Current Affairs General US politics (ie, not POTUS related)

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LinekersLegs said:


How on earth is Sen Duckworth going to weaponise her baby? Get her daughter to poop over McConnell and distract him from holding a vote?
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And remember, women themselves will upset the work place.....

Oh, and all those people with skin tones different than mine.....

Oh, and any males who don't own property.....

Oh, and any males who can't read.....
 
I'll say this about Trump's America - its standard of messed up is vastly higher than it used to be:

Smallville actor Allison Mack, who played Chloe Sullivan on the hit CW series for 10 seasons, has been arrested for her involvement in a sex cult called Nxivm. She is due to appear in court in Brooklyn on Friday.

The group’s leader, Keith Raniere, was arrested for sex trafficking and forced labor last month. He was extradited to the United States from Puerto Vallarta in Mexico and is currently being held at a federal prison in Oklahoma City without bond.

Mack, who is listed “Co-Conspirator 1” in the criminal complaint, was last seen chasing after the cop car that was hauling Raniere away from the villa in Mexico where he had been hiding. Mack, 35, is said to have acted as a key recruiter for the group while also acting as a direct “slave” to Raniere, with whom she had a sexual relationship.

Nxivm, which is reportedly run out of a townhouse in Halfmoon, New York, was publicly branded as a “self-help group”. Raniere, 57, allegedly blackmailed women into becoming sex slaves and branded their skin with his and Mack’s initials. Federal authorities said that Raniere had a “rotating group of 15 to 20 women with whom he maintains sexual relationships”.
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https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/apr/20/allison-mack-arrest-sex-cult-smallville-actor
 
The federal government took in a record tax haul in April en route to its biggest-ever monthly budget surplus, the Congressional Budget Office said, as a surging economy left Americans with more money in their paychecks — and this more to pay to Uncle Sam.

All told the government collected $515 billion and spent $297 billion, for a total monthly surplus of $218 billion. That swamped the previous monthly record of $190 billion, set in 2001.

CBO analysts were surprised by the surplus, which was some $40 billion more than they’d guessed at less than a month ago.

Analysts said they’ll have a better idea of what’s behind the surge as more information rolls in, but for now said it looks like individual taxpayers are paying more because they have higher incomes.

Imagine that.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/7/cbo-says-april-was-best-month-history-us-budget/
 
mezzrow said:
The federal government took in a record tax haul in April en route to its biggest-ever monthly budget surplus, the Congressional Budget Office said, as a surging economy left Americans with more money in their paychecks — and this more to pay to Uncle Sam.

All told the government collected $515 billion and spent $297 billion, for a total monthly surplus of $218 billion. That swamped the previous monthly record of $190 billion, set in 2001.

CBO analysts were surprised by the surplus, which was some $40 billion more than they’d guessed at less than a month ago.

Analysts said they’ll have a better idea of what’s behind the surge as more information rolls in, but for now said it looks like individual taxpayers are paying more because they have higher incomes.

Imagine that.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/7/cbo-says-april-was-best-month-history-us-budget/
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I guess I shouldn't be surprised that you read the Washington Times.
 
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