July 4th is a good day to remember that the United States declared independence from England 249 years ago because we didn’t want to be ruled by a king.
We still don’t.
The boys are fighting again.
President Donald Trump threatened to sic the Department of Government Efficiency on Elon Musk's businesses, saying in a Truth Social post shortly after midnight that there was "big money to be saved."
“ #Tesla Inc.’s global sales tumbled for the second quarter in a row, leaving the carmaker in a deep hole to dig out from to avoid consecutive annual declines”
In Australia, you need a doctor's prescription, but with a medicare card*, it will cost you $31.60* for 550mg / 56 tablets.
*Australian citizens, permanent residents, partner if citizens,some visitors from other countries, some special cases
**Plus 2% of everyone's income tax which is used to fund public healthcare.
The pharmaceutical benifits scheme comes out of that and bulk negotiates with the drug companies for prices the chemist pays and the government subsidised price.
NEW: SCOTUS allows Trump admin to send eight men to South Sudan with no process.
Sotomayor, joined by Jackson, dissented, calling their colleagues' actions in the case "indefensible." It was one of several alarming signs for the nation on the Third of July.
This evening, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-allows-trump-admin-to-send
Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill just turned ICE into the Gestapo.
For those of you who don’t know what the role of the Gestapo was during the Nazi rise to power in Germany during the 1930s … I can wait while you look it up.
Those familiar with the Gestapo know that Trump just fulfilled his wish to have a private, paramilitary and secret police force that is not accountable for their actions.
#gestapo #nazis #trump #rights #freedom #america #dictatorship #republicans #gop #bigbeautifulbill #news
Dave Rahardja
South Dakota Dep. Propaganda
Ricki Bowie Knives Tarr
Laffy
Science Scholar
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD
SuperMoosie
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Chris Geidner
Ham on Wry