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Howard Wooden's avatar

It was a Chinese trial balloon. China used it to see our political divisiveness. It was not a threat. Biden handled it well. Did not overreact, thoughtful. We should float the Baby Trump balloon over China.

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Jean in Florida's avatar

I couldn’t believe that Marco Rubio got 57.69% of the vote & Val Demings only got 41.26% in 2020. She is so qualified to be our Senator, while he is an empty suit who goes whichever way the wind blows. I watched her at the first impeachment trial & she was very impressive. I’ve seen Rubio on TV & must say he’s charming, but that doesn’t make up for stupid. In 2015, Rubio withdrew $68,000 from his 401(k) account in order to replace some home appliances (refrigerator), pay his children’s college costs (he has four, the oldest was 15 at the time, so perhaps the money was needed for their private schools), & to raise funds for his White House run. There is an automatic 20% income tax withholding from the monies, plus he was penalized 10% ($6,800) for an early withdrawal, & could possibly have owed additional taxes when he filed his return. So the cash he received from the $68,000 would have been around $47,600. In 2012 he got an advance of $800,000 on his autobiography. And what did he do with this windfall? He bought an $80,000 speedboat, & leased a $50,000 Audi Q7 SUV.

I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that he retained his Senate seat, after all Florida voted for Trump again, & re-elected DeSantis.

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