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@mariposaeldridge.bsky.social

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That's what taxes are, man. That's the definition of taxes. "You are subsidizing things you might never use" man shut the fuck up. My taxes currently subsidize like oil company exec private jets, you think I'm upset at low-income people eating inexpensive bananas?

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

FLAG: Trump gets to keep tax immunity for himself, his sons, and the Trump Organization under the new 'deal' struck by Todd Blanche. The new order also reaffirms that Trump won't have to pay any taxes he might have owed the IRS.

35/x But as a narrow anti-marriage bill, it succeeded, showing how even in California that consensus against talking about gay men and lesbians as second class citizens didn't stop people from voting in 2nd class status one issue at a time. The crudity and not the content seemed determinative.

The State Department said ​it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.

It isn't enough. That's what HRC ran on, but it turns a large percentage of voters want a platform better than "Trump is obviously evil, so vote for me". Dems will win in the midterms. The party not holding the presidency normally does well in the midterms. No bets on 2028.

Tom Nichols@radiofreetom.bsky.social · last wk.

It's possible that disgust with Trump will propel even shaky Dem candidates to wins in 2026. But counting on Trump to carry Dems is risky - as you all should have learned by now. "We're better than Trump" is true, and might be enough, but that's taking a lot of chances (esp when 2028 comes).