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@kevinbaird.bsky.social

US Navy Vet (VFA-115) and Dad of two. Trying to get a little bit wiser each day via Stoicism, history, and reading the thoughts of smart people. Views are my own.

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“We’re now in a situation in Missouri where someone who’s working very hard at a job and earning a modest wage has to pay income tax, whereas somebody who has a lot of passive income — say they’re making a lot of profit off cryptocurrency sales, for example — is going to be exempt from income tax,” he added. “And I don’t think that’s a situation that’s going to sit well with a lot of people.”

“We’re now in a situation in Missouri where someone who’s working very hard at a job and earning a modest wage has to pay income tax, whereas somebody who has a lot of passive income — say they’re making a lot of profit off cryptocurrency sales, for example — is going to be exempt from income tax,” he added. “And I don’t think that’s a situation that’s going to sit well with a lot of people.”

Missouri gives ‘one of the biggest millionaire tax cuts’ this year...

thebeaconnews.org/stories/2025...

30.10.2025 15:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Fox News took the opportunity to show its viewers how great fossil fuels are while making fun of Gates.

30.10.2025 13:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

What horror is in store for us if riots are being planned for?

29.10.2025 19:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A chart shows wind power by state:

Texas - 43.1K GW
Iowa - 12.9K GW
Kansas - 9.7K GW
Illinois - 8.2K GW
California - 6.5K GW
Colorado - 5.3K GW
Minnesota - 4.9K GW
North Dakota - 4.5K GW
Oregon - 4.2 GW

A chart shows wind power by state: Texas - 43.1K GW Iowa - 12.9K GW Kansas - 9.7K GW Illinois - 8.2K GW California - 6.5K GW Colorado - 5.3K GW Minnesota - 4.9K GW North Dakota - 4.5K GW Oregon - 4.2 GW

Trump hates wind energy. Why does Texas have more than any other state?

www.houstonchronicle.com/business/ene...

29.10.2025 18:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Senator Schmitt-face is an underrated shit bird on the MAGA side. He's such a coward and a liar.

29.10.2025 16:10 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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China Pushes Boundaries With Animal Testing to Win Global Biotech Race The research, including creating monkeys with schizophrenia and autism, would face layers of ethical reviews in the US and Europe.

Best thing I read today.

29.10.2025 02:15 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
The Low-Down on Data Center Discourse in Missouri Government
YouTube video by Renew Missouri The Low-Down on Data Center Discourse in Missouri Government

A nice short video explaining the Republican infighting around data centers and what's driving rate increases in Missouri.

29.10.2025 01:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I don't even understand asking him about it. It's like the media just wants to egg him on to see what happens.

Rinse. Repeat.

27.10.2025 12:21 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The goose chase meme is shown.  In the first panel with the goose, the text reads "Federal policies have left millions of people at risk.

The second panel, with the goose chasing a person, has text that reads " Who runs the federal government now, AP?

The goose chase meme is shown. In the first panel with the goose, the text reads "Federal policies have left millions of people at risk. The second panel, with the goose chasing a person, has text that reads " Who runs the federal government now, AP?

Say it, @apnews.com.

26.10.2025 10:24 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Why America will celebrate a White House reduced to rubble | Opinion Donald Trump is showing us that even in the heart of the Washington swamp, big things can still happen. For the president, America is back, David Mastio says.

"Through doing the impossible, through running over the American elite, it feels like he’s giving us back our dreams or, at least, returning to us the sense of possibility that let them grow and sustain us."

Your whole viewpoint here is a mirage. He's not doing any of this. Wow.

25.10.2025 12:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Let them eat ballroom
YouTube video by emptywheel Let them eat ballroom

The ballroom and the bunker, and who's funding things by @emptywheel.bsky.social.

Corruption and law breaking.

24.10.2025 21:55 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

No, I'm not reading this. My faith in humans is already at an all-time low.

24.10.2025 20:46 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump Plans to Open Almost All of US Coast to Offshore Drilling The Trump administration is readying a proposal to open almost all US coastal waters to new offshore oil drilling despite opposition from state governors and the president’s previous efforts to close ...

I'm sure this will do wonders for the whales.

23.10.2025 21:36 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Louis XVI vibes.

23.10.2025 19:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Antideficiency Act

This act prohibits federal agencies from obligating or expending federal funds in advance or in excess of an appropriation, and from accepting voluntary services.

The Antideficiency Act prohibits federal employees from

making or authorizing an expenditure from, or creating or authorizing an obligation under, any appropriation or fund in excess of the amount available in the appropriation or fund unless authorized by law. 31 U.S.C. § 1341(a)(1)(A).
involving the government in any obligation to pay money before funds have been appropriated for that purpose, unless otherwise allowed by law. 31 U.S.C. § 1341(a)(1)(B).
accepting voluntary services for the United States, or employing personal services not authorized by law, except in cases of emergency involving the safety of human life or the protection of property. 31 U.S.C. § 1342.

Antideficiency Act This act prohibits federal agencies from obligating or expending federal funds in advance or in excess of an appropriation, and from accepting voluntary services. The Antideficiency Act prohibits federal employees from making or authorizing an expenditure from, or creating or authorizing an obligation under, any appropriation or fund in excess of the amount available in the appropriation or fund unless authorized by law. 31 U.S.C. § 1341(a)(1)(A). involving the government in any obligation to pay money before funds have been appropriated for that purpose, unless otherwise allowed by law. 31 U.S.C. § 1341(a)(1)(B). accepting voluntary services for the United States, or employing personal services not authorized by law, except in cases of emergency involving the safety of human life or the protection of property. 31 U.S.C. § 1342.

23.10.2025 19:16 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Trump has once again failed to kill his own vice president

19.10.2025 21:09 — 👍 119    🔁 35    💬 2    📌 1

I just can't believe this is real life.

19.10.2025 11:36 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You're not alone.

18.10.2025 17:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Russian puppets don't bite the hand that feeds them.

17.10.2025 11:02 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Schmitt-face is all in on the fascism. He's nothing but a myrmidon for Trump.

16.10.2025 10:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks for the recommendation. I found his first book for $1.99 on Kindle and picked it up, too.

16.10.2025 02:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If you can’t sell your soybeans because of Trump’s tariffs after Argentina stepped in and took your customers, you can take solace that the guy you voted for also just gave $20 billion of your tax dollars to the country that is bankrupting you.

15.10.2025 00:07 — 👍 5176    🔁 1681    💬 159    📌 74

We're not getting our way so we're going to start punishing other Americans is quite a policy choice.

12.10.2025 21:40 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Uncle Fester should be primaried. What a coward this clown turned out to be.

12.10.2025 15:03 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Donald Trump is shown with his pants hiked up way past his belly button, with a tucked in white polo.  He holds a red hat and has a stupid look on his face like he just pooped his pants and realized it.

Donald Trump is shown with his pants hiked up way past his belly button, with a tucked in white polo. He holds a red hat and has a stupid look on his face like he just pooped his pants and realized it.

Exceptionally healthy specimen.

11.10.2025 01:51 — 👍 83    🔁 7    💬 3    📌 0
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What causes autism? Here's what the White House gets wrong. More than a hundred autism genes have been identified, explains author Peter Hotez. And Tylenol isn't the biggest environmental factor.

"We know there are exposures to environmental toxins early in pregnancy that could influence autism genes. That’s how we know that autism isn’t caused by vaccines: It starts in early pregnancy, not after birth."

10.10.2025 19:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hide the ketchup.

10.10.2025 10:35 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Opinion | This Is Why Your Energy Bills Are Going Up

"Energy prices are likely to rise the most in states that have not prioritized clean energy, including Kentucky, Missouri and Oklahoma, experts say. The repeal of the tax credits alone may push electricity prices almost 10 percent higher than they would be otherwise by 2029..."

09.10.2025 13:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I guess we'll all be labeled as Antifa now.

What a mess.

09.10.2025 00:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"Won the Super Bowl and Nas the only one congratulate me..."

09.10.2025 00:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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