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If it is called the Department of War, can we finally acknowledge it commits Acts of War, which require Congressional Declarations according to our Constitution?

@KitchenAidUSA false advertising or installation error? The official installers, 2 service techs, and the GC are claiming this cannot be made flush and that this image is deceptive and false.

@terrycrews how in the world were you not cast as Cobra Bubbles??? #LiloandStitch

Almost no one in Congress is serious about cutting spending. They’re cowards. They’re not willing to stare lobbyists (money) and constituents (voters) in the eyes and tell them it’s their oxen which must be gored. They are too afraid of losing their next election. TANSTAAFL

@cenkuygur ? The amount you would have to raise taxes to overcome the deficit without massive spending cuts would have vast and varied negative consequences to the economy - especially small businesses. I’m surprised to see you post this. The math clearly demonstrates this isn’t feasible.

You know all this "cost cutting" isn't going to help the taxpayers at all, right? If it was me, I'd cut costs (carefully), raise taxes on corporations and balance the budget. That's not what Trump and Elon are planning. They're going to use all the savings for corporate tax cuts.

Never forget. (Defund NPR)

There’s a cognitive disconnect among my colleagues who hated Speaker Johnson’s CR, but still plan to vote for @SpeakerJohnson in 2 weeks. That 1557 page bill was a product of the swamp that uniparty Johnson was happy to facilitate. He couldn’t understand why we didn’t lap it up.

We are either fiscally conservative or not. An unlimited increase in the debt ceiling for 2 years is not fiscally conservative and should be rejected.

@SenSanders Except most hadn’t even gotten a chance to read it? How does that make sense? I thought you would be an advocate for transparency on this topic.

Democrats and Republicans spent months negotiating a bipartisan agreement to fund our government. The richest man on Earth, President Elon Musk, doesn’t like it. Will Republicans kiss the ring? Billionaires must not be allowed to run our government.

I wanted to read the full 1,500+ page bill & speak with key leaders before forming an opinion. Having done that, here's my view: it's full of excessive spending, special interest giveaways & pork barrel politics. If Congress wants to get serious about government efficiency, they should VOTE NO. Keeping the government open until March 14 will cost ~$380BN by itself, but the true cost of this omnibus CR is far greater due to new spending. Renewing the Farm Bill for an extra year: ~$130BN. Disaster relief: $100BN. Stimulus for farmers: $10BN. The Francis Scott Key Bridge replacement: $8BN. The proposal adds at least 65 cents of new spending for every dollar of continued discretionary spending. The legislation will end up hurting many of the people it purports to help. Debt-fueled spending sprees may "feel good" today, but it's like showering cocaine on an addict: it's not compassion, it's cruelty. Farmers will see more land sold to foreign buyers when taxes inevitably rise to meet our obligations. Our children will be saddled with crippling debt. Interest payments will be the largest item in our national budget. Congress has known about this deadline since they created it in late September. There's no reason why this couldn't have gone through the standard process, instead of being rushed to a vote right before Congressmen want to go home for the holidays. The urgency is 100% manufactured & designed to avoid serious public debate.   The bill could have easily been under 20 pages. Instead, there are dozens of unrelated policy items crammed into the 1,547 pages of this bill. There's no legitimate reason for them to be voted on as a package deal by a lame-duck Congress. 72 pages worth of “Pandemic Preparedness and Response” policy; renewal of the much-criticized "Global Engagement Center," a key player in the federal censorship state; 17 different pieces of Commerce legislation; paving the way for a new football stadium in D.C.; a pay raise for Congressmen & Senators and making them eligible for Federal Employee Health Benefits. It's indefensible to ram these measures through at the last second without debate. We're grateful for DOGE's warm reception on Capitol Hill. Nearly everyone agrees we need a smaller & more streamlined federal government, but actions speak louder than words. This is an early test. The bill should fail.

We still don’t have text for the spending bill we’re expected to pass before Friday at midnight I wonder what The Firm™️ has in store for us This can’t happen again—ever Spending bills should spend weeks—not hours—on the floor of the Senate, open for debate and amendments

We are now just six days away from a possible shutdown, and still no one—that is, no one outside The Firm™️—has seen the spending bill Congress is expected to pass this coming week This is unacceptable, and must come to an abrupt end when Trump returns to the White House

🚨 INFLATION IS BACK UP 🚨 Wonder why? The Fed has worked to quietly pump another $650 billion newly created dollars into the market over the last year. This artificially gave the economy a buzz before the election, but now comes the inflation hangover. As the money supply goes, so goes prices...

From a friend in Jersey now the drones are spraying something

🚨The massive downward revisions to jobs data are set to continue: latest from PHL Fed has early benchmark indicating jobs DECLINED in Q2 of this year while the initial monthly job reports estimated gains of 653k - the labor market's strength is a fiction...

JUST IN: NY Mayor Eric Adams stuns a room full of liberal reporters with a blunt reality check about open borders and their link to sex trafficking. “We have 500,000 children who had sponsors in this country that we can’t find. We can’t find them. We don’t know if they’re doing child labor. We don’t know if they’re doing sex crimes. We don’t know if they’re being exploited.” “500,000 children,” he reiterated. “We don’t know where they are right now in this country.”

BREAKING: An Inspector General Report confirms the FBI had 26 confidential human sources on the ground at J6 and that some of them went into the Capitol. Was this entrapment? Why did it take us four years to learn this? Criminal.

Federal debt fell $40 billion over the last 2 days, but Treasury drained its cash balance by $90 billion over that time - that's a net $50 billion in the red over just 2 days; this is on top of the worse 2-month deficit ever to start a fiscal year:

6 measures of inflation and not a single one is at the 2.0% target, nor are any of them trending to that rate ~3% annual inflation is the new normal - what a mess...