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The AI industry has inflated the U.S. stock market and the economy.
What happens when that bubble bursts?
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Maine Katılım Mayıs 2009
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Don’t forget, Congress also gets $258 per day for lodging (housing) and $79 per day for food/incidentals when Congress is in session (or for committee meetings). That brings their salary up to about $234K a year. Plus they get 75% off health insurance subsidized by taxpayers.
But @SpeakerJohnson is RIGHT. Prices are through the roof. The People need a raise.
Restore the ACA tax credits.
Raise the minimum wage.
End the war in Iran.
These will make life more affordable for all Americans, not just Members of Congress getting a raise because the Republicans and Trump have made life unaffordable.
Instead of paying yourself more, get back to work and earn a raise.
Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽@JoshEakle
Mike Johnson says Congress can't survive on $174k because of inflation, and uses that to justify letting members trade stocks. Incredible take from the guy who decided his only job was taking orders from the President.
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@SenWarren The lies on here are disgusting and there seems to be more every day but thank you for continuing senator Warren
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Donald Trump LIED when he vowed not to touch Social Security.
He fired thousands of workers and cut critical services.
The result? Longer lines, unanswered calls, delayed benefits, and workers pushed to the brink.
I'll keep fighting to stop him from gutting Social Security.
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@MaineNature @4HumanUnity No way is any Governor going to allow the national guard at polling precincts.
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When you stand for nothing, your word means nothing. No principles. No foundations. No real positions.
Everything is about him.
A person like that should never be in public office, let alone President of the United States, but here we are. Everything is on the line this November.
Acyn@Acyn
CNN split screen on what Trump was saying on China before he went there and after:
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But you can’t have decent affordable health care.
They are telling you who they are.
Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽@JoshEakle
Mike Johnson says Congress can't survive on $174k because of inflation, and uses that to justify letting members trade stocks. Incredible take from the guy who decided his only job was taking orders from the President.
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Hegseth is asking for a record $1.5 trillion defense budget.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
The military industrial complex is cheering right now.
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President Trump, his family, and this Administration are profiting from pay-to-play schemes, accepting gifts from foreign and domestic actors alike.
That's why I joined @RepRaskin and @RepJoeMorelle in introducing the Protecting Our Democracy Act to stop this blatant corruption.
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PabloReports: What do you make of this $1.7 billion slush fund that Trump is proposing for Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and pardoned fraudsters?
Raskin: It’s illegal, unconstitutional, and outrageous. Congress controls the spending of money from the federal government, and we never voted to establish a $1.7 billion fund to pay off insurrectionists and his extremist private militias, and we would never spend money on that. So it needs to be blocked. It’s an absolute corruption and prostitution of the Judgment Fund.
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Absolute insanity….here is Mike Johnson saying members of Congress need to be able to continue their insider trading because the yearly salary of $174K with healthcare and taxpayer funded vacations every other week is not enough for them
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Poor people, $174,000 isn't enough (not counting everything else they line their pockets with). Funny they don't give a hoot about us.
The Intellectualist@highbrow_nobrow
“We have to have sympathy. We need to at least let them engage in some stock trading so they can continue to take care of their family.” - House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on lawmakers trading stocks.
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@JoshEakle Someone tell him I'm supporting myself & my grandson on my $1,500/mo social security
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Mike Johnson says Congress can't survive on $174k because of inflation, and uses that to justify letting members trade stocks.
Incredible take from the guy who decided his only job was taking orders from the President.
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WTH??? How can this be???
Gearing up for Nov???
Miles Taylor@MilesTaylorUSA
Donald Trump is about to turn Jan 6 criminals into MILLIONAIRES. With your tax dollars. The people who smeared feces on the Capitol walls… …hunted Mike Pence through the halls of Congress… …assaulted cops. He’s creating a $1.7 billion apology fund for them. Disgusting.
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"You can't say the cost of a puppy is $200 because that was the adoption fee." The Pentagon's $25B price tag does exactly that — it ignores veterans' care, disability payments, and decades of interest. The true cost of war shows up long after the fighting stops.
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Once again the President and Pete Hegseth show that they are not committed to security in Europe. Actions like this make us less safe and embolden Vladimir Putin. At every turn the two of them cower to Russia.
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Trump to NYT's David Sanger: "I had a total military victory. But the fake news, guys like you, write incorrectly. You're a fake guy. We had a total military victory. I actually think it's sort of treasonous what you write. You should be ashamed of yourself. I actually think it's treason."
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@SenWarren "Let them eat cake" is a famous expression that means the privileged classes are totally out of touch. It highlights cluelessness, ignorance, or a general lack of sympathy for people dealing with basic survival or financial hardships.
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$1 BILLION.
That's how much Senate Republicans want taxpayers to shell out for Trump’s ballroom.
We have to put a stop to this gold-encrusted monstrosity.
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