Callatoroy
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Sour grapes.
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superrific
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he is an attorney. what is the bs lawyer act?
here's an idea. instead of telling others to be worse, why dont you raise your game?
you cant say there were cuts to spending relative to a proposed bill. that makes no sense. it is not a win any form.
cutting spending to make room for huge rich people tax cuts is not a win for anyone except the ultrarich
TangledUpInBlue06
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Get your mouth off my grapes
lawtig02
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This ain’t looking good for your team, calla. Just a huge embarrassment politically for no fiscal benefit, and most of the things that were cut are overwhelmingly popular among both Dems and Pubs. This disaster will probably be forgotten after the many other disasters to come, but we can mark it down as major unforced error #1 for Trump/Musk 2.0.
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All presidents pretty much gain wealth after being president.
U.S. Presidents' Net Worth, Before and After Taking Office
Presidents have immense power, but that hasn’t always meant great wealth. You may be shocked at the exceptions to modern office-holders who know how to turn a buck.www.aol.com
The last time there was a balanced budget congress was controlled by pubs. They forced bill to play ball.
That doesn't seem to apply to trump and elon has enough that he good. But getting rich does apply to some presidents.
It's interesting that's the first I've read that trump lost money, amazing for such a great business man.
Of course one has to ask where the money went, or if he was truly worth $5B when he went into office, there were questions about his actual worth. What did his tax records show? I forget, did we ever get to see them? Wait, we did? Didn't we. They showed that he had billions in losses to report and didn't really pay the taxes he should have, didn't they? Or am I mis-remembering?
Decade in the Red: Trump Tax Figures Show Over $1 Billion in Business Losses (Published 2019)
Newly obtained tax information reveals that from 1985 to 1994, Donald J. Trump’s businesses were in far bleaker condition than was previously known.
But I've read so many other articles about the amount of money that trump made, you know by forcing government planes and members to use trump properties at a greater cost than the properties they would have normally used. Now, I know that AOL has to be a standard in reporting, but I've found a few other articles about trump that really don't align.
I'm sure you are perfectly ok with all of these. You being against pork and government overspend, I'm sure you want the government to get the most from their travel budget. If you want to read more it was an easy google search. It's amazing how many hits one gets when they google "Trump" & "Crook".
We’ve Found $16.1 Million in Political and Taxpayer Spending at Trump Properties
Most came from political entities such as the Trump campaign, but government agencies chipped in, too. “I could offer clarity,” one federal employee explained, “but I choose not to.”
www.propublica.org
All the President's Profiting
Trump and his family are in position to profit directly from his public service. Track payments to Trump properties from Trump-related entities and beyond.
www.opensecrets.org
Defense Department Spent Nearly $1 Million at Trump Properties from July 2017 to November 2019, Records Obtained by American Oversight Reveal - American Oversight
Records obtained by American Oversight show that the Pentagon spent at least $974,000 at Trump-owned properties between July 2017 and November 2019, far exceeding previously reported expense totals.
americanoversight.org
Tracking Taxpayer Spending at Trump Properties - American Oversight
Even as Trump’s presidency sunsets, it’s still hard to tell how much money went from public coffers into his pockets.
americanoversight.org
150 foreign government officials have paid visits to Trump properties - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
The staggering number of foreign officials who have paid a visit to Trump properties shows clearly that the Trump presidency is for sale.
www.citizensforethics.org
President Trump’s 3,400 conflicts of interest - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
As of September 21, President Trump has racked up 3,403 conflicts of interest. The list reads like an instruction manual for how not to drain the swamp.
www.citizensforethics.org
Oversight Democrats’ New Report Proves Trump Used His D.C. Hotel to Take Unconstitutional Domestic Emoluments, Fleecing the Taxpayers
Washington, D.C. (October 18, 2024)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, released a new staff report revealing how, while he was in office, Donald Trump used the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. to unlawfully take hundreds of...
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So, how do you want a lawyer to talk to you?
It's good that they got something done, instead of listening to President Musk and shutting down the government for a mere 33 days.
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Amazing. Can the republicans still not see his intentions?
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Had to fix that last line for you.
Decades ago, a brilliant scientist named Eric Schopler founded Division TEACCH in 1972 and helped lead it at UNC…….it revolutionized treatment for autistic and mentally retarded (sorry, I don’t know how to refer to the unfortunate young kids who were/are mentally retarded that my mother worked with in Division TEACCH).
We are not talking about “mentally challenged” or whatever. These kids were both autistic and with IQ’s below 80…..70……
One of the ways in which Eric Schopler at Division TEACCH helped revolutionize treatment in the ‘70’s and ‘80’s was that he taught the parents to return home and lobby and demand for education, treatment, programs, and support for their children.
Eric told the parents, “I can lobby with facts and whatever; you have CHILDREN.”
He taught the parents to lobby and they won local, state, and federal funding for their children.
Bring forth the children. Day after day.
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Musk tanked the bill due to the restrictions on investing in China which would have interfered with Tesla plans to build factories there. Nothing more. Total win for Leon as the passed bill stripped that restriction out. Musk's personal financial interests is all that was served in this fiasco.
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Gone is Trump’s demand to lift the debt ceiling, which GOP leaders told lawmakers would be debated as part of their tax and border packages in the new year. Republicans made a so-called handshake agreement to raise the debt limit at that time while also cutting $2.5 trillion in spending over 10 years.
It’s essentially the same deal that flopped the night before in a spectacular setback — opposed by most Democrats and some of the most conservative Republicans — minus Trump’s debt ceiling demand.
… In the Senate, almost all the opposition came from the Republicans — except independent Sen. Bernie Sanders, who said Musk’s interference was “not democracy, that’s oligarchy.”
Trump, who has not yet been sworn into office, is showing the power but also the limits of his sway with Congress, as he intervenes and orchestrates affairs from Mar-a-Lago alongside Musk …”