Alec Baldwin asked Congresswoman Katie Porter [D] about campaign finance reform… Katie Porter: No corporate PAC money is a huge part of [campaign finance reform]… reversing Citizens United…. Until we clean up some of the corruption it’s going to be really hard to… Alec Baldwin: {interjects to “mansplain”} It’s the source of all the problems in this country. Katie Porter: It’s the source of all of the problems. Before I dive into the substance of my answer let’s define socialism because otherwise, people will comment “THAT’S NOT SOCIALISM!” Socialism is “voluntary co-ops,” or “government monopolies,” or “any social spending that I like,” or that “warm fuzzy feeling I feel inside when Grandma bakes me cookies.” I think it’s helpful to think of socialism and capitalism existing on an economic spectrum where virtually every country is some form of a Mixed-Economy. I’d therefore define an American socialist as someone who wants our federal government to take over all (or most) of healthcare, housing, education, food, employment, and/or income by advocating for such policies as the Green New Deal, Medicare-for-All, Jobs for All, $15 Federal Minimum Wage, and “Free” College. But one of the interesting things about socialists is they’re usually the first to complain the federal government is corrupt & incompetent.For example, if we just look at the heads of all the various Federal Departments from Education to Banking to Health & Human Services they are usually run by former lobbyists, CEOs, and Party Insiders. It’s therefore hard to reason that we should give them even more power when they clearly aren’t going to operate with the average American’s best interest front of mind. Medicare-for-All is a federal monopoly over American healthcare. If the Secretary of Health and Human Services was a doctor and spent decades as a Public Health Administrator then that’s one thing, but instead, the previous Secretary was a former pharmaceutical lobbyist, and the current one is a Democrat politician with virtually no healthcare experience. Do you really think it's wise to have these guys dictating prices, procedures, medical professional qualifications, hospital facilities, and overall treatment for the most complicated healthcare system in human history? American medical innovation is responsible for saving BILLIONS of lives! Imagine what innovation would be rendered IMPOSSIBLE due to the tight grip of a former pharmaceutical lobbyist or a Democrat politician whose afraid to look at the science as it pertains to a whole host of controversial issues or where creative destruction may hurt the bottom line of a big political donor. So I ask my socialist friends — if you know there’s so much corruption & i ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoXETuArKcQ

Caesar was staying in Alexandra to collect additional funds for his army when a rug was brought into his bedroom chambers. The servant unraveled the rug and out flowed the notorious Cleopatra. Startled, Caesar asked, “What’s the meaning of this?” Cleopatra regained her footing and complained to Caesar how her lying scheming siblings exiled her from the city so they could keep all the power for themselves! She begged Caesar to restore her to the Egyptian throne. She would do anything he commanded! Caesar was intrigued. The servant was asked to leave and the door was shut. To the shock of her siblings, the following morning Cleopatra emerged from Caesar’s bedroom chambers and was pronounced the new Pharaoh! Well, actually co-pharaoh. In a disturbing turn-of-events, Caesar forced Cleopatra to to marry her younger brother in the name of reestablishing family unity. I’m sure many parents have yelled at their bickering children, “You two are like an old married couple so if you keep it up I’ll have you married!”… okay maybe not… but historically it was an Egyptian custom for the royal family to intermarry to keep power in the bloodline. 9 months later, Cleopatra had Caesar’s son who she named co-pharaoh after the “unexpected” death of her husband-brother (she likely poisoned him). A few years later Cleopatra came to visit Caesar in Rome with baby in hand. Many Romans were stunned when he erected a gilded statue of her in the temple of love. Keep in mind, he was a married man. Then one morning in Rome, Cleopatra was awakened to learn her beloved had just been stabbed to death in the senate. She immediately fled the city as a roman civil ... broke out. Antony’s faction needed assistance to win the ... so he summoned Cleopatra to gauge her level of loyalty to his cause. With a continued flare for the dramatic, she entered the city by sailing up the Cydnus River in a golden boat, with purple sails, rowed by oars made of silver. She dressed in the robes of the Greek goddess Aphrodite and sat beneath a gilded canopy while attendants dressed as cupids fanned her and burned sweet-smelling incense. Antony, who equated himself with the Greek god of wine, was instantly aroused. 9 months later, she gave birth to Antony’s twins. After years of civil ..., Antony and Cleopatra were surrounded by their enemy. And in honorable Roman tradition, Antony fell on his sword, supposedly dying in Cleopatra’s arms. But Cleopatra, not one to follow tradition, tried to negotiate a surrender. Her main condition was that they let her son Caesarian live, but Octavian responded, “Two Caesars are one too many” and ordered the child’s death. Upon learning of the news, Cleopatra walked into her bedroom chambers and shut the door. T ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFp4lqyGTuE