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Tim Ruppert<p>Sure, making tip income tax-free would help, but keep in mind that 37% percent of tipped workers DO NOT PAY federal income tax at all because they earn so little! Rather than offering the crumbs of a limited tax exemption, we can offer real help to those in the service industry. Things like:</p><p>* Raise the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to the living wage rate of $20.00 per hour, and eliminate the tipped minimum wage rate entirely.<br>* Enact universal health care.<br>* Eliminate student loans and tuition for college and trade schools.<br>* Support worker organizing and unionization to protect workers from abuse and unfair management actions.</p><p>If we're serious about helping workers at the lowest end of the income scale, let's take agressive legislative action that will result in life-changing opportunities for our fellow citizens who work for tips.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GOPFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPFail</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FuckTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckTrump</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/minimumwage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minimumwage</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/OneBigBeautifulBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OneBigBeautifulBill</span></a></p>
J. Jacoby (a person)<p>Used to be nice living within a 20 minute drive of a major airport. Easy flights, not many connections needed. </p><p>Now, not so much. Just informed I need to change my June travel plans because my return flight was cancelled. </p><p>Lovely. </p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/newarkairport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newarkairport</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/united" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>united</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/gopfail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gopfail</span></a></p>
Tim Ruppert<p>Republicans’ respect of police officers is completely fake and performative. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/19/michael-fanone-capitol-police-plaque-trump-mike-johnson" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ay/19/michael-fanone-capitol-police-plaque-trump-mike-johnson</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GOPFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPFail</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nola" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nola</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Louisiana</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/j6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>j6</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FuckTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckTrump</span></a></p>
Tim Ruppert<p>In this week’s newsletter to constituents Louisiana embarrassment Steve Scalise declares he “proudly celebrated National Police Week to salute all of our men and women in law enforcement across the country who risk their lives to keep our communities safe.” Scalise makes no mention of how just a few weeks ago he stood by silently as the Convicted-Felon-in-Chief granted total pardons to rioters who attacked the Capitol on January 6th, an assault of such magnitude and ferocity that MORE THAN 100 Capitol Police Officers were hospitalized or sought medical attention. The pardons included over 200 rioters who admitted guilt as well as dozens convicted of assaulting officers and sentenced to YEARS in jail. But, yeah, Steve, now you want us to believe you love and respect the people behind the badge. You’re just another lying liar who lies. <br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GOPFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPFail</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nola" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nola</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Louisiana</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/j6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>j6</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FuckTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckTrump</span></a></p>
Tim Ruppert<p>In his weekly newsletter to constituents, Louisiana’s most destructive congressman Steve Scalise talks about GOMESA—The Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act. Silly rabbit, according to the Convicted-Felon-in-Chief, the Gulf of Mexico no longer exists. So you’re either grossly ignorant or massively defiant. <br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GOPFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPFail</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FuckTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckTrump</span></a></p>
Tim Ruppert<p>The <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> is real. MAGA now means “Many Americans Go Ailing.”<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GOPFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPFail</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FuckTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckTrump</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/114506624360050230" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">masto.ai/@Nonilex/114506624360</span><span class="invisible">050230</span></a></p>
Tim Ruppert<p>Laura Loomer, the far-right MAGA acolyte of the Convicted-Felon-in-Chief, says of Qatar’s gift plane, “We cannot accept a $400m ‘gift’ from jihadists in suits.” </p><p>Well, she *almost* got it right. It doesn’t matter who/what/where/when/how, the President of the United States should not accept anything of significant value—full stop. The fact that it’s a $400 million gift, or that we might have political differences with the gift giver is entirely irrelevant!</p><p>Reference: Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution. </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GOPFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPFail</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FuckTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckTrump</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Qatar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Qatar</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AirForceOne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirForceOne</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/13/trump-qatar-plane-maga-republicans?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ay/13/trump-qatar-plane-maga-republicans?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a></p>
Tim Ruppert<p>A voluntary federal program that costs about $50 million per year to administer, while helping consumers save an estimated $34 BILLION per year in reduced energy costs? The Convicted-Felon-in-Chief hates it and Republicans are planning to kill it. </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kakistocracy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a><br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GOPFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPFail</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FuckTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckTrump</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/EnergyStar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyStar</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/trump-epa-energy-star-program-eliminate-reaction-cost-families-businesses-500-billion-efficient-appliances/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">05/trump-epa-energy-star-program-eliminate-reaction-cost-families-businesses-500-billion-efficient-appliances/</span></a></p>
Tim Ruppert<p>Shame on everyone involved in this egregious assault on civil liberty. </p><p>The judge noted, “There has been no evidence introduced by the government [specifically Trump Regime] other than the op-ed. That literally is the case. There is no evidence here."</p><p>JAILED FOR<br>MORE THAN SIX WEEKS. </p><p>POLITICAL PRISONER JAILED BY REPUBLICANS. </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GOPFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPFail</span></a><br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FuckTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckTrump</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/R%C3%BCmeysa%C3%96zt%C3%BCrk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RümeysaÖztürk</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AbolishICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbolishICE</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5393055/tufts-student-rumeysa-ozturk-ordered-freed-from-immigration-detention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-53930</span><span class="invisible">55/tufts-student-rumeysa-ozturk-ordered-freed-from-immigration-detention</span></a></p>
Tim Ruppert<p>For a guy whose name appears on the book entitled “Art of the Deal,” I see no evidence of “art” in any of these gyrations and certainly nothing resembling a “deal” in the ensuing chaos. </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GOPFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPFail</span></a><br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/dotard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dotard</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/tarrifs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tarrifs</span></a><br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FuckTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckTrump</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/09/china-exports-beat-expectations-despite-slump-in-trade-with-us?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2025/may</span><span class="invisible">/09/china-exports-beat-expectations-despite-slump-in-trade-with-us?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a></p>
Tim Ruppert<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@osma" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>osma</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@cainmark" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cainmark</span></a></span> </p><p>This article centers on the “right to repair” issue, which Congress could solve for all Americans by passing a law (joke). But it also highlights how DoD is often a soft target for corporate greed. You can’t help but notice how the GOP’s alleged efforts to weed out waste, fraud, and abuse have not touched military spending, and in fact Republicans aim to pump more money into the armed forces. A criminal enterprise through and through. <br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GOPFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPFail</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FuckTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckTrump</span></a></p>
Tim Ruppert<p>What’s more nauseating: that the Convicted-Felon-in-Chief actually said this, or, that Republicans will read it and shrug their shoulders?<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a><br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GOPFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPFail</span></a><br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FuckTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckTrump</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/unconstitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unconstitutional</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ImpeachTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImpeachTrump</span></a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/04/trump-nbc-interview-constitution-economy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25/05/04/trump-nbc-interview-constitution-economy/</span></a></p>
Tim Ruppert<p>Because if we can revise history to say that Nixon wasn’t all that bad a president, maybe the Convicted-Felon-in-Chief has less to worry about how his fascist regime will be judged. <br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GOPFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPFail</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FuckTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckTrump</span></a></p><p><a href="https://time.com/7265175/the-effort-to-rewrite-watergate/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">time.com/7265175/the-effort-to</span><span class="invisible">-rewrite-watergate/</span></a></p>
Tim Ruppert<p>You keep saying, “Our Country will boom.” I do not think it means what you think it means. <br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GOPFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPFail</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FuckTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckTrump</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/114427270269480395" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/11442727</span><span class="invisible">0269480395</span></a></p>
Tim Ruppert<p>If you’re on the side of masked government agents grabbing people off the streets, you’re not the kind of person I could call a friend. <br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AbolishICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbolishICE</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GOPFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPFail</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FuckTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckTrump</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NoNazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNazis</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DueProcessForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DueProcessForAll</span></a></p>
Tim Ruppert<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toad.social/@KimPerales" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>KimPerales</span></a></span> <br>So, freedom of speech and the right to due process are not granted to non-citizens. What other inalienable rights does the U.S. intend to deny?<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FuckTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckTrump</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GOPFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPFail</span></a></p>
Tim Ruppert<p>Republicans famously have said government should not be picking “winners and losers” when regulating the market. What is this if not that exact thing? Once again, they accuse others of wrongly doing the things they themselves do. <br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GOPFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPFail</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FuckTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckTrump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/@ProPublica/114381740809969602" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newsie.social/@ProPublica/1143</span><span class="invisible">81740809969602</span></a></p>
Tim Ruppert<p>The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) urges continued support and robust funding for NOAA, the federal agency that is the source of critical weather and climate information, including forecasting during severe weather events. This is literally a matter of life or death.</p><p>Read the letter and the details of just some of the essential services NOAA provides to more than earn our support.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ASCE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ASCE</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CivilEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilEngineering</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NOAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NOAA</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GOPFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPFail</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PublicSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSafety</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.asce.org/-/media/asce-images-and-files/advocacy/documents/2025-04-21-asce_letter_to_commerce_on_noaa.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">asce.org/-/media/asce-images-a</span><span class="invisible">nd-files/advocacy/documents/2025-04-21-asce_letter_to_commerce_on_noaa.pdf</span></a></p>
Tim Ruppert<p>Buyer’s remorse?</p><p>Republican Governor Sarah Huckabee of Arkansas seeks routine federal assistance from FEMA but is told to beat feet. </p><p>Look, if the GOP wants to make changes to FEMA policy, sure, let’s discuss and implement a transition plan. But the Convicted-Felon-in-Chief is taking the bull-in-a-china-shop approach, refusing to release federal funding already approved and in the budget, leaving states with no fallback plan or time to prepare a post-FEMA plan. </p><p>Bottom line: Cruel, capricious and spreading chaos. Just another day of Republican rule. </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GOPFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPFail</span></a><br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a><br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FuckTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckTrump</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FEMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FEMA</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NaturalDisaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalDisaster</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DisasterRelief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisasterRelief</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/24/trump-denies-aid-arkansas-tornados?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/24/trump-denies-aid-arkansas-tornados?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a></p>
Tim Ruppert<p>“If any officer or enlisted member had passed classified information over an unsecured or unauthorized [device], we would have been immediately removed [them] from our position, investigated, most likely prosecuted. For an officer, it’s a career killer.” said Joe Plenzler, a retired veteran of the United States Marine Corps who served in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HegsethIsUnfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HegsethIsUnfit</span></a><br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GOPFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPFail</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FuckTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckTrump</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SignalGate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignalGate</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/@theguardian_us_news/114387206998314202" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">halo.nu/@theguardian_us_news/1</span><span class="invisible">14387206998314202</span></a></p>