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Ghost Leviathan posted:They would not lose moderates. my experience with older, whiter moderate women tells me that this is not true
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- The U.S. is far outpacing the rest of the world in vaccinations, but new vaccinations have fallen over 50% from their peak. - 59% of U.S. adults have received at least one dose of the vaccine and another 14% say they plan to get it. - 24% of Americans say they will never get vaccinated. - 3% of Americans don't know if they want to get vaccinated or not. - Since August of last year, the percentage of Americans who say they don't want the vaccine has fallen by 9% - much lower than people had hoped. - The biggest divide over vaccination is partisan - it holds when controlling for age, income, and all other demographics. - 41% of Republicans say they will never get the vaccine. - 4% of Democrats say they will never get the vaccine. - Men are more likely to say they will never get the vaccine than women. - The second biggest divide is education. - People with only high-school or less than high school education are more likely to be vaccine hesitant/resistant. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/as-more-americans-get-vaccinated-41-of-republicans-still-refuse-covid-19-shots
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:- The U.S. is far outpacing the rest of the world in vaccinations, but new vaccinations have fallen over 50% from their peak. That's more than 50 million adults who are about to have a real bad autumn, again.
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May 17, 2021 18:54
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I hope this is another thing where people's pride makes them unwilling to tell the truth to a pollster, but when they're on their own and don't have to posture, they won't mind getting the vaccine.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:- The U.S. is far outpacing the rest of the world in vaccinations, but new vaccinations have fallen over 50% from their peak. The GOP is a blight on science, medicine, and reason throughout the world
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May 17, 2021 19:00
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I seriously wouldn't doubt if AOC leaves Congress if nothing is done about this poo poo head. https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/1393209545254653953?s=20
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May 17, 2021 19:00
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https://twitter.com/lukeobrien/status/1394352669054095361 Doesn't sound like a guy who certainly deleted all relevant evidence off his phone, to me.
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May 17, 2021 19:04
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Good news: The IRS says that 88% of people eligible for the new child tax credit will get it automatically deposited into their account each month without having to do anything starting July 15th. The rest will get a paper check, can opt-in online by providing either an address or bank account, or wait until they file their taxes to claim it. quote:Child cash benefit will begin hitting millions of parents’ bank accounts July 15 In a huge surprise, conservatives who were previously in favor of expanded child credits are now opposed. (To be fair to those conservatives, none of them supported making it 100% refundable before. So, it isn't a total flip flop.) quote:Conservatives have strongly criticized the measure, particularly because it changed the existing program by giving the same amount to parents who do not work as parents who do. Congressional Republicans have said the plan will discourage parents from working. Traditionally, both Democrats and Republicans have resisted giving direct cash benefits to non-working families -- a stance that began to shift during the pandemic, when Congress on a bipartisan basis sent hundreds of billions in stimulus payments. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/05/17/biden-child-tax-benefit/ Leon Trotsky 2012 fucked around with this message at 19:08 on May 17, 2021 |
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May 17, 2021 19:05
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I'm pretty sure I'd be better at raising a child if I didn't have to work too, Rubio and Lee.
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May 17, 2021 19:11
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/lukeobrien/status/1394352669054095361 If the rumors are true, Rudy is pretty hard drinking lately as of last year, I doubt he's went criminal mastermind and deleted evidence after the last year of watching Trump lose the election and then not pardon him.
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https://twitter.com/AndrewSolender/status/1394357102550863876 51-49, hey we're getting somewhere
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May 17, 2021 19:29
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The GOP will never willingly allow voting reform. Their only electoral path moving forward is to restrict the vote.
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haveblue posted:Sneaking across the Illinois-Missouri border, through the woods, hoping the cops don't catch me with my backpack full of black market condoms The Underground Gettin' Railed Road
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The few Republicans who want to "move past" Trump are never going to win. It's actually impressive how thoroughly Trump has taken over the Republican party. Net approval of free trade among Republicans has dropped 68% compared to 2015. Net approval for the idea that "American is a country of immigrants and immigration strengthens America" is down 38% compared to 2015. quote:Approval of Liz Cheney Removal https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/most-republicans-don-t-believe-biden-legitimate-2020-winner-cbs-news-yougov-poll-112093765671 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/republicans-liz-cheney-opinion-poll/ Leon Trotsky 2012 fucked around with this message at 19:40 on May 17, 2021 |
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/AndrewSolender/status/1394357102550863876 51-49 is fine as long as they don't filibuster it.
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/AndrewSolender/status/1394357102550863876 Its not getting anywhere because that's not HR1, its Manchin's suggestion of just legislatively reactivating parts of the VRA that the SCOTUS turned off, and also none of it will help all the new anti-voting laws passed since Nov. 2020. I have to hope this is part of the Manchin Cycle where he's basically tricked Murkowski into giving him the cover he'll need to vote for HR1 when no other Republican gets on board with his compromise bs.
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May 17, 2021 19:38
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"oh boy is [republican] in trouble now!! they'll be going down any day now!" aaaaaaaannnnyyyyyyyy daaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy..... *[republican] continues to break fundraising records* nnnnnnnoooooooowwwwwww...
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CommieGIR posted:If the rumors are true, Rudy is pretty hard drinking lately as of last year, I doubt he's went criminal mastermind and deleted evidence after the last year of watching Trump lose the election and then not pardon him. I’m not sure where this ‘criminal mastermind’ stuff is coming from. No criticism to here CommieGIR but when the FBI raid happened I saw a lot of people ITT doom posting that Rudy totally had a year to delete all evidence of his crimes. I mean, this is the guy who got rolled by loving Borat and constantly butt-dialed reporters by accident. Rudy is too old, drunk and thinks he’s untouchable to hide anything.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:That 1/6 Commission deal might be dead now. It was already going to be pretty worthless, the commission was gonna be equally split between Democrats and Republicans and you needed a majority (or for the head democrat and head republican) to agree to send any subpeonas, which means Republicans veto any subpeonas for anything they don't want.
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May 17, 2021 19:40
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Good news: The IRS says that 88% of people eligible for the new child tax credit will get it automatically deposited into their account each month without having to do anything starting July 15th. I wonder to what extent many taxpayers will not understand that these are advance tax credits & get pissed when they don't get massive refunds next year. Recall that after Trump's tax cuts withholding was changed and then the following year people were pissed that their refunds were lower bc they got the cuts throughout the prior year, even though their taxes were cut. Granted, getting checks/deposits separately from payroll is different--and not offset by stuff like increases in employees' payments toward health insurance--but financial illiteracy is p. rife in this country, and the admin is touting it as FREE MONEY without explaining how advance-credit payments will offset tax refunds down the road.
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King of Foolians posted:I’m not sure where this ‘criminal mastermind’ stuff is coming from. No criticism to here CommieGIR but when the FBI raid happened I saw a lot of people ITT doom posting that Rudy totally had a year to delete all evidence of his crimes. I mean, this is the guy who got rolled by loving Borat and constantly butt-dialed reporters by accident. Rudy is too old, drunk and thinks he’s untouchable to hide anything. Agreed, and even during his "Mafia Breaking" days most of the leg work was likely being done by lawyers working under him, he just got the credit for it. He's been unhinged for ages.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:The few Republicans who want to "move past" Trump are never going to win.
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mobby_6kl posted:Holy poo poo, 67% (not exactly nice) actually think trump won Yes we know the GOP is full of people who literally have stopped believing in pesky things like reality.
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May 17, 2021 19:44
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Willa Rogers posted:I wonder to what extent many taxpayers will not understand that these are advance tax credits & get pissed when they don't get massive refunds next year. The credits weren't refundable before. So, everyone who was "too poor" to qualify or get the full benefit won't have that issue anyway. They also increased the total value of the credits by ~50%. You'd have to be above the ~$70k income range or have very high withholding to see a huge difference. Most people don't understand taxes, so maybe those people will be pissed. Getting $600 per month deposited into your checking account is probably more noticeable than getting a smaller tax refund, but I have no doubt that some people will be angry about getting a smaller refund. Leon Trotsky 2012 fucked around with this message at 19:52 on May 17, 2021 |
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I wish I was surprised that the DoJ was doing the bidding of Trump and his buddies but here’s something that has not been disclosed before https://twitter.com/kpoulsen/status/1394344671761993731?s=21
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Willa Rogers posted:I wonder to what extent many taxpayers will not understand that these are advance tax credits & get pissed when they don't get massive refunds next year. - iirc a chunk of this is increases, rather than "just" shuffling money from tax season to advance payments - advance payments are objectively better for the needy than a big hunk of money at tax time I would rather see Joe Biden doing the thing that helps people rarher than catering to financial illiterates. On the plus side, he can do both with a hearty dollop of advertising. His advertising around the American Rescue Plan (I hope I'm remembering the first big relief bill name lol) suggests to me that he might be aware of this need. FlamingLiberal posted:I wish I was surprised that the DoJ was doing the bidding of Trump and his buddies but here’s something that has not been disclosed before I, for one, am shocked that Trump tried to sic the DOJ on his posting enemies.
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FlamingLiberal posted:I wish I was surprised that the DoJ was doing the bidding of Trump and his buddies but here’s something that has not been disclosed before I knew Devin Nunes cow was a deep state psyop
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In related "Trump has an iron grip on the Republican party" news: The Lt. Governor of Georgia just announced he is dropping out of the GOP ticket in 2022 after he criticized Trump for claiming Georgia had rampant fraud in 2020. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/georgia-lt-governor-wont-run-reelection-denouncing-trump-grip-gop
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May 17, 2021 19:51
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FlamingLiberal posted:I wish I was surprised that the DoJ was doing the bidding of Trump and his buddies but here’s something that has not been disclosed before Yeah this is such a sketchy attempt to end run around the 1st Amendment, no wonder Barr got a gag order.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:The credits weren't refundable before. So, everyone who was "too poor" to qualify or get the full benefit won't have that issue anyway. Most people don't understand taxes and that they got p. big tax cuts under Trump but it was doled out during the year, instead of as refunds. I remember a LOT of dems moaning about it, even here in dnd. Like I said, the size of the checks might offset the disappointment come refund time, but that'll be about six months before the midterms and it'd be in the admin's best interest to clarify that future refunds will be smaller as a result, lest the GOP piss & moan about "paying more taxes" like Dems did in 2019 with Trump. But the bigger clusterfuck is gonna be custodial splits between divorced parents, who often alternate taking children as dependents by year. The IRS is gonna be sending the payments to the parent who most recently claimed the dependent, and trusting the parents to work it out between themselves. eta: I think the existing child tax credits were partially refundable, but not fully refundable. etaa: Yeah, most of it was refundable: quote:The Child Tax Credit changes make it worth up to $2,000 per qualifying child. The age cut-off remains at 17 (the child must be under 17 at the end of the year for taxpayers to claim the credit). Willa Rogers fucked around with this message at 20:01 on May 17, 2021 |
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May 17, 2021 19:55
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Charlz Guybon posted:Decorum poisoning to the point of madness What's up with all the liberal justices on the court greedily holding onto their seats and indignantly brushing aside strategic retirement? First RBG now him. The SCOTUS is going to be 8-1 conservative due to the hubris of a few liberal judges who didn't retire early enough. All the more reason to introduce term limits.
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FlamingLiberal posted:I wish I was surprised that the DoJ was doing the bidding of Trump and his buddies but here’s something that has not been disclosed before Some fun lawyer sass: quote:"His efforts to suppress critical speech are as well-publicized as they are unsuccessful."
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Willa Rogers posted:I wonder to what extent many taxpayers will not understand that these are advance tax credits & get pissed when they don't get massive refunds next year. the tax credit that it advances is, specifically, the new tax credit that was created. not just randomly pulling your tax refund earlier in the year.
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/AndrewSolender/status/1394357102550863876 I think you will find it's 50-50 since there is no way Murkowski will ever support something like HR1 or anything remotely similar unless it will pass without her support
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Sedisp posted:I think you will find it's 50-50 since there is no way Murkowski will ever support something like HR1 or anything remotely similar unless it will pass without her support I dont think she really gives the same shits about Republican internal politics as the others do since shes a write in candidate anyway. Still far from what the bill needs without using reconciliation though
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adoration for none posted:What's up with all the liberal justices on the court greedily holding onto their seats and indignantly brushing aside strategic retirement? First RBG now him. Eh, is this really a one sided political problem? Casually looking at the recently retired justices, lets say since 2000:
This is a list of those who chose when to retire. So all 4 are appointed by Republican presidents, 2 retired under a Democratic president. Scalia passed away under a Democratic president, RGB passed away under a Republican president. So if we look at this under a purely partisan lens, I would say the SCOTUS judges being appointed by a Republican president are trying to throw their seats away at a faster rate. So I would say that the conservative judges are "more greedy" at trying to hold onto their seats based on the past couple decades. Obviously, there's room to criticize my lazy analysis, such as looking at a time period of when a lot of R appointed justices are retiring. I'm just too lazy to go through a more in depth/longer analysis. But overall, I think that most SCOTUS judges do try to be nonpartisan. Or at least not blatantly partisan. Kalit fucked around with this message at 20:33 on May 17, 2021 |
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May 17, 2021 20:27
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evilweasel posted:the tax credit that it advances is, specifically, the new tax credit that was created. not just randomly pulling your tax refund earlier in the year. The tax credit includes the $2k existing credits from prior years, in addition to the $1k-$1.5k increases that were passed this year. The payments that will be issued are for the entire credit, not just the increase this year.
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