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Jesus Christ

MAmaggieastor.bsky.social

This part stood out to me in Trump's Fox town hall. A single mom who was visibly distressed asked about the cost of raising children, and here's Trump's response in full.

Q: Hi, my name is Rachel S., here from Cumming, Ga. I'm a single mom to two kids here, and just in 3.5 years my child tax credit has decreased by 80% almost. Daycare for the lowest amount is roughly $1,400 a month for one child here. Last year I broke my neck. I almost lost — TRUMP: You have a beautiful voice, by the way. Q: Thank you so much. I'm having a panic attack right now. But last year I had broken my neck, and I tried applying for any kind of assistance and was denied because I did not make less than $700 a month. And I'm shaking like a freaking leaf. I cannot stop. So I could not afford daycare. I obviously was having to go through physical therapy and a lot of issues, and I’m still having issues to this day. But what kind of realistic changes do you think you can provide single parents, married parents, any kind of parent to just simply afford children in today's world with the way things are?
TRUMP: It’s not fair. You never heard of Ivanka, right? Ivanka. My daughter drove me crazy on this. We had the simplest, most beautiful tax — you know, I gave you the largest tax cuts in the history of our country, OK, larger than the Reagan cuts, larger — but my daughter Ivanka, she said, “Dad, we have to do tax credits for women,” you know, for the child tax credits. She was driving me crazy. Then I did it and I got it just about done. “Dad, you’ve got to double it up.” I said, “Ivanka!” It was actually more complicated than the entire bill, but I got it done, and what we’re going to do and I’m going to — because I understand exactly what you’re saying. We’re going to readjust things so that it’s fair to everybody, ‘cause it’s really not fair to everybody. But we have a lot, and we’re going up higher, but we’re also going to readjust because you have to make some readjustments. It’s unfair to some people and we’re not going to have that. But she was the one that got it started. You know, those were our credits, those were not the Democrat credits. A lot of Republicans said rightfully, don’t do it because we’ll never get credit for that. You know, we’re not known for that. But the truth is, I wanted to put it all in the form of the tax cuts. So I got the maximum tax cut, but we’re also bringing down the taxes for companies and for people. We’re bringing it down to 15% and for companies, only if you make your product, build your product in the USA. Otherwise you don't get it.
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GMjuniorhoncho.bsky.social

everybody shut up i've got a big decision to make

Now for the first time ever, watch the complete and unedited tape and decide for yourself. Allen Abduction: Did It Happen?
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JWjaywillis.net

The whole "judges keep politics out of their work" thing has always been silly, but Neil Gorsuch doing book tour events with Megyn Kelly and Ben Shapiro might be the strongest evidence yet that the justices aren't even pretending to take it seriously

The Conservative Justices Do Not Care About What You Think
The Conservative Justices Do Not Care About What You Think

Most Americans disapprove of the Court's lurch to the right. But the justices who control the Court are not listening to most Americans.

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grazapin.bsky.social

Exactly! Scientific consensus is when the evidence, the science itself, is consistent. Just because you can find a few scientists with an axe to grind who say otherwise doesn't mean the scientific consensus is invalid or doesn't exist

DJjonathanstea.bsky.social

Many people think that a scientific consensus is a large group of scientists who all agree that something is true. In reality, it’s a large body of scientific studies that all agree with and support each other. The agreement is a by-product of the consistent evidence.

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TRrickwaynegarywayne.bsky.social

Key point with the whole "challenge yourself with new ideas" fetishism is like. Racism and nazi shit are not new ideas. I've already seen these ideas and decided they are monstrous and moronic. Seeing them over and over again is not an intellectual challenge

FGfaineg.bsky.social

seriously, why do people have this bizarre idea in their heads that a social media website somehow SHOULD resemble an ideological random sample of the country (or the world)? Are we running a polling operation, or are we socializing on the Internet?

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grazapin.bsky.social

Early-ish adopter. Much less psychic damage incurred here compared to the other place

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Bbarbisblue.bsky.social

Very informative!

The 12 Cinnamon Powders You Should Never Use via @ConsumerReports
The 12 Cinnamon Powders You Should Never Use via @ConsumerReports

Twelve of the 36 cinnamon powders and spice blends containing cinnamon had high levels of lead, according to Consumer Reports' testing.

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SSsorenspicknall.bsky.social

thin blue line flag but the blue line has been resized to reflect the proportion of your city's municipal budget that goes to police

A photo of a black and white American flag with a blue stripe in the center of its 13 stripes, but the blue strip is widened to take up the space of 7 of the 13 stripes
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Cczedwards.bsky.social

If you’re not following it already, the New Yorker & Madeleine Baran (In the Dark) has been digging into the Haditha massacre and how the Marines (didn’t) correct a significant war crime. It’s hard. It’s OK to skip. But they’re dropping the most complete database of US war crimes this coming week.

In the Dark
In the Dark

Long-form investigative journalism, hosted by Madeleine Baran.

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grazapin.bsky.social

Repost with your first crush

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