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#177076: Mar 6th 2017 at 12:40:46 PM

[up] and [up][up] /me ever-so-subtly points to the sig he's had since this nightmare started

Someone did tell me life was going to be this way.
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#177077: Mar 6th 2017 at 1:28:24 PM

I saw a black lady tweet a joke about having a good spot on the plantation when Trump becomes POTUS, but Carson apparently took that kind of thinking literally

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MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
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#177078: Mar 6th 2017 at 1:38:58 PM

Ben Carson: Slaves immigrated to America dreaming of 'prosperity and happiness'

I begin to see what's going on.

edited 6th Mar '17 1:40:15 PM by MadSkillz

AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#177079: Mar 6th 2017 at 1:41:10 PM

An explanation that requires us to know what media is being referenced and is thus no explanation at all.

Let's not degrade yet again into giving these snappy image responses. They're not helpful or insightful or really all that interesting.

speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#177080: Mar 6th 2017 at 1:50:20 PM

I can't help but think this is a convenient distraction so we don't focus on Trump's scandals.

DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
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#177081: Mar 6th 2017 at 1:56:18 PM

Republican Leaders offer concessions to Freedom Caucus Members on Healthcare bill: Specifically, they would keep individuals who make over $215,000 a year (and couples who make over $290,000 a year) from receiving Tax Credits for Health Care. They apparently weren't listening when Freedom Caucus members said "No New Entitlements".

Also, this new plan keeps the Obamacare taxes until 2018, so there is no way in hell this will pass the House or (especially the) Senate.

edited 6th Mar '17 1:56:58 PM by DingoWalley1

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#177082: Mar 6th 2017 at 1:57:11 PM

Trump "encouraged" black voters by asking "What have you go to lose?"

Yeah.

I'm beginning to suspect the sincerity of this administration's incompetence. What if it's a smokescreen for all manner of misdeeds?

edited 6th Mar '17 1:59:43 PM by BearyScary

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IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
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#177083: Mar 6th 2017 at 1:59:11 PM

[up]x4 I think it's a reference to Get Out!, and saying anything else would be a spoiler for the film.

The Week: American citizen Khizr Khan reportedly cancels trip to Canada after being warned his 'travel privileges are being reviewed'

edited 6th Mar '17 2:01:58 PM by IFwanderer

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MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
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#177084: Mar 6th 2017 at 2:10:51 PM

@Ace It's called a joke. It's not supposed to be insightful.

danime91 Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#177085: Mar 6th 2017 at 2:34:49 PM

So it looks like the Trump administration is thoroughly screwing over both inbound and outbound travel. If any of you have stocks in airline companies, I would sell out.

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#177086: Mar 6th 2017 at 2:55:16 PM

And you also know what sucks? The next time we get a GOP president any godawful shit that he/she does will just be waved off by the masses as "Welp, at least he's not as bad as Trump, right?"

Fuck me.

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danime91 Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#177087: Mar 6th 2017 at 3:04:03 PM

Just as the perfect is the enemy of the good, the complete, utter incompetence and bastardry is the ally of the merely run-of-the-mill bad.

edited 6th Mar '17 3:04:22 PM by danime91

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#177088: Mar 6th 2017 at 3:06:26 PM

Yep. Because good has higher standards. Sometimes too high.

edited 6th Mar '17 3:06:43 PM by TobiasDrake

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#177089: Mar 6th 2017 at 3:07:13 PM

Just heard the House Republicans launched their 66 page Repeal and Replace bill for Obamacare. Will have to find a link later.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
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#177090: Mar 6th 2017 at 3:10:01 PM

Oh, they found it?

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Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#177091: Mar 6th 2017 at 3:20:08 PM

Even odds that it collapses. The GOP painted itself into a corner again - they have to replace Obamacare while simultaneously not giving anything that could be remotely construed as an entitlement, or else conservatives won't vote for the bill.

ViperMagnum357 Since: Mar, 2012
#177092: Mar 6th 2017 at 3:20:31 PM

Also, Trump just launched his crusade on planned parenthood to satisfy the religious zealots [1]

Terrific.

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#177093: Mar 6th 2017 at 3:22:50 PM

[up][up] Also, from something I just posted, the bill now keeps the Obamacare taxes for another year. The odds of it passing are against Ryan.

[up] How come morons don't realize that PP doesn't use any federal funds for Abortion? No Federal Funds can be used for Abortions in the United States, thanks to Congress!

[down] Yea- no, they can't do that. Too many Teapublicans know that any attempt to just rename Obamacare would just mean they failed. Unlike most Republicans, Teapublicans are serious about getting rid of Entitlements; not just Obamacare, all entitlements. They will attack any Republican that dares to try a move like that, whether it's Trump or Ryan or even one of their own.

Give them credit for being serious and not being sell outs, at least.

edited 6th Mar '17 3:26:12 PM by DingoWalley1

AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#177094: Mar 6th 2017 at 3:23:29 PM

@Madskillz: Jokes are also commentary, and it fails to be funny for being something that not all of us actually know at this point. So basically the same reason as before.

@Tactical: I feel like that's going to be the slogan of both parties in 2020 at this moment.

Anyway, remember what Boehner said; it's likely they'll just change the name to Trumpcare and use conservative phrasing, but in the end he thinks they'll keep it, or at least that it's wiser than anything else they could do.

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#177095: Mar 6th 2017 at 3:26:24 PM

How come morons don't realize that PP doesn't use any federal funds for Abortion? No Federal Funds can be used for Abortions in the United States, thanks to Congress!

Because that's facts. This is the age of "common sense", where what's true is whatever feels like it makes sense.

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Tangent128 from Virginia Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
#177096: Mar 6th 2017 at 3:46:35 PM

The relevant base here doesn't care if PP is getting federal funding or not; they want abortion to be illegal no matter who pays for it. Remember, Trump promised them an overturn of Roe v Wade.

Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#177097: Mar 6th 2017 at 3:50:00 PM

I've heard an argument that goes something like "Receiving federal money for other services allows them to spend more on abortions than they would otherwise."

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#177098: Mar 6th 2017 at 3:54:08 PM

Isn't it impossible for anyone to overturn Roe v. Wade? If not, prepare for the revolution.

Only three percent of PP's services provide abortions. PP provides services like cancer screenings and pap smears. So what are they really after by attacking PP?

I remember Ivanka saying that her father would be amazing for women. I'm still waiting for him to be amazing for me or any other women that I know.

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ViperMagnum357 Since: Mar, 2012
#177099: Mar 6th 2017 at 4:07:20 PM

[up]It has nothing to do with the bulk of the work done by PP; this is a attempt to outlaw abortions by sidestepping the courts to prevent them from having a means to fight back-outlaw in all but name. All the other services provided by PP are just collateral damage.

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#177100: Mar 6th 2017 at 4:12:54 PM

You know what would be hilarious? If Trumpski's Russian ties were revealed, and not due to Obama's imaginary wiretaps.

I really just want to see this administration burn.

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