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Thomas Thacker retweeted
🔥 JUST ANNOUNCED: Gob is coming to Peterborough Musicfest!
🎸 Canadian punk legends hit the Fred Anderson Stage
🗓️ Sat, Jul 19 | ⏰ 8 PM | 📍 Del Crary Park 🎟️ FREE
Thx to our sponsors for making it all happen!
What’s your go-to Gob song? 👇
#PeterboroughMusicfest #GobLive
Thomas Thacker retweeted
The final Sum 41 rehearsal, getting ready for @TheJUNOAwards and our induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. #JUNOS
Thomas Thacker retweeted
If you’re cheering for a South African sociopath to fuck over US military veterans then you should probably stop with that America first bullshit.
Thomas Thacker retweeted
If Bernie’s Social Security bill was enacted in 2021, Musk would have paid $2.9 billion more in taxes, Social Security would’ve been solvent for 75 years, benefits would’ve increased by $2,400 & 93% of Americans would have paid Zero more in taxes. The only one “entitled” is Musk.
Thomas Thacker retweeted
DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
Thomas Thacker retweeted
Donald Trump has reportedly spent an estimated $10.7 million worth of taxpayer money to play golf since his inauguration.
This is happening as Head Start programs have struggled to access previously approved federal funding due to the Trump admin's illegal impoundment.
Hello?
Thomas Thacker retweeted
I think it would make a big difference in our health if we banned Pharma ads from America like the rest of the world does.
Thomas Thacker retweeted
Instead of illegally trying to shut down huge pieces of our government that serve working people, Elon Musk could cut $2 trillion of actual waste by targeting handouts to the rich and powerful.
Here’s how: (🧵)
Thomas Thacker retweeted
Turns out
“no tax on tip”
“No tax on overtime”
“No tax on Social Security”
Was all BULL SHIT.
Not only are REPUBLICANS NOT CUTTING TAXES, if you make less than $400,000 a year YOUR TAXES ARE GOING UP.
Thomas Thacker retweeted
BREAKING: All seven of Elon Musk’s companies — X, xAI, Neuralink, Starlink, the Boring Company, Tesla and SpaceX —have netted a combined $20 billion in US government contracts and subsidies, according to the Financial Times.
Does MAGA care to comment?
Thomas Thacker retweeted
BREAKING: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has fired at least 20 employees who were involved in reviewing Elon Musk's brain implant company, Neuralink, per CNBC.
This action was part of a broader reduction in federal workers known as the 'DOGE firings'.
Thomas Thacker retweeted
So when does the Golden Age of America start because right now I'm just seeing a lot of good people losing their jobs and a lot of planes crashing
Thomas Thacker retweeted
This is an excellent summary of Musk’s takeover of the Treasury from @NYMag’s @chasdanner, with quotes from WSJ, NYT, WaPo, and my op-ed from @MSNBC yesterday.
But this quote from @smotus is right on the money. This isn’t efficiency. It’s a coup.
nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…
Thomas Thacker retweeted
The stock market is tanking so badly it almost feels like we are being governed by someone who went bankrupt six tim—
Oh wait.
Thomas Thacker retweeted
Cost of extending the Trump tax cuts for the rich: $4.6 trillion
Cost of cutting corporate tax rate to 15%: $1 trillion
Remember this as we hear about "wasteful government spending."
Thomas Thacker retweeted
Fun Fact: A 2% tax on the top 5 wealthiest billionaires would generate more revenue than the entire yearly budget of USAID.
I think I found the efficiencies DOGE was looking for.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
A 2% annual wealth tax on America’s 5 wealthiest billionaires would initially generate $25.8 billion.
USAID’s annual budget is $40 billion.
forbes.com/real-time-bill…
bbc.com/news/articles/…