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The budget process uses “current law” to measure the cost of bills. TCJA is expiring and costs $4.6 trillion to extend. GOP wants to flip to “current policy” and label the cost of making TCJA permanent as $0.
Democrats vow to fight this, calling it “magic math.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Democrats vow to fight this, calling it “magic math.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Republicans consider major budget change to obscure deficit impact of extending Trump's tax cuts
GOP leaders argue that extending Trump’s expiring 2017 tax cuts shouldn’t be treated as costing any money. Democrats compare the tactic to nuking the 60-vote filibuster rule.
www.nbcnews.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The budget process uses “current law” to measure the cost of bills. TCJA is expiring and costs $4.6 trillion to extend. GOP wants to flip to “current policy” and label the cost of making TCJA permanent as $0.
Democrats vow to fight this, calling it “magic math.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Democrats vow to fight this, calling it “magic math.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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Thank you now I know where to get them
February 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Thank you now I know where to get them
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Who voted for this rookie anyway?
Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker says Pete Hegseth made a “rookie mistake” by calling a return to Ukraine’s pre-war borders “unrealistic.”
“I don’t know who wrote the speech — it is the kind of thing Tucker Carlson could have written, and Carlson is a fool.”
www.politico.eu/article/sena...
“I don’t know who wrote the speech — it is the kind of thing Tucker Carlson could have written, and Carlson is a fool.”
www.politico.eu/article/sena...
Senior Republican senator ‘puzzled’ and ‘disturbed’ by Hegseth’s Ukraine remarks
Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker is breaking with the line from the Trump White House.
www.politico.eu
February 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Who voted for this rookie anyway?
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“Mark my words. … They are going to basically tell the U.S. Marshals Service, do not enforce any of these orders, we will not obey them, … and, once that happens—I hope it doesn't … but I know in my heart that it will—our 236-year experiment … in American constitutionalism, is over.”
'Mark my words': George Conway predicts alarming showdown that could 'end' U.S. democracy
George Conway predicted that Donald Trump would engage in a constitutional showdown that could spell the end of U.S. democracy.Vice President J.D. Vance argued Sunday that federal courts “aren’t allow...
www.rawstory.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
“Mark my words. … They are going to basically tell the U.S. Marshals Service, do not enforce any of these orders, we will not obey them, … and, once that happens—I hope it doesn't … but I know in my heart that it will—our 236-year experiment … in American constitutionalism, is over.”
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Russian state media is working overtime to get her confirmed.
History won’t be kind to any senator who votes to make her DNI.
History won’t be kind to any senator who votes to make her DNI.
February 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Russian state media is working overtime to get her confirmed.
History won’t be kind to any senator who votes to make her DNI.
History won’t be kind to any senator who votes to make her DNI.
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Deadbeat dad ass party
February 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Deadbeat dad ass party
It’s time to retire, Mitch.
Mitch McConnell spotted in a wheelchair after falling not once but twice today
February 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
It’s time to retire, Mitch.
This is the kind of shite that results from tRumps exec orders.
U.S. Navy has paused all Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) training, per Navy memo leaked to me
February 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This is the kind of shite that results from tRumps exec orders.
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THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS A DEPARTMENT CREATED BY STATUTE; IT CANNOT BE ELIMINATED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER! EXECUTIVE ORDERS CANNOT REPEAL STATUTES! JUST LIKE DEPARTMENTS CANNOT BE CREATED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER!
she shouts into the void
she shouts into the void
BREAKING: The White House is preparing an executive order to eliminate the Department of Education, two sources familiar with the plans tell NBC News.
White House preparing executive order to abolish the Department of Education
The planned order follows years of campaign promises from President Donald Trump to abolish the federal Education Department.
www.nbcnews.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS A DEPARTMENT CREATED BY STATUTE; IT CANNOT BE ELIMINATED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER! EXECUTIVE ORDERS CANNOT REPEAL STATUTES! JUST LIKE DEPARTMENTS CANNOT BE CREATED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER!
she shouts into the void
she shouts into the void
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UN chief warns against ‘ethnic cleansing’ after Trump’s Gaza proposal
UN chief warns against ‘ethnic cleansing’ after Trump’s Gaza proposal
President’s plan for US to take over Gaza Strip and move Palestinians out also rejected by allies Saudi Arabia and Jordan
* US politics live – latest updates
Donald Trump’s proposal for a US takeover of Gaza was met with anger and blunt rejection…
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM
UN chief warns against ‘ethnic cleansing’ after Trump’s Gaza proposal
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Second shoe drops
2nd Complaint filed against FBI purge.
This by Federal Bureau of Investigation Agents Association (approx 14,000 members)
Privacy rights - public release of names
Administrative Procedure Act
First Amendment - for retaliation
Due Process
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
2nd Complaint filed against FBI purge.
This by Federal Bureau of Investigation Agents Association (approx 14,000 members)
Privacy rights - public release of names
Administrative Procedure Act
First Amendment - for retaliation
Due Process
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Second shoe drops
2nd Complaint filed against FBI purge.
This by Federal Bureau of Investigation Agents Association (approx 14,000 members)
Privacy rights - public release of names
Administrative Procedure Act
First Amendment - for retaliation
Due Process
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
2nd Complaint filed against FBI purge.
This by Federal Bureau of Investigation Agents Association (approx 14,000 members)
Privacy rights - public release of names
Administrative Procedure Act
First Amendment - for retaliation
Due Process
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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TV audience for Inaugurations
Biden 40 million
Trump 38 million 2017
Trump 34 million 2025
There is a distinct possibility Trump will lie about this.
Biden 40 million
Trump 38 million 2017
Trump 34 million 2025
There is a distinct possibility Trump will lie about this.
January 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
TV audience for Inaugurations
Biden 40 million
Trump 38 million 2017
Trump 34 million 2025
There is a distinct possibility Trump will lie about this.
Biden 40 million
Trump 38 million 2017
Trump 34 million 2025
There is a distinct possibility Trump will lie about this.
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Our tax system should work for everyone, not just billionaires. When Republicans are focused on cutting taxes for the wealthy instead of lowering the cost of healthcare, childcare, and housing, how is that going to help families?
January 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Our tax system should work for everyone, not just billionaires. When Republicans are focused on cutting taxes for the wealthy instead of lowering the cost of healthcare, childcare, and housing, how is that going to help families?
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The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to a provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires insurers to cover the cost of preventative health treatments such as cancer screenings.
Understand what's at stake: voxdotcom.visitlink.me/1xCuGx
Understand what's at stake: voxdotcom.visitlink.me/1xCuGx
January 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to a provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires insurers to cover the cost of preventative health treatments such as cancer screenings.
Understand what's at stake: voxdotcom.visitlink.me/1xCuGx
Understand what's at stake: voxdotcom.visitlink.me/1xCuGx