@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
Trump Tax Cut Extension Cost Swells to $3.8 Trillion
The cost of extending the 2017 tax cuts enacted under President Donald Trump has expanded to $3.8 trillion over ten years, putting a massive price tag on what is likely to be a top issue in Washington next year, according to new estimates from Congress’s fiscal scorekeeper.
The Congressional Budget Office’s estimate, released Wednesday, is double the $1.9 trillion cost of the original Trump tax cuts — a more expansive bill which also included permanent reductions in corporate taxes.
The expiring portion of the tax cuts include reductions in individual tax rates and an expansio… Read more
The one and only way to prevent a skyrocketing in Federal tax rates in tax year 2026 and beyond is to elect Mr. Trump accompanied by a Republican House and Senate in November.
One chance only, last chance, so vote wisely, if you can.
That would be a catastrophe of incredible magnitude. You want to put a guy in charge who has been on the campaign trail sounding like a 1930's European fascist? You might want to study a little current world history. Hugo Chávez was a democratically elected President of Venezuela. How did that work out for the Venezuelans? It was the last democratic election that country has seen ever since. [I'm not counting the fraudulent ones like Putin conducts]
Or Hungary under Viktor Orbán. Democratically elected, but taking over the country as an autocratic leader.
Think before you leap.
@Freedom762wks2W
Actually, Biden sounds more like the 1930s fascist, promising many of the same things Adolf Hitler did. You'd be surprised at how left-wing the Nazi Party actually was, if you bothered to research the principles they campaigned on. Of course, you haven't done that – instead you accepted CNN's propaganda without thinking.
@V0terTigerForward2wks2W
The 2017 tax law raised my taxes due to the limitations on SALT and some other changes. Trump did this middle class taxpayer no favors. But Biden's Inflation Reduction Act lowered my federal taxes significantly due to the clean energy credit I got for installing solar panels. For me, Biden generated an investment in clean energy and lower taxes; Trump, nothing but heartburn.
@InnocentPollingPlace2wks2W
the SALT cap was the first clear attempt at economic warfare against blue states by a federal government in Republican hands. They literally tried -with some success- to move economic activity out of blue states into red by making it cheaper to employ people on red states. If the Republicans get back in power expect more and worse.
@TalentedC0nsensu5Green2wks2W
Tax cuts for the wealthy NEVER trickle down to regular folks. Never. It is always a scam to further enrich the wealthy on the backs of everyone else.
@LyingHareDemocrat2wks2W
Ronald Reagan started the "trickle down" nonsense that continues to add to the national debt. We must increase the corporations taxes!
@SyrupJonnyDemocrat2wks2W
I can only say - from my personal perspective - on a gross income which placed me in the top 4% of Americans - the Trump tax cuts did not reduce my taxes by one penny. On a virtually identical income in 2017 and 2018. My tax rate went down, but I lost most of my itemized deductions. End Result. My taxes in 2018 actually went up $150.
The Trump tax cuts were just another of his great con jobs.
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
Senate Bill Would Designate Pro-Palestinian Protestors As "Terrorists"
Legislation being introduced on Tuesday would put terrorist supporters, including those backing Hamas and those who call for violence against Jews, on the no-fly list, as anti-Israel campus protests engulf colleges across the country.
Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., is introducing the No Flights for Terrorists Act, which would put individuals on the Transportation Security Administration’s no-fly list if they have encouraged violence against Jews, pledged support for terrorist groups, or have been disciplined by higher education institutions for such conduct.
Terrorist organizations are desi… Read more
@CapitalistSausageGreen2wks2W
At this point, I'm willing to consider that the US federal government is actually run by the Mosad and has been for decades.
No need for Mossad conspiracy when the US government is literally run by Zionists. Those who aren’t Zionists are coerced to vote in lockstep through AIPAC’s carrot-and-stick system of campaign spending, not to mention the billionaire network that brought Elon Musk to heel
@9MB7874 2wks2W
You should look into the killing of JFK. And why did Mike Pompeo disallow Trump's release of the CIA's files on that?
Note that Pompeo is a huge Zionist.
Nobody should be placed on a federal no fly list without a relevant criminal conviction. Prohibiting people from flying on the basis of suspicion, prejudice, or political bias is unconstitutional and lawless.
@ReformSmeltLibertarian2wks2W
Add that to civil asset forfeiture! These have no place in a society that honors due process.
Where is flight/aviation mentioned in the Constitution I must have missed that part
@ReformSmeltLibertarian2wks2W
I see, so states can bar you from traveling in a car? I see no mention of cars in the constitution.
Necessity is always the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants...
@LolliesJakePatriot2wks2W
Most all elected republican officials have done nothing to stop Biden's unconstitutional arrests, trials and imprisonments of their very own voters, the J6 defendants, hunted down since Jan 2021. Most all U.S. veterans, many decorated and injured, with zero priors as they were too busy defending their rights and freedoms!
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
Biden hits Trump with major Microsoft announcement in Wisconsin
President Biden will travel to Racine County, Wisconsin, on Wednesday to unveil a $3.3 billion investment by Microsoft to build a new artificial intelligence data center, according to Biden officials.
It's another high-profile announcement from the president on how he's helping to create jobs with private sector investment — but with a twist.
He'll be taking a not-so-subtle shot at former President Trump in the same location where Trump touted a $10 billion Foxconn facility, which he called the "eighth wonder of the world" seven years ago.
That facility was scaled… Read more
Wow 150 jobs to Wisconsin thanks Biden!
@SteadfastPonieGreen2wks2W
What? Microsoft getting US tax money?
@JoyfulGr4ssrootMountain2wks2W
This needs to be investigated. AI is not the future that people want. It’s being forced for some reason
@SteadfastV3toSocialist2wks2W
Microsoft, a company whose 2023 financials reported $211B in revenue, $88B in operating income & $86.18B in net income needs US taxpayer money?
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
Retired Army General Says U.S. Can't Criticize Israel War Crimes
At the 2024 AI Expo in Washington D.C. On May 7th 2024:
Ret. Gen. Mark Milley says the US has committed so many war crimes over the years, it has no right to criticize Israel's devastation of Gaza
Palantir CEO Alex Karp chimes in: "The peace activists are actually the war activists, and we're the peace activists."
Karp says of Gaza anti-genocide protesters, "You are an infection inside our society!"
Gen. Milley repeats debunked Israeli propaganda about beheadings and sexual assault on Oct 7 to argue that the US would have done the same thing Israel is currently doing to Gaza if it had been attacked.
Karp presents the Palestine solidarity campus protest movement as an existential threat to American empire: "If we lose the intellectual battle, we will not be able to deploy any army in the West, ever."
@BoldWeaselDemocrat2wks2W
What an absolutely bizarre set of arguments.
@D1rectMiaWorking Family2wks2W
That’s how you talk when you view the entire world and everyone in it as a risk board
@KoalaLunaRepublican2wks2W
he's not wrong, somehow we allowed pro-genocide protesters run around campuses with their little intifada banners. How is it different from KKK or neo-nazis
@ZealousJurisdiction2wks2W
Anti war protesting is pro KKK? lol
@9M9Q7J4Republican2wks2W
Hamas is using its people as a smokescreen so that any action against them is met with human rights violation allegations. Also, there is a difference between a terrorist attack, and the casualties of war.
@VenisonLeoLibertarian2wks2W
look its all perfectly logical
1. let's support the slaughter of massive numbers of innocent civilians because ..... yeah ..... we did it
2. let's do civilian slaughters because ... ummm... peace
3. yeah !!!
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
Trump ‘plans to send kill teams to Mexico to take out drug lords’
Donald Trump is planning to send US assassination squads into Mexico to kill the leaders of drug cartels if he returns to the White House, according to a report.
The former president, 77, has spoken publicly of his determination to tackle America’s fentanyl crisis by “waging war” on the criminal gangs who fuel it.
But Mr Trump is yet to announce the full extent of his plans which, according to Rolling Stone, involve covertly deploying — with or without the Mexican government’s consent — special-operations units tasked with assassinating drug lords.
Thre… Read more
Just when I thought I knew every reason there was to support President Trump, he drops another one.
Cartels firmly with Biden now.
@AmnestyNickRepublican2wks2W
One thing is for certain, our enemies will both fear and respect America once President Trump is back in the White House.
Right now our enemies see Joe Biden and are encouraged to do awful things.
They see a weak man who’s incompetent.
Biden is a threat to national security.
The new wall - what little there is of it - has been a deterrent. But with gaps in many places there is always a way through. A well paid job is repairing the holes that the cartels cut on a regular basis. Why aren't those people apprehended ?
It wasn't so long ago that trump asked for $6B to build his wall. Today the USA sends many times that amount to protect the borders of other countries.
If it’s legal for the US to use extrajudicial killings of terrorists overseas who have killed at most a few thousand US citizens, drug king pings and factories are fair game. 100,000’s if not millions have died due to their wares
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
US will withhold weapons from Israel if it invades Rafah
“I made it clear that if they go into Rafah ..., I’m not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah, to deal with the cities – that deal with that problem,” Biden said in an interview with CNN.
"Civilians have been killed in Gaza as a consequence of those bombs and other ways in which they go after population centers," he said when asked about 2,000-pound bombs sent to Israel.
Israel this week attacked Rafah, where more than one million Palestinians have sought refuge, but Biden said he did not consider Israel’s strikes a… Read more
@P0pularVot3BillGreen2wks2W
Biden's weapons "pause" won't make a difference:
"Despite the pause, the Israeli military has enough weapons supplied by the U.S. and other partners to conduct the Rafah operation if it chooses to cast aside U.S. objections, the first official said."
He very specifically avoided saying that invading Rafah was a red line. He said that invading 'without a plan to protect civilians' (a totally meaningless phrase) was a red line.
This is political fence riding and no doubt they will deliver the weapons.
@PersistentDovesForward2wks2W
That's what I thought. One of those Biden's vile lies.
@WidgeonSteveDemocrat2wks2W
I don't envy Bibi; he will have to make a decision that will be, IMHO, historic. There is no going back now; he either continues the Rafah operation or surrenders to Hamas and its new leader, Biden. I will pray for him.
They need to consider how Europe would have responded if Serbia had not been stopped, Europe had their back in stopping them in the long run, Europe, UK and USA should have Israels back by stopping the slaughter.
We as humans can not allow whats happening to continue.
@ForsakenVoleLibertarian2wks2W
What I don't get is how people are talking about the Rafah operation potential catastrophic humanitarian consequences and forgetting that Israel already created a humanitarian catastrophy before even entering Rafah. The UN says it's already worst than Dresden in WWII.
A leader leads he doesn't look at polling to appease the radical side. He doesn't lie and gaslighting. He or she takes responsibility and leads despite what's popular. He is the furthest thing from a leader. He is awful and the worst president in my lifetime. Carter was better.
@GraciousEqu4l1tyPatriot2wks2W
Because he doesn't support Israel. That speech yesterday was strictly to convince Jews that he supports Israel, so they'll keep voting for him. He's more worried about the Muslim vote he won't get if he arms Israel. He's trying to be all things, and that never works.
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
RFK Jr re-ups Trump debate challenge
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on Tuesday reignited his call to debate former President Trump, suggesting "perfect neutral territory" at the upcoming Libertarian Party convention as the venue.
In a message on X, RFK Jr. acknowledged how both he and Trump are already scheduled to speak at the convention on May 24 and 25 in Washington, D.C.
"It’s perfect neutral territory for you and me to have a debate where you can defend your record for your wavering supporters," Kennedy wrote to Trump. "You yourself have said you’re not afraid to debate me as long as my poll numb… Read more
Colorado Passes Bill That Opens Voting Centers In Prisons
The Colorado legislature on Friday adopted a first-in-the-nation reform last week to fix this. Senate Bill 72, which now awaits the signature of Governor Jared Polis to become law, would give people held in local jails a lot more opportunities to obtain and cast a ballot.
It would require that sheriffs establish polling stations within local jails across Colorado each general election to operate for at least one six-hour period. It would also require every jail to designate a ballot drop-off location, for those who want to vote by mail.
Colorado would be the first state to enact a mandate of… Read more
