119th congress: must be at least 75 to chair a committee!

[Kepler]

The Lew Rockwell / Cato Institute brainwashing of the public in the 70s and 80s produced this bunch of idiots, as was exactly the plan when the rich funded them.

All of our problems go back to this memo.

The sad thing is, Powell was, albeit from a business perspective, well-meaning. He lists labor unions and collective bargaining as "cherished rights that are part of capitalism under attack." But he and his fellows wound up being Useful Idiots for the oligarchs who seized on this messaging just to evade taxes, amass billions, and now flat out steal from the public purse. He was the catspaw of wealthy goons who never gave a fig about individual liberty, as we see today with their full embrace of Dumpist fascism.

 

[Handyman]

Jesus Fucking Christ. The point of Government *IS* to subsidize for these things. The government is not a business, the government provides service. Yes, services are going to lose money. In the end, all the services combined cover the costs of those that are losing money. For fucks sake, why is a goddamned representative dumber than a sack of rocks?!?

Holy fucking shit, people wanted the country "run like a business" and are getting it in spades and they still can't figure this shit out.

Also, if we're running the government as a business, where's our universal healthcare provided by our "employer?"

The media letting Reagan get away with telling the country the Government shouldn't help you will go down in history as a metaphorical conspiracy to commit murder.

 

[ScoobyDoo]

Correctamundo. Reagan and the GOP under him, and his disciples after him destroyed the United States.

 

[Kepler]

Reagan was the horse they rode, but these criminals were already plotting during Goldwater.

 

[Handyman]

Yeah but Goldwater lost (to Reagan btw) he had no power. Reagan was loved and fellated so the media amplified it.

If Grover Nordquist was the face of this it never works.

 

[ScoobyDoo]

Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social)

BREAKING: Mike Johnson just said he won't call a vote this year to extend enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act — effectively guaranteeing they will expire at the end of this month.

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Republicans have followed through on their Health Care ideas.

 

[Handyman]

ACLU (@aclu.org)

BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families. The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.

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[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

ACLU (@aclu.org)

BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families. The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.

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my god, why are republicans so obsessed with children's genitals and body cavities???

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Ooooh, I know! Because they're joyless, sexually repressed weirdos who enjoy using law enforcement as an excuse for abuse, as long as it's against brown kids and not their kids.

I mean, what other conclusion can we draw? Have terrorists been stuffing IEDs in their kids' rectum?*

*do NOT tell Republicans that, they will get rock hard

 

[Handyman]

Jonathan Cohn (@jonathancohn.bsky.social)

7 Dems joined House Republicans in voting for a bill that would enable ICE agents to strip search 12-year-olds. Henry Cuellar (TX-28) Don Davis (NC-01) Laura Gillen (NY-04) Jared Golden (ME-02) Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) Adam Gray (CA-13) Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03)

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[Kepler]

JFC. Primary them all.

 

[Kepler]

Other Congresses are way more fun than ours.

 

[Handyman]

Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur.bsky.social)

🚨🚨 OBAMACARE DAM BREAKS Four House Republicans rebel against their leadership, teaming up with Democrats to sign a "discharge petition" to force a 3-year extension of enhanced ACA funds to a vote. Fitzpatrick, Lawler, Bresnahan, Mackenzie. + 214 Dems. It has 218...

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Johnson making Kevin McCarthy look strong...

 

[Kepler]

Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur.bsky.social)

🚨🚨 OBAMACARE DAM BREAKS Four House Republicans rebel against their leadership, teaming up with Democrats to sign a "discharge petition" to force a 3-year extension of enhanced ACA funds to a vote. Fitzpatrick, Lawler, Bresnahan, Mackenzie. + 214 Dems. It has 218...

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Johnson making Kevin McCarthy look strong...

That is great news and I cannot wait for the auto-da-fé among the Nazis.

 

[Kepler]

I know we're all supposed to hate Jeffries because reasons but if he helped negotiate this that is Pelosi-level shit.

 

[Kepler]

tldr: Johnson & the Dumpies tripped over their own dicks.

 

[Handyman]

I know we're all supposed to hate Jeffries because reasons but if he helped negotiate this that is Pelosi-level shit.

There is no chance he did. This is all purple district Republicans revolting and people hating Johnson.

If you don't know why most people hate Jeffries you aren't paying attention. He is a younger Schumer.

 

[Kepler]

If you don't know why most people hate Jeffries you aren't paying attention. He is a younger Schumer.

I am not, in all candor, paying attention.

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[Handyman]

I am not, in all candor, paying attention.

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Honestly...I wish I wasn't half the time. Being blissfully unaware would be paradise most days.

 

[MissThundercat]

Honestly...I wish I wasn't half the time. Being blissfully unaware would be paradise most days.

Same. I wish I could get away with "no thoughts, head empty."