The role of government is not to maximize profits. It’s to serve the people. The greedy businessmen y’all keep putting in charge have no concept of that.
If everything was about profit you wouldn’t have roads and electricity in rural TN. (It’s why many don’t have broadband)
Trump is nominating his daughter’s father-in-law to ambassador of France — he previously pardoned him for tax evasion & illegal campaign donations, after he hired a prostitute to lure his brother-in-law into a motel room and sent the recording to his sister (the man’s wife)
Breaking: Cooper vetoes bill to strip power away from Gov.-elect Josh Stein and other Democrats who won 2024 elections.
GOP lawmakers framed it as a Helene relief aid package. Cooper calls that a "sham" since they spent very little actual money on aid. #ncpol
Putin is the wealthiest man in Russia & Orban the wealthiest in Hungary
For Trump to be the wealthiest in America, he'd have to amass more than Musk & Bezos
Putin solved the exact problem by extorting his wealthy allies and robbing his rich enemies
The blueprint that's coming
Trump's appointing Kelly Loeffler as his Secretary of Agriculture. Kelly supports a national abortion ban and opposes all gay civil rights. She used insider knowledge of Covid for stock market trades, and the only thing she's ever grown is hair
"I think Sean Duffy will make absolutely excellent secretary of transportation. Trump is lucky to have him. That's all I've got, Dan," said Michels. Translation: Duffy is a moron and @michelscorp can get whatever we want from him without Tim having to divest.
The new feudal mindset on display; Tim Michels declined Transportation Secretary job unless he could keep his stake in infrastructure construction company. https://t.co/DCAtTWsuGk via @journalsentinel
To recap: Trump is a rapist found liable for defaming the woman he raped. His pick for attorney general is currently accused of statutory rape at sex parties. His pick for defense secretary is accused of sexual assault.
But Sarah McBride using a restroom is the threat.
Okay.
REMINDER: The undocumented immigrant community in Wisconsin paid over $198 MILLION in state and local taxes.
More than a third of these taxes paid by this community went to funding social insurance programs they're ineligible to receive/