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If you don't tax the rich, you end up with a wealth gap and an oligarchy. If you DO tax the rich, you end up with a federal Government that CAN do things to "level the playing field" that enables other people to get rich. OVERSIGHT & accountability prevent waste.

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Joe Rogan Asks What Happens When You Tax Rich People. 'Are The Poor People Going To Get That Money? No, You're Just Going To Get More Government'
Joe Rogan is raising some big questions about where tax money really goes. In an episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience,” he took aim at what he sees as government waste and called out the idea that sim...
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December 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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December 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
no BOTTOM in the grand old party.

Just eight weeks after the city club’s statewide counterpart was disbanded by the New York State GOP, the city-based club showed on Saturday night how a Young Republican organization can throw a party. Its 113th annual gala

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New York Young Republican Club gala draws white nationalist, far-right Germans as elected officials skip out
The annual soiree took place as young Republican groups across the country are reeling from POLITICO’s reporting on a racist and antisemitic chat group among prominent leaders.
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December 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
going private, it's principal debtor is going to take over.

saying that it would go private after being bought by Picea Robotics, its primary ​manufacturer.

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Roomba maker iRobot files for bankruptcy, pursues manufacturer buyout
Dec 14 (Reuters) - iRobot, the maker of the Roomba vacuum cleaner, filed for bankruptcy protection on Sunday, saying that it would go private after being bought by Picea Robotics, its primary ​manufac...
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December 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Not contaminated... just doesn't WORK right in the body. I think we need a government that works for us

In the 1990s and early 2000s, the FDA performed routine surveillance inspections of U.S. manufacturing plants every three years, but seldom conducted them overseas.

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Atorvastatin recall may affect hundreds of thousands of patients – and reflects FDA’s troubles inspecting medicines manufactured overseas
This recall affects America’s most prescribed drug. It’s the latest in a series of concerning manufacturing issues that have come to light over the past few years.
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December 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Mean but funny!
#GVerse Something funny on a Saturday?

I love animal videos. 😂😂
December 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
"Donald must learn to adjust to a lower standard of living. He must give up having some things, like pencils. And ballrooms."
December 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This pregnancy

was closely monitored through the entire term with highly complex clinical management,

advanced techniques, including embolization of the arteries feeding the placenta, made it possible to deliver the baby without triggering a life-threatening hemorrhage.
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Peru reports first case of baby born after ectopic pregnancy in liver - UPI.com
A multidisciplinary medical team in Peru successfully managed an ectopic pregnancy in which a placenta adhered to the mother's liver was delivered as a full-term baby after 40 weeks of gestation.
www.upi.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Home schooled kids from the 90's are now Adults. What do THEY think of the way they were educated? Not all are fans.

As the number of home-schoolers has surged — around half a million when I was a kid, driven to around 3.5 million since the pandemic —

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
Opinion | Home-Schooled Kids Are Not All Right
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December 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The same people calling for civility in politics?

"The word ‘r-----ed’ is back and it’s one of the great culture victories," Rogan, who endorsed Trump last year, said in an April episode of his popular podcast, which has more than 20 million subscribers on YouTube.

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Why Trump and these MAGA allies are trying to resurrect the 'r-word'
Trump's foes and friends have noticed a revival of the term, which advocates say is harmful to Americans with mental disabilities.
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December 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
To sustain Capitalism requires "re-distribution".

But because success compounds, capitalism naturally concentrates resources in a manner that is caustic to opportunity for future participants—our children, both born and unborn.

Taking a Step Back to Step Forward
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Taking a Step Back to Step Forward
Reintroducing a little bit of market, and reframing the overly dense part three with the help of AI
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December 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Say "Thank you, Bernie!" But millions are being left behind.

On Jan. 1, minimum wage rates will climb in 19 states and 49 cities and counties across the US.

the minimum wage is $7.25 in 20 states, including Alabama, Iowa, Texas, and Wyoming.

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Millions of workers will get a raise soon as new minimum wage laws kick in
On Jan. 1, minimum wage rates will climb in 19 states and 49 cities and counties across the US.
finance.yahoo.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Employee owned. We have to think differently about Capitalism.

“Years ago it was about competition,” says Louise Clarke, Melin Tregwynt's director. But now there is collaboration with those traditional woollen mills left in existence

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'A sense of belonging': Meet the employee-owned Welsh wool mill
Melin Tregwynt made headlines when it transitioned to an employee ownership trust after its previous owners handed over operational control.
uk.finance.yahoo.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Trump slump. that's catchy!
Trump is in a slump, writes @niamalikah, and his party seems increasingly adrift (via Bloomberg Opinion)
The GOP Still Isn’t Getting It on Affordability
President Donald Trump is in a slump.
bloom.bg
December 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Average vs median. HUGE difference in America because of the Wealth Gap.

As of 2024, median net worth in America is just $124,041, according to UBS. That’s an astonishing five times lower than the average net worth of $620,654.

finance.yahoo.com/news/average...
The average American’s net worth is $620,654, but that number means little. Here’s the figure that counts
Only 10% of Americans hold 67% of the wealth.
finance.yahoo.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Set up with unrealistic expectations which they couldn't possibly meet. No sympathy from me! someone has to take the fall for Trump!

The pressure on Noem & Lewandowski has led to tense confrontations within the Homeland Security Department, the 2 DHS officials said.

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Rising tensions and finger-pointing at DHS amid pressure to ramp up deportations
WASHINGTON — White House pressure to ramp up deportations has sparked rising tension and finger-pointing inside the Department of Homeland Security, with the agency’s secretary, Kristi Noem, and her t...
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December 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I listened to Noem's testimony. She repeatedly said "I just enforce the laws" implying she had no recourse to mercy or judgement in individual cases. So what IS the existing law she is enforcing so diligently and with billions of tax money?

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Prosecuting People for Coming to the United States - American Immigration Council
Over the last two decades, the federal government increasingly has utilized the criminal courts to punish people for immigration violations. This overview provides basic information about entry-relate...
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org
December 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The shooting at Brown doesn't shock me but THIS one does. 2 shooters, 11 killed, 29 wounded, on the first night of Hanukkah. In Australia!

The massacre targeted a Jewish celebration

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Gunmen kill at least 11 people during a Jewish event on Sydney's Bondi Beach
Two gunmen shot dead at least 11 people on Sunday at a Jewish event being held at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, Australian authorities said, declaring it a terrorist attack. At least 29 people were confirmed...
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December 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
A really unpopular law - a big political 0

The state's Republican-controlled Legislature originally approved the policy in February, saying it was needed to allow employers to engage directly with all employees, instead of communicating through a union representative.

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Utah repeals ban on collective bargaining for teachers, firefighters and police unions
Utah has repealed a collective bargaining ban passed earlier this year that prevented labor unions serving teachers, firefighters, police and other public employees from negotiating on behalf of their...
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December 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Yes, CHOICE. Medical freedom to end your own suffering at a time of your own choosing.

Legalized medically assisted suicide takes effect in September 2026

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Illinois becomes 12th state to provide medical aid in dying for the terminally ill
Illinois residents with terminal illnesses may choose to end their lives on their own terms under a law Gov. JB Pritzker signed Friday. Legalized medically assisted suicide takes effect in September ...
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December 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Changed the weather.

According to Reuters, China grew 116,000 square miles of trees, increasing the country’s total forest coverage from 10 percent in 1949 to roughly 25 percent in 2024.

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China Planted 78 Billion New Trees—and Seriously Messed Up Its Water Cycle
China’s planted a bunch of new trees since 1981, but that extra foliage is shifting more precipitation to some areas while drying out others.
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December 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The math is done, we KNOW that people cannot live on their wages anywhere in the US. We need to have that hard conversation. What is a "right" to life? And WHO is responsible to provide it?

People cannot "forage" for food and shelter like Pioneers did.

theconversation.com/a-colorado-g...
A Colorado guaranteed income program could help families, but the costs are high
A few hundred extra dollars a month would go a long way for many Coloradans.
theconversation.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Fire in Candler this morning. Any news?
December 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
He's blaming it on Fraud. There is some fraud so everyone must suffer? Like blaming all Somali's in America because some of them did crimes. Blaming "those people" is how Mike solves problems.

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Laura Ingraham Straight-Up Asks Mike Johnson, ‘How Do You Avoid Getting Blamed’ for Rising Healthcare Costs?
Fox host Laura Ingraham straight-up asked House Speaker Mike Johnson how he would “avoid getting blamed” for rising healthcare costs. In a segment on The Ingraham Angle on Friday, Johnson discussed th...
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December 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM