@#4 ... 'riously, young MAGA incels got nuthin' better to do? ...

imo, this may be the results they desire.

@#4 ... The Firewall Against Nick Fuentes Is Crumbling
The white-supremacist influencer is entering the MAGA mainstream. ...

That is the way it is looking of late.

The drive of the GOP towards Christian White Nationalism seems to moving to the forefront.

@#11 ... So when tariffs are refunded, they go back to the corporations.

Will the corporations be sending you and me checks? ...

Yes, of course they will. Because corproations care so much about you and me.

/s

@#29 ... which makes it more funny. ...

I disagree, strongly.

It is not funny when Americans suffer. Period, full stop.

imo, it is sad that Republicans actively want their constituents to suffer.

@#25 ... It's obviously not cruel and stupid enough ...

Yeah, that's why I asked about the fate of this agreement when it reaches the House, and how Spkr Johnson might greet it.

Will he bring the House back from its multi-week vacation, and be forced to seat a new Rep? So far Spkr Johnson has been denying about 800,000 good citizens of Arizona any manner of representation in the House.

Why has he done that?

If Spkr Johnson provides that representation by seating a duly elected Rep, then the whole Epstein files thing may also come to the fore.

Get yer popcorn ...

@#21 ... Unacceptable. The firings should stand. ...

That's an interesting comment.

Is Pres Trump, with his shutdown, looking to explore and see just what parts of the Federal government are critical to voters, so that he can shut down other areas of the Federal government?

@#20 ... "Don't get old, you won't like it". ...

I do not disagree.

But I do have to say that getting old, no matter how much it sucks (and it does suck), is better than the alternative.

@#13

A quick lyric excerpt from the song ...

... Hey, mister policeman can you point the way with your hand-gun? ...

@#12 ... I turn 54 tomorrow ...

@#11 ... They got a vote on ACA in future they can't win because it requires 60 to pass ...

Looking towards 2026, that may be a benefit to the Dems.

More from the article ...

... The visage of Saudi Arabia's de facto leader is plastered on high-rises and billboards. It greets you in the lobby when you check in at your hotel. When you open the blinds, daylight will be accompanied by his impassive stare on the side of a neighboring building, a scruffy beard under a keffiyeh, peeking between construction cranes that punctuate the desert horizon.

It's an unsubtle reminder of who is taking credit for Riyadh's transformation. Investors and policymakers who've been coming here for decades told me that before MBS, the city was quiet, austere and medieval. Now, it's a sprawling labyrinth of five-star hotels, luxury stores and megasized real estate developments, a metropolis that soon might rival Abu Dhabi and Dubai as a glitzy destination for financiers and tourists. All this development was conceived and directed by a leader who wants to exact rapid and permanent changes to his country's economy and culture.

It's no wonder the Trump family loves it here. ...

... dumbasses from everywhere are looking to buy a home ...

So, your current alias seems to be saying that if a person wants to move to Florida, that person is an ignorant anal-pore?

@#4 ... Too bad. ...

I'm not there yet.

I view this as those Democrats realizing that Americans are suffering and they want to help Americans.

Yeah, I do realize that there are some hardline Democrats who say that the Dems should not care about Americans at this point, but should continue fighting the GOP so that the full effects GOP policies will be felt by Americans.

But the Dems seem to care about Americans more than the GOP does.

How all this moves forward might be interesting to watch.

@#1

... and, imo, the significant losses of Republicans on Election Day was a major aspect of this change of accommodation by Republicans.

Now, on to Spkr Johnson and the House.

Good.

@#10 ... As the head of the new conservative org "Not A Promise Keeper." ...

According to godaddy.com, I can buy the NotAPromiseKeeper.com for less than $5.

Hmmmm ....

@#19 ... Another -------- article, nobody is leaving Florida. ...

That's not what the article says.

It states that

As home prices skyrocket and insurance premiums soar, the cost of living has some Floridians rethinking life in the Sunshine State.

But to your comment that no one is leaving Florida ...

@#13

@#13

Whoa, that's a fav tune of mine (I have the vinyl).

I first heard it on WRPI college radio back in the day. I've never heard it on commercial radio.

thx.

@#11 ... Not to you who spent the money

But to the corporations who imported goods and paid the tariff ...

Just more transfer of wealth from the poor and middle class to the wealthy

Almost like it was planned ...

You noticed that also?

@#2 ... Outlaws are outlaws are outlaws. ...

Yeah, when Federal law-enforcement agents start acting so much like criminals that criminal start mimicking their actions, and are so successful in the effort that the FBI has to issue a warning ...

What is the root of the problem that the FBI seems to be concerned about?

A pun tune ...

A fun instrumental tune...

... "A dividend of at least $2,000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone," ...

OK, some simple math here.

Presumptions:

US Population: 342,000,000
US population minus the 10-15% or so ~high-income~ folk: 300,000,000

OK, let's go ...

300,000,000 times $2,000 per person is $600,000,000,000 ($600 billion).

Tariff collection so far in 2025 has been around $200 billion.

So, where will that other $400 billion come from?

Pres Trump's uber-ego wants all things to be named after him.

Right-wing influencers and conservative media personalities, often working in lockstep with Trump officials, have become a potent force in a widening campaign of retribution against perceived enemies of the Trump administration.

Empowered by ownership and technology shifts in the media and bolstered by financial incentives, these figures help discredit Trump's rivals and amplify his administration's talking points and false claims, blurring boundaries between official messaging and private-sector news and opinion.

This account is based on a review of more than 300 hours of podcasts and TV shows, thousands of social media posts and interviews with 48 people " including influencers, elected officials, political strategists and media owners " and an examination of court filings.

As Trump deploys National Guard troops into U.S. cities, influencers embedded with figures such as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem have widely shared content echoing the administration's portrayal of Democratic-led cities as engulfed in chaos, even as law enforcement data shows violent crime decliningin most urban areas. A spokesperson for Noem declined to address the discrepancy. ...

@#14

Good question. To be honest, I would have thought they were.