Please call or write your Senators today to help pass The Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82)

The Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82), will repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO).
This bi-partisan measure has already passed the House.

Passed House (11/12/2024)

Social Security Fairness Act of 2023

This bill repeals provisions that reduce Social Security benefits for individuals who receive other benefits, such as a pension from a state or local government.

The bill eliminates the government pension offset, which in various instances reduces Social Security benefits for spouses, widows, and widowers who also receive government pensions of their own.

The bill also eliminates the windfall elimination provision, which in some instances reduces Social Security benefits for individuals who also receive a pension or disability benefit from an employer that did not withhold Social Security taxes.

Merry Christmas - A short film with a great cast.

Felon45's campaign was never about policy, it was about racism, misogyny, and lies

Along with a huge dose of good old American anti-intellectualism.

John Pavlovitz on the whole debacle - No, the Democratic Party Can't "Message Better" to Racism, Misogyny, and Ignorance

In the wake of the election results, one of the most common media postmortems has been the Democratic Party’s supposed failure to reach those Americans who they were unable to persuade over the course of the campaign; rural and working class voters, especially. The airways have been filled with politicians and talking heads offer their critiques and suggestions on how Democrats need to rethink how they are messaging.

I’m sorry, but that’s largely nonsense.

This election result isn't about Dem messaging.

Their messaging during the campaign was pitch-perfect in any other iteration of America. It was about helping the middle class, lowering taxes for the average American, continuing with sound economic policies to cut rising grocery prices, preserving democracy, taxing the wealthy, affordable healthcare and education, the rights of women, strengthening the border, unity, opportunity.

An early Sunday LOL cat -

Will he change 'In God We Trust' and "E pluribus unum" to "Arbeit mach Frei"?

Or will he just go full on with 'Gott mit uns' or Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer! [One People, One Realm, One Leader!]

And add "Kinder, Küche, Kirche" to the walls of classrooms?

An Election Day rhyme in honour of Guy Fawkes

Remember, remember on the 5th of November
Trumpian treason and plot
There is no reason
That Trumpian treason should ever be forgot

Photos of VP Harris and her Secret Service guys at Kalamazzo are interesting

The photos on FB and Insta that I've seen are by Peter Turnley, who has been doing reportage photography for years.

The Secret Service guys don't look like the usual clones but serious, dedicated black men.

Is Diddy the devil?

Just watched Josh Johnson explain why Diddy could be the black Epstein, but worse.

Monk and the judge - Surprising casting.

Two more Pennsylvania votes for Harris/Walz from abroad!

Just received an email that our Pennsylvania absentee ballots from France were received by the Philadelphia Board of Elections!
The ballots went into the postbox in Aix-en-Provence, France on 20 September -

And were just received today in Philly.
And here's a picture of me with my Vote From Abroad t-shirt.