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Former special counsel Jack Smith to testify publicly about Trump probes​

WASHINGTON — Former special counsel Jack Smith will testify publicly before the House Judiciary Committee next week, Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, announced Monday night.

The scheduled Jan. 22 hearing comes after Smith sat for more than eight hours for a closed-door deposition with the Republican-led committee in December regarding his investigations into President Donald Trump. Smith had requested a public hearing before that testimony, but Republicans refused.
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jthomas666 said:
IIRC, credit card companies bumped up the standard interest rate in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. Congress then passed a bill setting a cap on how high interest rates could be raised.

The CC companies promptly raised their rates to that cap.
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I don't recall this (which doesn't mean anything since like a lot of folks we were going through what felt like the Great Depression almost overnight), but I won't dispute it.

Guess what's going to happen if cap at 10% was somehow adopted?

I reiterate this guy is no free market conservative of any stripe.

Hell, he's not a conservative of ANY stripe, but he's got the hangers on and Bubbas "owning the libs", so there. (I have no idea what this is even supposed to mean).
 
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With all the distractions, lest we forget:
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MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN


Trump administration sends letter wiping out addiction, mental health grants​

The Trump administration sent shockwaves through the U.S. mental health and drug addiction system late Tuesday, sending hundreds of termination letters, effective immediately, for federal grants supporting health services.

Two sources said they believe total cuts to nonprofit groups, many providing street-level care to people experiencing addiction, homelessness and mental illness, could reach roughly $2 billion. NPR wasn't able to independently confirm the scale of the grant cancellation. The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) didn't respond to a request for clarification.
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Somalia first received the designation under President George H.W. Bush amid a civil war in 1991. The status has been extended for decades, most recently by Biden in July 2024.

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Trump administration ends temporary protected status for Somali immigrants

Somalia is one of the world’s poorest nations and has for decades experienced chronic conflict made worse by multiple environmental disasters.
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Brooke Rollins: "We've run over 1,000 simulations. It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing. So there is a way to do this that actually will save the average American consumer money."





This is what the Mar-a-Lago crowd expects from Americans. They'll get richer while you sacrifice.
 
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Huckleberry said:
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Brooke Rollins: "We've run over 1,000 simulations. It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing. So there is a way to do this that actually will save the average American consumer money."





This is what the Mar-a-Lago crowd expects from Americans. They'll get richer while you sacrifice.
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no one has ever even conceived of food as heavenly and healthy and affordable as trump rations
 
CrimsonNagus said:
Modern day American Christians would blast Jesus for being a socialist if he were touring the country and teaching the same lessons he taught in the Bible.
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Since you've decided to bring Jesus into the discussion I wonder how he would feel about Democrats demanding the right to kill unborn children?
 
Huckleberry said:
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Rep. James Talarico: “These politicians want a Christian nation— unless it means providing health care to the sick. Or funding food assistance for the hungry. Or raising the minimum wage. It seems like they want to base our laws on the Bible… until they read the words of Jesus.”
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Glaringly obvious difference between an individual being charitable with his own money and a socialist getting the government to take someone else's money. And this nonsensical false equivalency is brought up regularly on this board.
 
Bodhisattva said:
Glaringly obvious difference between an individual being charitable with his own money and a socialist getting the government to take someone else's money. And this nonsensical false equivalency is brought up regularly on this board.
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Calling taxes “someone else’s money” treats them like theft instead of what they are: the cost of living in a society. Governments already collect taxes for police, fire departments, courts, roads, and the military. Those aren’t labeled “socialism,” but feeding children and treating the sick somehow is.

Talarico’s point is simple. Many Christians want a government strong enough to enforce their moral rules, but suddenly weak when it comes to caring for the poor, the sick, and the vulnerable, which is central to Jesus’ teachings. That’s not a false equivalency. It’s a contradiction.
 
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Huckleberry said:
Calling taxes “someone else’s money” treats them like theft instead of what they are: the cost of living in a society. Governments already collect taxes for police, fire departments, courts, roads, and the military. Those aren’t labeled “socialism,” but feeding children and treating the sick somehow is.

Talarico’s point is simple. Many Christians want a government strong enough to enforce their moral rules, but suddenly weak when it comes to caring for the poor, the sick, and the vulnerable, which is central to Jesus’ teachings. That’s not a false equivalency. It’s a contradiction.
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Or that one of the major issues is not those who choose not to work, but those work hard day in and day out and simply aren't paid a living wage or benefits.
 
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