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www.cbpp.org/research/fed... Policy Basics: Non-Defense Discretionary Programs

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How it started. How it’s going

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We asked Senate Republicans: is there any millionaire or billionaire rich enough who doesn't need another tax giveaway? $10M a year? No. $100M a year? No. $500M a year? No. $1 BILLION a year? No. With Republicans in control: Billionaires win, families lose.

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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...

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MIB: “Gentlemen, congratulations, you’re exactly what we’ve come to expect from years of government training.”

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Trump’s Transportation Secretary declared that transportation funding would give preference to communities with high marriage and birth rates. But those don’t necessarily come together — birth rates decrease with wealth while marriage rates do the opposite. cc: @bloomberglp.bsky.social

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For the first time since the pandemic, markets are expecting inflation to rise — their projected inflation rate over the next 2 years just surpassed the current inflation rate.

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The House budget plan would increase already huge 10-year deficits by 16%. My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart

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The House GOP plan Trump endorsed is poised to slash Medicaid by around 10% and food stamps by around 20% AND increase deficits by $2.8 trillion to pay for tax cut renewals. My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart

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Republicans are slashing Medicaid to pay for tax cuts that disproportionately serve the wealthy. The top 1% will get an average of $70,000. How does that make sense? My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart

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Republicans are cutting Medicaid & food stamps and hiking deficits to pay for $4.5T of tax cuts. But if Trump actually wants his laundry list of unrealistic campaign promises, they’re going to have to find closer to $7.8T. My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart

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Wow, finally happened: The average wholesale price for a dozen large white eggs has now broken $8, per USDA.

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Trump touts the “fairness” of his reciprocal tariff plan, but in reality the tax will hit low-income households the hardest and cost the average American household around $2,000.

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IRS funding ensures the rich pay their fair share in taxes. Trump’s attack on the IRS isn’t aimed at protecting ordinary Americans — it’s protecting rich Americans.

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The share of Americans employed by the government steeply dropped in the decades leading up to 2000, and has remained essentially flat since. A bloating federal workforce is a myth.

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Trump's tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China would cost the typical US household over $1,200 a year www.piie.com/research/pii...

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Hey Democrats, where's the website for this? Where's the list of protests we can join? What legal funds should we be donating to? Asking for my country. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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“Zelensky survived a dozen Russian assassination attempts including a special forces assault on his presidential complex.He stood up to Trump. I’m sure he’ll be deeply impressed to learn our Congressional Republicans live as terrified hostages of their own party leader.” ~ @michaeldweiss.bsky.social

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Republican abortion bans kill women. Texas’ maternal mortality rate increased 33% since they banned abortion and threatened doctors with 99 years in prison. You never see laws targeting and denying healthcare for men that increases their risk of death.

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Egg prices hit a new high, Trump's war on breakfast continues

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🚨BREAKING: A federal judge in Washington, DC has issued an order setting a path for the first round of discovery to be served in a lawsuit involving Trump and Musk’s efforts to restructure the government. Paige and I explain. youtu.be/QHzyeOXUWgM?...

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He should be our messenger.

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I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.

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It was an honor to sign the guest book in the home of Anne Frank. I was here as a younger man and thought about her life as a dark chapter of history. Today, I can’t help but think of her story as one of caution. Our world is fragile, and it’s incumbent on us not to break it.

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My latest: MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com Is Now #1 Podcast, Beating Out Joe Rogan

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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

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European Parliament member 👇🏽

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Democrats, want to make a difference? Donate to Ukraine. Here is a list of charities. www.forbes.com/advisor/pers...

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Look, if you don't want to do the constitutionally-mandate job, then you shouldn't swear the oath on a Bible.

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I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes

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Trump's "plan" is both depraved and unworkable paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-belgian-...

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Math is hard

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“The head of the Social Security Administration has resigned after she refused to by DOGE staffers access to sensitive information. Your information.”

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It really is this simple.

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This is why you fight these cowards. The moment you stand up to them, they crumble. Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights. He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.

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Under Biden, the unemployment rate for Hispanics averaged 5.1%, the lowest for presidents back to Nixon. At 4.3%, 2022 was tied with 2019 for the lowest year on record. At 3.6%, May 2023 tied September 2019 as the lowest monthly reading. fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNU04...

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Under Biden, the unemployment rate for African Americans averaged 6.5%, the lowest for data available back to Carter. At 5.5%, 2023 was the lowest year on average, with 2024 at 6.0% the 2nd lowest. It reached a record monthly low of 4.8% in April 2023. fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS14...

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CBO forecasts that extending the expiring parts of the Trump tax cuts makes deficits about 22% larger, or $4.6 trillion over a decade. The corporate tax rate cut from 35% to 21% is not scheduled to expire. www.cbo.gov/publication/...

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Biden finished with the lowest unemployment rate and highest real hourly wages on average among the last 11 presidents, the best score on the Prosperity Matrix. On average, Democrats had a moderately lower unemployment rate and slightly higher real wage than Republicans.

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We need Pete Buttigieg as a clear messenger, more than ever.

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Elon Musk is an idiot on an almost inconceivable scale. He had his high-school toadies pull a random list from a database he doesn’t understand, and on that basis alone decided that 60 MILLION SOCIAL SECURITY ENROLLEES, out of 72 million total, are fraudulent. 83% fraudulent!

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The Tipping Point www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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