Tax Day 2026: The Average Taxpayer Paid $4,049 for War and Weapons - Institute for Policy Studies Tax Day 2026: The Average Taxpayer Paid $4,049 for War and Weapons

Did you pay your taxes? Then you gave $4,049 to war and weapons.

According to the Institute for Policy Studies, taxpayers contributed more to Pentagon contractors ($1,870) than to troops' pay ($770), and more to militarism than programs like school lunches ($124) or the Postal Service ($19).

Both things are true. People very far to the right *can* change. However, the strategies and efforts used to get them from the point they're at, even just to center, on the way to right, are completely different than with someone who is already center or leaning right.

The difference between Democrats and Republicans.

In the last year, ICE has deported nearly half a million people. Killed dozens. Disappeared tens of thousands. And it's only the beginning.

Unless we stop it.

FUCKTHEPOLICE

A calculator is always correct.

ChatGPT told me someone else wrote MY article for The Washington Post

The other day, we watched Republicans celebrating tax day.

They learned nothing from 2024. Democrats leaned on “strong numbers” and ignored people’s lived experience.

Now it’s worse. Republicans are celebrating crumbs while people are in pain.

Ignore lived experience, get punished at the polls.

The baby Trump blimp: perfect representation of an angry baby-man full of hot air with nothing real to say.

For all the focus this regime has placed on image and iconography, as we endure Trump’s tirades and tantrums, I can’t help but feel history’s enduring idea of this petulant presidency will be captured by images of the blimp: an angry child, full of hot air, hovering menacingly.

If you have a Bank of America account, do this. Call Bank of America at 800.283.8875, enter the last 4 digits of your SSN, listen to their recorded spiel, & say "Yes" to opt out of their unfair mandatory arbitration agreement that bars you from joining any lawsuit or class action against the bank.

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A few things about the pending execution of Tony Von Carruthers in Tennessee

First, Mr. Carruthers was forced to defend himself in a death-eligible case...think about that for a few seconds

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Medical Groups Call for Release of Detained Doctor Two physicians detained in Texas in less than a week

Detained doctors must be released!
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Before Trump threatened Iran with genocide, he dispatched ICE into US cities where they killed dozens of people, arrested thousands more-including children-and built concentration camps to imprison Latino people

Basically he was threatening genocide against any Hispanic immigrants living in America

NEW: Emma L. Briant (2026) "WHO CONTROLS THE FUTURE ARCHITECTURE OF INFLUENCE?" In Journal of Intelligence, Conflict, and Warfare — Volume 8, Issue 3 journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/ji...

Whitewashing the History of the January 6 Capitol Attack DOJ seeks to overturn the most serious January 6 convictions and erase them from the record.

NEW: Trump is trying to save his legacy by scrubbing from the record that his presidency culminated in a violent attempt to overturn an election on his behalf.

But there is something even more sinister in that effort, because these are his soldiers and midterms are coming.

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I had the pleasure of directing the music video for @awkword.bsky.social‘s latest track: HANDS OFF MELT ICE! I got shot at and tear gassed a lot while filming the anti-ICE and pro-Palestine protests used in the video.

Always stay vigilant and stay organized with your community! We keep us safe!

Hands Off! Melt ICE! [Official Music Video] YouTube video by AWKWORD

Hands Off! Melt ICE!

In the last year, ICE has deported nearly half a million people. Killed dozens. Disappeared tens of thousands. And it's only the beginning.

Unless we stop it.

Little girls who have been impregnated are being put in a Texas immigration facility & are being held there over a year!

The newborn babies who are United States citizens are being jailed!

Pregnancies at this age are dangerous & there are no doctors at this facility.

SPEAK OUT!

#ICELawlessness

The Neo-Nazi Enforcer Who Helped Build Peter Thiel’s Online Influence Empire New Epstein-linked revelations show how neo-Nazi operative Andrew Auernheimer became a crucial link between Peter Thiel and the online far-right subcultures waging ‘memetic warfare’ against their enem...

🚨 New Epstein-linked revelations show how neo-Nazi operative Andrew Auernheimer became a crucial link between Thiel & the online far-right subcultures waging ‘memetic warfare’ against their enemies.
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Trump Officials Attended a Summit of Election Deniers Who Want the President to Take Over the Midterms The meeting’s participants included Kurt Olsen, a White House lawyer charged with reinvestigating the 2020 election, and Heather Honey, the Department of Homeland Security official in charge of electi...

Election deniers, liars and crooks are working overtime to try and thwart the midterms by having Trump EO a ban on mail-in ballots and voting machines.

While this summit took place in mid February, these Trump loyalists haven’t stopped plotting and planning.
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White House urges Congress to pass clean FISA extension FISA will lapse April 20 without congressional action.

Big brother on steroids.

The White House is urging Congress to pass a clean extension of FISA, the nation's warrantless spy authority.

www.axios.com/2026/04/13/w...

This might surprise you, but everyone should be clear about how this works.

Even though Eric Swalwell suspended his campaign, California law doesn’t just pull names off the ballot. Once you qualify, you’re on it.

That’s the problem.
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This is what normalization looks like.

Die Faschischierung schreitet Schritt für Schritt voran. Jeden Tag.

There are 30 vacant housing units for each unhoused person in the United States.

Why, then, do we *punish* poverty, instead?

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THE CAPITALIST HELLSCAPE LOUISIANA IS LOOKING TO PUT UNHOUSED PEOPLE IN ICE-STYLE CONCENTRATION CAMPS SOURCE: LOUISIANA STATE LEGISLATURE @AWKWORDISTHIS

NEW: Louisiana is looking to put unhoused people in ICE-style internment camps

🔗 LEGISCAN.COM/LA/BILL/HB211/2026

Germany’s far-right AfD distances itself from Donald Trump over Iran war Alternative for Germany party members told to scale back visits to US as strikes on Iran are deeply unpopular with voters

Lmao

Germany’s far-right AfD distances itself from Donald Trump over Iran war

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The conspiratorial left needed proof Trump is a monster. They settled on Sascha Riley. An Iraq War veteran “unlocked” new memories of abuse by Jeffrey Epstein and the right-wing elite. A network of conspiracists took control of his fantastical story.

I thought my BlueAnon hate mail would be nicer than the stuff from QAnon folks but it’s exactly the same: Jewish stuff, conspiracists claims about being bought, psyop accusations, “protecting pedos”, and a lot of refusing to read but yelling at me anyway. Anyway! www.ms.now/news/sascha-...

Meet Roy Benavidez, The Vietnam War Hero Who Took 37 Battle Wounds For His Fellow Soldiers Roy Benavidez saved the lives of eight soldiers during a 1968 rescue mission.

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🧵 If it weren't for my interest and research into lesser-known stories of American history, I would have never come across Roy Benavidez. Pull up a seat, my friends. 🪑 (cont)

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Once in a while, Donald Trump tells the truth…

April 1, 2026: Trump said he’s going to blame JD Vance if negotiations with Iran fail.

“If it doesn’t happen, I’m blaming JD Vance. If it does happen, I’m taking full credit.”