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Jeff Basinger

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · Sep 6

Every state legislature should be trying to eliminate SALES TAXES and replace it with other revenue streams.

Sales tax is the most regressive.
The impact is felt even more, due to inflation and tariffs.

Republicans want to cut income and property taxes because they only care about rich people

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 4h

What ARE his stances on sports and age of care?

Those are the two main issues and Democrats seem to think they can just refuse answers, despite Republicans hammering them on trans issues every election.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11d

New KFF poll: Americans want Congress to extend the expiring, enhanced Obamacare credits by a whopping margin of 78% to 22% — a remarkable political entrenchment for subsidies that were a heavy political lift for Democrats just a few years ago, per Politico.

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 11d

Do they think that if Medicaid doesn’t pay for emergency care that the cost just goes away?

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 11d

Stoked Republicans are screaming “America First” for medical coverage!

Ready to go on expanding Medicare/Medicaid and reducing private insurance costs- just like voters want.

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 11d

List of discontinued merit badges (Boy Scouts of America)

"discontinued merit badges (boy scouts of America)" wikipedia page shows "nut culture", 1928-1954

stalker merit badge 1910-1922, stalking merit badge 1911-1952

invention merit badge 1911-1917. only 10 scouts achieved it, required that they obtained a federal patent

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 12d

Sigh… I know LOTS of people would agree with you.

Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 12d

Why does New York pizza always look like the worst, greasy garbage that I could possibly order in my city?

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 13d

The thing about Trump bailing Argentina out to the tune of 20 billion while shutting down the US government to kick Americans off healthcare…

Argentina has universal healthcare. 😑

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 13d

We’re just going to get hammered on transgender stuff again this election cycle… and for all eternity, right?

Talarico, Sherrill and most other Dems think they can just deflect it, since that’s what the party has done for ten years.
They don’t realize that time’s up

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 13d

Not monkey-related, I hope. RIP

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 15d

Sure. Left wing terrorism is at an all time high, going from 3% of domestic terror fatalities to 4%. Right wing terrorism on the other hand has dipped to an all time low of 95%

So technically, yeah.

Dorian D @drdorianoz.bsky.social · 16d

Fuck. This. Guy. Sideways.

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 18d

So Dems focus too much on LGBTQ+, climate change and abortion- but (seemingly unknown to Ezra Klein), the polls favor Dems on abortion nationwide.

Reps focus too much on crime and immigration. The polls favored them on immigration before the election, but now their actual policies are unpopular.

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · Mar 14

Lots of Democrat defectors on this, which is bizarre, since MO is the ONLY state that grabs control of police departments from major cities.

It’s power consolidation at the state level, by Republicans who love politicizing crime and dislike liberal cities. #moleg

Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · Mar 12

On a 113 to 39 vote, the Missouri House gave final approval to a bill to put the city’s police department under control of a board made up of the St. Louis mayor and five commissioners appointed by the governor and confirmed by the state Senate. #moleg #mogov

State takeover of St. Louis police clears legislature, heads to Missouri governor • Missouri Independent

Legislation putting control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department in the hands of a state board is on its way to the governor.

missouriindependent.com

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 19d

Woo hoo!!
It’s nuts that 1/2 the country was like- yeah that’s 100% unconstitutional BS, you can’t do that. We will stop you!
The other half once again is like- we don’t care bout nuttin

Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 20d

Republicans are good at blaming, but not fixing.

The economy, immigration and crime are evergreen issues for Republicans because they can’t be eliminated. They’re
largely subjective and ripe for propaganda and fear mongering

Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 20d

I still can’t believe the Democrats were suckered into a TikTok ban by people like Josh Hawley, when Musk had just taken over Twitter.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 20d

The government’s “sell or be banned” edict on TikTok was always a threat to our free speech, full stop.

Vague, unsupported claims of propaganda shouldn’t be a basis for cutting Americans off from global speakers and audiences.

White House says TikTok's algorithm and data will be controlled 'by America' in new deal

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Saturday revealed details of a deal reached with China over control of TikTok, sharing that six Americans will sit on the seven-seat board.

www.nbcnews.com

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Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 22d

Baseball will use some objective reality for calling balls and strikes.
Umpire judgment calls are 100% demonstrably error prone.

First the NFL mainly ditches the first down chain gangs- now this!! Wow

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 22d

LFG!

MLB
@MLB
BREAKING: Major League Baseball will use the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System (ABS) during the entire 2026 season

ABS CHALLENGE RULES:

- Each team will get two challenges and can keep them if they're successful

- Challenges can only be initiated by a pitcher, catcher, or batter, and the request must come right after the pitch

- To signal a challenge, the pitcher, catcher, or batter will tap his hat or helmet to let the umpire know

- No help from the dugout or other players on the field is allowed

- In each extra inning, a team will be awarded a challenge if it has none remaining entering the inning

The ABS Challenge System powered by T-Mobile 5G network uses cameras set up around the perimeter of the field to track the location of each pitch and a graphic on the scoreboard shows the result of the challenge

Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 22d

I wonder when this Citizens United Senate vote will happen.
It’s hard to find info on it.

The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social · Sep 13

A graphic quote from Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). The text reads:
“In September, the U.S. Senate will consider a constitutional amendment to overturn the disastrous Citizens United Supreme Court decision. Millions of Americans must demand that their members of Congress, once and for all, end the ability of the billionaire class to buy elections.”
– Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)

Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 23d

Just move on. You can’t get 100% participation. Chastising someone is just divisive energy that could be better spent elsewhere.

Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 24d

So he thinks refusing to answer the question is a good long term strategy? The Democrats will never learn.

Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 24d

Cancelled Disney+ Hulu ESPN
I’ll entertain myself with grudges now instead

Jeff Basinger @wolfraiseshuman.bsky.social · 25d

I gotcha

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ACLU @aclu.org · 27d

"Government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavors."

— Justice Sonia Sotomayor, delivering the unanimous decision of the court in NRA v. Vullo

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