First up on a special #SaturdayNightZillow: Maine Spectacular Edition: A 19BR, 16BA LAKEFRONT LODGE w/Sandy Beach, 100-seat restaurant, gorgeous scenery, boat dock and a Killer Sink. $3.2M in Lovell. zillow.com/homedetails/14…?
Gorgeous porches, cozy bar, LEGIT kitchen so you can cook for 100. #SaturdayNightZillow
AGA stove to warm up your house during those cold Maine winters. #SaturdayNightZillow
Romance. I'd love spending time here walking the shoreline. #SaturdayNightZillow.
Some things in Maine are surprisingly cheap, like this historic 1870 home — "Southard House" once owned by a shipping magnate — just $725K for 9BR/7BA/7,500 sf. Features intricate woodwork, details, tower turret. #SaturdayNightZillow zillow.com/homedetails/75…?
Fix it up, maybe build your dream house on the lot, use it as a set for a Stephen King movie. Whatever you want. You've got the space to stretch out. Also, there is a random projection TV here they didn't bother throwing out. #SaturdayNightZillow.
This was the former summer estate of the CEO of Hathaway shirts. It's classy. Built by Quakers. 8BR/6BA, 6K+ sf for ... *$989K*. In China, Maine. #SaturdayNightZillow zillow.com/homedetails/70…?
Yeah, I like this place. We could have the whole crew in the barn for some hoedowns. #SaturdayNightZillow
Just another very large house. You get 37 acres & more than 10K sf house for $1.975M. It's not super exciting but it's a lot of property for that pricetag. #SaturdayNightZillow
Interesting: I like the TV size & placement. But curiously, the rest of the room is sunken into the floor. (Why??) #SaturdayNightZillow
Ending tonight with a Maine estate I think I've listed before — Merrill House. Don't know why it hasn't sold. $2.35M buys you *126* acres, 16BR, 7BA, and tons of history and romantic settings. #SaturdayNightZillowzillow.com/homedetails/10…?
Two years ago, Congress considered banning 18-20 year-olds from buying AR-15s and other semi-automatic rifles after the Uvalde massacre, and some Republicans were briefly open to doing so but ultimately blocked including a ban in the bipartisan gun bill signed by Biden.
Then-Florida Governor Rick Scott signed a law raising the age to buy guns in his state to 21 after the Parkland massacre, but then opposed doing the same for the nation as a US Senator. He told reporters it was easier to do it at the state level.
McConnell actually enacted a law one day to raise the age to buy cigarettes to 21. But he didn't want to talk two years ago about a proposal to raise the age for buying rifles.
Soaring cost estimates for extending Trump tax cuts set up a crucial 2025 fight:
*CBO puts tab at $4.6 Trillion over next decade
*Fight comes with US debt far higher than 2017, interest costs ballooning & Social Security cliff looming...
w/@chrisjcondon bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
*Trump wants more tax cuts, along with massive new tariffs — aka a tax on imports — that would raise consumer prices but offset at least some of the cost.
*Biden wants to extend breaks <$400K a year paired with higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy.
If past is prologue, Congress will again play Santa Claus. With a few exceptions, Congress has repeatedly increased spending and cut taxes since 2001.
Tonight's #FridayNightZillow is kicking off with a *House of the Year* contender. It's amazeballs! We just need to crowdfund $2.795M. We get 9,825 square feet of sheer madness on 36 acres in gorgeous Plymouth, Minnesota! I love it!!! INSANE sinks, WEIRD art, WILD ceilings, AMAZING kitchen, views, colors galore, a pond, a party shower and much, MUCH more. Several of you sent me this gem! 🧵 zillow.com/homedetails/51…
This is a Sink! #SinkZillow #FridayNightZillow
This is a Sink! #SinkZillow #FridayNightZillow #OMG
Three words: OLD. JAIL. INN. Time to retire and move to Rockville, Indiana! Just $445K buys us 10BRs, 6BAs, and a licensed wine bar in the basement! Welcome to #FridayNightZillow! Follow along for an epic collection of funky homes. zillow.com/homedetails/12…
"What happens in jail stays in jail" lol. Jail-bar pillows are a nice touch. #FridayNightZillow
One of the scarier things I've seen on Zillow. Let's hope this is a prop and not an actual electric chair. #FridayNightZillow
Ozempic can be produced for less than $5 a month, a new study found, but Danish company Novo Nordisk charges Americans $968.52. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Bernie Sanders insisting the company charge Americans no more than it charges Canadians for the same drug.
Ozempic pricing page. Many people get discounts on this price, or have insurance companies (ie premiums) or taxpayers pay the bill. novopricing.com/ozempic.html
McConnell helped nix:
Roe
Campaign finance reform
Individual mandate
Medicare dental & vision
Dream Act
$35 insulin cap
Minimum wage hike
Flag burning amendment
Making Election Day a holiday
Public option
SCOTUS filibuster
Pro Act 1/6 Commission
Oil export ban
Cap&trade
Tax hikes
Vast majority of laws since 2007 have had either the acquiescence of McConnell or his outright support, with notable exceptions, like the Affordable Care Act, the Inflation Reduction Act, Obama stimulus, Biden Covid relief, Dodd-Frank, Lilly Ledbetter, USA Freedom Act, Paygo.
One way to look at McConnell is that he has often had the role of editor of Congress. Empowered by the filibuster and his conference, he had a key veto point in Washington; spending, taxing and legislating had to pass through his filter.