If their argument is "we have to violate the Constitution and do it in secret" maybe they should take a hard look at whether what they are doing is moral in the first place. A stunning lack of introspection seems required to be a Republican these days. They don't even hear themselves.

And they are also a backdoor for funding anti-immigrant activity. This is to boost ICE and CBP indirectly to at least some extent. Didn't he use military money to build some of his wall in his first term?

And in many places in the United States, twice the local minimum wage ($7.25 x 2 = $14.50) isn't a living wage.

Funny how he went to the prayer breakfast, a dude said he hoped the pres would do the right thing, and then he immediately posted something super racist.

The chaos this will cause coupled with ICE or some other paramilitary group being there. Could be another attempt at the insurrection act, martial law, or calling off the election? Maybe not front of mind or an overt attempt, but could end up happening.

So if you fund everything but the thing that is already funded what is left to negotiate or pass? Everything is funded. At least it would mean no extra money for ICE and CBP I guess? This just seems like theater at that point.

It's just another money grabbing grift like the ballroom. Just wait for the "donations" to start rolling in.

Could make an interesting chaotic cross stitch sampler?

They.Can.Fucking.Quit.Any.Time.

FTDed?

How long before feds wearing masks becomes justification for the everyday cop to start wearing a mask?

Sure hope they maintain a rigorous chain of custody or whatever and don't mysteriously find *cough* fabricated *cough* evidence of fraud or something.

Why is everyone so consistently concerned about her vote or opinion? She always goes along with the party, only voting no on a republican thing if they know they have the votes. Only bare mentions of concerns. She is the embodiment of a nothing burger but is constantly in the news. Crazy.

The continued dehumanizing language is striking. Specifically calling him an "animal."

I did. I noted your line about it being voluntary too. Both your posts seem to excuse companies for what may be a windfall with these refunds because they didn't raise prices. My whole point is lets look at it holistically before excusing these companies.

Sure, absorbing tariffs wasn't mandatory, but we should be careful when talking about consumer price increases related to tariffs. Just because they didn't raise prices doesn't mean it was altruistic. I'd like to know how much profit hit they actually took by absorbing tariffs when considering taxes