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Rigel posted:Yeah, this doesn't even qualify as news. Paul was a no on the "not really repeal" compromises that they gave up on. He's a firm, happy yes for straight repeal. Paul was one of the "not cruel enough" Republicans. Complete repeal is cruel enough for him. He is a libertarian and doesn't believe in any sort of health care for those who can't afford it.
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Rigel posted:Rand Paul has flipped I don't care what they say anymore, I'm utterly convinced they simply can't pass any kind of health care legislation at this point. That's not to say anyone should let up or stop calling or stop screaming at them, I just think that it's working and it will continue to work because they are worthless morons. They really only have till the 2018 midterms to even try, and not even really that long. They can't do it.
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Covok posted:First shoe drops before the humbling we're all going to experience next week. Take your pills.
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empty whippet box posted:I don't care what they say anymore, I'm utterly convinced they simply can't pass any kind of health care legislation at this point. Repeal Obamacare (but not for 10 years). Really seems like an easy thing to pass. It's letter of the law "we repealed obamacare!" mixed with "but we don't have to face any consequences"
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Hellblazer187 posted:Those k-cups are loving terrible. I make all my coffee in a french press because that's what I own. Or rather, it's what my then girlfriend (now wife) owned when my regular drip coffee maker died. This thing is a solid steel tank and I don't think I'd go back. Or maybe I'd go back to a drip machine, but I'd never go to a K-cup. they're bad for sure but they're intended for commercial or office environments where you don't want to task people with the maintenance and resupply of a better coffee making gadget like a french press. like the use case of a keurig is "tim from sales wants light roast, lisa from hr wants dark roast, i want tea, and nobody refilled the coffee pot"
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Weren't pod coffee machines originally designed for corporate meeting/board rooms? For all the hate they get, they kinda make sense in that one context, considering the alternatives.
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Owlofcreamcheese posted:Repeal Obamacare (but not for 10 years). Really seems like an easy thing to pass. It's letter of the law "we repealed obamacare!" mixed with "but we don't have to face any consequences" Except I don't see it playing well with their base. "We repealed obamacare" "but not for 10 years" Just seems really dumb.
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Republicans want their tax cuts (which is what this is ultimately all about) right loving now not in 10 years (because god willing a ton of them will be dead by then). So that would be a complete nonstarter.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Republicans want their tax cuts (which is what this is ultimately all about) right loving now not in 10 years (because god willing a ton of them will be dead by then). So that would be a complete nonstarter. Yeah, this. The bill that passed the House even made the tax cuts retroactive— they want their breaks yesterday.
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everyone can work a high-paying job if they just apply themselves. only the lazy and shiftless end up at the bottom rungs!
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JailTrump posted:Except I don't see it playing well with their base. There base wants Obamacare repealed, not any of the actual parts of Obamacare
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I will confess that I didn't think GOP resistance to their proposed health insurance legislation would be because it was not horrible enough and did not gently caress over enough people.
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not a great message but otoh "better education" is politically toxic right now what with the right constantly freaking out about liberal universities
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This may not be the right thread to ask, but I keep getting e-mails like these.  Anyone have any ideas? I am neither an Iowa resident nor an American citizen. Is someone just incorrectly entering their e-mail address and writing to this congressman or is there some sort of bot that's mass petitioning him? Goosed it. fucked around with this message at 20:07 on Jul 20, 2017 |
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Condiv posted:everyone can work a high-paying job if they just apply themselves. only the lazy and shiftless end up at the bottom rungs! This caricature is obviously stupid and untrue, but so is the caricature that skills have nothing to do with opportunity. The idea that helping people acquire better job skills is victim blaming or some poo poo is unbelievably obtuse. It's possible to give individuals an opportunity to help themselves while also working to remove the barriers that make that harder to do.
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boner confessor posted:not a great message but otoh "better education" is politically toxic right now what with the right constantly freaking out about liberal universities Does that matter if they're going to freak out at everything and vote straight R every time regardless?
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boner confessor posted:not a great message but otoh "better education" is politically toxic right now what with the right constantly freaking out about liberal universities Uh oh better not do something that freaks out the right, we were THIS CLOSE to getting their votes! Firing up your own base might scare them off too, better not do that either.
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Slogans probably don't matter much in general, and something they're using 16 months before a midterm election doesn't matter at all. People screamed at them for not having a message, and now they're screaming at them for having the wrong one, but none of this poo poo matters.
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Sinteres posted:The idea that helping people acquire better job skills is victim blaming or some poo poo is unbelievably obtuse. It's possible to give individuals an opportunity to help themselves while also working to remove the barriers that make that harder to do.
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Elotana posted:Just because it's good policy doesn't mean it deserves the first two words in your slogan I don't think it's particularly inspiring either tbh, I just think some of the hot takes about it being insulting to workers are really dumb.
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mcmagic posted:OJ is definitely going to be invited to the White House. "Not a lot of people know this, but OJ did a great thing when he did it, just amazing. I like people who don't get cucked. MAGA!"
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Owlofcreamcheese posted:Repeal Obamacare (but not for 10 years). Really seems like an easy thing to pass. It's letter of the law "we repealed obamacare!" mixed with "but we don't have to face any consequences" This is what I expect them to do in the end.
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Wonder what the Republicans will go with, or if they'll just stick to their usual guns GOP 2018: But her emails
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Sinteres posted:I don't think it's particularly inspiring either tbh, I just think some of the hot takes about it being insulting to workers are really dumb.
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Someone tell me this isn't real... https://twitter.com/JonLemire/status/888103506955051008
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Sinteres posted:This caricature is obviously stupid and untrue, but so is the caricature that skills have nothing to do with opportunity. The idea that helping people acquire better job skills is victim blaming or some poo poo is unbelievably obtuse. It's possible to give individuals an opportunity to help themselves while also working to remove the barriers that make that harder to do. problem is there is not a major shortage of skilled people. in fact, a ton of people are coming out of university with degrees and no opportunities at all. increasing access to higher education and better skills is good, but in this case it seems to be an excuse for not doing anything about the poor state work is in now. people are being paid less across the board to do more, and pushing people higher on the skills ladder is a bandaid on a serious problem.
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"Better Skills. Better Jobs. Papa John's" -Democrats, 2018
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Jaxyon posted:He absolutely did go after Obama's race. YM "...to put the [white] hood on..." HTH.
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PhazonLink posted:Lets do this coffee derail. Peaberry coffee>>>>everything else. Source: work at a coffee shop that sells peaberry coffee.
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Look I am half-American citizen so don't take this the wrong way but it is really hosed up that a major health care initiative by a party in control of all branches of the government that they have been driving for years failed TWICE because enough people finally understood that the ACA and Obamacare are THE SAME THING. Like what the hell
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mcmagic posted:He'll be remembered for stealing the SCOTUS seat. He stole ~130 federal judicial appointments as well under the same bullshit reasoning, but the media only focused on SCOTUS.
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ReidRansom posted:Someone tell me this isn't real... 2018 gonna be somethin special.
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