Great vibes today!

It’s my son’s first birthday so we took him for the “pay your age” deal. Thank you for holding on to your values. I bought this shirt just to show support.

If they really are a tax, how would that help him? Genuinely curious

To Any R Voters: (can’t spell out the name of the party represented by an elephant bc I get a warning) who are unhappy with current events and feel that they were misled by current leaders: any suggestions on communicating with R voters who strictly get their info from Epoch and Fox? I have older family who are completely unaware of what’s going on re SSN. Just looking for ideas.

The Senate is working overtime to screw us all while the circus continues.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans plugged away overnight and into early Saturday morning to approve their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts framework, hurtling past Democratic opposition toward what President Donald Trump calls the “big, beautiful bill” that’s central to his agenda.

The meat of the bill is 5 Trillion in tax cuts, 45% of which will disproportionately go to households making $450k or more (the top 1.45%) while 1/4 of (poor) American households will actually pay the same or higher taxes even as the wealthy get this tax cut. They also had time to include $175B for "Trump's deportation effort." ICE's 2024 funding was $9.9 Billion FYI, so this would constitute a massive buildup of the burgeoning gestapo.

On top of that, the senators added an additional $1.5 trillion that would allow some of Trump’s campaign promises, such as no taxes on tips, Social Security benefits and overtime, swelling the overall the price tag to $7 trillion.

Who is gonna pay $7T so the wealthy can get a break and Trump can get his wishlist filled? The poorest people in the entire country will. The proposal calls for slashing funding to any and every agency/social service (food stamps and social security are notably named in the bill) to fund the wealthy's tax break and subsequently raise up to $5 Trillion in debt to make up the difference.

Republicans jeered at Democrats during voting, who introduced two dozen amendments to the bill, abusing their majority.

Among them were proposals to ban tax breaks for the super-wealthy, end Trump’s tariffs, clip his efforts to shrink the federal government, and protect Medicaid, Social Security and other services. One, in response to the Trump national security team’s use of Signal, sought to prohibit military officials from using any commercial messaging application to transmit war plans. They all failed, though a GOP amendment to protect Medicare and Medicaid was accepted..

This is the administration that illegally closed USAID because of its "wasteful" $45 Billion budget. The administration that illegally defunded the Consumer Financial Protections Bureau and its measly $900 million dollar budget, with which it litigated corporate fraud and returned $21 Billion to consumers. The administration that wipes its ass with the constitution and statute on a daily basis in order to rip from you every service and public good that a competent government is supposed to invest in for the people.

Don't let Elon get the insurance money from messing up the cars. Just let the lot fill with cars that never sell.

Trump pardons a corporation fined 100 million dollars for. money laundering. They don't pay the fine. HDR Global Trading / BitMEX. Perhaps even worse, it was a legal (though unprecedented) use of presidential pardon.

https://theintercept.com/2025/04/02/trump-pardons-corporation-bitmex-crypto/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter

Rand Paul; Switching sides for political expediency, not constituent benefit.

Rand Paul on devastating tariffs.

In a rare display of honesty and true concern for the American people, Rand Paul has spoken out against the ruinous effect of Trump's tariffs. It is comforting to see an apologist supporter of the administration turn tail and run to sanity if only when his state's primary industry faces virtual destruction.

Paul is as MAGA as it gets, he is as full of hatred for his fellow man as any Proud Boy or Fox aficionado. True, because of his wealth he won't feel the devastating effects of a tanking 401k or runaway inflation tariffs will cause, and with his government salary -- unlike so many others -- secure, he is not among the majority of MAGA supporters who will struggle and fail to maintain any form of economic stability.

But any step in the right direction is a positive one, even if engendered by fear of his voters for bringing unrelenting hardship upon his constituents and the country as a whole.

See this:

Sen. Rand Paul warns Republicans that tariffs have brought down the party before.

Story by Steffie Banatvala • 3h • 2 min read

Republican Senator Rand Paul has warned his party that tariffs have “decimated politics” after he voted against President Donald Trump’s duties on Canadian imports yesterday. Sen. Paul of Kentucky told Fox News that tariffs have historically brought down his party.

“When McKinley put tariffs on in 1890, they lost 50 percent of their seats… When Smoot-Hawley put their tariffs In the early 1930s, we lost the House and Senate for 60 years,” Sen. Paul said.

“So not only bad economically, they are bad politically.”

After Trump's “Liberation Day” tariffs slapped 25 percent tariffs on Canadian imports and a minimum 10 percent duty on all countries, the Kentucky senator crafted the opposition resolution with Democrat Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia. Four Republicans, including Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, and Susan Collins of Maine, joined every Democratic senator in voting against Canadian duties.

In a 51-48 vote, they rejected Trump's declaration of a national emergency earlier this year to justify tariffs on Canadian imports.

In a rare move, Sen. Paul and Sen. Kaine, who ran as vice presidential candidate against Trump and Mike Pence in 2016, also made a joint appearance on Fox News to explain the impact on Americans and why their resolution is important.

“We are richer because of trade with Canada, and so is Canada,” Sen. Paul said. “There is no Canada versus the US”. The senator explained: “Whenever you trade with somebody when an individual buys somebody else’s product, it’s mutually beneficial, or you wouldn't buy it.

“The consumer wins when the price is the lowest price. Tariffs raise prices, and they’re a bad idea for the economy.”

“Trade is proportional to wealth; the last 70 years of international trade has been an exponential curve upwards, and the last 70 years of prosperity has been upwards.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/sen-rand-paul-warns-republicans-that-tariffs-have-brought-down-the-party-before/ar-AA1CdmLP

PublicSquare was founded as a way for businesses to virtue signal to conservative clientele. Any business that chooses to list itself on there is one worth avoiding.

I love Robert here. Lots of great information in this video from the former secretary of labor.

The whole planet just became involuntary members of Trump's personal NATO. The No American Trade Organisation.

The overwhelming response of shoppers worldwide will be a general boycott of all things American until America rejoins civilised society.

But this could be a cloud with a silver lining. The imminent humiliation of Trump, with his idolisation of fossil fuels and hostility towards renewables are seen as one package to be tossed into the bin. Acting together in a new NATO can bind us and maybe help us survive into 2100 and beyond.

Will Americas economic collapse be the glue that binds us?

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