Undocumented immigrants contribute $97 billion yearly in federal, state, and local taxes. They paid $25.7 billion in Social Security taxes, $6.4 billion in Medicare taxes, and $1.8 billion in unemployment insurance taxes in 2022.
Bessent is galactically stupid.
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The richest 10% of Americans own roughly 87% of stocks.
The richest 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks.
It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.
"There's only one majority in this country and that's the working class." —Zohran Mamdani
Our resident Gray Owl! Jackson Hole!
Sliding Into Spring - British Columbia 🇨🇦
#Landscapephotography #Bluesky #Snow #Mountains #FraserValley #Photography #Hike #Backroads #StunDay #NaturePhotography #Spring #BritishColumbia #Calm #Tranquility #Camp #Peaks #Fluffy #BC #Panorama #Vancouver #HopeBC #Canada
This GOP war with the Pope might be the new dumbest thing they’ve done, and as usual, it’s completely self-inflicted.
An eastern carpenter bee feeding on dead nettles
Hey there little buddy! I missed you guys. #nature #pollinatorpals #bugsky
Neguse: "Despite all of that, Speaker Johnson made the decision to gavel the House & send everyone home. Now we're back 2 weeks later & what has the majority decided is the most pressing issue to debate? Apparently it's a resolution commemorating a bill that the GOP passed last year. It's absurd."
"I owe more to Canadians than they'll ever know. In my baseball career, they were the first to make me feel my natural self."
-- Jackie Robinson
#JackieRobinsonDay
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Who agrees?
This is precious!🥰🐾💃
Stop the Ice gestapo .
They are kidnapping raping torturing and murdering immigrants in concentration camps..
Ballot initiative to end Idaho’s abortion ban close to 100,000 signatures idahocapitalsun.com/briefs/ballo...
Barn Owl
📷: Jack Rogers Photography
#birds
The stray dog Amy happened to encounter followed her on her run... and the next day...
Omg, Bluesky, stop showing me pet death posts from people I do not follow. I do want to know if someone I know loses a pet, but not every time any person on the entire internet does.
A chunk of blue-grey fluff that is actually a very soft kitten sitting on a library desk. They are doing a very serious Kitten Face and have very intent yellow-gold eyes, and they would be so scary and fierce if they were more than six inches tall and not so hugely adorable when they tried to be judgey.
The news all sucks today.
Here's a kitten in a library!
WARREN: I want to understand how slashing healthcare for families so Meta gets a $3b tax cut is a 'really good outcome for the American public'
IRS CEO BISIGNANO: I don't see the two as correlated
W: Those tax cuts were paid for by pushing people off their healthcare. Did you not follow that?
An exciting day: I’m testifying today in a Senate hearing about the possible merger between Paramount & Warner Bros.
This kind of power consolidation is a danger to freedom of speech and media independence so it must be fully vetted.
Hope you’ll tune in and watch:
www.youtube.com/live/xETe83T...
Witness the breathtaking moment as two juvenile blue whales surface together in the ocean. A rare glimpse of these magnificent giants in their natural habitat.
He addressed the press and labeled the information as false. It is imperative to address this dishonesty appropriately, as such behavior is unacceptable.
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The symmetry of a turn in the air. Yellow Warblers (Setophaga petechiae) are small birds known for their splendid "circling flight" while building their nest. [📷 Glen Noyer]
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The next Attorney General needs to
be bloodthirsty in their fight to
prosecute the Trump administration for treason.
The American people deserve justice.
Cannon Beach, Oregon
ICE Concentration camps; though privately owned; are still under Congressional Oversight.
Now, after DOZENS of Deaths, Congressman are showing up unannounced to inspect.
One congressperson found conditions that he described as Squalid and Filthy.
Worse than MAX Prisons.
You know what's really embarrassing about this conflict? Iran has a 90 percent literacy rate while 50 per cent of the US reads at the 6th grade level or below. Iran sent Phds to the ceasefire talks. The US sent realtors.
