The Repugs are supposed to be anti-tax; but that was before 2022 Fla has no state income tax; yet its two Senators are pushing for tax increases targeting Seniors/retirees. Senator Rick Scott plan would force seniors to pay more taxes (palmbeachpost.com) Senator Rick Scott recently introduced a plan for the Republican Party that would raise taxes on nearly half of all Americans, forcing seniors and working class families to pay more when they file their taxes every year. His plan also includes provisions that could sunset Medicare and Social Security, jeopardizing the health care and retirement benefits that millions of Florida seniors have spent their entire lives earning. Republicans across the country have begun echoing Scott’s calls to raise taxes for those who can least afford it. Our other Senator, Marco Rubio, has been too weak to rule out Scott’s agenda. It’s no mystery why Rubio won’t disavow Scott’s plan: he advocates cuts to Social Security and Medicare. He’s even gone so far as to say Republicans should look into cutting these essential programs to help pay for the $1.9 trillion tax cut that he voted for as a handout to wealthy corporations. Rubio and Scott represent more seniors than almost any other U.S. Senator. But instead of backing plans to deal with the real problems retirees are facing — from high healthcare costs to rising rent to fraud schemes targeting seniors — they’re leaving us behind.
The problem with the Republican Party is not that the majority of them are closeted homosexuals, or that they believe ridiculous conspiracy theories and whine incessantly about their victimization. The real issue is exactly how unchristian they are…
And you can't shame them on this either. The Bible says what they say it says, even though they don't read it.
To no one's surprise ... DeSantis's racist redistricting map rejected by Florida judge: it "diminishes African Americans' ability to elect the representatives of their choice"
Hot take but I get the sense that the coalition electoral of 2018 and 2020 that put Democrats in the majority is starting to wake back up, and will still be able to hold majorities in November. I think the issue that has made winning so palatable at these local off cycle elections like School boards, etc. is the left and the middle just simply don't know when important votes are happening. It's SOOOOO hard to know in my area myself because there are constantly signs everywhere all the time so you really don't know. Then you have to go to 4 different websites, try to find where you vote this next week, and then try and find out what the hell is actually on the ballot then try to understand what the hell they are talking about. Come November everyone is going to know that this election is coming up, and should know where to go. That alone is good news for Democrats. Will inflation, gas prices, etc. truly flip any voters though in the middle???... I still have a hard time thinking there are people out there that voted against Trump in 2020 and for Dems in 2018 that are going to say to themselves that the reason why the economy was ssooooo much better was because of Donald Trump and down ballot MAGA candidates like Ted Cruz, etc. As long as Republicans are doubling down on who they were in 2018 and 2020, and as long as Democrats simply know when and where to vote, I think it's going to be tough to beat the Dems in November.
Unsurprisingly former employees disparage Colorado congressperson Lauren Boebert, expose lousy business practices Former Shooters employees say that the high school drop-out turned Congresswoman frequently failed to pay her employees on time. "Multiple employees say that they were paid in cash, either out of the register or from Boebert's husband's wallet, without any taxes deducted," according to the report. "While many workers were struggling to make ends meet, they say Boebert spent exorbitant sums on breast implants, private schooling for her sons, and a new Cadillac Escalade. They describe her as alternately absent, showing up only when news crews were at the restaurant. "The second the restaurant blew up, her head blew up, and it became something entirely different," one former waitress says. "And I got to meet a new version of her that is a monster."
Biden used the term "ultra-MAGA" after 6 months of research. Now Republican have put it on T-shirts. https://www.businessinsider.com/ultra-maga-biden-used-term-after-6-months-of-research-2022-5 excerpt: more at the link
Apparently “The State” of the Republican Party here in Texas is you pay more for your energy so that you have the ability to not use you appliances and have to sweat your a$$ off in your own home all summer when it’s 96 degrees so that oil billionaires can make more money. Got it!! I know which party has my back.
Why doesn't it surprise me that Trump is backing Far Right QAnon candidate Mastriano in Pennsylvania's Governorial race? Trump’s statement Saturday reiterated his lies about a stolen election. It said Mastriano “has revealed the Deceit, Corruption, and outright Theft of the 2020 Presidential Election, and will do something about it.” Mastriano worked with Trump to overturn the result and organized bus trips to the U.S. Capitol for Trump’s Jan. 6 “Stop the Steal” rally, where he was later seen in footage with his wife passing through breached barricades set up by Capitol Police. This guy is also one of the GOP candidates who attended the “Patriots Arise for God and Country” far right Christian conference this month. Organizers played a video claiming the world is experiencing a “great awakening” that will expose “ritual child sacrifice” and a “global satanic blood cult." Now that's some kinda crazy.
