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Tiny Blue Dot in rural TX. Should I stay or should I go now?
If the Supreme Court says that the tariffs collected must be paid back-they will go to the companies themselves. When you purchased something with an increased price as a consumer because there was a tarrif on it-no one is going to provide a refund. Also-they’ll just hold their higher price point.
November 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
If the Supreme Court says that the tariffs collected must be paid back-they will go to the companies themselves. When you purchased something with an increased price as a consumer because there was a tarrif on it-no one is going to provide a refund. Also-they’ll just hold their higher price point.
I’m feeling a bit frustrated with my community today. The community who voted 85% in favor of Trump. Who blame the “DemocRATS” for them not getting food stamps and are clearly brainwashed.
Considering giving a large donation to the food bank of thoughts and prayers for them to eat.
Considering giving a large donation to the food bank of thoughts and prayers for them to eat.
November 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I’m feeling a bit frustrated with my community today. The community who voted 85% in favor of Trump. Who blame the “DemocRATS” for them not getting food stamps and are clearly brainwashed.
Considering giving a large donation to the food bank of thoughts and prayers for them to eat.
Considering giving a large donation to the food bank of thoughts and prayers for them to eat.
There are 17 amendments to the Texas Constitution on the ballot in a few weeks. I plan to vote NO on all of them.
There's a Constitutional Amendment Election coming up in Texas on Nov. 4th! We've created nonbiased explainer videos to give you the pros and cons of each of the proposed amendments so you can vote with confidence! Here's the video for Propositions 2, 6, & 8: youtu.be/Mz72v9BbAf8?...
Propositions 2, 6, & 8 - Capital Gains, Securities Tranactions, & Death Taxes
On November 4th, there will be an election covering several proposed changes to the Texas Constitution.
PROPOSITION 2 - Capital Gains Taxes
Proposition 2 is the constitutional amendment "prohibiting…
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October 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
There are 17 amendments to the Texas Constitution on the ballot in a few weeks. I plan to vote NO on all of them.
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Four things can happen when a tariff hits:
1) Foreign firms cut prices
2) Retail margins get squeezed
3) Retailers pass it on to you
4) Some imports just stop
Latest data: #1 didn’t happen, #2 a lot at first, #3 a bit so far, and #4 in spots.
Bottom line: Americans (#2, #3) are paying the tariffs.
1) Foreign firms cut prices
2) Retail margins get squeezed
3) Retailers pass it on to you
4) Some imports just stop
Latest data: #1 didn’t happen, #2 a lot at first, #3 a bit so far, and #4 in spots.
Bottom line: Americans (#2, #3) are paying the tariffs.
August 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Four things can happen when a tariff hits:
1) Foreign firms cut prices
2) Retail margins get squeezed
3) Retailers pass it on to you
4) Some imports just stop
Latest data: #1 didn’t happen, #2 a lot at first, #3 a bit so far, and #4 in spots.
Bottom line: Americans (#2, #3) are paying the tariffs.
1) Foreign firms cut prices
2) Retail margins get squeezed
3) Retailers pass it on to you
4) Some imports just stop
Latest data: #1 didn’t happen, #2 a lot at first, #3 a bit so far, and #4 in spots.
Bottom line: Americans (#2, #3) are paying the tariffs.
71m on Medicaid. 37m are children. 15m are disabled. 9m are elderly. That leaves 10m who are “able bodied”. How many of those are working? If the answer isn’t NEGATIVE 24m, then the math of 34m non-working able bodied on Medicaid doesn’t work. Hmmm.
July 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
71m on Medicaid. 37m are children. 15m are disabled. 9m are elderly. That leaves 10m who are “able bodied”. How many of those are working? If the answer isn’t NEGATIVE 24m, then the math of 34m non-working able bodied on Medicaid doesn’t work. Hmmm.
Reminder: if you are having an issue with accessing a Federal Agency (ie Social Security), go to your US Senator and request assistance. Every time. They should have a specific contact section related to this help. Bother them, every time you have an issue. If you help family, make sure they know.
March 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Reminder: if you are having an issue with accessing a Federal Agency (ie Social Security), go to your US Senator and request assistance. Every time. They should have a specific contact section related to this help. Bother them, every time you have an issue. If you help family, make sure they know.
Local Mom’s group Facebook post today…..”I thought Trump was going to do a credit thing to pay for stay at home mom’s to get income for staying at home. He needs to get on that.” WHERE did their brains go?
March 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Local Mom’s group Facebook post today…..”I thought Trump was going to do a credit thing to pay for stay at home mom’s to get income for staying at home. He needs to get on that.” WHERE did their brains go?
Senior Senator admits that he never bothered to read public information or understand that when he passed spending bills that there would be spending included in those bills for the spending he approved.
Asked about the stock market tanking, Tuberville says "I don't think President Trump needs to be concerned about it. He doesn't need to look at it ... he has told me people there's gonna be a little bit of pain with this. And there is. That's fine. The stock market has gone up and down before."
March 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Senior Senator admits that he never bothered to read public information or understand that when he passed spending bills that there would be spending included in those bills for the spending he approved.
Time for the baby sheep to run around!
March 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Time for the baby sheep to run around!
Bookshop.org supports a local bookshop of your choice. I specifically researched to make sure the local store I chose was inclusive and safe. Between this, the Library and ThriftBooks-I can avoid Amazon for books while still getting a book fix.
They also have an app for folks who do eBooks.
They also have an app for folks who do eBooks.
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
Bookshop.org
March 10, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Bookshop.org supports a local bookshop of your choice. I specifically researched to make sure the local store I chose was inclusive and safe. Between this, the Library and ThriftBooks-I can avoid Amazon for books while still getting a book fix.
They also have an app for folks who do eBooks.
They also have an app for folks who do eBooks.
I just read some posts from moms in a local autism group say they don’t want to vaccinate their children (who are autistic) because they don’t want to make them MORE autistic. What in the actual hell?
March 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I just read some posts from moms in a local autism group say they don’t want to vaccinate their children (who are autistic) because they don’t want to make them MORE autistic. What in the actual hell?
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I mean I'm on board with this idea.
February 14, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I mean I'm on board with this idea.
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I watched this video this morning and it really has been instructive for understanding, well, a lot of behavior.
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youtu.be/bNOol5OTasw
You're not addicted to tiktoks/reels, you're addicted to the scrolling
YouTube video by HGModernism
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February 14, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I watched this video this morning and it really has been instructive for understanding, well, a lot of behavior.
youtu.be/bNOol5OTasw
youtu.be/bNOol5OTasw
Assuming Elon made $143b in 2024, utilizing 1954 tax rates (and taking into account inflation to adjust brackets)…he would have paid the equivalent of $130b in taxes. Leaving him with earning $13b. Seems like that is still enough money. Bring back the 1954 tax rates.
February 12, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Assuming Elon made $143b in 2024, utilizing 1954 tax rates (and taking into account inflation to adjust brackets)…he would have paid the equivalent of $130b in taxes. Leaving him with earning $13b. Seems like that is still enough money. Bring back the 1954 tax rates.
Partnership taxation (Subchapter K) of the Internal Revenue Code came to be in 1954. A time when the top individual rate was 91% and the top corporate rate was 37%. Earnings above 400,000 ($4.6m today) would have been taxed at 91%. Someone earning $5m today would go home with a bit over $1m.
February 12, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Partnership taxation (Subchapter K) of the Internal Revenue Code came to be in 1954. A time when the top individual rate was 91% and the top corporate rate was 37%. Earnings above 400,000 ($4.6m today) would have been taxed at 91%. Someone earning $5m today would go home with a bit over $1m.
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When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
February 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
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A few things we can do.
January 31, 2025 at 12:41 AM
A few things we can do.
If you’re in TX, please take a moment to call or write your TX Representative to oppose Senate Bill 2 related to school vouchers. They are discussing on Tuesday, Jan 28.
Link to bill: capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/...
Link to bill: capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/...
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January 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
If you’re in TX, please take a moment to call or write your TX Representative to oppose Senate Bill 2 related to school vouchers. They are discussing on Tuesday, Jan 28.
Link to bill: capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/...
Link to bill: capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/...
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Just my 2 cents. But my goal is to ignore the trolls. Give them zero attention. Block them if they annoy me.
I think the worst thing we can do on this site is re-create the ad hominem/ personal attacks that occur across comments on Twitter/insta/tiktok/ etc
I think the worst thing we can do on this site is re-create the ad hominem/ personal attacks that occur across comments on Twitter/insta/tiktok/ etc
November 19, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Just my 2 cents. But my goal is to ignore the trolls. Give them zero attention. Block them if they annoy me.
I think the worst thing we can do on this site is re-create the ad hominem/ personal attacks that occur across comments on Twitter/insta/tiktok/ etc
I think the worst thing we can do on this site is re-create the ad hominem/ personal attacks that occur across comments on Twitter/insta/tiktok/ etc
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Do. Not. Obey. In. Advance.
November 18, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Do. Not. Obey. In. Advance.
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There is something deeply amusing about musklings coming here and realizing there’s no algorithm to boost their rage bait, which was their main advantage.
November 17, 2024 at 1:29 PM
There is something deeply amusing about musklings coming here and realizing there’s no algorithm to boost their rage bait, which was their main advantage.
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Well, this gets it exactly right, doesn’t it?
November 16, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Well, this gets it exactly right, doesn’t it?
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Blocking Nazis, trolls, and fascists doesn’t make it an “echo chamber.” People need to stop gaslighting us into thinking we have to listen to Nazis and debate trolls in order to be informed.
November 17, 2024 at 12:52 AM
Blocking Nazis, trolls, and fascists doesn’t make it an “echo chamber.” People need to stop gaslighting us into thinking we have to listen to Nazis and debate trolls in order to be informed.