I still find it hilarious that people, and I use the term loosely, like Robson and Visitor are SO proud of the Oligarch President and Oligarch-controlled Gov they've gifted to America.

All the while pretending that they are anti-Oligarch.

It's like Ultra-Cognitive Dissonance.... on ketamine.

Actual libs care that Ukraine has been raped and murdered by Putin.... whatever kind of faux-Tech Bros billionaire coddler 1Nut is only cares about pointing at it and laughing.

Brooks and Capehart on the Democratic division over the stopgap funding bill

It's become pretty obvious that if Republicans haven't figured out that their Cult Leader is a Billionaire, owned by a much bigger Billionaire, and currently implementing the Project25 for Billionaires Plan.... as they haven't figured that out by now, it's hardly likely to ever happen.

Billionaires (and millionaires) don't pay Soc Sec taxes on more than $176k of income, and pay much less as a percent on all their income than most people do.

So that's a sweet deal for them that will disappear if Soc Sec continues to exist; so they have to kill it and healthcare... because they won't go after banks, the MIC, and other Corporations who eat up most of the Treasury.

"The negotiation playbook Putin will employ is predictable. He'll first engage in what can be called the "reluctant-bride" strategy"extracting significant concessions merely for appearing at the bargaining table.

His demands are no state secret:

installation of a new Ukrainian government, prohibition of European security forces on Ukrainian soil, reduction or elimination of Western military assistance, and immediate recognition of Russian sovereignty over four eastern Ukrainian provinces and the Crimea.

We should harbor no illusions about a potential ceasefire.

Russian forces will inevitably exploit any defensive vulnerabilities along the frontlines while cynically blaming Ukraine for violating the agreement"a tactic Putin has employed repeatedly.

The fundamental reality remains unchanged: Putin will never accept any arrangement preserving Ukraine as a genuinely independent nation with credible security guarantees. What he seeks is capitulation disguised as diplomacy."

"March 13, 2025

Severe Affordable Housing Shortage Plagues Nation as Funding Cuts Loom
NLIHC's releases its annual 'The Gap' report.

As the nation faces potential cuts to federal housing programs, there is a shortage of 7.1 million affordable and available rental homes, reveals the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC).

In its annual "The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes" report, NLIHC finds there are only 35 affordable and available homes for every 100 extremely low-income renter households."

"Social Security's Death Warrant Was Just Signed " Are You Ready?
America's safety net is their next profit scheme " and you're the target ... "

Elon Musk in Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the DOGE [DeepFake]

Herr Musk needs a tax cut, ya'll!

He can't get by with a mere $40 billion in US Gov loans, tax breaks, and contracts. That's only about $8 million a day for him. He and his Oligarch buddies need your parent's health care and Soc Sec money, too!

Give a poor billionaire a break, won't you?

(not that they pay the same percentage of their income in either taxes or pay into Social Security like you do)

"The program had already allocated funding to upgrade at least 25,000 housing units nationwide, but HUD has not clarified how it will handle the rollback.

According to an internal HUD document obtained by the AP, the decision to shutter the program came at the direction of DOGE. Two HUD employees, speaking anonymously due to fear of reprisals, confirmed the directive.

HUD did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

Mike Essian, vice president at American Community Developers, Inc., which had received program funding, warned that without this support, projects could collapse.

"Projects will fail, and these are projects that are already difficult to finance," Essian said."

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Definitely all about the cruelty. And to show that the People don't own their Gov, the Corporations do.

More Thanks, Trumpers!

- Emily Ratajkowski

Has my vote as well. Twice, at least!

Dems should certainly push the 30 day stop gap bill to the max.... they shouldn't actually be saying what they are going to do at all.

#4

He can only see over the sink if he's wearing the boots. Just say'n.

It's pretty much a damned if you do, damned if you don't wash.

Although I do buy that Trump would have more authority in a shut down than even this Bill gives him.

And that Dems have to do well in 2026 to have any chance at all of slowing this Authoritarian landslide.... which would be more difficult if they have a big, "We shut down the Gov!" sign around their necks.

Then again, I'm tempted to say F it, and hope Bernie is right that Dems can change a Narrative in mid-stream. Were I sure that Trump will still be a disaster by then, that would help.

But one never knows, do one? It would certainly feel good to blame Republicans for what Trump is doing to the country now, and see if that sticks. I think it may be too soon, but this is only a short stay of the Budget, and will have to be re-litigated in Congress pretty quickly anyway.

When things will likely be even worse, and voters paying more attention.

- How does one judge overrrule the decision of an elected President

Because he's a Pres and not a King. The Judge has the law on his side, Trump has dummies like you.

- But Biden

That will be written on 1Nut's grave, along with: "Here lies the Whataboutism Queen, may she rest in pieces."

"Musk, who has over 219 million followers on X, formerly known as Twitter, retweeted a post saying Soviet revolutionary Joseph Stalin, former Chinese Communist Party chairman Mao Zedong and Hitler"whose regime under his direction orchestrated the Holocaust"did not murder millions of people, "Their public sector workers did."

The post had 1 million views and 14,000 likes as of Thursday evening.

Musk's repost comes as Tesla is facing boycotts around the world that has resulted in calls for Tesla owners to sell their vehicles and posters in the Bay Area urging owners to "sell your swasticar."

The repost also follows Nazi puns made by Musk in January, when he evoked the names of infamous Nazi party members like Rudolf Hess and Joseph Goebbels after coming under fire for a gesture he made at a Trump inaugural event that was likened to a Nazi salute by foreign leaders and Democrats."

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First the America Firster Nazis came for the, 'public sector workers', but I was not a public sector worker and I did not speak out.

- NATO is a colonizing force.

Give us an example of Nato 'colonizing' in Europe?

Nato declined Ukraine Membership for years, including several years before Vlad invaded. After he did the same to Crimea.

Nato didn't cause this war, Putin did. He even sent KGB officers into Crimea and Ukraine to form 'Nazis' groups of fighters, so he would have excuses to invade.

You've been wrong about this since Day One.

I wonder if Special K user Leon would give the Judge a Nazi salute in the Court?

btw... did you notice how Zelenskyy not wearing a suit was a big deal, but Herr Musk in a stupid meme cap, a Tech Support tshirt, and baggy pants with his snotty-nosed kid isn't a big deal.

"Putin heaps conditions and queries on Ukraine ceasefire talks

Russian leader says he agrees with proposals to halt military action " but notes there are several catches or "nuances."

Russia casts its war as a limited operation to rid Ukraine of the "Nazis" it falsely claims are running it, but Kyiv and Western allies argue Putin's core goals include crushing Ukrainian democracy, seizing vast swathes of territory and ending the country's westward gravitation toward the EU and NATO.

Russia is already insisting any deal must include international recognition of seized territory, a commitment that Kyiv won't join NATO and pledges that European peacekeepers will not serve in the country to protect against another Russian attack."

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#27

You are being bamboozled yet again.

Here's why the Billionaires you have put in charge don't like Gov and Gov workers:

Manipulating the Market while oozing the bestest drugs the WH has to offer is the New 'Murica!

"Exclusive: Russia asks companies for sanctions relief proposals

MOSCOW, March 13 (Reuters) - Russia is asking companies to propose which sanctions Moscow should seek to have lifted ahead of talks with Washington, two Russian business people told Reuters, adding curbs that hamper cross-border payment flows are the most painful."

#9

Tesla is a suicide, you unconscionable idiot. Herr Musk has pulled the trigger on himself.

"In 1979, only 31% of adults age 25 and over had completed some postsecondary education, compared to 62% in 2022."