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Cat West

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Cat West
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We have known how to do this for decades. It’s time it becomes the standard.
nationalobserver.com/2023/08/2…

This big blue house runs green and clean

A few years ago, Ottawa resident Bruce Fanjoy set out to build an energy-efficient house capable of producing all the power it needs. He succeeded.

^{Canada's National Observer}

Bytes Europe

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Bytes Europe
3 weeks ago • •

I dont need sleep I need to hit a 100x byteseu.com/967687/ #Crypto #CryptoCurrency #Currency

I dont need sleep I need to hit a 100x

"I dont need sleep I need to hit a 100x"

^{BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)}

Europe Says

3 weeks ago • •

Europe Says
3 weeks ago • •

europesays.com/2037623/ Trustly Forms A2A Payment Partnership With France’s Paytweak ##banking #A2A #A2APayments #AccountToAccountPayments #BankPayments #EMEA #fintech #france #News #partnerships #Paytweak #PYMNTSNews #RecurringPayments #Trustly #What'sHot

Trustly Forms A2A Payment Partnership With France’s Paytweak - EUROPE SAYS

Account-to-account (A2A) payments provider Trustly has launched a partnership with French FinTech Paytweak.

^{EUROPE SAYS}

#news #france #banking #what #pymntsnews #emea #partnerships #fintech #a2a #a2apayments #accounttoaccountpayments #bankpayments #paytweak #recurringpayments #trustly

Takako 🐀

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Takako 🐀
3 weeks ago • •

It was a nice early-summer-like day! I put my seedGrown lemonTree outside. She’s gonna be 19 this June! 🪴✨💛

##lemonTree

#LemonTree

May Likes Toronto

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May Likes Toronto
3 weeks ago • •

"Elections are won on policy VIBES." - my brother.

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Kim Possible

in reply to May Likes Toronto • 3 weeks ago • •

oh brother.

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May Likes Toronto

in reply to Kim Possible • 3 weeks ago • •

That used to be my favourite response when he said something silly when we were kids. ❤️

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Chuck Darwin

3 weeks ago • •

Chuck Darwin
3 weeks ago • •

The Trump administration is pressing Congress to dramatically expand the number of business-friendly tax cuts in a budget bill that's already complicated and costly.

Why it matters:
New additions, such as full expensing to build new factories in the U.S., are leading to confusion among senators and staffers on what Trump absolutely must have in his tax bill, and how much it will ultimately cost.

" Everything here comes down to, how do you pay for it and how does it fit into our other priorities?"
Sen. Tom Tillis (R-N.C.) told Axios.

"When we're having such a difficult time getting 'pay fors' for the other policies in the bill. We've got to have that discussion about timing and priority."

"Members are concerned about the price tag for new items," said a Senate official.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and White House National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett explained to House and Senate leaders — the Big Six — on Monday that Trump wanted the tax portions of the bill to focus on bringing manufacturing jobs back to the Unit

The Trump administration is pressing Congress to dramatically expand the number of business-friendly tax cuts in a budget bill that's already complicated and costly.

" Everything here comes down to, how do you pay for it and how does it fit into our other priorities?"
Sen. Tom Tillis (R-N.C.) told Axios.

"When we're having such a difficult time getting 'pay fors' for the other policies in the bill. We've got to have that discussion about timing and priority."

"Members are concerned about the price tag for new items," said a Senate official.

The administration wants "deductibility for auto loans for American-made cars, and immediate expensing, 100% expensing for equipment," Bessent told reporters afterward.

"And we are going to add factory structures for that also."

On Tuesday morning at the White House, Bessent doubled down.
"Bring your factory back, you can fully expense the equipment and the building," he said.

Zoom in:
Some of the provisions Bessent mentioned to senators — like auto loan deductions — have been raised by Trump before, but many senators didn't think they were part of his core goals.

They assumed Trump's priority was on extending his 2017 bill and then making good on core campaign promises, like ending taxes on tips, overtime pay and Social Security benefits.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) told Axios he hasn't heard of the factory proposal, but said, "All this has a dollar impact. … Ultimately, we've got to get the president's signature. So we're going to have to accommodate what he wants."

"It's one of the administration's best tax proposals," Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said about the expensing proposal.

Between the lines:
Bessent also told senators the administration wants to lower the corporate tax rate for U.S. manufacturers from 21% to 15%.

Trump mentioned lowering the top rate during the campaign, but it wasn't a staple of his rallies.

Most recently, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the president had not made a decision on whether he wanted to raise it.

Many senators assumed it would stay at 21%.

Zoom out:
In the House, the focus is on finding enough programs to cut $1.5 trillion in spending, with some House moderates drawing redlines on Medicaid cuts

axios.com/2025/04/30/trump-cor…

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Nicole Parsons

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Trump and Elon just want more taxpayer-subsidized mirages, just like Foxconn & JBS.
nytimes.com/2020/02/07/us/poli…

reuters.com/business/foxconn-s…

Every corporation on the planet will be feeding at the trough of government pork (and then used later to fund GOP campaigns, or else.)

Wall Street loves it as it directs a flood of foreign cash into private equity hedge funds, which is then used to buy elections for the GOP.
batimes.com.ar/news/world/paul…

fortune.com/2024/07/13/ken-gri…

politico.com/news/2024/05/24/b…

Hedge fund billionaires Ken Griffin and Paul Singer met with Trump about donating to his campaign despite past criticism

Singer warned in 2016 Trump’s trade ideas would guarantee a “global depression” and Griffin called the former president a “three-time loser” in 2022.

^{Jennifer Jacobs (Fortune)}

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Europe Says

3 weeks ago • •

Europe Says
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europesays.com/2037621/ L’éthio-jazz de Arat Kilo est de retour avec “Danama” #france #Nouvelles

L'éthio-jazz de Arat Kilo est de retour avec "Danama" - EUROPE SAYS

Depuis 2009, Arat Kilo sont les représentants de l'éthio-jazz en France, une déclinaison chaloupée du jazz, tendance née à Addis Abeba, très populaire dans

^{EUROPE SAYS}

#france #nouvelles

PrivacyDigest

3 weeks ago • •

PrivacyDigest
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#Congress Passes #TAKEITDOWNAct Despite Major Flaws

eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/cong…

Congress Passes TAKE IT DOWN Act Despite Major Flaws

Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed the TAKE IT DOWN Act, giving the powerful a dangerous new route to manipulate platforms into removing lawful speech that they simply don't like.

^{Electronic Frontier Foundation}

#congress #takeitdownact

50+ Music

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50+ Music
3 weeks ago • •

Johnny Angel 👼🏻
#ShelleyFabares
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Johnny Angel

Provided to YouTube by RhinoJohnny Angel · Shelley FabaresTeen-Age Triangle℗ 1962 Colpix, controlled by Rhino EntertainmentVocals: Shelley FabaresWriter: Lee...

^YouTube

#shelleyfabares