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New analysis: CBO says the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will create $718 billion in additional debt-service costs, which brings the law's overall red-ink projection up to $4.1 trillion. www.cbo.gov/system/files...

The CBO’s final dynamic score:

“.. Because the bill’s red ink is not offset by more spending cuts or new revenue, CBO found, the legislation will drive up interest rates.”

@politico.com
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Not only was it a real estate transaction, but one that was quickly flipped for exponential profit to a Russian oligarch.

Trump Biographer: Epstein Stayed Silent on Trump’s Behavior With Young Girls Out of Fear of Retaliation Journalist and author Michael Wolff is spilling the beans on what he knows about Trump and Jeffrey Epstein's relationship, and the new information is tying up a lot of loose ends.

According to journalist and Trump biographer Michael Wolff, it wasn’t Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious behavior with young women that fractured his relationship with Donald Trump — it was a real estate betrayal that caused their split.

wild to see a democrat in power talking tough to counter a fascist takeover

Protecting the right to vote even with heavy fines and threats of legal action is exactly the type of fighting our generation has been looking for in a system that’s failing us.

This is what protecting democracy looks like—and it’s how we win. Thank you, TX Dems. #MessWithTexas

Spanberger: The fact that my opponent couldn’t answer a question about the DOGE cuts and the impact they’ve had on Virginia is outrageous.

We know from the last jobs report that Virginia is the only state with statistically significant job losses because of the attacks on Virginia’s workforce.

Gilchrist: These tariffs haven’t discriminated—whether you voted for Trump or not, the damage is hitting communities, workers, and families all across Michigan. I haven’t talked to anyone who’s excited about uncertainty, job losses, and rising prices—which is happening across Michigan.

“If they decide to do a new kind of data collection and bring in outside vendors, that leaves tremendous corruption exposure… weakens the dollar… economic calamity…”

dan Koh, who worked at BLS, sounds the alarm about Trump’s attack on the jobs facts🚨

“.. he argued that Americans could avoid tariffs by buying cars made in America. But it is well documented that when the price of an imported item goes up, domestic producers are then free to increase their own prices — and often will.”

@steverattner.bsky.social
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Sounds familiar

Trump's Mar-a-Lago Spa Was Tailor-Made for Epstein The Trump Spa sought "young, attractive" college students to wear mini-skirts and "skin-tight" tops

NEW: Trump’s Mar-a-Lago spa was a predator’s playground. Mar-a-Lago sought "young, attractive" college students to wear mini-skirts and "skin-tight" tops. Epstein noticed—and so did Ghislaine Maxwell.

Trump has spent 1/3 of his total time in office at his own properties - often golfing

Trump is once again using his "presidency" to grift the American people.

Texas Democrats aren’t running away from anything. They’re fighting, with every tool they have, to save our democracy.

Kudos to each and every one of them for taking this stand. We should be inspired by their courage and reminded that tyranny is only possible if we submit to it.

Why didn't Todd Blanche talk to the victims to get the names of the perpetrators?

“On June 15, 1992, [Dan] Quayle altered 12-year-old student William Figueroa's correct spelling of "potato" to "potatoe" at the Muñoz Rivera Elementary School spelling bee in Trenton, New Jersey. He was the subject of widespread ridicule for his error.” — @wikipedia.org

🚨 Leaked fundraiser tapes reveal Trump privately threatened to bomb Moscow and Beijing while portraying Putin and Xi as admirable leaders to Americans, underscoring a striking contradiction in his messaging among audiences.
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"The president usually has limited control over the economy, with downturns being caused by events beyond his or her control. In this case, however, Trump’s policies are directly responsible for job losses, rising prices, wavering confidence, and a speedrun towards what looks like stagflation."

No, a private corporation firing an at-will private employee is not remotely like this fascist abuse of executive power what are we doing here?

This isn't justice. This is one monster helping out another.

The only thing more cooked than his conspiracies is his brain on Truth Social.

BREAKING: Texas Governor Greg Abbott Threatens to Expel Democrats From Their Jobs Greg Abbott threatens to expel Texas Democrats from their jobs, JB Pritzker supports Texas Democrats in fleeing, Trump blasts "sham" job numbers, United Airlines flight makes emergency landing

BREAKING: Governor Greg Abbott says he will expel the Texas Democrats who fled the state to prevent Republicans from gerrymandering.

I just spoke to one of those Democrats, Rep. John Bucy III, from Illinois, where he says that he is not backing down.

Spread the word and watch this interview.

OLIVER: "Gaza is starving is a sentence that's objectively true, but it's also slightly misleading because it's too passive — Gaza is being starved by Israel."

JD Vance Praised Jobs Report That Trump Now Says Was a Hoax The vice president applauded a report that Donald Trump baselessly claimed was made up to make him look bad.

As per usual, VP Vance was a little behind the curve.

Within hours of Vance's tweet, Trump had directed his administration to fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner, torching the very numbers Vance had been toasting him over.
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Opinion | China is winning the trade war Trump started On many fronts, Trump is inadvertently aiding China’s anti-American dictatorship.

Though the lopsided tariffs on Chinese imports might not seem so bad (until you realize they will mean higher prices for U.S. consumers), it’s evident that as part of the deal the Trump administration has essentially paused export controls on selling sensitive technology to China. wapo.st/3UeAFE9

Important words.

Thank you @attorneykate.bsky.social for this important post.

Elon Musk is a symbol of American collapse in many ways, but one of the big ones is how for years he has constantly engaged in multi-billion-dollar securities and consumer fraud, and the "consequence" has been him making billions more, including from the federal government paying him directly.

How Trump's campaign of hatred against migrant "invaders" is fueling potential violence "There's nothing normal about any of this."

Reminder: Six years ago today, a gunman motivated by hatred of immigrants carried out a horrific massacre in Texas. The demagoguery and ideology he cited had been pushed heavily by Donald Trump. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The man who just fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because their numbers supposedly weren’t accurate just claimed that he lowered drug prices in America by 1500%.

YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart Mehdi Hasan on the Media, Democrats & The Crisis In Gaza | The Weekly Show

My 'The Weekly' podcast interview this week with Jon Stewart on Trump, fascism, feckless Dems, Merrick Garland's role, Gaza, Israel, the corporate media, and more, has been getting a lot of love online, and positive feedback, and just crossed 1 million views on YouTube.

Have you watched it yet?