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Here's a politician telling you the truth. The Omnibus Bill is a pork-laden collection of wasteful spending that may not stand scrutiny on their own. Collectively, politicians look the other way so long as everyone gets a seat on the Omni-bus.
Don't blindly celebrate politicians "bringing home the bacon" because your $4 million project just cost Taxpayers $2.3 trillion. A bank wouldn't give credit to any of us who handled money like our government does.
Your taxes don't go up simply because we needed Covid relief. They go up because 435 lawmakers have to impress you with how much they can add to our debt of our great grandkids. As a nation, we don't actually have any of this money. Neither party cares.
#COVID19 #omnibusbill
We have to pay more attention. The credit card payment will come due at some point and there are not enough rich people to tax.
Finally, for now, don't you think it's odd that the leaders of these parties have been doing their jobs for 20-30 years and we keep having to get to Christmas deadlines to pass large, unread legislation? That's not a design flaw, it's a feature! They're playing all of us.
When a big bill like this comes together, your job as a lawmaker is to try to get as many of your legislative and funding priorities into the text as possible.
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) December 21, 2020
Throughout the day, I'm going to explain the provisions in the omnibus budget/COVID relief bill that I led.
Don't blindly celebrate politicians "bringing home the bacon" because your $4 million project just cost Taxpayers $2.3 trillion. A bank wouldn't give credit to any of us who handled money like our government does.
Your taxes don't go up simply because we needed Covid relief. They go up because 435 lawmakers have to impress you with how much they can add to our debt of our great grandkids. As a nation, we don't actually have any of this money. Neither party cares.
#COVID19 #omnibusbill
We have to pay more attention. The credit card payment will come due at some point and there are not enough rich people to tax.
Finally, for now, don't you think it's odd that the leaders of these parties have been doing their jobs for 20-30 years and we keep having to get to Christmas deadlines to pass large, unread legislation? That's not a design flaw, it's a feature! They're playing all of us.
It makes sense to me.
Donald Trump is the most energizing and polarizing force in American politics in living memory.
He turned out insane numbers both of lovers and haters. It’s not hard to see the haters outnumber the lovers.
The ‘you’re telling me more people voted for Nobody Biden than Messiah Obama?!’ incredulity ignores the reality of Trump.
No. No one voted for Biden. They voted against ‘Literal Hitler’.
Of course they did. The media programmed them to. The academy. The swamp...
Trump’s strength and weakness are his inability to avoid the spotlight. He wouldn’t let the election be a referendum on Biden and the left. If he had, he might have blunted the turnout on the left.
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Instead, he made it about himself - and he is the most hated (and lived) guy in America.
The people turned out to ‘topple a dictator.’ They voted ‘like their lives depended on it.’ They stopped ‘fascism!’
Throw in the fact they didn’t actually have to ‘turnout’ at all, they just had to fill in ballots that were mailed directly to them, and it’s no surprise at all so many voted.
The left fundamentally altered the process of voting to create the surge. It worked. We’re surprised?
Donald Trump is the most energizing and polarizing force in American politics in living memory.
He turned out insane numbers both of lovers and haters. It’s not hard to see the haters outnumber the lovers.
It\u2019ll never make sense to me. https://t.co/p58o1Xw47a
— Cerno (@Cernovich) November 25, 2020
The ‘you’re telling me more people voted for Nobody Biden than Messiah Obama?!’ incredulity ignores the reality of Trump.
No. No one voted for Biden. They voted against ‘Literal Hitler’.
Of course they did. The media programmed them to. The academy. The swamp...
Trump’s strength and weakness are his inability to avoid the spotlight. He wouldn’t let the election be a referendum on Biden and the left. If he had, he might have blunted the turnout on the left.
...
Instead, he made it about himself - and he is the most hated (and lived) guy in America.
The people turned out to ‘topple a dictator.’ They voted ‘like their lives depended on it.’ They stopped ‘fascism!’
Throw in the fact they didn’t actually have to ‘turnout’ at all, they just had to fill in ballots that were mailed directly to them, and it’s no surprise at all so many voted.
The left fundamentally altered the process of voting to create the surge. It worked. We’re surprised?
BREAKING: The entire D.C. National Guard will be activated today, putting about 1,100 guardsmen on duty tonight, defense official tells me. Comes after breach of Capitol by pro-Trump protesters.
Same defense official confirms Mayor Bowser made request for National Guard at Capitol as it was breached. Defense officials initially offered to replace police in other capacities in the city, allowing more police at Capitol specifically, source
Defense official denies that DOD denied the request from D.C. officials for more support at Capitol, but acknowledges it has not yet been acted upon.
Some 340 D.C. guardsmen already were activated in anticipation of unrest, with a support role for police. Half on duty at a time. Defense officials, smarting from outcry to military's heavy involvement in June protests, sought limited role and to shield military from politics.
Same defense official confirms Mayor Bowser made request for National Guard at Capitol as it was breached. Defense officials initially offered to replace police in other capacities in the city, allowing more police at Capitol specifically, source
BREAKING: A source tells me The Defense Department has just denied a request by DC officials to deploy the National Guard to the US Capitol.
— Aaron C. Davis (@byaaroncdavis) January 6, 2021
Defense official denies that DOD denied the request from D.C. officials for more support at Capitol, but acknowledges it has not yet been acted upon.
Some 340 D.C. guardsmen already were activated in anticipation of unrest, with a support role for police. Half on duty at a time. Defense officials, smarting from outcry to military's heavy involvement in June protests, sought limited role and to shield military from politics.
The Most Fascist Things Donald Trump Has Done; A Thread PART TWO!
(Part One:
("Fascism," explained roughly via tweet = racism + ultra-nationalism + sexism + attacks on human rights, the media, & unions + obsessions w/ national security & law & order + near-religious fervor for charismatic leader + cronyism + corruption + election fraud.)
23) Trump hires white supremacist Stephen Miller to write his immigration
24) Trump hires white supremacist Steve Bannon as his 2016 campaign manager.
(Part One:
The Most Fascist Things Donald Trump Has Done; A Thread PART ONE! pic.twitter.com/5SPApcXcS4
— Antifa International (@antifaintl) October 5, 2020
("Fascism," explained roughly via tweet = racism + ultra-nationalism + sexism + attacks on human rights, the media, & unions + obsessions w/ national security & law & order + near-religious fervor for charismatic leader + cronyism + corruption + election fraud.)
23) Trump hires white supremacist Stephen Miller to write his immigration
24) Trump hires white supremacist Steve Bannon as his 2016 campaign manager.