It's possible, perhaps even probable, but I think it's probably 50/50 either way.
Decline of the GOP episode XV
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I Google'd Sen. Graham and Ukraine. I'm seeing that he's pushing for some hefty sanctions on Herr Putin. This does sound like a typical disinformation ploy from the Kremlin.
But I figure Sen. Graham isn't even close to being a 50/50 guy. If you know what I mean.
Political candidate who wanted to be called doctor admits she has no PhD from University of Alabama
Nicole Wadsworth's campaign manager sent out a release admitting to error in listing Wadsworth’s credentials.
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Political candidate who wanted to be called doctor admits she has no PhD from University of Alabama
Nicole Wadsworth's campaign manager sent out a release admitting to error in listing Wadsworth’s credentials.
I’ve never been able to wrap my head around, “Yes, I know the press knows every detail about what President Clinton did with a cigar, but they’ll never learn I’m inflating my education/business/military record.”
Of course, if you say “that’s before Trump showed some candidates can get away with anything,” I’d agree except to note Trump’s seeming teflon doesn’t extend to others.
You lie about 2 things, exaggerate your involvement in legislation and minimize your involvement in scandal. Almost everything else is going to cut deeply.
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$75 billion firm wins carve-out in tax bill after lobbying push
The U.S. Virgin Islands government and a private credit firm with ties to lawmakers have pushed for an exemption criticized by tax experts.
The tax bill before Congress would partially exempt the U.S. Virgin Islands from a law meant to crack down on tax havens, after a lobbying campaign by the territory’s government and a large private credit firm that stands to benefit from the measure.
Over the past three years, an affiliate of the credit giant Golub Capital paid a Washington firm more than $500,000 to urge Congress to relax a global minimum tax approved as part of the 2017 GOP tax law, lobbying disclosures show. The push was supported by the Virgin Islands’ governor and Democratic member of Congress. House Republicans included a bipartisan provision partially exempting the Virgin Islands from that law in the tax legislation they approved last month — a decision that has puzzled experts on both the left and right, who say it has little clear policy justification.
The Virgin Islands carve-out — estimated to cost taxpayers close to $1 billion over the next decade — has attracted scant attention as the Senate takes up the House-passed One Big Beautiful Bill, President Donald Trump’s top legislative priority. The $2.4 trillion bill extends tax cuts for individual households approved in 2017 that are set to expire at the end of this year, preserving lower rates across income brackets. But some provisions would change arcane features with significant consequences for international taxation and the business sector.
Billionaire Lawrence Golub and his brother David Golub serve as the chief executive and president of Golub Capital, and have given about $2 million to federal campaigns since 2020, including more than $1.4 million to Republicans and conservative groups, according to data from the Federal Election Commission. The provision also has the support of several Democrats, though the party uniformly voted against the underlying legislation when it passed the House last month.
$75 billion firm wins carve-out in tax bill after lobbying push
The U.S. Virgin Islands government and a private credit firm with ties to lawmakers have pushed for an exemption criticized by tax experts.
The tax bill before Congress would partially exempt the U.S. Virgin Islands from a law meant to crack down on tax havens, after a lobbying campaign by the territory’s government and a large private credit firm that stands to benefit from the measure.
Over the past three years, an affiliate of the credit giant Golub Capital paid a Washington firm more than $500,000 to urge Congress to relax a global minimum tax approved as part of the 2017 GOP tax law, lobbying disclosures show. The push was supported by the Virgin Islands’ governor and Democratic member of Congress. House Republicans included a bipartisan provision partially exempting the Virgin Islands from that law in the tax legislation they approved last month — a decision that has puzzled experts on both the left and right, who say it has little clear policy justification.
The Virgin Islands carve-out — estimated to cost taxpayers close to $1 billion over the next decade — has attracted scant attention as the Senate takes up the House-passed One Big Beautiful Bill, President Donald Trump’s top legislative priority. The $2.4 trillion bill extends tax cuts for individual households approved in 2017 that are set to expire at the end of this year, preserving lower rates across income brackets. But some provisions would change arcane features with significant consequences for international taxation and the business sector.
Billionaire Lawrence Golub and his brother David Golub serve as the chief executive and president of Golub Capital, and have given about $2 million to federal campaigns since 2020, including more than $1.4 million to Republicans and conservative groups, according to data from the Federal Election Commission. The provision also has the support of several Democrats, though the party uniformly voted against the underlying legislation when it passed the House last month.
I shall now be Dr. DzynKingRTRPolitical candidate who wanted to be called doctor admits she has no PhD from University of Alabama
Nicole Wadsworth's campaign manager sent out a release admitting to error in listing Wadsworth’s credentials.
Your verbiage reminds me of the standup of the late John Pinette talking about the TV show "Cake Boss."
"This guy is the BOSS of cake! Apparently, you can just declare yourself the boss of food. I am the boss of ham."
(I'd have picked something more exciting than ham. Pasta. Pizza. Beef. Something).
One representative and his wife have died; the other rep and his wife survived.
Cue the thoughts and prayers (Of course, if Trump's Big Beautiful Boondoggle passes, we might not even be able to afford them).
Cue the thoughts and prayers (Of course, if Trump's Big Beautiful Boondoggle passes, we might not even be able to afford them).
Mark Levin says anyone who is worried about WW3 sounds like a “Marxist -Islamist” : You’re either a patriotic American who is going to get behind the President or you’re not.
Levin is such a putz. I will admit, however, that I still find it funny and entertaining when he gets all red-faced and starts screaming into the microphone. His lack of self-awareness is pretty unbelievable, too. He seems to have no idea that the rejection of his brand of Bush-Republicanism is one of the things that gave birth to MAGA in the first place.
I really wish the right-wing ecosystem would get on the same page.
2006:
It's World War III, Says Newt | TIME
So wouldn't this be World War IV: The Air Force Awakens or something?
I hate Iran's government and the mullahs as much as anybody could, but I see no reason to change using Israel as our proxy. And staying out of the mess, otherwise.
Didn't we learn anything from the Iraq and Afghanistan quagmires?
Didn't we learn anything from the Iraq and Afghanistan quagmires?
Does learning how to more efficiently bankrupt the treasury count?
It's just remarkable how many Ukraine doves will go ahead and cheer on ramping up US involvement in Iran.
I really hope there is enough gumption in Congress to push back: This is not our fight. Let the players duke it out.
CNN: You were called out for calling a school board member a 'whore' in a text. You've called one of your congressional colleagues a terrorist. Are you part of the problem?
REP. RANDY FINE: Calling evil for what it is, calling danger for what it is is acceptable
Sadly, we can't call Fine what he is (not on TideFans, at least).
This is where if I'm a Democrat I'm asking myself, "How in the world do they (the GOP) do this?"
Democrats boycott Biden cognitive decline hearing
Republicans, criticising the boycott, accused colleagues of continuing to “stonewall” the investigation into the former US president’s decline and claimed administration officials took advantage of his incapacity to take power for themselves.
This is dumb on MULTIPLE levels, but what else should I expect from a party that has MTG and provided safe haven to Matt Gaetz?
"If we can show he was baked"....WHAT exactly?
Does the GOP REALLY want to go down the "we can rescind pardons" route - because that's a slippery slope if you think you can pull this one off.
Democrats boycott Biden cognitive decline hearing
Republicans, criticising the boycott, accused colleagues of continuing to “stonewall” the investigation into the former US president’s decline and claimed administration officials took advantage of his incapacity to take power for themselves.
This is dumb on MULTIPLE levels, but what else should I expect from a party that has MTG and provided safe haven to Matt Gaetz?
"If we can show he was baked"....WHAT exactly?
Does the GOP REALLY want to go down the "we can rescind pardons" route - because that's a slippery slope if you think you can pull this one off.
This desire to ACT EXACTLY LIKE TRUMP in the hopes of inheriting some sort of political support will eventually backfire. Vance doesn't seem to realize he's just a placeholder for DJT Jr.
"Let me just show how ridiculous I can be by calling a Hispanic "Jose"........"
I understand most politicians are the equivalent of street whores, but most of them DO have a line they will refuse to eventually cross.
Vance says National Guard still "necessary" in L.A., calls Sen. Alex Padilla "José Padilla" - CBS News
"Let me just show how ridiculous I can be by calling a Hispanic "Jose"........"
I understand most politicians are the equivalent of street whores, but most of them DO have a line they will refuse to eventually cross.
Vance says National Guard still "necessary" in L.A., calls Sen. Alex Padilla "José Padilla" - CBS News
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