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Sherene
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HIV researcher, Wife, Mom, Tarheel, concerned citizen who likes democracy. My words are my own.
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Who is organizing these protests?
February 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Tremendous bravery. She is amazing, but when you know God is with you, this is how we should respond!
January 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Republicans talk about inflation and the cost of living, but here’s their plan to massively increase the cost of home ownership by making mortgages more expensive:
Eliminate the Home Mortgage Interest Deduction About $1.0 trillion in 10-year savings relative to TCJA extension VIABILITY: HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW This option would fully repeal the deduction for mortgage interest on primary residences. This is a Tax Foundation score.
January 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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No kidding, they want to cut funding for clean air in classrooms:
Title VI Programs include ($4.64 billion): o Clean heavy-duty vehicles ($621 million) o Grants to reduce air pollution at ports ($1.8 billion) o Diesel emissions reductions ($20 million) o Funding to address air pollution ($40 million) o Funding to address air pollution at schools ($4 million) o Low emissions electricity program ($20 million) o EPA production declaration assistance ($44 million) o Methane emissions reduction grants ($698 million) o Climate pollution reduction grants ($2 million) o Low embodied carbon labeling for construction materials ($30 million) o Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grant ($1.4 billion)
January 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit is the largest tax cut for child care on the books today. It saves parents thousands of dollars per year. Republicans have plans to eliminate it.
Eliminate Credit for Child and Dependent Care $55 billion in 10-year savings VIABILITY: HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW Taxpayers can claim a credit for a portion of their child and dependent care expenses (up to $2,100). This option would remove the child and dependent care credit, yielding $55 billion in savings over 10 years.
January 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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This one is Washington Speak for Republicans are going to lay off hundreds of thousands of manufacturing workers in America and go back to picking winners and losers in our energy industry.
Repeal Title I of IRA (Excluding: 45Q Carbon Sequestration, 45U Nuclear Power, 45Z Clean Fuels, and EV Tax Credit) $404.7 billion in 10-year savings VIABILITY: HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW Reducing 45Q, 45U, and 45Z would streamline and reduce government intervention in the energy industry that props up the green energy sector and distorts market competition.
January 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Trump lies all the time about who will pay his tariffs. It’s a $2 trillion tax hike on consumer goods, and Americans will be the ones who pay for it. A devastating increase in the cost of living for working families and a huge hike in operating costs for small businesses.
10 Percent Tariff $1.9 trillion in 10-year savings VIABILITY: HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW This option would create a 10% across the board tariff on all imports.
January 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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They want to repeal the IRA’s energy tax credits, which are what lowers carbon emissions and invests in clean energy. At a time when energy production in America is booming and clean energy is taking off, Republicans want to surrender the clean energy industry to China and raise your energy bills.
Repeal Green Energy Tax Credits Up to $796 billion in 10-year savings VIABILITY: HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW This option would repeal credits created and expanded under the Inflation Reduction Act. These credits are related to clean vehicles, clean energy, efficient building and home energy, carbon sequestration, sustainable aviation fuels, environmental justice, biofuel, and more. The full cost of the IRA provisions is about $329 billion, which becomes about $800 billion when paired with the tailpipe emission rule designed to dramatically increase the uptake of EVs and EV credit use. Based on political will, there are several smaller reform options available (starting as low as $3 billion) that would repeal a smaller portion of these credits.
January 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Somebody’s gotta pay for all those corporate tax breaks. Republicans want to begin with a $192 billion tax increase on single parents:
Eliminate Head of Household Filing Status $192 billion in 10-year savings VIABILITY: HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW The Head of Household filing status provides a larger standard deduction for unmarried individuals who have children. This option would eliminate the Head of Household filing status.
January 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Love the podcast!
January 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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What?! I thought he was one of the reasonable Rs
January 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Me, too!
January 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Gross
January 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Fab. 😡
January 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Gross
January 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM