03-20-2017, 06:52 PM | #3676 |
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Hold on I thought he needs 60 votes and the Dems hate his guts how is he probably getting through?
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03-20-2017, 08:12 PM | #3677 |
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Under normal circumstances that is the case since they'd need 60 to break the filibuster, but:
"By using the so-called 'nuclear option,' the GOP can eliminate the filibuster and allow Gorsuch to be confirmed with 51 votes. And while there is some anxiety in the ranks about what would be a permanent overhaul to Senate procedure, the nominee's popularity with Republicans of almost all stripes and factions will make it that much more tempting. President Donald Trump, for one, has publicly encouraged McConnell to 'go for it.'" |
03-20-2017, 08:20 PM | #3678 |
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Gross.
Thanks muchly for the info, but still. Gross. |
03-21-2017, 07:24 PM | #3679 |
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03-21-2017, 07:26 PM | #3681 |
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"They". Mmmhmm.
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03-21-2017, 07:34 PM | #3682 |
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I'm basically quoting my militantly anti-illegal immigrant mother, so I can tell you no, stroke's no joke.
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03-21-2017, 09:59 PM | #3683 |
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Welp
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03-22-2017, 12:20 AM | #3684 |
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sigh
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03-23-2017, 07:12 PM | #3685 |
seems theres a case aclaw
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senate voted to let ISPs sell our browsing history to advertisers, as well as allowing other bullshit to happen. 50-48-2. Good lord. While I'm glad my state's reps had enough sense to vote nay, this still sucks ass.
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03-23-2017, 09:53 PM | #3686 | |
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Also, I'm not sure how I feel about the AHCA vote for today getting putoff until (likely) next week due to the House Freedom Caucus being pissy that it's not shitty and harmful enough: only when providers have the freedom to sell us plans that don't actually cover the shit you want health insurance for will we truly be free.
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03-23-2017, 10:22 PM | #3687 |
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Thank god I've been working to hide my traffic from my ISP. Although, given that Google is rapidly losing it customers who it tries to target with "destructive" ads, perhaps they should just leave me alone altogether!
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03-24-2017, 08:47 AM | #3690 |
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1. Even if it doesn't pass, they'll still have plenty of ways to fuck over the ACA to make "Obummercare is going to explode any day now" a self-fulfilling prophecy
2. The entire vote is set up like an IRL comedy of errors, so I have a sinking feeling that there is a non-zero chance this might clear the House due to Republicans weighing the cost of crossing Trump and passing the buck to the Senate to make it their problem
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Aaaaaaannnnnnndddd they pulled the vote.
Lol
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03-24-2017, 11:54 PM | #3692 |
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03-25-2017, 01:02 AM | #3693 |
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I wanted this to be real so badly you actually got me to go and look him up on Twitter to confirm with my own two eyes. I knew it was too good to be true, but I wanted so badly to believe ... *sigh*
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03-25-2017, 07:31 AM | #3694 |
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So was this healthcare bill something cooked up by Trump, or the result of the Republicans' 3-year braincast?
The former is less funny than the latter.
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03-25-2017, 10:14 AM | #3695 |
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It's the latter. Ryan the other top GOP reps cooked it up and brought it to Trump, who then backed it and decided to grace the bill with his Deal-Making Prowess™
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03-25-2017, 10:42 AM | #3696 |
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"Please pass the bill" - Donald "Jeb" Trump
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03-26-2017, 12:10 AM | #3698 |
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Remember that it's billed as Republicare rather than Trumpcare. I really don't think this is something that he personally cares about very much, and I wouldn't be surprised if he was basically just given something the Republicans care about and told to care about it.
I'm far more interested in his tax plans - as I understand it, he plans to kill loopholes and institute a flat tax above certain brackets. I can definitely see this going through even a Republican-controlled Congress as it removes the tax burden on the poor and places it on the mantle of the rich and on multinationals (he plans to kill this, too). Also, important note: Republicans are defunding orgs like Planned Parenthood and Medicare precisely BECAUSE they want the ordinary people to put their time and money into those orgs. They don't want to use tax dollars for that. When you volunteer your resources to PP or LGBT-friendly shelters, you are doing what the Republicans believe is right - supporting causes you personally believe in and leaving the government out of it. Like, it's great that people are supporting these shelters, charities, orgs, etc. but let's not pretend this is a victory for democrats. It's pretty starkly a victory for Trump that this is happening.
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03-26-2017, 12:33 AM | #3699 |
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I've literally never heard it called Republicare. I've heard it call Trumpcare more times than I can count. Whether it's accurate to call it Trumpcare or not doesn't really matter- people have attached Trump's name to it, so in the memory of the public the AHCA will be something tied closely to Trump, if not as closely as it is to Ryan.
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03-26-2017, 12:40 AM | #3700 |
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I haven't seen a big push to name it anything, actually. People pushed for Trumpcare, but only before Trump was elected. News outlets have been calling it "the GOP's health care bill."
It's better for you all to call it Republicare anyway, if it goes south (which it will) you probably want it to take the entire Republican Party down with it, rather than just Trump.
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