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On this Memorial Day, we pause to honor those who gave their lives in service to our nation.
At the Benjamin Franklin Party, we believe that freedom isn`t a slogan—it`s a responsibility.
The best way to honor that sacrifice is by working toward a more just, civil, and united America.
#MemorialDay #MorePerfectUnion #FranklinParty
Should we be shrinking the social safety net while increasing our military?
#Medicaid #OneBigBeautifulBill
The plane would become Trump`s Air Force One.
What do you think?
No, because it could be a Trojan Horse?
Yes, because we accepted the Statue of Liberty as a gift from France?
Other thoughts? 🤔
#AirForceOne #Qatar #Boeing747
The 2nd Trump Administration is now 100 days old. What grade would you give it so far? Terrific? Terrible? Mixed?
#100Days #Trump2 #ReportCard
The Montana #Republican Party recently expelled 9 state senators for working with #Democrats on senate rules (not policy). This means they are no longer Republicans and will not receive party funds. Appropriate? Heavy-handed? What do you think?
Source – https://bit.ly/gopmt
President Trump has proposed forcibly exiling "homegrown" U.S. citizens convicted of violent crimes to foreign prisons. Thoughts? 🤔
#14A #8A #ValentineVsUnitedStates
The Constitution gives Congress authority over tariffs. Over time, Congress delegated much of that authority to the President. Is it time for Congress to take some of that authority back?
#Tariffs #S1272 #TradeReviewAct
The Department of Justice (DOJ) in the Democratic Biden administration brought corruption charges against the Democratic mayor of New York City, Eric Adams. The DOJ in the Republican Trump administration dropped all the charges against Adams. 𝗪𝗵𝘆?
#EricAdams #DOJ #JudgeHo
President Trump has been talking lately about a 3rd term, which he says is possible. What are your thoughts on this idea?
#22A #Trump
#Civility costs nothing, but its results are invaluable.
👉 https://bit.ly/prb-civil
🎶 R.E.S.P.E.C.T. ❤️
3 times during her testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, #TulsiGabbard said that no classified info was shared on the now infamous "Houthi PC small group" chat. Bombing targets, timing, and weapons are all classified info.
#DNI #Resign
The chat included other Cabinet members and intelligence officials, so it is mind-boggling that no one questioned the use of a commercial app or checked the participant list. Hegseth`s Department of Defense HAS secure apps for communicating military plans.
#FollowYourOwnRules
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Benjamin Franklin, writing under the pseudonym Richard Saunders (AKA "Poor Richard"), published Poor Richard's Almanack from 1732 to 1758. The almanack provided useful information, proverbial wisdom, and humor to the American colonies.
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Poor Richard's Blog
Benjamin Franklin, writing under the pseudonym Richard Saunders (AKA "Poor Richard"), published Poor Richard's Almanack from 1732 to 1758. The almanack provided useful information, proverbial wisdom, and humor to the American colonies.
In keeping with Franklin's legacy, Poor Richard's Blog tackles today’s complex issues and the foundations of the Franklin Party, while hopefully also dispensing some wisdom and good humor along the way.
Welcome to the Franklin Party Newsletter!
A Recipe For Disaster
By now we’ve all heard the saying “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.”
While this may not be the dictionary definition of insanity, expecting the same conditions to produce a different outcome is an indication of ignorance, willful or otherwise.
In fact, knowing that the same conditions produce the same results has been foundational to human success. It’s how we learned to cook, farm, and built jet airplanes.
This reliable reproduction of outcomes is also how recipes work. If you don’t change a recipe, it will always deliver the same product, good or bad.
In America it’s apparent we have unfortunately been running a recipe for producing mass shootings. And if we don’t change, we can reasonably expect more of the same.
A number of ideas have been proposed to fix this deadly recipe, including:
None of these ideas are new. All of them have been proposed before. Any one of them will alter the recipe. By themselves, and even collectively, these ideas will likely not completely end mass shootings, but the evidence shows they will reduce their frequency and fatality.
As a country we have been at this point too many times before. Columbine. Sandy Hook. Parkland. Orlando. Virginia Tech. Las Vegas. After each of these incidents, Congress failed to act.
And now we have the Buffalo and Uvalde shootings. Let’s make sure Congressional inaction doesn’t happen again.
At the Benjamin Franklin Party, we believe it is the duty of government to protect its people, and if elected, that’s what we will do.
Let’s fix the recipe.
Yours in republic keeping,
James Carroll
BFPNC Chair
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