Tragic and sobering. The corrupt knows no limits. Let us rise up and forge a society that does not tolerate corruption in any form. #Kennedy24

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Who was Fernando Villavicencio, presidential hopeful shot dead in Ecuador?

Killing of Villavicencio, former journalist and union member who pledged to fight corruption, comes days ahead of vote.

Blue-collar workers should be able to support a family on one income , buy a house , take vacations and even save for retirement . I say this not to evoke nostalgia, but to raise our expectations for for what is possible.

Next-gen maglev trains can reach speeds of 400 mph. If we muster political will + turn our money from war toward national revitalization, we could link our cities together with efficient, fast trains.

Greater Bay Area plans maglev train at 650km/h

The city of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong are planning a high-speed maglev train route with designed speed of 650 km per hour, said an expert ...

If you take flight delays and airport security waits into account, this would be as fast or faster than air travel. Besides airports, America’s main transportation infrastructure is the superhighway system, conceived and launched during the Eisenhower administration. It’s 20th-century infrastructure. There are six commercial maglev systems in the world today: all in Japan, South Korea + China. Let’s reclaim the quintessential American can-do spirit and move into the 21st century. America’s decline is not some random process. It is not inevitable. It is the result of some bad choices. The worst choice of them all was to maintain a militarized empire. That effort has nearly bankrupted us. When we turn our energies toward peace, we will reverse the decline and lead the world once again. #Kennedy24

The average income in our country is $5,000 less than the basic cost of living. I'm going to change that. Over the course of the next few weeks, I'll be releasing an economic plan that focuses on ending the corrupt merger of state and corporate power to make sure Americans can once again afford their most essential expenses — housing, food, childcare, commuting to work + healthcare we need to survive. #Kennedy24

How would a #nuclear war between the U.S. and Russia affect you? This video gives some idea. This is the future the Biden administration risks by escalating the war in Ukraine. According to U.S. National Security Council official Fiona Hill and former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett, Ukraine and Russia agreed on the terms of a negotiated peace in March 2022. Russia pledged to retreat to pre-invasion lines and Ukraine pledged not to join NATO in exchange for security guarantees from a number of Western countries. Both Bennett and Hill tell the same story. Leaders from Washington and London arrived to scuttle the deal and prolong the war in the hopes of exhausting the Russian war machine on the grist of Ukrainian teenagers. As we mark the nuclear destruction of Hiroshima, we must ask ourselves, is having Ukraine in NATO worth even the slightest risk of a nuclear winter killing 99% of the people living in the United States today? Is it worth the cost already being paid — tens of thousands of dead youngsters and families? Billions of American dollars drained from our food banks, our hospitals, our schools and instead detonated in foreign skies to rip young flesh from bone? Higher gas bills, higher grocery prices, higher utility bills, higher housing costs, and too little money in your bank account to pay for them? Tell me, President Biden, how is it worth all this to fight a war that could have ended a month after it began? #Kennedy24

#Self-control #Health #Mind #Kennedy24

Forcing people to do something against their will comes at the cost of their trust and respect for those who coerced them. In the military, that’s a blow to morale. #Kennedy24 https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/thinning-the-ranks

#Happy #Weekend #Kennedy24

If President Biden wants Americans to put faith in our democracy, he should debate me. #Kennedy24 #Zap To Support Our Campaign

#immigration issue What I discovered was a dire humanitarian crisis, a border security system crippled by politics and corruption.