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Matthew 21:12-13
Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying & selling. He overturned the tables of the money changers and seats of those selling doves. He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying & selling. He overturned the tables of the money changers and seats of those selling doves. He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
September 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Matthew 21:12-13
Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying & selling. He overturned the tables of the money changers and seats of those selling doves. He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying & selling. He overturned the tables of the money changers and seats of those selling doves. He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
… that the most dangerous cities in the US doesn’t include Chicago or Washington DC? But does include a lot of Red state cities
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August 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
… that the most dangerous cities in the US doesn’t include Chicago or Washington DC? But does include a lot of Red state cities
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In FY 2024, USAID spent $21.7 billion (or 0.3% of overall federal spending) with:
🔹$12.3 billion allocated to International Development and Humanitarian Assistance
🔹 $9.46 billion went to International Security Assistance
🔹$12.3 billion allocated to International Development and Humanitarian Assistance
🔹 $9.46 billion went to International Security Assistance
July 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
In FY 2024, USAID spent $21.7 billion (or 0.3% of overall federal spending) with:
🔹$12.3 billion allocated to International Development and Humanitarian Assistance
🔹 $9.46 billion went to International Security Assistance
🔹$12.3 billion allocated to International Development and Humanitarian Assistance
🔹 $9.46 billion went to International Security Assistance
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The 2026 federal budget proposal includes budget decreases for 11 cabinet departments. Via @usafacts.org
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July 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The 2026 federal budget proposal includes budget decreases for 11 cabinet departments. Via @usafacts.org
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When does the One #BigBeautifuBill kick in?👀
Some changes hit instantly (yep, your 2025 tax return might feel it), while others roll out gradually through 2028.
To make it easier to track, our new #DataViz maps out what's happening and when. usafacts.org/visualizatio...
#Medicaid #ICE #Tax #SNAP
Some changes hit instantly (yep, your 2025 tax return might feel it), while others roll out gradually through 2028.
To make it easier to track, our new #DataViz maps out what's happening and when. usafacts.org/visualizatio...
#Medicaid #ICE #Tax #SNAP
July 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
When does the One #BigBeautifuBill kick in?👀
Some changes hit instantly (yep, your 2025 tax return might feel it), while others roll out gradually through 2028.
To make it easier to track, our new #DataViz maps out what's happening and when. usafacts.org/visualizatio...
#Medicaid #ICE #Tax #SNAP
Some changes hit instantly (yep, your 2025 tax return might feel it), while others roll out gradually through 2028.
To make it easier to track, our new #DataViz maps out what's happening and when. usafacts.org/visualizatio...
#Medicaid #ICE #Tax #SNAP
… that US-funded contraceptives to be burned rather than distributed to poor nations? They don’t expire until 2027 and 2033 respectively. An intentional assault on reproductive rights everywhere? - www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
US-funded contraceptives for poor nations to be burned in France, sources say
U.S.-funded contraceptives worth nearly $10 million are being sent to France from Belgium to be incinerated, after Washington rejected offers from the United Nations and family planning organisations to buy or ship the supplies to poor nations, two sources told Reuters.
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July 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
… that US-funded contraceptives to be burned rather than distributed to poor nations? They don’t expire until 2027 and 2033 respectively. An intentional assault on reproductive rights everywhere? - www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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The Senate just passed a #rescission package, cutting foreign aid by $7.9 billion, a large portion of which was allocated to #USAID.
In FY 2023, the US promised $99.8 billion in #ForeignAid to 172 countries.
In FY 2023, the US promised $99.8 billion in #ForeignAid to 172 countries.
July 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The Senate just passed a #rescission package, cutting foreign aid by $7.9 billion, a large portion of which was allocated to #USAID.
In FY 2023, the US promised $99.8 billion in #ForeignAid to 172 countries.
In FY 2023, the US promised $99.8 billion in #ForeignAid to 172 countries.
… Trump administration terminated satellite data considered crucial to storm forecasting just at the start of hurricane season???
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Trump terminates satellite data considered crucial to storm forecasting - Water Education Foundation
A Department of Defense weather satellite program that collects vital information for hurricane forecasts will stop ...
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June 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
… Trump administration terminated satellite data considered crucial to storm forecasting just at the start of hurricane season???
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… that ‘no tax on tips’ in the BBB needs clarification???
No tax on tips only applies to CASH TIPS, which are rare today in the first instance, and more importantly, rarely reported by those who receive them.
So is it a benefit???
Ask those you know who rely on tips.
No tax on tips only applies to CASH TIPS, which are rare today in the first instance, and more importantly, rarely reported by those who receive them.
So is it a benefit???
Ask those you know who rely on tips.
June 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
… that ‘no tax on tips’ in the BBB needs clarification???
No tax on tips only applies to CASH TIPS, which are rare today in the first instance, and more importantly, rarely reported by those who receive them.
So is it a benefit???
Ask those you know who rely on tips.
No tax on tips only applies to CASH TIPS, which are rare today in the first instance, and more importantly, rarely reported by those who receive them.
So is it a benefit???
Ask those you know who rely on tips.
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This week, the House advanced a 2026 Homeland Security funding bill, calling for increased spending on #immigration enforcement.
Here’s how the Department of Homeland Security budget breaks down in 2024. 📊
Do you think the budget should increase, decrease, or remain the same? #DataViz
Here’s how the Department of Homeland Security budget breaks down in 2024. 📊
Do you think the budget should increase, decrease, or remain the same? #DataViz
June 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
This week, the House advanced a 2026 Homeland Security funding bill, calling for increased spending on #immigration enforcement.
Here’s how the Department of Homeland Security budget breaks down in 2024. 📊
Do you think the budget should increase, decrease, or remain the same? #DataViz
Here’s how the Department of Homeland Security budget breaks down in 2024. 📊
Do you think the budget should increase, decrease, or remain the same? #DataViz
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Ten years ago today, the Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
By the time of the 2015 federal decision, it was already legal in 38 states and DC. #DataViz
By the time of the 2015 federal decision, it was already legal in 38 states and DC. #DataViz
June 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Ten years ago today, the Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
By the time of the 2015 federal decision, it was already legal in 38 states and DC. #DataViz
By the time of the 2015 federal decision, it was already legal in 38 states and DC. #DataViz
... the last one like this was to raise money for #SealPac - many of the same players. Only that message was that #RadicalLeft was hiring #assassins. secure.winred.com/seal-pac/sp-...
June 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
... the last one like this was to raise money for #SealPac - many of the same players. Only that message was that #RadicalLeft was hiring #assassins. secure.winred.com/seal-pac/sp-...
... #RangerPac and #SealPac appear to be fomenting #fear and #anxiety among #MAGA base with #lies and #insinuations of #threats that simply don't exist???? All to raise money??? Really??? How is this legal? It's as nutty as #Qanon #conspiracies, yet these are #elected #representatives???? WTF.
...inexplicable #divisiveness and #untruths of some #congressional #veterans just keep coming with claims #Left is #doxing US #military putting their families in danger over #Iran? Iran has doubled funding to assassinate #Trump??? To raise money for #RangerPac?? Shameful. See it: clkgo.net/dyQxA
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June 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
... #RangerPac and #SealPac appear to be fomenting #fear and #anxiety among #MAGA base with #lies and #insinuations of #threats that simply don't exist???? All to raise money??? Really??? How is this legal? It's as nutty as #Qanon #conspiracies, yet these are #elected #representatives???? WTF.
...inexplicable #divisiveness and #untruths of some #congressional #veterans just keep coming with claims #Left is #doxing US #military putting their families in danger over #Iran? Iran has doubled funding to assassinate #Trump??? To raise money for #RangerPac?? Shameful. See it: clkgo.net/dyQxA
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June 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
...inexplicable #divisiveness and #untruths of some #congressional #veterans just keep coming with claims #Left is #doxing US #military putting their families in danger over #Iran? Iran has doubled funding to assassinate #Trump??? To raise money for #RangerPac?? Shameful. See it: clkgo.net/dyQxA
…the “Big Beautiful Bill” #AI tramples #statesrights?
…can't enforce laws "limiting, restricting, or otherwise regulating artificial intelligence models, artificial intelligence systems, or automated decision systems entered into interstate commerce" FOR 10 YEARS.
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…can't enforce laws "limiting, restricting, or otherwise regulating artificial intelligence models, artificial intelligence systems, or automated decision systems entered into interstate commerce" FOR 10 YEARS.
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June 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
…the “Big Beautiful Bill” #AI tramples #statesrights?
…can't enforce laws "limiting, restricting, or otherwise regulating artificial intelligence models, artificial intelligence systems, or automated decision systems entered into interstate commerce" FOR 10 YEARS.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3ji...
…can't enforce laws "limiting, restricting, or otherwise regulating artificial intelligence models, artificial intelligence systems, or automated decision systems entered into interstate commerce" FOR 10 YEARS.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3ji...
…that these appear to be more liberal leaning states? Wonder what makes that true?
Which states have the highest life expectancy?
📍 Hawaii: 79.9 years
📍 Massachusetts: 79.6 years
📍 Connecticut: 79.2 years
📍 New Jersey: 79 years
📍 New York: 79 years
📍 Minnesota: 78.8 years
📍 Rhode Island: 78.5 years
📍 New Hampshire: 78.5 years
📍 Vermont: 78.4 years
📍 California: 78.3 years
#Health
📍 Hawaii: 79.9 years
📍 Massachusetts: 79.6 years
📍 Connecticut: 79.2 years
📍 New Jersey: 79 years
📍 New York: 79 years
📍 Minnesota: 78.8 years
📍 Rhode Island: 78.5 years
📍 New Hampshire: 78.5 years
📍 Vermont: 78.4 years
📍 California: 78.3 years
#Health
June 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
…that these appear to be more liberal leaning states? Wonder what makes that true?
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…that a PAC called SEAL PAC (sealpac.org) is sending fundraising messages that accuse “radical left” of hiring assassins???? Huh???? Are these kinds of claims legal? Are these the kind of veterans we’d expect to be making these outrageous claims? Shocking!!!!
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June 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
…that a PAC called SEAL PAC (sealpac.org) is sending fundraising messages that accuse “radical left” of hiring assassins???? Huh???? Are these kinds of claims legal? Are these the kind of veterans we’d expect to be making these outrageous claims? Shocking!!!!
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As President Trump calls for #ICE to expand deportation efforts, let’s take a look at just the facts on this division of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).⬇️
June 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Detentions (called “book-ins”):
🔹 #ICE averaged 324,897 detentions annually (FY 2014– FY 2024)
🔹 In FY 2024, there were 277,910 detentions
🔹 FY 2025 so far (Oct–Nov 2024): 44,750 detentions
🔹 Mexican citizens made up 31.1% of detainees (1.12M people, Oct. 2014–Nov. 2024)
#DataViz #Immigration
🔹 #ICE averaged 324,897 detentions annually (FY 2014– FY 2024)
🔹 In FY 2024, there were 277,910 detentions
🔹 FY 2025 so far (Oct–Nov 2024): 44,750 detentions
🔹 Mexican citizens made up 31.1% of detainees (1.12M people, Oct. 2014–Nov. 2024)
#DataViz #Immigration
June 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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June 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Budget:
🔹 #ICE spent $9.99B in FY 2024 — 11.2% of DHS’s total
🔹 Inflation-adjusted spending has grown from $3.51B in 2003 to $9.99B in FY 2024
#DataViz #Immigration
🔹 #ICE spent $9.99B in FY 2024 — 11.2% of DHS’s total
🔹 Inflation-adjusted spending has grown from $3.51B in 2003 to $9.99B in FY 2024
#DataViz #Immigration
June 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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🎉We’re thrilled to unveil our latest interactive #chart that dives into how the federal #budget is distributed across agencies!
Take a full tour of who spent federal dollars and how those agencies are structured — both within themselves & the entire government. #DataViz usafacts.org/visualizatio...
Take a full tour of who spent federal dollars and how those agencies are structured — both within themselves & the entire government. #DataViz usafacts.org/visualizatio...
How is the federal budget distributed across agencies? | USAFacts
Explore how federal money flowed through the executive, legislative, and judicial branches in FY 2024.
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June 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
