Politics/Religion Consolidated Megathread Extravaganza

[Herman]

It wasn't a 40% raise, it was a 3.8%... Haven't been able to find if they received a raise in the final bill, tho.
https://news.yahoo.com/news/no-failed-spending-bill-did-194358267.html

The way they do spending bills in the US congress is sneaky.

[Herman]

On "Zero Hour," Senator Rand Paul joined James Poulos to discuss his new book, "Deception: The Great COVID Cover-up," government accountability, and the "Make America Healthy Again" movement.

They discussed the COVID cover-up, which came to light with the release of private emails by order of a federal court: "Privately, Anthony Fauci and his colleagues were all from the very beginning alarmed that they may have funded this research and that the virus looked to be a virus that had gained in function or a virus that had been manipulated."

Rand Paul continued to criticize the government officials behind the COVID debacle and the abhorrent state of health care in America: "This is the problem with these people. They're now advocating for things that seem to enrich a billion-dollar company, but they don't seem to have factual evidence that it's beneficial to their child. So now people are distrusting them on everything."

The "Make America Healthy Again" movement, Senator Paul suggested, is not only a major turn in the tides, but also an opportunity to increase government transparency: "The government needs to turn over a new leaf and try being honest. Because of their vast dishonesty, people are hesitant, people don't believe the government anymore." Honesty is the only way to truly "Make America Healthy Again" because people need to trust that some medicine is beneficial.

[Herman]

Border Czar Tom Homan says migrant criminals days in the US are numbered.

[DKG]

Disaster relief and the Farm giveaways should have been a separate bill.

This overspending shit ain't gonna get fixed until they actually start fixing it.

Musk and Ramaswamy's DOGE advisory panel will not change that either. It is up to Congress to stop this type of spending increases by stealth.

[Thiel]

It wasn't a 40% raise, it was a 3.8%... Haven't been able to find if they received a raise in the final bill, tho.
https://news.yahoo.com/news/no-failed-spending-bill-did-194358267.html

They never approve a funding bill unless it has a lot of add-ons.