@truthburd.bsky.social
Retired, fly fisher, fomenting rational, compassionate revolution
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Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022.
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
April 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022.
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
I just had a shared post removed, and I was placed on administrative hold for some posting functions. The original post made the point leaders who promoted violence (Hitler, Bin Laden, etc.) were guilty of the crimes committed in their names. I attached Jan 6 to that list. Who’s censoring whom?
January 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I just had a shared post removed, and I was placed on administrative hold for some posting functions. The original post made the point leaders who promoted violence (Hitler, Bin Laden, etc.) were guilty of the crimes committed in their names. I attached Jan 6 to that list. Who’s censoring whom?
A Mike Davis essay from 2020 that, along with many recent events, suggests the we are officially past the tipping point, human-biome-wise.
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
California’s Desert Ecosystems Will Never Recover
Fire in the Anthropocene has become the environmental equivalent of nuclear war.
www.thenation.com
January 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A Mike Davis essay from 2020 that, along with many recent events, suggests the we are officially past the tipping point, human-biome-wise.
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
California.
January 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM
California.
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Mark Zuckerberg: I built this platform to give the people a voice
Me: okay but actually you built it to rate how hot the woman at your school were
Me: okay but actually you built it to rate how hot the woman at your school were
January 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Mark Zuckerberg: I built this platform to give the people a voice
Me: okay but actually you built it to rate how hot the woman at your school were
Me: okay but actually you built it to rate how hot the woman at your school were
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And points upwards when he talks about Trump, as anyone does when referring to their deity.
Hegseth: I don't answer to anyone in this group, none of you, not to that camera at all. I answer to President Trump.. I answer to the 50— the 100 senators who are part of this process and those in the committee.
December 6, 2024 at 11:48 AM
And points upwards when he talks about Trump, as anyone does when referring to their deity.
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NEW: Judge Aileen Cannon has issued an order BLOCKING the release of Jack Smith’s report. Interestingly, she did this 45 minutes before Jack Smith said he would transmit the report to Merrick Garland so Garland couldn’t release it first. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Judge blocks release of special counsel report on Trump's criminal cases
The injunction lasts until three days after the 11th Circuit rules on a pending request to block the release of the report over a separate matter involving Trump's co-defendants.
www.nbcnews.com
January 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
NEW: Judge Aileen Cannon has issued an order BLOCKING the release of Jack Smith’s report. Interestingly, she did this 45 minutes before Jack Smith said he would transmit the report to Merrick Garland so Garland couldn’t release it first. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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“Now that we have learned to fly the air like birds, swim under water like fish, we lack one thing – to learn to live on earth as human beings.”
~ George Bernard Shaw
~ George Bernard Shaw
December 19, 2024 at 9:53 PM
“Now that we have learned to fly the air like birds, swim under water like fish, we lack one thing – to learn to live on earth as human beings.”
~ George Bernard Shaw
~ George Bernard Shaw
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Green shoots this fall. It’s California, and the resistance is growing.
November 16, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Green shoots this fall. It’s California, and the resistance is growing.
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The people who like to say they aren’t political are going to get political quick.
November 16, 2024 at 5:27 AM
The people who like to say they aren’t political are going to get political quick.
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Justice Department Concurs With Matt Gaetz Defense That 17-Year-Olds Pretty Much Ready To Roll
theonion.com/justice-depa...
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November 13, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Justice Department Concurs With Matt Gaetz Defense That 17-Year-Olds Pretty Much Ready To Roll
theonion.com/justice-depa...
theonion.com/justice-depa...
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This time he’s changed. He promised he won’t beat me.
November 12, 2024 at 8:47 PM
This time he’s changed. He promised he won’t beat me.