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  A post criticizes the first flight of "Qatar Force One," claiming a foreign government gifted the sitting US president a $400 million plane, US taxpayers paid at least another $400 million to retrofit it, and ownership will transfer to his presidential library. It argues this would be a presidency-ending scandal in any other administration.

• RT Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸: This is the most horrific thing happening in our lifetimes and America is complicit and does nothing to stop it. E...

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  Marjorie Taylor Greene reposted a thread from "Israel Exposed" featuring a website with thousands of videos and photos from Gaza, and criticized the US for funding what she called a horrific situation.

• RT Frank Smith: 9 out of 12 industrialized countries who tried a wealth tax ended up repealing it, per the NYT. That includes France, the country the ...

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  A tweet claims that 9 out of 12 industrialized countries that implemented a wealth tax have since repealed it, including France, citing that billionaires relocate to avoid the tax, leaving a hollowed tax base. The post argues this has already partly occurred in California and warns that a proposed California wealth tax would be catastrophic.

• The national income tax started as a 1% tax affecting less than 1% of all Americans. That was in 1913. Just over 100 years later, about 70% of America...

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  In 1913, the US national income tax began as a 1% rate that affected less than 1% of Americans. A century later, roughly 70% of Americans pay income tax, with top rates reaching 37%. The post draws a contrast as politicians propose a new wealth tax.

• ‘A Perfect Reflection of Trump’s Washington’

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  The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, renovated for over $14 million by a Trump-connected contractor, quickly turned green with algae as its coating peeled. Critics say the failed project mirrors Trump's Washington, where the city has become a fenced-in, militarized construction zone ahead of the nation's 250th birthday, despite claims of beautification.