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Best news of the day already? The lack of any reports of the widespread voter intimidation by federal agents that we feared
Jonathan Lipman retweeted
Happy Republicans starting to be concerned with the deficit again eve for those who celebrate
Unbendably.... This is an accurate summary
Stevens offers her most detailed explanation (in writing) of what happened. Distilled further: She made demands of him, which, she acknowledges, he met. But because he didn't want her to campaign with him because she was making demands, she then pulled her endorsement
teapawt.net/HaleyforMI/status/2117…
Starting to thing George Lucas made a mistake by exposing a generation of youth to multiple seasons of Clone Wars cartoon as their primary Star Wars narrative - undercut his own narrative by making Anakin the hero not the villain
This is such an insane argument. One more time from the chorus: YOU CAN'T REGISTER TO VOTE TO BEGIN WITH UNLESS YOU ARE A CITIZEN
Jonathan Lipman retweeted
An old family friend in Montana was telling me recently about the great time she had as a 17-y.o. visiting NYC with her friends back in the late 70s:
she: “Of course my dad would never have let me do that today…”
me: “… what do you mean? Why?”
she: “Well, it’s so dangerous now!”
My brain almost melted. The 70s!! Right-wing media is monstrously effective at creating a wholesale alternate reality.
Oh man that sounds great
My biggest concern is that if there is a clean sweep by Democrats of the House, Senate and Presidency in 2028, they will:
1. Make DC and Puerto Rico states to gain a strong majority in the Senate.
2. Open the borders and legalize everyone living in America illegally to cement a permanent majority.
3. Increase the size of the Supreme Court to gain an immediate majority.
This would result in America becoming a permanent one-party state and the end of democracy in any meaningful sense of the word.
All that is needed to ensure this doesn’t happen is 51 Republican senators in 2029. That is why you should vote for Republican senators this election. Other reasons are irrelevant compared to this one.
The tan suit never dies
the cheesecake factory discourse a back to the future reminder of what 2008-2016 was like on here. Obama makes funny joke revealing he's like the average American (fluent enough in gaudy chain restaurants to jest about a specific chain). GOPers decide it means he's not #oneofus. This goes on for days...
Jonathan Lipman retweeted
Elon Musk has spent more money on American elections in the last two years than George Soros has in his entire life.
Lie
My last raise, I took home less than I was before the raise . Cause I “entered a new tax bracket”.
Fuck this shit.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Federal income tax brackets are marginal; only income above each threshold is taxed at the higher rate. A raise cannot reduce take-home pay due to entering a new bracket.
irs.gov/filing/federal…
nerdwallet.com/taxes/learn/fe…
roichil.net/blog/us-federa…
We are moments away from the first politician promising "I am going to raise property values and lower home prices!"
