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Concerned Citizen. Independent. Pragmatist. Humanist. Lived and worked around the world.
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Matthew 21:12-13
Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying & selling. He overturned the tables of the money changers and seats of those selling doves. He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
… that the most dangerous cities in the US doesn’t include Chicago or Washington DC? But does include a lot of Red state cities

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In FY 2024, USAID spent $21.7 billion (or 0.3% of overall federal spending) with:
🔹$12.3 billion allocated to International Development and Humanitarian Assistance
🔹 $9.46 billion went to International Security Assistance
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The 2026 federal budget proposal includes budget decreases for 11 cabinet departments. Via @usafacts.org

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❓How much food does the US #export?

In 2024, the US dished out nearly $176 billion in agricultural exports — that’s 10.2% of all American exports!

Top of the menu? Grains 🌽and soybeans🫘

And the top customers? Mexico and Canada. #DataViz
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When does the One #BigBeautifuBill kick in?👀

Some changes hit instantly (yep, your 2025 tax return might feel it), while others roll out gradually through 2028.

To make it easier to track, our new #DataViz maps out what's happening and when. usafacts.org/visualizatio...

#Medicaid #ICE #Tax #SNAP
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The Senate just passed a #rescission package, cutting foreign aid by $7.9 billion, a large portion of which was allocated to #USAID.

In FY 2023, the US promised $99.8 billion in #ForeignAid to 172 countries.
… that ‘no tax on tips’ in the BBB needs clarification???

No tax on tips only applies to CASH TIPS, which are rare today in the first instance, and more importantly, rarely reported by those who receive them.

So is it a benefit???

Ask those you know who rely on tips.
I wonder if the poster understands that the “crying Cuban “ is about to be picked up by ICE?
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This week, the House advanced a 2026 Homeland Security funding bill, calling for increased spending on #immigration enforcement.

Here’s how the Department of Homeland Security budget breaks down in 2024. 📊

Do you think the budget should increase, decrease, or remain the same? #DataViz
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Ten years ago today, the Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.

By the time of the 2015 federal decision, it was already legal in 38 states and DC. #DataViz
... the last one like this was to raise money for #SealPac - many of the same players. Only that message was that #RadicalLeft was hiring #assassins. secure.winred.com/seal-pac/sp-...
... #RangerPac and #SealPac appear to be fomenting #fear and #anxiety among #MAGA base with #lies and #insinuations of #threats that simply don't exist???? All to raise money??? Really??? How is this legal? It's as nutty as #Qanon #conspiracies, yet these are #elected #representatives???? WTF.
…the “Big Beautiful Bill” #AI tramples #statesrights?

…can't enforce laws "limiting, restricting, or otherwise regulating artificial intelligence models, artificial intelligence systems, or automated decision systems entered into interstate commerce" FOR 10 YEARS.

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…that pharmaceutical companies routinely practice means for incentivizing physicians to for all sorts of unnecessary therapies? If that is your worry, an Executive Order to curtail such methods for ALL meds might be in order. Better yet, legislation. But Pharma Lobby pays legislators too 🤔
…that gender affirming care for youth experiencing gender dysphoria in no way involves surgical procedures? It simply postpones puberty until that individual reaches majority and can make their own decision. Patient Zero, now 51yo, is a successful MD in UK who only transitioned after college.
…that spewing hate here doesn’t help? Spew FACTS instead. Perhaps Mr VP still has room for them in his world view. But even more important a question for all Christians in the administration: What would Jesus do? Surely NOT ANY of what’s being done. May God forgive them for selling their souls.
…that these appear to be more liberal leaning states? Wonder what makes that true?
Which states have the highest life expectancy?
📍 Hawaii: 79.9 years
📍 Massachusetts: 79.6 years
📍 Connecticut: 79.2 years
📍 New Jersey: 79 years
📍 New York: 79 years
📍 Minnesota: 78.8 years
📍 Rhode Island: 78.5 years
📍 New Hampshire: 78.5 years
📍 Vermont: 78.4 years
📍 California: 78.3 years
#Health
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…that a PAC called SEAL PAC (sealpac.org) is sending fundraising messages that accuse “radical left” of hiring assassins???? Huh???? Are these kinds of claims legal? Are these the kind of veterans we’d expect to be making these outrageous claims? Shocking!!!!

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Seal Pac | Electing Military Candidates
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