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RE: The Absurd GOP
April 26, 2023 at 11:13 pm
217 Republicans just voted to cut Veterans care
The Department of Veterans Affairs projected the bill would reduce its budget by 22% and immediately rescind $2 billion in funding to support veterans. Some lawmakers said Wednesday that the proposal will result in 30 million fewer veteran outpatient visits and significantly increase the backlog for benefit claims.
“It’s cruel and it hurts our heroes,” said Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
The bill is destined to fail in the Democrat-controlled Senate but Republicans hope to use it to boost their negotiating power as the U.S. approaches a default on its debt as soon as the summer.
Rep. Mark Takano of California, the top Democrat on the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, said Republicans were reviving the same tactics that stalled last year’s passage of the PACT Act, which expanded VA health care and benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxins.
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RE: The Absurd GOP
April 26, 2023 at 11:17 pm
The fact that they always make it blatantly apparent they don't care about people, the people still ignorantly support them. Humans be so darnn stupid.
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RE: The Absurd GOP
April 26, 2023 at 11:47 pm
(April 26, 2023 at 11:17 pm)Tomato Wrote: The fact that they always make it blatantly apparent they don't care about people, the people still ignorantly support them. Humans be so darnn stupid.
They make it blatantly apparent to people who are paying attention rather than living in a propaganda bubble.
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RE: The Absurd GOP
April 27, 2023 at 9:46 am
Yah, Fox and Newsmax aren't going to cover this.
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April 27, 2023 at 10:27 am
(April 27, 2023 at 9:46 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: Yah, Fox and Newsmax aren't going to cover this.
Beyond that, a frightening number of people pay little to no attention to how elected officials vote on legislation.
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RE: The Absurd GOP
April 29, 2023 at 6:26 am
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Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia Representative and Multi-Purpose Clown Shoes, has said (out loud, no less) that using tax dollars to fight climate change is pointless because people in the Ice Age didn't pay taxes to melt all that ice.
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RE: The Absurd GOP
April 29, 2023 at 6:44 am
Well, she's not wrong. They didn't.
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RE: The Absurd GOP
April 29, 2023 at 7:49 pm
(April 26, 2023 at 11:17 pm)Tomato Wrote: The fact that they always make it blatantly apparent they don't care about people, the people still ignorantly support them. Humans be so darnn stupid.
There's a certain class of person who doesn't care how hard they're hurt if somebody else is hurt worse.
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RE: The Absurd GOP
April 29, 2023 at 8:16 pm
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(April 26, 2023 at 2:50 pm)Tomato Wrote: Far-Right Podcaster Steven Crowder Implies Ex-Wife Shouldn't Have Been Allowed to Divorce Him
https://jezebel.com/far-right-podcaster-...1850377760
What's legit incredible about that argument is she was apparently the only one who tried to make the marriage work and he was the first one to hire a divorce attorney. And, of course, it's literally all her fault. That and the divorce laws of Texas (along with literally every other state of the Union*).
Also, it looks like if the Missus can prove that the horseshit that we saw in that video was part of a pattern of cruelty (which shouldn't be too hard, if what I've read is true), that wouldn't even be a no-fault divorce. Then again, I wouldn't put it past Crowder and his ilk to go as far as saying that women shouldn't even divorce their husbands if they're abusive.
*Note: while all 50 states allow for no-fault divorces, there are three states that require mutual consent, Mississippi, South Dakota, and Tennessee, and apparently, there might be some circumstances where a unilateral no-fault divorce might be permitted.
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RE: The Absurd GOP
April 30, 2023 at 2:37 pm
They found a new apsurd thing to blame Hunter Biden for
Josh Hawley blames 'First Son' Hunter Biden for America's manliness 'crisis'
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) agreed with Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy that Hunter Biden contributed to a "crisis" of manliness in the United States.
"There is no doubt that we have a crisis of purpose for men, especially young men in this country, and we just need to call these men to something higher," Hawley told Fox News on Sunday.
"But it comes down to an individual father taking responsibility for his family and his child, whether they're out of wedlock or not," Campos-Duffy opined. "And it's really shocking that right now, at this very moment, we have the first son, Hunter Biden, shirking his responsibilities as a father to little Navy Biden."
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