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I'm a super chill 59 yr old dude, but EVERY TIME I hear a Republican on TV use the word "entitlement" for social security (after I've PAID INTO IT with DECADES of work) I just wanna start shaking random people on the street. 🤣Is that normal?🤔
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House Members
—Salary: $174K/yr
—Meal Reimbursement: $79/day, no receipts req
—Allowances: $1.27M–$3.3M/year for staff, office, travel, mail
—Pension: Eligible after 5 yrs, up to 80% salary
—Health Ins: ACA plans, ~75% premium covered
—Life Ins: Fed plan, member pays partial...
—Retirement Plans: FERS and TSP (401k-like) with match
—Travel Perks: Free D.C. airport parking, official travel flights
—Death Gratuity: 1-yr salary to family if deceased
—Franking: (Free campaign advertising) Up to $50k/yr for mailings
—Subway: Free Capitol underground transit
MAGAs: "Groceries are too expensive—so we’re gonna vote for a guy who wants to DEPORT all the farm workers and put tariffs on imported goods, so all FOOD companies will have no choice but to massively increase prices.”
🟥NEW: Last year, 22 experts warned fed agencies about a multi-state 2020 Trump effort to access voting system software, which would amount to 70% of US machines.
The software BREACHES have "urgent implications for the 2024 election and beyond."
NEW: Last year, 22 experts warned fed agencies about a multi-state 2020 Trump effort to access voting system software, which would amount to 70% of US machines.
The software BREACHES have "urgent implications for the 2024 election and beyond."
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Judge Aileen Cannon was installed by Trump AFTER he had already lost. Andrew Weissman called what Cannon is doing with the docs case "catch and kill" since it looks like she is lining things up to dismiss the case in some weeks or months
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Republican hate for LGBTQ+ people fueled MIKE JOHNSON’s rise to be House speaker
It takes a very special reading of the Bible to land on “jail gay people” and “extramarital affairs are OK” at the same time.
🧵 latimes.com/opinion/story/…
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Republican hate for LGBTQ+ people fueled MIKE JOHNSON’s rise to be House speaker
It takes a very special reading of the Bible to land on “jail gay people” and “extramarital affairs are OK” at the same time.