BREAKING: Donald Trump will drain $1,500 out of the average American household annually, according to a stunning new economic analysis of his policies.
This would be absolutely devastating...
According to an analysis from the Center for American Progress (CAP), the blanket 10% tariff on imported goods that Trump wants to implement would be a historic economic disaster.
Families would be forced to shell out an additional $1,500 a year, which for many is simply impossible.
Just a few of the numbers include:
-$90 more per year spent on food
-$90 on prescription
-$120 on oil and petroleum products
-$220 on automobiles
-$70 on clothes
-$80 on electronics
-$50 on furniture and appliances,
Additionally, the cost of fruit, vegetables, coffee, and seafood would skyrocket. Industrial supplies would become more expensive and the effects would spread throughout the entire economy.
"Middle-income U.S. households—those in the 40th to 60th percentile of the income distribution—consume about 85 percent as much as the average household according to the Consumer Expenditure Surveys, which suggests a roughly $1,500 tax increase for the typical household," CAP said in its report.
The study further states that Trump's tariff would be far more damaging to U.S. consumers and importers than to any of the Chinese companies he claims to be targeting.
"Tariffs are a tax levied on U.S. importers when their purchased product crosses into the U.S. market. These importers are usually domestic companies that import products for distribution to U.S. consumers," the study states.
This cannot be allowed to happen. American can not afford another Trump presidency.
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I don't care if you like #TaylorSwift or not but, if sh eff hrlps get rid of the #GOPClownShow I'm behind her all the way! And her base are aged 5-105!! Many voters! 😊
BREAKING: looks like Special Counsel Jack smith is close to indicting the GOP members of congress who assisted Trump in conspiring “to overturn the presidential election and overthrow the government.”
Michelle and I were saddened to hear about the passing of Dexter Scott King. Dexter was the youngest son of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, and dedicated his life to protecting their legacy. As Chairman of The King Center, he inspired a new generation to continue their work for justice and equality. Our thoughts are with his wife Leah and the entire King family.
I cannot make it any simpler than this:
1. Stay home in protest and Donald Trump wins.
2. Vote third party in protest and Donald Trump wins.
3. Keep tearing down Joe Biden and Donald Trump will win and become President of the United States again.
@RonFilipkowski Dershowitz defended epstein, getting him a non-prosecution agreement, allowing him to offend again
Dershowitz continues to publicly criticize age-of-consent laws, as he did on Twitter back in 2019
This will be his legacy
#Dershowitz#EpsteinList
BREAKING: On the day Republicans started their investigation into Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Republicans denied President Biden’s recommendation to increase the border security budget by $14 billion. You cannot make this stuff up.
Vote Blue , Vote Biden or we're going to be held accountable to a dictator, a fascist or a King...depending on what Frump feels like calling himself these days. In other words...we're Fu*ked!! #VoteBlueToSaveDemocracy#TrumpForPrison#TrumpIsACriminal
@RpsAgainstTrump I cannot make it any simpler than this:
1. Stay home and Donald Trump wins.
2. Vote third party and Trump wins.
3. Keep tearing down Joe Biden and Trump will win.
--Don Winslow
BREAKING: Donald Trump's victory lap falls flat on its face as a watchdog group files an appeal to the Colorado Supreme Court aimed at overturning a judge's absurd ruling that the 14th Amendment does not apply to presidents.
If this appeal is successful, Trump could end up removed from the state's 2024 presidential ballot...
The watchdog group in question is Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). They are seeking to have Trump barred from the ballot because he clearly engaged in insurrection on January 6th — a crime which legally prohibits him from political office under the 14th Amendment.
Last Friday, Colorado District Court Judge Sarah Wallace ruled that Donald Trump "engaged in insurrection" but then ludicrously stated that the "insurrectionist ban" does not apply to presidents.
Why presidents would be somehow immune to the restriction and thus implicitly allowed to engage in insurrection is anyone's guess.
"No court should adopt an interpretation of the Constitution that has such absurd results," CREW wrote in its appeal filing. "Fortunately, in this case, the text and history all comport with the common-sense outcome. Section 3 does not disqualify oath-breaking insurrectionists from nearly all public offices except the highest one, nor does it give a unique free pass to insurrectionist Presidents."
It's perhaps worth pointing out that the Colorado Supreme Court justices were all originally Democratically appointed, so hopefully they see the existential threat posed to democracy by MAGA fascism.
What do you think? Should Trump be barred from political office?
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I have a logical question for trump supporters:
1. If you accept trump's argument that anything and everything a President does while in office is above prosecution because he has some kind of "presidential immunity"
2. AND you also embrace the irrational belief that President Biden is some kind of criminal mastermind who has no problem breaking the law
Theoretically, he could then probably do the EXACT same thing that trump is being prosecuted for (the fake electors scheme) to ensure that he stays in office, and avoid prosecution for it, since you believe Presidents are above prosecution.
So my question is, does that work for you?
Biden does a fake electors scheme, stays in office, and NO jail for him.
REMINDER: If President Biden goes to prison for it, trump goes first.
Let us know. We'll wait.
The only reason Frump would say something so ridiculous is because he knows that he is going to win because he and his cronies have figured out how to get help from other fascist leaders...Russia, North Korea, Israel??? These countries believe that US will implode from within!
BREAKING: Donald Trump shoots himself in the foot during a speech in New Hampshire and tells his MAGA supporters that they don't actually have to vote for him in the 2024 election.
Yes. Seriously.
Speaking to a crowd of Republicans, Trump told them that they "gotta get out there and watch those voters," a command which sounds an awful lot like he wants them to engage in voter intimidation against Biden supporters.
"You don’t have to vote, don’t worry about voting. The voting, we got plenty of votes," he said.
The head-scratching directive, which is likely to damage his performance at ballot box, has Republican operatives scrambling.
It's unclear why Trump would ever tell his voters not to vote. Turnout is the ultimate goal of all political campaigns.
The best explanation is that this is just another example of the ex-president's ongoing cognitive decline. Trump appears to have less and less control over the words coming out of his mouth.
For once, Trumpers should listen to their cult leader.
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I certainly will!! #Magats and #Frump the felon, rapist and traitor ruined our country and gave way to hate, racism, white supremacists, xenophobes, homophobes and assault weapons killers a platform. He only cares about himself and his rich cronies. WAKE UP! #TrumpForPrison2024
BREAKING: Corrupt Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is slammed with another jaw-dropping scandal as it's revealed that he attended at least two donor events for the right-wing Koch network.
This alone should be grounds for impeachment and removal...
According to a bombshell new report from ProPublica, Thomas attended a private dinner in 2018 for donors at the conservative group's yearly summit. He was brought in because the Koch organizers believed that providing access to him would drive up donations, a blatant abuse of his position.
To make matters even worse, the Koch network has brought cases before the Supreme Court, meaning that the group appears to have been essentially bribing Thomas for his support.
Th justice, who clearly believes himself to above the law and the rest of the country, attended at least one private dinner for "top-tier donors" who were clearly buying access.
True to his usual lawless and criminal behavior, Thomas did not disclose the trip on his financial disclosure form, a violation of federal law.
It's still unclear who paid for his luxurious private jet flight. The Koch network insists that it was not them.
Enough is enough. At this point the only way Clarence Thomas could make his corruption any more blatant would be by accepting a big sack of money with a dollar sign painted on it.
This man is an utter disgrace and he is stripping away our rights one by one for personal gain.
Impeach.
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BREAKING: A truly disturbing anecdote about Donald Trump's time as president emerges in a new book about his administration that shows just how heartless he really is.
According to the book Enough — written by Cassidy Hutchinson who was a former aide to Trump's Chief of Staff Mark Meadows — Trump and Meadows laughed off valid concerns about COVID-19 on Air Force One after a debate with Joe Biden in 2020.
Trump had tested positive for the coronavirus three days before the debate but was supposedly not convinced that he actually had it. So he ignored it.
Drawing attention to the fact that his voice seemed a "little bit off" at a rally, Trump told Meadows that he definitely did not want the media to "accuse me of something ridiculous, like having COVID.”
Meadows laughed in response, as if there was something funny about the possibility of infecting Biden with the virus, and then "promised him that we would handle it if it happened."
The disgusting little incident is a perfect representation of the recklessness and denialism with which Trump handled the pandemic. Countless Americans are dead because he refused to take it seriously and a just society would hold him accountable for killing them.
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