Attention Patriots 🇺🇸 : It’s time to ratio Macron. The French people need you!

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RE: A Public Service Message on Tax Refunds So recently I encountered another X user—ostensibly a MAGA voter—who declared he will not be voting in the midterms because Trump broke his promise and raised his taxes. His proof? His 2025 federal tax refund was less than his 2024 federal tax refund. You heard that right. Even though it was pointed out to him that the federal rates had not risen under Trump, the smaller refund had convinced this gentleman that Trump “raised his taxes.” So, as a public service to people who don’t pay close attention to these kinds of things, I’ll explain. First, just because your refund went down does NOT mean “your taxes went up.” A federal tax refund works like this: Total tax owed *minus* W-2 withholding tax *minus* other estimated tax payments = tax refund (or remaining tax due). Thus, the reason you get a refund is because you paid too much in withholding and estimated taxes during the year. You let Uncle Sam have control of money that was not his, and you lost out on the possible interest or other benefits of keeping that money in your own pocket and not Uncle Sam’s during the year. Ideally, we should all aspire to receive NO refund at all—that means you properly planned your taxes. (Even better, end the year OWING Uncle Sam just enough that you don’t get into a penalty situation.) Proper planning matters. Make sure your W-4 is accurate. If you make estimated quarterly payments, make sure they are accurate too. Above all, do not view a refund as income—in reality it is Uncle Sam temporarily hijacking some of your money he was not entitled to. I kind of thought everybody understood this basic concept, but I guess not. However, I understand if new earners don’t see it, as the government tries to make this sort of stuff invisible and on autopilot so nobody challenges their awful tax burden by having to write a personal check every month. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

The first time I ordered biscuits and gravy at Cracker Barrel , I thought there had been a small but serious misunderstanding in the kitchen. In Scotland, a biscuit belongs beside your tea. Occasionally you dunk it, if you’re prepared to lose it. This one arrived buried beneath something that appeared to have been invented to help farmers survive February. “You ever had these before?” the waitress asked. “Not in this condition.” She laughed, then stayed beside the table for my first bite. “Well?” I took another bite. Partly to consider my answer. She nodded and went to refill someone’s coffee. When she came back, the plate was empty. “Guess we’ll be seeing you again.” I’d spent years wondering how Americans could eat biscuits for breakfast. Now I was wondering what time they opened.

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A line of cars with their headlights on, in the middle of the day. And every other car on the road pulled over and stopped. Pickup trucks. A delivery van. A man on the sidewalk took off his cap. Nobody knew who had died. I'm told this is an American thing, mostly Southern, and that it is fading. Does your town still do it?

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You know a hurricane is bad when there are now 53 Waffle Houses closed across Florida and Alabama already...

This is the Waffle House Index as of 2:45PM (EST). Please stay safe and follow federal, state and local guidance.

I find the whole worrying about red dye diesel in road vehicles discourse hilarious after growing up running everything under the sun on that stuff my entire life. It won’t kill your ram bro