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Social Security Issues 2 Alerts
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Jul 26, 2024,12:25pm EDT
Updated Jul 27, 2024, 04:14pm EDT

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The Social Security Administration recently issued two alerts about the program.

Many people who access information about their Social Security benefits through a “my Social Security” account on the Social Security website (which I recommend doing) will have to access their accounts in a different way.

The SSA says that anyone who created an account before September 18, 2021, soon will have to access the account through either login.gov or ID.me.

These are two Credential Service Providers that many other government online services use to provide additional security and protection and simplify sign-in experiences.

If you already have an account with either of those services, you won’t need to create a new one. Otherwise, at some point in the near future you’ll have to create an account with one of those services to access your my Social Security account. It’s best to create an account with those services sooner rather than later.

The other alert regards fraudulent reports you might have seen online or in emails.

The reports say that Social Security beneficiaries are due an additional $600 cost of living adjustment (COLA) during 2024 to supplement the COLA implemented at the start of the year. Some reports say beneficiaries are due to receive a $600 stimulus check.

The reports simply are false. They apparently were generated by websites that try to attract a lot of public attention to maximize their rankings in online search engines. That helps these “content farms” charge more for the ads on their websites.

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Dear Leftists - Matthew Crooks was one of yours.
In a recent post, I suggested that the man who attempted to assassinate President Trump was a leftist. Oh, the howling and braying from the usual Quora suspects was at an all time high. He was a psychopath they said. Didn’t I know he registered as a Republican they asked.

In this post, I will lay out a strong case for why there is no question that the shooter was in fact a leftist. I have no doubt that the leftists will reject my evidence because they literally cannot take responsibility for anything they do, but are all too happy to blame Republicans in the rare cases where someone on our side does something wrong.

First, the shooter DID donate to Act Blue. This is NOT a case of mistaken identity. He absolutely, 100% donated to Act Blue:

Did the Trump gunman make a donation to Democrats? Here's what the records show.
Many questions remain about the possible motive and political views of the 20-year-old who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-shoot...epublican/
Republicans, and especially far right ones, don’t do this. Not even a little bit. They just don’t the same way antifa thugs and woke social justice warriors don’t donate to the Heritage Foundation. Not even small 15 dollar donations. It just doesn’t happen.

But the shooter was a registered Republican we’re told. He must have realized the error of his ways following that donation and switched parties, right? Nope. Democrats have been using a tactic for years now of registering as the other party in order to impact primaries. The objective is to help elect the least electable person during the primary in hopes that they lose in the general. Alternatively, Democrats vote in the primary to diminish the front runner like when they asked voters to vote for Nikki Haley in some of the primary races against Trump this year.

This type of crossover voting is common in open primary states where anyone can cast a vote in either Democrat or Republican primaries. In closed primary states however, the voter must register as a member of the party they vote for. Thomas Crooks lived in PA, which is a closed primary state. Thus, in order for him to mess around with the Republican Primary, he would have to register as a Republican. Note that this registration has no bearing on who the voter could vote for in the general election.

Some Democrats voting in GOP contests to block Trump picks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Diane Murray struggled with her decision all the way up to Election Day. But when the time came, the 54-year-old Georgia Democrat cast a ballot in last week's Republican primary for Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.
https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-...1c0a3d4b9e
Frankly, his registering as a Republican might have been simple misdirection. Knowing every aspect of his life would be analyzed, registering as a Republican would shift blame away from the party he cared about - namely the Democrats.

Lots of reasons to be registered as a Republican that make more sense than the argument that a Republican hated Trump so much that he’d try to kill him - which makes NO sense.

A lot has been made of the fact that per a conversation with an aquaintance in school, the shooter didn’t like policians on both sides. The left siezed on this to say he hated all politicians. So what? I mean really - do you like any politician? I don’t. As much as I am a die hard Republican, the list of Republican politicians that I dislike is a mile long and as long as the list of Democrats I dislike.

But the other thing we learn from the aquaintance is that the shooter bought into the left wing trope that Donald Trump was a racist - a common left wing theme, and one that’s as false as the day is long:

Former classmate recalls Trump shooter grilling him over support for former POTUS: 'Did not like politicians'
A former classmate of would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks says the 20-year-old gunman once mocked him over his support of former President Donald Trump.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/former-classm...oliticians
In the video, the objections the shooter raised to his classmate’s support of Trump was totally taken from the left wing narrative. The classmate was stupid because he is Latino, and the shooter believed Trump is racist against latinos. This proves the shooter took his queues from the left wing narrative.

The same left wing narrative that up until the shooting referred to Trump as a danger to the very democracy that leftists mistakenly believe America is based on (America is a Republic, not a Democracy). Here’s Joe Biden in June 2024:


Did the shooter read the above tweet from Biden and did such a tweet push him to the edge and drive him to do the shooting? We don’t know for sure. But he didn’t have to be influenced by this tweet in particular. The list of leftists equating Trump to hitler or calling him a threat to Democracy is legion. The cannard is as common among the left as is breathing and that’s excluding all the dead left wing voters out there. In fact, per the below poll, 86% of Democrats see Trump as a threat to Democracy:

Voters See Trump as a Greater Threat to Democracy, Think Trials Are Fair and Should Be Expedient
The 2024 presidential race remains a dead heat — and a majority of voters think Trump is a greater threat to democracy than Biden.
https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/202...-expedient
86% is an astounding number and proof that the claims that Trump is somehow a threat to the very way of life we hold dear are pervasive and effective at driving voters opinions.

If Trump were the second coming of Hitler as so many claim, if he was so destructive to America’s Democracy, wouldn’t it make sense to stop him? By ANY means necessary?

The final piece of evidence comes from the act itself. The shooter didn’t try to assassinate a Democrat. He literally tried to assassinate Donald J Trump. He came within an inch of killing our nominee for president in 2024. not the Democrat nominee, not just any politician, but Donald Trump. Going in he knew that chances were high that he would die attempting to do so. And yet he attempted to do so anyway.

Was the shooter mentally unwell? Absolutely. Anyone who tries to assassinate a politician has a screw loose. There are crazy people out there. That’s why responsible politicians avoid equating their opponents to Hitler and suggesting they will be responsible for the destruction of all that is good. But the Democrats were never responsible. Talk about assassinating Trump was common in left wing circles. It was fantasized about, from Kathy Griffin’s Trump Head photo to Johnny Depp to Madonna to Keith Olbermann to The View and on and on and on, the left routinely engaged in talk about Trump being a danger to everyone, and the need for someone to take him out.

Eventually, someone listening closely to them tried to do exactly that.


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Severe Weather Alert
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Severity: Severe
Significant threat to life or property
Weather Event Onset
2:00 PM (EDT), August 3
Description
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.

* WHERE...Portions of northeast New Jersey, including the following areas, Eastern Bergen, Eastern Essex, Eastern Passaic, Eastern Union, Hudson, Western Bergen, Western Essex, Western Passaic and Western Union and southeast New York, including the following areas, Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), New York (Manhattan), Northern Queens, Northern Westchester, Orange, Putnam, Richmond (Staten Island), Rockland, Southern Queens and Southern Westchester.

* WHEN...Until midnight EDT tonight.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

- Showers and scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and evening will be capable of producing heavy rain. Rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour will be possible, and combined with the potential of multiple rounds of storms, flash flooding will be possible. Impacts will be possible at any time from mid-afternoon through midnight tonight, but are more likely to occur during the late afternoon to evening hours. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

horrific major storms will intensify tonite. Dennis had put 100 lb bags around apt below us. LL made him remove them.

but hearing the warnings of todays news, Dennis has to put them back around their *rather fake* apt below ours tonite.

we are to expect 3-5 inches of rain per hour tonight.

major power outages. we lost power but this new fangled house, it came back up.

we cannot leave those foreign women and cat Prince Harry loves in this storm. THEY TOOK OFF CUZ THEY BY MISTAKE FLUSHD A PIECE OF TOILET PAPER DOWN THEIR TOILET>

NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO DO THAT IN THESE FANCY places.

i lost total ability to use my computer. for over an hour.

he is borrowing more money that i dont have for his share of rent and a giant screen tv. real impt in a major major storm. and with my money when i dont watch tv.

in my car i had to buy. for him to take.

ten years of this crap.

Judge Suspends Justin Timberlake's License Amid Long Island Drunk Driving Case
Pop superstar Justin Timberlake took time out of his European tour to face a New York judge in his alleged drunk driving case on Long Island.

Justin Timberlake.
Justin Timberlake.

Photo Credit: Sag Harbor Village Police
by Michael Mashburn & Kathy Reakes 08/02/2024 1:35 p.m.
The former NSYNC frontman pleaded not guilty to one count of driving while intoxicated during a virtual appearance before Sag Harbor Village Justice Court on Friday morning, Aug. 2.

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Timberlake, age 43, of Franklin, Tennessee, was arrested shortly after leaving the posh American Hotel in Sag Harbor, around 12:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 18, after a night of drinking with friends, according to multiple news reports. He was held in jail overnight.

Earlier Report: New Details Released After Justin Timberlake Nabbed For DWI In Hamptons
Sag Harbor Village Police said his BMW failed to stop at a stop sign on southbound Madison Street and he failed to stay on the right side of the road.

A traffic stop was initiated, and after an investigation, it was determined that Timberlake was operating his vehicle in an intoxicated condition, police said.

An arrest report obtained by ABC News said his eyes were bloodshot and glassy, he had a strong odor of alcohol on his breath, exhibited slowed speech, and was unsteady on his feet, police wrote.

Timberlake failed a sobriety test and refused a breathalyzer test three times, according to police.

In court Friday, the judge suspended his driver’s license while the case proceeds, CBS News reports.

Timberlake's attorney, Edward Burke Jr., maintained his client’s innocence while addressing reporters outside the courtroom.

“He was not intoxicated,” Burke said. “I’ll say it again. Justin Timberlake was not intoxicated.”

This continues to be a developing story. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

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stay hydrated

i used to get a small towel very wet and wear it around my neck.

my room has working AC.

the living room does not. nor does dennis' room.

they told us they fixed it yesterday.

guess not.

be careful all.