1. "The filibuster is not used by Republicans to bring the Senate together but to pull it further apart.
The filibuster has been weaponized and abused"
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Democrats used the filibuster 327 times against Pres Trump
2. "To protect our democracy, I support changing the Senate rules, whichever way they need to be changed to prevent a minority of senators from blocking action on voting rights."
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As of right now in the Senate
52 nay
45 aye
3 we know of, on the fence
"Do you want to be the si—on the side of Dr. King or George Wallace?"
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George Wallace, previously touted by Joe Biden to be his friend and someone Americans could trust, was the segregationist, Democrat governor of Alabama.
Fruitcake
1 cup chopped dried fruit (dates, apricots, golden raisins, cherries)
1 cup nuts of your choice
¾ cup bourbon
½ cup apple juice, warm
2 tablespoons warm water (105° to 110°)
1½ teaspoons active dry yeast
½ cup unsalted butter, softened
½ cup granulated sugar
1 Tbls orange zest
3 large eggs
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cardamom
1 cup whole milk
In a medium bowl, combine dried fruit, bourbon, and juice. Let soak for at least 1 hour and up to 4 hours.
Butter 2 (8×4-inch) metal loaf pans.
In a small bowl, combine 2 tablespoons warm water and yeast. Let stand until mixture is foamy, about 5 minutes. With a fine-mesh sieve set over a small bowl, strain fruit mixture; reserve fruit liquid.
Included in the reconciliation package are taxes that will affect everyone, not just people making over 400k per year:
Mileage tax. Anyone who drives.
Unrealized capital gains tax. If you have investment account, an IRA or 401k and have not taken any proceeds from it...
any equity in that account will be taxed as income.
Per head of cattle tax. If you eat meat, the cost of beef and pork goes up beyond inflation.
There are puhlenty of other "hidden" taxes just for you.
And just to make sure you don't even think about hiding any income, any bank transaction over $600 will be monitored by the IRS... any check you write or deposit you make.
“In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, not to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better..."
"When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity"
To assent to obvious lies is, in some small way to become evil oneself. One's standing to resist anything is thus eroded and even destroyed. A society of emasculated liars is easy to control. If you examine political correctness, it has the same effect and is intended to.”
After reading about HBO Max, whatever the F that is, removing Gone With The Wind, the following quote by Theodore Dalrymple seems to be written for today.
4 tweet thread, including this one.
“In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, not to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better...
When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity. ...
Any mayor of any major city had better talk to their governor and get the Natl Guard in your city, because this isn't ending ANTIFA is stopped. And they will only be stopped when they are arrested, prosecuted and serving time.
Do not be @TedWheeler's Portland and arrest ANTIFA and release them within a couple hours so they may resume with the destruction.