Well not entirely unexpected:
Linda McMahon’s Trump Super PAC Donated $18.5 Million to Florida on the Same Day Florida Deemed WWE an “Essential Business”
--Patrick
Speaking of Vince, WWE just announced massive layoffs.
Not really news. Happens every year. Never answer your phone the 2nd week after wrestlemania.
Whew! Good thing this swamp was drained. Now we can see where all of the alligators are.
They haven't done mass layoffs like this in a looooooooooooooooooong time. They've been hoarding talent like toilet paper for years.
Dave
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Trump makes unprecedented threat to adjourn both chambers of congress
Move would buck the Senate majority leader, Republican Mitch McConnell, who controls chamber's schedule
www.independent.co.uk
Dave
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More fun!
www.theguardian.com
Millionaires to reap 80% of benefit from tax change in US coronavirus stimulus
Nation’s wealthiest to avoid $82bn of tax liability, with hedge-fund investors and real estate owners to benefit most
www.theguardian.com
Trump makes unprecedented threat to adjourn both chambers of congress
Move would buck the Senate majority leader, Republican Mitch McConnell, who controls chamber's schedule
...He really does not understand how the Constitution works, does he?
EDIT: Apparently I keep forgetting Article II, Section 3.
Oh dear God.
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House and Senate are in agreement regarding the time of adjournment--neither Democrat nor Republican congresspeople want to lose their influence in adjudicating those positions, as that influence translates to both policy-making ability and lobbyist money. Executive and Congress don't need to be in agreement. Any attempt to use this power should just end with the Democrat-controlled House refusing to adjourn, and a long court battle. Or, alternatively, McConnell kneels and moves to adjourn (then setting up a House/Senate dispute that can be resolved by POTUS).
(soft paywall..you should be able to open the link in a private window to read).
Summation: Republicans have founded The Lincoln Project, whose goal is the defeat of Trump in November.
Summation: Republicans have founded The Lincoln Project, whose goal is the defeat of Trump in November.
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I still don't know how the fuck George and Kellyanne are married. He seems to hate Trump and yet his wife is up there shilling for him every week.
That sounds suspiciously Centrist*.
--Patrick
EDIT: For the meme version of Centrism, that is, e.g. "Why don't both of you just cut off one arm?"
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Dave
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Right now the big thing trending on Facebook and through the conservative circles is a meme about how Trump wants to repeal the payroll taxes and democrats are against it. So, of course, democrats are against the working man.
Of course, the meme leaves a lot to be desired as many memes do. Payroll taxes are what funds social security and medicare. Employers match employee contributions. Can you see where I'm going here? Trump doesn't want to do this to help out workers, he wants to (1) stop businesses from having to pay taxes and (2) defund medicare and social security. Remove safety nets and enrich his already wealthy friends. This is the Trumpiest thing that ever Trumped a Trump. And yet short-sighted stupid people are all over this.
I give up.
Of course, the meme leaves a lot to be desired as many memes do. Payroll taxes are what funds social security and medicare. Employers match employee contributions. Can you see where I'm going here? Trump doesn't want to do this to help out workers, he wants to (1) stop businesses from having to pay taxes and (2) defund medicare and social security. Remove safety nets and enrich his already wealthy friends. This is the Trumpiest thing that ever Trumped a Trump. And yet short-sighted stupid people are all over this.
I give up.
Dave
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It doesn't. It helps businesses not have to pay payroll taxes for those people still working. But here's the thing. It's good in the short term so they are going to want to long-term it or eliminate it altogether. That's their aim. If they do that then there's no money for unemployment, social security, or medicare. So we better get rid of them!
Everybody always wants less taxes.
As long as the bits they use/take advantage of are still being taken care of (say, roads, sewage systems), all those other bits should just be stopped.
It doesn't work that way, but it sounds good to people who don't think any further.
Also, there is always major wastage in stuff you don't care about.