@TroyTacke@LUFC1992_v2 Yes, yes it is. 🤦🏻♀️ Lol I didn’t think that through. I’m in Texas and like it, but don’t see it often where I live, so totally forgot its roots are in PA.
@LUFC1992_v2 Bbq in the Midwest? Ohhh just wait until you make to our great state of Texas!!! 🙃 So glad you guys are enjoying your trip, it makes my American heart happy.
@Readywriter1@dish Thx for your reply! I think I found out the issue, though according to Dish, there isn’t one. Lol We’ll be canceling as soon as our forced contract is up.
Does anyone have @dish? Is your Fox station also out? During the World Cup?!?!! This is ridiculous. I know Dish and Fox hate each other, but damn. #WorldCup2026#Fox#Dish
@dish What’s up with @foxone being out AGAIN. And during the World Cup?? Are you kidding me? Any ETA on when we can participate with the rest of the world and watch games again?
CONGRESS JUST NUKED THE HEMP INDUSTRY IN THE SPENDING BILL
While you were distracted by the shutdown drama, they snuck Section 781 into the bill.
It basically bans most hemp products.
Here's what they did:
Delta-8 THC? Banned.
Delta-10 THC? Banned.
Your CBD oil with trace THC? Probably illegal.
They set the limit at 0.4mg of THC per ENTIRE container.
Not per serving.
Per container.
A standard CBD tincture bottle? Over the limit.
Those gummies that help your grandma sleep? Criminal.
But wait, it gets worse.
They're banning anything with "THC-like cannabinoids."
What counts as THC-like?
They don't know.
FDA will tell us in 90 days.
After the bill passes.
Classic government.
Pass it first, figure it out later.
Thousands of small businesses? Dead.
Farm families growing hemp? Screwed.
Veterans using CBD for PTSD? Back to pharma pills.
People managing pain without opioids? Too bad.
This wasn't about safety.
This was Big Pharma eliminating competition.
They can't patent a plant.
So they made it illegal.
Again.
Both parties voted for this.
Both parties fucked over small business.
Both parties chose lobbyists over people.
Takes effect November 2026.
Just enough time for corporations to corner the market.
That's why They Both Suck.
They'll reopen government while closing businesses.
They aren't just buying houses. They are dismantling the American Dream, piece by piece, with a playbook so sinister it would make a Bond villain blush.
A few weeks ago, BlackRock allegedly bought 50,000 homes. Then, they sold three to themselves for more than double the price.
Your neighbor's home value just "doubled" overnight. Congratulations. Now you can't afford the property taxes to live there anymore.
This isn't an accident. It's a calculated corporate heist. Here is their step-by-step playbook:
STEP 1: THE HUNT
They use algorithms and vast data to identify stable, middle-class neighborhoods with untapped "growth potential." These are your tree-lined streets, your good schools, your community.
STEP 2: THE BLITZKRIEG
They show up with unlimited corporate cash. They don't need mortgages. They offer 20%, 30%, even 50% above asking price. Imagine you list your home. A young family makes an offer. Then a corporate entity swoops in and says, "We'll pay $100k more, in cash." The family never stood a chance. The community is gutted before the "For Sale" signs even come down.
STEP 3: THE SQUEEZE
Regular families are now permanently priced out. How do you compete with a bottomless wallet? You don't. The dream of homeownership is extinguished on your own street.
STEP 4: THE ILLUSION
Once they control a critical mass of homes, the real magic happens. They sell a handful of properties to shell companies they already own. It's a game of three-card monte, but with the roof over your head.
STEP 5: THE NEW "REALITY"
Those fake, inflated sales to themselves are now logged in public records. Suddenly, a $300,000 home is "worth" $700,000. This becomes the new, fraudulent "market rate."
STEP 6: THE FINAL NAIL - THE TAX TRAP
This is where they force you out. Your property taxes are reassessed and TRIPLE based on their fake sales. The elderly couple on a fixed income, who paid off their home 20 years ago, can't afford $15,000 a year in taxes. The young family that scraped together a down payment is now house-poor.
THE ULTIMATE INSULT: YOU WILL OWN NOTHING, AND YOU WILL BE HAPPY TO RENT FROM THEM.
They created the problem. They priced you out. And now, they become your landlord. The mortgage payment would have been $1,800. Your new rent to them is $2,500. You are now a permanent tenant in your own neighborhood, funding the very machine that evicted you.
This isn't capitalism. It's a hostile takeover of the foundational pillar of American life. It's financial warfare against the middle class.
@DreamDividend@OEimhear Based on the hundreds upon hundreds of comments I’ve read across multiple platforms, this is not about “white men feeling a loss.” The majority of the comments I’ve read are by women. 100% agree the ad agency change was the worst decision for a rebrand strategy of this magnitude.
@BarackObama Ha! I attempted to sign up for ACA at one point. They wanted a monthly payment that was higher than my car payment, for a healthy, low-risk person in their late 20s. Definitely couldn’t afford it. And, I voted for you… twice.🤦♀️