They’re out blowing shit up and drinking heavily, they had a GREAT 4th. 😢

I mean, that’s BEEN his argument all along, this just codifies it… It’s not like the Justice Department or the Courts ever told him differently.

It’s not that they failed to show up in '24, it’s that the '20 numbers were inflated by generous vote by mail rules due to covid restrictions.

Following '20, Republicans became TERRIFIED of vote by mail, because they know they’re outnumbered and the more people vote, the worse it gets for them.

So they took steps between '20 and '24 to restrict vote by mail. I was telling everyone to expect a lower turnout, everyone is blaming everything except the obvious: Making it easier to vote gets more people to vote.

Just got this email, waiting for the “leopards eating faces” moment:

From: [email protected]

"Social Security Applauds Passage of Legislation Providing Historic Tax Relief for Seniors

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is celebrating the passage of the One Big, Beautiful Bill, a landmark piece of legislation that delivers long-awaited tax relief to millions of older Americans.

The bill ensures that nearly 90% of Social Security beneficiaries will no longer pay federal income taxes on their benefits, providing meaningful and immediate relief to seniors who have spent a lifetime contributing to our nation’s economy.

“This is a historic step forward for America’s seniors,” said Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano. “For nearly 90 years, Social Security has been a cornerstone of economic security for older Americans. By significantly reducing the tax burden on benefits, this legislation reaffirms President Trump’s promise to protect Social Security and helps ensure that seniors can better enjoy the retirement they’ve earned."

The new law includes a provision that eliminates federal income taxes on Social Security benefits for most beneficiaries, providing relief to individuals and couples. Additionally, it provides an enhanced deduction for taxpayers aged 65 and older, ensuring that retirees can keep more of what they have earned.

Social Security remains committed to providing timely, accurate information to the public and will continue working closely with federal partners to ensure beneficiaries understand how this legislation may affect them."

Are we still blaming Harambe? Feels accurate.

It’s going to be really bad this time, and I was watching the talking heads on the news discounting the CBO report by saying “Naw, naw, it’s cool… see it’s going to cause economic growth… everything is going to be fine!”

And I’m like “That’s a lie, and it was a lie when Reagan said it 45 years ago. It’s NEVER ONCE worked out that way.”

But nobody in the media is willing to follow up with that question: “So why didn’t the growth happen all the other times we tried this?”

Biden’s primary problem was that he could not comprehend where the criticism was coming from and would re-frame it in such a way as to absolve responsibility.

Look at the complaints about the Afghanistan evacuation. It was COMPLETELY fucked up and fucked up in ways that were 100% self inflicted.

People tried to tell him, Guam offered to help evacuate civilians, it was all denied under the black and white premise of “Well, we can’t stay, we have to get out, what do you want from me?”

Nobody is saying “stay”, we’re saying look at the order of operations. Can we please get all the civilians out first? Apparently nobody thought of that. Can we not leave behind any usable gear for the Taliban to take over? Yeah, nobody thought of that either.

Look at the complaints about inflation and the economy. Outright denial there was even a problem. Clinton could have told him “It’s the economy, stupid!” Biden? “What are you talking about, Jack? We have the best economy in the world! In… the… WOOOOORRLLLLD!”

I don’t think she even knows what she wants. If she didn’t want it to pass, she had her chance to kill it.

Republican is going to Republican I guess…

Because the Senate passed it via reconciliation to avoid the filibuster, if the House rejects it, it goes back to the Senate to be re-formulated into something more acceptable to the House.

We’ll know more when the House votes on it. It may be House members will demand certain things be added or removed.

But then whatever changes have to be re-voted on in the Senate, so she’d have a SECOND chance to vote “No” while still voting “Yes”.

For those who missed it:

https://www.newsweek.com/big-beautiful-bill-donald-trump-lisa-murkowski-vote-2093246

“Republican Alaskan Senator Lisa Murkowski said Tuesday that despite voting in favor of the sweeping tax and spending package, she wants the House to return the “One Big Beautiful Bill” to the Senate for further work.”

https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/07/senate-passes-big-beautiful-bill-00434918

“The vote was 51-50, with Vice President JD Vance breaking a tie. Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Thom Tillis of North Carolina joined Democrats and voted no.”

For point 1, this sounds like a class action waiting to happen.

You buy a Nintendo console, Nintendo says you broke the rules and bans that console, now non-Nintendo games won’t work on it because it’s banned from reaching online services.

“2124-4508”

I’m going to spoiler tag all the Nintendo legal-ese because it’s A LOT.

It boils down to this console is banned from logging in online. So a couple of questions:

1. Do you HAVE to be online to play Switch 2 games?

2. If the ban is correct for user violations, why ban the hardware? Why not ban the account?

Two situations tank a politician:

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/eight-quotes-by-about-former-louisiana-gov-edwin-edwards-2021-07-12/

“During a successful election campaign for governor in 1983, he boasted, “The only way I can lose this election is if I’m caught in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy.””