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“President Donald Trump's demand to strip $1.1 billion in federal funding from National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service came one step closer to reality. Tuesday night House Speaker Mike Johnson said that he had officially received the rescissions request from the White House to extinguish a total of $9.4 billion in funding from NPR, PBS, the State Department and the United States Agency for International Development, the latter of which the administration has disassembled. The $1.1 billion was Congressional funding for the public broadcasters for the next two years. Only about 1 percent of NPR's budget comes from the federal government, but the heads of NPR and PBS have both warned that local TV and radio stations could be impacted by this move. Johnson said he would put the rescission bill on the floor next week. 'Now that this wasteful spending by the federal government has been identified by DOGE, quantified by the Administration, and sent to Congress, House Republicans will fulfill our mandate and continue codifying into law a more efficient federal government,' Johnson said. 'This is exactly what the American people deserve.' …” DailyMail article: https://mol.im/a/14780219 Serious about crackers. | |||
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Kill (The) Bill: Musk Goes Ballistic Against GOP Tax And Spending Package Let's be honest, Elon Musk has been made a fool of by the GOP. After assembling the DOGE team and spending months finding egregious levels of waste, fraud and abuse within the US government - i.e. what Trump supporters voted for - House and Senate Republicans gave Musk a little pat on the head, then proceeded to roll out President Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' - that codified exactly zero of DOGE's findings, raises the debt ceiling by $5 trillion, and relies on ambitious economic projections to achieve what the White House insists is $1.4 trillion in savings (while the Congressional Budget Office projects deficits of $1.7 - $2.3 trillion over the next decade). Needless to say, Musk is livid. Kill (the) Bill On Wednesday, Musk continued to rage on X - posting: "Call your Senator, Call your Congressman, Bankrupting America is NOT ok! Kill the Bill." - followed by a 'Kill Bill' movie poster featuring Uma Thurman. https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1930338434415243739 https://www.zerohedge.com/poli...and-spending-package "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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I respect Elon Musk...a LOT, but he really ought to think this through. Yes, there is serious spending, but one thing is sure, if the tax cut doesn't become permanent, everyone is pretty screwed. Certainly there is a lot of other issues to discuss, but that cut affects everyone. SIGforum: For all your needs! Imagine our influence if every gun owner in America was an NRA member! Click the box>>>  | |||
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Frankly, if the removal of silencers AND short barreled rifles and shotguns isn’t part of the bill then I want the bill killed as well. I really don’t care about taxes going up, etc. etc. I’ve become a single issue voter and if we can’t stop treating the 2nd Amendment as a second class right then screw it, let it burn. There’s lots of things that I find wrong with the big beautiful bill, but if it significantly weakens the NFA then I’ll live with it, hold my nose and continue to support it. We need to start forcing the reinstatement of gun rights and not just playing defense. If this bill doesn’t do that then I really don’t care about the rest. I’m done voting for folks that won’t actively forward the freedom agenda.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Lt CHEG, “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” | |||
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Both Elon Musk and Rand Paul would be all over it... https://x.com/elonmusk/status/...and-spending-package "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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| Lawyers, Guns and Money |
Here's the Uni-party thesis: Both parties are MIC controlled and love endless wars. Both parties are all-in for pork barrel bills and massive government spending. Some Republicans care about the border or pretend to. Some Republicans care about conservative social issues or pretend to. Republicans generally do little to curtail the craziness of Liberals and barely go after them. Therefore, the slow but accelerating demise of the country will continue, until collapse. "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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I get what Rand's saying. Of course in a perfect world. So, we go against what Donald Trump wants? And it doesn't pass? Then what? We all talk about how the dems unite. What about the repubs? SIGforum: For all your needs! Imagine our influence if every gun owner in America was an NRA member! Click the box>>> | |||
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Musk's solution? A new spending bill that doesn't jack the debt ceiling by $5 trillion dollars while "massively" growing the deficit. Needless to say, the GOP has quite the shitshow on its hands. Maybe next time enact the will of the people who voted for you? See HRK's post above... "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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Exactly, but isn't that President Trump? He's behind the bill...right or wrong. SIGforum: For all your needs! Imagine our influence if every gun owner in America was an NRA member! Click the box>>> | |||
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Except the people who voted for Trump weren't voting for more uni-party massive deficit spending bills. Trump would be behind that. He says, "fix it". "There are things I like, and things I don't like". He wants the tax cuts made permanent. On that, we all agree. "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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Yet he wants the bill to pass. Stalemate? Maybe I'm a little naive and maybe a little blind, but I do put my trust in him. He's not our "average" president. ETA: maybe the senate can fix it? I want to use the roll eyes emoji, but not really... ETA again: the house and senate votes are so damn close, we can't just fuck around. SIGforum: For all your needs! Imagine our influence if every gun owner in America was an NRA member! Click the box>>> | |||
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Trump has already gone on record saying the economic growth this bill will generate will more than offset any temporary increase in the deficit. The deficit could be largely eliminated with tariffs and EV penalty fees over the next four years. | |||
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We all know the left has a Federal Judge on speed dial that will block this. At least Trump is trying. https://justthenews.com/govern..._campaign=newsletter President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a proclamation that bars citizens from a dozen countries from entering the United States, and restricted access to the U.S. for another seven countries. The order is reminiscent of the travel ban that the president imposed during his first term against eight countries, which was upheld by the Supreme Court. The countries outlined in the new order, which allows some exceptions, are Afghanistan, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Myanmar, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. All 12 countries that fully restrict and limit nationals were deemed a significant risk to the U.S. because of inefficient screening and vetting processes. "As President, I must act to protect the national security and national interest of the United States and its people," Trump wrote in the proclamation. "I remain committed to engaging with those countries willing to cooperate to improve information-sharing and identity-management procedures, and to address both terrorism-related and public-safety risks." The seven countries that are partially banned are Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela. The White House said in a fact sheet that some exceptions are allowed for lawful permanent residents, existing visa holders, certain visa categories, and individuals whose entry serves U.S. national interests. _________________________ | |||
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This is my position too. You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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Last I heard, President Trumps tariffs have new investments in companies coming here and expanding here at 14 trillion dollars. It won't all happen over night but this in just 4 months. I don't have a issue with the heightened debt ceiling. The man is fixing things. | |||
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Politics is real world, and there are some things that can't yet be done. If Congress were to pass a nearly balanced budget, they'd have to cut many things that voters like. Doing that before the midterm elections risks badly losing Congress to the progressive left, which then seriously threatens the 2028 presidential election. The first priority imo is to make the tax cuts permanent and set the private sector economy on a solid course. This bill seems to do that, in concert with numerous Executive actions. If the voters feel good about the results, MAGA strengthens in the midterms. At some point there needs to be serious corrective action and some pain. First the opposition needs to be greatly diminished. | |||
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I guess the tough old bird survived her broken hip. https://pelosi.house.gov/news/...ame-usns-harvey-milk June 3, 2025 Press Release Washington, D.C. – Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on the reported decision by the Trump Administration to rename the USNS Harvey Milk and other Navy ships in the John Lewis-class: “As the rest of us are celebrating the joy of Pride Month, it is my hope that the Navy will reconsider this egregious decision and continue to recognize the extraordinary contributions of Harvey Milk, a Veteran himself, and all Americans who forged historic progress for our nation.”This message has been edited. Last edited by: RichardC, ____________________ | |||
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There is plenty to like and plenty not to like in current “Big Beautiful Bill”. My first inclination would be to say “No!” because of the spending and increased borrowing. President Trump’s inclination is to say yes because of the tax cuts and other things he wants in it. He is a hell of a lot closer to the bill and the players than I am, so I am inclined to trust his judgement even though I don’t like the spending. Like most everything else, we will see how it all works out. | |||
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