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"Consumers are expected to feel most of the burn by the new import taxes on automobiles, as prices of cars could jump by thousands of dollars" www.wbaltv.com/article/trum...

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“Advantage” plans overcharged the American people by as much as 140 billion dollars—and provided less care with worse health outcomes. If this system of skimming funds were extended to all seniors, the Medicare trust fund would immediately begin deficit spending. pnhp.org/news/project...

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"Fetterman’s office has ignored most of the issues he campaigned on, instead turning almost all his focus toward the Israel–Palestine conflict, according to people familiar with his office. At the same time, Fetterman has added a number of Republican donors " theintercept.com/2025/02/19/f...

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Billions for defense but closing SS offices, so much for not touching SS "Dudek acknowledged that he had been surreptitiously feeding information to DOGE before his promotion." He also wants to out source SS help to call centers who know nothing about SS www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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This is immoral, we have an ethical responsibility to clean up the mess made in Vietnam. "The funding cuts have jeopardized years of progress, leaving contaminated areas unaddressed and communities vulnerable to further casualties." www.peoplesworld.org/article/trum...

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No cuts to medicaid or medicare and no privatization into horrid advantage plans! Repubs stop making health insurers rich at the detriment of the people. Universal healthcare for all! www.cnbc.com/2025/02/22/w...

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"Trump has demanded preferential access to around $500bn of Ukraine’s rare earth minerals as repayment for US military support provided to Kyiv by his predecessor Joe Biden over the last three years." Could it be Musk wants those rare minerals? www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

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So some of these cuts save the taxpayers nothing. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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"The House proposal Trump is backing would add $4.5tn to the deficit through tax cuts while demanding enormous cuts to federal benefits programs" trillions in tax cuts for the 1%. They don't care about spending just tax cuts for the rich. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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They reversed course, for now. People unite, don't think you're safe,..unless you're among the 1%. thehill.com/policy/healt...

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The only reason to fire someone that protects whistleblowers is because you're doing unethical and illegal acts. www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...

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When Musk talks about killing people for money remember... www.peoplesworld.org/article/afte...

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"Their entire regime is best understood as a criminal junta whose end goal is to redirect the wealth of the nation into their own pockets. They are running a kleptocracy, and they’ve figured out that facism is actually the quickest path to riches" www.thenation.com/article/poli...

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Pretty sad we're the laughing stock of the world...but also funny www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6Mc...

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Musk like most maggots hate the truth so his response is to game the system...X cannot be trusted imho www.cnbc.com/2025/02/21/e...

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What does the Postal Clause allow Congress to do? Designate mail routes Designate post offices Carry, deliver, and regulate the mail Designate certain materials as non-mailable Pass laws against abuses of the postal system, such as mail fraud

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The Constitution's Article I, Section 8, Clause 7, also known as the Postal Clause, gives Congress the power to establish post offices and post roads. This includes the power to build and maintain the facilities and roads needed to deliver mail.

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Tens of thousands fired, those people made money & purchased goods and services which helped the economy...they also preformed important functions like answering questions on SS/medicare, protecting the environment, testing food/drugs, protecting consumers from fraud etc www.npr.org/2025/02/19/n...

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Kissing Musk's butt, scamming with crypto and more than half of Argentinians in poverty...that's what the right winger Milei did for Argentina and that's where right wing billionaires like Musk and Trump are pushing us... www.ft.com/content/10da...

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Do Repubs ever tell the truth? "Mogensen, who in 2015 became the first Danish citizen to fly in space, took aim at Musk’s unsupported claim, posting: “What a lie. And from someone who complains about lack of honesty from the mainstream media.” www.nbcnews.com/science/spac...

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“Elon Musk and other right-wing billionaires are pouring money into this race because they can bank on Brad Schimel to protect their corporate dominance, restrict reproductive freedoms, and take our state backward at the expense of ordinary Wisconsinites,” Crawford said apnews.com/article/wisc...

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"duties include feeding cows and cleaning barns. He told CBS News he often works 12 hours a day, six days a week, sometimes starting as early as 3 a.m. But the pay is better than back home"Not paying taxes both migrant and farmer are wrong. Exploiting cheap labor. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-m...

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Warren said. "Trump's shutdown of the JFK Library won't lower egg prices or make housing more affordable, but it's part of a retribution tour designed to distract from his agenda to enrich the wealthy and well-connected www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...

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'His claim to fame is that he was a managing director of Peter Thiel's Mithril Capital. I like the Lord of the Rings reference in the company name, but you remember Peter Thiel? He's the guy who bankrolled JD Vance's senatorial campaign.' www.dailykos.com/stories/2024...

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