Good morning. Let me be the first to say #FuckMAGATs at #MackTrucks in #RedState #Pennsylvania #Allentown #LeHighValley area. #TrumpTariffs #YouVotedForThis #JobLosses #RepMackenzie #HaveABlessedDay

Good Morning! Let me be the first to say #Fuck @SpeakerJohnson in his #Evangelical ass with a stick until he bleeds #RedState #Red. He is complicit in the #TrumpMuskGOPClusterFuck #HaveABlessedDay

And on the health front, another child dies of #Measles in the #RedState of #Texas. Another accomplishment for the #TrumpMuskGOPClusterFuck and #KennedyJr. They love them #FreedomSores in #Texas cuz they're #Red

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker shares a gay couple’s heartfelt letter detailing their escape from a red state

https://flip.it/W.qqGE #LGBTQ #JBPritzker #Illinois #BlueState #RedState #Politics #CivilRights #Equality #Resist

@mycotropic Yes, the @GOP is a death cult. But I think in this #NewNihilism and #Freedom they champion, it's OK if they kill themselves and suffer as long as they keep their death and destruction in #RedStates! #FreedomSores are a beautiful color of #RedState #Red. Besides, I'm glad they finally achieve their goal of #MeetingTheirJesus! I even told my little sister I hope she achieves her goal and meets him soon.

#Texas #Measles outbreak in the news. They sure love their #FreedomSores in #WestTexas which is #RedState #Red like the #Sores. They really like #Red in #Texas

#senryu by returning contributor, Ron Scully, of Burien, Washington, USA. #redstate #haiku #poetry #politics #poem #micropoetry #cranberry #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity

#USPol

Questions and an idea for my #USAnian friends...

Your ~~feral~~ federal government is currently being commandeered by an executive that believes that it can rewrite the U.S. constitution via executive orders. One of the primary techniques they are using is usurping the congress's "power of the purse", by either refusing to spend congressionally-allocated funds, or by spending those funds on things other than congress allocated them for.

If the executive branch thinks it's fine to ignore your constitution and screw taxpayers with tax dollars, then...

1) Most of the feds' tax income comes from income tax and various #employment taxes.

2) Employers collect these taxes and remit them to the government.

3) Q: exactly *who* do they remit them to? Based on history, I would think this would be a state agency, who would keep the state/municipal portion and remit the rest to the federal government. Is this correct?

4) "Blue" states are, in general, net payers of tax dollars vs. federal services received.

5) "Red" states are, in general, the opposite - they receive more in federal services / support than they remit in taxes.

So, depending on the answer to (3), my #idea is: why don't blue states stop remitting funds to the federal #government? Don't steal it, just hold it in trust until the feds can be made to follow the law correctly.

I would think this would hurt the feds, a *lot*.

Good article on #SocialSecurity and how #TheTrumpMuskGOPClusterFuck and #DOGE are damaging the #SafetyNet. In this #NewNihilism as long as there are more #RedState #GOPGrannies and #GOPKids experiencing more #Chaos and #Destruction than #BlueStates, #WeAreWinningTheNihilisticGame https://www.brookings.edu/articles/doge-is-disrupting-social-security/

#TeslaIsBurning and #TrumpEconomics and #TrumpTariffs are destroying the #USEconomy and #EggsAreExpensive. I hope #RedState grannies and babies starve.

Found this on a Discord...

If you need to move from a #redState to a #blueState because you are #trans or #nonBinary, etc. these folks are offering interest-free #loans.

Keshet-HFLS “Move to Thrive” Interest-Free Loan Program

Applicants do not have to be Jewish and can be moving from any state in the U.S. to any state in the U.S. (but not outside of the country).

To qualify, applicants must meet the following requirements:

- Have plans to move to a different state within three months of receiving an HFLS loan and be able to submit documentation of their move OR plan to move no later than six months from the time they receive the loan.

- Have annual household income sufficient to support loan repayment, and no higher than the HFLS income limits.

- Have an active checking account.

- Provide one guarantor who meets the two requirements above.

Initial funding for this program is provided by the Jewish LGBTQ Donor Network.

https://www.keshetonline.org/movetothrive/

REALLY! Red State Trump voters panicking over Medicaid cuts want Republicans to cross the aisle.

Red State MAGA-Trump-voting Republicans are realizing that he is about to screw them. Cross the aisle, said one of them!

#DonaldTrump #medicaid #MedicaidCuts #RedState #republicans

https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-nsG

I keep reading about how blue states are losing population due to high cost of living - but every time we crunch the numbers the only thing that makes #Baltimore more expensive for us than #Florida is the post-pandemic mortgage + to a much lesser degree, state taxes

Florida is not affordable, especially when your home insurance doubles overnight in the least climate-sensitive (inland, high ground) part of the state. #costofliving #redstate #bluestate

Spent a few extra to buy #Canada booze instead of the #RedState stuff I used to buy. It's Canada Whiskey, not Canadian Whiskey, right?

#FuckKentucky #FuckBourbon and fuck @AndyBeshearKY #RotInTariffHell you #RedState #SonsOfBitches you deserve what your got