Monday Stuff

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Mike Figueredo of The Humanist Report tells us that it looks like Repug U.S. House Rep Virginia Foxx has appointed herself the head of the “civility police” when it comes to that nasty, dark language about the “Big, Beautiful Act”...if anything, that language isn’t harsh enough...as Figueredo and others have pointed out, this cruel monstrosity facilitates “the largest transfer of wealth upward in American history” (not my words)...and boy, is this Marianette Miller-Meeks a sweetheart (apropos first name for a puppet)...not! And that chart at about 5:45 has a lot of important info...8.7 million people will lose health insurance over the next 10 years as a result of this bill (if it passes in its current form), to say nothing of the fact that hundreds more rural hospitals will be forced to close if this wretched garbage is enacted...and OF COURSE there is an anti-trans provision stuck in this ghastly mess of legislation not allowing Medicaid and CHIP to reimburse for gender-affirming care...and funding for #47’s “gold dome”?? WHAAA???? And by the way, spare me with this “no taxes on tips” BS...what really matters is RAISING THE SUB-MINIMUM WAGE (which varies by state) SO TIPS ARE FREAKING UNNECESSARY!! And GREAT point by Figueredo that the extra tipped income someone would declare as non-taxable would also bump up their taxable income to the point where they would likely no longer qualify for other deductions...and more related cruelty is here (NSFW/H)...



...and Tennessee Brando chimes in with his take on this abominable piece of legislation...yeah, the “peanut butter sandwich” analogy works for me...didn’t know that U.S. House Dems introduced 500 amendments over 24 hours to try and hold up this mess; nice work...and God almighty, they’re bringing back the tanning bed tax deduction again – typical for these lowlifes...also, I think I incorrectly said this would add $3.8 trillion to the debt, which is wrong (I wish it were ONLY that)...that figure is the addition to the yearly deficit; the debt number could be closer to $20 trillion (the debt is compiled over multiple years)...(NSFW/H also)...



...and Robert Reich discusses what we probably already knew at this point, and that is the fact that Our Ochre Abomination is trying to drag us back to The Gilded Age of the 1890s...does this clueless orange meat sack want to see an economic crisis that will stimulate the drive for union membership and empower workers in this country? Maybe he does, to the extent that his gnat brain on meth can comprehend anything whatsoever (more is here)...



...and related to more alleged cost savings in this trash fire of a presidential administration, Farron Cousins tells us about 60,000 metric tons of food rotting in this country and overseas because it’s not getting delivered due to cuts to US AID from King Elon I and Bronzer Beelzebub, leading to the deaths of many more in underdeveloped nations relying on this assistance, mainly kids (once more, Cousins’s outrage is commendable)...



...and Ronny Chieng of The Daily Show tells us that DHS Secretary Kristi (“Unsafe At Any Speed”) Noem recently floated the idea of a citizenship “Hunger Games” TV show...and oh yeah, there’s more of “Kash and Bongo” (sounds like the name of a bad cop/buddy movie), along with Sean Duffy being a total imbecile while our planes keep crashing...ugh...and yes, I know that’s really Jordan Klepper (NSFW/H as well)...

...and I thought this was a well-done Lincoln Project video with today’s holiday in mind...



...and I realize that, with the passage of time and the foul, fetid Bushco years receding in the rear view mirror a bit, it’s easy to forget the significance of this tune for the holiday, but I don’t think it should get the ”memory hole” treatment, so here it is again (more here)...



...and here is another selection for our annual observance.