Lauren Elizabeth

1 week ago | xlauren-mx.medium.com | Lauren Elizabeth

Well, we’ve all heard by now…President Donald Trump has set a two week deadline to decide whether or not he is going to bomb Iran. I think we’re all so numb to the chaos of the past decade in this crumbling, dying, decaying American end stage capitalist empire that we’re losing sight of how widespread and deep seeded the implications of what that moment would be, should he decide to bomb Iran.

1 week ago | xlauren-mx.medium.com | Lauren Elizabeth

He just cannot help himself. As we all know, yesterday was Juneteenth. The now federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery here in the United States, and apparently for President Donald Trump, it should come as no surprise that in his view, it’s one holiday too many. Jacob Shamsian with Business Insider writes:“…“Too many non-working holidays in America,” Trump wrote on Truth Social late Thursday.

1 week ago | xlauren-mx.medium.com | Lauren Elizabeth

Thoughts that stemmed from JD Vance and Ilhan Omar’s recent comments. As we have all probably heard by now, Israel and Iran are at war, with the U.S. sitting quietly by and watching as the government of Israel launched a preemptive attack. It’s funny and yet entirely unsurprising, really, how the United States and Donald Trump in particular can change their tune so quickly. What happened to peace? What happened to easing tensions?

1 week ago | xlauren-mx.medium.com | Lauren Elizabeth

There’s certainly a case to be made. At this point, I don’t know how much more people need to see from the nation from Israel before we understand just how cruel and fundamentally dangerous to its core the government of that country has proven they are. I mean, it probably should have been obvious after we were seeing videos of a young father holding up the decapitated body of his dead toddler while the refugee camp behind them stood engulfed in flames, but I digress.

1 week ago | xlauren-mx.medium.com | Lauren Elizabeth

The implications of this election has the potential to send a loud and clear message. Even if you don’t live in New York City, you may have noticed that the largest city in the United States is currently in the midst of electing their next Mayor. Of course, you may have also heard that none other than disgraced former Governor Andrew Cuomo is running for the job. Of course he is. I mean, is anyone really surprised?