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Social Security Sends Out Partisan, Misleading Email
July 4, 2025 - In an unusually partisan email that appears to have been sent to all Social Security beneficiaries today, the Social Security Administration touted the "Big Beautiful Bill" just signed into law. The headline of the email was: "Social Security Applauds Passage of Legislation Providing Historic Tax Relief for Seniors". The email has sparked outrage from former Social…...
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Bedford is a very affluent suburb and historic small town 15 miles northwest of Boston, Massachusetts, and just east of Concord.The median household income is $163,000 and the population is 14,383 (2020 census). Picture of Bedford Depot Park at the end of the Minuteman Bikeway courtesy of Wikipedia and Tim Pierce (public domain), photo of 2006 USGS aerial photo of…...
Ushuaia (pronounced u-shwa'-a) is a small city at the tip of Argentine South America. It is commonly regarded as the southernmost city in the world (a title long disputed by smaller Puerto Williams in Chile). It is located on the Beagle Channel, which, along with Drake Passage and Straits of Magellan, is one of the 3 routes around Cape Horn…...
Rio Grande Valley Texas is actually a region rather than one specific town. This popular community for retirement comprises many towns; Harlingen, McAllen, and Brownsville are some of the larger ones. Edinburg, Weslaco, and Mission are 3 others. The area is made up of the extreme southern tip of Texas - one side is bordered by the Rio Grande and…...
Vero Beach is a popular retirement community of 28,020 (2020 census) that supports a much larger community outside of its borders. Located in the middle of Florida’s Atlantic Coast, the town is in several parts – a ‘beach” area on the barrier island with a resort feel, and a large downtown across the bay on the mainland. It has long…...