The Absurd GOP

[Thumpalumpacus]

Is this what they call the Eugenics program?

Food stamps face ‘biggest cut in the program’s history’ under GOP tax bill

“The House Republican plan would take away food assistance for millions who struggle to afford the high cost of groceries, including families with children and other vulnerable people with low incomes,” Cox said during a Tuesday webinar hosted by the CBPP, a progressive think tank.

Many Americans cite high food costs as a top economic concern, according to an April Pew Research Center survey. If new tariff policies are put into effect, that could prompt food prices to go higher.

Moreover, the proposed SNAP cuts come as some experts say the U.S. is facing higher recession risks. In previous downturns, every additional dollar spent on SNAP generates about $1.54 in returns to the economy, according to Elaine Waxman, senior fellow at the Urban Institute’s tax and income support division.

“People spend SNAP dollars right away, and they spend them locally,” Waxman said.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/21/snap-ben...-bill.html

In the face of rising inflation, this is a particularly stupid move.

[AFTT47]

Is this what they call the Eugenics program?

In the face of rising inflation, this is a particularly stupid move.

It's only stupid if you give a flying fuck about those people. Trump certainly does not. FM is correct in calling this a eugenics program.

[Fake Messiah]

Meanwhile, Hegseth is holding Christian masses in the Pentagon where he and a pastor are thanking god for sending Trump

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosted a Christian prayer service on Wednesday at the Pentagon for employees that included a sermon by his hometown pastor who said President Donald Trump had been “sovereignly appointed.”

The service, which Hegseth told the audience would be a monthly event, was held in the Pentagon auditorium and broadcast live on the department’s internal TV network. Current and former defense officials told CNN it was highly unusual for the secretary to host a religious event during the workday for a particular religion.

In a prayer opening the service in the Pentagon auditorium, pastor Potteiger thanked God for Trump and other leaders who have been “sovereignly appointed,” and “the way that you have used him to bring stability and moral clarity to our lands.”

While the Pentagon offers routine religious accommodations and services to personnel of different faiths, none of them are broadcast live internally, held in the auditorium or hosted by the secretary.

And none of them are advertised like the service held on Wednesday morning – the Pentagon sent an email to DOD employees reviewed by CNN encouraging employees to attend in-person, and to RSVP to a dedicated internal email address for the prayer services. A brochure entitled “Secretary of Defense Christian Prayer & Worship Service” with details of the service was also handed out to employees as they entered the room.

The front page of the brochure featured the seal of the Department of Defense, which retired Air Force Lt. Col. Rachel VanLandingham – a national security law expert and law professor at Southwestern Law School – said was indicative of Hegseth and the government’s sponsorship of the event, and could be a violation of the the First Amendment’s prohibition on the US government endorsing a religion.

A former Pentagon lawyer who left the department in April called the service “incredibly problematic.” They added that the “core of the Establishment Clause is the state not endorsing a particular religion, but having a broadcast event is obviously an endorsement even if they don’t officially say, ‘this is a Pentagon event.’”

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/21/polit...er-service

[Thumpalumpacus]

In the face of rising inflation, this is a particularly stupid move.

It's only stupid if you give a flying fuck about those people. Trump certainly does not. FM is correct in calling this a eugenics program.

Any populist forcing poor folk to pay higher prices for such a basic commodity as food is in fact being stupid. Whether he cares about them is not as relevant as whether they care about him. And if they have to choose between money to put gas in the car to get to work to earn money to buy food, or money to buy food meaning you can't put gas in the car ... that gets squishy.

The stupidity comes when you paint people into a corner. Doesn't matter if he cares, it matters when they care.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

I see where younger MAGAts are boycotting Harvard. This makes about as much sense as straight men ‘boycotting’ lesbians.

Face it, fellas - you weren’t getting in anyway.
 
Boru

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Fox and Friends reached out to a talent agency to see if Kirstie Alley would do a brief spot on the show to reflect on the death of George Wendt. Sadly, Ms. Alley was unable to appear, having died three years ago.

That’s some next-level journalism, that is.

Boru

[Pat Mustard]

Meanwhile, Hegseth is holding Christian masses in the Pentagon where he and a pastor are thanking god for sending Trump

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosted a Christian prayer service on Wednesday at the Pentagon for employees that included a sermon by his hometown pastor who said President Donald Trump had been “sovereignly appointed.”

The service, which Hegseth told the audience would be a monthly event, was held in the Pentagon auditorium and broadcast live on the department’s internal TV network. Current and former defense officials told CNN it was highly unusual for the secretary to host a religious event during the workday for a particular religion.

In a prayer opening the service in the Pentagon auditorium, pastor Potteiger thanked God for Trump and other leaders who have been “sovereignly appointed,” and “the way that you have used him to bring stability and moral clarity to our lands.”

While the Pentagon offers routine religious accommodations and services to personnel of different faiths, none of them are broadcast live internally, held in the auditorium or hosted by the secretary.

And none of them are advertised like the service held on Wednesday morning – the Pentagon sent an email to DOD employees reviewed by CNN encouraging employees to attend in-person, and to RSVP to a dedicated internal email address for the prayer services. A brochure entitled “Secretary of Defense Christian Prayer & Worship Service” with details of the service was also handed out to employees as they entered the room.

The front page of the brochure featured the seal of the Department of Defense, which retired Air Force Lt. Col. Rachel VanLandingham – a national security law expert and law professor at Southwestern Law School – said was indicative of Hegseth and the government’s sponsorship of the event, and could be a violation of the the First Amendment’s prohibition on the US government endorsing a religion.

A former Pentagon lawyer who left the department in April called the service “incredibly problematic.” They added that the “core of the Establishment Clause is the state not endorsing a particular religion, but having a broadcast event is obviously an endorsement even if they don’t officially say, ‘this is a Pentagon event.’”

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/21/polit...er-service

He's only attending to get at the communion wine, and to pretend that he's not drinking alone.

[Nanny]

Amazing that a singular agent of chaos like the orange douchebag could be thanked for bringing stability.

[Angrboda]

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