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Removing the cap on the amount that high income recipients pay on their SS taxes would go a long way to fix the SS deficit.

Why can’t high income recipients pay SS taxes at the same rate as a percentage of their income as lower wage people? They can, but the GOP doesn’t care about average people. They won’t impose any tax on the rich.
#NeverVoteRepublican

Pay for millions of federal workers is at risk with a looming government shutdown-
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Things must be really bad for Russian President Vladimir #Putin, because he is resorting to one of #Stalin’s preferred ways of holding on to #power: appealing to #antisemitism. Recently, Putin has made a series of remarks dwelling on the fact that Ukrainian President Volodymyr #Zelensky is #Jewish.

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ICYMI: Yesterday, Chair @nikkifried demanded an investigation into Republican State Senator Tom Wright after multiple reports of physical assault and sexual harassment at a women’s shelter in Volusia County.

Read more here >> news-journalonline.com/story/n

« As a national security professional by training, the charges against Sen. Menendez are of serious concern, especially the allegation of sharing confidential information with a foreign government. All Americans are innocent until proven guilty, but serving as a senior elected official requires a higher standard. When leaders become a distraction from the mission they’re meant to serve — in this case, representing your constituents — the right thing to do is resign. » -Rep Elissa Slotkin

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“Researchers have synthesized spider silk from genetically modified silkworms, producing fibers 6 times tougher than the Kevlar used in bulletproof vests. The study, published on September 20 in the journal Matter, is the first to successfully produce full-length spider silk proteins using silkworms. The findings demonstrate a technique that could be used to manufacture an environmentally friendly alternative to synthetic commercial fibers such as nylon.” kilioa.org/m/science@kbin.soci #ClimateCrisis

Democrats response to Senator Menendez being indicted tells all you need to know about today’s GOP. My new article: deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/

“Hey baby, are you a parking ticket? Cuz you got FINE written all over you!”

On Sep 24, 1964: At Least 7,500 White Demonstrators Protest Racial Integration of New York City Schools calendar.eji.org/racial-injust

I remember when a member of congress has to apologize for shit like this to the President.

The white supremacist "lady" is one ignorant angry disgusting manly beast!

@AlliFlowers

Always baffles me how a jury like this is considered "peers" of the defendant.

Democrats need to take notes from AOC and Fetterman. THIS IS HOW YOU WIN, FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE.

my ADHD meds just went generic. Last month, I paid $15.

cvs wants $232 for the generic with insurance this month.

That’s not how this is supposed to work.

It’s not only a gorgeous day today, but the yard is filled with dragonflies and hummingbirds, interrupted regularly by brightly colored butterflies, and the occasional bird.

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