"Social Security is on a path to privatization, experts warn, led by Elon Musk's DOGE'"

- to raise taxes.

On those like myself who can afford it, not on avg Americans.

What is happening now is the largest transfer of wealth from the poor and middle class to the wealthy class in our history.

Apparently it takes both the wife and the brother to carry him to bed at night.

3). Remove the max $176k income level for contributing to SS from people who make more than that.

Also don't extend and increase millionaire and billionaire tax cut.

------- clown.

- John Wilkes Booth

Was a leftist fabrication?

Wow.

- assassinations

You must mean like JFK, MLK, and RFK?
No, wait, white nationalists gave us those.

"But the longer it drags out peace talks on Ukraine, the more Russia risks losing U.S. President Donald Trump's favor and missing a key window of opportunity to strike a bigger deal with Washington, sources said.

On Sunday, Trump told NBC News he was "very angry" and "pissed off" with President Vladimir Putin for attacking Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky's credibility and calling for new leadership in Kyiv."

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"The hawks are dominating" the president's inner circle, he noted.

"Even the smallest concession now would be seen as a gift not to Trump, but to Zelensky. That's unacceptable to Putin," the diplomat said.

Putin "acts in full accordance with Machiavelli's advice " protect what's yours, generously give away what isn't. He's ready to offer Canada and Greenland to Trump in exchange for Ukraine and Europe," Boris Bondarev, a former Russian diplomat who resigned from Moscow's UN mission in Geneva in protest of the invasion, told The Moscow Times.

The Kremlin understands it must offer Trump at least a symbolic gesture to maintain his interest. One such attempt was the renewal of the Black Sea grain deal, which the American side announced with a great deal of fanfare.

However, that effort failed, a Russian diplomat said."

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Speaking to NBC News on Sunday, Trump threatened to hit Moscow with secondary tariffs if the peace talks on Ukraine fall through.

"if Russia and I are unable to make a deal on stopping the bloodshed in Ukraine, and if I think it was Russia's fault " which it might not be " but if I think it was Russia's fault, I am going to put secondary tariffs on oil, on all oil coming out of Russia," Trump said."

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There's lots more of the Russian reasoning for what they are doing.... what they think they can get away with... at the thread link.

"He added:

"There's a chance that if they don't make a deal, that I will do secondary tariffs on them like I did four years ago that brought them to a position that they very much wanted to be."

Say what?

"During his first term in office, Trump withdrew the United States from a treaty with Iran that was meant to end its nuclear ambitions and then repeatedly accused Iran of not upholding its end of the bargain.

China, Russia, France, Germany, Britain and the European Union were also part of that 2015 treaty."

Iran wants other players in the room other than Tiny Tot Rubio.

3 hr 8 min ago

"Wisconsin's attorney general is racing to stop Elon Musk's million-dollar giveaways in the state tonight"

"Wisconsin's Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul has asked the state Supreme Court to block Musk and his super PAC from offering $1 million awards to voters at this evening's town hall in Green Bay, according to a new court filing."

Musk has said he will "hand over checks for a million dollars to 2 people to be spokesmen" for a petition against "activist judges." But that's after the tech billionaire deleted an earlier version of the post, in which he had written he would give the checks "in appreciation for you taking the time to vote."

Where things stand: An appeals court on Saturday denied the attorney general's initial request, so Kaul is now asking the state Supreme Court, where liberals hold a 4-3 majority, to intervene before the event's 6:30 p.m. local start time (7:30 p.m. ET).

"Resolution of this legal issue is urgent," Kaul wrote in the brief filed Sunday. "If this Court does not take prompt action, and the prizes are awarded, the injury to public confidence in the validity of this election cannot be undone."

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"A lot of people want me to do it," Trump said in a Sunday-morning phone call with NBC News, referring to his allies. "But, I mean, I basically tell them we have a long way to go, you know, it's very early in the administration."

When asked whether he wanted another term, the president responded, "I like working."

"I'm not joking," Trump said, when asked to clarify. "But I'm not " it is far too early to think about it."

When asked whether he has been presented with plans to allow him to seek a third term, Trump said, "There are methods which you could do it."

NBC News asked about a possible scenario in which Vice President JD Vance would run for office and then pass the role to Trump. Trump responded that "that's one" method.

"But there are others too," Trump added.

Asked to share another method, Trump simply responded "no."."
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Meanwhile, Trump ally Steve Bannon said in an interview on News Nation that he believes Trump will "run and win again in 2028."

Bannon said in the same interview that he thought "we'll have a couple of alternatives" in determining how Trump could seek a third term despite the two-term maximum for holding the presidency.

The White House has amplified Trump's comments likening himself to royalty, posting a picture of a fake magazine cover depicting the president with a crown after the administration shot down congestion pricing in New York City.

The White House's post to X quoted Trump's previous comments on Truth Social: "LONG LIVE THE KING!"

What's really worrying Republicans on Capitol Hill even more are the coming mid-term elections.

Can you say, Blue Tsunami?

- seeings as he doesn't care for Jews

You know nothing, John Snowjob.

Which has been obvious from your day one around here.

Agent Orange can't take the heat... doesn't want the world to see him crying at the dinner where he would be the roasted turkey.

The there's the Nazi Salute Limited model with Jew skin interior.

"Protests against Elon Musk's role in Trump administration swarm Tesla showrooms

By early afternoon crowds ranging from a few dozen to hundreds of protesters had flocked to Tesla locations in New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Maryland, Minnesota and the automaker's home state of Texas.

Pictures posted on social media showed protesters brandishing signs such as "Honk if you hate Elon " and "Fight the billionaire broligarchy."

As the day progressed, the protests cascaded around the country outside Tesla locations in major cities such as Washington, Chicago, Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Seattle, as well as towns in Virginia, Pennsylvania and Colorado. Smaller groups of counterprotesters also showed up at some sites."

It reminds you of a fascist state': Smithsonian Institution braces for Trump rewrite of US history

Normally staid historians sound alarm at authoritarian grasping for control of the premier US museum complex

The move was met with dismay from historians who saw it as an attempt to whitewash the past and suppress discussions of systemic racism and social justice.

With Trump having also taken over the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, there are fears that, in authoritarian fashion, he is aiming to control the future by controlling the past.

"It is a five-alarm fire for public history, science and education in America," said Samuel Redman, a history professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

"While the Smithsonian has faced crisis moments in the past, it has not been directly attacked in quite this way by the executive branch in its long history. It's troubling and quite scary."

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"Things Are Bad At Tesla And They're About To Get Much Worse

Forbes

Mar 28, 2025 Forbes Daily Briefing

The EV company's sales are tanking in all major markets as its Chinese rivals are surging. But Tesla's problems are just beginning."

- What a gash.

I always knew that ShrimpD was actually a gash.... now he's a Nazi-loving gash.

Who 'thinks' that Wisc law is illegal.

"Musk, who is the world's wealthiest person and is running President Donald Trump's initiative to slash the size of the federal workforce, has given $3 million to the Wisconsin GOP while groups he supports have funneled more than $17 million into the race.

The contributions are part of an extraordinary spending spree in the race, making it by far the most expensive judicial race on record in the U.S. Total spending has eclipsed $80 million with days still to go before the final day of voting on April 1.

Schimel's critics have accused Musk of trying to buy a favorable ruling for Tesla should the dealership case make it to the state Supreme Court.

Here are details of the law and Musk's lawsuit:" see thread link

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Hey now, if a minor billionaire like Trump can own the US Supreme Court, there's no reason why a real billionaire like Musk can't purchase a piddling State Supreme Court.... by paying cash for votes.

Itchypuss is a Trump Devotion Syndrome victim.

Sad.

Yeah... the new Space X Limited version.

"Putin's 275,000 Aurus Senat burst into a roaring blaze on a street just north of Moscow's FSB secret service Lubyanka headquarters. The car is believed to be owned by Putin's Presidential Property Management Department, with reports not yet revealing who was using the car when the shocking incident occurred."

"Reports say those in the car weren't injured. Separately, footage showed servicemen from a ceremonial guard in Murmansk being individually body searched by a Federal Protection Service [FSO] officer for hidden weapons or explosive devices as they stood waiting for the Kremlin dictator to lay a wreath by the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

According to reports, magazines were removed from their guns and plugs fitted into the chambers amid acute fears that Putin may be in danger of assassination from his own troops, with every member of the Russian's honour guard searched.

Putin recently boarded nuclear submarine Arkhangelsk to declare: "Not long ago I said we'd grind them [Ukraine] down " now it looks like we'll finish them off."

How unlucky.

- What are you talking about?

Sorry, I was speaking English again.

"Social Security is on a path to privatization, experts warn, led by Elon Musk's DOGE'"

and finally new rules to those on the
right who keep asking me Bill you're so
good at roasting the woke nonsense
Peddlers why don't you go all the way
and join us uh let me give you the short
answer because

I don't want to live in
North Korea

[Applause]

Kim Jong-un has State
stenographers who follow him everywhere
and scribble his genius ideas into their
notebooks and applaud

well Republicans that's you now

This is something that should have been done years (decades) ago... but that's no reason to try to do what experts say is a 2 or 3 year job in a couple of months.

Unless of course one wants to disrupt services and discredit Soc Sec so that it sounds like a better idea to privatize it.

Which is the goal.

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