@Mike_Pence Hey Mike, do you remember when Congress was the only authority that could declare war? How has that been working out? Maybe you should support a Convention of States and help fix what you helped break. Just saying.
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Marcus Valles - "IN|VR"
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Marcus Valles - "IN|VR"
@Marcus_INVR
Getting to the Point!
Houston, TX شامل ہوئے Ocak 2018
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The Constitution gives Congress the power to levy taxes and tariffs. Article 1, Section 8 provides that the Congress “shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises.” The president has no authority in the Constitution to unilaterally impose tariffs without an act of Congress. To restore the power to levy Tariff’s back to the American people, Congress should take immediate steps to reclaim their Constitutional authority On Tariffs.
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The pot calling the kettle black doesn't even cover the depts of your hypocrasy here. Your call to investigate Elon Musk for alleged profiteering reeks of hypocrisy. You’ve built millions on government access, leveraging insider knowledge for investments and book deals, making everyday Americans distrust lawmakers for gaming the system. Musk’s wealth comes from innovation—cars, rockets, internet—not policy manipulation. Your sudden pivot from praising his green tech to targeting him smacks of political vendetta, timed with his Trump support. Clean your own house before throwing stones.
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Reportedly, Elon Musk may be using his government role to line his own pockets at the expense of American consumers and our nation’s foreign policy interests. I’m calling for an official investigation. abcnews.go.com/Politics/senat…
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@DrGregVR @simonateba It's the fault of a corrupt system. Ever heard of a Convention of States? America needs one desperately.
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@Marcus_INVR @simonateba What about all you want,. None of those other guys where convicted unanimously by a jury of their peers on 34 felony counts. Trump has been. And will never face the consequences. So he is clearly above the law.
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@Marcus_INVR @simonateba May I remind you that the dude sitting in the Oval Office is a 34 time convicted felon and will never have to pay the price for that. So clearly.. someone is above the law.
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@simonateba Come on, Simon. It’s the same thing that happens to anyone’s family and household when they’re locked up for a crime. A judge isn’t above the law.
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LOL: Some of the nearly 7,000 people who have commented here say the judge should be locked up and the keys thrown away. Okay, what happens to her family and her courtroom?
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Simon Ateba@simonateba
Be brutally honest: Do you support the Trump FBI arresting judges — yes or no, and why?
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You accuse Trump of silencing dissent, but the Biden administration was ruled by courts to have coerced social media to suppress speech on COVID and elections, something your post ignores. Where’s the evidence Trump’s new administration has done this since January 2025? Sounds like you’re projecting Biden’s record onto Trump.
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The Trump regime is working to deter dissent.
Anyone who goes against Trump could end up on a target list.
This is having a chilling effect on five major pillars of society — universities, science, the media, the law, and the arts.
It's straight out of the fascist playbook.
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Eric Swalwell, the guy who slept with a Chinese spy—Fang Fang—and still got to sit on the Intelligence Committee, has the nerve to tell citizens who pay his salary to "shut the fuck up"? This WEF-loving globalist, who can’t stop pushing policies that sell out American workers, acts like a tough guy on his official account but runs like a coward when real reporters ask him about his China ties. You’re a disgrace to the people you’re supposed to serve and wouldn't last a day on the streets. Step up or "shut the fuck up."
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If you enabled him in becoming president may I suggest you shut the fuck up?
Bill Ackman@BillAckman
The country is 100% behind the president on fixing a global system of tariffs that has disadvantaged the country. But, business is a confidence game and confidence depends on trust. President @realDonaldTrump has elevated the tariff issue to the most important geopolitical issue in the world, and he has gotten everyone’s attention. So far, so good. And yes, other nations have taken advantage of the U.S. by protecting their home industries at the expense of millions of our jobs and economic growth in our country. But, by placing massive and disproportionate tariffs on our friends and our enemies alike and thereby launching a global economic war against the whole world at once, we are in the process of destroying confidence in our country as a trading partner, as a place to do business, and as a market to invest capital. The president has an opportunity to call a 90-day time out, negotiate and resolve unfair asymmetric tariff deals, and induce trillions of dollars of new investment in our country. If, on the other hand, on April 9th we launch economic nuclear war on every country in the world, business investment will grind to a halt, consumers will close their wallets and pocket books, and we will severely damage our reputation with the rest of the world that will take years and potentially decades to rehabilitate. What CEO and what board of directors will be comfortable making large, long-term, economic commitments in our country in the middle of an economic nuclear war? I don’t know of one who will do so. When markets crash, new investment stops, consumers stop spending money, and businesses have no choice but to curtail investment and fire workers. And it is not just the big companies that will suffer. Small and medium size businesses and entrepreneurs will experience much greater pain. Almost no business can pass through an overnight massive increase in costs to their customers. And that’s true even if they have no debt, and, unfortunately, there is a massive amount of leverage in the system. Business is a confidence game. The president is losing the confidence of business leaders around the globe. The consequences for our country and the millions of our citizens who have supported the president — in particular low-income consumers who are already under a huge amount of economic stress — are going to be severely negative. This is not what we voted for. The President has an opportunity on Monday to call a time out and have the time to execute on fixing an unfair tariff system. Alternatively, we are heading for a self-induced, economic nuclear winter, and we should start hunkering down. May cooler heads prevail.
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I know you’re mentally retarded and have China’s hand so far up your ass they’re telling you what to say. But have you ever heard of a market correction? It happens every time the market’s inflated and propped up by the government for too damn long. It’s actually common as hell and how all you swamp rats get filthy rich. So shut your fucking mouth and try doing your damn job, you worthless sack of shit.
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Your 401k just became a 201k. And the fucking moron who did that to you is golfing the rest of the weekend in Miami. Let that sink in.
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In 2024, the Department of Education swallowed $268 billion in tax dollars. Congress approved just $79 billion, with only $41 billion hitting K-12—half of that, $21 billion, directly funding teachers. So where’s the other $227 billion going? It's sure not going to the school programs and teachers who need it most.
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If Trump and Musk get their way on dismantling public education, teachers will be fired.
Class sizes will go up.
After-school programs will be cut.
Programs that help kids with special needs will disappear.
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When the heads of government agencies can’t account for billions of tax dollars annually and lack any mechanism to track the funds, it raises suspicion. Some might call it fraud and waste; others might label it outright abuse. Refusing an audit while fighting tooth and nail to avoid scrutiny could mark you as liable. For anyone assuming there’s no fraud, waste, or abuse in Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, that’s simply naive. However, if it’s determined that people legitimately receiving these benefits are being cut off, I’ll stand with you in that fight.
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I know it’s a radical idea but the American people are quite clear:
NO cuts to Medicare. NO cuts to Medicaid. NO cuts to Social Security.
Maybe Congress should listen to them rather than billionaire campaign contributors.
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@RBReich You're a fossilized Marxist smear machine who accuses Trump of fascism while ignoring his own party’s actions, like censoring dissent and jailing political opponents.
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Why is Donald Trump stifling free speech? Because that's what every dictator does.
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In 2024, the Department of Education consumed $268 billion in tax dollars. Congress approved just $79 billion, of which only $41 billion reached K-12 schools—half of that, $21 billion, directly funding teachers. So where did the other $227 billion go? Imagine if that money actually supported teachers instead of an bloated bureaucracy used to indoctrinate children and enrich itself.
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Elon bought Twitter for $44B, and sold it to his own company for $33B. He can write-off that $11B loss on his taxes.
Teachers can only write-off up to $300 worth of their school supplies on their taxes.
This is what a tax code written to benefit oligarchs looks like.
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If Congress actually provided real oversight instead of hiring bureaucrats to oversee themselves, and if they could pass a damn audit, or if Democrats could show receipts for the billions they’re spending, none of this DOGE ‘debunking’ would be needed. The Department of Education’s $268B budget in 2024 had only $41B for K-12, $21B for teachers, where’s the other $227B?
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Democrats should appoint someone who's whole job is debunking DOGE lies in real time on every platform.
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Sanders’ argument has truth: billionaires dominate post-Citizens United, and public funding could help. But he’s hypocritical. Harris had 83 billionaire backers, and her $2 billion haul wasn’t just grassroots. Both sides play the game; Sanders just points fingers at one. The chart says a lot, but not what he wants you to think. Democracy’s for sale on both aisles.
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This chart says it all.
If we’re going to save American democracy, we must stop billionaires from buying elections.
We must end Citizens United and move to public funding of elections.
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The 20-year sentence isn’t for vandalism, it’s for arson, Molotov cocktails, and gunfire at Tesla properties, which carry 5-20 years under federal law, regardless of the car brand. The "domestic terrorism" label reflects the political intent behind the attacks (e.g., anti-Trump, anti-Musk messages), but the penalty is standard for these crimes, not a government overreach, vandalism like keying a car would get far less, typically under 2 years.
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While I condemn vandalism, I don't approve of imposing 20-year prison sentences on people who vandalize Teslas. The penalty for vandalism should be consistent & appropriate. If we allow government to classify certain crimes as terrorism, we surrender too much power to government.
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@mmpadellan GROK has analyzed your post and determined it’s all a lie—exaggerated claims with no evidence to back them up.
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Planes falling out of the sky
Consumer confidence plummeting
Grocery prices soaring
Job losses mounting
Measles outbreaks
Major security snafus
Protests EVERYWHERE
Social Security threatened
Medicare & Medicaid threatened
"Two perfect months" 🤡
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Hey Rep. Swalwell, maybe sit this one out, your history with a Chinese spy makes your criticism a joke. You were banging Fang Fang while on the Intel Committee, cozying up to a suspected CCP operative who was part of a spy ring targeting U.S. officials. You didn’t know? That’s worse, it means you’re clueless, not just reckless. People on X are still calling you a traitor, demanding you resign, and they’re not wrong. You’ve got no business pointing fingers when your own mistakes could’ve compromised national security. Glass houses, man, stop throwing stones and clean up your own mess first.
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Everyone on the public WAR PLANS group text should immediately lose their security clearances and be fired. Their idiocy just put a giant target on America. We are not safe.
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@danielsgoldman Rep. Goldman, where was this worry when Biden’s DoE pushed CRT, Title IX, and loan forgiveness on red states? $1.75T debt, 20 states sued—same overreach. Democracy dies when you only call out one side. #HypocrisyCheck
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A President targeting ideologically opposed states, universities, law firms and lawyers, businesses, etc. unconstitutionally abuses the power of the Presidency.
Democracy dies when institutions capitulate to unconstitutional and authoritarian demands.
We must stand up together.
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Hey @RepCasar, quit whining about Elon Musk and DOGE like a broken record. If you actually did your damn job instead of groveling to your donors like some NASCAR driver plastered with their logos, America wouldn’t need Musk or DOGE to clean up your mess. You’re mad he’s stepping in? Maybe stop caving to the cash and start managing the budget, then we wouldn’t need a billionaire and his crew to fix what you’ve screwed. Fire Elon? Nah, fire yourself for sucking at this.
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Pathetic, brain-dead losers too spineless to think, so they torch and smash like rabid toddlers. Where was all this rage when thousands lost their jobs for not getting the jab, when thousands lost their businesses due to lockdowns, when millions flooded the border including murderers, rapists, and terrorists, when kids were being chemically castrated, and the elderly had to die alone in hospitals, forced apart from their families? You’re sad and pathetic, acting just like your elected officials, so it all makes sense. Can’t get your way, so burn it down. Nothing you can say changes that you’re the problem. For all your theatrics, your mic’s not even on.
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If burning Teslas make you furious, but watching thousands of federal workers get stripped of their jobs, healthcare, and pensions doesn’t move you—YOU are the problem.
If scorched cars spark more outrage than billions being slashed from cancer research, humanitarian aid, education, and support for the most vulnerable—your moral compass is broken.
This ain’t about Teslas. It’s about twisted priorities, cold-hearted politics, and willful ignorance.
Silence in the face of suffering is complicity. Miss us with your fake outrage.
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