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Technologist, a proud single father, nerd, and Politically Incorrect. *views my own Follow for hot takes and puns

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you misspelled "Redistribution"
As the next chair of the Social Security Subcommittee, a top priority will be to expand Social Security benefits by at least $2,400 a year & extend Social Security’s solvency for generations. How? By scrapping the cap & demanding that the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes.
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White Queen is a terrible Host. News at 11. teapaw.org/i/spaces/1rJqRLWmnEbOV…

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Actual intellectual conversation on where it went wrong and how we make it right. No emotional blames, just criticism and considerations teapaw.org/i/spaces/1qVjRApEYQPao…

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US support failing against Data Centers will drive that need to other countries. Tech infrastructure being safe guarded in the US is a matter of National Security, they just don't understand it
BREAKING: 41% of pending data center capacity in the US is planned to be built in states where newly elected governors have promised to stop or pause such construction, per Cleanview
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Maybe your Democratic governors should stop adding gas taxes against EV growth, or fighting against better energy options
Gas is still at $4+ per gallon.
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So Doordash, GrubHub, UberEats, Instacart.. these are also third-party delivery contractors. What about couriers? Third party delivery contractors are well over a third of NYC economy.
JUST IN: Mamdani proposes banning Amazon from using third-party delivery contractors, requiring the company to hire drivers directly.
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Except your Republican Congress failed to codify this into law. Your sweeping statements with pen will be just as easily erased. This is one of many fail points for Republicans over the past 2 years. They owned everything, accomplished nothing.
It is the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders: male & female.
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Republican Congress can pass simple legislation and get major victory points: If you earn less than 2× the U.S. median income, your federal income tax bill should be $0. Starting in 2027, set the federal income tax rate at 0% for working and middle-class Americans below that threshold.
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Well the jobs market just tightened up harder than your wallet when we all go to dinner
Life is too damn expensive, and families are struggling in this Republican economy. House Democrats will fight for an affordable America.
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Further disconnect to reality. AI takes creative jobs (Artists, musicians, etc) particularly by stealing from those creators. AI industry represents Big-Tech/Big-Business and is counter the Democrat Socialist ideology where their inflated ideals of College Education has hit lack-of-jobs-wall.
I’m honestly kind of surprised Democrats would be against AI. AI is the gateway to a post-scarcity society where everyone gets everything they need but nobody has to work. Isn’t that what they want? Hell, isn’t that what we ALL want?
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This narrative is for cheap cope clicks and engagement. We have enough stupid to deal with without adding more. Republicans didn’t show up to vote and democrats did like it was a Presidential year. That’s it. That’s what happened. The war is not popular, the perception of the economy for the average American is terrible, and the messaging of the administration has been awful.
Everyone keeps saying that Republicans didn’t vote to punish Trump. But something seems way off here… Republican votes were basically the same. Dems managed to get 20M more votes. That doesn’t seem possible. Open to wild and crazy theories!
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Either life is more affordable and government less corrupt.. or Congress passes bills. Cannot have both.
If Donald Trump wants to be Mr. Veto, let’s test that out. The new Democratic majority in Congress should pass bills to make life more affordable and our government less corrupt.
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You mean the bullshit balloon starting in April wasn't a forever thing? Shocked I am.
JUST IN: Nvidia erases all stock market gains this year
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Instead of uniting against the wrongs facing our culture, and the looming threat coming at us from ignorant ideology, a portion of us decided to just meme-troll as if to teach a lesson. This is going to hurt. It's going to hurt hard. You won't learn though. You'll complain.
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I'm sorry, is the First Lady engaging in diplomacy ? Not certain how I feel, but if it quiets the rage and starts conversation, GREAT
"Now we must use the courage we brought to Oleshky to find common ground through a shared concern for the suffering of innocent people." ❤️ @FLOTUS Melania Trump unites Russia and Ukraine following the historic ceasefire that she brokered in Oleshky. It's the first time in American history that a First Lady has brought representatives of two nations actively at war together to the White House for diplomacy.
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"Nobody wants to work anymore. Our turnover is at an all-time high." Did you give raises above 7% inflation so your staff didn't take a pay cut? "No" Did leadership still take home massive bonuses while freezing employee pay? "Well, yes, but..." Did you dump double the workload on remaining staff when people quit? "We had to..." Did you force mandatory return-to-office on people who were thriving at home? "I mean, we..." Did you slash the training budget and tell everyone to "do more with less"? "Like every company..." Did you install software to micromanage and spy on remote workers? "We needed to ensure..." Did you threaten pay cuts for remote staff who moved to lower-cost areas? "We adjusted for cost of living..." Sounds to me like people still want to work. You've just made it completely unbearable to work for you
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I think we're done with geriatric politicians now. If you're a Republican politician thinking about running for the presidency in 2028, and you're already over 70 years old, don't waste your energy. We've had Boomer presidents for like 30 years now. Time to give another generation a chance.
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Don’t discount the amount of people that voted for Trump in 2024 and now voted Democrat in 2026. It’s not a small number.
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Winter 2027 / Spring 2028 - The next primaries begin. Pressure goes there. 100% there. Not to 2028 itself. Start looking for strong leadership. Look for good voices. People of principle, not party. Build it now, for tomorrow.
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Tonight is an opportunity for Republicans. Reflect. Restructure. Let's the Democrats run wild over the next 2 years. Don't stand in the way and give them excuses for Republicans blocking them. Their policies will eat themselves and Republicans can come back fighting in 2028
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