| second: This is from 2014 at fff.net, but still explains why the US is in messy trouble today: "America’s Middle Class Now Officially POORER Than Canada’s" [go to link] It also explains why most fans of Firefly no longer come here to comment, but you have to read the comments to find out why. |
| THG: Trump Is Sabotaging The Midterms For Republicans | Chuck Todd Politics Podcast |
| THG: Yup |
| second: THG wrote: "Republican warns 'fraud' US economy is on brink of collapse." The particular Republican is silly old Ron Paul who argued the U.S. monetary system became “fraud” when the dollar was detached from gold, saying, “you just can’t print money and lie to the people forever,” and calling the post-1971 currency regime “counterfeit money.” [go to link] |
| THG: Republican warns 'fraud' US economy is on brink of collapse |
| second: Daily summary of news headlines about Trump's government: [go to link] |
| 6ixStringJack: Not sure if Ted and Second are paid propagandists or not at this point. It's unreal. Grow up, you two. |
| Brenda: Problem again. Can't get into threads. |
| second: Donald Trump is running easily the most corrupt administration in decades. Whether selling off pardons for cash, delivering sweetheart deals on rare earth metals to donors, or earning hundreds of millions in deals with the United Arab Emirates while authorizing them to buy America’s most powerful computer chips, he is at every opportunity leveraging political power for personal financial gain. I think it’s hard to make political hay out of Trump’s corruption because many voters see it as pretty normal. Searchlight Institute polling on this shows that voters just have an incredibly low estimate of the baseline level of integrity of politicians. [go to link] |
| THG: Group of conservative leaders trash Trump’s 'socialist' proposal |
| THG: Allegations against Jared Kushner surface in complaint against Tulsi Gabbard |
| THG: Trump’s beef trade deal is a lose-lose gamble that won’t lower prices |
6ixStringJack: Ted-Bot is broken. Ted-bot is broken. Ted-bot is broken. Ted-bot is broken.  |
| 6ixStringJack: Ted-Bot is broken. Ted-bot is broken. Ted-bot is broken. Ted-bot is broken. |
| THG: When you’re a star, they let you do it: Trump makes 1,000,000+ appearances in unredacted Epstein files |
| THG: Donald Trump accused of ‘killing America’ as he spins false claims live on-air |
| 6ixStringJack: Ted-Bot is broken. Ted-bot is broken. Ted-bot is broken. Ted-bot is broken. |
| THG: Judge orders Trump team to return illegally deported Venezuelans |
| THG: Trump admin faces 'unprecedented' credibility crisis: legal expert |
| THG: Middle-class Americans forced to sell their plasma as Trump’s affordability crisis spirals |