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Frederick W Redelius

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Brian Stone
Brian Stone@Brian_stone_9·
Is Michelle Obama the most incredible First Lady?🤔
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Frederick W Redelius
Frederick W Redelius@fwredelius·
This is classic Zoe Lofgren dishonesty. First, not everyone charged in connection with January 6th was a “rioter” who committed violence. Many were hit with misdemeanors like trespassing or “parading” for walking into the Capitol after doors were opened. Some spent years in pre-trial detention — often in harsh conditions — for non-violent offenses. That’s not normal justice. Second, if the government actually violated people’s rights (excessive force, denial of due process, abusive conditions, or overcharging), then compensation through settlements or judgments isn’t “rewarding criminals.” It’s how the system is supposed to work when the state overreaches. Taxpayers already foot the bill when the government loses lawsuits. This isn’t new or unique to J6. Third, the “dangerous signal” line is pure projection. Lofgren and her party spent years downplaying or excusing far more destructive violence from 2020 BLM/Antifa riots — billions in damage, dozens dead, police stations attacked — while many charges were dropped and activists were often celebrated. Where was the concern about “rewarding” that behavior? The real issue here is that Trump is pushing back against what many see as politically motivated prosecutions and excessive punishment. Lofgren doesn’t like that the weapon she helped wield is being examined. Framing accountability and due process as “compensating rioters” is just more lawfare rhetoric.
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Trump using your taxpayer dollars to compensate J6 rioters isn’t just outrageous, it’s also dangerous. It sends the signal that the next time extremists are called to violently attack Trump’s opponents, he will not only pardon them but reward them financially for their crimes.

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Frederick W Redelius@fwredelius·
This is classic Zoe Lofgren dishonesty. First, not everyone charged in connection with January 6th was a “rioter” who committed violence. Many were hit with misdemeanors like trespassing or “parading” for walking into the Capitol after doors were opened. Some spent years in pre-trial detention — often in harsh conditions — for non-violent offenses. That’s not normal justice. Second, if the government actually violated people’s rights (excessive force, denial of due process, abusive conditions, or overcharging), then compensation through settlements or judgments isn’t “rewarding criminals.” It’s how the system is supposed to work when the state overreaches. Taxpayers already foot the bill when the government loses lawsuits. This isn’t new or unique to J6. Third, the “dangerous signal” line is pure projection. Lofgren and her party spent years downplaying or excusing far more destructive violence from 2020 BLM/Antifa riots — billions in damage, dozens dead, police stations attacked — while many charges were dropped and activists were often celebrated. Where was the concern about “rewarding” that behavior? The real issue here is that Trump is pushing back against what many see as politically motivated prosecutions and excessive punishment. Lofgren doesn’t like that the weapon she helped wield is being examined. Framing accountability and due process as “compensating rioters” is just more lawfare rhetoric.
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Rep. Zoe Lofgren
Rep. Zoe Lofgren@RepZoeLofgren·
Trump using your taxpayer dollars to compensate J6 rioters isn’t just outrageous, it’s also dangerous. It sends the signal that the next time extremists are called to violently attack Trump’s opponents, he will not only pardon them but reward them financially for their crimes.
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CALL TO ACTIVISM
CALL TO ACTIVISM@CalltoActivism·
🚨NO KINGS ASSHOLE: Trump casually joked about staying in power past another term while bragging about military equipment. “I’m gonna be here in ’28… maybe I’ll be here in ’32 too. I don’t know. Maybe I will.” This authoritarian bullshit isn’t funny anymore.
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Frederick W Redelius@fwredelius·
The Democrats and their slobbering lapdog media have spent years hysterically screaming “Release the Epstein files!” while accusing Trump of being a pedophile rapist who was personally hiding the evidence. Funny how that works. If those files actually contained the nuclear bomb that would destroy Trump, why didn’t Obama or Biden — who controlled the entire federal government for twelve straight fuckin years — release them? They didn’t. They sat on them. Trump is the one who actually signed the law forcing the files out into the open. So either the files don’t say what the left has been claiming for a decade… or Obama and Biden were actively protecting a pedophile rapist. Which is it?
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Suzie rizzio
Suzie rizzio@Suzierizzo1·
Stop trying to hide what really happened and release the Epstein Files because nobody is going to forget about them.
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Frederick W Redelius
Frederick W Redelius@fwredelius·
@gman5180 That's cute the US spent 1.5 Trillion dollars on welfare last year alone and 26% of that went to blacks which are about 13% of the population, 26% of 1.5 trillion is 390 billion dollars in one fuckin year alone. I think that debt is paid in full.
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Gary M
Gary M@gman5180·
Rep. Ayanna Pressley says ... “Every bit of prosperity you all enjoy was built on our backs.” She says America is “long overdue” for reparations. I'll just see myself out, I'm done. No comment. 🤨
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Frederick W Redelius@fwredelius·
@TrumpsHurricane That's cute the US spent 1.5 Trillion dollars on welfare last year alone and 26% of that went to blacks which are about 13% of the population, 26% of 1.5 trillion is 390 billion dollars in one fuckin year alone. I think that debt is paid in full.
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Val
Val@TrumpsHurricane·
This Black woman says “White people's happiness causes oppression, so they should stop feeling joy and give their money to black people!” What’s your response to her ??
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Frederick W Redelius@fwredelius·
The claim is a selective and dishonest framing designed to downplay Western abolition while inflating collective guilt. Yes, some White Americans fought to preserve slavery — primarily in the South during the Civil War. That part is true. But it’s also true that White Americans (along with Black Americans who fought for the Union) fought and died in large numbers to end it. Over 360,000 Union soldiers were killed in the Civil War. The 13th Amendment was passed by a Republican Congress and signed by a White president. The abolitionist movement in America was heavily driven by White Christians and reformers (William Lloyd Garrison, the Grimké sisters, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and many others). More importantly, the West is historically unique in this regard. Slavery existed on every continent and in nearly every civilization for thousands of years — including in Africa, where Africans captured and sold other Africans into the transatlantic trade. The Arab slave trade lasted longer and enslaved more people than the transatlantic one. Yet it was Western nations — led by Britain and then the United States — that first developed a moral and philosophical opposition to slavery on principle, fought wars to end it, and used their power to suppress it globally. When someone says “Whites ended slavery,” they’re usually pointing to this historical reality: the civilization that practiced it also produced the ideas, movements, and military force that abolished it on a large scale. Pretending this is just “racist” cherry-picking while ignoring the full context (including non-Western slavery and the central role of White abolitionists) is the actual selective narrative. White abolitionists aren’t “unsung.” They’re well-documented. The attempt to erase or minimize their role while emphasizing only White slaveholders is ideological, not historical.
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Eddie Smith
Eddie Smith@eddsmitty·
When the subject of slavery in America is brought up, an ignorant racist chimes in with "Whites ended slavery"—but omit the part where other Whites fought to keep it. Also, they post nothing on their timeline about White abolitionists—the unsung heroes of the American story. ☕️
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Frederick W Redelius@fwredelius·
This is classic selective nostalgia. Yes, the statutory top marginal tax rate was 91% in the 1950s and into the early 1960s. But the effective tax rate paid by the rich was far lower because of massive deductions, loopholes, and preferential treatment for capital gains and investment income. Many wealthy people paid effective rates in the 40-50% range, not 91%. The idea that sky-high tax rates on paper are what built schools, highways, and sent us to the moon is oversimplified at best. The Interstate Highway System was launched in 1956 under Eisenhower. The big push on infrastructure and education in the postwar era happened during a period of strong economic growth, rising productivity, and a very different global situation (America as the unchallenged industrial superpower after WWII devastated its competitors). We went to the Moon because of Cold War competition with the Soviets and a focused national effort through NASA — not because rich people were taxed at 91%. Poverty did fall significantly in the 1960s, but that was driven more by strong economic growth and rising wages than by tax rates alone. The War on Poverty programs helped at the margins, but the bigger story was broad-based prosperity. High marginal rates also came with plenty of problems — tax avoidance schemes, slower growth in later years as the world changed, and capital flight risks. That’s why rates were eventually cut (including under Kennedy and later Reagan). The 1960s weren’t some golden age of “the rich paying their fair share” that magically created everything good. They were a unique postwar period with many advantages the U.S. no longer has. Pretending we can just jack rates back to 70-90% and recreate that era ignores a lot of history and economics.
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Anonymous
Anonymous@YourAnonNews·
When the rich contribute and pay their fair share civilizations thrive.
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Frederick W Redelius@fwredelius·
This is the usual mix of cherry-picked stats and bad-faith framing. The claim that “for every dollar an immigrant receives, they pay two dollars in taxes” is a selective talking point pushed by open-borders advocates. It often ignores: The full lifetime fiscal impact (including education for children, healthcare, welfare usage by households). The big difference between high-skilled legal immigrants and low-skilled or illegal immigration. The National Academies of Sciences study showed that first-generation immigrants are often a net fiscal drain, especially those with lower education levels. The second generation does better, but that doesn’t erase the upfront costs to taxpayers. On “following the rules”: If someone entered illegally or overstayed a visa, they are already in violation of the law. Immigration judges delaying or dismissing cases doesn’t magically make unlawful presence legal. ICE enforcing deportation orders isn’t some injustice — it’s the government doing its job. “I tried to follow the rules after breaking them” isn’t a get-out-of-deportation card. And the “legislators are worried about the browning of America” line is pure race-baiting. Wanting secure borders, controlled legal immigration, and assimilation isn’t about skin color. It’s about wages for American workers, strain on schools and hospitals, crime rates in certain communities, and whether we can actually integrate large numbers of people from very different cultures without fracturing social cohesion. Mass low-skilled immigration has real, measurable downsides. Pretending any concern about it is just racism is how Democrats avoid defending the actual policy.
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Rod (Izzy) 🇺🇸🦅
Marshan Camese claims that for every dollar an immigrant receives from our country, they pay two dollars in taxes. When immigrants follow the rules, immigration judges can often delay or dismiss their cases, allowing ICE to proceed with deportation. Marshan emphasizes that they aim to follow the rules but face significant obstacles. Legislators are worried about the browning of America. #DemsUnited
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Frederick W Redelius@fwredelius·
Mike Levin calling anything “the most corrupt thing I’ve ever seen” is rich, even by his standards. Let’s translate what actually happened: Trump sued the IRS over the illegal leak of his tax returns — something that was a clear crime. The DOJ under the previous administration never properly defended the case. When a judge started asking uncomfortable questions about why the government wasn’t fighting back, Trump dropped the suit after winning the election and installing people who actually take weaponization seriously. The same day, his administration moved to create funding to fight the weaponization of government that Levin’s party spent years perfecting — Russia hoax, two impeachments, lawfare in New York, the documents case, and the endless targeting of Trump and his supporters. Now Levin is melting down because Trump is doing what he said he would do: clean house at the IRS and DOJ, stop the leaks, and hold people accountable. And the cherry on top? Whining about Proud Boys and Oath Keepers not being explicitly ruled out for funding while ignoring that his own side spent years protecting Antifa, bailing out rioters, and turning a blind eye to political violence from the left. This isn’t corruption. This is accountability after years of one-sided abuse of power. Levin isn’t outraged by corruption. He’s outraged that the era of Democrats using the IRS and DOJ as political weapons against their opponents is finally ending.
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Mike Levin
Mike Levin@MikeLevin·
This New York Times piece is worth your time. Here’s what is happening, as simply as I can put it. Back in January, Trump sued the IRS, an agency he controls, demanding $10 billion over the leak of his tax returns a number of years ago. IRS lawyers did their jobs. They wrote a memo laying out the defenses that could beat the suit, including the fact that Trump filed too late. His own lawyer was in court when the leaker pleaded guilty in October 2023, more than two years before Trump sued. The Justice Department never showed up to court. Never argued back. Never used the defenses sitting on their desk. The judge got suspicious and ordered both sides to explain whether they were actually opposing each other or just colluding. The day before that brief was due, Trump dropped the suit. Same day, his Justice Department announced a $1.776 billion taxpayer-funded “anti-weaponization fund.”  Trump gets a formal apology. The IRS agrees to drop any audits of him and his family, even though a 2024 Times report found a loss in an ongoing audit could cost him over $100 million. The acting Attorney General, Trump’s former criminal defense attorney, picks the five commissioners who decide who gets paid. Trump can fire any of them. Proud Boys and Oath Keepers are not ruled out. This is the most corrupt thing I’ve ever seen from an American president. Where in the hell are my Republican colleagues? nytimes.com/2026/05/19/adm…
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Jessica Tarlov
Jessica Tarlov@JessicaTarlov·
The MAGA victory lap on getting Massie out when they had to spend 35 million and won by 10 in a Trump 35 district seems misguided.  Trump has a 34% approval rating. He’s -18 with Independents and Democrats are up 11 for the midterms. Plus, he just endorsed Ken Paxton who is so bad even his own party impeached him.  Plus, Trump’s campaign platform boils down to I don’t care about your finances, I’m going to trade stocks and make billions, use your money to pay J6ers, and get immunity from an audit for me and my family in perpetuity.  I think Democrats can work with that.
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Frederick W Redelius@fwredelius·
They are literally telling Black college athletes to torpedo their own futures — scholarships, NIL deals, pro prospects, entire careers — just to protect race-based gerrymandering. That’s not “defending representation.” That’s using young Black men as disposable political pawns. The Supreme Court didn’t “weaken Black political representation.” It ruled that states cannot make race the predominant factor when drawing congressional maps. That’s called the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment, and it applies to everyone. Black Americans already hold a record-high number of congressional seats that matches their share of the population. Black voter turnout is historically high. No one is being disenfranchised. Democrats are just furious they can no longer pack Black voters into a handful of safe blue districts to rig the rest of the map. So now they want 18–22-year-old athletes to sacrifice their dreams over it. Let that sink in. These kids worked their asses off to earn those scholarships. They’re not your cannon fodder for partisan map-drawing. Tell the athletes to play ball and get their degrees. Stop trying to ruin their lives for your safe seats.
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Christopher Webb
Christopher Webb@cwebbonline·
I support this effort. We all should ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼
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