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The opioid epidemic is a pretty serious problem but that poo poo should be getting funded regardless of the health care bill. Them using it as a bribe is insanely hosed.
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They're like fly by night criminal defense attorneys who lure people in with impossible promises about case resolution that were never going to pan out. Then eventually the promise comes due when they're up before judge and jury and the client gets hosed.
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KillHour posted:Weird. I guess I just haven't happened to run into arugula outside the US. That's a... strange name for an edible leaf. raging bullwinkle posted:In Australia it's rocket.
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# ? Jul 27, 2017 17:18 |
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Why is there never any fight to secure 45 billion to help fight the crack epidemic? Oh, right.
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# ? Jul 27, 2017 17:18 |
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Office Pig posted:https://twitter.com/GarrettHaake/status/890594857596669952 huh. Sure sounds like threatening to dismantle Alaska in retaliation for not voting on a piece of poo poo horrible bill is working very well.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Why is there never any fight to secure 45 billion to help fight the crack epidemic? What are you talking about, the American prison system is very well funded.
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cochise posted:Countdown to Trump hitting a hole in one on every hole and never having to poo poo. Trump John Don was born during an eclipse on the sacred peak of Mount Elbert, the highest point in the only true mountain range in North America. He also invented the hamburger after it came to him in a dream. His mighty yell made all homosexuals disappear.
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# ? Jul 27, 2017 17:21 |
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Why is there never any fight to secure 45 billion to help fight the crack epidemic? Sure there are, for-profit prisons are the answer!
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# ? Jul 27, 2017 17:22 |
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https://twitter.com/kasie/status/890606495737405442
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# ? Jul 27, 2017 17:24 |
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Why is there never any fight to secure 45 billion to help fight the crack epidemic? If Republicans could be sure black people couldn't use it, they'd enact single payer healthcare today.
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# ? Jul 27, 2017 17:25 |
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They are sooooooo bad at this
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# ? Jul 27, 2017 17:25 |
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Haha. Oops.
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Casey Finnigan posted:huh. Sure sounds like threatening to dismantle Alaska in retaliation for not voting on a piece of poo poo horrible bill is working very well. https://twitter.com/kasie/status/890606495737405442 Murkowski chairs the committee that approves Interior appointees.
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# ? Jul 27, 2017 17:26 |
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I don't understand this, can someone clarify?
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# ? Jul 27, 2017 17:26 |
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I'm very sad to discover that I've apparently been blocked by Vic on Twitter Not sure how that happened, I'm a huge fan of his.
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# ? Jul 27, 2017 17:26 |
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Enigma89 posted:I don't understand this, can someone clarify? Trump had the Sec of Interior threaten Murkowski on his behalf. It seems to be backfiring real bad.
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# ? Jul 27, 2017 17:27 |
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Enigma89 posted:I don't understand this, can someone clarify? He threatened funding for the state of Alaska because Murkoswski didn't play ball on snatching health care from 15+ million people.
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Enigma89 posted:I don't understand this, can someone clarify? Zinke called Murkowski at the request of Trump to threaten her over the health care bill. She controls the purse strings for Zinke's department as well as confirmation of nominees for that department.
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# ? Jul 27, 2017 17:27 |
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Enigma89 posted:I don't understand this, can someone clarify? murkowski is pissed off and has the ability to hurt the people she is pissed off at
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# ? Jul 27, 2017 17:27 |
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I know this will just be a couple of jobs, but I like to think of it turning into an all transgender police force and now I want to watch that season of The Wire.
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# ? Jul 27, 2017 17:27 |
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B B posted:Zinke called Murkowski at the request of Trump to threaten her over the health care bill. She controls the purse strings for Zinke's department as well as confirmation of nominees for that department. She's going to threaten to fund them well above their requested levels.
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# ? Jul 27, 2017 17:29 |
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It's worth pointing out that Interior basically threatened to start caring about Alaska's environment more than business/extraction interests, which makes this whole thing even more hosed up and hilarious.
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# ? Jul 27, 2017 17:30 |
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Bernie riding the parliamentarians rear end. https://twitter.com/patcaldwell/status/890608380586237952
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# ? Jul 27, 2017 17:30 |
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Good on you Murkowski
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# ? Jul 27, 2017 17:31 |
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the fun thing about byrd bath is no matter what its etymology is the response still ends up being "christ, what loving nerds"
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# ? Jul 27, 2017 17:32 |
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https://twitter.com/MichaelCBender/status/890607726731997184 JUST gently caress ALREADY. Phoix posted:Bernie riding the parliamentarians rear end. Sanders seems to be riding point on the Byrd rule here, he's brought it up a few times.
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Phoix posted:Bernie riding the parliamentarians rear end. Is this vote-destroying news, or just a hiccup?
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# ? Jul 27, 2017 17:33 |
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Enigma89 posted:I don't understand this, can someone clarify? Trump had Zinke, Sec of the Interior Dept, threaten Alaska's Senator Murkowski over her votes against the healthcare bills. The Interior Dept administers huge amounts of Alaska and could actually gently caress AK over badly... except Murkowski chairs the committee that controls Interior's budget and appointee confirmations. So she delayed confirmation hearings for a bunch of Zinke's appointments. Basically, Trump admin continues to be hilariously incompetent and their threats are backfiring with Murkowski having the power to say "no, gently caress YOU"
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It looks like all this time, all we needed in the Senate was someone who was an expert on Byrd law.
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business hammocks posted:Is this vote-destroying news, or just a hiccup? I think this wasn't part of the skinny repeal anyway, although I guess it prevents them from offering it to holdouts?
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business hammocks posted:Is this vote-destroying news, or just a hiccup? At most just another rule McConnell will ignore.
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# ? Jul 27, 2017 17:35 |
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Can military leaders say "we disagree and will not ban transgender population from being in military?
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# ? Jul 27, 2017 17:35 |
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:Can military leaders say "we disagree and will not ban transgender population from being in military? No. They can however force Trump to go through all the myriad, byzantine channels to do this which he's almost certainly incapable of doing.
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# ? Jul 27, 2017 17:36 |
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https://twitter.com/stephenfhayes/status/890602594778750976quote:The dismissal of this leading policy adviser to the president comes amid intensifying speculation about a coming broad White House shakeup and open rhetorical warfare among the president and several top advisers. Two sources tell TWS that Harvey’s departure is not a direct result of the internecine staff fighting, but he was viewed by some top Trump aides as too close to Steve Bannon. Top Trump-ologists in the IC are studying this move to decipher what it means for future tweets.
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# ? Jul 27, 2017 17:36 |
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Pellisworth posted:Trump had Zinke, Sec of the Interior Dept, threaten Alaska's Senator Murkowski over her votes against the healthcare bills. The Interior Dept administers huge amounts of Alaska and could actually gently caress AK over badly... except Murkowski chairs the committee that controls Interior's budget and appointee confirmations. So she delayed confirmation hearings for a bunch of Zinke's appointments. Thanks
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FizFashizzle posted:No. Specifically, the Pentagon is saying they won't act until they get implementation guidance through SecDef (Mattis), and Mattis is both on vacation and has been a strong supporter of letting transgendered soldiers serve.
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farraday posted:https://twitter.com/stephenfhayes/status/890602594778750976 Fired for being too close to Bannon? Sounds good.
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:Can military leaders say "we disagree and will not ban transgender population from being in military? Kind of? Transgender Service Members Can Stay in the Military for Now, Pentagon Official Says https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/27/us/politics/transgender-military-trump-ban.html It's more like they need actual, specific commands to implement, and there's been no suggestion that they'll get them.
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# ? Jul 27, 2017 17:39 |
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I hate that, as an ex-infantry pacifist who despises the military industrial complex, I'm now defending the rights of trans people to enlist. On the one hand I'm reminded of that twitter comment along the lines o: quote:Conservatives: We need to imprison all the Muslims! On the other hand, gently caress discrimination and the example this sets about scapegoating vulnerable demographics. Holy poo poo. This must be what real, honest-to-god cognitive dissonance feels like.
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Transgender Service Members Can Stay in the Military for Now, Pentagon Official Says https://nyti.ms/2tN16H1 Edit: Dammit too slow Bar Ran Dun fucked around with this message at 17:42 on Jul 27, 2017 |
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