Members of Congress are expected to maintain residence in their home district AND in DC. So they should make the median individual income in their home district PLUS the median individual income. Which would net a pay DECREASE for every single sitting member of Congress.
House Speaker Mike Johnson defended congressional stock trading by pointing to lawmakers' frozen salaries.
"The salary of Congress has been frozen since 2009," he said.
"At least let them engage in some stock trading so that they can continue to take care of their family."
The median U.S. congressional salary is $174,000.
70% of Americans can't cover a $1,000 emergency.
@Fat_Electrician You should do a video on Col. Daniel Farren Schungel Sr. - his ribbon stack is significantly more impressive than what I' able to find readily online
Here's a great example of why legislation in the immediate aftermath of a tragedy is often so bad.
This proposal violates the First Amendment—and is an affront to the legacy of Charlie Kirk, who valued free speech and debate and strongly opposed cancel culture.
Jeffrey Epstein didn’t kill himself...
and apparently he didn’t have any clients either (at least according to the professional cover-up artists at the FBI).
These government pigs had flight logs, testimonies, hard drives, an entire island, and somehow walked away saying:
“Sorry, no one else did anything wrong.”
We went from "the client list is sitting on her desk" to "there is no client list".
The FBI doesn’t investigate crimes... they clean up for the mob boss. They scrub the filth off the boots of billionaires and politicians while raiding homes for unpaid parking tickets or unregistered firearms.
When it was discovered that Donald Trump is on the Epstein flight logs, the servers crashed, the files and logs vanished, and everyone forgets how subpoenas work. The attempt to rewrite history and cover up one of the most disgusting crime rings in recent history is completely on brand for this authoritarian GOP regime that's backed by neocons and AIPAC. This is organized protection for pedophiles in power.
Abolish the FBI.
This tweet from Trump's account is very misleading.
I never voted for a CR that became law. I did vote for a CR under McCarthy that included an 8% cut to all discretionary spending, but unfortunately that CR did not become law.
Do research and you’ll find I’ve been consistent.
As someone who has largely been satisfied with the actions of this administration up to this point, this exchange is embarrassing regardless of the moral right/wrong of the argument. Do better @realDonaldTrump x @JDVance
Zelensky REALLY stepped in it today. Until now, the Trump Administration was working to get Ukraine the most beneficial deal they could possibly get. In return, Zelensky came into our White House and metaphorically spit in our face.
After today, I predict all support propping up Zelensky will collapse. The war will now end on terms nowhere near as favorable because Z chose to grandstand and be loved by the worst contingent of warmongers in global politics.
I feel sorry for the people of Ukraine because Zelensky just did them all a major disservice. What an embarrassment he is.