutiny. Critics and political opponents blamed his previous sharp public criticism of the Israeli government for creating a hostile climate. Mamdani explicitly condemned the assault as "horrifying" and reaffirmed that his administration would aggressively prosecute antisemitic hate crimes.

While public attention centered heavily on the political fallout in New York, civil rights organizations like the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) have documented a sharp, concurrent resurgence in anti-Muslim hate speech, mosque vandalism, and physical attacks across 2026.

Advocacy groups note that the visibility and historic electoral breakthroughs of Muslim politicians in 2026 have triggered a targeted Islamophobic backlash. 

This has manifested in both localized street violence—such as a July box-cutter assault targeting Muslim women on a Queens bus—and explicit national rhetoric from federal lawmakers labeling Muslim public officials as threats to national security.

We have Black people getting hung from trees and they calling it suicide.

  • Kyle Bassinga (Age 21): Found dead hanging from a tree in Marietta, Georgia, on February 18, 2026. Cobb County police ruled the death a suicide citing no evidence of foul play.
  • Juliana Umba Nzita (Age 16): Found dead hanging from a tree near a church in Charlotte, North Carolina, on May 8, 2026. The local medical examiner ruled the death a suicide within days.
  • To'nea Nicole Miller (Age 27): Found dead hanging from a tree at Gwen Cherry Park in Miami, Florida, on June 18, 2026. Local authorities indicated the death appeared to be a suicide, though family members have publicly questioned the conclusion.
  • Justice Kai James (Age 21): Found hanging outside a cafeteria in Albany, Georgia, on June 21, 2026. Investigators officially closed the case and ruled it a suicide on July 20, 2026.
  • Jerard 'Jay' Jackson (Age 28): Found hanging near a tree in Rothbury, Michigan, on June 30, 2026. Investigators ruled his death a suicide.
  • Tasia Fortune (Age 29): Found dead hanging from a tree behind a vacant home in Jackson, Mississippi, on August 3, 2026. Her death remains an active and ongoing investigation by local police and the coroner's office.

We have 365 mass shootings and we are not even close to Dec. 31. We are eight months into the year and it's endless gun violence in our country.

We are over $40 trillion in federal debt.

Thanks to the U.S. war in Iran and the tax cuts from the One Big Beautiful Act, we have seen a surge in spending that is well on pace to cross $50 trillion in less than three years.

The cost of living is intolerable and it's getting worse. Yet, we are on this name calling, guilt by association and ad hominem attacks on those who have nothing to do with the actions of some. While the agitators are claiming socialism and communism are the cause of the economic issues, we are witnessing capitalism at its worst. It is leading us into recession and likely civil war.

Groceries have now taken ¼ of a worker's paycheck. Rent or mortgage taken ⅓ of a person's personal savings. 

We have the average gas prices at $4.13⁹ a gallon. Diesel prices at an average of $5.74⁹ a gallon.

The USS Abraham Lincoln has allegedly exhausted it resources. Many of the sailors and crew are threatening to commit suicide because the conditions are extremely poor. They are rationing food, having limited showers and power.

Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Lifeline) at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or 988, or text the Crisis Text Line (text HELLO to 741741). Both services are free and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The deaf and hard of hearing can contact the Lifeline via TTY at 1-800-799-4889. All calls are confidential. Contact social media outlets directly if you are concerned about a friend’s social media updates or dial 911 in an emergency. Learn more on the Lifeline’s website or the Crisis Text Line’s website.

You can get help if you, a loved one or friend is dealing with drug abuse.

SAMHSA’s National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)

SAMHSA’s National Helpline is a free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service (in English and Spanish) for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders.

In February 2026, while the Lincoln was traveling in the Arabian Sea approximately 500 miles (800 km) from Iran's southern coast, an Iranian Shahed 139 drone flew toward the ship; a U.S. F-35 shot it down.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps said the USS Abraham Lincoln was struck by four ballistic missiles. The Pentagon rejected these claims saying the ballistic missiles "weren't even close" to hitting their intended target.

The Iranian military again stated that it had struck the USS Abraham Lincoln with a series of drone strikes. Iran would make a third claim by firing Qader cruise missiles. The ship was not harmed in all three cases. 

Shahram Irani, commander of the Iranian navy, threatened the Lincoln if it entered missile range.

By early August, the Lincoln had been to sea for over 260 days, including over 40 days of continuous combat operations, stopping in port only twice; once in Guam in December and in Oman in July. 

Navy leadership, including Acting Secretary Hung Cao, attended a town hall at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego with about 200 Lincoln family members who shared worries about mental health and exhaustion, and the risk of self-harm on the ship. Navy officials said they were working to send more mental health professionals to the Lincoln.

Iranian media reported that seven navy personnel died during a brawl on the ship, which U.S. Central Command denied. Several media outlets, including Stars and Stripes, reported that sailors made multiple attempts to jump overboard the carrier due to poor conditions and mental stress. 

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said these reports "completely misrepresented" conditions aboard the ship, but did not directly respond to reports of deteriorating mental health and supply shortages. 

When asked, President Donald J. Trump said he thought the Lincoln's deployment was "not nearly long enough". 

The U.S. Navy denied there had been an increase of suicide attempts aboard the ship, and confirmed one sailor went overboard in early August and was safely recovered.

On 13 August, it was reported that the aircraft carrier USS George Washington had left port the previous week from Da Nang, Vietnam, to replace the Lincoln.

Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, a Zionist Democrat and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, outlined a series of reported deficiencies aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln in a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The aircraft carrier, which has a complement of approximately 5,000 personnel, has been the subject of complaints including shortages of basic supplies, contaminated water, plumbing failures, declining mental health conditions, deck safety concerns, and a disrupted mail system that has resulted in many care packages being lost in transit for months.

Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego, also a Zionist Democrat, wrote on his X account that the military had been requested to allow a congressional delegation to board the vessel and "conduct oversight investigations into this terrible situation." He added that there was "no reason for denial of access."

Representative Mike Levin, a Zionist Democrat from California, described conditions aboard the carrier as including moldy showers, broken toilets, weeks of unwashed laundry, extended periods without hot water, meals consisting of half a cup of rice and two tortillas, and a lack of soap, deodorant, or toothpaste.

Zionism is evil. It is not representative of Judaism. It is a white supremacist ideology that advocates for an ethnostate. The apartheid genocidial ethnostate of Israel has violated decades of international law, taken so much from American taxpayers, influenced hundreds of lawmakers past and present. It is time for our country to break away from Israel and focus on the needs of America.

The President of the United States, Donald J. Trump will be the last person supportive of Israel as head of state. He will also represent the final straw when it comes to white men as the president. We must have diversity in our government. 

I cannot in good conscience support another old white man as our president. I will support white men who align with progressive politics. No conservatives, centrists or moderates. No more Christian aligned presidents. 

They are not following the teachings of Christianity. 

I am open to women, people of color, other religions or no religion at all becoming president.

I am open to even support gay or transgender Americans as president. 

At this point, anything but a conservative white man over 65 years old as our president.

No to baby boomer or Gen X presidents. 

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