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There are several websites about current good news, some of which is happening in this country right now.

Here's a simple one:

In October 2025, following pressure from United States Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered cities across the state to remove LGBTQ+ Pride crosswalks and other road markings that “advance political agendas” and “ideologies.”

Abbott cited safety concerns and violation of state and federal guidelines as reasons to invoke the measure, which required cities to comply within 30 days or risk losing transportation funding.

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But, in the meantime, the new, colorful sidewalks do not violate any local regulations, and Kaur and McKee-Rodriguez hope they signal an ongoing commitment to LGBTQ+ Pride in San Antonio.

Let me tell you the good news: we've always been fascist, racist, bullies. This admin is just not covering it up at all. Glad you're awake now my guy.

now that the DOJ doesn't prosecute for it anymore, we're way better at corruption. the rich take so much more of our taxes.

The United States gives billions of dollars in foreign aid to developing nations every year. In total foreign aid is in the 60-70 billion dollar range but that includes Israel and Ukraine... Total strictly humanitarian aid is more like 20 billion-ish. So, thats nice.

You should have never been proud of your country its just more blatant than usual.

It's promoting Europe and the rest of the world to come closer together with new treaties and trade. It's a positive move in the next phase of global relations.

I have options to go to another country, but I choose to stay in the U.S. It certainly is not an easy decision to make given the many current and historical problem of the U.S. Like many of you, I believe Trump is the symptom, not the problem. The problem is much much more deeply rooted and harder to get rid off.

Admittedly, my wife being in the U.S. is the largest driving force for me to remain in the U.S. Yet, here are some other advantages of the U.S. I have considered:

• EU tried to push chat control repeatedly, the vote is always close; and U.K. already have strict age verification law for porn (and possibly VPN). U.S. is heading there, but at least my state has not attempted any of these ridiculous moves.
• US is a top funder of scientific research: https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsb20257/global-r-d-and-international-comparisons-2 . Now even China is out-funding EU and UK, but I am certainly not going to China any time soon. There is way too much politics in Chinese academia, as far as I know.
• I think education is a human right, and U.S. education is way more expensive than it should be. I don't want to defend it. But I believe U.S. has better educations thanks to the libral art system, where student have much more chance to interact and learn from professors compare to many top UK schools.
• In general, even account for the out of pocket maximum for healthcare, many U.S. job still pays more than their U.K. counterpart. This means saving money in the U.S. and later move to a lower income country is easier than saving money in a lower income country and later move to the U.S. Working in the U.S. when I was young gives me more liberties and assets to move to other countries later in my life, if U.S. eventually collapse.

Is America fundamentally different today than in the past? Like others have pointed out, it's not like we've got no skeletons in our collective past. Ask any indigenous person, a large percentage of black folk, or anyone who's ever been considered "a foreigner." The only major difference is that the same people who have always been assholes are feeling like they can operate out in the open.

But at the same time, the good that has always been true is still here. We're a beautiful country, with so many ecosystems and climates, two beautiful oceans, amazing natural resources, and we've been pretty safe from wars due to our geography and having two pretty good neighbors.

Those being selfishly rich or power hungry have very loud voices these days instead of doing the same things while acting like so-called gentlemen, but they're still a minority. Most people are just keeping their heads down and earning an honest living. Many are still doing great things like working on medicine, trying to repair our environment, raising and teaching our children, helping those in need, whatever you can name.

Maybe those that want to do evil in America want honest people to feel hopeless and to abandon holding on to what we have. That will leave it all to them after all. But I still love my home and my friends. I love our mountains, beaches, and wildlife. I love my America as much as ever, since I want this country to be the best it can be. But those who go around doing wrong in the name of this country, I want them to see justice more than ever too. We've survived the tyrants of America's past for over 400 years, and one way or another, we can only move forward and hopefully learn from our mistakes.

We can be embarrassed or angry for how our country is being represented and managed, but barring a literal apocalypse, there's still a ton of good left to find here between the land and the actual people who live here and cash this place home.

lol. it's not your country. it's bezos trump musk thiel and co's country. you can live here as long as you don't inconvenience them too much

At the local level there are many people in many cities trying to make things better.

Government might be corrupt as hell but at least culture of Mental Health acceptance is much better than Chinese culture.

I'm originally from Guangzhou, China, am naturalized and I overall like the US... at least more than China...

I just hate the corrupt politicians.

Also, so much entertainment stuff... movies, tv, are made in the US. Chinese entertainment is boring as hell (IMO)

Also: Usually those in the Entertainment industry lean relatively more left.

I still think Americans are generally good, if they actually knew the truth and not just far-right propaganda. (I mean that's just humans in general... people are easily manipulated by the evil few)

The problem is low voter turnout, first past the post, winner take all electoral college, gerrymandering, most important of all, the PROPAGANDA.

Americans in red jurisdictions... rural areas... those who never met a non-white person... have a problem with a distorted worldview...

Primary turnout is atrocious...

Right now my parents and their culture are smothering me to death... they hate the idea of medications and depression is not a serious problem in their eyes.

The US has some amazing musicians

Instead of trying to feel good, make it good. Go forth and organize for the better future that you wish to see.

There are worse places to live.

Don't get me wrong, there are loads of better places to live, but there are definitely worse places.

America makes great animated series. It makes great movies sometimes too. Admittedly both of these things are usually actually made overseas, but you guys write them.

You also have a nice flag. Although you do kind of ruin it by being super weird about them.

You have really cheap petrol / gas. That's definitely something you beat most of the world at. I think that's the winner - cheap gas.

We've always excelled at terrorism.

I mean America has plenty of industries the rest of the world depends on. Unfortunately, a lot of the good takes involve ignoring a lot of the bad ones that helped obtain them.

Don't be proud of your country, be proud of the societies you are willing to participate in and contribute towards. If you don't find yourself living inside a good one, go and search it out.

Even if I knew of anything, I wouldn’t say so, for fear of some MAGA fuckwit seeing my comment and ruining things.

The U.S. is a very nice place to live.

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