I feel like Trump would have to get rid of her, sort of like his prior wife… considering his love for the Russian leadership she should look out for stairs and windows.
I’m sure she has a “dead-mans switch” set to release all Trump’s dirt should she meet an untimely end.
It is exhausting being blue and living in a red state. When I go on a vacation to a blue state, I question why I’m living where I am. I imagine many are asking themselves the same thing and moving.
Apparently in Louisiana calculating actual damages happens even before the hurricane hits. Here on Mike Johnson’s own fucking website is Mike urging President Biden to approve relief funding for Hurricane Ida in 2021 even before landfall.
I’m going to put a screenshot of the website here because I don’t trust Mike to not take it down:
The important part here: "Due to the ongoing recovery from hurricanes and storms over the last year and the COVID-19 pandemic, the State of Louisiana has determined this incident is of such severity that supplementary federal assistance is necessary to protect its people and communities”
edit: It looks like they scrubbed the actual letter on the house.gov website. Dead link is: https://clayhiggins.house.gov/sites/clayhiggins.house.gov/files/8.27.21 LA CODEL Ida Declaration.pdf
What bullshit. Putin was actively invading Ukraine in east in the Donbas region through all four years of Trump administration. source
Trump’s thoughts on Pence on Jan 6th:
From Healthcare.gov (the ACA, aka Obamacare, website):
"Medicaid expansion & what it means for you. Some states have expanded their Medicaid programs to cover all people with household incomes below a certain level. Others haven’t. Whether you qualify for Medicaid coverage depends partly on whether your state has expanded its program.
…AND…
“If your income is low and your state hasn’t expanded Medicaid: If your state hasn’t expanded Medicaid, your income is below the federal poverty level, and you don’t qualify for Medicaid under your state’s current rules, you won’t qualify for either health insurance savings program: Medicaid coverage or savings on a private health plan bought through the Marketplace.”
States were given money when the ACA was implemented to expand the Medicaid. Many red states turned that money down choosing to let their poor residents continue to not get any healthcare coverage. Was that your friend’s state?
Good. I didn’t need health insurance.
No one needs healthcare insurance, until they get sick or hurt. Do you have some knowledge of immortality and invulnerability the rest of humanity isn’t aware of?
The rest of ACA was fine. Don’t force your shit on me then make me pay for it if I’m not participating. I was poor as hell.
If you were that poor the ACA would pay for your health insurance for you…unless you lived in a state that decided to reject the free money the Federal Government gave states to pay for poor people’s coverage. If thats your case, your issue is with your elected state government.
Every GOP accusation is projection. If Trump is elected, this will be the last election. Trump says so himself:
“Speaking to the faithful, the Republican nominee repeated his ominous prediction, promising, “You know what, It’ll be fixed! It will be fine, you won’t have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians,” he said as he shook his head and placed his hand on the pledge position on the left side of his chest.” source
Boy are they going to be upset when they learn what Dejoy did to USPS processing infrastructure putting mail-in ballot processing at risk. Truly a “leopards ate my face” event here.
I was sure this headline as going to be on an article from theonion.com detailing witty insults lobbed the the GOP candidate since his unmasking on the porn site.
Quote from the article applied at the relevant point of the prayer.
The Narcissist’s Prayer
That didn’t happen. <— “The people that you see leaving? Because nobody ever leaves,”-Trump
And if it did, it wasn’t that bad. <— “people were actually lining up in the back for photos since he couldn’t pose for pictures earlier.”-Trump
And if it was, that’s not a big deal. <— “And when they do, I finish up quick.” -Trump
And if it is, that’s not my fault. <— Trump then suggested that his staffers were to blame for the apparent departures
And if it was, I didn’t mean it.
And if I did, you deserved it.
I fucking hate how every time I read or hear this guy’s name, the first person I think of is Mark Rober.
For me its (Glenn) Robinson, but specifically how the sport announcer says it from the N64 version of NBA Hangtime “Robinson…serious hang time! To the jam!”
At least we can rest assured on this point. As if a red state would ever make health care that accessible.
I dunno about that. This aspect could be the only salient concept to Trumps “concepts of a healthcare plan”. Secret police monitoring women’s reproductive organs to force births sounds right on brand for conservatives that prattle on about “their white race not going to be replaced”.
Now you’re citing two laws instead of one with selective enforcement which is what we were talking about.
Ok how about murder? Guy murders someone by hitting them when he is drunk. Rich guy with a good lawyer and connections in the community gets community service, but the poor,
Murder is one law. Someone convicted of murder isn’t getting community service. Someone could have murdered someone and been charged with a lesser crime for whatever reason, but then they’d be getting community service for whatever that lesser charge was, not murder. So the law for murder in your example isn’t flawed.
black man with a pot possession misdemeanor when he was 15 gets life in prison.
Pot possession is a different law, and I don’t know any state in the union that will give you 15 years in prison for one. A quick google search says 180 days in jail is the max for most misdemeanors and I found one reference that says that in 24 states the max is 1 year in jail (still not prison).
Your examples are getting farther from relevance not closer. I think we’ve reached the end of productive conversation with one another on this topic so I’ll bow out. Thank you for talking with me up to now. Have a great day!
Well, ovum are very small so this fits within the bounds of “small government” because we’re governing small things. Why? What did you think we meant by the “small government” phrase we’ve been saying all of these years? -Conservatives probably
Your example ignores the consequences to those accused and convicted which negates the value of using it as your argument.
The worst someone will suffer from indiscriminate speed ticket enforcement will be a sub $500 fee.
The worst someone will suffer from indiscriminate “illegal miscarriage” enforcement is prison, loss of livelihood, with the knock-on effect of death of the accused from trying to avoid being charged with the unjust law.
There’s a drastic difference between those two examples, and trying to use the same brush to paint them the same is counterproductive, wouldn’t you agree?
I’ll jump on the fact checking train:
Warner: Well, first of all, I get to say things as a journalist to set the record straight, so inflation is easing.
Rep. Boebert: Oh, you’re going to fact check me during the interview?
Warner: That’s exactly right, and inflation is easing.
Rep. Boebert: Okay, this is adorable. Go to your local King Soopers or your City Market and ask the shoppers if inflation is down when they’re buying one dozen eggs for $7, $10,
I don’t know Colorado specific geography well. I just went to the King Soopers web site and picked a random Denver location:
Here is eggs for $3.09/dozen, so Boebert is wrong again.
edit these are random MLK Jr. quotes you loonies
Simply quoting great leaders, does not a great leader make. This is especially true when the person being quoted would would be furious to be associated with the person saying the quote. Dr. King spoke out for equal rights for all. Mark Robinson bizarrely advocates for slavery. These two men are not the same. The downvotes are for Mark Robinson.
But why? This is information that can most certainly be gleaned from just about any data broker.
Obtaining the actual information is only part of the goal. The main reason is to create a perception in society that “you’ll be found out” which goes toward the goal of removing autonomy of women and turn them back into only ‘baby making machines’.
If you want to see how this plays out, we have an example from history, specifically what Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu did in 1967 making abortion and contraception outlawed:
From Wikipedia:
To counter this sharp decline in the birth rate, the Communist Party decided that the country’s population should be increased from 20 million to 30 million inhabitants. In October 1966,[1][2] Decree 770 was personally sanctioned by Ceaușescu. Abortion and contraception[citation needed] were declared illegal, except for:
Enforcement:
To enforce the decree, society was strictly controlled. Contraceptives were removed from sale and all women were required to be monitored monthly by a gynecologist.[3]: 6 Any detected pregnancies were followed until birth. The secret police kept a close eye on hospital procedures.
I’m not grateful for it, but I do recognize the societal privileges that come with it.
It grates on me seeing inequality for silly reasons like race, sex, religion, or sexual orientation etc. My state isn’t so red I’m seeing Confederate flags all the time, but its the subtle ‘wink wink’ justification of mistreatment that I see. When I call people on it doing this, I get met with immediate confusion, and then anger as they realize I’m “one of those”.