May 19, 2017 – Four months after his inauguration, almost 700 positions still remained empty at the Center for Disease Control. The vacancies appeared at every level—from administrative roles to scientific advisers to director-level positions.
In case anyone has forgotten, Rick Scott pleaded the 5th 75 times in a 2000 deposition. His former company, Columbia/HCA, pleaded guilty to 14 felonies and agreed to a $600+ million fine in what was at the time the largest health care fraud settlement in U.S. history.
Donald Trump, True the Vote and other Trump-supporting far-right groups are spreading lies about non-citizen voting ahead of the 2024 election, setting themselves up to declare mass fraud if things don’t go how they want in the fall. #GOPFraud#ElectionFraud#GOP#NoRepublicansEverAgain
Remember: Texas saw an estimated 26,313 rape-related pregnancies during the 16 months after the state outlawed all abortions, with no exceptions for survivors of rape or incest, according to a 2024 study. Out of the thousands of rape-related pregnancies in 14 states, Texas had 45% of the total. #NoRepublicansEverAgain
About 125,000 notices will be sent to high-income earners, including 25,000 people with income more than $1 million, the tax agency said. Maybe we should eat the rich before the price per pound exceeds that of ground beef.
BIG FEDERAL DEFICIT? Because Trump’s and George W. Bush’s tax cuts together added $10 trillion to the debt—57% of the increase in the ratio of the national debt to the economy since 2001. Excluding the one-time costs of Covid-19 and the Great Recession, the Bush/Trump tax cuts account for MORE THAN 90% of the increase.
65% of the benefits of the Trump tax cuts have gone to the richest fifth of Americans