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Many have been meeting with senators individually. Now, they'll go this week before the committees overseeing the agencies that Trump wants them to run. read more
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@#25 ... Los Angeles COUNTY alone pays more in Federal taxes than all but 4 US states. ...
Yeah, as I have posted links before.
The Red States seem to benefit more from the largess of the Federal Government than the Blues States.
And, quite frankly, I am OK with that. Those Red States seem to need that help.
AP FACT CHECK: Blue high-tax states fund red low-tax states (2017)
apnews.com
... Mississippi received $2.13 for every tax dollar the state sent to Washington in 2015, according to the Rockefeller study. West Virginia received $2.07, Kentucky got $1.90 and South Carolina got $1.71.
Meanwhile, New Jersey received 74 cents in federal spending for tax every dollar the state sent to Washington. New York received 81 cents, Connecticut received 82 cents and Massachusetts received 83 cents.
California fared a bit better than other blue states. It received 96 cents for every dollar the state sent to Washington. ...
Donald Trump Jack Smith Report: Six Key Bombshells
www.newsweek.com
... A report by special counsel Jack Smith into Donald Trump's alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election result has been released, despite efforts by Trump's lawyers to keep it suppressed.
Newsweek sought email comment from Trump's attorney on Tuesday.
Why It Matters
The report contains fresh revelations about the lengths Trump was willing to go to allegedly overthrow Joe Biden's win in 2020 and to circumnavigate the democratic wish of the American public.
What To Know
The report includes some shocking allegations against Trump, including:
Attempts To Keep Vice President Mike Pence Mentally Isolated
The report claims that Trump tried to keep vice president Mike Pence isolated from everyone else, so that Trump alone could work on him psychologically. ...
Secret Communications With Justice Department Official, Jeffrey Clark
In total violation of Justice Department rules, Justice Department official, Jeffrey Clark, allegedly engaged in secret communication with Trump about how to undermine the election result.
As a reward, Trump allegedly threatened to fire the Justice Department chief and replace him with Clark, who is identified in the report as Co-Conspirator 4. ...
An article worth a read, imo.
So, Pres-elect Trump seems to be continuing to propagate his lie that tariffs (however ~beautiful~ they may be) are not passed on to who he calls "our Great People?"
... I will create the EXTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE to collect our Tariffs, Duties, and all Revenue that come from Foreign sources," ...
Yeah, the problem is that Foreign sources do not pay those tariffs.
American companies, importing those goods, pay those tariffs, increasing the costs for the goods they import.
And, who do you think those Americans companies will pass those increased costs to?
Not the foreign countries, but Americans the American companies sell those good to.
Why is not Pres-elect trump specific in that aspect of the result of his tariffs?
Maybe, tariffs are not as beautiful as he says?
Donald Trump calls tariff the most beautiful word,' threatens up to 2,000% tariff to block Mexican car imports (November 2024)
finance.yahoo.com
@#35 ... Somebody should ask him how much he paid himself from those two charities for veterans that he left swimming in credit card debt and bankrupt. ...
Pete Hegseth's Secret History (December 2024)
www.newyorker.com
... After the recent revelation that Pete Hegseth had secretly paid a financial settlement to a woman who had accused him of raping her in 2017, President-elect Donald Trump stood by his choice of Hegseth to become the next Secretary of Defense. Trump's communications director, Steven Cheung, issued a statement noting that Hegseth, who has denied wrongdoing, has not been charged with any crime. "President Trump is nominating high-caliber and extremely qualified candidates to serve in his administration," Cheung maintained.
But Hegseth's record before becoming a full-time Fox News TV host, in 2017, raises additional questions about his suitability to run the world's largest and most lethal military force. A trail of documents, corroborated by the accounts of former colleagues, indicates that Hegseth was forced to step down by both of the two nonprofit advocacy groups that he ran --Veterans for Freedom and Concerned Veterans for America -- in the face of serious allegations of financial mismanagement, sexual impropriety, and personal misconduct.
So, someone MAGA seems to currently adulate?
@#43 ... "Why Is @BarackObama constantly issuing executive orders that are major power grabs of authority?" ..
Thanks for raising that.
I found ...
Trump outstripping Obama on pace of executive orders (2019)
apnews.com
... It wasn't too long ago that Donald Trump derided presidential executive orders as "power grabs" and a "basic disaster." ...
I've saved that URL. I suspect we will be it frequently come January 20, 2025.
thx.
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