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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Imagine being such a soulless, inhuman waste of space that you are actively cheering for millions of people to lose their access to healthcare (and with it probably their lives) just so you don't have to pay taxes on assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Like, I love the US, but there is something deeply, deeply sick with that country. Even the Tories aren't this dedicated to bald-faced, cartoonish evil.
Still not embarrassing enough to stan billionaires or tech companies.From Slate: The extents to which "undecided" Republicans are trying to hide their Trumpcare votes
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Because Paul Ryan thought the GOP could stand to be more evil.
Guess what those $500 billion in budget cuts are going to target? Medicaid, Medicare, and food stamps! Paul Ryan's finally going to have a shot at enacting his Randian wet dreams.
edited 4th May '17 7:33:57 AM by M84
Disgusted, but not surprisedSo, the two hosts on MSNBC's Morning Joe are getting engaged, and Trump offered to officiate their wedding. Here's what Mika said in response to that.
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edited 4th May '17 7:50:49 AM by TacticalFox88
New Survey coming this weekend!
nope nope nope nope, not gonna happen.
This is a great thread for what we should do if the AHCA passes in the house. It points out that the thing swing senators will be watching is the publication response to the Reps. that voted for it, so the thing that we have to do is make them pay a political price for it. We need to make it so voting for it would be political suicide.
https://mobile.twitter.com/benwikler/status/859838674258755584
edited 4th May '17 8:00:38 AM by megaeliz
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Great shot from Mika. Not sure how I feel about them getting hitched though. None of my business really I suppose, but I hope Joe treats her better IRL than he does on the show. The number of times that "Morning Joe" becomes "Mansplaining to Mika" has always depressed the hell out of me.
I've said it before, but since the Gorsuch vote, the fillibuster should be assumed dead unless proven otherwise. The Republicans have no qualms with removing it when it gets in their way, so if they think they can pass the AHCA 51-49, any attempt to fillibuster will be met with the full removal of the fillibuster.
What we really have to hope for is the Republicans being unable to muster 51 Senate votes to take health insurance away from 24 million Americans and further line the pockets of the 0.1%
edited 4th May '17 1:08:51 PM by Balmung
The moment they remove the Filibuster for regular legislation is the moment Congress as an institution is effectively dead.
Meaning every time the party in power, they will just ram through legislation, and then the next party will ram through legislation to repeal it, and then the next will have to fix THAT fuck up, and so on.
I doubt even Hillary would've wanted that, if, by some miracle, she had won with a D/D/D set up
New Survey coming this weekend!The filibuster was abused by the Republicans, but at least in theory it's there to help slow the passage of bad legislation, and in the past it has been used to do just that. Removing it makes the passage of terrible legislation all together too easy. Much as I hated watching Republicans filibuster various Democratic proposals, I don't want it gone.
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Personally I only could accept it being gone if the nation becomes a de-facto one party state like Japan with the Democratic party in power, otherwise it would be awful.
edited 4th May '17 10:29:17 AM by Fourthspartan56
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangPretty much impossible now. Too polarized. We don't like are parties being in control for too long. They would've also needed federal gerrymandering laws, AND for the Supreme Court to uphold them. And considering how many swing districts would be made from neutral gerrymandering, it would've been a moot point anyhow.
One-Party-State can't happen.
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Oh I know, that was more of a Utopian imagining to me. Having two sane parties would be nice, and that's slightly less Utopian.
That's terrifying.
edited 4th May '17 10:35:13 AM by Fourthspartan56
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangWashington Post: Trump limits IRS action over church political activity
So guys, I'm currently a non-practicing Lutheran. If I were to begin worshiping regularly again, would I fit in with the rest of the religious conservatives?
What are they anyways? Baptists? I know Betsy De Vos actually comes from a long line of Calvinists.

It can't pass the Senate without Mitch killing the filibuster.
If he's stupid enough to do that, then...lol.
New Survey coming this weekend!