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Also, is Trump breaking up with Netanyahu going to help Palestine?

I understan

The new DNC chair was giving a speech about how there are good billionaires, so I don't really think they're going to be focusing on the parts of the economy that help working people...

Speaking about that, you see Musk's thing on USAID?

Food and medical aid to Gaza is now zero (0) dollars.

How'd that protest work out, Sparky?   

I live in a solidly blue state, my 3rd party vote for president made no difference in the result, WA's electoral votes still went to Harris, my down ballot votes were all Dem, and may have made a difference since my county is a little more conservative than normal for the state.  What Trump is doing to Gaza is what Harris would have done to Gaza, he's just bragging about it.

What, Harris said she would cut aid to zero?

Or did she say she'd ethnically cleanse Gaza?

Or do you just have some extraordinary ability to read her mind?

She said she'd continue funding and supporting Israel, as they ethnically cleansed Gaza, the result for Gazans is the same.

Did she say she'd forcibly remove all 2.1 million Gazans?  And state that they would have no right to return?

You did this.

I know you're Canadian originally, so not understanding how the electoral college works is more excuseable than it is for someone born here.  My vote was counted towards Kamala Harris, despite my having voted 3rd party, because winner takes all the electoral votes in a state.  I didn't do this.  Your vote meanwhile, was counted for Trump, despite you having voted for Harris.  You did this, you didn't convince enough of your neighbors to vote with you, so your vote went for the new dictator.

The new DNC chair was giving a speech about how there are good billionaires, so I don't really think they're going to be focusing on the parts of the economy that help working people...

Please provide a link to a quotation from Ken Martin about these "good billionaires," if it is your intention to initiate a discussion about his speech.

I'm having trouble finding the full speech, but here's the quote in question.

https://packaged-media.redd.it/8o1em3pntkge1/pb/m2-res_478p.mp4?m=DASHPlaylist.mpd&v=1&e=1739224800&s=c88947d5dd1244eb1e1aaa500d5554a82e51932f

Thanks for posting the link.

Now then, as I am not anyone's stenographer, I'm paraphrasing when I write that I heard Ken Martin publicly say that there are good billionaires out there who share the Democratic Party's values, and the party is willing to accept their money.

I, personally, have no reason to not accept Ken Martin's statement at face value. For what it's worth, I am not a member of the Democratic Party. Therefore, "I have no skin in the game."

Sounds accurate to me. 

The new DNC chair was giving a speech about how there are good billionaires, so I don't really think they're going to be focusing on the parts of the economy that help working people...

Speaking about that, you see Musk's thing on USAID?

Food and medical aid to Gaza is now zero (0) dollars.

How'd that protest work out, Sparky?   

I live in a solidly blue state, my 3rd party vote for president made no difference in the result, WA's electoral votes still went to Harris, my down ballot votes were all Dem, and may have made a difference since my county is a little more conservative than normal for the state.  What Trump is doing to Gaza is what Harris would have done to Gaza, he's just bragging about it.

What, Harris said she would cut aid to zero?

Or did she say she'd ethnically cleanse Gaza?

Or do you just have some extraordinary ability to read her mind?

She said she'd continue funding and supporting Israel, as they ethnically cleansed Gaza, the result for Gazans is the same.

The new DNC chair was giving a speech about how there are good billionaires, so I don't really think they're going to be focusing on the parts of the economy that help working people...

Please provide a link to a quotation from Ken Martin about these "good billionaires," if it is your intention to initiate a discussion about his speech.

I'm having trouble finding the full speech, but here's the quote in question.

https://packaged-media.redd.it/8o1em3pntkge1/pb/m2-res_478p.mp4?m=DASHPlaylist.mpd&v=1&e=1739224800&s=c88947d5dd1244eb1e1aaa500d5554a82e51932f

The new DNC chair was giving a speech about how there are good billionaires, so I don't really think they're going to be focusing on the parts of the economy that help working people...

Speaking about that, you see Musk's thing on USAID?

Food and medical aid to Gaza is now zero (0) dollars.

How'd that protest work out, Sparky?   

I live in a solidly blue state, my 3rd party vote for president made no difference in the result, WA's electoral votes still went to Harris, my down ballot votes were all Dem, and may have made a difference since my county is a little more conservative than normal for the state.  What Trump is doing to Gaza is what Harris would have done to Gaza, he's just bragging about it.

taxes are collected by employers automatically, in most cases, the state could instruct California employers to submit income taxes directly to them, instead of to the Fed.

The new DNC chair was giving a speech about how there are good billionaires, so I don't really think they're going to be focusing on the parts of the economy that help working people...

Musk's salute seems like one more step towards the rift, when he gets deported Trump can use that as evidence he's against fascism after all.

12 is a one and a two, when you add those together you get three, and if you add one two to three you get five.  It's not even a convoluted enough line to five to be all that meaningful.

I honestly hope they deny aid to California, because Newsom has suggested that doing so would lead to California denying the fed payment of taxes.  I'd definitely like to see California keep that money and use it to fight fires.

I just watched the Hegseth confirmation hearings and now I want bad things to happen to my country.

Don't worry, they will.

["MAGA in Total Mayhem as Laura Loomer Goes to War With Elon Musk"]

I think the descriptor "Total Mayhem" is a bit hyperbolic, but I still find this article to be amusing:

"MAGA in Total Mayhem as Laura Loomer Goes to War With Elon Musk"

As per this article:

"Right-wing influencer and Donald Trump gadfly Laura Loomer is attacking Elon Musk, seemingly over his desire for more immigrants to work and study in science and technology fields in the United States.
 
In several posts on X Thursday, Loomer railed against Musk and his influence on Trump. She attacked Musk's "Department of Government Efficiency" project with Vivek Ramaswamy, calling it a "vanity project" on Wednesday before accusing it as a smokescreen for "the pet projects of tech bro billionaires" on Thursday. She also claimed that there would be a falling out between Musk and Trump soon."

Here's the link:   Laura Loomer versus the USCEO

As TTSS has already kicked Loomer to the curb, I don't see her attack on his USCEO going anywhere. And, I'm now not optimistic that TTSS, or any of the other members of the First Crime Family, will cut themselves off from the assets of the richest prick on the planet. Right now, I think they're all just too greedy to even seriously consider the possibility.

As full of nonsense as Loomer usually is she had some very good things to say about just why Musk and Ramaswami support visas for skilled workers, it's not because they want the best talent, like they claim, it's because they don't want to pay high wages and she backed it up with numbers and sources.

someone facing a lynch mob is also an "indiscriminate mass shooter" That particular situation gets ignored by Dems and GOP both, but an automatic weapon is extremely nice to have if you are facing a mob.

I got a big kick, and a smile out of your reply. It reminded me of the time, years ago, when a friend and I were confronted by a small "mob" in an open, very public place.

I WOULD NOT BE ALIVE TODAY, AND WRITING THIS REPLY if I, or my friend, or both of us had been visibly carrying any type of firearms. And, that's because that small "mob" (Six young men.) already had their automatic weapons in their hands, and aimed directly at us from close range (Three steps out of my reach, and two steps out of my friend's reach.), before we even knew we were in any kind of trouble in that open, very public place.

And, that was also the day I came to the realization that a gun ain't worth JACK FUCKING GODDAMNED SHIT, if it's not loaded and in your hand well before the other guy(s) can get one(s) in his/their hand(s).

That mob was explicitly not a lynch mob, how do we know that?  Because you and your friend were not lynched.

As you pointed out a bump stock weapon is less accurate than it would be without the bump stock, so against one victim it doesn't give the mob any advantage, even if every member has one, meanwhile it gives the outnumbered person way more chance to kill the members of the mob. 

In your case, if you had been armed you would have probably been killed, which was not the outcome the mob you were facing was hoping for, meanwhile for a victim of a lynch mob, if they are unarmed they absolutely will be killed because that is the outcome the mob is looking for.  If they are armed they will probably still die, but they have a much higher chance of taking some of their killers with them.

["'We have to increase taxes on the wealthy': Steve Bannon"]

I admit it, I love making fun of Steve Bannon. Still, there are times when I unexpectedly find myself in agreement with a political enemy on a particular issue, even though we're both seeking totally different "big picture" end results. And, what Bannon had to say in the following article is one of those times:

"'We have to increase taxes on the wealthy': Steve Bannon"

I gave up trying to find a couple of succinct quotations that clearly summarize the contents of this article. Nevertheless, Bannon does clearly explain why he advocates taxing the rich. Further, Bannon's calculated appeal to populism is something the Democratic Party, leftists, etc. need to study and emulate.

I think if Trump followed this playbook, increased corporate taxes and taxes on the wealthy, along with actual middle class tax cuts, whether that's the over time and tip ones Bannon is talking about, or simply reducing income tax on the lower tax tiers, that he'd be setting up the kind of long term thing Bannon also talks about.  Even if the middle class ended up paying more in taxes, because of tariffs.

However I can't imagine that's what's actually going to happen. The tax plan that I am hearing about includes more cuts for the wealthy and from what I hear the overtime tax cut consists of removing mandatory overtime pay.  Those actions will alienate the folks who supported him and probably lead to Democrats taking Congress in the midterms.