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Loved the meme about the waking up pregnancy test. But have to correct a misstatement on Tariffs. You wrote: "The more Democrats up and down the ballot hone in on how tariffs are paid by consumers, and are not going to government coffers, the more likely that undecided voters will come around to what we REALLY need to do about the economy."

Fact is that, if and when the offered goods subject to the tariff are purchased, the purchaser pays the amount due on the tariff to the U.S. It is true that the ultimate consumer, in effect, will be paying the tariff as part of their purchasing price but the U.S. Treasury collects the tariffs just like it does the income tax.

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Yeah, tariffs are taxes, and they will cost EVERYONE more than they're paying now in income taxes. Except the really rich. Hope you are staying dry and safe.

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Never fear. Our buildings are a designated shelter facility. Worst that could happen is that we have a power failure. That would trigger generator power with many limitations in our individual units but with sufficient air conditioning and outlets on our ground floor to power oxygen machines, cell phones and microwaves. Could also have some water supply problems if a storm adversely impacts the County water supply. That's why we all have gallons of water 'in our units.

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I actually DO want all the details but I wouldn't have time to read them all. Thank you so much for your daily information!

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Thank you for appreciating my work! That made my day. So far, while some people want the most critical races, NO ONE wants it all. I'll probably cover the most interesting races briefly going forward.

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My 610 Area Code phone is exploding with texts from The Convicted Felon, (From Trump: CONGRATS, YOU'RE INVITED TO MAR-A-LAGO! PLEASE enter to win a free trip to see me... [url link]), his Miscreant Misogynist Minion, (JD Vance: I want to honor you during my only debate. Can I display YOUR NAME for the world to see? 1st spot: [url link]), and various down ballot deplorables. I have a very colorful cut-and-paste response for them that often immediately gets me a return of "You are unsubscribed." (25+ years ago, my number belonged to a landline in Allentown for a couple named Charles and Carolyn who were registered republicans and Experian constantly tells me that my phone number has been found on "The Dark Web".}

Our neighborhood has few political signs out - but we, of course, have ours. A few days ago, we were in the yard and an older couple stopped and said they liked our signs. They live on the next street and definitely will be voting Democrat on all candidates.

And, yeah... wondering what the next Willie Horton episode will be... you know they're planning one.

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I really have no idea what the surprise will be. But we KNOW they make things up! So you never know -- I just hope that we catch a break. A really big break. I can't write my true hopes and dreams because the internet is forever, and I don't want to be doxxed, swotted, or worse.

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