Ponzi schemes do in fact use YOUR money. And SS is regrettably (by the demand of the US Democrats, to be clear) operated like a Ponzi Scheme. If a Democrat ever paused to really think about SS, they'd hate their own party's policy. So ... they just don't think.

Although the ST endorsed most of those they are now calling out, I'm glad that Riley is being this forceful. It shouldn't just be up to the Gov, but there has been no electoral consequences for D's or their leadership. The lesson they learned was tragic. seattletimes.com/opinion/gov-fe…

Reality has a moderate bias.

The craziest thing about the tariff formula is that it follows directly from Trump's sincere belief that the US should run a trade surplus not only with the rest of the world in aggregate but with EACH AND EVERY COUNTRY.

So close ... how does one pay for these things? Perhaps by making Nike's in the US and perhaps if that job paid well?

Do not be fooled. The authoritarian left in Canada has found that attacking America is good politics in Canada. These extremists views will play well with Canadian voters, and Americans who just like it when people fight with Trump. They will be forgotten soon.

I have always believed in free trade. But are you a free trader, or just anti-Trump?

If people didn't want to work in factories they would have abandoned them before the corporations closed them. Instead the workers had to be kicked out.

I wish the same economic literacy, recently discovered by Democrats about tariffs, extended to their understanding of RENT CONTROL. Maybe if Donald Trump endorsed rent control that would do the trick. #waleg

Spanish women of Seville 🇪🇸 wearing traditional mantillas in preparation for Holy Week. It's part of an initiative called "Yes, Mantilla" that seeks to promote the use of the mantilla, a lace or silk veil worn over the head and shoulders, during Holy Week (Semana Santa),

As a convert to Catholicism, Holy Week has always been a source of deep joy for me. Over the years I've spent the Triduum in Sevilla, Roma, Mexico City (where I am this year), and in Washington State. If you can, visit Sevilla for Semana Santa. Even more beautiful and sacred

EXCLUSIVE: Israel had planned to strike Iranian nuclear sites as soon as next month but was waved off by President Trump in recent weeks in favor of negotiating a deal with Tehran to limit its nuclear program. President Trump made his decision after months of internal debate

I was promised adults would govern under Biden and saw no evidence of that. Rather the opposite. THIS is a proper way to make a decision.

In near total — and costing tens of billions of dollars — these funds were all-but-gifted to Democratic operatives, who employed family members and other sycophants with excessive salaries. This money was promised to help people, instead it was lost to corruption.

Mr. Freeman here is how authoritarian regimes spiral into being and he contributes to the death of a free press. He identifies a process that was abused to greater extent under Biden, allows the NYT --who benefitted from that abuse-- to now claim victimhood, exaggerates the

𝑈𝑛 𝑝𝑎𝑝𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑖 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑖 This Holy Week was one of the greatest in the history of the church. All across the world a record number of people converted to Catholicism. Even in countries with centuries of history in the faith, this year saw record conversion:

When I was in Rome for Holy Week, my apartment was near a nunnery. I went to mass there many times. 80% of them were #Filipinas, Filipina nuns are the hidden glue that makes the #Vatican run. Just to see them happy, I'd gladly have a #Filipino pope. #pope267

Greek colonies in Europe at 550 B.C. Many large European cities were founded by the Greeks: 1. Naples, Italy (Neapolis) Founded: ~600–550 BC Colonizers: Cumae (originally Chalcis/Eretria) 2. Marseille, France (Massalia) Founded: ~600 BC Colonizers: Phocaea (Ionia) 3.