SCOTUS showdown week: food stamp fight heads to the High Court; Trump’s tariff case ties into another national debate; and the Justices restore sanity on gender-ID passports.
Time to end the filibuster. Democrats are ready to cross the rubicon when they take power to pack the court, mass amnesty illegals, and DC/PR statehood. RINOs are sabotaging Trump again. Affordability will improve with more deportations so Americans aren’t competing with 50 million foreigners for housing, education, and healthcare. If they don’t act, the midterms, 2028, and our republic will be lost to communists.
I just sent my two Senators a message! Who’s with me???
ETA:
If you’re in a blue state and your Senators are unlikely to even consider this, maybe call or email to tell them that the shutdown is hurting you and your family and that you blame THEM (not President Trump or the Republican Senators) for holding out.
I called both of my blue state senators and left them a voicemail that the shutdown is hurting my family and people I know. And that it was time to sign the continuing resolution. Thank you for the suggestion. That felt good!
That’s great!! If they start thinking the public isn’t buying their attempts to shift the blame on President Trump and the Republicans, maybe they’ll back down.
I can't blame you for trying. Been there, done that, about 100 times myself. ALL to no avail. You'll be lucky to even get back a "form letter" thanking you for "your concern."
God bless you though, Running Logic. You are still fighting. And personally, I commend you for that! And despite my sarcasm, I, too, am still in the game. Carry on! MAGA!
DONE and DONE!!!! I'VE also sent texts to family and friends encouraging them to do the same. Our daughter's family is active military and our SIL has already received his last paycheck!
And a very convenient app called Bill Blaster, hosted by Warroom, lists all the legislators, with phone and email. Fingertip access to them all! Download it in the app store.
Great information, thanks! Personally I have no room fur additional apps (old phone with limited space) but I’m sure many other people here can benefit!
Of course you can "pressure" them! I've done that for decades...and seen little improvement. I'm praying for a Jehovah Jireh moment - my faith is in our Creator and Him alone!
It takes hundreds of thousands of us to make a point. And then they think there are probably 20 people out there who agree with all those who did contact them but didn’t. That makes for a lot of pressure.
I used to write to my senators all the time. But I live in a deep blue state and our senators don't care. I am so unfortunate as to have Patty Murray as one of my senators. Who should people like me write to? Does it do any good to keep contacting them? It is an honest question. I used to believe in contacting my representative.
Then call and tell them you are angry about the shutdown, it’s hurting you and/or your family and you blame THEM! They might not care about the filibuster but that might be an approach that gets their attention more.
I wonder if that will be necessary. Up here in Maine, Collins, for example, is getting ready to run again. Why would she want to put herself in a position for an opponent to hang a "baby starver" sign around her neck?
And who's to say Trump isn't putting the focus on the senate for just that reason. He is probably helped more than harmed by being tough on spending, but the individual senators are more vulnerable to direct accusations if the shutdown goes on much longer.
Maybe they really just need to end the “silent” filibuster. Make them work for it. There’s no way they could have kept it up this long if they were required to be on the floor speaking.
So true. Legislators are notoriously lazy. If they were required to be present the entire time, this would be over in no time because they’d all miss the free meals and cocktail hours with lobbyists. .
Completely agree. I would not be in favor of ending the filibuster altogether, but the silent filibuster is lazy and a cop out. Definitely in favor of ending the silent filibuster option.
I just cannot believe that the Dems without leaders, without a message, and without a legislative plan can win back the House or the Senate for a least a generation. The Senate filibuster is their only strategy right now and that can be taken away from them.
You underestimate the number of imbeciles in the US population. Also the number of illegal aliens voting. Finally, the fraud that occurs, always favoring the Dems, in each election.
No, just a bunch of fools with no backbone and no spine. They are afraid of their own shadow. They are part of the reason why we are where we are today.
Nancy Pelosi may be retiring, but Congress will still have plenty of crazy Democrats. A new one could take office after the midterms.
A “furry” who identifies as a honey badger, celebrated the murders of Charlie Kirk and the UnitedHealthcare CEO, and claimed “America deserved 9/11” is running for one of Michigan’s House seats. The candidate, 36-year-old IT contractor Samuel Smeltzer, seeks to topple Republican incumbent Tom Barrett.
Smeltzer, a self-declared United States hater and China lover, is running because he believes his party “needs Honey Badger energy." His platform includes higher taxes for the rich, calling Republicans Nazis, and support for the “furry community” and the “queer community.”
Smeltzer’s official campaign statement on the assassination of Charlie Kirk described the Turning Point USA founder as “a white supremacist who preached stochastic terrorism” while labeling his killer “an Alt Right Groyper who was radicalized by Nick Fuentes.” This candidate clearly needs help..
Luckily the Smeltzer is running in Michigan, not SF ... though who knows what new forms of crazy will emerge here! And yes, there is indeed something in the water :-)
Yep, Dems will be running candidates much further to the Left than members like Pelosi ever was. They are now officially coming from the depths of the Looney Bin coalition.
It is a coalition that is very dangerous. They support everything immoral, unnatural, illegitimate, illegal, criminal, murderous. If only there could be a political passover where R's and I's were painted in red on the door jambs.
I happen to know Tom Barrett. He is a good guy, but the Marxists of Michigan have targeted his seat for Dem control. I hope that this guy is a bridge too far, even for the Dems. This district is Elissa Stotkins old Congressional area for the most part.
After jay jones, that's not a stretch for dems anywhere. they embrace abnormal, unnatural, immoral, satanic, criminal, sacrificial and the list goes on.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune has gone on record saying he doesn't think there are enough votes to end the "silent" filibuster.
He needs to be forced to put it to a vote - or refuse to put it to a vote. If he puts it to a vote, then Mr. Trump and supporters know who to primary. If he refuses, then he needs to taken out as majority leader.
Agreed, it has become so apparent that the millions of illegals let Into the country during the Biden era made rents unaffordable and house-buying too expensive for Americans who already lived here. It has to stop. And the abuse of the H1B visas also contributes to the problem and has to stop.
not to mention that every spending/budget except cr only needs a simple majority- so even democrats should support eliminating the cycle cr as next time they are in power they won’t want Republicans to have a silent veto
Don't take this wrong, but if Trump et al are successful in deporting, say, 10 million illegals (about half of them), prices will go up. At least for some things. Reason: you just removed 10 million workers who were working for very low wages. It's the whole reason they're here, apart from all the free stuff.
Or maybe the lies have been so big and so thorough for so long that the vast majority of those who might be deported are largely living off the free stuff and really not contributing much to the low end of our labor market?
In which case of course, costs go down for us...by a fair bit (assuming State and Fed govts cut the taxes used to pay for all the free stuff...and that's a BIG IF!
Internet searches of this question will only return "expert opinion" or "studies"...and I have no interest in either.
They’re depressing wages at the same time though so although things might be more expensive, people would also theoretically at least be earning more. I think it’s a net gain to deport them since overall I think between handouts, extra services such as translators and interpreters and ESL teachers, as well as increased crime, they’re a drain on society.
No so much of it is conditioned to think that. The welfare state has ballooned to then just take money from middle class who actually pay taxes and they can no longer afford stuff. “Tariffs” is more of a code word to get back to the American System of Economy designed by Alexander Hamilton. He fixed revolutionary war debt and brought the country into prosperity. Then Aaron Burr who set up Wall Street, killed him.
First of all, not that many illegals are in the fields picking fruits and vegetables. Secondly, we HAVE H-2A seasonal agricultural worker visas, I wouldn't mind if we issued a lot of those. Thirdly, President Trump already said to leave the people working in agriculture, construction, and (I think) hospitality alone. I don't agree with that last point.
“The Derrick” in Oil City, PA. (Named that because this area was where the American oil industry was born in 1860. The paper’s original purpose was to report on the daily price of a barrel of oil due to insane fluctuations before Rockefeller showed up here.
I think you're right, Yuri. It's become ridiculous. I can easily see when the dems finally get back in power, the repubs can simply pull the same game. Yell, "Filibuster!" then head across the street to Starbucks or the pub and let the whole thing grind to a halt--forever. Why should the dems/repubs in these situations EVER capitulate? The minority veto that Jeff talks about is absurd. Deep six the beast--something the dems will do in any event if/when the tides turn. This is kind of prisoner's dilemma/Mexican standoff love child. Wild stuff!
I would hope the RINOS would just rewrite the rules and end the silent part. Let the debate happen and see where everyone stands. Not optimistic though. After serious TDS to point of assassination the lame Rs will not give in.
I live in CA. If the Democrats really wanted to end hunger, obesity and the wide range of current health problems in children they would reinstate home ec classes in public schools. I went to public high school here in the late sixties. I wanted to take home ec which was still offered. My counselor tried to talk me out of it, saying I was too smart for it. I took it anyway and learned more in it than any of the other classes. The students in it were poor and working class. Probably just City College bound at most. The teacher would give us food stamps and send us to the market across the street and we'd have to come back with ingredients on that budget for a healthy week of home cooked meals. After home ec I had to take a revisionist “college prep” history class called American Problems, which did nothing but foster stupid leftist attitudes in students, whereas home ec taught us how to solve an essential American problem: hunger.
My grandkids and I watched a Matt Walsh video with clips of EBT recipients crying about proposed restrictions on what they could get with their free food money. Basically on the elimination of junk food. One outraged woman insisted that she deserved brownies paid for by the rest of us. My grandsons and I then proceeded to make brownies from scratch, which was very easily done. We could have done the math and research on our own, but I asked ChatGPT to compare the costs of making brownies from scratch, with using a mix, and with buying them premade. Making the brownies from scratch, using the highest quality ingredients such as real butter and organic flour still resulted in paying a fraction of the costs of buying the brownies premade. But that very concept of doing something yourself is rather rare among our entitled population these days. Everything should be provided for free. One should not have to be frugal or prepare for the future. And there is no expectation that things should be otherwise. They are the victims!
Melissa, you are so right! The left wanted to make poor people dependent on them. And make them angry. So they've replaced real education in life survival skills with brainwashing.
I was just thinking about Home ec. If we are to have a doe public schools should be required to teach it. Imagine how many people would be eating if they knew how to boil oatmeal, rice or potatoes and put a can of something on it, make biscuits from scratch. So many simple recipes. I thought also as long as they are adding requirements to welfare and food stamps- what about 2 hours a month doing classes on cooking and financial literacy?
Am old enough to remember when the USDA commodities program provided food stamp recipients varying items from the following list: bags of rice, dried beans, dried lentils, sugar, powdered milk, and (I think) oatmeal; peanut butter, butter, government cheese (not processed cheese); canned meats, vegetables and fruit; and some other items. Also available were some frozen vegetables, if I remember. These were packaged in white waxed cardboard looking like one pound bricks (green beans, lima beans, broccoli & corn come to mind). Was impressed when the recipient unloaded the goods, but that was when most people were thankful rather than resentful (unless you were one of those people who would ‘bitch if their ice cream was cold’).
Home-economics classes gave valuable skills to keep the family fed and clothed and within budget, vital yet unappreciated skills.
My year long 8th grade home economics class in the late 60's taught me to budget, meal plan, grocery shop for best prices, bake from scratch, sew, balance a checkbook, knit (admittedly I was not very good at that) and so much more. Besides my math classes, there isn't a class that has contributed more to my success in life than this one. I still utilize all of these skills except the knitting (haha). Thank you Mrs. Heitman.
I was a grocery store cashier in college and yes, WIC vouchers could only be used for a tiny handful of items like you listed. Lisa’s reply to you suggests it may have changed.
it has not expanded to cigarettes, alcohol, or lott. It is still basic food but as our country essentially forces greasy, gross processed (and cheaper) food, packaged foods and microwave dinners are allowed.
Sadly, so many of these people have no idea _how_ to cook from scratch or even to get started with that. I was reading at least one anecdote of someone who was trying to help the poor who were on food stamps, and when visiting there was a 10 lb sack of potatoes that had completely rotted because nobody knew how to cook a potato. (and they just left it there to boot - ugh)
But yes - SNAP should be "you get the bare essentials" not "here's money for pop and chips", let alone "you can use this for fast food and door dash".
I worked for the extension serice inKS and was told by the local home ec ahent that whe she tried to give food stamp recipients a class on scratch cooking, they all shot back at her saying, why should we put our all this effort when we can just go use our food stamps for frozen pizza?
Hunger would eventually be a strong motivator, but there’s no reason that basic instructions could not be provided along w the food. Hell, if the Jews can eat flour mixed w/water ( matzo) SNAP folks can muddle thru.
I could exercise without hill climbs or weight lifting. So walking or flat cycling was fine. I didn’t l, but I could completely skip showering if I had wanted to. Zero body odor. Dentist said no evidence of any plaque or its precursors. Basically all bacteria dies off and bathroom activity becomes nil. Nothing but water and toxins to get rid of.
I had to drive across country. I was behind the wheel and I had a friend with me. Out of deference to her I started eating simple things… I would have kept going.
I’ve generally been a healthy eater by American standards. I eat a lot less now and it’s easy to do fasting days. Probably like anything- its perspective. If you get used to doing something “hard” it doesn’t seem difficult after a while.
With food it’s mind over matter because the impulse to eat regardless of how overweight you are, etc is located in the primitive brain. Important when food is scarce but more of a hinderance these days.
I feel sure that the snappers all have cell phones and internet. You can get cooking instructions, recipes, and videos easily. Pleaaasse…. They just want it to be easy.
Obvious Solutions: If the SNAP situation constitutes an emergency, then why not do the obvious things that are done in emergencies? Send out the National Guard with MREs. Everybody wins. (ICE could help too!)
I agree, and certainly the option of canned or frozen fruits and vegetables, along with canned meats and fish. I'm sure many of us stock these things for meal preparation. I cannot always get to the store for fresh meat, but I do have Keystone canned roast beef and Wild Planet tuna in the pantry.
I'd be in favor of reducing the amount of cash given out and setting up government run soup kitchens. Give cards with a certain number of vouchers on them for entry to the soup kitchens. ID's could be checked on entry. These could be set up in local school cafeterias. That way they get nutritious meals, and they also can't sell the benefits.
It would be a source of jobs as well.
Yes, I know, that's an expansion of government oversight. But it would probably be a net savings in money expenditures IF done right.
That’s an interesting idea. They’d have to be open 24/7. Seems like allowing the purchase of only the single ingredient food so ppl had it in their homes would be more efficient and dignified. Or to offer ppl the choice of doing one or the other maybe. But soup kitchens definitely make sense for those who don’t have kitchens!
And I’m sure we’re paying for their utilities as well, so they can’t bitch about not being able to afford the gas or electric. But them nails and lashes come first. Thing that kills me is how every person I see using ebt are fat pigs. How do you get fat if you’re poor?
I believe they get obese from eating utter garbage. Chips, soda, junk frozen meals etc. That is why my idea of single ingredient foods would be a HUGE WIN-WIN, imho.
Not sure why you're asking or that it's any of your business, but I am happy to report I'm closing in on a 45#weight loss since February to currently achieve a BMI of 21% with a goal of reaching 20%.
I don’t agree with paying pensions in Ukraine, if that’s even true. Sorry I am not aware of this.
I’m over 60 and my BMI is well within the healthy range, has been my entire life. I rarely eat or buy( only at holidays generally), anything but whole, real food, and cook from scratch. Learn to can, make bone broth from scraps, grow some of your own food. At least if you have those skills you may be less likely to ever find yourself in that situation. YouTube is amazing and free.
Many actually need these benefits, which were designed for emergency short term use. I think there should be an expiration date on them, after which the person has to jump through some hoops and demonstrate the need along with showing proof of residency in a state or tax return or any one of another numerous ways to show that you actually need it and aren’t a grifter.
Many school districts, including our local ones near me provide free breakfast and lunch to any student that wants it. They’ll even pack the lunch in a brown bag to go, for the pre- k and kindergartners who leave before the lunch period. There’s absolutely no reason for a school age child to be going hungry in my area.
Sure, that would be their prerogative but I don’t think they’d get much for it, as only truly hungry people would need to buy it on the secondary market and they wouldn’t have any money. 😆
It's the big food conglomerates that benefit from this. Dollar stores are where most people buy their groceries in poor and rural areas. Schools offer free breakfast to all students and it's nothing but pure junk. Parents don't even know that their children are ushered in to key in their numbers and buy honey buns and corn syrup after feeding them at home. There is no record sent to the parents. It is not the fault of the people, it is the fault of us for not standing up for people who don't have food choices and are uneducated about the poisons in their food. We won't do it because we love our high stock prices for our retirement accounts. Most of the commenters on Substack are retired and really don't know what's been going on in schools for a long time including when they went to school. . Covid put it all on steroids. Until people get off of their keyboards and start going into schools and daycares (where it starts) till volunteer abd report what they see, this will not change.
Generally true, but not all school lunches are horrible. In addition, these services were designed to give families temporary emergency help, not become generationally used. It’s time for a major audit of the entire program in my humble opinion. I would love to be on that team. Is anyone in power talking about auditing the SNAP program and its recipients? If the grift is reduced then there’s more to go around for those who actually need it.
I largely agree with you. But I also don't think that it has to be a choice between high stock prices and better / high quality product. I (naively?) think there can be both. But while corps can get away with the path of least resistance through high-priced lobbying efforts, they'll take it. I don't blame them.
RFKJr I think will go a long way or all the way towards fixing this. He seems to be on a MISSION to clean up American food, which I celebrate.
Yes, We The People should and need to be more aware but imo, we cannot and should not have to give oversight over EVERYTHING. If the purpose of govt is *anything* it should be to provide a bulwark against / oversight over corporations. I view western humanity (America?) as a 3-legged stool: Corporations, Govt, Citizens. They all have to have equal strength to keep the seat from wobbling. (I used to think that maybe Unions were a fourth leg but I really hate unions)
I quit going to Whole Foods because it's too hard to park my medium size car among the Lexus SUVs and the Lincoln Navigators. If I do manage to park, I can't open the doors and have to exit through the trunk.
Jeff, you wrote “…But McConnell raged for 28 pages, quoting various of President Trump’s Truth Social posts at least six times— three times in full.” and it made me want to THANK you and Michelle for reading and researching daily. It’s the ultimate in taking one for the team. I sure appreciate what you both slog through on a daily basis. 💜
I think about that very point very often when I'm reading this. I'm so grateful to have someone as intelligent and clear-thinking as Mr. Childers making our lives better.
And, if that Judges statements were made by an attorney before another judge, there would be an immediate objection of "irrelevant your Honor", followed by a loud "sustained!"
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
Snidely Whiplash is a flippin boy scout compared to democrats and their pocketed liberal judges. Holding an entire country hostage until "common sense" caves into the illicit erractic demands of the America hating loons is exasperating. Really tired of this sordid amalgamation of halfwits. By all means, let’s all just sign off on setting aside a couple of million dollars to support research for transvestite goat herders in Nicaragua. What hell is wrong with these whack jobs? Taking the "progress" out of progressivism.
Crazy that obvious black/white issues that any reasonable person would reject (men in women's sports, noncitizens voting, drag shows to children, teaching sex to toddlers, etc.) are now laboriously debated is asinine.
Some things are just common sense - but we don't seem to have that these days.
Honest elections too... one day voting, limited mail-in voting, paper ballots with watermarks, NO machines like Dominion/Smartmatic... REAL voter ID mandatory... and making voter fraud a felony with mandatory 5 year prison terms...
...unless the only way to grab power is via fraud... and for the radical left (the moderate left has disappeared)... it IS the only way.
Same concept: Why are illegals receiving any benefits of any kind?
An entire country held hostage until the "health" insurance industry has its revenue stream restored. Ahead of even the starving children, crashing air travelers, and once again taken for granted service members even. It really tells you everything you need to know. So much for the catering to their base argument. Their base hates the health insurance providers.
That is their real party in interest for sure. But not their voting base. At least not yet. I wonder how far we are from entities, as opposed to just humans, having the power of the vote. IMO a lot of the issues we face are from allowing corporate interference in elections.
Fascinating stuff. Baker and the Blaze must be pretty darn sure of this because if they are wrong there's a huge legal liability.
But they aren't wrong. As Darren Beatty and Julie Kelly have pointed out for years the whole pipe bomb episode was an obvious plant, it's discovery was timed just before things were instigated at the Capitol. It was an obvious set up that duped a lot of well-meaning (but not very wise) people into being portrayed as "insurrectionists" when they were really just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Now we know what we always suspected, it was an op. But we have to be a lot smarter than this, the Deep State needs gullible cannon fodder for their ops to work. Don't let yourself be duped and have your life destroyed.
Wow that’s a big story! Grateful for the work of The Blaze. Something that stood out to me in addition to the story, she went on to work for the CIA (what a coincidence!) and also she’s a CIA officer on college campuses? WTH?
When I saw how far she walked that day (the FBI produced a video tracking her route), I concluded the bomber was an athlete. She walked a LOT that day, revisiting the same places. She was wearing expensive athletic shoes, too.
Wow good article. If this unravels it seems like the beginning of the whole BS narrative of that day unraveling for all the normies that need to be urgently shaken awake.
Murdering, or genociding islam, isn’t murder. In fact, anyone killing jihadis should be given medals. They are below the common earthworm. I avoid stepping on them after a rain. Islamists? Kill them all. Erase the whole tenet.
Next hopefully we'll solve/prove the mystery of who set up the J6 gallows case, which the feds suspiciously weren't interested in investigating either.
It is so sad and appalling that most of our highest hopes for Trump II have been dashed to pieces...
A corrupt DOJ, Blondi, Kash, Bongino... all scum, IMHO... his Cabinet riddled with Zionist controlled liars, traitors and warmongers... Trump himself seemingly a puppet of Israel, also a liar and clown (selling watches on TV???)...
Deficits still exploding, military confrontations abound, demonization of Russia continues, as do absurd sanctions,
Epstein, 911 and JFK files all quashed to serve the common perps, Mossad...
They do. Every 60 days and there are no appointments, so be prepared to sit. Oh, and because you are poor, you can sit all day, not get seen, and have to come back. Also, you get no extra “stamps” when you kill a roach that is craving across your interviewer’s desk with a constitutional law book, but it was a nice kill, and Wanda thanked me profusely.
The requirement is reapply every six or 12 months, according to the state. Most states support online applications and conduct interviews over the phone. There are also in person interviews, if the applicant wants one. But, as with all government programs, there are exceptions.
That was where I went to law school and they were so horrible to me that my kids and I decided we would rather dumpster dive...literally, but that was 1990 and politics have definitely changed up there. I offered to buy groceries for my neighbors on Nextdoor. 10 families so far and the most exotic thing anyone asked for was blueberry pancake mix. Most want eggs, milk and bread.
As I said a couple weeks ago, my elderly mother gets so much food from the local churches’ free food programs that she literally has to turn it away. Her three freezers, two refrigerators, and huge pantry are literally overflowing with canned vegetables, fresh produce, pasta, cheese, frozen beef and chicken, cereal, and weird junk foods. I’m flummoxed as to how ANYBODY in America could be starving. Like “homelessness,” which is really “drug addiction and mental illness,” hunger in America is really, “processed and junk food deprivation.” People literally don’t know what “food” really is. Some Christians even have that problem. But the Bible has the answer. The definition of food (for Adamites) is found in Genesis 1:29.
I’m baffled as to how, with all of the government, church and nonprofit organizations’ programs, we still have any of these issues. It just seems like with all the money and resources, we should at least have fewer people in need. Instead, it’s the opposite 😕
She has a church friend who works in the food ministry and comes to help her with housework every week, and she’s always bringing her armloads of food. My Mom finds it difficult to tell her no, since this woman has been so thoughtful to bring it. Younger generations don’t understand the culture of the WWII generation, who find it difficult to refuse the kind and thoughtful gestures of other people.
Well I’m not the WWII generation or young, but if someone has more food than they know what to do with, the polite thing to do is just say thank you but no OR donate it back to the food bank. Hoarding is not an appropriate option.
For anyone watching or following the story of the Canadian Ostriches, they have all been killed. Here is the story. It was evil and brutal. You can hear the owner screaming and the gun shots as she is begging them to stop shooting. CFIA is evil to the core.
I couldn't finish listening. It was all too evil, sadistic, and profoundly sad. All I can imagine right now is the panic in the birds. I have been thinking since this nightmare began that the birds' immunity to avian flu is the sole reason why they were murdered. Vaccines must prevail at all cost and that includes the wanton destruction of nearly 400 beautiful birds.
I could not sleep last night. Same as you picturing those ostriches watching the others get shot and collapse and they were trapped and could not escape. And yes, that is exactly why they were destroyed so they can beset a gain of fx AI plandemic and mandate the vaccines for it which they already have just waiting....this is beyond the pale, horrific.
I’ve been following it too and it broke my heart. It is explicitly evil for evil purposes. It was shameful and disgusting. All to keep vaxxes on the front lines of their money making schemes. How devastating.
exactly. imagine what they will do to citizens next time round whent he gain of fx AI plandemic is set loose. I can just see the Canadian govt cull its citizens this time around for refusing mandates. this is all coming for us and why we have to be prepared to fight this evil. we cannot be passive.
They shot them all. Last I heard they counted 800 gun shots meaning most of them got two shots or more. Shameful and disgusting. Healthy birds. This happened last night. 😔
Yes it is. I believe in evil and it has infiltrated the canadian govt in full. The govt and its entities are truly possessed. It will never be restored unless its people start a civil war. We will come to this as well if evil, immorality, unpunished crime, gangs, support of everything unnatural, punishing believers continues. It is We the People, not WE the Govt.
This demonstrates conclusively that because you can does not mean you should. It also shows the result of cutting human decision making in favor of entities. This is just the tip of the iceberg on that. Wait until AI and/or transnational corporations rule the day. In short only humans are capable of humanity for others.
This has hit me particularly hard. So many people were praying, fervently, in His name, that these ostriches be protected, but the prayers went unanswered. It's a faith shaker. I don't know how to cope with this. Can this really be God's will?
This was a big win for the evil ones. How will the family ever find peace again? They will be tortured with the sound and sights of their beautiful animals being slaughtered.
I've emailed the CFIA. Everyone should.
I'm trying to pray. May God forgive my weak faith.
I have prayed endlessly and multiple times daily for protection of so many; the ostriches, children, seniors, morality and goodness. I feel your frustration. It is not God's will at all but theres that thing called free will. And that is what gets us into trouble along with temptation and those willingly allowing satan into their minds, bodies and souls to wreak havoc and hurt others in happily sadistic fashion. We will keep praying bc we as Christians truly know at the end, the wicked will be destroyed. God promised us that and He will fulfill that. It is not easy especially when God is silent but we must remain steadfast that He is there and sees all. I will continue to pray for this family that they move forward and find some amount of peace although what they have lived through will forever scar their minds and Souls. Thank you for emailing the wicked CFIA and letting them know how you feel. Many are doing just that. They won't care and will laugh but I await the day each and every one of them is destroyed by their own unlimited evil. Please take good care and your comment was so very dear. Thank you for sharing as I feel the same way.
I keep running into this stumbling block; there are many places in the Bible where Jesus says "if you ask it in My Name, I will do it." I did ask in His name. We all did.
I feel a sense of "why have you forsaken me". I realize, of course, that God did not abandon Jesus on the cross as our sins descended on Him.
He was still there. I'm hoping He is still here.
The thing about free will is also a stumbling block. Children and animals seem to be target of the greatest evil, but they do not really have free will, other's free will is inflicted onto them. I imagine we all wrestle with these questions.
Yes, children and animals bc they are not adulterated, innocents and evil loves to destroy innocence the most. We know all of this will get much worse if you believe the book of Revelation is true. I can't imagine how much more horrific this can all become as we see bloodlust all over the globe. I feel so sorry for God that He must watch what the human race He created and loves so much is capable of.
So John Epstein Roberts, during oral arguments, took issue with POTUS creating a "'tax" via emergency use of Tariffs and assuming the "tax creation authority of the Legislative Branch". Well gee wiz Johnny Boy. If memory serves me correctly was it not you, John, who as a member of the Judicial Branch saved Obamacare by "deeming Obamacare as a tax" even though the plain language of the Law never state a new tax. So it appears you, John, usurped the tax creation authority of the Legislative Branch. You probably should just sit this one out John.
FYI: Ketanji B Jackson of all people just shut down the anti-Trump SNAP lawsuit all by herself over at SCOTUS. Turns out separation of powers still exists.
I find it fascinating that Democrats were literally asking Trump to be King after holding No Kings rallies. If Trump can spend money on whatever he wants without Congress he is essentially King. Goes to show you how cohesive the
And what amazes me is that anyone can see that the government is way too inefficient with this shut down to be trusted with anything as important as foreign commerce and the tariffs. Only a non-demented executive branch should be able to deal with foreign governments using tariffs
Actually, in a functional country, the executive and congress would work together to craft a trade strategy that is coherent, effective and beneficial for all Americans.
Almost all of our politicians have divided loyalties... many are totally subservient to Israel... many to the MIC and the profitable war machine... many to radical socialism... some to race baiting and reverse discrimination, several are muslims...
It seems very few are loyal only to the best interests of America and American CITIZENS.
Regarding the tariff question, isn't it Congress' responsibility to clarify ambiguous language on laws they pass? The fact that there is no pending law in Congress to stop the President from tariffing (my verb) tends to imply that Congress is OK with it. SCOTUS should just tell Congress to do their job.
The Senate passed a resolution on October 30, 2025, to undo many of Trump’s global tariffs... but I doubt they could actually pass a law that would end them.
The husband is not regulating or even remotely influencing the proceedings related to the third straight night at the cantina. He is merely voicing an unheeded, unwanted, nay unnoticed, opinion. Ask me how I know.
Time to end the filibuster. Democrats are ready to cross the rubicon when they take power to pack the court, mass amnesty illegals, and DC/PR statehood. RINOs are sabotaging Trump again. Affordability will improve with more deportations so Americans aren’t competing with 50 million foreigners for housing, education, and healthcare. If they don’t act, the midterms, 2028, and our republic will be lost to communists.
Maybe we need a C&C multiplier to call and write to our Senators to get them to end the filibuster!!
Here is where you can find links to contact information:
https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm
I just sent my two Senators a message! Who’s with me???
ETA:
If you’re in a blue state and your Senators are unlikely to even consider this, maybe call or email to tell them that the shutdown is hurting you and your family and that you blame THEM (not President Trump or the Republican Senators) for holding out.
I called both of my blue state senators and left them a voicemail that the shutdown is hurting my family and people I know. And that it was time to sign the continuing resolution. Thank you for the suggestion. That felt good!
That’s great!! If they start thinking the public isn’t buying their attempts to shift the blame on President Trump and the Republicans, maybe they’ll back down.
Did it yesterday. Unfortunately, Senator Thune was mentored by slow-walk McConnell, and I'm afraid he's following in his foot steps.
Well, I’m glad you tried at least, maybe if enough of us do, they’ll start feeling uncomfortable about their stance and reconsider!
I can't blame you for trying. Been there, done that, about 100 times myself. ALL to no avail. You'll be lucky to even get back a "form letter" thanking you for "your concern."
God bless you though, Running Logic. You are still fighting. And personally, I commend you for that! And despite my sarcasm, I, too, am still in the game. Carry on! MAGA!
Well, it’s either fight or give up, and personally, I’m not a fan of giving up!! Why make it easy for them???
I always include a request for them to NOT send me a form letter.
Ghune is Glitch Lite.
He's been in The Turdle's job training program for years.
Just did it... Under ten minutes.
DONE and DONE!!!! I'VE also sent texts to family and friends encouraging them to do the same. Our daughter's family is active military and our SIL has already received his last paycheck!
Yes!! I just also texted a friend to ask her to write!
I did too!
Yes!! 😎
And a very convenient app called Bill Blaster, hosted by Warroom, lists all the legislators, with phone and email. Fingertip access to them all! Download it in the app store.
Great information, thanks! Personally I have no room fur additional apps (old phone with limited space) but I’m sure many other people here can benefit!
I did it and will send you link to others
Yay!! Thank you!!
NP! It’s worth another try. I keep trying. Maybe this time
🙏❤️
Tried. Can’t get past the “I’m not a robot page “
Call instead.
Take off your VPN maybe?
I didn’t get that message? What state are you in, if you don’t mind telling me, I will pull up the contact information for you.
Done! I’m in a blue state. Contacted both Senators. If enough people do this it will have an impact.
Easier to just use X.
Some of us don’t have an X account, but yes that is another option for sure!
Me!
You might also want to send them this:
https://www.hiddentruthsbysunny.com/p/mamdani-the-commie-part-3?r=zst24
I was thinking this same thing. We need a coordinated push to tell the senators to get on with it!
Legislators are actually working for themselves--NOT US (there are a few exceptions, of course, but I could number them on my fingers!)
That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t pressure them to listen to US!
Of course you can "pressure" them! I've done that for decades...and seen little improvement. I'm praying for a Jehovah Jireh moment - my faith is in our Creator and Him alone!
Well if we don’t try, we’ll surely fail! It’s worth the few minutes it takes to write or call, anyway!
The Lord helps those that Help themselves.. We do our part the Lord does his..
Amen to that, sister!
It takes hundreds of thousands of us to make a point. And then they think there are probably 20 people out there who agree with all those who did contact them but didn’t. That makes for a lot of pressure.
You would have to include a 5 figure check with any request to them. That's all they care about.
I often wonder what's keeping millions of voters from protesting in front of the Capitol asking who these people represent.
Well, if we don’t try, we will for sure get nothing in return. Doesn’t cost anything but a few minutes of our time to email and/or call them.
I used to write to my senators all the time. But I live in a deep blue state and our senators don't care. I am so unfortunate as to have Patty Murray as one of my senators. Who should people like me write to? Does it do any good to keep contacting them? It is an honest question. I used to believe in contacting my representative.
Let’s get ELON 😂 on it
Perhaps if our president needs to motivate the senators to act, he could remind them he has some Epstein files with their names in them.
Almost every politician has something they'd rather not get out. Trump should hire some PIs to get dirt on the problem children, and go from there.
Do you honestly think that huge file folders do not and have not existed??
Let’s do it!!
In case some of you have misplaced the Capitol Hill phone number, it is:
(202) 224-3121
Just tell the operator the senator you want to speak with and you’ll be connected to that office.
@Free- unfortunately, mine would be Schumer...
Then call him and tell his office you’re angry about the shutdown, it’s hurting you and your family, and you’re blaming the Democrats for it!
Ugh. Not so bad as Warren but close. Condolences.😑
I’d be happy to but my senators do not listen to their constituents at least not the majority! I’ve called. Emailed. No response. Dead air. Nada.
Are you in Michigan? Nope, we won’t get anywhere with them.
Then call and tell them you are angry about the shutdown, it’s hurting you and/or your family and you blame THEM! They might not care about the filibuster but that might be an approach that gets their attention more.
I agree w this RL!
I wonder if that will be necessary. Up here in Maine, Collins, for example, is getting ready to run again. Why would she want to put herself in a position for an opponent to hang a "baby starver" sign around her neck?
And who's to say Trump isn't putting the focus on the senate for just that reason. He is probably helped more than harmed by being tough on spending, but the individual senators are more vulnerable to direct accusations if the shutdown goes on much longer.
I’ve already called Thune.
🙌
I'm not optimistic. That Congressional republicans would muster and actually do something substantial is unlikely.
Another great chance for the GOP to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Sadly that is the only thing they are good at:
https://www.hiddentruthsbysunny.com/p/mamdani-the-commie-part-3?r=zst24
Why not end the filibuster until the next term of Congress? Limit it, in case the left regains power.
Maybe they really just need to end the “silent” filibuster. Make them work for it. There’s no way they could have kept it up this long if they were required to be on the floor speaking.
So true. Legislators are notoriously lazy. If they were required to be present the entire time, this would be over in no time because they’d all miss the free meals and cocktail hours with lobbyists. .
Pretty sure thats all thats been said. Just the silent. The other will stand
Completely agree. I would not be in favor of ending the filibuster altogether, but the silent filibuster is lazy and a cop out. Definitely in favor of ending the silent filibuster option.
I just cannot believe that the Dems without leaders, without a message, and without a legislative plan can win back the House or the Senate for a least a generation. The Senate filibuster is their only strategy right now and that can be taken away from them.
You underestimate the number of imbeciles in the US population. Also the number of illegal aliens voting. Finally, the fraud that occurs, always favoring the Dems, in each election.
Remember, half the population is below average IQ.
I agree...Never underestimate the stupidity of the general public!
Oh? They have a plan. Its the young commies coming for us. AOC, Zohran etc etc
Because conservatives will believe that and not vote!!!
I sure hope you are correct. Here's how I see the future going...
https://www.hiddentruthsbysunny.com/p/mamdani-the-commie-part-3?r=zst24
Exactly. Infuriating. Republicans have done eff all since that little 💩 Obama to effectively and proactively stop any of this
Are they a bunch of masochists?
No, just a bunch of fools with no backbone and no spine. They are afraid of their own shadow. They are part of the reason why we are where we are today.
https://www.hiddentruthsbysunny.com/p/mamdani-the-commie-part-3?r=zst24
Absolutely. I have wondered for years, and still do: the House has NEVER needed a filibuster. Why does the Senate?
Good question!
Worrisome trend! NYC gets a new socialist mascot, and now, so does San Francisco, a communist Cat: https://aynsrants.substack.com/p/cats-dogs-squirrels-socialists-and
Ayn, what about this? From Tucker Carlson
Pro-Kirk Assassination Furry Running for Congress
Nancy Pelosi may be retiring, but Congress will still have plenty of crazy Democrats. A new one could take office after the midterms.
A “furry” who identifies as a honey badger, celebrated the murders of Charlie Kirk and the UnitedHealthcare CEO, and claimed “America deserved 9/11” is running for one of Michigan’s House seats. The candidate, 36-year-old IT contractor Samuel Smeltzer, seeks to topple Republican incumbent Tom Barrett.
Smeltzer, a self-declared United States hater and China lover, is running because he believes his party “needs Honey Badger energy." His platform includes higher taxes for the rich, calling Republicans Nazis, and support for the “furry community” and the “queer community.”
Smeltzer’s official campaign statement on the assassination of Charlie Kirk described the Turning Point USA founder as “a white supremacist who preached stochastic terrorism” while labeling his killer “an Alt Right Groyper who was radicalized by Nick Fuentes.” This candidate clearly needs help..
I have one thing to say about this idiot - BRING BACK MENTAL INSTITUTIONS!
but then we have to support them with our tax dollars:{
Lori, Worth it - like police, firemen and clean water supply.
The options are that noxious little furry and a noxious, Harvey Milk style pedophile.
What the heck is in the water in San Francisco?
Luckily the Smeltzer is running in Michigan, not SF ... though who knows what new forms of crazy will emerge here! And yes, there is indeed something in the water :-)
Just a quick Look at what gets hosed off the streets of SanFran is an indication of "what's in the water..."
Sounds similar to the gravy that inhabits Bourbon Street.
Yep, Dems will be running candidates much further to the Left than members like Pelosi ever was. They are now officially coming from the depths of the Looney Bin coalition.
It is a coalition that is very dangerous. They support everything immoral, unnatural, illegitimate, illegal, criminal, murderous. If only there could be a political passover where R's and I's were painted in red on the door jambs.
Sadly more Americans than not, have no understanding of this:
https://www.hiddentruthsbysunny.com/p/mamdani-the-commie-part-3?r=zst24
That will have nationwide consequences for our society;
https://www.hiddentruthsbysunny.com/p/mamdani-the-commie-part-3?r=zst24
He doesn't need help, he needs Jackie Gleason's "bang zoom to the moon"!
Honeymooners style!
I happen to know Tom Barrett. He is a good guy, but the Marxists of Michigan have targeted his seat for Dem control. I hope that this guy is a bridge too far, even for the Dems. This district is Elissa Stotkins old Congressional area for the most part.
After jay jones, that's not a stretch for dems anywhere. they embrace abnormal, unnatural, immoral, satanic, criminal, sacrificial and the list goes on.
He is trying to cause mental/emotional disorientation in citizen's perception, which swings open the chaos door to allow radical and swift change.
Who Leo? The thread is too long.
Soros $$$$
Indeed.
I smell a jew.
His take on 911 (a Mossad operation) pretty much confirms it.
LOVE the title of your blog - are you an "Ayn Fan"??? I have been since high school--Atlas Shrugged is my favorite of her tomes.
I think you are on to something:
https://www.hiddentruthsbysunny.com/p/mamdani-the-commie-part-3?r=zst24
Senate Majority Leader John Thune has gone on record saying he doesn't think there are enough votes to end the "silent" filibuster.
He needs to be forced to put it to a vote - or refuse to put it to a vote. If he puts it to a vote, then Mr. Trump and supporters know who to primary. If he refuses, then he needs to taken out as majority leader.
Agreed, it has become so apparent that the millions of illegals let Into the country during the Biden era made rents unaffordable and house-buying too expensive for Americans who already lived here. It has to stop. And the abuse of the H1B visas also contributes to the problem and has to stop.
Since Obama, the Dems have made it clear they are not reaching across the aisle to negotiate- they want what they want at any expense.
not to mention that every spending/budget except cr only needs a simple majority- so even democrats should support eliminating the cycle cr as next time they are in power they won’t want Republicans to have a silent veto
Don't take this wrong, but if Trump et al are successful in deporting, say, 10 million illegals (about half of them), prices will go up. At least for some things. Reason: you just removed 10 million workers who were working for very low wages. It's the whole reason they're here, apart from all the free stuff.
Or maybe the lies have been so big and so thorough for so long that the vast majority of those who might be deported are largely living off the free stuff and really not contributing much to the low end of our labor market?
In which case of course, costs go down for us...by a fair bit (assuming State and Fed govts cut the taxes used to pay for all the free stuff...and that's a BIG IF!
Internet searches of this question will only return "expert opinion" or "studies"...and I have no interest in either.
Nah, won't happen. Those people are NOT working. They are getting SNAP, Medicaid, free housing, etc.
Either way, and I agree with you...
Why not just prohibit giving ANY benefits of ANY kind to illegals?
Yes, this includes education for the kiddies AND any form of healthcare, especially ER visits where most of the parasite lice get theirs...
That is already on the books. Since when did anyone in Congress actually pay attention to the law. They could care less...
https://www.hiddentruthsbysunny.com/p/mamdani-the-commie-part-3?r=zst24
I don't think so... do you have a link supporting that being law?
Good stuff from your Sub... thanks.
I am happy to pay more to get them OUT.
They’re depressing wages at the same time though so although things might be more expensive, people would also theoretically at least be earning more. I think it’s a net gain to deport them since overall I think between handouts, extra services such as translators and interpreters and ESL teachers, as well as increased crime, they’re a drain on society.
DEMAND will simultaneously DECREASE in direct proportion. So there’s that.
The money illegals cost us is was more than the $.30/head of lettuce we save.
No so much of it is conditioned to think that. The welfare state has ballooned to then just take money from middle class who actually pay taxes and they can no longer afford stuff. “Tariffs” is more of a code word to get back to the American System of Economy designed by Alexander Hamilton. He fixed revolutionary war debt and brought the country into prosperity. Then Aaron Burr who set up Wall Street, killed him.
First of all, not that many illegals are in the fields picking fruits and vegetables. Secondly, we HAVE H-2A seasonal agricultural worker visas, I wouldn't mind if we issued a lot of those. Thirdly, President Trump already said to leave the people working in agriculture, construction, and (I think) hospitality alone. I don't agree with that last point.
So we need slave labor? The civil war was fought in vain. 🙄
thanks Yuri, the words, though complicated, were not Beyond You.
It is time to end the silly Fili. Much better now than later with adverse circumstance.
The RINOS are cowering as they are forced into the light.
High stakes for sure.
An email AND a phone call AND a letter to the editor of your paper calling on your senators to end the filibuster.
What is "your paper"...asking for a Portlander
“The Derrick” in Oil City, PA. (Named that because this area was where the American oil industry was born in 1860. The paper’s original purpose was to report on the daily price of a barrel of oil due to insane fluctuations before Rockefeller showed up here.
I think you're right, Yuri. It's become ridiculous. I can easily see when the dems finally get back in power, the repubs can simply pull the same game. Yell, "Filibuster!" then head across the street to Starbucks or the pub and let the whole thing grind to a halt--forever. Why should the dems/repubs in these situations EVER capitulate? The minority veto that Jeff talks about is absurd. Deep six the beast--something the dems will do in any event if/when the tides turn. This is kind of prisoner's dilemma/Mexican standoff love child. Wild stuff!
I did it and will sent your link to others
I would hope the RINOS would just rewrite the rules and end the silent part. Let the debate happen and see where everyone stands. Not optimistic though. After serious TDS to point of assassination the lame Rs will not give in.
I live in CA. If the Democrats really wanted to end hunger, obesity and the wide range of current health problems in children they would reinstate home ec classes in public schools. I went to public high school here in the late sixties. I wanted to take home ec which was still offered. My counselor tried to talk me out of it, saying I was too smart for it. I took it anyway and learned more in it than any of the other classes. The students in it were poor and working class. Probably just City College bound at most. The teacher would give us food stamps and send us to the market across the street and we'd have to come back with ingredients on that budget for a healthy week of home cooked meals. After home ec I had to take a revisionist “college prep” history class called American Problems, which did nothing but foster stupid leftist attitudes in students, whereas home ec taught us how to solve an essential American problem: hunger.
My grandkids and I watched a Matt Walsh video with clips of EBT recipients crying about proposed restrictions on what they could get with their free food money. Basically on the elimination of junk food. One outraged woman insisted that she deserved brownies paid for by the rest of us. My grandsons and I then proceeded to make brownies from scratch, which was very easily done. We could have done the math and research on our own, but I asked ChatGPT to compare the costs of making brownies from scratch, with using a mix, and with buying them premade. Making the brownies from scratch, using the highest quality ingredients such as real butter and organic flour still resulted in paying a fraction of the costs of buying the brownies premade. But that very concept of doing something yourself is rather rare among our entitled population these days. Everything should be provided for free. One should not have to be frugal or prepare for the future. And there is no expectation that things should be otherwise. They are the victims!
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The entitlement is real. There is no “right” to treats. These programs are meant to be to keep people from going hungry, not provide “treats” 🙄
Those who believe America has been a racist society since it was founded (in 1619) believe their entitlements are overdue reparations.
And there are others who simply think the world owes them regardless of race.
Melissa, you are so right! The left wanted to make poor people dependent on them. And make them angry. So they've replaced real education in life survival skills with brainwashing.
Yeah, damn those poor people wanting food. The billionaires deserve all of our tax money!
Yes, poor people need food. They also need education in how to be self sufficient.
Victimology 101. No reading, no classes, no homework, no tests. Everyone gets an A.
I was just thinking about Home ec. If we are to have a doe public schools should be required to teach it. Imagine how many people would be eating if they knew how to boil oatmeal, rice or potatoes and put a can of something on it, make biscuits from scratch. So many simple recipes. I thought also as long as they are adding requirements to welfare and food stamps- what about 2 hours a month doing classes on cooking and financial literacy?
Replace food stamps with old fashioned commodities
Am old enough to remember when the USDA commodities program provided food stamp recipients varying items from the following list: bags of rice, dried beans, dried lentils, sugar, powdered milk, and (I think) oatmeal; peanut butter, butter, government cheese (not processed cheese); canned meats, vegetables and fruit; and some other items. Also available were some frozen vegetables, if I remember. These were packaged in white waxed cardboard looking like one pound bricks (green beans, lima beans, broccoli & corn come to mind). Was impressed when the recipient unloaded the goods, but that was when most people were thankful rather than resentful (unless you were one of those people who would ‘bitch if their ice cream was cold’).
Home-economics classes gave valuable skills to keep the family fed and clothed and within budget, vital yet unappreciated skills.
Agree!
Definitely need to add parenting classes!
Yes!
The National Education Association has never wanted an educated public. They couldn't get their agend thru with an educated public.
https://www.hiddentruthsbysunny.com/p/mamdani-the-commie-part-3?r=zst24
My year long 8th grade home economics class in the late 60's taught me to budget, meal plan, grocery shop for best prices, bake from scratch, sew, balance a checkbook, knit (admittedly I was not very good at that) and so much more. Besides my math classes, there isn't a class that has contributed more to my success in life than this one. I still utilize all of these skills except the knitting (haha). Thank you Mrs. Heitman.
Love this! I was always bad at knitting, too.
https://youtu.be/7eVvB1G6CNU?si=lwplMyRckDe3OXwS
KBJ shuts down the SNAP lawsuit against Trump.
She must not have understood the question!🤣
Hilarious. She said she finds studying to be a waste of her time so you may be correct. ✅
I’ll say it AGAIN —
Make SNAP benefits ONLY APPLY to SINGLE INGREDIENT food!! ( preservatives not included)
Eggs
Milk
Meat
Fish
Produce ( fresh, canned, frozen)
Flour
Sugar
Butter, oil, etc
Etc
If people HAD TO COOK food from scratch they’d be a whole lot FEWER SNAP RECIPIENTS, and those who remained would be a whole lot LESS OBESE!!
And it’s not like there isn’t a precedent, WIC is largely based on that model as far as I know.
I was a grocery store cashier in college and yes, WIC vouchers could only be used for a tiny handful of items like you listed. Lisa’s reply to you suggests it may have changed.
it has not expanded to cigarettes, alcohol, or lott. It is still basic food but as our country essentially forces greasy, gross processed (and cheaper) food, packaged foods and microwave dinners are allowed.
it is but they also expanded
Sadly, so many of these people have no idea _how_ to cook from scratch or even to get started with that. I was reading at least one anecdote of someone who was trying to help the poor who were on food stamps, and when visiting there was a 10 lb sack of potatoes that had completely rotted because nobody knew how to cook a potato. (and they just left it there to boot - ugh)
But yes - SNAP should be "you get the bare essentials" not "here's money for pop and chips", let alone "you can use this for fast food and door dash".
I worked for the extension serice inKS and was told by the local home ec ahent that whe she tried to give food stamp recipients a class on scratch cooking, they all shot back at her saying, why should we put our all this effort when we can just go use our food stamps for frozen pizza?
Hunger would eventually be a strong motivator, but there’s no reason that basic instructions could not be provided along w the food. Hell, if the Jews can eat flour mixed w/water ( matzo) SNAP folks can muddle thru.
I did a 20 day water/electrolyte only fast 2 years ago. I survived.
It was hard the first 1-7 days.
After that the desire to eat falls away.
I could exercise without hill climbs or weight lifting. So walking or flat cycling was fine. I didn’t l, but I could completely skip showering if I had wanted to. Zero body odor. Dentist said no evidence of any plaque or its precursors. Basically all bacteria dies off and bathroom activity becomes nil. Nothing but water and toxins to get rid of.
What made you motivated to start eating again!? And did you find that you ate much more carefully??
I had to drive across country. I was behind the wheel and I had a friend with me. Out of deference to her I started eating simple things… I would have kept going.
I’ve generally been a healthy eater by American standards. I eat a lot less now and it’s easy to do fasting days. Probably like anything- its perspective. If you get used to doing something “hard” it doesn’t seem difficult after a while.
With food it’s mind over matter because the impulse to eat regardless of how overweight you are, etc is located in the primitive brain. Important when food is scarce but more of a hinderance these days.
WOW! How did you feel afterwards and 2 years later?!
yes, for robbery. Maybe you can meet up with a motivated hungry person soon
Go away troll.
If you have a 10# bag of potatoes,you can make your own chips!
Or plant them and get more potatoes. Sell the potatoes and buy peanut butter cups.
It seems that most of the recipients are not very practical!
which one have you spoken with?
Or at least bake the dang things. Maybe they don’t have functioning ovens.
You can microwave them!
Or boil, or fry!
I feel sure that the snappers all have cell phones and internet. You can get cooking instructions, recipes, and videos easily. Pleaaasse…. They just want it to be easy.
have you met "these people" or sat in the freakin benefits office with them?
I went to school with and was neighbors with “these people.”
Obvious Solutions: If the SNAP situation constitutes an emergency, then why not do the obvious things that are done in emergencies? Send out the National Guard with MREs. Everybody wins. (ICE could help too!)
Brilliant!! AND they can (MUST) verify citizenship to hand out the MRE!
Then they’ll be demanding free cooks.
And stoves and refrigerators and...
Aren't those provided with the free housing? They ARE CERTAINLY.
ask Stacey Abrahms for them from her billions endowment
Plus a KitchenAid range on which to do the cooking.
But not gas, for the environment!
🤣 I keep looking for mine!
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I agree, and certainly the option of canned or frozen fruits and vegetables, along with canned meats and fish. I'm sure many of us stock these things for meal preparation. I cannot always get to the store for fresh meat, but I do have Keystone canned roast beef and Wild Planet tuna in the pantry.
Rice, beans, and a block of cheese.
That's it.
And hot sauce.
I'd be in favor of reducing the amount of cash given out and setting up government run soup kitchens. Give cards with a certain number of vouchers on them for entry to the soup kitchens. ID's could be checked on entry. These could be set up in local school cafeterias. That way they get nutritious meals, and they also can't sell the benefits.
It would be a source of jobs as well.
Yes, I know, that's an expansion of government oversight. But it would probably be a net savings in money expenditures IF done right.
That’s an interesting idea. They’d have to be open 24/7. Seems like allowing the purchase of only the single ingredient food so ppl had it in their homes would be more efficient and dignified. Or to offer ppl the choice of doing one or the other maybe. But soup kitchens definitely make sense for those who don’t have kitchens!
And I’m sure we’re paying for their utilities as well, so they can’t bitch about not being able to afford the gas or electric. But them nails and lashes come first. Thing that kills me is how every person I see using ebt are fat pigs. How do you get fat if you’re poor?
I believe they get obese from eating utter garbage. Chips, soda, junk frozen meals etc. That is why my idea of single ingredient foods would be a HUGE WIN-WIN, imho.
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we pay for pensions in Ukraine and what is your BMI?
Not sure WTF you’re talking about, but a very fit 70 year old and pay for my own food.
Not sure why you're asking or that it's any of your business, but I am happy to report I'm closing in on a 45#weight loss since February to currently achieve a BMI of 21% with a goal of reaching 20%.
I don’t agree with paying pensions in Ukraine, if that’s even true. Sorry I am not aware of this.
I’m over 60 and my BMI is well within the healthy range, has been my entire life. I rarely eat or buy( only at holidays generally), anything but whole, real food, and cook from scratch. Learn to can, make bone broth from scraps, grow some of your own food. At least if you have those skills you may be less likely to ever find yourself in that situation. YouTube is amazing and free.
Many actually need these benefits, which were designed for emergency short term use. I think there should be an expiration date on them, after which the person has to jump through some hoops and demonstrate the need along with showing proof of residency in a state or tax return or any one of another numerous ways to show that you actually need it and aren’t a grifter.
Many school districts, including our local ones near me provide free breakfast and lunch to any student that wants it. They’ll even pack the lunch in a brown bag to go, for the pre- k and kindergartners who leave before the lunch period. There’s absolutely no reason for a school age child to be going hungry in my area.
The SNAP recipients would then sell the cards or the stuff they bought with them, and use the money for twinkies and frosted flakes.
Sure, that would be their prerogative but I don’t think they’d get much for it, as only truly hungry people would need to buy it on the secondary market and they wouldn’t have any money. 😆
True. But they just need enough for fentanyl, so they'd sell it at a discount.
https://youtu.be/7eVvB1G6CNU?si=lwplMyRckDe3OXwS
Ketanji Brown Jackson shut down the anti-Trump SNAP lawsuit.
It's the big food conglomerates that benefit from this. Dollar stores are where most people buy their groceries in poor and rural areas. Schools offer free breakfast to all students and it's nothing but pure junk. Parents don't even know that their children are ushered in to key in their numbers and buy honey buns and corn syrup after feeding them at home. There is no record sent to the parents. It is not the fault of the people, it is the fault of us for not standing up for people who don't have food choices and are uneducated about the poisons in their food. We won't do it because we love our high stock prices for our retirement accounts. Most of the commenters on Substack are retired and really don't know what's been going on in schools for a long time including when they went to school. . Covid put it all on steroids. Until people get off of their keyboards and start going into schools and daycares (where it starts) till volunteer abd report what they see, this will not change.
Generally true, but not all school lunches are horrible. In addition, these services were designed to give families temporary emergency help, not become generationally used. It’s time for a major audit of the entire program in my humble opinion. I would love to be on that team. Is anyone in power talking about auditing the SNAP program and its recipients? If the grift is reduced then there’s more to go around for those who actually need it.
I largely agree with you. But I also don't think that it has to be a choice between high stock prices and better / high quality product. I (naively?) think there can be both. But while corps can get away with the path of least resistance through high-priced lobbying efforts, they'll take it. I don't blame them.
RFKJr I think will go a long way or all the way towards fixing this. He seems to be on a MISSION to clean up American food, which I celebrate.
Yes, We The People should and need to be more aware but imo, we cannot and should not have to give oversight over EVERYTHING. If the purpose of govt is *anything* it should be to provide a bulwark against / oversight over corporations. I view western humanity (America?) as a 3-legged stool: Corporations, Govt, Citizens. They all have to have equal strength to keep the seat from wobbling. (I used to think that maybe Unions were a fourth leg but I really hate unions)
Absolutely! Nad please for the love, I wish people could not use at expensive grocery stores like whole foods. Hello?!
I quit going to Whole Foods because it's too hard to park my medium size car among the Lexus SUVs and the Lincoln Navigators. If I do manage to park, I can't open the doors and have to exit through the trunk.
Nah, I’m for the free market. In fact, in the FL panhandle, WF is often LESS expensive and better quality than Publix.
did you work out today?
Nope. Laid out with a migraine today.
Sorry. My apologies. Migraines are the worst.
Jeff, you wrote “…But McConnell raged for 28 pages, quoting various of President Trump’s Truth Social posts at least six times— three times in full.” and it made me want to THANK you and Michelle for reading and researching daily. It’s the ultimate in taking one for the team. I sure appreciate what you both slog through on a daily basis. 💜
I think about that very point very often when I'm reading this. I'm so grateful to have someone as intelligent and clear-thinking as Mr. Childers making our lives better.
And, if that Judges statements were made by an attorney before another judge, there would be an immediate objection of "irrelevant your Honor", followed by a loud "sustained!"
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For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
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LORD, we pray for Your will on earth as it is in heaven.
Thank you Janice ❤️
A wonderful quote, and always apt, thank you again! 🥰 👏 🛐 🙏
—“In short, never panic until I give the signal. “
This reminds me of Tampa Bay meteorologist Denis Phillips’ “rule #7 for hurricane forecasts 😁”Don’t freak out unless I’m freaking out. We’re fine”
Snidely Whiplash is a flippin boy scout compared to democrats and their pocketed liberal judges. Holding an entire country hostage until "common sense" caves into the illicit erractic demands of the America hating loons is exasperating. Really tired of this sordid amalgamation of halfwits. By all means, let’s all just sign off on setting aside a couple of million dollars to support research for transvestite goat herders in Nicaragua. What hell is wrong with these whack jobs? Taking the "progress" out of progressivism.
100%
Crazy that obvious black/white issues that any reasonable person would reject (men in women's sports, noncitizens voting, drag shows to children, teaching sex to toddlers, etc.) are now laboriously debated is asinine.
Some things are just common sense - but we don't seem to have that these days.
Honest elections too... one day voting, limited mail-in voting, paper ballots with watermarks, NO machines like Dominion/Smartmatic... REAL voter ID mandatory... and making voter fraud a felony with mandatory 5 year prison terms...
...unless the only way to grab power is via fraud... and for the radical left (the moderate left has disappeared)... it IS the only way.
Same concept: Why are illegals receiving any benefits of any kind?
We got issues. That's Kansas in the rear view mirror.
I'm afraid common sense has died in our country a long time ago. Otherwise we wouldn't be where we are now:
https://www.hiddentruthsbysunny.com/p/mamdani-the-commie-part-3?r=zst24
An entire country held hostage until the "health" insurance industry has its revenue stream restored. Ahead of even the starving children, crashing air travelers, and once again taken for granted service members even. It really tells you everything you need to know. So much for the catering to their base argument. Their base hates the health insurance providers.
Their base seems to be the insurance providers, not American citizens
That is their real party in interest for sure. But not their voting base. At least not yet. I wonder how far we are from entities, as opposed to just humans, having the power of the vote. IMO a lot of the issues we face are from allowing corporate interference in elections.
J6 pipe bomber a Capitol Hill police officer?
https://x.com/SteveBakerUSA/status/1987072479894929529
Fascinating stuff. Baker and the Blaze must be pretty darn sure of this because if they are wrong there's a huge legal liability.
But they aren't wrong. As Darren Beatty and Julie Kelly have pointed out for years the whole pipe bomb episode was an obvious plant, it's discovery was timed just before things were instigated at the Capitol. It was an obvious set up that duped a lot of well-meaning (but not very wise) people into being portrayed as "insurrectionists" when they were really just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Now we know what we always suspected, it was an op. But we have to be a lot smarter than this, the Deep State needs gullible cannon fodder for their ops to work. Don't let yourself be duped and have your life destroyed.
Crazy that we could have solved this caper years ago. It's terrorism, plain and simple.
Our government is so useless.
Malicious, not merely useless.
And NOW WE NEED TO KNOW WHO WAS **BEHIND** IT!!?!?!
Hopefully she’ll flip for a deal and name na,es! If she’s not ‘Epsteined’ first!
As always.
Wow that’s a big story! Grateful for the work of The Blaze. Something that stood out to me in addition to the story, she went on to work for the CIA (what a coincidence!) and also she’s a CIA officer on college campuses? WTH?
Newly elected VA governor Spanberger is ex (is there truly ever “ex” with these people though?? 🤔) CIA 😕
Yes, no agenda there I’m sure 🙄
Right? 😕
former and current CIA
She has a "tell".
Old soccer injury.
When I saw how far she walked that day (the FBI produced a video tracking her route), I concluded the bomber was an athlete. She walked a LOT that day, revisiting the same places. She was wearing expensive athletic shoes, too.
Now she's in a security detail for the CIA. https://www.theblaze.com/news/former-capitol-police-officer-a-forensic-match-for-jan-6-pipe-bomber-sources-say
Couple of days ago a woman named Karlin Younger was alleged to have found it.
https://www.declassified.live/p/the-myth-of-the-20-minute-timer-on?r=14q44t&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true
Wow good article. If this unravels it seems like the beginning of the whole BS narrative of that day unraveling for all the normies that need to be urgently shaken awake.
WOW
How about that. And two of them are murderers. So there’s that.
I thought murder was fine and dandy in your book?
Murdering, or genociding islam, isn’t murder. In fact, anyone killing jihadis should be given medals. They are below the common earthworm. I avoid stepping on them after a rain. Islamists? Kill them all. Erase the whole tenet.
And maybe you should go put your money where your mouth is and go fight then.
Good. Maybe you radical morons can fight against the other radical morons and get rid of each other, and leave the rest of us alone.
Next hopefully we'll solve/prove the mystery of who set up the J6 gallows case, which the feds suspiciously weren't interested in investigating either.
Who put her up to it? Pelosi?
I doubt very much that she came up with that idea herself.
So, someone gave the order.
Yeah, you're probably right. No way for her to make money from it.
I didn't see... is this gal under arrest?
No.
Apparently she has police protection outside her house in Alexandria, VA.
They are protecting her. It is not surveillance.
It is so sad and appalling that most of our highest hopes for Trump II have been dashed to pieces...
A corrupt DOJ, Blondi, Kash, Bongino... all scum, IMHO... his Cabinet riddled with Zionist controlled liars, traitors and warmongers... Trump himself seemingly a puppet of Israel, also a liar and clown (selling watches on TV???)...
Deficits still exploding, military confrontations abound, demonization of Russia continues, as do absurd sanctions,
Epstein, 911 and JFK files all quashed to serve the common perps, Mossad...
DAMN!! Where did I leave that BONG?!!??
Boggles the mind that 42 million are on SNAP. Maybe it’s time to requalify.
Yes.
Past time to end all benefits to illegals. ALL!!
What is the justification for forcing US taxpayers to support non-citizen parasites?
LOL! yes. insanely easy to get approved. and their is no shame w it. You can easily hide it. not like real
stamps
They do. Every 60 days and there are no appointments, so be prepared to sit. Oh, and because you are poor, you can sit all day, not get seen, and have to come back. Also, you get no extra “stamps” when you kill a roach that is craving across your interviewer’s desk with a constitutional law book, but it was a nice kill, and Wanda thanked me profusely.
The requirement is reapply every six or 12 months, according to the state. Most states support online applications and conduct interviews over the phone. There are also in person interviews, if the applicant wants one. But, as with all government programs, there are exceptions.
My experience was much different and it was never more than 60 days. Period. I have never heard of an annual approval. What state are you referencing?
Colorado
That was where I went to law school and they were so horrible to me that my kids and I decided we would rather dumpster dive...literally, but that was 1990 and politics have definitely changed up there. I offered to buy groceries for my neighbors on Nextdoor. 10 families so far and the most exotic thing anyone asked for was blueberry pancake mix. Most want eggs, milk and bread.
As I said a couple weeks ago, my elderly mother gets so much food from the local churches’ free food programs that she literally has to turn it away. Her three freezers, two refrigerators, and huge pantry are literally overflowing with canned vegetables, fresh produce, pasta, cheese, frozen beef and chicken, cereal, and weird junk foods. I’m flummoxed as to how ANYBODY in America could be starving. Like “homelessness,” which is really “drug addiction and mental illness,” hunger in America is really, “processed and junk food deprivation.” People literally don’t know what “food” really is. Some Christians even have that problem. But the Bible has the answer. The definition of food (for Adamites) is found in Genesis 1:29.
I’m baffled as to how, with all of the government, church and nonprofit organizations’ programs, we still have any of these issues. It just seems like with all the money and resources, we should at least have fewer people in need. Instead, it’s the opposite 😕
I'd like it if the churches took on the responsibility for the poor and disabled, and the government got out of that business.
Why is she either going to those pantries or accepting it?
She has a church friend who works in the food ministry and comes to help her with housework every week, and she’s always bringing her armloads of food. My Mom finds it difficult to tell her no, since this woman has been so thoughtful to bring it. Younger generations don’t understand the culture of the WWII generation, who find it difficult to refuse the kind and thoughtful gestures of other people.
Well I’m not the WWII generation or young, but if someone has more food than they know what to do with, the polite thing to do is just say thank you but no OR donate it back to the food bank. Hoarding is not an appropriate option.
I agree, and why does one elderly woman need 2 refrigerators and 3 freezers? That seems strange to me.
Maybe she lived through the depression and is afraid of it happening again.
For anyone watching or following the story of the Canadian Ostriches, they have all been killed. Here is the story. It was evil and brutal. You can hear the owner screaming and the gun shots as she is begging them to stop shooting. CFIA is evil to the core.
https://jamesroguski.substack.com/p/the-canadian-ostriches-have-been
I couldn't finish listening. It was all too evil, sadistic, and profoundly sad. All I can imagine right now is the panic in the birds. I have been thinking since this nightmare began that the birds' immunity to avian flu is the sole reason why they were murdered. Vaccines must prevail at all cost and that includes the wanton destruction of nearly 400 beautiful birds.
I could not sleep last night. Same as you picturing those ostriches watching the others get shot and collapse and they were trapped and could not escape. And yes, that is exactly why they were destroyed so they can beset a gain of fx AI plandemic and mandate the vaccines for it which they already have just waiting....this is beyond the pale, horrific.
I’ve been following it too and it broke my heart. It is explicitly evil for evil purposes. It was shameful and disgusting. All to keep vaxxes on the front lines of their money making schemes. How devastating.
exactly. imagine what they will do to citizens next time round whent he gain of fx AI plandemic is set loose. I can just see the Canadian govt cull its citizens this time around for refusing mandates. this is all coming for us and why we have to be prepared to fight this evil. we cannot be passive.
They were killed?!?!? Omg!! They were healthy & an excellent population to determine why they recovered & thrived!!! HEARTBREAKING!!!!
They shot them all. Last I heard they counted 800 gun shots meaning most of them got two shots or more. Shameful and disgusting. Healthy birds. This happened last night. 😔
Tragic.
One of those things that is just so obviously wrong, yet the government goes ahead and supports it anyway.
Canada (especially BC) is lost.
Yes it is. I believe in evil and it has infiltrated the canadian govt in full. The govt and its entities are truly possessed. It will never be restored unless its people start a civil war. We will come to this as well if evil, immorality, unpunished crime, gangs, support of everything unnatural, punishing believers continues. It is We the People, not WE the Govt.
Fidel Jr was a corrupt, simpering clown.
Carney is Satanic.
This demonstrates conclusively that because you can does not mean you should. It also shows the result of cutting human decision making in favor of entities. This is just the tip of the iceberg on that. Wait until AI and/or transnational corporations rule the day. In short only humans are capable of humanity for others.
darn right Lynne.
This has hit me particularly hard. So many people were praying, fervently, in His name, that these ostriches be protected, but the prayers went unanswered. It's a faith shaker. I don't know how to cope with this. Can this really be God's will?
This was a big win for the evil ones. How will the family ever find peace again? They will be tortured with the sound and sights of their beautiful animals being slaughtered.
I've emailed the CFIA. Everyone should.
I'm trying to pray. May God forgive my weak faith.
I have prayed endlessly and multiple times daily for protection of so many; the ostriches, children, seniors, morality and goodness. I feel your frustration. It is not God's will at all but theres that thing called free will. And that is what gets us into trouble along with temptation and those willingly allowing satan into their minds, bodies and souls to wreak havoc and hurt others in happily sadistic fashion. We will keep praying bc we as Christians truly know at the end, the wicked will be destroyed. God promised us that and He will fulfill that. It is not easy especially when God is silent but we must remain steadfast that He is there and sees all. I will continue to pray for this family that they move forward and find some amount of peace although what they have lived through will forever scar their minds and Souls. Thank you for emailing the wicked CFIA and letting them know how you feel. Many are doing just that. They won't care and will laugh but I await the day each and every one of them is destroyed by their own unlimited evil. Please take good care and your comment was so very dear. Thank you for sharing as I feel the same way.
Thank you, Lori. Your words are comforting.
I keep running into this stumbling block; there are many places in the Bible where Jesus says "if you ask it in My Name, I will do it." I did ask in His name. We all did.
I feel a sense of "why have you forsaken me". I realize, of course, that God did not abandon Jesus on the cross as our sins descended on Him.
He was still there. I'm hoping He is still here.
The thing about free will is also a stumbling block. Children and animals seem to be target of the greatest evil, but they do not really have free will, other's free will is inflicted onto them. I imagine we all wrestle with these questions.
Thanks again.
Yes, children and animals bc they are not adulterated, innocents and evil loves to destroy innocence the most. We know all of this will get much worse if you believe the book of Revelation is true. I can't imagine how much more horrific this can all become as we see bloodlust all over the globe. I feel so sorry for God that He must watch what the human race He created and loves so much is capable of.
https://viralimmunologist.substack.com/p/the-canadian-food-inspection-agencys
Also Dr. Bridle's excellent post
excellent post
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So John Epstein Roberts, during oral arguments, took issue with POTUS creating a "'tax" via emergency use of Tariffs and assuming the "tax creation authority of the Legislative Branch". Well gee wiz Johnny Boy. If memory serves me correctly was it not you, John, who as a member of the Judicial Branch saved Obamacare by "deeming Obamacare as a tax" even though the plain language of the Law never state a new tax. So it appears you, John, usurped the tax creation authority of the Legislative Branch. You probably should just sit this one out John.
https://youtu.be/7eVvB1G6CNU?si=lwplMyRckDe3OXwS
FYI: Ketanji B Jackson of all people just shut down the anti-Trump SNAP lawsuit all by herself over at SCOTUS. Turns out separation of powers still exists.
I find it fascinating that Democrats were literally asking Trump to be King after holding No Kings rallies. If Trump can spend money on whatever he wants without Congress he is essentially King. Goes to show you how cohesive the
Democrat mind is at the moment.
The first "king" in post-1776 USA will be Mamdamnit. Just give him and his all-women transition team a little time.
And what amazes me is that anyone can see that the government is way too inefficient with this shut down to be trusted with anything as important as foreign commerce and the tariffs. Only a non-demented executive branch should be able to deal with foreign governments using tariffs
Actually, in a functional country, the executive and congress would work together to craft a trade strategy that is coherent, effective and beneficial for all Americans.
Yah, I know. Crazy talk.
Yep. That would require people who are actually in govt. to serve the public, not self.
A lot of the inefficiency is due to corruption...
Almost all of our politicians have divided loyalties... many are totally subservient to Israel... many to the MIC and the profitable war machine... many to radical socialism... some to race baiting and reverse discrimination, several are muslims...
It seems very few are loyal only to the best interests of America and American CITIZENS.
I thought the constitution granted complete authority to the president wrt foreign matters
Regarding the tariff question, isn't it Congress' responsibility to clarify ambiguous language on laws they pass? The fact that there is no pending law in Congress to stop the President from tariffing (my verb) tends to imply that Congress is OK with it. SCOTUS should just tell Congress to do their job.
and virtually every president has used them- some more than Trump
That would require actual WORK! And not just campaigning, bloviating, and enriching themselves.
WORK? Congress? Wash your mouth out with soap, Margot.
The Senate passed a resolution on October 30, 2025, to undo many of Trump’s global tariffs... but I doubt they could actually pass a law that would end them.
Senate is half of Congress. Spending bills (assuming tariffs have anything to do with spending) should originate in the House.
Resolutions are meaningless.
I posted it to show there IS some push-back... not much.
I am not a big fan of any but reciprocal tariffs, which should be passed into law.
Using tariffs as punishment or manipulation is a slippery slope...
The husband is not regulating or even remotely influencing the proceedings related to the third straight night at the cantina. He is merely voicing an unheeded, unwanted, nay unnoticed, opinion. Ask me how I know.
Sounds like overriding a veto to me 😆
Who’s PAYING the bill?
He who pays decides. 🙂👍