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Toobly posted:Random thought but can someone explain why MAGA chuds are so against paying more taxes, something that could actually help fund border security, including a wall, but are willing to "donate" their money instead? I'd say "tax write off" but I don't think GoFundMe is tax deductible since it's technically a gift, not a donation. They support taxes, but their whole lives right-wing propaganda has told them taxes are wasted on foreign aid and welfare for black people. If you promised them a racist wall and socialism for whites only they'd vote for a 90% tax rate tomorrow (and have in the past), in fact if you go read any one of these yokel safari NYT/WaPo/HP/whoever articles where they interview farmers being bankrupted by the trade war they all say that sometimes you have to be willing to give up all your money and your livelihood for the good of the country. It's the business wing of the GOP that hates taxes as a concept*, but they aren't the chuds donating to this wall either. *Well I mean the business wing hates they themselves paying taxes as a concept, obviously they want taxes to fund their wars and bailouts and corporate welfare, they just want that tax money to come from the bottom 99% VitalSigns fucked around with this message at 18:38 on Dec 21, 2018 |
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:If those cancerous growths were discovered because she broke some ribs... wow. Talk about luck. They were https://twitter.com/stevenportnoy/status/1076167522993487873?s=20
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The Glumslinger posted:Jeff Flake already said he won't come back to DC to vote for a bill with Wall funding, so if he gets literally every other republican, they're at 50 LOL at believing Jeff Flake will do anything that requires a spine, but if they do need 3/5 of the Senate they won't ever get it. Even if Manchin decides he wants to be "bipartisan" and cross the line to vote for it, they won't get it, and even if Sinema (assuming we go into shutdown and the new Congress is sworn in) does likewise, they STILL won't get it.
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sexpig by night posted:again I must say it rules that because she got deeply, personally, angry at Obama telling her it'd be smart to retire under him while they had the senate and now we have to have a national panic attack every time an elderly woman has a health problem. also seeing the people who will go to bat for Schumer making deals to fast-track conservative judges freak out over a nonagenarian not looking healthy what, you know that courtesy of the design of the senate, and the democratic strategy of All Suburbia All The Time, republicans are going to have the supreme court for the foreseeable future. they're going to get those judges. why get worked up about it happening sooner?
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Here's hoping that GOP pissing contest that just happened in the WH was just a bunch of really frustrated senators sitting around a pissy, pouty Trump demanding a vote and them eventually just giving up and saying gently caress it alright, knowing it won't pass. I hope every one of them is miserable and remain that way.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:If those cancerous growths were discovered because she broke some ribs... wow. Talk about luck. I just assumed the ribs story was probably a cover for some testing/procedure that found this.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:he doesn't have the votes right? He needs 60 unless he opts for the nuclear option which he does not want and likely still does not have the votes for.
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From CNNquote:Here's how many employees will work without pay:
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Toobly posted:Random thought but can someone explain why MAGA chuds are so against paying more taxes, something that could actually help fund border security, including a wall, but are willing to "donate" their money instead? I'd say "tax write off" but I don't think GoFundMe is tax deductible since it's technically a gift, not a donation. Public posturing is more important to them than actual things and results.
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Toobly posted:Random thought but can someone explain why MAGA chuds are so against paying more taxes, something that could actually help fund border security, including a wall, but are willing to "donate" their money instead? I'd say "tax write off" but I don't think GoFundMe is tax deductible since it's technically a gift, not a donation. The "could" is why. If it was "would", they'd be fine with more taxes.
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If I had to guess, this will end one of two ways: 1) Veto override. McConnell decides that he needs the government open and whips enough votes in the Senate, and a newly-crowned Speaker Pelosi does likewise in the House. 2) They agree to a clean CR in exchange for a separate vote on the $5B in border wall funding, which everyone except Trump knows will fail.
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:From CNN How the gently caress is HUD nonessential?
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Your Taint posted:If nuclear war happened tomorrow, the only three things left would be cockroaches, Twinkies, and RBG. She'll outlive all of us. I'd argue Jimmy Carter as well dude survived brain cancer at like 90.
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scopes posted:Here's hoping that GOP pissing contest that just happened in the WH was just a bunch of really frustrated senators sitting around a pissy, pouty Trump demanding a vote and them eventually just giving up and saying gently caress it alright, knowing it won't pass. this. i think a decent amount of them are pissed over this poo poo and the syria/mattis shitshow, so i expect they will give him the finger.
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VitalSigns posted:They support taxes, but their whole lives right-wing propaganda has told them taxes are wasted on foreign aid and welfare for black people. Ah, the good ol' American dream of moving out to Californ-ee-ay where all them jobs are at so you can have the government start a trade war and make you go bankrupt for the good of the country.
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Nonsense posted:RBG is dying. gently caress Trump. In my opinion, court packing was absolutely necessary after Kavanaugh was seated. The only difference is how many seats they need to add. Before that, there was a chance Clarence Thomas would decide it was unconstitutional for him to be on the Court and step down under a D president, so the stolen seat could be quietly ignored. Ague Proof fucked around with this message at 18:44 on Dec 21, 2018 |
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Chuds would vote for full space communism right now if they thought only whites would benifit from it.
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Yeowch!!! My Balls!!! posted:also seeing the people who will go to bat for Schumer making deals to fast-track conservative judges freak out over a nonagenarian not looking healthy Would you say "nothing matters?"
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KickerOfMice posted:How the gently caress is HUD nonessential? Poor people don’t matter, op
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I really chafe at this characterization. He's not being lionized. I said this yesterday but I'll say it again: he can be a warmongering piece of poo poo AND a moderate voice in the literal Nazi insane asylum that is the Trump White House. I see absolutely zero contradiction there.
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KickerOfMice posted:How the gently caress is HUD nonessential? Some people actually choose to play Hardcore playlists which remove HUD entirely
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mango sentinel posted:He needs 60 unless he opts for the nuclear option which he does not want and likely still does not have the votes for. There is absolutely no chance the Senate kills the filibuster at this point for pissbaby's slats. If they didn't do it over the last two years when they could have passed meaningful legislation they sure as hell won't now with a Democratic house coming in.
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I'm going to ask a potentially stupid-rear end question here but the term "war criminal" gets thrown around so much it's starting to lose meaning for me. These people who get flagged as war criminals, have they violated actual US or international laws? Is there a mechanism by which they should be prosecuted and sentenced, and if so what is the reason that mechanism is not used? Is there some way to trigger actual accountability if laws are being violated?
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VH4Ever posted:I really chafe at this characterization. He's not being lionized. I said this yesterday but I'll say it again: he can be a warmongering piece of poo poo AND a moderate voice in the literal Nazi insane asylum that is the Trump White House. I see absolutely zero contradiction there. These kinds of niceties are easily looked by people whose only real goals in political discussion involve proving how righteous they are and how impure everyone else is.
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:From CNN Could you link to the article?
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KickerOfMice posted:How the gently caress is HUD nonessential? HUD mostly exists now to shovel tax dollars into the hands of private developers and landlords, which depending on your perspective is not really an essential function of the government VH4Ever posted:I really chafe at this characterization. He's not being lionized. I said this yesterday but I'll say it again: he can be a warmongering piece of poo poo AND a moderate voice in the literal Nazi insane asylum that is the Trump White House. I see absolutely zero contradiction there. Rommel was a warmongering piece of poo poo AND a moderate voice in the literal Nazi insane asylum too, is Rommel a good guy?
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VH4Ever posted:I really chafe at this characterization. He's not being lionized. I said this yesterday but I'll say it again: he can be a warmongering piece of poo poo AND a moderate voice in the literal Nazi insane asylum that is the Trump White House. I see absolutely zero contradiction there. he wasn't though, he was a bloodthirsty psycho
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