I respectfully disagree that the GOP is a “Trump-adoring cult.” For many Republicans it is a Trump-fearing cult. For many of us who have never been a Republican or part of a cult, it’s impossible to understand how the Republican Party did this to itself or to the country. We can only look to Germany in the 1930’s to see such self-abasement and such cowardly selfish pursuit of short term power in order to understand this historical process. Knowing that era is a close historical precedent (including the hateful scapegoating of “outsiders”) one must be fearful of the battles still to come in our country.
At this point, there is no difference between those who adore Trump and those who fear him. They have all chosen the craven path of submission to him. Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney were exemplare of what integrity and backbone look like. It’s a shame there is none of that left in this party of bootlickers… It matters not what their Emotional response to Trump is. They have adopted an intellectual and functional position opposed to the foundational concepts of democracy and to the citizens in this country. Fuck them all.
The $64,000 question, then SCA. If the GOP isn't a Trump adoring cult, why did the party vote for him, en masse, when it was INCREDIBLY CLEAR that he and his minions were/are evil, greedy, dishonest, largely racist, human filth, driven by the reprehensible Project 2025 mandate? You may "fear" him now, but it's a wee bit late don't ya think?
You over simplified what the Bill does. I am wondering if any Congressperson actually read it. There are statutes throughout that are anti-democratic & subversive over & above the economic stuff. Some call for more power for the President over SCOTUS & the Legislature, more control of elections, inability for states to apply AI laws for 10 years & probably lots of other stuff. It really needs to be stopped.
It was such a cynical move by John Thune, who paid off Murkowski for carve outs for her state while letting Susan Collins off the hook because she has re-election next year. Although Tillis finally showed some spine, he is still a cult member. Will not be surprised he endorses Lara Trump to run for his seat.
God I hope not. But Purple state stand a chance to vote Democrat. That what needs to happen. Is Democrats win every single seat at least 80% mainly to show DJT AND HIS CONGRESS CULT REPUBLICANS THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DISLIKE EVERYTHING HES DONE. THEN WATCH HIM SWEAT. THE BOTTOM LINE WHAT CHOICE DO AMERICANS HAVE?
He must be stopped, his lies, his making money. If we have Midterms we must come down hard on very House and Senate Republicans!! This must stop now but midterm can happen if Musk stays out of his hacking and money.
I certainly hope the Dems put up viable candidates in NC, Maine and maybe even in TX if Ken Paxton is the candidate. The only way to put a check against him is for Dems to score a few wins in reddish states and a landslide in blue and purple areas.
Paxton so damn Corrupt even Tx doesn’t like him. I’ve never understood how that piece garbage gets elected unless they (republicans) rig Tx Elections last 10 yrs it was since Republicans took over that state has had nothing but bad issues like Federal Government support Tx more than any other state in welfare. I believe for the oil Co in Texas they have serious corruption problems since Ann Richard was 2 term Gov it was amazing growing state then some seem to happen now a State with Big Oil Co rich Barrons Republicans ran every branch it’s terrible. Musk should work on that state he lives in.
I understand Schumer had President power taken out. Over SCOTUS, Congress and elections because that’s exactly what ORBAN did in Hungary! Also wish Musk would spit out how they messed with the election. To many oddities happen. Just saying
If the democrats ever get in power, just start over and tax the hell out of the billionaires until the debt is gone and services are restored. I honestly think most people would vote for that. I am not against wealth you earned with your own sweat but not tax breaks or subsidies. The fact that they are all smiling tells me this is a game to them and they should never ever get away with telling us they are a pro-life party. Don’t ever forget or forgive. Stay united democrats!
Just goes to show how far people will go for power. What I wonder about though, is what will happen when it all comes crashing down? I think they will all stab each other in the back to save themselves like the dirty rats they are.
Hey, Joe. I see both sides of THIS coin. I see the Republican politicians as the tRump-fearing Reich: afraid to have their names smeared, afraid to be primaried, afraid that their constituents might turn on them if they speak up against dear leader. I don't know them well, but there may be some who believe he is their Republican spirit guide! In mostly in this case, I see him as the power-hungry, self-adulating Dictator. But I also see the everyday MAGAS worshiping their cult leader, wearing his blood red attire, emblazoned with their slogan, their chant, their heil. When The Con grifts and hawks his Bibles, attire, sneakers, and now cologne (I'd be remiss in that he has long ago sold his soul and now selling the soul of America!), the cult oohs and ahhs, chants his name, applauds and lauds him, gushes to get near him, UGH! I watched MAGA folks interviewed, and some speaking lovingly about him as though they were talking about their son or father. Some Christians even believe that God has chosen him (NOT me, I am NOT part of that group- quite the opposite)! Both of these titles bring their own fear, because BOTH are catastrophically destructive and BOTH are dangerously unhealthy. Dictator or cult leader, we need to continue to rise up, speak out and NEVER normalize this episode in history!
The MAGA party (that of Lincoln is long dead) has always sucked and has done so since it was taken over by the Dixiecrat wing of the Democratic party (which in that party is now long dead).
The capitulation by Paramount is beyond disgusting.
I won't be quite as respectful. I am happy that you recognize the insanity of the current 'ruler'. However, the Tea Party is/was a sorry-assed progenitor of this current mess. Your TP wanted to return to pre-New Deal, just like the current morons. Your racism was evident with Michelle Bachmann and her "line of death" border control proposal. Your lack of intellectual seriousness was exposed by the nomination of Sarah Palin for VP! You and your associates laid the groundwork for this assault on the Constitution.
The Republican voters cheering this bullshit on also don't realize that kicking millions of Medicaid will result in
1) a lot of these folks now pivoting to emergency rooms for primary care needs like refills and colds; hospitals are required by law to treat anyone in an ER so they will be essentially providing the service that Medicaid was except in a much more expensive, resource heavy, and inefficient way. The poor can't pay for these charges so to cover these higher costs the hospital will be reimbursed by the federal government some, raise rates charged to insurance companies for everyone else which will in turn raise premiums and copays for everyone else, and will probably cut services elsewhere in the hospital. So we will still be paying for the poor's healthcare except in the dumbest way possible.
And 2) this will result in mass closures of rural clinics and hospitals, pushing a volume of insured patients to already overburdened hospitals in the nearest cities resulting in rationed care and longer wait times for everyone else living there; additionally all the rural health workers losing jobs will now be competing with each other for whatever is left and will be moving or commuting long drive times competing for jobs with urban health care workers, resulting in downward pressure on wages.
One more time: this is the point. They truly want everyone who isn’t able bodied to die. Those who survive will be their slaves. I think this explains a lot. 👹
"Tillis knows this is a horrible bill. He knows it’s going to hurt his voters in North Carolina. He knows it’s going to decimate rural hospitals. He knows it’s going to cut Medicaid for 10 to 15 million Americans."
So Tillis votes for what's in the best interest of his constituents and Americans; and in turn, his constituents are expected to vote him out of office, regardless, because he went against dear leader, even though it was in their best interest and in the best interest of Americans. That's very twisted indeed !
I respectfully disagree that the GOP is a “Trump-adoring cult.” For many Republicans it is a Trump-fearing cult. For many of us who have never been a Republican or part of a cult, it’s impossible to understand how the Republican Party did this to itself or to the country. We can only look to Germany in the 1930’s to see such self-abasement and such cowardly selfish pursuit of short term power in order to understand this historical process. Knowing that era is a close historical precedent (including the hateful scapegoating of “outsiders”) one must be fearful of the battles still to come in our country.
At this point, there is no difference between those who adore Trump and those who fear him. They have all chosen the craven path of submission to him. Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney were exemplare of what integrity and backbone look like. It’s a shame there is none of that left in this party of bootlickers… It matters not what their Emotional response to Trump is. They have adopted an intellectual and functional position opposed to the foundational concepts of democracy and to the citizens in this country. Fuck them all.
The $64,000 question, then SCA. If the GOP isn't a Trump adoring cult, why did the party vote for him, en masse, when it was INCREDIBLY CLEAR that he and his minions were/are evil, greedy, dishonest, largely racist, human filth, driven by the reprehensible Project 2025 mandate? You may "fear" him now, but it's a wee bit late don't ya think?
Because they couldn't bear to allow a mixed race woman get elected, much less vote for one.
I have heard the major provisions of the bill will conveniently not kick in until after the midterms. Is that correct?
That's what I've seen too. Of course this let's republicans blame the democrats if democrats get the majority after midterms
You over simplified what the Bill does. I am wondering if any Congressperson actually read it. There are statutes throughout that are anti-democratic & subversive over & above the economic stuff. Some call for more power for the President over SCOTUS & the Legislature, more control of elections, inability for states to apply AI laws for 10 years & probably lots of other stuff. It really needs to be stopped.
That's true, but anything that doesn't directly affect the budget gets stripped out by the Senate Parliamentarian.
Oh. If that is so, why does Trump bother putting all that extra stuff in the bill to begin with?
He didn't. House Republicans did. I guess they figured it was worth a try.
It was such a cynical move by John Thune, who paid off Murkowski for carve outs for her state while letting Susan Collins off the hook because she has re-election next year. Although Tillis finally showed some spine, he is still a cult member. Will not be surprised he endorses Lara Trump to run for his seat.
God I hope not. But Purple state stand a chance to vote Democrat. That what needs to happen. Is Democrats win every single seat at least 80% mainly to show DJT AND HIS CONGRESS CULT REPUBLICANS THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DISLIKE EVERYTHING HES DONE. THEN WATCH HIM SWEAT. THE BOTTOM LINE WHAT CHOICE DO AMERICANS HAVE?
He must be stopped, his lies, his making money. If we have Midterms we must come down hard on very House and Senate Republicans!! This must stop now but midterm can happen if Musk stays out of his hacking and money.
I certainly hope the Dems put up viable candidates in NC, Maine and maybe even in TX if Ken Paxton is the candidate. The only way to put a check against him is for Dems to score a few wins in reddish states and a landslide in blue and purple areas.
Paxton so damn Corrupt even Tx doesn’t like him. I’ve never understood how that piece garbage gets elected unless they (republicans) rig Tx Elections last 10 yrs it was since Republicans took over that state has had nothing but bad issues like Federal Government support Tx more than any other state in welfare. I believe for the oil Co in Texas they have serious corruption problems since Ann Richard was 2 term Gov it was amazing growing state then some seem to happen now a State with Big Oil Co rich Barrons Republicans ran every branch it’s terrible. Musk should work on that state he lives in.
I understand Schumer had President power taken out. Over SCOTUS, Congress and elections because that’s exactly what ORBAN did in Hungary! Also wish Musk would spit out how they messed with the election. To many oddities happen. Just saying
If the democrats ever get in power, just start over and tax the hell out of the billionaires until the debt is gone and services are restored. I honestly think most people would vote for that. I am not against wealth you earned with your own sweat but not tax breaks or subsidies. The fact that they are all smiling tells me this is a game to them and they should never ever get away with telling us they are a pro-life party. Don’t ever forget or forgive. Stay united democrats!
Very cynical indeed. Senator Murkowski, said what she did was for Alaska, but she swore an oath to the Constitution. What happened to her, for real?
Vote her out
Just goes to show how far people will go for power. What I wonder about though, is what will happen when it all comes crashing down? I think they will all stab each other in the back to save themselves like the dirty rats they are.
Hope you’re right!👹
Hey, Joe. I see both sides of THIS coin. I see the Republican politicians as the tRump-fearing Reich: afraid to have their names smeared, afraid to be primaried, afraid that their constituents might turn on them if they speak up against dear leader. I don't know them well, but there may be some who believe he is their Republican spirit guide! In mostly in this case, I see him as the power-hungry, self-adulating Dictator. But I also see the everyday MAGAS worshiping their cult leader, wearing his blood red attire, emblazoned with their slogan, their chant, their heil. When The Con grifts and hawks his Bibles, attire, sneakers, and now cologne (I'd be remiss in that he has long ago sold his soul and now selling the soul of America!), the cult oohs and ahhs, chants his name, applauds and lauds him, gushes to get near him, UGH! I watched MAGA folks interviewed, and some speaking lovingly about him as though they were talking about their son or father. Some Christians even believe that God has chosen him (NOT me, I am NOT part of that group- quite the opposite)! Both of these titles bring their own fear, because BOTH are catastrophically destructive and BOTH are dangerously unhealthy. Dictator or cult leader, we need to continue to rise up, speak out and NEVER normalize this episode in history!
The MAGA party (that of Lincoln is long dead) has always sucked and has done so since it was taken over by the Dixiecrat wing of the Democratic party (which in that party is now long dead).
The capitulation by Paramount is beyond disgusting.
It’s like they already know that the next election will be rigged to benefit the GOP.
C R I M I N A L S
ALOHA...
I won't be quite as respectful. I am happy that you recognize the insanity of the current 'ruler'. However, the Tea Party is/was a sorry-assed progenitor of this current mess. Your TP wanted to return to pre-New Deal, just like the current morons. Your racism was evident with Michelle Bachmann and her "line of death" border control proposal. Your lack of intellectual seriousness was exposed by the nomination of Sarah Palin for VP! You and your associates laid the groundwork for this assault on the Constitution.
THANKS A FUCK OF A LOT!!
The Republican voters cheering this bullshit on also don't realize that kicking millions of Medicaid will result in
1) a lot of these folks now pivoting to emergency rooms for primary care needs like refills and colds; hospitals are required by law to treat anyone in an ER so they will be essentially providing the service that Medicaid was except in a much more expensive, resource heavy, and inefficient way. The poor can't pay for these charges so to cover these higher costs the hospital will be reimbursed by the federal government some, raise rates charged to insurance companies for everyone else which will in turn raise premiums and copays for everyone else, and will probably cut services elsewhere in the hospital. So we will still be paying for the poor's healthcare except in the dumbest way possible.
And 2) this will result in mass closures of rural clinics and hospitals, pushing a volume of insured patients to already overburdened hospitals in the nearest cities resulting in rationed care and longer wait times for everyone else living there; additionally all the rural health workers losing jobs will now be competing with each other for whatever is left and will be moving or commuting long drive times competing for jobs with urban health care workers, resulting in downward pressure on wages.
It's so fucking stupid.
One more time: this is the point. They truly want everyone who isn’t able bodied to die. Those who survive will be their slaves. I think this explains a lot. 👹
Cult. Cult cult cult.
"Tillis knows this is a horrible bill. He knows it’s going to hurt his voters in North Carolina. He knows it’s going to decimate rural hospitals. He knows it’s going to cut Medicaid for 10 to 15 million Americans."
So Tillis votes for what's in the best interest of his constituents and Americans; and in turn, his constituents are expected to vote him out of office, regardless, because he went against dear leader, even though it was in their best interest and in the best interest of Americans. That's very twisted indeed !