> .. #budgets, of course, are reflections of a government’s priorities. You can’t do everything.. so you have to make choices about what’s more important.. #PresidentBiden has asked for $33 billion more for mainly military aid.. to Ukraine. Contrast that with the $22 billion asked for for all of the #USA dealing with #COVID.. rejected by the #Republicans and some Democrats, far less than the $33 billion..
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/5/3/russia_us_escalate_likelihood_direct_clash
#GeorgeBeebe #DN! #Ukraine #Biden #BudgetPriorities

> .. #SocialMedia, #Twitter and other platforms.. encourage outrage.. what gets attention online, not people who are saying.. “Look, we have to look at this in a balanced way. It’s complicated. We need to understand the dynamics of all of this.” It doesn’t.. lend itself toward that kind of complexity and reasoned evidence. The people that get attention are the ones that scream the loudest.. provoke the most #outrage.
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/5/3/russia_us_escalate_likelihood_direct_clash
#GeorgeBeebe #DN! #Ukraine #Biden #BudgetPriorities