Members of Congress who voted to defund FEMA and the National Flood Insurance Program one day before Helene hit: Sen. Budd (R-NC) Sen. Blackburn (R-TN) Sen. Hagerty (R-TN) Reps. Bean, Bilirakis, Cammack, Donalds, Gaetz, Lee, Luna, Mills, Posey, Waltz, Webster (R-FL) Rep. Bishop (R-NC)
Tariffs in the 1890s caused a depression from 1893-97 Tariffs in the 1920s helped cause the Great Depression Tariffs under Trump worsened the inflation we just went through Trump wants to DESTROY our economy just to win a few more votes from xenophobic racists
Another colossal failure across US administrations. Will we ever learn that when Generals say just give me another $30 billion and 50,000 troops we need to take a very hard look at strategy, goals and REAL metrics? www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/201...
For nearly two decades of war in Afghanistan, U.S. leaders have sounded a constant refrain: We are making progress. They were not, documents show, and they knew it.
Here’s an excellent example of why a subscription to the Atlantic is well worth it. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
On questions of war and peace, governments must hear from many types of experts.
Look if you want to be showered with corrupt gifts from shady folks in public life, you can do it, you just have to get yourself on the Supreme Court.
Sometimes I fear I’m shielding myself from honest disagreements* *memes of Jewish characters from Nazi propaganda defiling Taylor Swift
The 100 lowest-paying major US corporations spent $522B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2023. Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay. The typical worker at these companies earned just $34K last year. Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid a whopping $14.7M.
Apparently the story which is leading NC Republicans to urge Robinson off the ballot is breaking later tonight which leads me to ask - with all the awful things we already know about Robinson, what truly TRULY awful thing did they find out that finally crosses their line?
breaking right now: The GOP suddenly is pressuring their far-right governor nominee in North Carolina to drop out amid rumors of a scandal about to be reported on — but the deadline to withdraw may be tonight (and even then his name would be on the ballot): www.carolinajournal.com/robinson-und...
North Carolina Republicans are bracing Thursday morning as word spreads about a damning news story looming regarding Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson. Sources with direct knowledge have spoken with Carolina Jou...
To be fair, it's not completely surprising to see Teamsters gravitate toward the aspiring mob boss.