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>> Anybody surprised about the tax bill and the giveaways to Repubican donors? I'm not. This is what was bound to be expected when one party has the levers to the presidency, the congress, and the judiciary. Also, notice that the bill only has approximately 30% support nationwide, and it was still passed. The bill will add $1 Trillion to the budget deficit, which the Republicans cynically decided will be dealt with, later of course, by cutting our social safety net. The safety net has been in the Republican cross hairs for decades, and now they see their chance.
Also, all of those tax deductions that you have now and may depend on? Don't count on them being there now. Mortgage tax deductions are in the cross hairs, as well as write-offs for school supplies paid out of pocket by teachers, decreasing of the maximum annual 401(k) contribution to $2,400 per year, etc. etc. etc. All to give the Kochs, Adelsons, Waltons, and their spawn those nice tax cuts - which will do NOTHING to stimulate the economy. But then, that's not what this is about at all - it's about entrenching dynastic wealth. The establishment of a permanent aristocracy in this country - essentially, neo-feudalism.
No, they have no shame. No, they have no scruples. No, they do not give a shit and never have.
BUT - in the end, We The People need to take ultimate responsibility for the actions of our government, as the players within the government were elected, not selected. We The People make this bed, now we're laying in it.
>> The domino effect that the Harvey Weinstein affair has had - the #MeToo campaign, and the downfall of a lot of powerful men such as Matt Lauer - has been fascinating to watch, and long overdue. It's a sign of one of the pillars of patriarchy coming down - male dominance may finally be seeing its dawning hour. It's high time - testosterone has fueled things in this world for far too long.
>> I have been a subscriber to SiriusXM for several years, in large part because of the Progress Channel. Lately, however, I've noticed a change in the channel's programming, to what appears to be far less critical of the DNC and the Democratic Party establishment. The channel ID spots also declare the channel to be "the home of the resistance" - how ironic, considering that the DNC itself is what is being resisted in addition to T-Rump and his swamp things. In looking at the SiriusXM website, I saw why: Zerlina Maxwell is the head of programming. Who is Ms. Maxwell? Well, first, she's a former Clinton campaign staffer, carrying the title of Director of Progressive Media. She was the person providing stories and - let's just call a spade a spade -propaganda to progressive web sites and media outlets. That's ironic - Hillary's campaign eschewed the progressive vote for the most part in favor of going after moderate Republicans, so Zerlina's job was to keep those progressives in line. We saw how well that worked.
Much more later.
