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Elon Musk says he'll form the 'America Party' if Trump's 'insane' spending bill passes​

  • Elon Musk said he will form a new political party if President Donald Trump's spending bill passes.
  • Earlier on Monday, he vowed to defeat politicians who support the bill in their primaries.
  • Musk has repeatedly criticized the Big Beautiful Bill.
Elon Musk ramped up his fight against President Donald Trump's Big Beautiful Bill on Monday, vowing to form a new political party if it passes Congress.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/new...ding-bill-passes/ar-AA1HIyGF?ocid=socialshare
 

Trump’s proposed cuts to SNAP, Medicaid and other federal programs could put thousands of private-sector Pennsylvania jobs at risk​

President Donald Trump’s program-slashing budget legislation is likely to create a ripple effect of lost jobs in the private sector, which is just the latest blow to workers who have grappled with uncertainty this year.

While unemployment in Pennsylvania has remained below 4% and below the national average, Trump’s agenda has left many concerned about their job security.

That includes federal workers in the Philadelphia area, some of whom have lost their jobs or are choosing to leave their positions as the administration reshapes their workplaces. Trump’s policies have also left some non-government organizations and businesses scrambling to figure out how to continue their work and keep paying employees.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...nia-jobs-at-risk/ar-AA1HT3gW?ocid=socialshare
 
***Disclaimer: I do not know if this is true or not. Posting it as an interesting read for those who enjoy an alternative and contrarian look at things. Take it fwiw and dyodd.

 

PLANTATION WORKERS OF SLAVELANDIA LOSE OUT IN TRUMP'S TAX BILL​

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Most Corrupt Series: Lindsey Graham - America's Biggest Grifter?​

Jul 2, 2025
Few figures in American politics have shifted as dramatically—or as opportunistically—as Senator Lindsey Graham. Once a staunch critic of Donald Trump, Graham transformed into one of his most loyal defenders. But this isn’t just about political flip-flopping—it’s about money, power, and influence.
From campaign contributions tied to special interests to his role in major judicial nominations, Graham’s name keeps surfacing in conversations about political integrity—or the lack thereof. Is it savvy politics or systemic corruption? We dig deep into the senator's record, relationships, and rapid reversals to find out.
Watch now as we uncover the story behind Lindsey Graham’s political evolution, and ask the uncomfortable question: where does loyalty end and corruption begin?

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5 under-the-radar pieces of Trump's "big, beautiful bill" that may impact your life​


The "big, beautiful bill" is a dense, 940-page bill put together last minute.

The big picture: Experts agree the breakneck speed of deliberation over what's in the bill leaves plenty of minutia and changes to sift through.

  • "This is not normal," said Harris Eppsteiner, associate director of economic analysis at the Yale Budget Lab. "This pace of legislating is not what you would expect to see of a careful, well-thought-out set of policies that are designed to grow the economy, help people save and help people invest."
  • "I have never seen something like this, to be honest," said Ignacio González, co-director of the Institute for Macroeconomic and Policy Analysis at American University.
The latest: The House passed the "big, beautiful bill" Thursday, with Trump expected to sign it Friday.

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Trump orders "America First" hike in national park entry fees for foreign tourists​

Washington DC - President Donald Trump on Thursday said national parks would hike entry fees for foreign tourists to "improve affordability" for Americans, as he launched the country's year-long 250th birthday celebrations.
"For this anniversary, I've just signed an executive order to raise entrance fees for foreign tourists while keeping prices low for Americans," Trump told a cheering crowd at a rally in Iowa.

"The national parks will be about America First," the Republican leader said, after issuing an executive order.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...foreign-tourists/ar-AA1HX3ED?ocid=socialshare
 
Just some food for thought. DYODD


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Propaganda

Interesting reading with links.

The Disinformation War

Disinformation operations pose a wide threat to U.S. Security from U.S. global standing, to democratic status, and public health responses. If recent years have been any indication of the threat posed by these operations, adaptation to this new playing field will be crucial for U.S. security in...
www.americansecurityproject.org

10 Ways to Identify Disinformation – A Guide and Checklist | Institute for Public Relations

instituteforpr.org


Propaganda (lies - bullshit) is a subject that interests me. To that end, I've followed several posts to their origins. Most were about covid or jab juice. When I got to their home pages the only thing I could think of was "what country / what intellegence service came up with this" after which I beat feet to a safer land.

And let's not...
  • searcher
  • intelligence political analysis political commentary propaganda right wing media social media
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  • Forum: Politics
 
good report

Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill: Real American Revolution, WRECKS 250 Years of British Economic Control​

In this Midweek Update, Susan Kokinda discusses Donald Trump's unique approach to American politics, highlighting his resistance to public sector cuts and his efforts to revive the American economy through tariffs, immigration reform, and tax policy. She contrasts Trump's policies with traditional austerity measures, often propagated by British-influenced economics and conservative groups. Kokinda also addresses Trump's significant geopolitical moves, including efforts to end conflict in Africa and reduce America's involvement in perpetual wars. As America's 250th birthday approaches, Kokinda emphasizes the ongoing struggle between American sovereignty and British globalist influences, urging viewers to join a movement supporting Trump's vision for a sovereign American future.

00:00 Intro
02:18 Trump's Big Beautiful Bill - Why He Said 'I Don't Like Cuts'
05:53 The 250-Year Economic Prison - How Britain Still Controls American Money
08:51 The International Panic - Why Every Foreign Leader Respects Trump's American System

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3 Sunday Morning Thoughts - July 6 Edition

Written by Bryan Lutz, Editor at Dollarcollapse.com: Every Sunday morning I sit down to write a few thoughts. Sometimes these thoughts end up being about life, other times they are on gold, geopolitical issues affecting the markets, or the economy. Here are three thoughts for this morn
dollarcollapse.com
 
*I remember reading / talking about this many moons ago (GIM 1 & 2 and before.) Think national Id & national police.

Meet the new national police force​

The agency of mask-wearing officers who aren’t afraid to smash windows, detain lawmakers and pluck nonviolent undocumented immigrants off the street is about to become the best-funded federal police force.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has already been acting with impunity during President Donald Trump’s second term.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/meet-the-new-national-police-force/ar-AA1IfCm8?ocid=socialshare
 
I have a hard time giving credence to these "exposes" done by people I never heard of, and eagerly published by the same Leftist-Oligarch tools that forbade us from discussing cures for the Coof.

That said, I don't know if Graham is much more corrupt than, say, Schmuck Choomer or Vodka Nan. I DO know, because I can see, he's a low-wattage lifer who's obsessed with war - wars he wants to start or see started, that OTHER people's children will have to fight, die in, and finish. Mostly to a loss, as we've seen in the last 60 years.

That speaks of a sense of impotence - personal, as well as, likely, the other.

Goober Graham needs to head off back home to his previous life. An "attorney"? Fine.

Graham, Attorney s
Your will for $25. Same day divorce. Notary Public.
no appointment necessary.​
 
searcher said:
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He's got a few points.

The Rinopubicrats are just the Controlled-Opposition faction of the Political-Elites Uniparty.

BUT. Navy vet? Yeah. Like John F'n Kerry was a Navy vet.

He's wearing a ballcap...but not marked with his command or duty station (work uniform, for a long time) or his campaigns or even veteran status.

Nope. "Blue" Yeah, he's a Dumbo crack operative. Proud-To-Be-Stupid.

However bad the purported Republicans are, the Jackass Party is comported of THE INSANE.

Yeah, the Uniparty is evil. Because the Political Elite Class is evil.

He wants to bash Trump. If he REALLY wanted to solve the problem, he'd be pushing for an Article V Convention of States, to repeal Amendment 17 and impose Term Limits - to destroy the lifer-political class. A balanced-budget amendment and prohibition of a Federal central bank, would also help a lot.

But he's another Sorosbot, or motherWEFfer tool, spouting his given script.
 

Investigating America's Richest Pastor: Kenneth Copeland​

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DYODD here.

From the Glass King to QAnon

A long time ago, a French king believed he was made out of glass. Here's his story, why it matters—and how it can help us understand modern delusions such as QAnon or insane anti-vax theories.
www.forkingpaths.co
 
They saw it coming.

Franklin saw it coming, too...as he dourly noted at the close of the Constitutional Convention, that the government they created, should serve well "for a Score of Years, before ending in Tyranny, because the People have become Corrupt."

Franklin underestimated the power of the Constitution - it worked largely as intended for 160 years, before the corruption of the New (raw) Deal and removal of Senators as the States' voice. It limped on for another 65, before the Left, having created chaos with foreign policy, dollars, and insane immigration policies, all led us to September 11. And of course they never let a crisis go to waste - SOME Dumbo operative had the "Patriot" Act on a thumb drive to give to bumbling, gobsmacked W, to get behind. Just as twenty years later, another Dumbo operative had Operation Warp Speed at the ready, along with a list of Ex-O lockdown orders.

But that's another matter. The Constitution survived one attack after another, for 225 years. That's about the length of time an empire or republic historically lasts. We did good...the trouble for us, now, today, is, we're about to deal with the collapse.

That's no fun.

While I think decentralization, such as dissolution of the Washington Empire, is a way to bring order to our collapse, we couldn't have worked such a government back circa 1800. Remember, it was tried - and it failed, with the Articles of Confederation.
 
To ask the question, is to answer it.

The low-wattage Elites have been telling us what they want, for sixty years.
 
Something a bit different.

Philadelphia’s architectural salvage king ending his reign after 50 years of work​

A baptismal font sat just past the partitions in Bob Beaty’s corner of 1800 American St. A portrait of former New York governor Thomas Dewey covered a table at the center of the room, flanked by a multicolored map of Philadelphia and a 1944 Inquirer report on Patton’s Third Army as it pressed through France. And the iconic sign from the old Bookbinder’s restaurant kept watch over a maze of art and artifacts pulled from other local landmarks.

The collection, housed in a corner of an enormous North Philadelphia warehouse, represented the culmination of Beaty’s lifelong obsession: Saving the world.

By hauling furniture and decorations from pending demolitions, closures and renovations, then selling them for fractions of their initial worth, Beaty doesn’t just see himself as flipping antiques. Instead, Beaty American Salvage is a fortress in his 51-year crusade against a culture that, in his view, consumes cheaply and discards thoughtlessly.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/rea...50-years-of-work/ar-AA1ICYfl?ocid=socialshare
 
Desert News

Speaker Johnson says voters have been ‘misled’ that religion should be separate from government​

WASHINGTON — After the Internal Revenue Service lifted its ban on churches and religious institutions endorsing political candidates, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., argued the longstanding precedent stemmed from a misinterpretation of “separation of church and state.”

In an op-ed post on the social media site X over the weekend, the top House Republican argued that Americans have been “misled” for years over how religion and politics should intersect. Johnson argued that those who insist on keeping church and state completely separate are “unaware” the phrase derives from personal communications between President Thomas Jefferson and the Danbury Baptist Association rather than being explicitly stated in the Constitution.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...-from-government/ar-AA1IAU3l?ocid=socialshare
 
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