Former teacher of literature and journalism, current assistant principal. Player of music, father of two, husband of one, believer of hope, joy, and kindness.
🚨 Trump illegally taxed working families for over a year.
The Supreme Court said it was unconstitutional. $166 billion is being refunded right now.
But here’s the part no one is talking about.
The refunds are going to the importers. Not to you. Not to the families who paid $1,751 more on groceries, on clothes, on car parts, on everything.
330,000 corporations are getting checks. 53 million shipments are being refunded with interest. You paid the tax. They’re getting the money. Trump said he’d “fight” giving any of it back to families.
His own words.
Newsom is right. Pay the people. $1,751 per household. Every dollar.
What’s the point of a court ruling something illegal if the people who actually paid never get their money back?
I really hope the Royals don't miss the playoffs by a single game, but if they do, this is one of those games that we will look back on with some serious regret. A lot of things had to go wrong to lose this one, and they did.
I think American taxpayers are upset because you took a 7 month family reality show road trip subsidized by the American taxpayer and paid for by corporations you regulate, while not doing your actual job—which incidentally is also paid for by taxpayers who are paying an enormous amount for gas because of a war your boss launched and can’t get out of.
One of the defining hallmarks of our modern age is that people in charge of good things are willing to make them incrementally worse for a chance to make more money, knowing most people are powerless to stop it.
In 1892, desperate for European culture, an American conservatory paid $$ for composer Antonin Dvorak, known for incorporating folk melodies into his work, to become director. He hears spirituals weekly and is struck by "Swing Low Sweet Chariot. " Then he tells a newspaper
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Watched a little of CNN's coverage last night and heard them talking about how even though no one got killed, part of the trauma of shooting events is the psychological damage of being through that situation...
You are a country that puts 5 year olds through live shooter drills.
The height of hypocrisy is Donald Trump demanding metal detectors, armed guards, and locked-down ballrooms for his own safety, while refusing even the most basic gun control for classrooms full of vulnerable kids.
School Shooting: There’s nothing we can do about this. Don’t politicize these tragedies.
Political Shooting: We need a $400 million bunker built immediately and you hate America if you don’t agree.
I’m listening to seasoned reporters talk about how frightened they were during the shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner last night and imagining how much worse it is for America’s children. If there’s ever been a time to pass sensible gun control laws, it’s now.