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Wonder what the stipulations are on the Social Security taxation. I begin drawing mine in August, but I’m still working for another couple of years. I can’t imagine mine not being taxed being I have a primary income. 
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Tucker On Twitter / Re: Tucker says Iran is no threat to U.S.
« Last post by rustynail on Today at 08:01:45 pm »
Tucker proves middle aged crazy is a thing.
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Tucker On Twitter / Re: Tucker says Iran is no threat to U.S.
« Last post by Cyber Liberty on Today at 07:45:20 pm »
First time I have responded to a Tucker thread in quite a while... He is still an idiot it seems.

He's gotten so edgy he has fallen off the flat Earth.
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Trump administration torpedoes SCOTUS with emergency requests and sees surprising success

The dizzying pace of applications comes as the administration looks to advance some of Trump’s sweeping policy actions

 By Breanne Deppisch Fox News
Published July 3, 2025 6:26pm EDT | Updated July 3, 2025 6:37pm EDT

The Supreme Court ended its term last week, but the justices aren’t done yet, partly due to a legal blitz President Donald Trump has strategically deployed in his second term, one that’s proven surprisingly effective in advancing his sweeping agenda.

Lawyers for the Trump administration filed their 20th emergency application to the Supreme Court Thursday in just a 23-week period.

The dizzying pace of applications comes as the administration looks to advance some of Trump’s sweeping policy actions. And, in many cases, the court’s 6-3 majority has given the administration the green light to proceed.

The high court has ruled in Trump’s favor in the majority of emergency applications, allowing the administration to proceed with its ban on transgender service members in the military, its termination of millions of dollars in Education Department grants and its firing of probationary employees across the federal government, among many other actions.

Like most emergency orders, the rulings are often unsigned, giving little indication what the justices might be thinking.

Emergency applications — and the Supreme Court’s responses — aren’t meant to offer lasting relief. But Trump has found success using a "move fast and break things" strategy to push key requests through the court’s so-called "shadow" docket.

For context, Trump has filed more emergency applications in five months than his predecessors did in years. Former President Joe Biden submitted just 19 over his entire term, while presidents Obama and George W. Bush filed only eight combined during their time in office.

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-administration-torpedoes-scotus-emergency-requests-sees-surprising-success
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Tucker On Twitter / Re: Tucker says Iran is no threat to U.S.
« Last post by Sighlass on Today at 07:33:38 pm »
First time I have responded to a Tucker thread in quite a while... He is still an idiot it seems.
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Justice Alito's warning about nationwide injunction 'loophole' looms over Trump cases
AG Bondi criticized 'rogue' judge for attempting to undermine Supreme Court's decision on nationwide blocks
By Ashley Oliver Fox News
Published July 3, 2025 2:54pm EDT

Justice Samuel Alito raised concerns about a "potentially significant loophole" in the Supreme Court's decision to curb universal injunctions, and now his warning is hanging over lawsuits involving President Donald Trump.

Alito said in his concurring opinion in Trump v. CASA that class action lawsuits and lawsuits brought by states leave room for judges to hand down injunctions that, in practice, would function the same way a universal injunction does.

"Federal courts should thus be vigilant against such potential abuses of these tools," Alito said.

Alito's warning comes as judges continue to hand down sweeping rulings and as plaintiffs begin filing lawsuits tailored to avoid running into the new roadblock established by the high court.

In one major ruling, Judge Randolph Moss, an Obama appointee based in Washington, D.C., found this week that Trump's proclamation declaring an "invasion" at the border was unlawful.

Trump's proclamation restricted migrants from claiming asylum when crossing into the United States, a practice the Trump administration says has been abused by border crossers.

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/justice-alitos-warning-about-nationwide-injunction-loophole-looms-over-trump-cases
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Congress delivers one big, beautiful win for the middle class
Republican legislation makes middle-class tax cuts permanent while expanding child tax credit for families across the country
By Sarah Chamberlain Fox News
Published July 3, 2025 4:42pm EDT

 The House and Senate have done their jobs, the "One Big Beautiful Bill" has crossed the finish line. For frontline members of Congress across the country, this is more than just a legislative victory, it is a political boon heading into the upcoming midterms. This bill delivers real relief to hardworking Americans, and our main street members now have a clear message to take home: We kept our promises.

This law protects the middle-class tax cuts that have fueled economic growth, expanded the child tax credit that so many families rely on, and ends taxes on tips and overtime, giving hourly workers the raise Washington never let them keep before. These wins are not abstract. They are personal, tangible, and powerful.

Let’s start with taxes. For the last several years, millions of families have benefited from lower individual tax rates that helped stretch paychecks further and keep small businesses afloat. But those cuts were set to expire. Had Congress failed to act, families across the country would have faced a surprise tax hike in the middle of an already uncertain economy. Now, those cuts are permanent, and our members can proudly say they stood on the side of working Americans.

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https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/congress-delivers-one-big-beautiful-win-middle-class
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Space Policy Online By Marcia Smith | Posted: July 3, 2025

The House passed President Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” this afternoon. Trump is expected to sign it tomorrow, July 4, a self-imposed deadline Republicans were determined to meet. Dubbed the “megabill” for its far reaching effects on federal spending and revenue, the reconciliation bill (its more common name) includes $10 billion for NASA programs the Trump Administration has proposed cutting in the FY2026 budget request. They include elements of the Artemis program, funding for the International Space Station, as well as $85 million to move the Space Shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum to Texas.

Over the past week, first the Senate and then the House pulled all-nighters to get the reconciliation bill passed by July 4 giving up most of their week-long July 4 recess that was supposed to begin last Friday, June 27.

Early on Congress was debating whether to deal with Trump’s broad domestic policy agenda all at once or in separate bills and at one point he said he wanted one, big beautiful bill and that became the legislation’s official name: the “One, Big Beautiful Bill Act,” OBBB, and assigned the number H.R. 1.

In the end, despite publicly-expressed misgivings from a number of Republicans, all but three in the Senate and two in the House voted for it. The Senate vote was 50-50, with Vice President Vance casting the tie-breaker to make it 51-50.  Of the 53 Senate Republicans, 50 voted yes. Three voted no along with all Democrats and two independents.

Quite a few House Republicans bitterly complained about changes the Senate made to the House-passed bill and initially vowed not to approve it, but the vote in the House this afternoon was 218-214, with all but two Republicans in favor. All Democrats were opposed. No changes were made to the Senate-passed version.

The original House-passed version of the bill did not address NASA.

The Senate version included sections crafted by the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, which is chaired by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). The final version of the Commerce Committee’s text included everything for NASA that was in the original version plus $85 million to transfer the Space Shuttle Discovery from the Udvar-Hazy Center of the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, VA to Houston. The language in the bill is less specific, but Cruz and Texas’s other Senator, John Cornyn (R), already have introduced legislation that makes clear what they intend.

As passed by the Senate and House, the bill provides $10.08 billion ($9.995 billion in the original version plus another $85 million in the revised version) for NASA as follows.

More: https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/trump-megabill-includes-billions-for-artemis-iss-moving-a-space-shuttle-to-texas-and-more/
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