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mugatu
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You make that sound like they walked him in through the open front door for a meet and greet with senators. There was nothing going on in the sebate chambers so either that was a diversion from where people were actually at or it was after they'd had to evacuate all the congressional staff.
At that point I'm pretty sure Police were just trying to keep people from destroying things while they wait for them to leave. Doing what police should do and deescalate the situation... though this is one time I would have been fine with not.
So which entrance did he use to get in, through the broken windows, over the police and barracades at the front entry, or over the police trying to secure the back entry where they couldn't get the gate to close?
Or maybe he just walked in and tipped his horns to the Capitol Police like these folks 
Or maybe he just walked in and tipped his horns to the Capitol Police like these folks
So are you saying you are a Jan 6th denier? It's a yes or no answer
The fact that people here would call anyone voting for Trump a traitor while supporting a party that allows and encourages tens of millions unvetted immigrants to invade our borders says a lot about them. It's ridiculous and you know it.
Lol. No. It happened and it was terrible. Not exactly "insurrection" terrible but terrible. Not as bad as the summer of love riots encouraged by the democrats while rioters were burning and looting our cities and cheered on by your candidate. Not even in the same zip code as what they have done to our borders which is nothing short of treason.
There was bipartisan legislation to help with border issues. I can explain how that went but we all know you know.
mugatu
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He doesn't care. He was told border bad. Immigrants are bad. Dems are bad. Trump is good. That's what he understands.
I do wish Biden had acted sooner, but understand trying to force congress to do their d@mn jobs and fix it properly, not bandaid fixes with executive orders.
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mugatu
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Who was responsible for it?
“The Scranton Fire Department firefighters' union had nothing to do with several signs stating “Scranton Firefighters for Trump” held and displayed by members of the public at the former president's campaign event Wednesday in Scranton, the union announced”
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“The Scranton Fire Department firefighters' union had nothing to do with several signs stating “Scranton Firefighters for Trump” held and displayed by members of the public at the former president's campaign event Wednesday in Scranton, the union announced”
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..he presented this article as proof yesterday and then the publication updated the article Trump had just shown as evidence to say the article was incorrect
Trump claimed he had proof he was honored in Detroit, but then the newspaper issued a correction.
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Trump claimed he had proof he was honored in Detroit, but then the newspaper issued a correction.
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Trump claimed he had proof he was honored in Detroit, but then the newspaper issued a correction.
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Lots of blame to go around. Trump for sure. Nancy Pelosi for sure. The FBI and all of the law enforcement agencies that were warned that it could escalate and promptly stuck their collective head up their rear end. And of course, the rioters themselves that let things get out of hand.
President @BarackObama: If your coworkers acted like Trump, they wouldn’t be your coworkers for very long. If somebody you did business with, or even a family member, acted like that, you’d have a problem with it. And yet, when Donald Trump lies or cheats or shows utter disregard for our Constitution… When he calls POWs ‘losers’ or fellow citizens ’vermin,’ people think it’s okay, as long as your side wins
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President @BarackObama: If your coworkers acted like Trump, they wouldn’t be your coworkers for very long. If somebody you did business with, or even a family member, acted like that, you’d have a problem with it. And yet, when Donald Trump lies or cheats or shows utter disregard for our...
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Trump attacks Detroit while speaking to the Detroit Economics Club and warns if Harris wins, then the entire US will become a crap hole like Detroit already is. The Gov of Michigan is all over the air waves this morning as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) warned Trump to “keep Detroit out of your mouth”
Mayor of Detroit
“Detroit just hosted the largest NFL Draft in history, the Tigers are back in the playoffs, the Lions are headed to the Super Bowl, crime is down and our population is growing,” Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan wrote in a tweet. “Lots of cities should be like Detroit. And we did it all without Trump’s help.”
Discussing the impacts of a potential Kamala Harris presidency, Trump on Thursday warned warned “our whole country will end up being like Detroit if she’s your president.”
“You’re going to have a mess on your hands,” Trump said.
Writing in the Detroit Free Press, AlHajal noted the crowd “stayed silent for this dire forecast of life under a President Harris.”
“It's clear, by the context of his comments, that he views Detroit as some sort of dystopian hellscape,” AlHajal wrote.
AlHajal then launched into a passionate defense of his city, referencing its “relatively affordable housing,” “world-class museums, restaurants and architecture” and “large swaths of land ready to be developed, farmed or left to nature.”
“[A]ny city would be lucky to bear the slightest resemblance to Detroit, with all its cultural influence, its promise, opportunity and unmatched propensity for neighbors looking after each other,” AlHajal wrote.
The Detroit Free Press editor is hardly the only Michigander defending the Motor City.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) warned Trump to “keep Detroit out of your mouth” in a message to the former president.
“Detroit is growing by the minute as people fall in love with this special place,” Whitmer said in a statement.
“Detroit just hosted the largest NFL Draft in history, the Tigers are back in the playoffs, the Lions are headed to the Super Bowl, crime is down and our population is growing,” Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan wrote in a tweet. “Lots of cities should be like Detroit. And we did it all without Trump’s help.”
Mayor of Detroit
“Detroit just hosted the largest NFL Draft in history, the Tigers are back in the playoffs, the Lions are headed to the Super Bowl, crime is down and our population is growing,” Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan wrote in a tweet. “Lots of cities should be like Detroit. And we did it all without Trump’s help.”
'Dark and depraved': Detroit Free Press editor rips Trump’s remarks on Motor City
Detroit Free Press deputy editorial page editor Khalil AlHajal on Friday slammed Donald Trump’s “tired old jokes” on Detroit, MI, writing in an op-ed that the former president’s “off-the-cuff jab” at the Motor City “didn’t land” during a speech at a Detroit Economic Club meeting.Discussing the impacts of a potential Kamala Harris presidency, Trump on Thursday warned warned “our whole country will end up being like Detroit if she’s your president.”
“You’re going to have a mess on your hands,” Trump said.
Writing in the Detroit Free Press, AlHajal noted the crowd “stayed silent for this dire forecast of life under a President Harris.”
“It's clear, by the context of his comments, that he views Detroit as some sort of dystopian hellscape,” AlHajal wrote.
AlHajal then launched into a passionate defense of his city, referencing its “relatively affordable housing,” “world-class museums, restaurants and architecture” and “large swaths of land ready to be developed, farmed or left to nature.”
“[A]ny city would be lucky to bear the slightest resemblance to Detroit, with all its cultural influence, its promise, opportunity and unmatched propensity for neighbors looking after each other,” AlHajal wrote.
The Detroit Free Press editor is hardly the only Michigander defending the Motor City.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) warned Trump to “keep Detroit out of your mouth” in a message to the former president.
“Detroit is growing by the minute as people fall in love with this special place,” Whitmer said in a statement.
“Detroit just hosted the largest NFL Draft in history, the Tigers are back in the playoffs, the Lions are headed to the Super Bowl, crime is down and our population is growing,” Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan wrote in a tweet. “Lots of cities should be like Detroit. And we did it all without Trump’s help.”
He getting closer folks!! I have a bet ongoing with a friend that Trump will announce a complete and total disbanding of ALL FEDERAL taxes as we get up to Election . And his moronic followers won't even understand that removing these Federal Taxes would completely destroy the US MILITATY Budget.
Dude was making some wild tax cut claims yesterday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is rolling out a new tax-cut proposal about once a week in an unusual rush in the final stretch of the campaign to sway voters in an election that could be decided by just a few thousand votes.
Trump's parade of giveaways comes at a time when presidential hopefuls are typically busy fine-tuning existing proposals rather than making a host of new ones with little acknowledgment of the fiscal cost to be paid down the road.
Want to buy a car? Trump has a tax cut for you. Wish you did not have to pay taxes on tips, or working overtime, or your Social Security? Trump has proposals to help you there, too.
With a little over three weeks left until Election Day, both the former president and his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, are indulging in some economic populism to lure voters. Many economists say Trump's promises, if fulfilled, are by far the biggest budget-busters.
Trump pledged in a marathon Detroit Economic Club speech on Thursday to allow consumers to deduct the interest on car loans, a plan he said would boost the U.S. auto industry. He did not mention the bill American taxpayers could be left footing.
Trump promises to end US Taxes on Americans living abroad
Less than 24 hours earlier, he had promised Americans living abroad that he would end double taxation. Some American expats are required to pay taxes to both the U.S. government and foreign authorities.
Michigan, an automotive manufacturing hub, is a pivotal battleground in the Nov. 5 election and opinion polls show the race there between Trump and Harris to be neck and neck.
"He's a salesman at heart, and one of his advantages in sales, as in politics, is that he's unencumbered by shame or consistency or policy details," said Liam Donovan, a Republican strategist in Virginia who doesn't work for Trump's campaign.
"In this case, Trump is trying to close a deal, and the spate of policy proposals are a bid to give the customer what they want."
Six of Trump's tax ideas were rolled out in September and October, while another three were announced since mid-May, according to a Reuters tally.
Along with the auto loan tax credit, Trump has promised to do away with taxes on tips and overtime hours for wage workers, eliminate a cap on a tax deduction known as "SALT" enjoyed mainly by wealthy taxpayers (that his own administration signed into law), and eliminate taxes on Social Security benefits.
Trump recently also promised to reduce the corporate tax rate from 21% to 15% for companies that make their products in the U.S. and give companies purchasing heavy machinery a tax credit.
Some of the proposals appear geared toward groups Trump will need to win on Nov. 5.
Trump first rolled out his pledge to eliminate taxes on tips during a rally in Las Vegas in June. The service sector is a major employer in Nevada, and many hotel and casino workers in that hotly contested battleground state would stand to gain directly from the proposal.
'HE'S TRYING TO GET ELECTED'
Harris has also put forth tax proposals in recent weeks that would cut taxes for a large swath of voters and expand the deficit. She has also pledged new investments in child care and healthcare.
Michael Bloomberg, the former New York mayor and former Democratic presidential candidate, was critical of both campaigns, accusing them of "pandering" and of being fiscally reckless. The Harris campaign declined to comment.
"Pandering for votes is standard practice in election campaigns," Bloomberg said in an opinion piece posted on Thursday on the Bloomberg LP news site. "But the tax-policy proposals on offer during this presidential contest are setting new standards for shamelessness."
Most of Bloomberg's venom was aimed at Trump, whose policies, he said, are "a recipe for disaster."
The Trump campaign said its proposals would put more money in the pockets of everyday Americans, though it did not address fiscal concerns in a statement to Reuters.
"If Americans want less taxes and more money in their pockets, the only option is to vote for President Trump," Trump campaign press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
The campaign says revenue from increased tariffs and a broadened tax base from higher growth would make up for any shortfall. Economists are not convinced.
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, which advocates reducing federal deficits, estimated on Monday that Trump's tax cut proposals up to then would add $7.5 trillion to the federal deficit over 10 years - compared with $3.5 trillion for Harris'. Other economists have said his proposals would disproportionately benefit the richest Americans.
Most, if not all, of Trump's tax proposals would require approval by Congress, control of which is currently divided between Democrats and Republicans. While that may change after the election, both chambers will likely be closely divided, making approval of complex legislation a challenge.
Arthur Laffer, a longtime economic adviser to Trump who frequently discusses tax policy with the former president, said Trump was no different from other politicians who make campaign promises on the trail.
"He's trying to get elected, for God's sake," Laffer said. "He's thinking of what things can I do that would be good politically, and also be good for the economy."
Dude was making some wild tax cut claims yesterday
Trump's tax cut pledges are coming fast and furious in waning days of campaign
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is rolling out a new tax-cut proposal about once a week in an unusual rush in the final stretch of the campaign to sway voters in an election that could be decided by just a few thousand votes.
Trump's parade of giveaways comes at a time when presidential hopefuls are typically busy fine-tuning existing proposals rather than making a host of new ones with little acknowledgment of the fiscal cost to be paid down the road.
Want to buy a car? Trump has a tax cut for you. Wish you did not have to pay taxes on tips, or working overtime, or your Social Security? Trump has proposals to help you there, too.
With a little over three weeks left until Election Day, both the former president and his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, are indulging in some economic populism to lure voters. Many economists say Trump's promises, if fulfilled, are by far the biggest budget-busters.
Trump pledged in a marathon Detroit Economic Club speech on Thursday to allow consumers to deduct the interest on car loans, a plan he said would boost the U.S. auto industry. He did not mention the bill American taxpayers could be left footing.
Trump promises to end US Taxes on Americans living abroad
Less than 24 hours earlier, he had promised Americans living abroad that he would end double taxation. Some American expats are required to pay taxes to both the U.S. government and foreign authorities.
Michigan, an automotive manufacturing hub, is a pivotal battleground in the Nov. 5 election and opinion polls show the race there between Trump and Harris to be neck and neck.
"He's a salesman at heart, and one of his advantages in sales, as in politics, is that he's unencumbered by shame or consistency or policy details," said Liam Donovan, a Republican strategist in Virginia who doesn't work for Trump's campaign.
"In this case, Trump is trying to close a deal, and the spate of policy proposals are a bid to give the customer what they want."
Six of Trump's tax ideas were rolled out in September and October, while another three were announced since mid-May, according to a Reuters tally.
Along with the auto loan tax credit, Trump has promised to do away with taxes on tips and overtime hours for wage workers, eliminate a cap on a tax deduction known as "SALT" enjoyed mainly by wealthy taxpayers (that his own administration signed into law), and eliminate taxes on Social Security benefits.
Trump recently also promised to reduce the corporate tax rate from 21% to 15% for companies that make their products in the U.S. and give companies purchasing heavy machinery a tax credit.
Some of the proposals appear geared toward groups Trump will need to win on Nov. 5.
Trump first rolled out his pledge to eliminate taxes on tips during a rally in Las Vegas in June. The service sector is a major employer in Nevada, and many hotel and casino workers in that hotly contested battleground state would stand to gain directly from the proposal.
'HE'S TRYING TO GET ELECTED'
Harris has also put forth tax proposals in recent weeks that would cut taxes for a large swath of voters and expand the deficit. She has also pledged new investments in child care and healthcare.
Michael Bloomberg, the former New York mayor and former Democratic presidential candidate, was critical of both campaigns, accusing them of "pandering" and of being fiscally reckless. The Harris campaign declined to comment.
"Pandering for votes is standard practice in election campaigns," Bloomberg said in an opinion piece posted on Thursday on the Bloomberg LP news site. "But the tax-policy proposals on offer during this presidential contest are setting new standards for shamelessness."
Most of Bloomberg's venom was aimed at Trump, whose policies, he said, are "a recipe for disaster."
The Trump campaign said its proposals would put more money in the pockets of everyday Americans, though it did not address fiscal concerns in a statement to Reuters.
"If Americans want less taxes and more money in their pockets, the only option is to vote for President Trump," Trump campaign press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
The campaign says revenue from increased tariffs and a broadened tax base from higher growth would make up for any shortfall. Economists are not convinced.
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, which advocates reducing federal deficits, estimated on Monday that Trump's tax cut proposals up to then would add $7.5 trillion to the federal deficit over 10 years - compared with $3.5 trillion for Harris'. Other economists have said his proposals would disproportionately benefit the richest Americans.
Most, if not all, of Trump's tax proposals would require approval by Congress, control of which is currently divided between Democrats and Republicans. While that may change after the election, both chambers will likely be closely divided, making approval of complex legislation a challenge.
Arthur Laffer, a longtime economic adviser to Trump who frequently discusses tax policy with the former president, said Trump was no different from other politicians who make campaign promises on the trail.
"He's trying to get elected, for God's sake," Laffer said. "He's thinking of what things can I do that would be good politically, and also be good for the economy."
Our city doesn't suck because.........sports. LOL.
Ohh lets play game shall we
- Gross domestic product (GDP) in the Detroit Region has reached a peak in 2022 from the past five years, outpacing national growth rates.
- Employment, educational attainment, and income are trending in a positive direction.
- Leaks persist in the Region’s talent pipeline, with enrollment and degree completion down.
- The Detroit Region consistently ranks as one of the most affordable locations, based on cost of living and rental rates—40% lower than the coasts.
- One of the nation’s most populous regions and largest economies, the Detroit Region has shown resiliency over the past few years, including record–low unemployment and increased employment along with growth in household income. Despite the overall strong economic performance, the Region’s population growth has been relatively stagnant, lagging the national rate.
- One of the largest economies is the Detroit Region, which is growing. Its gross domestic product, $322.6 billion, has outpaced national growth rates in the past five years.
- Median household income in the Detroit Metro grew by 6.1% year-over-year to $71,265 but remains below the national average of $74,755 in 2022.
- The Region’s annual unemployment rate reached a 20-year record low at 3.7%, nearly matching the national rate in 2023.
- There were 5.4 million residents in the Detroit Region in 2023, which had a growth rate (0.3%) that lags the national rate (1.9%) in the past five years.
- Domestic companies invested $4.4 billion in the Region compared to international companies at $4.6 billion in the past five years. The top countries were the U.K. ($2B), Canada ($634M), Germany ($580M), and Japan ($158M).
- The Detroit MSA ranked as one of the largest national export markets (#10), with exported goods valued at more than $43.6 billion in 2022, which notably increased by 14.7% in one year.
- The vacancy rates for office and industrial real estate remain steady in the Detroit Region but lower than national rates, especially for the industrial market, which has been operating at near capacity for almost a decade.
- The Detroit Region has a workforce of 2.6 million in 2023, which has increased an average of 3.0% year-over-year in the past five years.
- Occupational wages increased significantly, by 16.0%, over the past five years in the Detroit Region.
- The highest-paying occupations in 2023 were in management, legal, and computer and information technology.
- The percentage of residents 25 and older with an associate degree or higher has grown by 2.6 percentage points since 2018. The Region’s educational attainment rate of 43.6% is near the national rate of 44.5%.
- Detroit is one of the most affordable U.S. metros, with the cost-of-living index (COLI) ranking the fourth lowest among major metros (4 million population or more) in 2023.
- The median rent in the Detroit MSA ranks has one of the most affordable out of the most populous U.S. metros in 2023, with rents 42% lower than San Francisco, 40% lower than New York, and 40% lower than Boston MSAs.
- The median home value in the Detroit Region increased significantly at 42.9% over the past five years but remains affordable, with prices nearly $59,000 lower than the national average in 2022.
- 69.7% of lane miles of roads assessed in the Detroit Region were considered in good or fair condition, an increase of 12.7 percentage points in the past five years, with a notable decrease in roads in poor condition.
- Annual passengers at the Detroit Metro Airport (DTW) have increased notably in one year to 28.6 million passengers in 2023 but are still lower than the pre-pandemic peak in 2019 by 14.4%.
- Public transit ridership has recovered to 57% of pre-pandemic levels in 2023, increasing 16.7% from 2022.
mugatu
Ranger
What are you doing bringing facts to a Trump comment?
