Just A Question About Landmark Credit Union AND American Family Insurance

Aren't these two institutions in business to help people manage their finances with a minimum of risk and expense? So why are they buying naming rights to public arenas and music venues? Couldn't they use that money to lower insurance rates and bank fees instead?

Trump Got The Jab!

 

Donald Trump

After all the hubbub by President Pedo and Secretary Brain Worms about hos unsafe vaccines are, Trump took off for his second annual physical in less than six months, the Orange Sphincter got both a flu shot and a COVID vaccine.  

But like all Republicans, this regime is nothing if not hypocritical.

In related news, Trump also had a brain scan which came back negative, meaning they couldn't even find his final brain cell.

Breaking News That The White House Missed, Bigly! According to Conde Nast Traveler:

The number one BIG city in the US is CHICAGO! And number four? PORTLAND OR. Hardly the stuff of war zones, aina?  and Washington DC is number six.

BTW: Milwaukee is #3

Go figure!

Van Orden Praises Dear Leader For Imaginary Feats

 The Orange Sphincter had always wanted to do away with WIC, the program that helps provide food for families in need.  And his shut down of the government gave him the opportunity to do so for good.  But when enough people clamored enough to get through his dementia-addled brain, Orange promised to fund WIC through his tariffs.

Rep Drunken Van Orden thought that was great and promptly got to kissing some orange booty:

Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) released the following statement after President Donald J. Trump took action to ensure the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) nutrition program remains funded during the ongoing government shutdown

“When I was serving overseas as an active-duty Navy SEAL, my wife, Sara Jane, and I used WIC to help feed our kids. We know exactly how much that support means to working families

“Democrats shut down the government to protect healthcare for illegal aliens, leaving American families to bear the cost. President Trump is once again leading where Democrats have failed. I thank President Trump for his leadership and for always putting America first. It’s time for Democrats to stop holding the American people hostage to their radical agenda and do the same.”

Ah, how wonderful, if only Trump could do that, but he can't.  He doesn't have the authority to do that: As Chris Walker - yes, THAT Chris Walker - points out, Trump is blowing smoke up everyone's ass:

At issue, too, is whether the administration has the legal authority to send tariff-derived funds to WIC at all. As outlined by the Constitution, Congress, not the president, is empowered to determine where taxes may go, with other branches of government forbidden from doing so.

Presidents are allowed to disburse some executive branch funds through the use of executive orders, but those, too, require some level of congressional authorization. The tariffs enacted by Trump — which are viewed by many economists to be a tax on consumers — have not explicitly been directed to help pay for WIC.

Now, I have little doubt that Trump doesn't know what's going on.  He's just doing what Stephen Miller tells him to do. 

Sadly, DVO doesn't have a clue either.  Even if he wasn't drunk so much of the time, he isn't exactly the smartest man in the room, even if he was the only person in said room. 

Federal Employees Need To Take A Lesson From France: IT IS TIME FOR A GENERAL STRIKE

Every damn one of you. Just agree that all of you walk off at a particular hour and refuse to return to work until the shutdown is over. Done. 

Why Does Congress and the President Still Get Paid During A Federal Government Shutdown?

Seriously. There are distinct rules around who has to work and who gets paid during a federal government shutdown.

Those federal employees deemed non-essential are laid off and don't get any compensation for the time that they don't work.

Essential federal employees are furloughed...meaning they still have to work but don't get paid until the shutdown is over. At that point, they get back pay for the time worked during the shutdown. These would include TSA, air traffic controllers, the FBI and such.

BUT Congress and the President still get paid.. WTF? considering that they are the actual cause of the shutdown. They are the ones who aren't doing their jobs. It isn't the federal employees who are at fault here. They are just pawns in the game. So why is Congress and the President still getting paid? And they are the ones who need the money least, right??

So first, vote ALL of the a**holes out and then demand that the new Congress vote to deny themselves pay or even back pay for a federal government shutdown in the future.

 

Pete Hegseth Fires General Mills and General Motors From The Pentagon

 for not being able to meet his new fitness requirements...