Smoking Chubs

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[Smoking Chubs @SmokingChubs]

What's going on is that it's time to end dual citizenship.

[Dr. Anastasia Maria Loupis @DrLoupis__]

What's going on?

[Smoking Chubs @SmokingChubs]

@nicksortor That's why he's still running around free

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@ilovenaples000 @GuntherEagleman @kelly54708895 Put it one way and leave it there. This going back and forth is ridiculous

[Smoking Chubs @SmokingChubs]

@SawyerMerritt @Starlink That's okay. I can wait 2-3 years for them to all go down the shitter.

[Smoking Chubs @SmokingChubs]

Democrats should never be in charge of anything. They do nothing but lie, cheat, and steal. Fraudsters all of them!

[Jonathan Kriebel/KrispyKris @krispykriskring]

HISTORY LESSON ON YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY CARD:

Just in case some of you young whippersnappers (& some older ones) didn’t know this. It’s easy to check out, if you don’t believe it. Be sure and show it to your family and friends. They need a little history lesson on what’s what and it doesn’t matter whether you are Democrat or Republican. Facts are FACTS.

Up until the 1980's, Social Security cards expressly stated the number and card were not to be used for identification purposes.

Since nearly everyone in the United States now has a number, it became convenient to use it anyway and the "NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION" message was removed.

Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat, introduced the Social Security (FICA) Program. His promises are in black, with updates in brackets.

1.) That participation in the Program would be completely voluntary [No longer voluntary],

2.) That the participants would only have to pay 1% of the first $1,400 of their annual Incomes into the Program [Now 7.65% on the first $90,000, and 15% on the first $90,000 if you’re self-employed],

3.) That the money the participants elected to put into the Program would be deductible from their income for tax purposes each year [No longer tax deductible],

4.) That the money the participants put into the independent ‘Trust Fund’ rather than into the general operating fund, and therefore, would only be used to fund the Social Security Retirement Program, and no other Government program [Under Johnson the money was moved to the General Fund and spent], and

5.) That the annuity payments to the retirees would never be taxed as income [Under Clinton & Gore up to 85% of your Social Security can be taxed].

Since many of us have paid into FICA for years and are now receiving a Social Security check every month — and then finding that we are getting taxed on 85% of the money we paid to the Federal government to ‘put away’ — you may be interested in the following:

Q: Which Political Party took Social Security from the independent ‘Trust Fund’ and put it into the general fund so that Congress could spend it?
A: It was Lyndon Johnson and the democratically controlled House and Senate.

Q: Which Political Party eliminated the income tax deduction for Social Security (FICA) withholding?
A: The Democratic Party.

Q: Which Political Party started taxing Social Security annuities?
A: The Democratic Party, with Al Gore casting the ‘tie-breaking’ deciding vote as President of the Senate, while he was Vice President of the US

AND MY FAVORITE:
Q: Which Political Party decided to start giving annuity payments to immigrants?
A: That’s right! Jimmy Carter and the Democratic Party. Immigrants moved into this country, and at age 65, began to receive Social Security payments! The Democratic Party gave these payments to them, even though they never paid a dime into it!

Now, after violating the original contract (FICA), the Democrats turn around and tell you that the Republicans want to take your Social Security away!

And the worst part about it is uninformed citizens believe it! If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of awareness will be planted and maybe changes will evolve. Maybe not, though. Some Democrats are awfully sure of what isn’t so — but it’s worth a try.

[Smoking Chubs @SmokingChubs]

@nataliegwinters Well this makes no sense. Oh, that's right, we're in Pritzker run Ill-Annoy.

[Desiree @DesireeAmerica4]

Aaron Rodgers sat at that podium in Paris and said out loud what the corporate league office spends millions trying to sanitize.

​The NFL talks endlessly about “player safety” and “expanding the global game.” But behind closed doors, owners scrapped player-friendly bye weeks, forced a brutal 17th regular-season game, and shipped franchises across oceans simply because there was another dollar to squeeze out of foreign TV markets.

​While families and players navigate locked-down streets, civil tension, and grueling travel schedules, ownership sits in five-star suites counting international expansion checks.

​Rodgers doesn't care about league fines anymore. He’s telling you the truth: in the modern NFL, the brand and the balance sheet come first. The humans on the field come second.

[Awake Illinois @Awake_IL]

This whiney billionaire has had 8 friggin years…

[Smoking Chubs @SmokingChubs]

@DarrenBaileyIL Punishable by...

[Smoking Chubs @SmokingChubs]

@GuntherEagleman So sorry for your loss. Prayers for you and Bret's family. 🙏🙏🙏

[War Correspondent @warDaniel47]

The enemy should know this:

Space Force was designed to intercept everything.

Game over.

[Smoking Chubs @SmokingChubs]

@GeneralJoeM17 Let her rip!

[Smoking Chubs @SmokingChubs]

@JBPritzker Exactly how did you erase $1.4 billion in medical debt? Who are these Illinoisans that benefited?

[Tony Seruga @TonySeruga]

This is the REAL Barack Hussein Obama II. He will go down as one of the most evil Manchurian candidates in history. You may think you know who this man is, I assure you don’t. A tool of the global elites, CIA and radical Islam, his goal was to destroy America.

There’s a reason his Washington, D.C. residence is a quick 5 minute walk from The Islamic Center of Washington D.C..

[Smoking Chubs @SmokingChubs]

@EricLDaugh Shouldn't be voting for anything.

[BurningBright @reBurningBright]

Why doesn't Trump REALLY care about the Midterms?

Because the board is already set.

"Trump is telling those who know what he's actually doing, it's not going to work. You're not going to stop me."

"All of my plans ... are going to proceed on the rails that we've set them on."

[Smoking Chubs @SmokingChubs]

The continual ripoff of America

[Leo @Leonajardinho]

SORRY IF THIS OFFENDS GROCERY EXECUTIVES, BUT I’M DONE.

I just pulled a $4.99 box of cereal off the shelf, brought it to the register, and watched the scanner ring it up as $7.49.

When I told the cashier, she said: "Oh, that’s the digital coupon price. You have to download our store app, create an account, search for the item, and clip the digital coupon before scanning."

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

You inflated the shelf price by 50%, locked the normal price behind an app, and forced me to hand over my personal phone data and email just to pay the actual retail value of a box of food?

Stop hiding basic shelf pricing behind data-harvesting apps.

[Smoking Chubs @SmokingChubs]

@JBPritzker Haha, think you're being watched too chumley.

[GA-Freeman @GFr33man]

Chicago !!

Let's finish this !

Flip Illinois Red
@FlipChicagoRed

[Jen @IlliniJen]

“Who can afford to live here?”

That’s the question Sen. Chapin Rose put to the supermajority. Since @JBPritzker took office, Illinois has lost 6,000 megawatts of reliable 24-hour power, the equivalent of three nuclear plants or enough to power a million homes.

In 2019, electricity was 8.6¢ per kilowatt-hour. This summer it hit 23¢, triple the price.

That adds up to $8 billion in rate increases, leaving Illinois higher than Kentucky, Indiana, Iowa, and Missouri.

The supermajority keeps promising relief for the little guy and lower bills. Then they remove the limits on how high rates can go.

Another Pritzker speech about helping working families. Another rate increase under Pritzker.

[Beth Dutton @1BethDutton]

I keep seeing "Beth Dutton for Press Secretary" all over my feed.

I'm flattered. Truly.

But I don't do briefings. I do reckonings.

And the first reporter who asks a stupid question is getting a one-way ticket to the train station. 🚬🥃🇺🇸