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Scouting got into trouble when it was SOLELY men with little boys.
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One party church dominionism .
25.11.2025 23:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0There will always be MORE that needs to be done but you start with what you can.
While the center-left opposition supported the law in parliament, it stressed that the government approach only tackles the criminal aspect of the problem while leaving economic and cultural divides unaddressed.
Wonderful start! In America, I hope see the Equal Rights Amendment published to the Constitution.
The law won bipartisan support from the center-right majority and the center-left opposition in the final vote in the Lower Chamber, passing with 237 votes in favor.
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But October corporate tax receipts were flat at $18 billion, and the Treasury official attributed the lack of growth to corporate tax breaks contained in the Republican-passed tax-cut and spending bill enacted this year.
25.11.2025 22:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Withheld individual income tax receipts rose $16 billion, or 6%, from the year-ago period to $279 billion.
25.11.2025 22:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Tariffs - and consumer prices - have been up/down, in and out. But PAYCHECK withholding is up... 6% higher than a year ago.
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what is a more powerful addiction than dope? oil
"They want Venezuela’s oil and gas reserves. For nothing, without paying," she said, having previously noted U.S. Gulf refiners' demand for Venezuela's heavy crude grades. The U.S. mainly produces light oil.
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This is your brain on life.
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Half above, half below. That's your K shaped economy!
The median household income, however, stood at $83,730 last year.
So the "real" poverty level is $140K
Green added up typical living expenses based on national averages and found that a family of four will spend $136,500 a year on child care, housing, food, transportation, health care, taxes, and other essentials.
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Thanks to immigrants & science! The cost of food has not gone up as much as other household expenses.
Food spending made up 12.9% of a typical household's expenditures in 2023, according to the most recent data available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The logic for Poverty level means more than 1/3rd of your income goes to food. Unchanged since 1950! But LIFE has changed a lot since then.
Thttps://finance.yahoo.com/news/real-poverty-line-140-000-192223461.htmld to buy food.
So... are trans banned or is the ban still blocked? I think banned. She blocked it but her ruling was put on hold (meaning the ban could be implemented) while her decision is appealed.
A federal appeals court has put that ruling on hold while it considers the administration's appeal.
which ANOTHER judge has now dismissed
A rare judicial misconduct complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Justice that accused a judge of bias in her handling of a challenge to President Donald Trump's ban on transgender troops has been dismissed.
To retaliate, Trump had DOJ attempt to punish her.
The Justice Department filed the complaint against Reyes in February, before she had ruled, saying that during hearings in the case, Reyes had taken issue with the administration's positions and "engaged in hostile and egregious misconduct."
What she did to piss off Trump
Reyes in March blocked the administration from implementing an executive order Trump signed barring transgender people from military service.
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Russia Russia Russia... its for a REASON.
The paper also noted at the time that one of the trustees of E.S. Family allegedly had ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Dismissed! #3
In a March 2023 article, The Guardian reported that TMTG had accepted “$8 million” in emergency loans from shadowy entities. That included a $2 million loan from Paxum Bank, as well as $6 million from a group known as E.S. Family Trust.
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Universal. Single Payer. Conception to grave. Everybody in, everybody covered with a basic guaranteed health ACCESS. Like SS. Like Medicare. Like every other civilized country!
Congress has to vote how much to fund it THROUGH taxation. Congress has to face voters for Cost & Services provided
Employer insurance for workers AND dependents - its a huge expense.
the average family premium for employer-sponsored plans has reached $26,993 this year. Workers now contribute $6,850 of that total, while employers cover the rest,
Costs that consumed about 18% of GDP in 2018 are nearing 20% in 2025, with health spending projected to reach $8.6 trillion by 2033.
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I think he said this in 2017 but it's gotten worse. We can't afford BLOATED profits and compensation.
Buffett... said corporate taxes had fallen from 4 percent of GDP to 2%, while healthcare spending had climbed from 5% to 17%.
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Writing is how I organize my thoughts... and separate my thoughts from someone else's thoughts from what I read.
Writing builds resilience by changing your brain, helping you face everyday challenges theconversation.com/writing-buil...
Even an itty bitty BITEY chihuahua is wolf-ish.
Some massive breeds such as the St. Bernard completely lack wolf DNA, but the tiny Chihuahua retains detectable wolf ancestry at 0.2% of its genome. Terriers and scent hounds typically fall at the low end of the spectrum for wolf genes.
Thousands of genomes reveal the wild wolf genes in most dogs’ DNA
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Still on-going lawsuit
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Can't escape what they created.
The 94-year-old also acknowledged that the network was trying to move away from Trump after his loss in the election, but “didn’t want to upset” its MAGA-loyal audience.
Lachlan’s texts were released as part of court exhibits in a $2.7B defamation lawsuit, in which the global election technology company aims to prove that Fox Corp deliberately spread misinformation about its voting systems as part of the false claims that the 2020 election was “stolen” from Trump.
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Oh that's good stuff being revealed.
Lachlan’s texts were released as part of court exhibits in a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit,
Lachlan Murdoch, 54, to Sean Hannity, warning that the president would not be invited back for interviews if he attacked the network.
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