I wouldn't take any of their claims seriously.
“They did offer to pay my way and I said, No thank you.”
You may actually have a good idea there. I hadn't even considered that option.
I kinda feel like the highly profitable railroads should be forced to pay for their own upgrades. Especially since they keep making trains bigger to increase their profits.
All countries foreign policy is based on the pursuit of power regardless of morality or consistency.
Democracy is about compromise. Only dictators get their way every time. Vote for the best realistic option and if you're not satisfied with that then find additional ways to push for change. Protest, organize, make a podcast...
That genocide (it's really more of an ethnic cleansing) has been going on for decades and Joe's been pressuring Israel to tone it down. It's not enough but there's too much public support in the US for Israel. There would be serious political consequences for him and his party if he pushed for much more than that. Hell most of his party wouldn't even support him if he went much further.
Also not having fascism is a pretty big deal in my book.
It costs nothing to play and you might be able to avert the worst outcome.
When a psycho cop in the department shoots an innocent kid in the back, the other cops will have to decide either to plant a gun on him or have their their retirement funds drained by a lawsuit.