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Above is from the Social Security Administration. I have been listening to the Musk/Trump claims that ten million dead people are being paid benefits. Obviously a lie, but typical that people will hear this and accept it. 2/2

“SSA’s Death Information: We collect death information to administer our programs. We receive death reports from many sources, including family members, funeral homes, financial institutions, postal authorities, States and other Federal agencies.” 1/2

And it’s cold in Munich. “bei Eiseskälte” are the demonstrations taking place

www.spiegel.de/panorama/ges... Good news

Shouldn’t state attorneys general charge Elon with wire fraud?

I think I will turn off my phone and television for the entire day tomorrow.

gavinnewsom.com/california-f...?

If Trump is a convicted felon, shouldn’t he be put in an orange jumpsuit and sent to the fire line in LA?

And when Republicans talk about basing disaster aid to California based on our elected Democratic representation, perhaps we should condition their ability to criticize on whether they come from a state that contributes and not one that lives off of our largesse.

This fact needs to be put into the discussion when Republicans talk about reducing the size of the federal government. Why don’t we reduce it selectively by cutting off the “freeloader” red states?

Eight of 10 states that get the most money back from the federal government per dollar they pay into the system voted Trump in 2020. Nine of 10 states that got the least voted for Biden. The typical red state gets back 19 cents more for each dollar sent to Washington than its blue-state friends.