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Robert Brown retweeted
My daughter works full time here in Texas. Let me run her numbers.
State minimum wage is $7.25. She's making $16.
Forty hours a week equals $640 weekly.
That’s roughly $2,700 a month before taxes.
Texas has no state income tax—the thing they sell you on. So after federal and FICA she takes home roughly $2,300.
Average one-bedroom in our city runs about $1,550.
That’s 67% of her entire paycheck gone to rent before she eats a single meal.
Leaves her around $750 a month for:
- groceries
- gas
- car insurance
- health insurance
- phone
- emergencies
- savings
Car insurance alone eats a huge chunk of that in this state.
She works 40 hours a week and cannot save a dollar. Not because she's careless because there's nothing left to be careless with.
I spent thirty years paying off a house here. She's doing the same job I did at her age and she can't afford a basic apartment.
That's not a discipline problem. That's not avocado toast.
The floor moved and nobody lowered the ceiling.
Working full time should cover a roof. In Texas it barely covers the rent on one.
Robert Brown retweeted
Russia is demanding a large decrease in the size of the Ukrainian military, full control over the Donbas and no NATO membership or security guarantees from NATO states post war as a key points in ending the war in Ukraine.
That is insane…
Robert Brown retweeted
Notice how it's somehow the government's job to legislate a few Bible verses on human sexuality over our entire country, but it's suddenly "not the government's job" when it comes to the +2,500 Bible verses calling for a generous use of wealth that prioritizes the poor.
Robert Brown retweeted
No sir, we can demand lower costs, protect vulnerable Americans, keep communities safe AND hold the president and his administration accountable. Congress can do more than one thing at a time. If there’s evidence of wrongdoing, being related to the president shouldn’t get anyone a free pass either.
Robert Brown retweeted
So obviously you don't know your history. Obama didn't drop them people in Minnesota. Those people have been here for a very long time. You need to do your research because obviously you don't know the history.
George H.W. Bush was president when the primary wave of Somali refugees started entering the U.S. following the outbreak of the war.
Robert Brown retweeted
There is NO “neutrality clause” in the 1994 Budapest Memorandum. No ban on NATO membership. No Russian veto over Ukraine’s foreign policy.
There IS an explicit commitment to refrain from economic coercion against Ukraine.
Before invading Crimea and intervening militarily in Donbas in 2014, Russia was already using economic pressure to dictate Ukraine’s choices.
In 2013, Moscow obstructed Ukrainian exports and explicitly threatened further trade restrictions if Kyiv signed an agreement with the EU. Putin’s adviser warned of billions in losses and default.
That is precisely the kind of coercion paragraph 3 prohibited.
Russia’s disregard for its commitments didn’t begin with the invasion. The economic pressure came first.
Stop inventing obligations Ukraine never accepted to excuse Russia breaking the ones it actually signed.
Sources:
treaties.un.org/doc/Publicat…
interfax.com/newsroom/top-st…
ksl.com/article/news/world/r…
Robert Brown retweeted
If RFK Jr's last name wasn't Kennedy, he would be just another internet troll posting conspiracy theories in dark corners of the internet from his basement whilst in underpants
Robert Brown retweeted
Trump just ordered Mike Johnson to shut down the House Of Representatives before Thomas Massie's new #EpsteinFiles bill gets 218 signatures. Trump is terrified of naming the names in the last half of the #EpsteinFiles
Release the #TrumpEpsteinFiles NOW!!!
Robert Brown retweeted
Cool. They also taught us critical thinking. Somewhere along the way, a lot of maga voters skipped that class. Literally nobody is teaching kids communism is good. Do they teach a maga cult class on how to fall for rage bait? Idiots.
Robert Brown retweeted
I agree with Laura Ingraham. No one should be able to cover their faces. Let’s start with ICE.
@discord @discord_support @Google So I'm thinking a class-action lawsuit, as it seems neither of you has security teams with any brains at all. You, Discord, why exactly do you allow users to name themselves any combination of " Discord Support "?
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Robert Brown retweeted
My parents came here legally, became citizens, raised kids who received a stellar education, and who know how to use their voices.
If that's your example of immigration failing America by transforming the culture, you're making a stronger case for immigration than I ever could.
People sometimes ask me why I believe mass migration threatens to fundamentally transform American culture. And this is a really good example. Hemant’s parents arrived here from India before he was born.
And now, he insists that we may not teach the foundational texts of western civilization and our culture to American students because he objects to it. So he demands that we not teach them about the most important work to influence our nation’s founding.
And that is why I say mass migration without assimilation threatens to fundamentally transform our country.
And that is the same culture that up to this point has made the United States the greatest nation on Earth and is why so many immigrants from other cultures like India want to come here.
Robert Brown retweeted
If you’re a Christian genuinely wondering why it’s bad for the state of Texas to require Bible study in public schools, imagine how you’d feel if your family lived in New York City and Mamdani required Quran study in public schools.
Robert Brown retweeted
Remember when republicans voted down additional aid for this because they didn’t want to give Biden a win and then complained about Biden doing nothing.
