@#3 ... Social media provides people with confirmation bias ...

Yup.

People can select the social media conduits that tell them what they want to hear, instead of the truth that the real news media provides.

The real news media didn't fail, many (most?) consumers of ~news~ failed by their inability to handle what they did not want to hear.

@#253 ... "OMFG. You're conflating the PERCENTAGE tax cut with the AMOUNT realized, dumfuq." ...

And, the ad hominem attack aside, your current trolling alias seems to be trying to conflate the amount of a tax cut with the percentage of a tax cut.

That a usual GOP tactic.

It was used back in the day of Pres Bush's "trickle down" tactics.

Will it work again?

Well, given what I have seen of the MAGA political base, they will likely buy it, hook, line and sinker.

Outside that base?

Unknown.

@#253

Last I looked, the topic of this thread was, "How a City in Nebraska is Recovering after an Immigration Raid."

So please explain how your current trolling alias various posts here relate to the topic it initiated, as opposed to plain and simple trolling.

thx.

OK, as I have noted many times in the past, I live in the NYC media area.

As such, I am subject to the political ads for NYC mayor.

From the ads that I have seen on TV, Mr Mamdani has some issues.

For example, did he say to defund the police?

Did he say he wanted to give the homeless a home on NYC subways?

Yeah, I readily admit that NYC politics are not a pretty sight.

But, there it seems to be....

As much as I try to just fast-forward through the political commercials for NYC, sometimes the remote is not in easy reach. ...

Looking forward to June 24, when the Democratic Primary takes place, and these ads are behind me.

@#18

Wow, that official video sucks, imo.

@#15 ... Because, among other things, he's just an -------. ...

Shame on you for putting such an accurate description upon the President of the United States.

Pres Trump should be honored, most highly, for what he has accomplished.

And what has he accomplished?

OK, wow, I may have spoken too soon ...

;)

@#2 ... Archived link: archive.ph ...

Yeah, my browser returns from that link:

... Firefox can't establish a connection to the server

Error code: 503 Service Unavailable ...

???

@#13 ... Lewzer's "Minions of Doom" were supposed to appear menacing, which they did not. ...

I agree.

But, then that does beg the question ...

Why might Pres Trump have wanted those troops to appear menacing, instead of the apparent "proud to serve you" feeling they presented?

@#251 ... I'm done with your moron math. Your garbage sources are leading you to garbage conclusions. ...

Yeah, that's about where I am on this thread.

No longer wanting to feed the troll.

The ---- pore excretions it has posted to this most august site have apparently tried to diminish the credibility of this site.

Perhaps that was intentional.

When I look at ...

@#1 ... And all drugs have unintended side effects. ...

More from the cited article ...

... Texas officials suggested the federal government could pick up construction. However, during President Trump's first term, his administration built about one-third of what the state was able to put up in the same amount of time. ....

Wow, can you say, "punt?"

I knew you could.

But why the punt?

Was it a cost/benefit issue for Texas?

... Four years after Gov. Greg Abbott announced Texas would be the first state to build its own border wall, lawmakers have quietly stopped funding the project, leaving only scattered segments covering a small fraction of the border. ...

Why did Texas seem to abandon this project?

OK, let me ask ...

Soldiers waving to and smiling at the American citizens they serve is a bad thing, according to Pres Trump?

I have other questions, but, I'll start there for now.

@#241 ... I am perfectly fine with holding tax rates exactly as they are today ...

So, keeping Pres Trump's prior tax cuts for the uber-wealthy in place?

@#244

A rational question on this thread.

Wow.

My answer: I wish I knew.

@#242 ... Why is it EVERY bit of math you barf up is incomplete or misleading??? ...

I'd have a different question ...

More along the lines of ....

Why does EVERY bit of math your current trolling alias barfs up seem to be intentionally misleading?

But, that's just me.

YMMV, and all that.

@#240 ... NO ONE outside of you understands YOUR math ...

Just because your current trolling alias seems to be unable to understand it, please do not ascribe its ignorance to all others.

Doesn't the GOP care about children?

@#23

A good overview, imo.

Especially this phrase ... ... Trump's endless embarrassment on the world stage, ...

Yeah Pres Trump, in his America First goal seems only to have relegated America, not to the first position, but to a second or third (and decreasing?) position on the world stage.

More from the article ...

... The recent escalation between Iran and Israel has upended traditional political alliances in Washington. Foreign policy hawks are teaming up with pro-Israel Democrats to support military action, while MAGA hardliners and progressive Democrats are unexpectedly aligned in opposing U.S. involvement in another Middle East conflict. ...

"They're turning up the propaganda hose and trying to knock elderly Fox viewers off their feet," Carlson said, blaming his former network's hawkish stance on longtime personalities like Sean Hannity and Mark Levin. Bannon went further, accusing Rupert Murdoch's media empire of pushing another unnecessary war and suggesting Fox had never fully backed Trump after 2020. ...

@#2 ... People who consumed edibles laced with tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, showed signs of early cardiovascular disease similar to tobacco smokers. ...

OK, from what I can remember of my days, now a half-century ago, when I had partaken of the evil weed...

If I have to go, maybe that is they way I would want to go.