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I hope you're proud of yourself for resuscitating this terrible, terrible thread.
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Hell, same.
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Sep 11, 2017 03:24
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How about I remove the mountaintop from your loving face
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Sep 11, 2017 04:00
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A thread for United States poli https://twitter.com/itwasthreezero/status/906609609821114369 tics
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Sep 11, 2017 04:48
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Arglebargle III posted:Hitler won WW2 we just haven't realised it yet. The only winning move is not to play.
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Sep 11, 2017 04:54
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Don't be fooled, this is how he lures prey so he can snatch them and retreat back into the murderden beneath the sands.
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Sep 11, 2017 05:08
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God I cannot wait to see the cavalcade of September 11th 2017 regdates.
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Sep 11, 2017 07:27
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I'm the percentage of the population who recognize Supreme Court Justice Harry Reid.
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Sep 14, 2017 01:06
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Well at least now I can blame shrike for making me post this: https://twitter.com/CNN/status/908143376838656000
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Sep 14, 2017 07:46
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Ice to meet you Mr. Trotsky, may I axe you a question?
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Sep 14, 2017 20:26
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Is it just me or is Saint Louis on fire, and rightly so?
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Sep 16, 2017 05:56
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Mustached Demon posted:gently caress the cards. https://twitter.com/kodacohen/status/908831426694479874 
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Sep 16, 2017 06:20
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berserker posted:I'm starting to see discussion about Graham-Cassidy gaining traction; McConnell wants to prioritize it before Sep 30th and Cassidy says he has 49 votes right now... If I recall correctly, Cassidy stated it was 48-49, and that this was an optimistic projection on his part somewhat hampered by the immediate stances taken by a few senators. Collins, Murkowski and Paul are their big "No's" here, though Murkowski is probably the Senator in need of the most constituent pressure, if only because Collins and Paul are really obvious in their opposition. The thing about Paul's here is that he can't really walk back on the kind of statements he's made here without rewriting the bill, and that requires the CBO score to come out first. While they want to try and get the scoring done in a week, it's not all that likely, although admittedly not impossible. Even then, making enough satisfying revisions, especially with what we've seen come out, is a task all of its own. All that said, this does feel like something we should be having more of a discussion about.
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Sep 16, 2017 21:46
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Frankly I'm just restating some of the explanations laid out by posters in the Healthcare thread and earlier on in Trumpthread as to why Graham-Cassidy is something of a longshot. It's never, ever wise to assume something is not going to happen just because you feel it won't, so it's worth being proactive here. It has a lot that was evil from the last bills - defunding planned parenthood, the return of pre-existing conditions and so forth - so there are a lot of sticking points to work with if you have a Senator where that is relevant. Or if you don't. It's the GOP after all. Alaska goons are probably in the best position to have some influence, maybe. Murkowski got a lot of positive reception for voting against the last bill, but it's smarter to assume that doesn't necessarily stick up to this point, even with all the toxic garbage loaded into Graham-Cassidy.
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Sep 16, 2017 21:54
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Ruan I would deeply appreciate it if you could slap the topic of Graham-Cassidy into the op that nobody reads.
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Sep 16, 2017 21:59
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Reposting from Trumpthread:Zoro posted:Let us move on from reheating an old plate of meatloaf from three weeks ago to talk of more pressing concerns: healthcare. The Graham Bill has serious prospects of potentially passing, especially with the added pressure of knowing the deadline is coming up. We need to start making phone calls. I have done so myself, but I live in a blue state so it's not doing much. If you red state individuals can begin encouraging your friends and family as well as participating yourself in some preliminary calls, we can certainly begin to nip this in the bud. Waiting for the CBO score may be too late: if they're smart, they'll ram it through the second that thing is done and it will be like the house vote all over again. I think it was in this thread earlier where we hashed out the Paul/Collins/Murkowski sticking point for the bill as-is. This is still zero reason to treat its failure as a given, and any "lol it'll never pass" before October actually hits needs to get loving quashed. The venom of the GOP may vary in its potency, but a snake is a snake and you should never bury the thought that they'll turn on you to bite if they have the opportunity. This bill has it all: the return of pre-existing conditions, defunding planned parenthood, the death of medicaid and on top of it all a bunch of chuds calling it Obamacare light. There's a lot that can be used to bludgeon whatever jackass represents your state. I'm probably beating a dead horse with this post, and I'm fully aware of what actual influence the American public has on policy. On the other hand, this effort is effectively a push for state-sanctioned murder via austerity, so I'm not really especially bothered if I belabor the point.
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Sep 17, 2017 20:12
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quote:Former Vice President Joe Biden tomorrow will push back against "Universal Basic Income," or UBI, one of the most popular suggested solutions to the massive eradication of jobs that's feared because of automation. UBI is a check to every American adult, but Biden thinks that it's the job that is important, not just the income. In a blog post tomorrow timed to the launch of the Joe Biden Institute at the University of Delaware, Biden will quote his father telling him how a job is "about your dignity. It's about your self-respect. It's about your place in your community." Edit: not going to lie, half the reason I posted this is for the fact meme 'Diamond Joe' Biden seems to have superseded reality. ded redd fucked around with this message at 02:09 on Sep 18, 2017 |
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Sep 18, 2017 02:02
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https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/909776281847386112 Rand Paul appears to be trying to poison the well on this. Gentle reminder to browbeat whoever represents you into not voting for this.
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Sep 18, 2017 15:15
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https://twitter.com/BenjySarlin/status/909806872844259328 In unsurprising news, McCain is trash.
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Sep 18, 2017 16:55
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https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/909825989588525058
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Sep 18, 2017 18:12
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Here's a helpful and healthy infographic for all y'all.
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Sep 18, 2017 18:20
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https://twitter.com/TheStalwart/status/909837150530818048
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Sep 18, 2017 19:06
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joepinetree posted:https://twitter.com/GeorgiaTech/status/909953325700747266 https://twitter.com/GeorgiaTech/status/909857575541329920 Now I really have to wonder what's going on up there.
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Sep 19, 2017 02:42
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Your Boy Fancy posted:Oh my word he loving didn't. Fits with his platform though, which seems to be 'okay stuff' mixed with 'pure garbage'.
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Sep 20, 2017 05:24
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berserker posted:Just FYI, Graham-Cassidy rearranges into 
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Sep 20, 2017 05:34
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quote:So - my GF Consiladated all her Student Loans a few years ago. Everything was fine. Except, for whatever reason, there was a single loan that didn't get consiladated. No problem - she had it on a payment plan. Click this for hot reddit action and South Dakota rendering itself even more uninhabitable.
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Sep 20, 2017 15:36
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Paracaidas posted:Usually it's the second order effects that drive talent away. Or walk away, as the case may be.
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Sep 20, 2017 15:56
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havenwaters posted:Ha. Great. gently caress. It's bad, but it's bad in the same way as the last time McConnell called for a vote on the BCRA, 2015 repeal and so forth. A hard vote dispels the idea that they aren't trying to fulfill their promises, whatever the outcome, and makes it harder for their donors to put their careers in even more jeopardy. It's awful, mind you, and not an awful I want to dismiss.
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Sep 20, 2017 18:39
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Power Walrus posted:Wouldn't leaving it entirely up to the states facilitate a massive brain drain into the few states that actually set something decent up? Or, is that the point? Why?? "poo poo what's in this bill? gently caress it gotta pass somethin"
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Sep 20, 2017 21:00
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Frankly the one thing I would suggest that Bernie must do is throw away any psychological hangups about Graham or Cassidy acting as peers. They're two among the most evil men on earth, treat them as such.
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Sep 21, 2017 22:32
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Ague Proof posted:Graham is really smooth though. You overestimate Graham. He has that oily salesman schtick, but it doesn't require a great deal for the charade to break. And when it breaks, it breaks hard.
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Sep 21, 2017 23:20
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Nonsense posted:https://twitter.com/frankthorp/status/911007418024382464 'Clinton alum' aha, okay, now the pieces are falling into place.
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Sep 22, 2017 01:02
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Koalas March posted:social media This seems like a terrible idea for reasons that go far beyond the current point of discussion.
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Sep 22, 2017 17:11
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Chilichimp posted:If ya'll haven't been following this Jimmy Kimmel Healthcare poo poo, it's loving good. Here's day 3: I think my annoyance about his Lindsey Graham comment just disappeared in a glorious cloud of ephemeral piss.
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Sep 22, 2017 18:39
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Chilichimp posted:I have no idea what that means. 'Lindsey Graham is one of the few people who stands up to Trump'. Which is actually rather not true. Opposite in fact. I'm not making hay over it because Kimmel going on air night after night to rally people against legislative murder so far outweighs one moment of unwarranted good will that it's barely even a mote in the eye of god. I just kind of want to hope more people start recognizing Graham as the harbinger of the apocalypse.
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Sep 22, 2017 18:45
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https://twitter.com/samstein/status/911286349017288705 Like I loving trust McCain, but maybe...?
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Sep 22, 2017 18:51
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I'ma reiterate what was said in Trumpthread and remind everyone that it's not October yet and we should not treat this as a dead issue until then.
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Sep 22, 2017 18:59
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:I mean hell we're going to be right back in t his mess next year. If this fails? No, we won't. And if they are then you really know something is up with the Republican party because they're not doing this for health care. Majorian posted:I was under the impression that Collins was much more firm of a "no." Obviously that can change, though (or I could have just misheard). A no vote on this would be much more costly for her at this juncture, I think. Yeah, there was a 'leaning no' sort of statement included in a release earlier but that was followed up with a much more confident stance of opposition. ded redd fucked around with this message at 19:11 on Sep 22, 2017 |
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Sep 22, 2017 19:09
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Main Paineframe posted:"DREAMer protesters are a Russian psyop" Pelosi. This is still one of the more batshit things that have happened this year, in case anyone had any illusions that we aren't fundamentally broken as a society in ways no one is really ready to admit.
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https://twitter.com/TopherSpiro/status/911287273655881731 "MCCAIN HAS FLIPPED" - Topher Spiro, smarty-pants.
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