Today’s Heather Cox Richardson
And a couple of videos from Paul Krugman.
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So, are we looking at a tariff on guano?
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Watching this big fat dummy crash the entire world in the name of himself is sure something to witness.
A more stark emblem of the plight of mankind could not be more convincingly portrayed in any other single man.
An ambulatory fiction.
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Youll neva taek mi coppa!
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Deportations could not get worse right?
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Heading out to the Hands Off March to Independence Hall. Stopping at Reading Terminal to fortify myself with a PA Dutch breakfast and then picking up some soft pretzels on the way. And the Mango Maniac said back in 2020:
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Remember to smile when you’re on camera at today’s protests.
Tariffs will be lifted on penguins who agree to be completely white.
by Stephen Miller
Tariffs will be lifted on penguins who surrender their eggs to the US market.
by Howard Lutnick
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In the name of Jay-suss, I will now cancel my Washington post account! Foul presence of Bezos — come out!!
Trump’s “spiritual advisor.”
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Why was the Trump administration rushing?
Trumpism 101.
Crime can tear down the world before Justice gets out of bed.
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permanent tax cuts
I’ve been wanting to ask this since the last time a Republican Congress tried to make something “permanent”.
What the hell is that?
This Congress can pass a law that says rich people never have to pay taxes, and no future Congress can ever change it???
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Malignant stupidity. (h/t P. Krugman)
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- make the 2017 tax cuts for the 1% “permanent”
- future dem party passes a bill to restore those tax cuts
- republicans cry and scream to the middle class “They’re raising YOUR taxes!”
- rinse repeat forever
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Wondered that myself. How is anything permanent when settled law such as reproductive rights can be reversed, and could the Dems make another law opposing this, permanent when they’re in charge?!
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I work for a small family-owned manufacturing company. The owners almost certainly didn’t vote for TFG. But we’re going to struggle just like any other small business.
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Thanks.
So, they mean their legislation is permanent until Democrats change it? So it’s like a pinky swear that Republicans will never change it?
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Nah, it’s just their shorthand for saying they’ll renew the tax cuts but without an expiration date like last time. It can still be repealed or amended by a future Congress and President (if we live through this nightmare).
Expiration dates on laws are basically a fig leaf to help seal the deal on unpopular programs. “See it isn’t so bad, it will expire!” This time around, the R’s feel that they have enough power to just push it through without an expiration date.
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