You can't tax rich people on unrealized gains from stocks because "it's not real money until it's sold."
So explain to me why my property taxes keep going up based on the unrealized value of my house?
I didn't sell it, didn't cash out and didn't even make a profit.
But somehow I'm paying taxes on paper gains every single year.
Interesting how "unrealized gains" only become a problem when wealthy folks are involved.
JUST IN: 🇧🇷🇺🇸 Brazil President Lula:
“The US lied about Iran's nuclear weapons just like it lied about Iraq. It provoked this war. Now Trump says oil owners must pay him 20% for each ship he claims to unblock.
That used to be called piracy."
THOMAS MASSIE: “It’s ironic that we control the House, Senate, Supreme Court, & the White House -- and we're yelling 'election fraud'? We won all the damn elections.
What are we doing with that? We’re bankrupting the country. We’re starting new wars. We’re violating the Constitution. We’re not cracking down on the fraud. The problem is not the elections. We won the damn elections. The problem is that we’re wasting the opportunity voters gave us."
Nick Shirley on exposing billions in fraud,
"Why aren't people reporting on this? It's not right or left. It's what's wrong and what's right. Our money was being defrauded by Somali Learing Centers, adult daycares..."
As the war in Iran escalates, it’s critical to remember the role Israel played in drawing us into this mess: Israel convinced Trump that assassinating the Ayatollah would result in a swift U.S. victory, similar to the removal of Maduro from Venezuela.
Now, despite the obvious and concerning security and sovereignty implications, our own Congress is trying to merge our military w/ Israel:
https://t.co/9rdvpWiheu
The CEO of Flock, @glangley, has turned off replies across social media in response to massive, bi-partisan backlash against Flock cameras.
72% of Americans oppose the use of Flock cameras for government surveillance, up from 64% in April.
Can we just… drop the facade of morality here for a minute and speak candidly?
Iran is RIGHT for striking vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. I said it, I don’t care if you like it. You’re lying to yourself if you want to act like it’s wrong.
The United States launched a war of aggression against a sovereign country, and this is an obvious and long-identified defense maneuver meant to create asymmetric downside against an overwhelmingly more powerful military adversary.
“Ohhhh but it’s wronggg. What about international lawwwww”
Last I checked, slaughtering 120 schoolchildren in Minab is against international law. Last I checked, launching a war of aggression against a sovereign nation like we see here is against international law. Last I checked, bombing water storage and infrastructure facilities is against international law…
… last I checked, the United States killed three Indian sailors in the Strait of Hormuz by attacking a civilian vessel.
“Ohhhhh but maritime lawwww. UNCLOS”
Y’all check on Cuba lately? The last delivery of oil to Matanzas was the Anatoly Kolodkin in MARCH. The United States is the SOLE reason the Universal couldn’t deliver in May. They have blackouts for 22 hours a day. Their hospitals can’t function.
You can whine all you want about morals and ethics, but maybe take a second to realize how stupid you sound doing it.
This week the Senate will vote to merge our military’s most sensitive & secretive capabilities with Israel. This merger is buried within the massive NDAA and they’re hoping you won’t notice.
Merging our military with a foreign country is a treasonous betrayal of our sovereignty.
Call your senators & tell them to vote no on the NDAA until the merger w/ Israel (section 219) is taken out.
Tell them that we will never support merging our military with a foreign nation.
The senate switchboard number is: (202) 224-3121.
Trump has now restarted the most unpopular war in American history after walking away from every single original war aim last week. He conceded uranium enrichment, missiles development, their relationship with Hezbolla and the nuclear dust.
We’re now solely fighting now over the strait and Lebanon, two non issues before the war.
This thing is an indefensible disaster and all of the people who cheerlead it have been revealed for the clowns and traitors they are.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to Donald Trump:
"Twenty-three years ago, the U.S. dragged us into Iraq over claims of weapons of mass destruction. None were found. You cannot fool us twice."
"Israel did 911, the dancing Israelis, they're satanic"
Or you could say
Osama did 911 because our bases in the middle east and out Israel support.
Apiac, big business, the military industrial complex lobbied for the endless wars. They own our government.
If your parents made 40k in the 1990s, you’d need to make 170k to have the same lifestyle in 2026
So 170k is the new 40k
This should absolutely shock you
Smotrich: 'My son wants me to leave some Lebanon for him to destroy later. I told him don't worry, there will be enough for everyone.'
Generational evil🤮
Shirley: “This public document says you have 7,899 members.”
“No, we don’t have 7,000 members.”
Shirley: “So you’re overbilling then? You’re getting paid $1,600 per patient, that’s how you got $12.9 million in 2024.”