Re. the uniform 4% with no per-transaction fee: Ah!! That is what makes small donations work, and facilitates small periodic donations. With a per-transaction fee, a small donation gets a relatively big bite taken out, but with just the 4%, the bite is a little nibble.

So he wants poor, desperate folks to give up one of their kidneys to get some temporary money. That isn't sustainable -- they don't have a supply of extra kidneys to keep selling. And they risk death if their remaining kidney fails, as they won't be able to buy into that market for "spare" kidneys.

We have a word already for denial / reversal of reality: Newspeak. "We have always been at war with Eastasia."

The reason given, "certain weapons stockpiles...running low", sounds like an "excuse", not a reason. As folks have explained over and over, we give Ukraine our old stuff, and then we contract with defense companies to produce new stuff for us. Gets aid to Ukraine quickly and juices our economy.

Heh, good eye. The headline writer should have caught that. A little reordering would have clarified, e.g. "Stop the Billionaire Giveaway" National Bus Tour Kicked off by Westchester Residents", or "...National Bus Tour Kickoff led by Westchester Residents".

Increase state taxes up to whatever limit folks can deduct on their federal taxes. That money then goes to the state. This will work until some Trump EO or Republican-controlled legislation changes the SALT deduction so blue states aren't allowed it.

Oho. On the principle that "every right-wing accusation is a confession", now we know why Trump wants to import white South Africans into the US.

Several are trying, but there is apparently a process Congress members need to go through to have a trip approved...and it seems that Mike Johnson is involved in approval. Not that he's denying the trips, but I recall hearing it was expected to take a couple of weeks.

Folks point out that not everyone can afford to stock up, nor has space for storage. An option is forming a community repository for mutual aid. Pool funds from folks who can afford extra, buy supplies, store them at local tool library or community center. Coordinate w/ local mutual aid groups.

What Bessent means when he says "privatization" is handing over the resources of Ukraine to oligarchs, just as Jeffrey Sachs did with "shock therapy" that destroyed Russia. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrNQ...