Robert f Kennedy jr

[zsn]

The investment of the MAGA cult in alternative reality is mind boggling!

[KUTradition]

they’re broken

[JKLivin]

But this is better, right?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets ... 2dc9&ei=28

Desperate to bolster his record as election season approaches, Joe Biden is shouting from the rooftops about his handling of the economy. But even with the welcome news that inflation has dropped to 3 per cent and equities rallying, Americans aren’t convinced. His approval rating is at 41 per cent, close to the lowest level of his presidency – and the economy remains the number one issue.

Oblivious and tone deaf to these concerns, as usual, Biden has been trumpeting his economic victories. His critics respond with a litany of policy failures and missed opportunities that have left ordinary working Americans anxious for their finances. The inflation rate was just over 1 per cent when Biden took office; it peaked at 9 per cent last June, the highest level in four decades.

And while inflation has slowed, the price of staple goods is still soaring. Bread shot up nearly 12 per cent, frozen vegetables 17 per cent, baby formula and rents 8 per cent. While Biden brags about his record, families are struggling to feed their children. It’s no wonder Americans think the USA is heading in the wrong direction.

Part of the blame falls on Biden’s heavy-handed regulation, which has piled vast cost onto American businesses. Another might be attributed to mounting Government debt, which has soared past $32 trillion. The threat of increased taxation as the ranks of the IRS swell is creating a lingering sense of dread.

Biden can claim little credit for what has gone well. His “Inflation Reduction Act” was effectively a borrow and spend package pouring tax credits into so-called “green” technologies. While it’s likely to add $750 billion to the nation’s debt over the next decade, the University of Pennsylvania found that its impact on inflation was “statistically indistinguishable from zero”. The only real result in the near term is that it’s likely to slightly decrease short-term economic growth; at least something was reduced.

Wherever you turn, Biden’s calamitous presidency is turning into an American horror story. Reading and math scores are at their lowest levels in decades. Worker productivity is plummeting while drug overdose deaths reach record highs. Crime has people living their daily lives in fear.

And what’s Biden’s response to this? To tout his achievements. To preen about his record. Like so much else about his shameless presidency, his economic messaging is utterly out of touch with reality. It is almost unbelievable that this shambling mess is viewed as a re-electable candidate.

"The threat of increased taxation as the ranks of the IRS swell is creating a lingering sense of dread."

Eh, what? They don't increase the amount of taxation because they hired more IRS resources. They increase the amount of people who have to ACTUALLY PAY WHAT THEY OWE.

And we have covered the costs of groceries on here a thousand times so it's clear you just aren't reading anything that anyone else posts.

That's one way to interpret it. The other - the more likely, in my opinion - is that tax laws are about to change in a serious way, and they are staffing up to enforce them, including teaming up with law enforcement to go to homes and arrest people.

Just because you "have covered" food inflation "a thousand times" doesn't mean you are correct or that yours is the only perspective. You assume that, having read your take, I must accept it as the final word. I don't.

For the record, also note the source of the article. Not a right wing conspiracy rag. Guess that doesn't matter if it's not lauding Brandon's accomplishments.

[JKLivin]

The investment of the MAGA cult in alternative reality is mind boggling!

MSN is MAGA now? Wow. Did not realize.

[JKLivin]

they’re broken

If disagreeing with you makes me broken, then so be it. I'll wear the badge proudly.

[MICHHAWK]

to steal a phrase "the malcontents may not always be right. but they are never wrong."

[twocoach]

But this is better, right?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets ... 2dc9&ei=28

Desperate to bolster his record as election season approaches, Joe Biden is shouting from the rooftops about his handling of the economy. But even with the welcome news that inflation has dropped to 3 per cent and equities rallying, Americans aren’t convinced. His approval rating is at 41 per cent, close to the lowest level of his presidency – and the economy remains the number one issue.

Oblivious and tone deaf to these concerns, as usual, Biden has been trumpeting his economic victories. His critics respond with a litany of policy failures and missed opportunities that have left ordinary working Americans anxious for their finances. The inflation rate was just over 1 per cent when Biden took office; it peaked at 9 per cent last June, the highest level in four decades.

And while inflation has slowed, the price of staple goods is still soaring. Bread shot up nearly 12 per cent, frozen vegetables 17 per cent, baby formula and rents 8 per cent. While Biden brags about his record, families are struggling to feed their children. It’s no wonder Americans think the USA is heading in the wrong direction.

Part of the blame falls on Biden’s heavy-handed regulation, which has piled vast cost onto American businesses. Another might be attributed to mounting Government debt, which has soared past $32 trillion. The threat of increased taxation as the ranks of the IRS swell is creating a lingering sense of dread.

Biden can claim little credit for what has gone well. His “Inflation Reduction Act” was effectively a borrow and spend package pouring tax credits into so-called “green” technologies. While it’s likely to add $750 billion to the nation’s debt over the next decade, the University of Pennsylvania found that its impact on inflation was “statistically indistinguishable from zero”. The only real result in the near term is that it’s likely to slightly decrease short-term economic growth; at least something was reduced.

Wherever you turn, Biden’s calamitous presidency is turning into an American horror story. Reading and math scores are at their lowest levels in decades. Worker productivity is plummeting while drug overdose deaths reach record highs. Crime has people living their daily lives in fear.

And what’s Biden’s response to this? To tout his achievements. To preen about his record. Like so much else about his shameless presidency, his economic messaging is utterly out of touch with reality. It is almost unbelievable that this shambling mess is viewed as a re-electable candidate.

"The threat of increased taxation as the ranks of the IRS swell is creating a lingering sense of dread."

Eh, what? They don't increase the amount of taxation because they hired more IRS resources. They increase the amount of people who have to ACTUALLY PAY WHAT THEY OWE.

And we have covered the costs of groceries on here a thousand times so it's clear you just aren't reading anything that anyone else posts.

That's one way to interpret it. The other - the more likely, in my opinion - is that tax laws are about to change in a serious way, and they are staffing up to enforce them, including teaming up with law enforcement to go to homes and arrest people.

Just because you "have covered" food inflation "a thousand times" doesn't mean you are correct or that yours is the only perspective. You assume that, having read your take, I must accept it as the final word. I don't.

For the record, also note the source of the article. Not a right wing conspiracy rag. Guess that doesn't matter if it's not lauding Brandon's accomplishments.

You do understand that the President cannot change tax laws, don't you? That would be Congress. JFC.

When no serious changes to the tax laws happen between now and the next election, I assume you will be back here to state that you were wrong.

Here's this in regards to the nonsense the GOP is shilling about these new IRS agents.

https://time.com/6260075/irs-87000-agen ... lican-lie/

In case you get bored and stop reading early:

"But that hasn’t stopped the conspiracy theories. The 87,000 new IRS agents claim appears to emanate from a May 2021 Treasury Department report that said such an investment is estimated to enable the agency to hire roughly 87,000 employees by 2031. But most of those wouldn’t be agents or necessarily even new positions. The increased funding was designed to cover a range of positions, including IT technicians and taxpayer services support staff, as well as experienced auditors who would be largely tasked with cracking down on corporate and high-income tax evaders.

Meanwhile, more than half of the agency’s current employees are eligible for retirement and are expected to leave the agency within the next five years. That means the IRS might net roughly 20,000 to 30,000 more employees from the new funding, enough to restore the tax-collecting agency’s staff to where it was roughly a decade ago."

[jfish26]

But this is better, right?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets ... 2dc9&ei=28

Desperate to bolster his record as election season approaches, Joe Biden is shouting from the rooftops about his handling of the economy. But even with the welcome news that inflation has dropped to 3 per cent and equities rallying, Americans aren’t convinced. His approval rating is at 41 per cent, close to the lowest level of his presidency – and the economy remains the number one issue.

Oblivious and tone deaf to these concerns, as usual, Biden has been trumpeting his economic victories. His critics respond with a litany of policy failures and missed opportunities that have left ordinary working Americans anxious for their finances. The inflation rate was just over 1 per cent when Biden took office; it peaked at 9 per cent last June, the highest level in four decades.

And while inflation has slowed, the price of staple goods is still soaring. Bread shot up nearly 12 per cent, frozen vegetables 17 per cent, baby formula and rents 8 per cent. While Biden brags about his record, families are struggling to feed their children. It’s no wonder Americans think the USA is heading in the wrong direction.

Part of the blame falls on Biden’s heavy-handed regulation, which has piled vast cost onto American businesses. Another might be attributed to mounting Government debt, which has soared past $32 trillion. The threat of increased taxation as the ranks of the IRS swell is creating a lingering sense of dread.

Biden can claim little credit for what has gone well. His “Inflation Reduction Act” was effectively a borrow and spend package pouring tax credits into so-called “green” technologies. While it’s likely to add $750 billion to the nation’s debt over the next decade, the University of Pennsylvania found that its impact on inflation was “statistically indistinguishable from zero”. The only real result in the near term is that it’s likely to slightly decrease short-term economic growth; at least something was reduced.

Wherever you turn, Biden’s calamitous presidency is turning into an American horror story. Reading and math scores are at their lowest levels in decades. Worker productivity is plummeting while drug overdose deaths reach record highs. Crime has people living their daily lives in fear.

And what’s Biden’s response to this? To tout his achievements. To preen about his record. Like so much else about his shameless presidency, his economic messaging is utterly out of touch with reality. It is almost unbelievable that this shambling mess is viewed as a re-electable candidate.

"The threat of increased taxation as the ranks of the IRS swell is creating a lingering sense of dread."

Eh, what? They don't increase the amount of taxation because they hired more IRS resources. They increase the amount of people who have to ACTUALLY PAY WHAT THEY OWE.

And we have covered the costs of groceries on here a thousand times so it's clear you just aren't reading anything that anyone else posts.

That's one way to interpret it. The other - the more likely, in my opinion - is that tax laws are about to change in a serious way, and they are staffing up to enforce them, including teaming up with law enforcement to go to homes and arrest people.

Just because you "have covered" food inflation "a thousand times" doesn't mean you are correct or that yours is the only perspective. You assume that, having read your take, I must accept it as the final word. I don't.

For the record, also note the source of the article. Not a right wing conspiracy rag. Guess that doesn't matter if it's not lauding Brandon's accomplishments.

The "source of the article" is the author (Lee Cohen), not the aggregator (MSN).

It does not take much effort to confirm that, in fact, one would be correct to question his objectivity and the soundness of his analysis.

Trump Restores UK to the Front of the Queue

https://spectator.org/trump-restores-uk ... the-queue/

We are living under a presidential administration that has made a stunning turnaround from Obama’s foreign policy, which relegated Britain to the back of the queue. Unlike the Obama-era hostility, Trump stands squarely with our staunchest ally.

Welcome Prime Minister Orbán

https://spectator.org/welcome-prime-minister-orban/

President Trump is picking up threads of an important foreign policy initiative not seen since the Reagan-Thatcher years: the U.S. relationship with Central Europe. Today, Mr. Trump will welcome to the White House Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, [...]

Stop the Fake News That Hungary Is Anti-Semitic

https://spectator.org/stop-the-fake-new ... i-semitic/

Next week Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban makes his first visit to the state of Israel. This symbolic and diplomatic event, considered against a consistent record of pro-Israel support and concrete measures to confront anti-Semitism in Hungary, should bring closure…

Good Timing for a New Improved European Friendship

https://spectator.org/good-timing-for-a ... riendship/

Events are lining up so that the U.S. might find compelling an invigorated relationship with on-the-move Central European player — Hungary.

***

These were not cherry-picked; they're literally the first four things on the Spectator's page for Cohen.

But please, tell me more about evaluating sources of information and analysis.

[randylahey]

wow…zero shame in just flat out lying

you really are broken

i would post source upon source about the hundreds of miles of wall that your hero’s administration has built, some of which was directly paid for by federal money

but, of course you’ll make excuses and move the goal posts like a child because you either willfully ignorant about the truth, or too embarrassed to just admit you’re wrong

you’re fucking broken

Does an incomplete wall work? Does a dam with holes in it keep water back?

You know what works? Severely punishing who employ undocumented workers.

Yeah I'm all for that. That would piss a lot of rich scumbags off on both sides of the political spectrum

[randylahey]

A bunch of you all suffer from trump derangement syndrome. You've been programmed to hate him, but you aren't even exactly sure why. Then when asked about it, you source things about trump that are no different than any of these other politicians

I have a real dislike for Trump simply because of who / what Trump is.

I imagine that exact reason is why mouth breathers like yourself idolize him. He is what you wished you had the balls to be

So you probably hate biden too right? Lying manipulative scumbag of a career politician who gets filthy rich off the backs of American people and craves power and control

[jfish26]

A bunch of you all suffer from trump derangement syndrome. You've been programmed to hate him, but you aren't even exactly sure why. Then when asked about it, you source things about trump that are no different than any of these other politicians

I have a real dislike for Trump simply because of who / what Trump is.

I imagine that exact reason is why mouth breathers like yourself idolize him. He is what you wished you had the balls to be

So you probably hate biden too right? Lying manipulative scumbag of a career politician who gets filthy rich off the backs of American people and craves power and control

You’d believe the sky was green if the right people said it the right number of times.

[KUTradition]

they’re broken

If disagreeing with you makes me broken, then so be it. I'll wear the badge proudly.

dumb thing to say (but par for the course)

it’s being willfully ignorant about reality and objective facts that makes you broken

[JKLivin]

they’re broken

If disagreeing with you makes me broken, then so be it. I'll wear the badge proudly.

dumb thing to say (but par for the course)

it’s being willfully ignorant about reality and objective facts that makes you broken

I'd expect nothing less from you. I'm guessing you'll be 100% behind the "climate crisis" lockdowns and blackouts this Winter, too.

[JKLivin]

"The threat of increased taxation as the ranks of the IRS swell is creating a lingering sense of dread."

Eh, what? They don't increase the amount of taxation because they hired more IRS resources. They increase the amount of people who have to ACTUALLY PAY WHAT THEY OWE.

And we have covered the costs of groceries on here a thousand times so it's clear you just aren't reading anything that anyone else posts.

That's one way to interpret it. The other - the more likely, in my opinion - is that tax laws are about to change in a serious way, and they are staffing up to enforce them, including teaming up with law enforcement to go to homes and arrest people.

Just because you "have covered" food inflation "a thousand times" doesn't mean you are correct or that yours is the only perspective. You assume that, having read your take, I must accept it as the final word. I don't.

For the record, also note the source of the article. Not a right wing conspiracy rag. Guess that doesn't matter if it's not lauding Brandon's accomplishments.

The "source of the article" is the author (Lee Cohen), not the aggregator (MSN).

It does not take much effort to confirm that, in fact, one would be correct to question his objectivity and the soundness of his analysis.

Trump Restores UK to the Front of the Queue

https://spectator.org/trump-restores-uk ... the-queue/

We are living under a presidential administration that has made a stunning turnaround from Obama’s foreign policy, which relegated Britain to the back of the queue. Unlike the Obama-era hostility, Trump stands squarely with our staunchest ally.

Welcome Prime Minister Orbán

https://spectator.org/welcome-prime-minister-orban/

President Trump is picking up threads of an important foreign policy initiative not seen since the Reagan-Thatcher years: the U.S. relationship with Central Europe. Today, Mr. Trump will welcome to the White House Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, [...]

Stop the Fake News That Hungary Is Anti-Semitic

https://spectator.org/stop-the-fake-new ... i-semitic/

Next week Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban makes his first visit to the state of Israel. This symbolic and diplomatic event, considered against a consistent record of pro-Israel support and concrete measures to confront anti-Semitism in Hungary, should bring closure…

Good Timing for a New Improved European Friendship

https://spectator.org/good-timing-for-a ... riendship/

Events are lining up so that the U.S. might find compelling an invigorated relationship with on-the-move Central European player — Hungary.

***

These were not cherry-picked; they're literally the first four things on the Spectator's page for Cohen.

But please, tell me more about evaluating sources of information and analysis.

So, MSN has become an aggregator of MAGA propaganda? Huh.

[MICHHAWK]

that is a very thoughtful article. very beautifully written. we don't ordinarily get to hear from both sides. thank you for sharing. onesiderism prevails on this site.

it's nice to get the full picture for a change.

[randylahey]

I have a real dislike for Trump simply because of who / what Trump is.

I imagine that exact reason is why mouth breathers like yourself idolize him. He is what you wished you had the balls to be

So you probably hate biden too right? Lying manipulative scumbag of a career politician who gets filthy rich off the backs of American people and craves power and control

You’d believe the sky was green if the right people said it the right number of times.

You're projecting. I've on record here agreed with both sides, and disagreed with both sides, numerous times. You on the other hand are as brainwashed as lefties come

[defixione]

It's a hard life to be brainwashed with facts.

[MICHHAWK]

in their defense. they are not so much brainwashed as they are programmed. there is a difference.

[jfish26]

That's one way to interpret it. The other - the more likely, in my opinion - is that tax laws are about to change in a serious way, and they are staffing up to enforce them, including teaming up with law enforcement to go to homes and arrest people.

Just because you "have covered" food inflation "a thousand times" doesn't mean you are correct or that yours is the only perspective. You assume that, having read your take, I must accept it as the final word. I don't.

For the record, also note the source of the article. Not a right wing conspiracy rag. Guess that doesn't matter if it's not lauding Brandon's accomplishments.

The "source of the article" is the author (Lee Cohen), not the aggregator (MSN).

It does not take much effort to confirm that, in fact, one would be correct to question his objectivity and the soundness of his analysis.

Trump Restores UK to the Front of the Queue

https://spectator.org/trump-restores-uk ... the-queue/

We are living under a presidential administration that has made a stunning turnaround from Obama’s foreign policy, which relegated Britain to the back of the queue. Unlike the Obama-era hostility, Trump stands squarely with our staunchest ally.

Welcome Prime Minister Orbán

https://spectator.org/welcome-prime-minister-orban/

President Trump is picking up threads of an important foreign policy initiative not seen since the Reagan-Thatcher years: the U.S. relationship with Central Europe. Today, Mr. Trump will welcome to the White House Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, [...]

Stop the Fake News That Hungary Is Anti-Semitic

https://spectator.org/stop-the-fake-new ... i-semitic/

Next week Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban makes his first visit to the state of Israel. This symbolic and diplomatic event, considered against a consistent record of pro-Israel support and concrete measures to confront anti-Semitism in Hungary, should bring closure…

Good Timing for a New Improved European Friendship

https://spectator.org/good-timing-for-a ... riendship/

Events are lining up so that the U.S. might find compelling an invigorated relationship with on-the-move Central European player — Hungary.

***

These were not cherry-picked; they're literally the first four things on the Spectator's page for Cohen.

But please, tell me more about evaluating sources of information and analysis.

So, MSN has become an aggregator of MAGA propaganda? Huh.

Christ almighty, I didn’t say that. I have no idea!

[jfish26]

So you probably hate biden too right? Lying manipulative scumbag of a career politician who gets filthy rich off the backs of American people and craves power and control

You’d believe the sky was green if the right people said it the right number of times.

You're projecting. I've on record here agreed with both sides, and disagreed with both sides, numerous times. You on the other hand are as brainwashed as lefties come

Please see the links I posted yesterday (you could search for “angry young men”). You are trapped in a recursive cycle of fear, misinformation and grift.