larry martinez

[#TuckFrump @realTuckFrumper]

I’m happy to share this because I don’t care what side of the aisle you sit on, this is a fact.

Speaker Mike Johnson this is for you.
Concerning Social Security payments, my contributions were made for over 50 years on every salary I received. From my first part time job until I retired. I always had a job.

The Social Security check is now (or soon will be) referred to as a "Federal Benefit Payment?" I'll be part of the one percent to forward this.I am forwarding it because it touches a nerve in me, and I hope it will in you. Please keep passing it on until everyone in our country has read it.

The government is now referring to our Social Security checks as a "Federal Benefit Payment." This isn't a benefit. It is our money paid out of our earned income! Not only did we all contribute to Social Security but our employers did too.

It totaled 15% of our income before taxes.
Congress took our money and used it elsewhere. They forgot (oh yes, they knew) that it was OUR money they were taking.

They didn't have a referendum to ask us if we wanted to lend the money to them. And they didn't pay interest on the debt they assumed. And recently they've told us that the money won't support us for very much longer. And now, to add insult to injury, they're calling it a "benefit", as if we never worked to earn every penny of it.

Just because they borrowed the money doesn't mean that our investments were a charity!

Let's take a stand. We have earned our right to Social Security and Medicare. Demand that our legislators bring some sense into our government.

Find a way to keep Social Security and Medicare going for the sake of that 92% of our population who need it. Then call it what it is: Our Earned Retirement Income.
99% of people won't forward this to their timelines…..will you?

Please, for the sake of our country, repost this.

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

Trump truly Depends on her.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Holy bananas. Watch Trump struggle to stay awake through a literal anti-science briefing.

​Bizarre behavior, junk science, and a total detachment from reality.

​Wtf is happening? Watch and tell me I'm losing my mind. 👇

[💙Brittney💙 @AZ_Brittney]

The Senate Committee voted to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress over Covid hearing.

Dr. Fauci is a hero who saved countless lives.

No matter what happens with this, I will always support Dr. Fauci! 💯

[ᗰᗩƳᖇᗩ @LePapillonBlu2]

I proudly stand with Dr. Fauci. 🇺🇸

[larry martinez @larry1la]

Welcome to Ron De$antis Florida. These are mean and cruel people. Vote them out

[Owen @Owennfa]

My son works full time here in Florida. Let me run his numbers.

State minimum wage is $14/hour. He's at $15.

40 hours a week = $600/week
That's about $2,600/month before taxes.

Florida has no state income tax the thing they sell you on. So after federal and FICA he takes home roughly $2,200.

Average one-bedroom in our area runs about $1,600.

That's 73% of his entire paycheck gone to rent before he eats a single meal.

Leaves him around $600 a month for:

- groceries
- gas
- car insurance
- health insurance
- phone
- emergencies
- savings

Car insurance alone eats a third of that in this state.

He works 40 hours a week and cannot save a dollar. Not because he's careless because there's nothing left to be careless with.

I spent thirty years paying off a house here. He's doing the same job I did at his age and he can't afford a one-bedroom.

That's not a discipline problem. That's not avocado toast.

The floor moved and nobody lowered the ceiling.

Working full time should cover a roof. In Florida it barely covers the rent on one.

[larry martinez @larry1la]

Brilliantly said

[John Harwood @JohnJHarwood]

true

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

RETWEET if you stand with Dr. Fauci!

[larry martinez @larry1la]

@therightswrong @TerryMoran Congratulations. You can't feel sorry for greedy farmers. I hope more go under. Just imagine what a 3rd trump term would mean to these farmers. China will buy up all our farms.. winning!!

[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

Totally normal thing to say, no evidence of cognitive issues here at all

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

We have friends everywhere.

[larry martinez @larry1la]

@stats_feed Jacksonville FL

[larry martinez @larry1la]

My lovely Lucy

[Jon Gabriel @exjon]

Post the last photo of your pet on your phone.

No cheating.

[larry martinez @larry1la]

I don't buy his sad story. He was maga before he saw the light. He had a chance to make changes. Instead went to UF where he and his friends made$ millions

[Rory Cooper @rorycooper]

Ben Sasse is uniquely extraordinary…but if you watch that interview and wish we had more civically serious leaders like him, please understand that’s a choice. Voters can demand it.

[larry martinez @larry1la]

Absolutely spot on

[Variety @Variety]

Jimmy Kimmel defends calling Melania Trump an “expectant widow” after she and Donald Trump demanded ABC fire him:

“It was a very light roast joke about the fact that he’s almost 80 and she’s younger than I am. It was not by any stretch of the definition a call to assassination. And they know that,” Kimmel said. “I’ve been very vocal for many years speaking out against gun violence, in particular. But I understand that the First Lady had a stressful experience over the weekend. And probably every weekend is pretty stressful in that house. And also, I agree that hateful and violent rhetoric is something we should reject. I do. And I think a great place to start to dial that back would be to have a conversation with your husband about it.”

https://t.co/OaSOzr98os

[Variety @Variety]

Jimmy Kimmel defends calling Melania Trump an “expectant widow” after she and Donald Trump demanded ABC fire him:

“It was a very light roast joke about the fact that he’s almost 80 and she’s younger than I am. It was not by any stretch of the definition a call to assassination. And they know that,” Kimmel said. “I’ve been very vocal for many years speaking out against gun violence, in particular. But I understand that the First Lady had a stressful experience over the weekend. And probably every weekend is pretty stressful in that house. And also, I agree that hateful and violent rhetoric is something we should reject. I do. And I think a great place to start to dial that back would be to have a conversation with your husband about it.”

https://t.co/OaSOzr98os

[Robby Roadsteamer @RobbyRoadsteame]

Angry MAGA Sportsbar owner in Phoenix Arizona gets heated with me and calls the cops after I sang "Epstein Teen" on a public sidewalk 🤪🤣🤣🦒💙

Please RT this video so Elon has to pay me TWITTER AD revenue money to sing the hits to MAGA 💙🦒

[larry martinez @larry1la]

@MarkWarner So sorry for your loss. I can't imagine the pain you must be in. May she RIP

[larry martinez @larry1la]

@skumWgmi you are absolutely correct

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

Retired 4-Star Navy Admiral and former Navy SEAL William McRaven on Donald Trump: "Through your actions, you have embarrassed us in the eyes of our children, humiliated us on the world stage and, worst of all, divided us as a nation."

RETWEET if you stand with Admiral McRaven!