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You people are stupid as fuck.
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Anytime Ram jerker offer pops off to gloat about yet another inhuman Trump decision, eg funding a masked Gestapo, concentration camps, and killing poor people, I feel obligated to remind the board he’s a 60 ish year old lawyer, who allegedly “serves” people in one of their most sensitive periods, ie divorce and custody cases.
Wonder if there’s any personal bias filtered into that practice …
Wonder if there’s any personal bias filtered into that practice …
He represents SW and western Wisconsin. His district is 89% white. He’s in his 2nd term. He won 51.8% in 2022 and 51.3% in 2024.
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Oh, I forgot the UPenn settlement restoring sanity in women’s athletics.
And the Washington Accord - peace settlement between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Mulberry Heel
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Agreed, Republicans are rapidly gaining the ability (not only with this but also the "national citizenship database" they're apparently working on) to really fix elections to their liking. Having said that, even if Democrats sweep to control of both Houses of Congress next year they won't be able to roll back the damage that's already been caused or stop GOP measures passed before January 2027 from taking effect, as Trump will likely veto any attempts to fix or reform what he's done since January 2025. And the Trumper Supreme Court can also possibly block congressional attempts to provide more oversight of Trump and his minions or obtain greater control of the federal budget - they've already clearly indicated they're willing to give Dear Leader pretty much a blank check on executive power. And, finally, as soon as a Democratic Congress takes office Republicans and Fox and other right-wing media will immediately begin blaming them for everything that goes wrong from January 2027 forward, including all the damage and suffering caused by Trump 2.0 & Project 2025.
I'm not saying that I don't desperately hope that Democrats sweep to control of Congress next year, but that's not going to fix this, it will only limit future damage. It's going to take winning back the WH in 2028, changing the makeup of the Supreme Court, keeping consistent control of Congress, and starting to win back control of state legislatures around the country for all this madness to finally end. And unfortunately that's going to take a very long time, probably.
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Bet you anything on the planet that a supermajority of his clients are cheating on their spouses with someone 20+ years younger.
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And he laughs with them about it.
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If MAGA people were impressed by that jobs report, the bar is very low.
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You're a piece of shit human being.So one of the younger posters.
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The Republicans were sure to bury some of the more impactful cuts so they kick in after the ‘26 election …
www.forbes.com
Here’s When Medicaid Cuts Could Begin After House Passes Trump’s Megabill
Medicaid Cuts Could Take Effect In 2026, Experts Say
With over $1 trillion in health care cuts on the table, states could begin feeling the effects of President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” as early as 2026.
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1. You should my thread "Teachers." It's a dive into the job numbers. Suffice it to say, between 70-90K of those 147K jobs are illusory gains. In August they will reverse.
2. The CBS settlement is a bad thing. You think it's good for the United States for the president to be suing media companies, and not even trying to win on the merits. They strongarmed a settlement by threatening to block a merger between private parties. Could you explain how this is a good thing at all? Even if you think somehow the 60 Minutes interview was wrongly edited, surely you don't think that's a good thing?
3. There are no trade deals. None. Trump has just told Vietnam to charge more money for the products we buy from them. Winning!
4. When everything goes to shit, as it surely will because it's already heading that way, are you going to admit you were wrong this whole time?
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No drinks on the Floor today But the scene of all the white guys in ties being sexually excited was similar
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The NC state legislature won't "rethink their Medicaid financing strategies" - they'll just cut whatever gets cut and those Medicaid patients will be cut off. Nice and simple and cruel, which fits this legislature perfectly. Does anyone seriously think they're going to add funding to make up for what's cut by the feds and take away money from vouchers or corporate benefits or Phil Berger's other pet projects? And everything else that Trump 2.0 is cutting - such as federal funding for public ed - won't be replaced by the state legislature either. They'll just dump all of that on local districts and tell them to deal with it. And that's likely to happen in nearly every red state.The Republicans were sure to bury some of the more impactful cuts so they kick in after the ‘26 election …
Here’s When Medicaid Cuts Could Begin After House Passes Trump’s Megabill
Medicaid Cuts Could Take Effect In 2026, Experts Say
With over $1 trillion in health care cuts on the table, states could begin feeling the effects of President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” as early as 2026.
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It's been a while so I may be mixing up some of this with SSI vs Medicaid requirements but they pretty much go hand in hand with each other. It still shows some of the ridiculous hoops people are required to jump through to get and maintain said benefits.
Several years ago I helped my aunt apply and then get recertified every year for Medicaid in KY, and the paperwork/contact with administration workers was just as you described - a difficult and frustrating/stressful challenge.
A couple of the requirements to receive Medicaid then included - Couldn't have more than $2,000 in savings and couldn't own a vehicle valued over $5,000 (pretty sure there was at least an exception for handicapped equipped vehicles). If someone "gifted" you some money to help you out..., it was required that you report it.
The most ridiculous thing to ever hold up her rectification processes - a $17.50 rebate check she deposited once and it got flagged during their review of her bank statements. That resulted in a nearly 2 month lapse in coverage until she could get a copy of said check to them and then them getting back around to reviewing it.
If you needed/wanted a more reliable vehicle, good luck selling your current vehicle and staying under the $2,000 maximum savings requirement until you can find a new vehicle (that is unless you were dead broke and the vehicle you were selling was a complete pos). The always under valued vehicle car lot trade-in worked to avoid that but then you still had to report that you had changed vehicles and provide proof of its value...
He said it was the summer of Trump, not the summer of America. And I’m pretty sure Trump thinks it is a good thing CBS is paying him $16 million for a frivolous case.