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1. “All”? Yeah. I’m saying he didn’t send ALL his,political contributions to either party.
2. I’m also saying accepting political contributions from someone doesn’t equal thinking someone is a “swell guy” anyways. Politicians would take contributions from the the guy that murdered their Mom and not bat an eyelash.
The only nerve you’ve struck is concern you’ve gone on a bender or are having a stroke or something. You’re not being real rational at the moment.
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That would be a HUGE hit. What happened to building a stronger military? Thought the USN was supposed to grow the ship count significantly, definitely can't do that with a budget cut.40% cut to Defense spending over next 5 years
Breaking news: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered senior leaders throughout the U.S. military to develop plans for cutting 8 percent from the defense budget in each of the next five years, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post.
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Breaking news: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered senior leaders throughout the U.S. military to develop plans for cutting 8 percent from the defense budget in each of the next five years, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post.www.threads.net
Guessing his little buddy P asked Trump to scale back a bit.
There are SEVERAL actually . Lots of Interviews on local news stations of Trump voters begging them to give their job back because they supported him. I've seen 20+ of these types of interviews. If there that many people on TV talking about how they voted for him and now they got shafted, then there are 100's and 1000's saying the same thing you aren't seeing yet
Even his celeb supporters are publicly saying that too many GOOD Trump Supporters are losing their jobs etc.
Hell EVEN JOSH HAWLEY from Missouri come out speaking out against Trump yesterday over the Medicare cuts he endorsed. JOSH HAWLEY.
Fired federal workers will likely be eligible for unemployment, SNAP benefits, Medicaid or ACA Federal Subsidized Health Care Coverage — which the government will pay for.
Thousands of federal workers fired over the past week by the Trump administration will likely be eligible for unemployment benefits, which the federal government is required to pay for, along with other federal assistance the workers may now be eligible to receive, like food stamps or Medicaid.
State agencies will determine on a case-by-case basis whether an employee is eligible for unemployment. But generally, workers can receive unemployment benefits even when an employer claims they were fired for poor performance, as the Trump administration stated in letters obtained by NBC News that were sent to thousands of federal workers informing them of their termination.
The Trump administration over the past week has been firing thousands of workers who had been on the job for less than two years. The mass terminations have affected nearly every federal agency, including those that provide essential public safety functions like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Aviation Administration, as well as the National Nuclear Security Administration, which designs, builds and oversees the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile.
Fired federal workers will likely be eligible for unemployment — which the government will cover
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, who Trump has tapped to lead the Department of Government Efficiency, an advisory commission that is targeting government agencies for massive layoffs, have indicated that more cuts to the federal workforce will be coming.
The federal government covers unemployment for former federal employees
While states administer unemployment claims, the federal government is responsible for paying the full amount for former federal employees, with the agencies they were fired from reimbursing states for the benefits paid, according to the Labor Department.How much the federal government must pay per person will vary depending on their salary and each state’s rules, though the maximum benefit is typically around $400 a week for 26 weeks.
That could add up to millions of dollars for the federal government. In the most recent round of firings, hundreds of thousands of probationary employees could be affected, according to data from the Office of Personnel Management, although the exact number of people who will be terminated was not immediately clear.
Can the federal government deny applications for the benefits?
The federal government, like any employer, can attempt to deny paying unemployment benefits even if a state determines the fired employee is eligible. But to deny the unemployment benefits, the employer would have to prove the employee committed misconduct or another action that wasn’t in the employer’s best interest, failed to show up for work or voluntarily left the job, according to the Labor Department.In a letters sent to fired federal employees in recent days terminating their employment, the administration didn’t indicate the employees had committed any misconduct. In one letter obtained by NBC News, an employee was told they were being fired because “the Agency finds you are not fit for continued employment because your ability, knowledge and skills do not fit the Agency’s current needs, and your performance has not been adequate to justify further employment at the Agency.”
In another letter sent by the Transportation Department, employees were told that “based on your performance you have not demonstrated that your further employment at the Department of Transportation would be in the public interest.” A person familiar with the situation said many of the employees who received that letter had received positive performance reviews. The person shared a document showing some of the “exceptional” reviews that supervisors had submitted.
In Virginia, where around 8% of workers are employed by the federal government, eligibility will be determined on a case-by-case basis, and the state has put up a website to assist federal workers with questions about their eligibility, said Kerri O’Brien, a spokesperson for the Virginia Employment Commission.
The state website says that an employee may be disqualified for benefits if they quit their job without good cause or were fired for misconduct. It adds that the state will send a questionnaire to the employer, and the employee will have an opportunity to submit evidence supporting their claim before officials make a determination on benefits.
Other federal benefits
Unemployed federal workers may also be eligible for SNAP benefits, known as food stamps, from the federal government if their monthly household income and assets fall below a certain level. Each state has its own process for determining who is eligible for those benefits.The workers can also apply for Medicaid if their income falls below a certain threshold or for federally subsidized health insurance through the Affordable Care Act health insurance exchanges.
Wall Street Journal Slams Donald Trump’s ‘Sellout’ Of Ukraine With A Scathing Reality Check
The conservative Wall Street Journal continued taking swipes at Donald Trump this week with two editorials — published in as many days — that called out the U.S. president’s purported bid to end Russia’s war on Ukraine.On Tuesday, the newspaper’s editorial board called out what it described as “the looming rehabilitation” of Russian President Vladimir Putin, facilitated by Trump, as negotiations to end the conflict — which Putin began with the invasion of Ukraine in 2022 — began between U.S. and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia. Ukrainian officials were notably not invited to participate in the meeting to decide their fate.
The Journal reminded readers of just some of the horrors of Putin’s brutal campaign in Ukraine — such as the killing or maiming of hundreds of thousands of people, the targeting of civilian’s homes and the kidnapping of Ukrainian-born children. It contrasted all that, and more, with Trump’s talk about inviting Putin to America.
“We realize that the ruthless men who rule much of the world can’t be ignored. But usually those men aren’t rewarded with a visit to the U.S., as Mr. Trump hinted last week, before they’ve made any compromises,” said the board.
“Any peace Mr. Putin strikes has to be made with all of his legacy of destruction in mind,” it concluded. Read the full essay here.
On Wednesday, meanwhile, the newspaper’s board warned how Trump is tilting “toward a Ukraine sellout” with his “rhetorical assault” on the country and its President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with the false claim that Ukraine started the war and that Zelenskyy is a “dictator.”
“Last week Mr. Trump said Ukraine can’t join NATO and must give up much of its territory to Russia—concessions to Mr. Putin with nothing in return,” it wrote.
“The better strategy than beating up Ukraine is making clear to Mr. Putin the arms and pressure he’ll face if the Russian doesn’t wind down the war to accept a durable peace,” the editorial concluded. “As it stands now, Mr. Trump’s seeming desperation for a deal is a risk to Ukraine, Europe, U.S. interests—and his own Presidency.” Read that editorial here.
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save?! lol...more like SNAFU!! LOL...
He legit has no clue how tariffs work
Trump wants to abolish the Internal Revenue Service and create an “external” revenue service that will somehow force the rest of the world to fund the U.S. government, according to his new commerce secretary
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Trump wants to abolish the Internal Revenue Service and create an “external” revenue service that will somehow force the rest of the world to fund the U.S. government, according to his new commerce secretary
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Trump wants to abolish the Internal Revenue Service and create an “external” revenue service that will somehow force the rest of the world to fund the U.S. government, according to his new commerce secretary.
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A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.
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A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.
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So no savings!!??!!! ..just give it all away ?
How does this balance the budget?
How does this bring prices down?
How does Still spending the money reduce Spending!!???
The president appeared to approve of sending Department of Government Efficiency savings directly to American citizens.
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How does this balance the budget?
How does this bring prices down?
How does Still spending the money reduce Spending!!???
The president appeared to approve of sending Department of Government Efficiency savings directly to American citizens.
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The president appeared to approve of sending Department of Government Efficiency savings directly to American citizens.
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mugatu
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20% to the public, 20% to deficitSo no savings!!??!!! ..just give it all away ?
How does this balance the budget?
How does this bring prices down?
How does Still spending the money reduce Spending!!???
The president appeared to approve of sending Department of Government Efficiency savings directly to American citizens.
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The president appeared to approve of sending Department of Government Efficiency savings directly to American citizens.
But the claims of savings aren't close to accurate, so its going to be a waste. Already been caught claiming $8B is saving from a canceled $8M contract.
Trump Again Claims He Put Musk ‘In Charge’ Of DOGE, Contradicting His Own DOJ
President Donald Trump Wednesday evening again asserted that he put billionaire Elon Musk “in charge” of his “Department of Government Efficiency,” contradicting his own Department of Justice, which is claiming that Musk is merely a White House adviser with no authority.
“I signed an order creating the Department of Government Efficiency and put a man named Elon Musk in charge,” Trump said at a Saudi Arabian financial conference in Miami Beach, with Musk sitting in the audience. “Thank you, Elon, for doing it. And he’s doing a great job.”
Musk has repeatedly claimed that he and his band of assistants who are currently rampaging through various federal agency computer systems have found “fraud” and “corruption,” and that as a result he has canceled contracts, laid off staff and even eliminated agencies.
Trump’s remarks will likely provide yet more evidence for the Trump critics who have been filing legal challenges against DOGE’s layoffs and cancellations of contracts and grants, on the grounds that Musk’s efforts to cut the government are illegal because Musk has no actual authority to make those decisions. To counter that argument, DOJ lawyers filed an affidavit from a White House official on Monday stating that, to the contrary, Musk is just a White House adviser among many and that he is not in charge of DOGE. DOGE’s actual administrator, who to this point has not been identified, is the person actually making the cuts, the DOJ has argued.
Obvious troll is…..obvious.
So the POTUS can just TAKE OVER a city on a whim ??!!?? If he gets away with doing it to DC he will then claim FULL authority to do it to any other city he wants. FULL ON FACISIM
Trump says feds should ‘take over’ governance of D.C.
President Donald Trump said Wednesday night that the federal government “should take over the governance of D.C.,” claiming that leaders of the nation’s capital are not doing enough to reduce crime, clean up graffiti and remove homeless encampments.
“I think that we should run it strong, run it with law and order, make it absolutely flawlessly beautiful,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One as he flew back to D.C. from Miami.
“People are getting killed; people are being hurt,” Trump said. “You have a great police department there. But somehow they’re not utilized properly. We should govern D.C. I think the federal government should take over the governance of D.C. And run it really, really properly.”
Though he said he gets “along great with” D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D), Trump said local officials are “not doing the job — too much crime, too much graffiti, too many tents on the lawns; there’s magnificent lawns, and there’s tents. It’s a sad thing, homeless people all over the place. We’ve got to take care of the homeless. But we can’t have that in Washington, D.C.”
Trump often has vilified D.C. in recent years, using harsh and even crude language to describe the city as a “crime-ridden death-trap.” But his remarks Wednesday were his most blunt since returning to the White House last month. They came in response to a reporter’s question about whether the city should govern itself.
The checks will be real. The rest of it is voodoo so we will just end up with more debt.
So lets think about this like a house hold Budget
WE are in massive Debt and have huge credit card bills. We are spending way to much so we decide to Make DEEP cuts and give up things we once considered ESSENTIALS and we make the hard decision to cut WAY back on them. Knowing the people in our house might suffer a little bit because of it. But we pull our boots up tight and do the best with the situation and feel some pain.
So now we are going to take these "Savings" and Pay down our Credit Card Bill and KEEP our cuts in place and take money from that and Pay Down our Credit card bill until we get our Credit Card Bill paid off, then we can start looking at restoring some of our cuts we made.
But WAIT......WHAT IF......... we just decided to Give all that savings away to everyone in our House INSTEAD of paying off the Credit Card Bill and then let the people in our House use that Money to Buy what ever they want!!!! and Blow it how they see fit!!!
DOGE Is a JOKE.......Musk is a JOKE and anyone who thinks this crap is even relatively sane or will get the US out of Debt is a Moron.
They are cutting Govt funded Programs they DO NOT LIKE based on their Political Beliefs and then going to use the money they cut from those Programs to BUY YOUR SILENCE and LOYALTY...
Donald Trump's Favorite Newspaper Calls His Ukraine Proposal 'Despicable'
The New York Post, which President Donald Trump said was "once my favorite newspaper," published an editorial calling his proposal for access to Ukraine's rare earth materials "despicable."
Newsweek has reached out to the White House for comment via email.
Why It Matters
Trump's proposed deal for access to Ukraine's rare earth materials has been one of his key negotiating points with Kyiv ahead of any peace talks with Russia.
The New York Post has historically been one of Trump's most loyal media supporters, and the right-wing tabloid often reports favorably on him, having previously endorsed his presidential campaigns. However, the outlet began to move away from Trump after the 2020 election and recently criticized several of his Cabinet nominations.
What To Know
In its editorial, the New York Post wrote that "President Trump's demand that Ukraine sign over a huge chunk of its economy as repayment for help fending off Russia is flat-out wrong. Period." It added that it was "asking for too much" as Ukraine "is the victim of this war, not to mention our ally."The outlet wrote of Trump's proposed deal, "Indeed, as a share of GDP it looks to be harsher than what the victorious allies imposed on Germany in the Peace of Versailles after World War I," and added that, "To squeeze the war-crippled country for all we can, simply because we can, would be despicable."
The Post also wrote that "helping Ukraine defend itself from Vladimir Putin's illegal, barbaric invasion was the right thing to do" and that "there is the possibility for a deal that leaves Ukraine's dignity intact and benefits both parties—perhaps something like that $500-billion accord on rare earth minerals floated the other week—but this isn't it."
The editorial criticizing Trump's proposal is in reference to the president's push to pursue a deal with Ukraine to access "the equivalent of $500 billion of rare earth minerals" in return for continued U.S. aid in the war with Russia.
5K checks back to taxpayers. Cool but at 250 million taxpayers that's 1.25 trillion. I don't think we've found that yet.
Farmers, Ranchers and Farming advocates head to DC to protest Trump Cuts: Frozen funds hurting farmers in MO, nation
More than 130 farmers, ranchers and advocates gathered on Capitol Hill last week, calling for action on the federal funding freeze and farm bill. Missouri, home to over 95,000, ranks second in the nation for the number of farms - with many relying on federal aid to survive. The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, or N-SAC, a nonprofit advocating for sustainable farming, organized the Capitol Hill gathering.
Mike Lavender, N-SAC policy director, says frozen conservation funds are hurting farmers nationwide by limiting support for things such as soil health and the protection of water resources.
"Farmers aren't receiving their payments despite lawfully signed contracts with USDA," he said. "If they have to use their savings to cover costs that their conservation contract can't cover, maybe they don't have enough in savings for their mortgage payment, or to pay off their loan."
Lavender said N-SAC is calling on Congress to pass a bipartisan farm bill that not only strengthens conservation, but also farm safety programs, and supports resilient food and farm systems.
He pointed out that the current farm bill, signed nearly seven years ago, was designed for a vastly different agricultural landscape - emphasizing the need for significant updates.
"We've of course lived through, collectively, the COVID-19 pandemic, and learned lessons from that. We're seeing the increasing impacts of climate change - and we know that there's a lot of work to improve equity and access to the Department of Agriculture, so that we're serving all farmers," he continued.
Lavender warned that the stalled funding has widespread consequences, and added that organizations are laying off workers, canceling programs and stopping critical services that help feed those in need and support farmers.
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