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Afternoon Trump Budget Round-up: "Dead on Arrival" Edition

Another year, another unserious budget proposal from the Trump Administration that was instantly dismissed out of hand. Given the deep cuts to critical programs, demands for a border wall, and budget gimmicks included in the proposal, it should be no surprise that the headlines today highlight how this budget is dead on arrival:
 

We’re sorry…

…But can we all just disabuse ourselves of the notion of Republicans as fiscal conservatives now?

We're with them.

We’re not the only ones who oppose President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the border.

Can you hear the people sing?

There is a chorus of voices growing… and not in President Trump’s favor.

Millions Stunned As Tax Refunds Shrink

It’s tax filing season, and the American people are seeing the impact of the GOP tax scam in the form of smaller tax refunds.
 

So much for that postcard...

We’re old enough to remember when Republicans said their tax scam would “simplify” the tax code.
 

Questions about climate change? Thanks for asking.

Climate change was conspicuously absent from Tuesday’s State of the Union address, and call us nostalgic for a bygone era (read: two years ago) when science was valued and not feared, but we wanted to be sure you saw NASA’s announcement that 2018 was the fourth warmest year on record.