They literally control all the government. And they still couldn’t govern.
If the roles were reversed, I can’t even imagine the right wing media backlash.
The right wing media backlash would make wearing a tan suit look like a friendly Thanksgiving dinner, judging by the fact that there’s any pushback at all right now.
The same thing happened in term 1. They controlled everything, still shut down the government on themselves, proving for the 137th time that decade that they are incapable of governing as they can’t even agree amongst themselves, lost a shit ton of GDP in the process, and somehow people still think they’re the fiscally conservative party.
Republicans shut down the government during the Obama years too.
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And South Dakota!!!
Woof, when Laura Ingraham is to the left of you on an issue, you are way into la la land.
Collins pointed out that this was impossible. “It’s against federal law for people who are here illegally to get health care,” she said.
I really dislike how ‘health care’ has become a synonym for ‘health insurance policy coverage’. And even so this is still a ridiculous statement in its own right.
Like it’s not already difficult for people here in the U.S.A. to afford. As a vast majority of anything else the ACA adjustment would never trickle down, but it sure as hell will boulder/snowball down. And that’s on top of the Medicaid/Medicare cuts.
I thought this was the Trump shutdown, but no it really is the Johnson / Trump / GOP shutdown.
And really when article said he “snapped” I was hoping for something at least mildly traumatic. Or even like snapped to attention, in realization that he was completely in the wrong. sadly, no.
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Only if you’re actually a Christian.
Is it a lie if you believe it at the time?
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Right. They don’t say what THEY believe, they say what they want YOU to believe.
I 100% agree. my response was intended to be sarcasm about how full of shit they are. as if they only trick themselves into believing it in the moment and as soon as the moment passes so does their belief.
That isn’t to say I think they actually believe anything they say. I foolishly thought the sarcasm was obvious, I should probably just add /s bt efault.
Ah, the Costanza defense
Mike Johnson needs to be slapped in the face with a cock untill he publically admits he likes it, and has in fact liked that for a long, long time already.
Release the Grindr profile.
Did that not drop yet? It was due yesterday?
So the update on the guy who threatened to release the Grindr profile of Mike Johnson:
He has been threatened and intimidated via online communications, he has lawyered up, he sent what he had to a journalism outlet to be vetted and potentially published, his lawyers have advised him to make no further claims publically, his original video was removed by TikTok…
… and he has fled his home and the state he is originally from, and reports that he can see people he doesn’t know traipsing around his property via his remotely accesible home security cams.
Soooo… yeahhh…
Oh right and because his line of work was somewhere between comedian and actor, he can longer work, as… nobody will touch him.
God Bless America, Let Freedom Ring.
EDIT:
https://www.pride.com/culture/mike-johnson-grindr
I’d say this is a fair summary of what has occurred.
Also, hilariously, knowyourmeme also has a decent summary of what has occured, with links to the now removed video.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/mike-johnson-grindr-leak-rumor-from-tiktoker-razzledazzlemo
His gofundme for his legal defense fund.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/fund-razzledazzlemos-legal-defense
Also, … basically any Tiktokker who has shared that original (now removed by Tiktok) video from razzledazzlemo is getting the Tiktok moderation team cracking down on them, Tiktok is actively suppressing this.
You can probably thank Larry Ellison for that.
And now half of the VA is shut down. Fuck these obstructionist Republicans
Let’s face it, the VA was on the chopping block already thanks to Trump tightening the purse strings. There is quite literally no reason to even accept a deal that gets the ACA funded again, because Trump can just say ‘no’ and choke it off anyways.
I guess I’m a sucker and a loser. Fuck i hate that guy and this admin
tightening the purse strings
Is that really the right phrase to use here? If I took all my family vacation money and spent it on ninja swords from the mall, I don’t think my wife would say, “We can’t go on vacation because my husband is tightening the purse strings.”
Damn.
Guess my vet apartment neighbor with the necrotic leg from a freak infrection of a flesh-eating virus…
… will not be getting that scheduled amputation and prosthetic.
The medical aid is still available, but if you’re a vet looking for a job, good luck, you’re on your own
Well that is at least somewhat less bad news for my neighbor.
Not great, though. Guess what services will be suspended next.
I genuinely do not know, what?
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Isn’t that the guy that has the masturbation app with his son?
Ain’t masturbation if it’s with another man. Checkmate.
I can’t wait to find out what Trump / Putin has been blackmailing this choad with.
Rumor has it he has a Grindr account
LOL. So?
All MAGA men have Grindr accounts. They crash Grindr whenever they all meet in the same town.
it’s thursday. that actually get posted yesterday?
I thought his lawyers were figuring out a legal way to release it.
so he was just fucking with us. gotcha
He got threatened with legal action, he lawyered up, lawyers said he can’t use its release as blackmail but they could help him legally release it. That’s last I heard.
Separately, that choadster has lasted waaaaay longer than I originally thought he would.
The Republicans are absolutely committed to the lie that the shutdown is because the Democrats are demanding the government pay for illegal aliens’ health care. It doesn’t matter how many times they get corrected; they’ll just keep repeating it.
It’s an interesting experiment in just how brazen a lie they’ll be able to get away with. I’m hoping this is the one that finally breaks them, and they lose credibility for good, but the right-wing media bubble is sewn up pretty tight, and so far it seems they’ll believe pretty much anything they’re fed.
Universal healthcare when?
May 1 2028
Obama had a 60-40 Senate for a few months, and the best he could do was the ACA since insurance lobbyists didn’t want to lose their jobs. We’re never getting universal healthcare.
I agree, I don’t think politicians will spearhead the change, it needs to come from labor and student unions pushing for widespread strikes. The reason I think May 1st 2028 is the best target is because of unions coordinating the expiration of labor contacts for that date, because Taft-Hartley basically outlaws coordinating strikes between unions.
Preach!
All of my coworkers believe that this shutdown is 100% the democrats fault and it’s because they wanna give illegal immigrants healthcare and allow trans athletes to compete in the Olympics. You can fix dumb or brainwashed.
