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State of the Union Bombshell: Tariffs as a Backdoor Income Tax Replacement

February 25, 2026 By Egberto Willies

State of the Union Bombshell Tariffs as a Backdoor Income Tax Replacement

A State of the Union address admission reveals a plan to replace progressive income taxes with tariffs—a regressive shift that would raise prices and burden working families.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: billionaire tax cuts, Consumer Prices, Economic Inequality, Income tax, Independent media, inflation, progressive taxation, regressive taxation, State of the union, tariffs, tax policy, Trade Policy, wealth concentration, working class

CNN Host allowed a Trump official to lie by omission and misinformation about Big Beautiful Bill.

July 6, 2025 By Egberto Willies

CNN Host allowed Trump official to lie by omission and misinformation about Big Beautiful Bill

CNN Host Dana Bash allowed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to lie by omission and misinformation about the effects of the Big Beautiful Bill without any real pushback.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Big beautiful bill, CNN, Dana Bash, Scott Bessent, State of the union

Rep. Clyburn dumps some reality on Sen. Manchin’s nostalgia for the Democratic Party of his father.

July 21, 2024 By Egberto Willies

Rep. Clyburn dumps some reality on Sen. Manchin's nostalgia for the Democratic Party of his father.

Sen. Manchin, like MAGA, wants to return to the America of the past. The Democratic Party’s progressives will not return, and Rep. Clyburn and my narrative makes that clear.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: 2024 election, Appalachia, CNN, Democratic Party, Jim Clyburn, Joe Manchin, progressive, progressive policies, State of the union

CNN’s Jake Tapper nails it. We will become a violent mob if Trump and his cabal win in 2024.

January 14, 2024 By Egberto Willies

CNN's Jake Tapper nails it. We will become a violent mob if Trump and his cabal win in 2024.

CNN’s Jake Tapper touched on a subject that every American should heed: a Trump operation that operates like the mob with Republican politicians falling in line.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Benjamin Franklin, Chris Christie, democracy, Donald Trump, Florence Pan, Jake Tapper, State of the union

Black Democratic pundit shocks CNN panel stating she’s a descendant of Confederate Robert E. Lee.

December 31, 2023 By Egberto Willies

Black Democratic pundit shocks CNN panel stating she's a descendant of Confederate Robert E. Lee.

CNN Democratic Commentator and Pundit Karen Finney ( @finneyk ) shocked the panel as she told them her grandmother sounded like Nikki Haley. Finney, a black woman, is a direct descendant of Confederate General Robert E. Lee.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Caroline Randall Williams, Civil War, CNN, Dana Bash, Edmund Pettus, Karen Finney, KKK, Nikki Haley, Robert E. Lee, slavery, State of the union

Plan to save Social Security by GOP & Neoliberals that invest in Wall Street Stock Market, a fraud.

August 21, 2023 By Egberto Willies

Plan to save Social Security by GOP & Neoliberals that invest in Wall Street Stock Market, a fraud.

Senator Bill Cassidy appeared on CNN’s State of the Union, where he accused Trump, Democrats, and Republican candidates of their failure to address the Social Security woes. But he provided a solution that, at best, is fraudulent as he is removing the security from Social Security as the plan calls for investments in the Stock Market via Wall Street.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Bill Cassidy, CNN, State of the union, stock market, Wall Street

Buttigieg ridiculed DeSantis’ anti-gay Trump attack ad & then contrasted MAGA evil vs. Biden’s work.

July 4, 2023 By Egberto Willies

Buttigieg ridiculed DeSantis' anti-gay Trump attack ad & then contrasted MAGA evil vs. Biden's work.

Pete Buttigieg wanted to blast the new DeSantis anti-gay Trump attack ad, but he held back. He instead ridiculed DeSantis’ attempt to prove his masculinity by parading between oiled-bodied men. He then pivoted to the good works the administration was concentrating on.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Dana Bash, Donald Trump, joe biden, Pete Buttigieg, Ron DeSantis, State of the union

Michael Steele: Republicans wanted to own the Libs Instead, Biden owned the Republicans at SOTU.

February 8, 2023 By Egberto Willies

Michael Steele: Republicans wanted to own the Libs Instead, Biden owned the Republicans at SOTU.

President Joe Biden’s #SOTU speech surprised Former GOP Chair Michael Steele. The President owned the Republicans as he extracted a verbal pledge from the GOP not to cut #SocialSecurity and #Medicare.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Michael Steele, SOTU, State of the union

Biden’s State of the Union was a home run with an assist from an unruly Republican Party.

February 8, 2023 By Egberto Willies

Biden's State of the Union was a home run with the assist from an unruly Republican Party.

Anyone who has watched many State of the Union speeches, would recognize the genius in the writing & delivery of President Joe Bidens address and performance. He goaded the Republicans like no other.

Filed Under: Egberto Off The Record Tagged With: joe biden, SOTU, State of the union

Biden calls out Republicans at SOTU: Embarrassed them on Social Security, Debt Ceiling, Medicare.

February 7, 2023 By Egberto Willies

Biden calls out Republicans at SOTU: Embarrassed them on Social Security, Debt Ceiling, Medicare

President Joe Biden was on fire at SOTU. He used Trump exploding debt to demand a debt ceiling increase, and he called out Republicans for holding the nation hostage to cut Social Security and Medicare.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: debt ceiling, joe biden, Medicare, Social Security, SOTU, State of the union

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