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There's a disturbing trend of the GOP finding a worse-case scenario, riling up their members about it, and then using that anger to justify banning anything they don't like.
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@Lea31574Mc @justicenow_alan @GBNT1952 Yes, they do want to cut ice, but that's not the issue right now.
FY 2024, 2025, ICE had about $10B a year.
In 2025, congress gave them $85B, $10 for 2026, and $75 over 4 years.
Republicans now want to pile more ON TOP of that $85B
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@ElongatedWinner @justicenow_alan @GBNT1952 If that were truly the case, then what reason would the Dems have to attempt to hold up the rest of the funding? They DO want to cut ICE funding and because they have no cards, they decide to hurt the rest of America instead. democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-rel…
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Uh… yeah, Democrats introduced 7 bills to “fund TSA,” and each one was laced with defund ICE riders and border sabotage requirements.
Republicans passed clean full DHS funding twice.
Dems blocked it.
Twice.
Now they cry “Republicans blocked TSA!”
This is textbook gaslighting while Americans miss their flights and have their livelihoods negatively affected so that these morons can post more lies and nonsense…
Democrats@TheDemocrats
Democrats introduced bills to end the TSA shutdown on: March 5 March 11 March 12 March 18 March 19 (x2) March 21 March 23 Republicans blocked TSA funding every single time.
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@Patrick53437 @fuckyouiquit The wealthy are getting a comfortable retirement...
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@fuckyouiquit Every dollar below $184.5k also earns a benefit, no benefit above. It’s not good value for money but those dollars buy something that the wealthy aren’t getting. Social security needs reform (including means testing benefits) not an endless source of funds to waste
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Every dollar earned below $184,500 a year has a Social Security tax of 12.4%. Everything after that cap is exempt. If we lift this cap on the wealthiest earners, Social Security would be fully funded till 2070. The cap should not exist.
ABC News@ABC
The trust funds for Social Security and Medicaid will run out of money in as little as 8 years, a shorter time frame than previously estimated, according to a report issued Wednesday by the programs' trustees. abcnews.link/r5kTy1r
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@jjohn2514 @fuckyouiquit No it's not.
You pay for current retirees.
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Social Security is NOT a tax. Start with that fact.
Social Security is a 1-to-1 relationship between the money you put in, and the money you can draw out.
Now... if you want to suggest that people who make more than $X should pay in more FOR OTHER PEOPLE, then that becomes a tax and that's a different law.
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@Option3030Andy @groversmith1 @kpomerleau This is literally an argument against the cap, so yes, it is accurate.
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@groversmith1 @kpomerleau It's NOT accurate. It's a blatant LIE.
Higher income earners % is being figured by their entire income, not just the income that is taxed by SS.
It's the same way they LIE to you about "rich people pay a lower tax rate than lower income".
They are LYING to you!!
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It would be nice if senate budget dems described Social Security's structure in a way that didn't mislead the public.
Senate Budget Democrats@SenateBudget
MURRAY: Is it true that people making under $184k pay a 12.4% Social Security tax rate? DAHL: Yes. MURRAY: And the rate for someone making $1 million? DAHL: 2.2%. MURRAY: So, a 12.4% tax for people making less than $184k, but 2.2% for a millionaire or .0002% for billionaires.
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@GreenPlusAnE If you dropped social security and medicare AND THE FUCKING PAYROLL TAXES FOR THEM then we would still be running a massive deficit.
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Blame Social Security and Medicare for America’s long term debt problem.
Without them, we’d be running a surplus!
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If we don't generally require an ID to vote, and we allow mail in votes, we have no damned idea how many illegal votes there were.
Liam Nissan™@theliamnissan
There were only 10 documented illegal alien voters out of 2 BILLION American votes (according to the right wing Heritage Foundation) but do go on about voter fraud you lying fascist assholes
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@wil_da_beast630 Who votes is public record.
If there was widespread illegal aliens voted, it would be easy to prove.
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@Lea31574Mc @justicenow_alan @GBNT1952 ICE IS at 100%, hell it's operating at 300% of older years budgets.
ICE has enough allocated to last several more years from the 2025 bill.
If you pass a DHS bill with NO ICE funding in it, ICE will be unaffected for at least three years, longer than the other DHS funds last.
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@ElongatedWinner @justicenow_alan @GBNT1952 That’s not what I said. The Dems’ holdup is based on scaling back ICE. If they get their way, DHS would be funded but ICE would be kneecapped, either through funding or legislation. ICE operating at full capacity is non-negotiable
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@Lea31574Mc @justicenow_alan @GBNT1952 No, because ICE is currently funded through 2029. It's not shut down. It doesn't need a bill.
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@justicenow_alan @GBNT1952 Then by definition that’s not a clean funding bill for the DHS, by your own words Dems intentionally leave parts of DHS unfunded. There are no negotiations on enforcement reforms. ICE will continue their work and there is not a single thing the Dems (or you) can do about it.
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@ThirdWayEnergy well... and number 4 is pretty fucking relevant to that too
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We asked voters to rank 17 proposals to lower energy costs. "Banning new data centers" came in at 15th.
More Perfect Union@MorePerfectUS
BREAKING: @AOC and @SenSanders are introducing a ban on AI data centers and other hyperscale data centers. The ban would remain until Congress passes new AI legislation. That legislation must ensure AI is safe, benefits workers, and doesn't raise electricity prices.
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Do Trump supporters listen to this and think "oh yeah, he's definitely telling the truth" ?
apnews.com/video/trump-cr…
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@MaryRuwart I mean... permanently owning land probably doesn't make sense either...
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If we truly owned our homes, we wouldn’t have to pay rent to the county to keep from losing them.
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@GalvinAlmanza This is super fucking easy.
That's some other dude's problem in 5 or 10 years, but we're maximizing shareholder value TODAY
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I don't get how people are planning to sidestep the very basic problem that if you don't have junior hires right now, you won't have experienced people 5 or 10 years later.
CG@cgtwts
Anthropic CEO: “50% of all entry-level Lawyers, Consultants, and Finance Professionals will be completely wiped out within the next 1–5 years." grad students and junior hires are cooked.
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@BlakeFelix83 @MorEdge_Insight We have a permanent security council veto.
Why the fuck would we leave that power?
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@MorEdge_Insight My prediction is that the United States will be exiting the UN soon… they’re garbage anyways, and basically cucked to their own Islamic caliphate
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And yet another cluster warhead fired at civilians in Israel.
Out of curiosity, has anybody heard a word about “international laws” and “war crimes” from the UN?
Thought not.
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@AsFreedomFlies @MorEdge_Insight Quick question...
Is Iran, Israel or the United States a signatory of that treaty?
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@MorEdge_Insight The Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) completely prohibits the use, development, production, acquisition, stockpiling and transfer of cluster munitions. In addition, the assistance or encouragement of anyone to engage in prohibited activities is prohibited.
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@MorEdge_Insight Guess who is NOT a signatory of the cluster munitions convention?
Iran, Israel, and the United States...
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@WallStreetMav @MichaelAArouet Household median income, tax burden, what's left
FL: $73,311, 6%, $68,912
TX: $75,780, 7%, $70,475
NY: $82,095, 13%, $71422
CA: $95,521, 11%, $85013
MA: $99,858, 9%, $90,870
You're better off in those higher tax states.
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Isn’t it funny that the left always assumes that when they increase tax rates, tax revenues will go up? What did they study, anthropology or gender?
Given where most European countries stand, cutting tax rates would boost growth and increase tax revenues.
Why don’t they do it?
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@MaMoMVPY ah... but here's a question...
Are humans also just a prediction machine?
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No Claude do not have an IQ of anything. It is a prediction machine. A prediction machine trained on more data now than 3 years ago. But that's all. It has ZERO intelligence.
Charbel-Raphael@CRSegerie
In March 2023, Claude had an estimated IQ of 64. Today, Claude Opus 4.6 scores 133 on the Mensa Norway test. GPT-5.2 Thinking hits 141. Gemini 3 Pro, 142. That's a jump from cognitively impaired to gifted in three years. No human population has ever improved that fast, the Flynn effect gives us ~3 IQ points per decade. AI just did 70 points in 36 months.
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@kristenmag *counting* votes can still happen after election day if this is struck down.
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This would be terrific news for WA state. Counting votes should not drag on for weeks after election DAY.
Eric Daugherty@EricLDaugh
🚨 BREAKING: The Supreme Court appears poised to STRIKE DOWN state laws allowing the mass acceptance of mail-in ballots after election day, following oral arguments — AP It could affect several DOZEN states. THIS IS HUGE! 🔥 Justice Sam Alito delivered a MASTERCLASS in precisely why we have an election DAY, not "week" or "month" "We have LOTS of phrases that involve two words, the last of which, the second of which is DAY. Labor DAY, Memorial DAY, George Washington's birthDAY, Independence DAY, birth DAY, and election DAY!" "And they're all particular DAYS." "So if we start with that, if I have nothing more to look at than the phrase election day, I think this is the DAY in which everything is going to take place, or almost everything."
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