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These protests/raids are getting more heated by the day. It won’t end well. And there are people in the Trump Administration absolutely jonesing for a chance to “have no choice” but take drastic action in a Blue city….
 
nycfan said:

Dr. Oz on Medicaid cuts: People should ‘prove that you matter’​



“… Oz made the comments during an interview Wednesday on Fox Business, arguing that when Medicaid was created in the 1960s lawmakers did not include work requirements because it “never dawned on anybody that able-bodied people who work would be on Medicaid.”

“We’re asking that able-bodied individuals who are able to go back to work at least try to get a job or at least volunteer or take care of loved-one who needs help or go back to school,” he said. “Do something that shows you have agency over your future.”

If Americans are willing to do that, he added, they should be able to be enrolled or stay enrolled in Medicaid.

“But if you are not willing to do those things, we are going to ask you to do something else. Go on the exchange, or get a job and get onto regular commercial insurance. But we are not going to continue to pay for Medicaid for those audiences.”

“Go out there, do entry-level jobs, get into the workforce, prove that you matter. Get agency into your own life,” he added. “It’s a much more enjoyable experience if you go through life thinking you are in control of your destiny and you will get better insurance at the same time.”…”
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What's the criteria for proving that you matter?

I bet Oprah is so ashamed of this man.
 
nycfan said:


And there are people in the Trump Administration absolutely jonesing for a chance to “have no choice” but take drastic action in a Blue city….
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100%. I'm not sure jonesing is a strong enough word. They fantasize about it when they go to bed and it's the first thing they think about when they wake up. That is, after all, how one loses one's wife to Elon Fucking Musk.
 
nycfan said:


These protests/raids are getting more heated by the day. It won’t end well. And there are people in the Trump Administration absolutely jonesing for a chance to “have no choice” but take drastic action in a Blue city….
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I would hate to have the job of ICE agent.

Yes, there is a purpose, but I would bet that most of them are in it to have some power over others. Being powerless is a horrible feeling, I bet that most of them know it well.
 
nycfan said:


These protests/raids are getting more heated by the day. It won’t end well. And there are people in the Trump Administration absolutely jonesing for a chance to “have no choice” but take drastic action in a Blue city….
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This is precisely the type of lead-in I expected when predicting a city would get placed under martial law (literally or figuratively), by the end of September. This type of protest gives Stephen Miller frothy white spittle at the corners of his mouth.
 
nycfan said:


These protests/raids are getting more heated by the day. It won’t end well. And there are people in the Trump Administration absolutely jonesing for a chance to “have no choice” but take drastic action in a Blue city….
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To wit

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dukeman92 said:
news.sky.com

National Guard to be deployed to LA immigration 'riots' - as Trump claims state officials 'can't do their jobs'

California Governor Gavin Newsom confirmed that the Trump administration is deploying "2,000 soldiers" to Los Angeles after local police used tear gas, stun guns, and riot shields to push back immigration protesters in Paramount on Saturday.
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Like clockwork.

Next steps, openly antagonize and disappear people from marginalized groups and immigrant neighborhoods via nameless, faceless, militarized squads of goons; prompt brown, black, and “deviant” liberals to respond with rhetorically aggressive (and the occasional tossed water bottle) protests; claim the protestors “StaRtED It!!!” and fire tear gas and non-lethal rounds; mass arrests and black bag people on the streets; institute a curfew to clamp down further; more disappearances; more aggressive protests; martial law.

That said, i expect this is a smaller scale trial. LA is fucking massive and is terribly planned. We’ve seen a variation of what I expect multiple times in LA - seizing control is brutally hard with that logistical landscape and built environment.
 
StrangePackage said:
He just had to activate them and deploy them literally anywhere, doing literally anything else.
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I suppose. There are 18k in the CA guard - not sure how he goes about mobilizing that number without also cutting out his political legs. Not to mention, Trump would probably bring in out of state guard if Newsom did pull that gambit.
 
nycfan said:


These protests/raids are getting more heated by the day. It won’t end well. And there are people in the Trump Administration absolutely jonesing for a chance to “have no choice” but take drastic action in a Blue city….
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This could very easily end with unarmed protestors getting shot, and yet I'm sure that Trumpers will defend no matter what. They'll just argue that the protestors had it coming and those poor ICE agents were just doing their duty or some such. You know it's coming.
 
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