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@VeroniqueB99

#USpol

...former "Allies" from the across the #Atlantic.

As I wrote earlier, like #Mobsters.

This is what we get for being to picky about #PamelaHarris.

The #MAGAT's need to pay up the oligarchs having financed the #TrumpCoup.

As #AOC said on #YT in a 90 min. speech a week ago or so:

The #TrumpeanTaxbreaks for the #Superrich are sunsetting in just a few months. To refinance them, as the #US would not meet the #EU #DeficitCriteria by far, they need to find huge amounts...

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As Greg Sargent reports, a poll just done by Trump's top pollster Tony Fabrizio "shows that majorities oppose cutting taxes on corporations. It finds that 63 percent say their top priority for tax policy is helping 'working-class families,' versus one percent—no, really, one percent—who say it’s helping corporations and the wealthiest Americans."

#Musk #Trump #economy #TaxCuts #billionaires #SuperRich #EconomicElites
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newrepublic.com/article/191841

The New Republic · Trump’s Own Pollster Just Hit Him With Very Bad News—and a WarningA poll of swing-district voters is already showing heaps of warning signs for Republicans bent on helping billionaires. That was fast.
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"Farmers seeking money owed to them by the Agriculture Department say they have been rebuffed by some GOP lawmakers.

The Post spoke with farmers and farm organizations in 10 states who had contacted their congressional delegations about the USDA funding freeze."

~ Daniel Wu, Gaya Gupta

#Musk #Trump #economy #TaxCuts #billionaires #SuperRich #EconomicElites #farmers #agriculture #USDA
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washingtonpost.com/politics/20

The Washington Post · Republicans caught between Trump and farmers pleading for frozen fundsBy Daniel Wu
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"The rowdy town hall was one of the first examples in Georgia of Trump-driven backlash trickling down to the grassroots. So many people showed up that some were turned away by local authorities. Others filed into overflow rooms to watch the back-and-forth."

A big bone of contention for these voters is the firing of hundreds of workers at the nearby CDC in Atlanta.

#Musk #Trump #economy #TaxCuts #billionaires #SuperRich #EconomicElites #Georgia
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"U.S. Rep. Rich McCormick was peppered with boos and catcalls throughout a town hall meeting in Roswell [Georgia] late Thursday, as hundreds of critics jeered the Republican for backing President Donald Trump’s agenda during his first month in office."

~ Greg Bluestein

#Musk #Trump #economy #TaxCuts #billionaires #SuperRich #EconomicElites #Georgia
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ajc.com/politics/mccormick-con

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution · Georgia congressman confronted by angry crowd over support for Trump’s agendaBy Greg Bluestein
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John Parkinson, Benjamin Siegel, and Jay O'Brien report on town halls across the country, most in strongly Republican districts, in which Republican legislators trying to sell the Musk-Trump DOGE federal cuts are being met with uproar from Republican-voting constituents.

#Musk #Trump #economy #TaxCuts #billionaires #SuperRich #EconomicElites
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abcnews.go.com/Politics/republ

ABC News · Some Republicans hammered at home by constituents about DOGE, UkraineBy John Parkinson
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As Hannah Knowles reports,

"Town halls from Wisconsin to Oregon grew testy this week as concerned voters showed up to vent."

Rowdy crowds at town halls in heavily Republican, Trump-voting districts are expressing outrage at what Musk and DOGE are doing in laying off hordes of federal workers.

#Musk #Trump #economy #TaxCuts #billionaires #SuperRich #EconomicElites
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washingtonpost.com/politics/20

The Washington Post · Back in their districts, GOP lawmakers get an earful on DOGE and MuskBy Hannah Knowles
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"The honeymoon is over; some of his backers are waking up next to the man they voted for and wondering if they’ve made a terrible mistake. With every policy he implements and offhand remark he makes, Trump is falsifying the imaginary versions of himself that inspired many of his supporters."

~ Yair Rosenberg

#Musk #Trump #economy #TaxCuts #billionaires #SuperRich #EconomicElites #TrumpVoters #karma
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theatlantic.com/international/

The Atlantic · The Trump Backers Who Have Buyer’s RemorseBy Yair Rosenberg
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"Anxiety mounts among Social Security recipients as DOGE troops settle In. Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be significant for millions of the most vulnerable Americans."

~ Eli Hager

#Musk #Trump #economy #TaxCuts #billionaires #SuperRich #EconomicElites #SocialSecurity #elderly
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propublica.org/article/doge-so

ProPublicaAnxiety Mounts Among Social Security Recipients as DOGE Troops Settle In
More from ProPublica
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"DOGE’s USDS purge included the guy who keeps veterans’ data safe online. The cybersecurity lead for VA.gov was fired last week. He tells WIRED that the Veterans Affairs digital hub will be more vulnerable without someone in his role."

~ Lily Hay Newman

#Musk #Trump #economy #TaxCuts #billionaires #SuperRich #EconomicElites #veterans
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wired.com/story/doge-usds-purg

WIRED · DOGE’s USDS Purge Included the Guy Who Keeps Veterans’ Data Safe OnlineBy Lily Hay Newman