Post AUzP7IXxBkV26HWMca by kentnelson@universeodon.com
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(DIR) Post #AUysbZhifHLxVtuzSq by TonyStark@progressivecafe.social
2023-04-24T13:18:55Z
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Why does any Republican plan for anything always include paying for it by cutting assistance to the Americans who most need it? It's not even "share the burden.” It’s"all the burden is on the less well off."That’s the goal of the GOP, though. The very rich must get richer, and the rest must pay for it. The culture wars are their distraction.Kevin McCarthy is steering a clown car right into a debt crisis-https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/debt-ceiling-kevin-mccarthy-vote-rcna80950
(DIR) Post #AUysjzkxge6sd7RwzQ by Porpentina2017@mastodon.cloud
2023-04-24T13:47:46Z
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@TonyStark I really hope he doesn’t go down in history as being the one who completely decimates our economy. This kind of behavior by the #GOP just proves to me how spitefulness and stupidity are a toxic combination.
(DIR) Post #AUysk0SZ4WzKoLqlxA by TonyStark@progressivecafe.social
2023-04-24T13:52:21Z
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@Porpentina2017 If he does, every other Republican will go with him.
(DIR) Post #AUysk11ey33qZCGnei by mentallyalex@beige.party
2023-04-24T14:26:32Z
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@Porpentina2017 He doesn't measure success the same way we are. He was so desperate for the chair he sold his soul and now has no currency to bargain with.The endless growth cycles, the massive wealth redistribution, the grifting and corruption are all working to layer in toxic behavoirs.We'll "catch" one of them as they move too far out, but that just tells them what they need to further erode. Which is exactly what they have been doing the last decade or so.They need to be rejected hard, frequently, and made to own their filth. McCarthy is feckless and dangerous and should be replaced.@TonyStark
(DIR) Post #AUysk1eIeNyAV2Lesq by cockerspaniel90@mastodon.social
2023-04-24T15:07:25Z
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@mentallyalex @Porpentina2017 @TonyStark McCarthy is feckless and dangerous and should be replaced.
(DIR) Post #AUysklZxsppmwufqVs by Sharonbw@mastodon.online
2023-04-24T13:58:58Z
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@Porpentina2017 @TonyStark We've got to make sure we make it clear to everyone that it is the Republicans' fault for this budget crisis. They are the ones who have dug in their heels with their ridiculous stance.I'm seeing many MSM outlets that are putting the burden on Biden to compromise to stave off default. That's completely the wrong view and only serves to enable the R's.
(DIR) Post #AUyskmRqeUw5e1ssV6 by KyloKenXA@mastodon.social
2023-04-24T14:37:38Z
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@Sharonbw @Porpentina2017 @TonyStarkI mean whichever party is in control the other party is gonna do everything they can to block the other. They don't work for us. They work for their own self interests. Just like when Obama was trying to get the ACA passed the R's did everything they could to block it. Then when they got into power they did everything they could to dismantle it. It's just a back and forth of getting nothing done.
(DIR) Post #AUysknA9zkNhrScGZM by TonyStark@progressivecafe.social
2023-04-24T15:02:48Z
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@Sharonbw @Porpentina2017 @KyloKenXA The ACA was getting something done and Democrats are pretty open to compromise so I’m not sure that’s a great comparison at all.
(DIR) Post #AUyskngm2UT9UbsJP6 by Porpentina2017@mastodon.cloud
2023-04-24T15:21:11Z
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@TonyStark @Sharonbw @KyloKenXA Agreed Tony, I “lived” the 80s and I remember what happened. Turns my stomach that people are saying that those #Republicans were different. They weren’t, they just had more polite ways of hiding their racism/sexism/xenophobia etc.
(DIR) Post #AUyuhrDudpJhUi6FVo by KyloKenXA@mastodon.social
2023-04-24T15:10:32Z
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@TonyStark @Sharonbw @Porpentina2017But my point is that the R's did everything they could to block it. Then they wasted years trying to dismantle it. Hence getting nothing done.
(DIR) Post #AUyuhrpqMnerOLqXdQ by TonyStark@progressivecafe.social
2023-04-24T15:12:08Z
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@KyloKenXA @Sharonbw @Porpentina2017 Ok, but saying “whichever party is in control” is just going to block the other one isn’t accurate.
(DIR) Post #AUyuhsPIF00xAIQqtE by TonyStark@progressivecafe.social
2023-04-24T15:12:34Z
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@Sharonbw @KyloKenXA @Porpentina2017 That sounds like “both sides” are at fault and they definitely are not.
(DIR) Post #AUyuhsvuHk6OnRgtiy by mentallyalex@beige.party
2023-04-24T15:26:24Z
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@TonyStark Bingo!@KyloKenXA This language is harmful to the cause as it allows the Republican/GQP'ers to hide behind fault. When you build a system designed to rely on supports and those supports are removed - the system will properly fail. These steps aren't 'accidents' or mistakes from bad choices. These are Republican leaders lying to their populations, designing plans that do not have complete ideas, and then blaming Democratic leadership when it fails.They are using an obfuscation of facts based on bad-faith actors. Using rules, regulation, and confusion as weapons against the American people - they are misleading you.If you do not reject that entirely - you allow for the chaos and confusion to further divide the system.@Sharonbw @Porpentina2017
(DIR) Post #AUyuhtRSORL6NIS5tw by GreenFire@mstdn.social
2023-04-24T15:33:34Z
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@mentallyalex @TonyStark @KyloKenXA @Sharonbw @Porpentina2017 It is entirely false to assert that Democrats oppose everything the Republicans have tried to do while they had control over our government.Democrats have tried to compromise on bills and voted for bills that they would have rather not have in order to get some policies implemented that they do support.The corporate campaign to increase voter apathy by convincing them that both sides are bad is the one we need to defeat the most.
(DIR) Post #AUzOzWLtyYSmbKAvuy by stargazersmith@social.linux.pizza
2023-04-24T20:23:17Z
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@TonyStark The irony is that the victims of the culture wars, their voters, are also the victims of the GOP policies when passed.
(DIR) Post #AUzOzXg92mFYiOec6q by accretionist@techhub.social
2023-04-24T20:32:05Z
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@stargazersmith @TonyStark that's a feature not a bugif you can divide and conquer with culture war bs, minds incapable of understanding the con job, or minds that genuinely feel making others suffer is more important then their own income... well you have a political tool: useful fools
(DIR) Post #AUzP1B3i7C738jSMMa by RJA@progressivecafe.social
2023-04-24T18:32:55Z
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@TonyStark Republicans criticize Democrats with the phrase, "Tax and Spend." Republicans spend, but they don't tax the wealthy. They believe in "Borrow and Spend."
(DIR) Post #AUzP1sKtDCP7MSpBbs by Mallulady@mastodon.world
2023-04-24T16:40:52Z
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@TonyStark Apathetic self serving leaches. Reagan was one. He created much of them.
(DIR) Post #AUzP4hvoLsv5xeRdxI by cautionarytale@mastodon.world
2023-04-24T15:59:07Z
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@TonyStark it was always their intention to hold people hostage.
(DIR) Post #AUzP5Mz5iauBHhILGC by TonyTrink1969@strangeobject.space
2023-04-24T15:25:05Z
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@TonyStark Why? Because the Republican party wants to do away with all assistance to the poor and struggling. They'd bring back indentured servitude if they could. They are not interested in helping those in need, only themselves. #GOP creed: All for me, none for thee.
(DIR) Post #AUzP64XzkhNIOOxK8O by kentnelson@universeodon.com
2023-04-24T14:18:39Z
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@TonyStark The GOP does have a policy position after all. It's called, "Let's just give more money to the rich.""Trickle-Down Economics" is one of the most blatant examples. It's clearly just about giving more money to the rich, yet they were still able to sell it to voters.
(DIR) Post #AUzP65CPKRhWPjrb7o by SharG@mastodon.social
2023-04-24T14:21:45Z
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@kentnelson @TonyStark It's called 100% complete white straight evangelical male control. Taking us back a couple of centuries. We can not allow it. That is their plan.
(DIR) Post #AUzP7IXxBkV26HWMca by kentnelson@universeodon.com
2023-04-24T16:14:32Z
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@Sharonbw @Porpentina2017 @TonyStark Historically, a debt ceiling raise is a slam dunk. A formality. Extorting it only does damage - especially when the extortionists (i.e. GOP) are extremists.
(DIR) Post #AUzP7yBkMhgxFZSDq4 by Porpentina2017@mastodon.cloud
2023-04-24T14:27:25Z
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@Sharonbw @TonyStark The journalists need to ask the hard questions and don’t let the likes of #McCarthy and his #GOP thugs wiggle out of the question.
(DIR) Post #AUzP913rAb0CRvGL44 by mentallyalex@beige.party
2023-04-24T14:05:33Z
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@Sharonbw I wanted to talk about this point in particular.> We've got to make sure we make it clear to everyone that it is the Republicans' fault for this budget crisis. There is no easier way to say it. This exactly. They have chosen this path and they are responsible for whatever happens good or bad. We as society need to maintain the right optics. If the Republicans want to play around with lives and risk America on a global stage, that is a decision they apparently feel they can make.We should take them at their words. If they prove to be treasonous fascists we need to remove them from office and protect our country.@Porpentina2017 @TonyStark
(DIR) Post #AUzP91fQut3mKSqLdQ by Porpentina2017@mastodon.cloud
2023-04-24T14:26:45Z
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@mentallyalex @Sharonbw @TonyStark We also need MSM to hold their feet to the fire. Don’t just give them a platform to spout their ridiculous ideas and lies.
(DIR) Post #AUzP92MKLPN4TUubUe by mentallyalex@beige.party
2023-04-24T14:27:50Z
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@Porpentina2017 At every opportunity on every platform.We are in charge, not them. They are put in place to do a job. If they are incapable of doing that job - fire them and put someone in that can.@Sharonbw @TonyStark
(DIR) Post #AUzPBLLuhN0ZxconCa by Bellison22@mastodon.social
2023-04-24T15:06:10Z
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@TonyStark @Porpentina2017 this country has Political Paralysis. That age old adage "divide and conquer" is the glory flag of the republican cult.Media has massaged and enhanced Americans with their blind, greedy biases and helped politically motivated despots lord over freedoms and rights.We need Massive congregating in order to save Democracy. "United we Stand" is our only hope of survival.
(DIR) Post #AV5H5o5BKmTwdwbIsC by Shachihoko@mastodon.social
2023-04-25T14:49:49Z
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@TonyStark I still am not getting past the fact that McCarthy is demanding cuts which will have a painful impact over at least a decade and is only offering, at best, ONE year's respite on the debt ceiling.Even if the cuts weren't going to hurt people who are already vulnerable and can't afford to lose what support we have, that's just - he's not even pretending to bargain in good faith.
(DIR) Post #AV5H5oisxAF0d5B0l6 by ArenaCops@infosec.exchange
2023-04-25T21:40:07Z
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@Shachihoko @TonyStark Today's "Republicans" aren't holding public offices for bipartisanship or pluralism — they're grabbing & grasping public office for the sake of bribes & single-party rule, knowing they don't represent anything near to the majority of Americans.They're what Abraham Lincoln called the "despotic minority of anarchists", intolerable to American democracy.#DefendDemocracy #DefendAmerica #DefendTheConstitution #Democracy #UnitedInDiversity #StrongerTogether
(DIR) Post #AV5H5pPQP0Gil14z44 by Mickrob9777@sfba.social
2023-04-26T21:01:26Z
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@ArenaCops @Shachihoko @TonyStark I agree, and when I think of the time, money and corruption it took to put these soulless people in office I wonder if it is truly reversible. The international billionaire class has been a puppeteer and parasite on our country for decades, their tentacles intruding on all aspects of life. Their years long seek and find for the worst of us has reached a tipping point and our masses are distracted and apathetic.
(DIR) Post #AV5H5q4tunRgpeU6iG by ArenaCops@infosec.exchange
2023-04-26T22:24:14Z
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@Mickrob9777 @Shachihoko @TonyStark That's why it was so important & impressively helpful, that Joe Biden, once elected, set on foot his own 21st century New Deal to boost social justice, jobs & the economy, to not leave the masses of Americans alone with the devastation, loss of income & influence, & organized robbery of the preceding 4 years under the lifelong, always bribable career criminal.#DefendDemocracy #DefendAmerica #Democracy #YourVoiceMatters #YouMatter