{"id":24101,"date":"2025-03-06T17:09:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T01:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/?p=24101"},"modified":"2025-03-15T10:40:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T17:40:00","slug":"back-and-forth-on-and-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/2025\/03\/06\/back-and-forth-on-and-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Back and Forth, On and Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>CDC recalls fired workers;<\/li>\n<li>Tariffs are delayed again;<\/li>\n<li>Why would Trump want to destabilize the country?<\/li>\n<li>Texas would make identifying as transgender a felon;<\/li>\n<li>Trump blames the victims;<\/li>\n<li>TN names July a month of &#8220;fasting and prayer&#8221;;<\/li>\n<li>Miracles are happening every day because Trump is listening to the prophets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"center\">&#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/div>\n<p>Trump has no plan. He has bluster, and a magic toy he&#8217;s discovered that he thinks can solve everything: tariffs. But he can&#8217;t make up his mind. On again, off again. Even his supporters are becoming discontent.<\/p>\n<p>\\\\<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/e7f5eb2\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/3300x2200+0+0\/resize\/1440x960!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fbf%2Ff3%2Fc28219f311c09b7e59b5e82de64f%2Fcb1cfaf434544ae0bb7daf1919f6a315\" width=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>AP News, 5 Mar 2025<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/cdc-reinstatements-c1f0b33d677e5a02a4df1210b82ca930\">\u2018Read this e-mail immediately&#8217;: CDC tells about 180 fired employees to come back to work<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\\<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2202754896.jpg?c=16x9&amp;q=h_540,w_960,c_fill\" width=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>CNN, 6 Mar 2025<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/03\/06\/economy\/tariffs-delay-mexico-canada\/index.html\">Trump delays some tariffs on Mexico and Canada for one month<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\\<\/p>\n<p>For what purpose?<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/media-library\/donald-trump-reuters.jpg?id=55802799&amp;width=1200&amp;height=625\" width=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>RawStory, 6 Mar 2025<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/trump-sabotage\/\">&#8216;It&#8217;s definitely sabotage&#8217;: Analyst accuses Trump of intentionally &#8216;destabilizing&#8217; country<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\\\\<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mediaproxy.salon.com\/width\/1200\/https:\/\/media2.salon.com\/2023\/05\/texas-capitol-trans-protest-1477257390.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Salon, Alex Galbraith, 5 Mar 2025<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2025\/03\/05\/identity-fraud-proposed-texas-state-law-would-make-identifying-as-transgender-a-felony\/\">&#8220;Identity fraud&#8221;: Proposed Texas state law would make identifying as transgender a felony<\/a>, subtitled &#8220;The bill proposed by State Rep. Tom Oliverson would leave transgender Texans open to charges of fraud&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives think they can change reality by passing a law. Transgenders and gays have always existed; and conservatives are always inclined to reduce every situation to black and white. They want to create a simplistic fantasy world to replace the messy real world we all live in.<\/p>\n<p>\\\\<\/p>\n<p>As I&#8217;ve long noted, conservatives think the worst about other people.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mediaproxy.salon.com\/width\/1200\/https:\/\/media2.salon.com\/2025\/03\/donald_trump_us_department_of_veterans_affairs_seal_1019756844_2202667226.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Salon, Amanda Marcotte 6 Mar 2025<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2025\/03\/06\/not-fit-to-have-a-job-victim-veterans-workers-for-his-on-the-economy\/\">&#8220;Not fit to have a job&#8221;: Trump victim-blames veterans, workers for his war on the economy<\/a>, subtitled &#8220;When Grandma&#8217;s Social Security check goes missing, Trump and Musk plan to call her a &#8216;fraud'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\\\\\\<\/p>\n<p>OK, I can&#8217;t resist noting some of these.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JMG, 6 Mar 2025<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joemygod.com\/2025\/03\/tn-bill-names-july-as-month-of-fasting-and-prayer\/\">TN Bill Names July As Month Of \u201cFasting And Prayer\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I believe it is important to seek Almighty God\u2019s hand of blessing in our state. As our Founders sought His help, I think it is important to seek His help today. If we are to pass on a free and prosperous state to posterity, it will be accomplished only with His hand of blessing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Has this *ever* worked? What century are we living in?? (He also believes in chemtrails.)<\/p>\n<p>\\<\/p>\n<p>And this guy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Right Wing Watch, Kyle Mantyla, 5 Mar 2025<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peoplefor.org\/rightwingwatch\/tim-sheets-says-miracles-are-taking-place-every-day-because-trump-listening-prophets\">Tim Sheets Says Miracles Are &#8216;Taking Place Every Day&#8217; Because Trump Is Listening To The Prophets<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Tim Sheets, a Dominionist pastor and self-proclaimed &#8220;apostle&#8221; who is deeply tied to the New Apostolic Reformation, appeared on the &#8220;Elijah Streams&#8221; program last week, where he declared that &#8220;miracles are taking place every day&#8221; in this nation because President Donald Trump is welcoming prophets into the White House.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What miracles, where?? These are people who are deeply deluded about reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CDC recalls fired workers; Tariffs are delayed again; Why would Trump want to destabilize the country? Texas would make identifying as transgender a felon; Trump blames the victims; TN names July a month of &#8220;fasting and prayer&#8221;; Miracles are happening &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/2025\/03\/06\/back-and-forth-on-and-off\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,16,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conservative-resistance","category-culture","category-religion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24101"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24173,"href":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24101\/revisions\/24173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}