The Fake Republicans in the Senate Screwed Us and the Fake Republicans in the House Are Complaining They Didn't Screw Us Enough

Here's how our liberal "Republican" Senators screwed us on the Big Bloated Bill:

Changes to phase-outs of clean energy tax credits in the bill remained central to the final hours of debate among Republicans, as hard-line conservatives have called for strict, swift cuts and more centrist lawmakers pushed for extended wind-downs to avoid major market and investment disruptions.
The now-passed Senate bill includes steep cuts for these tax credits, ending incentives for wind and solar projects placed in service, meaning operational and plugged into the grid, by the end of 2027.
Moderates were able to squeeze in a carve-out allowing projects that begin construction less than one year after the bill is enacted to claim the credit. Any projects that start construction after that time frame must be operational and in service by 2027 to be eligible.

This is a fake cut: they have rigged these "cuts" so that no money will be cut at all.

Alex Epstein
@AlexEpstein
Senate fails to terminate Green New Scam
The Senate bill *looks like* it has a 2027 "placed in service" cutoff for new solar/wind subsidies.
But one last-minute paragraph makes it worthless--because projects making a recoverable 5% investment in the next 12 months are exempt!
The idea of a 2027 "placed in service" cutoff was that new subsidies would actually end during the Trump administration.
But under the last-minute carveout, Big Green has 12 months to initiate as many subsidized projects as it wants using the insanely-easy-to-meet "construction" threshold. (All you need to do is commit 5% of expected project cost to buying re-sellable assets like solar panels.)
Once they declare "construction"--e.g., in July 2026--they'll have 4 years (e.g., July 2030) to "place in service." And then some of those projects, e.g., most wind projects, will get 10 years of subsidies.
So we'll still have wind subsidies on Donald Trump's 94th birthday!
Here's how much worse the Senate bill just got:
* Two days ago: "Placed in service" by 12-31-27--with new subsidized solar/wind projects stopping very quickly, and Trump being able to let subsidies truly end.
* Today: "Placed in service" by JULY 2030--with new subsidized solar/wind projects absolutely spamming the rid and ripping off taxpayers like never before, and Trump having no control over whether the subsidies end.
The current Senate bill is arguably worse than the original Senate Finance one. At least that bill decreased solar/wind subsidies starting in 2026 to 60%. The current bill just increased them to 100%.
The current bill is a solar/wind lobbyist's dream. It does not terminate the Green New Scam in any way, shape or form. It absolutely perpetuates it. And offensively so, I might add, by keeping the "placed in service" cutoff language so many people courageously fought for, then totally undoing it with a single last-minute paragraph that makes it worthless.
If the Senate wanted to extend the Green New Scam it should have said so, not insulted our intelligence by trying to bury the extension in one sneaky little paragraph.
PS Several Senators have already told me they didn't know about or understand this last-minute paragraph. If that's the case they should do whatever they can to fix the situation.

An unnamed Republican congressman sounds off about the "shit sandwich" the Senate RINOs are trying to force on the House.

But unfortunately he's not calling for more cuts, but for fewer. He objects to the Senate cutting Medicaid.

Reese Gorman
@reesejgorman
Vibe check in the House from one GOP member:
"The Senate took a bill that had a year's worth of work in it - and in a month turned it into a shit sandwich. They're trying to jam the House, because they think they're this sacred body. In reality they're sending back a bill that members of my Congress can't defend because they don't understand Medicaid like they need to."

The Hill talks about the Medicaid cuts in the Senate version of the Big Bloated Bill.

Senate Republicans on Tuesday passed the largest cuts to Medicaid since the program began in the 1960s, a move that would erode the social safety net and cause a spike in the number of uninsured Americans over the next decade.
The tax and spending bill is projected to cost more than $3 trillion during that time, but it would be partially paid for with about $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid.
Almost 12 million lower-income Americans would lose their health insurance by 2034, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
It still needs to pass the House again, where some moderate Republicans have expressed concerns about the cuts.

The Washington Examiner's fact check says that Medicaid isn't being cut, only the rate of growth is being slowed. But it does impose work requirements on able-bodied adults without children who were allowed to enroll in Medicaid by Obama.

Senate Republicans are defending their changes to federal Medicaid spending in their final push to pass President Donald Trump's budget reconciliation bill before Independence Day, arguing that the bill does not technically cut the health insurance program for disabled and low-income people.
Republican leadership has insisted for weeks that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is not primarily a healthcare reform package, but reductions in Medicaid spending have been a crucial piece to recoup some of the costs from the sweeping tax cuts that take center stage in the legislation.
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Democrats have waged a multimonth campaign against what Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has called the "big ugly betrayal" by saying that the bill will decimate coverage for low-income people.
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"We are fiscally making Medicaid more sound," Marshall said. "It's only in Washington, D.C., that you increase spending at a rate faster than inflation and you call it a cut."
Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC) posted on X on Sunday evening that Medicaid spending has increased by more than 200% since 2008 and by roughly 51% since 2019, largely due to increases in enrollment from the Medicaid expansion population of able-bodied adults without dependents.
The Congressional Budget Office's projected federal spending on Medicaid and Obamacare increased by $1.9 trillion, increasing 25% from 2021 to 2025, according to conservative think tank the Paragon Health Institute.
Robing Rudowitz, vice president at the healthcare think tank KFF and Medicaid policy specialist, told the Washington Examiner that the CBO's analysis of the most up-to-date version of the bill "will reduce federal Medicaid spending over the next ten years by about $1 trillion relative to expected federal spending without the legislation."
Much of the spending cuts come from imposing work requirements on able-bodied adults without dependents and changing federal reimbursement rates for the Medicaid expansion population.
Medicaid eligibility was extended to able-bodied adults without dependents under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, better known as Obamacare.

No wonder that craven RINO congressman spoke anonymously, and to the left-leaning The Hill.

Unrelated: What's a Cuck Chair?

What's a cuck chair? You might have seen the term online, often in jokes about hotel rooms. But is there more to it?
A "cuck chair" is a slang term for a chair facing a bed, linked to the idea of passivity. The word "cuck" comes from "cuckold," an old term for a man with an unfaithful wife.
In this post, you'll learn the history behind the term, its cultural impact, and why the meme continues to spread.
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The term "cuck chair" has an unusual yet fascinating history, deeply rooted in language evolution, cultural shifts, and internet meme culture. While it may seem like a recent phenomenon, its origins trace back centuries to the words "cuck" and "cuckold."
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In contemporary online debates, the term often symbolizes perceived emasculation or powerlessness, particularly in discussions surrounding masculinity and vulnerability. This usage appears frequently in social media, forums, and satirical commentary.

Design Features of a Cuck Chair
Traditional Design
Historically, cuck chairs were designed for practicality and affordability, often found in homes of the less affluent. Their defining characteristics include:
Armless Design A simple structure without armrests, making it easier to move and reposition.
Low-Seated Typically sits lower than standard chairs, emphasizing a subtle, passive seating posture.

Portable & Lightweight Designed for convenience rather than comfort, allowing for easy relocation.

You'll want it light so you can move it to the closet at your convenience.

These features made cuck chairs affordable and functional. They were often used as secondary seating, not meant for extended relaxation but rather temporary use in different settings.

Posted by: Ace at 05:30 PM

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1 Good afternoon good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 01, 2025 05:31 PM (H7X8V)

2 I'm on vacation - I'm not nooding Damnit!!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 01, 2025 05:31 PM (H7X8V)

3 SPONGE!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 01, 2025 05:32 PM (xcxpd)

4 And you will NEVER get Congress, the Uniparty, to cut spending.

It must be forced on them.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 01, 2025 05:33 PM (xcxpd)

5

I am utterly shocked as shit about this.

Posted by: Dr.Rev. Senator Your Highness E Buzz Miller, Esq PhD MA MS at July 01, 2025 05:33 PM (et1vG)

6 As ever, the GOP is a useless pile of dogshit.

And roughly 1/3 of any federal budget is pure graft and corruption.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 01, 2025 05:34 PM (4BNRr)

7 Steaming pile of dogshit >> Republican's in Congress

Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 01, 2025 05:34 PM (/U5Yz)

8 Just shut everything down for two weeks to stop the spread.

Posted by: fd at July 01, 2025 05:34 PM (vFG9F)

9 >> The Fake Republicans in the Senate Screwed Us and the Fake Republicans in the House Are Complaining They Didn't Screw Us Enough

I’m right here you know.

Posted by: Obamacare at July 01, 2025 05:35 PM (vIl3q)

10 impose work requirements on able-bodied adults without festive little hats. B

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 01, 2025 05:35 PM (EQgWw)

11 Hey, could I get somebody to pull this knife out my back? Anybody?

Posted by: Eromero at July 01, 2025 05:36 PM (LHPAg)

12 Second look at Musk's new party?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 01, 2025 05:36 PM (/U5Yz)

13 Ok ace, it's appreciated that you want to set Congressional Republicans on fire by their nostrils. But the expansive cuck chair segment.... gross.

Posted by: bearski at July 01, 2025 05:36 PM (Bhsk7)

14 You fucked up. You trusted us.

Posted by: Otter at July 01, 2025 05:36 PM (1lCkZ)

15 You'll want it light so you can move it to the closet at your convenience.

But it still has to be solid so it won't squeak as you rock back and forth.

Posted by: toby928 at July 01, 2025 05:37 PM (xn0Ie)

16 12 Second look at Musk's new party?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 01, 2025 05:36 PM (/U5Yz)

Naw… he is Mr. Feckless.

Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2025 05:37 PM (PCK5/)

17 our party needs to return to the days of mccain and romney and president obama. how else do we successfully fund raise?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 01, 2025 05:37 PM (CWTWj)

18 Thune put almost everything in last second that the parliamentarian pulled out, man.

Posted by: TJM's phone at July 01, 2025 05:37 PM (GBKbO)

19 I did NOT suck that d&ck and pimp my wife just to make a lousy $175,00 a year, dammit!

Posted by: Congresscritter at July 01, 2025 05:37 PM (cPGH3)

20 Second look at Musk's new party?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 01, 2025 05:36 PM

Muskrats

Posted by: toby928 at July 01, 2025 05:37 PM (xn0Ie)

21 SHUT IT ALL DOWN!

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 01, 2025 05:38 PM (96jnc)

22 This is a fake cut: they have rigged these "cuts" so that no money will be cut at all.

-
Hey! That's my diet plan!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Well, This Is Another Fine Mess You've Gotten Me Into at July 01, 2025 05:38 PM (L/fGl)

23 I honestly hate the 'Republicans' in Congress more than the Dems. At least with the Dems, I know where their loyalties lie and how they'll act/vote. I swear they are all compromised and instead of coming out and admitting it, they'll allow themselves to be manipulated for eternity - all at America's expense.

Posted by: PAgirlinNC at July 01, 2025 05:38 PM (BpyRO)

24 Fen, if you're on this thread, cover your eyes

I have to say fuck these fucking fuckers. They always, always vote against us wearing pious robes. Wolves in sheep's clothing. What if "Let's Roll" happened on the other plane and....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 01, 2025 05:39 PM (0eaVi)

25 So, pretty much just like every other time something was cut.

Posted by: huerfano at July 01, 2025 05:39 PM (n2swS)

26 bull musk party. tip of the hat to the guy who gave us president wilson

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 01, 2025 05:39 PM (CWTWj)

27 20 Second look at Musk's new party?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 01, 2025 05:36 PM

Muskrats
Posted by: toby928 at July 01, 2025 05:37 PM (xn0Ie)
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LOL!

Posted by: WisRich at July 01, 2025 05:39 PM (G0vdT)

28 Also Medicaid the fed give states 1.33$ for every state dollar for a disabled child. The give 9$ for every 1$ for adle bodied single adults. Thats what Johnson was working so hard to end. This was part of the lightbringer expansion. Don't know where it ended up.

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 01, 2025 05:39 PM (MGB5H)

29 At some point one must realize one has no allegiance to such a State as ours.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 01, 2025 05:40 PM (96jnc)

30 Honestly I am surprised that we are going to get as much as we are… this is DC we’re talking about..

Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2025 05:40 PM (PCK5/)

31 You gotta be careful as it's quite the needle to thread - Suzanna Pleshette is wonderbar but if it gets to Marge Schott territory, we've all gone way too far!!

Marge: "Would you buy a lady a drink?"

TP: "Sure if one walks in!!"
Posted by: Tonypete at July 01, 2025 05:29 PM (H7X8V)

NFA?

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 01, 2025 05:41 PM (MGB5H)

32 The GOP is cuckolding us all with this bill.

Always my fear, the talk of cuts means more and more spending.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 01, 2025 05:41 PM (rvwwT)

33 Next year there is going to be another budget and the year after that too.
What do we want? We want it all. When do we want it? We want it now. What we have is the return to regular order for the first time in years.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2025 05:41 PM (HFcKg)

34 >>Armless Design A simple structure without armrests, making it easier to move and reposition.

That's not why they have no armrests.

Posted by: David French at July 01, 2025 05:41 PM (Y1sOo)

35 Ugh ignore 31 paste fail

Thune put almost everything in last second that the parliamentarian pulled out, man.
Posted by: TJM's phone at July 01, 2025 05:37 PM (GBKbO)

NFA?

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 01, 2025 05:41 PM (MGB5H)

36 Shorter version: It's where Jonah Goldberg sits.

Posted by: Eeyore at July 01, 2025 05:41 PM (od0dV)

37 The DC GOP is obviously totally corrupt and completely Uniparty. They have sought to undermine Trump at every step and will continue to.

My only question is how much Trump is aware of it and what he is willing to do about it.

He seems to me a little bit clueless.

Posted by: chavon at July 01, 2025 05:42 PM (r2ymA)

38 News of the future:

Republican reps and senators are under siege in their houses by Antifa.

A hurried call to the local constabulary by a R Congressman: "Help, police!"

Police: "click. bzzzzzz"

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 01, 2025 05:42 PM (0eaVi)

39 GOPe is trying to look good to the greenies. And to anyone else who will stick money in their cracks. They would literally screw up a wet dream

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2025 05:43 PM (eBgDF)

40 Is there a point where free government money and free cocaine and meth aren't the same?

When you can't live without it....

Posted by: Stateless BUT NOT HOMELESS! 77%- mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at July 01, 2025 05:44 PM (jvJvP)

41 35
Thune put almost everything in last second that the parliamentarian pulled out, man.
Posted by: TJM's phone at July 01, 2025 05:37 PM (GBKbO)

NFA?
Posted by: BruceWayne at July 01, 2025 05:41 PM (MGB5H)

===

Almost everything, but apparently not that.

Posted by: TJM's phone at July 01, 2025 05:44 PM (GBKbO)

42 37 The DC GOP is obviously totally corrupt and completely Uniparty. They have sought to undermine Trump at every step and will continue to.

My only question is how much Trump is aware of it and what he is willing to do about it.

He seems to me a little bit clueless.
Posted by: chavon at July 01, 2025 05:42 PM (r2ymA)

Well, maybe… but short of burning down DC permanent change is unlikely… we vote for people to go there and be corrupted, on a regular basis…

Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2025 05:44 PM (PCK5/)

43 How about once a month sending a congress critter to Alligator Alcatraz, and film him trying to get out?

Posted by: Eeyore at July 01, 2025 05:44 PM (od0dV)

44 NFA?
Posted by: BruceWayne at July 01, 2025 05:41 PM (MGB5H)

===

Almost everything, but apparently not that.
Posted by: TJM's phone at July 01, 2025 05:44 PM (GBKbO)

Lemme go to the other room and get my shocked face.

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 01, 2025 05:44 PM (MGB5H)

45 I'm with Elon.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at July 01, 2025 05:45 PM (RU1zG)

46 The Princess of Long Island speaks!

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@AOC
JD Vance was the deciding vote to cut Medicaid across the country.
An absolute and utter betrayal of working families.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Well, This Is Another Fine Mess You've Gotten Me Into at July 01, 2025 05:45 PM (L/fGl)

47
What's equally bad about the Green New Scam is that those damn windmills and solar farms are wildlife killers. I really don't like that.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2025 05:45 PM (egH3D)

48 Where can any of this come from besides grift?

They are all getting side money from wind and solar companies. They all have kids working for them getting big bonuses.

They all are getting side money from health industry lobbyists.

They are all criminals.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at July 01, 2025 05:46 PM (RU1zG)

49 What's equally bad about the Green New Scam is that those damn windmills and solar farms are wildlife killers. I really don't like that.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2025 05:45 PM (egH3D)

They are also egregious eyesores on great vistas. The Arbuckle mountains have been completely ruined.

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 01, 2025 05:46 PM (MGB5H)

50 Did AI write that cuck chair article? It reads like it is somehow trying to sell you one.

Or written by Jack Murphy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2025 05:46 PM (zZu0s)

51 47
What's equally bad about the Green New Scam is that those damn windmills and solar farms are wildlife killers. I really don't like that.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2025 05:45 PM (egH3D)

Too bad the damned deer don’t fly… rats with hooves.

Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2025 05:46 PM (PCK5/)

52 At some point one must realize one has no allegiance to such a State as ours.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 01, 2025 05:40 PM (96jnc)

The social compact is kaput.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2025 05:47 PM (i24o9)

53 Second look at Musk's new party?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 01, 2025 05:36 PM

Muskrats
Posted by: toby928

Well, apparently he is good at Muskrat Love.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Well, This Is Another Fine Mess You've Gotten Me Into at July 01, 2025 05:47 PM (L/fGl)

54 The senate sucks hairy moose balls. I’m so tired of being screwed over by gutless, self serving cowards.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 01, 2025 05:47 PM (vIl3q)

55 Good news however . U of Penn is renting trans athletes. Lia Thomas is a man again. Keith Olbermann hardest hit

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2025 05:47 PM (eBgDF)

56 Elon Musk motivations are to get to Mars. Everything else is to help advance that motivation.

Ace, did you h/t David French on that cuck chair stuff?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 01, 2025 05:48 PM (sAmhv)

57 You don’t see Trump twisting arms to make more cuts.

Posted by: Maroon at July 01, 2025 05:48 PM (HS92B)

58 I thought the NFA tax elimination provision stayed, not the registration elimination.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 01, 2025 05:49 PM (vIl3q)

59 Good news however . U of Penn is renting trans athletes. Lia Thomas is a man again. Keith Olbermann hardest hit
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2025 05:47 PM (eBgDF)

Ya they had to apologize to Paula Scanlon and her teammates for making them strip in front of a dude with a hard on.

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 01, 2025 05:49 PM (MGB5H)

60 I was about to comment that we all know what a cuck chair is, being 'Rons of the World, but it also read like a self own.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2025 05:50 PM (zZu0s)

61 Screw reality.

Dominion Day. This is my first full day as a homeowner. I have a 12 pack. And pizza in the fridge.

The animals are going to get fed. Kirkland chicken with their food. Then screw the news.

" Alien" . Never seen

Maybe "Aliens." Newt was the best.

Posted by: Stateless BUT NOT HOMELESS! 77%- mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at July 01, 2025 05:50 PM (jvJvP)

62 So the much hyped BBB is complete BS?

My shocked face is in the repair shop.

DC is a cesspool incapable of reform.

Posted by: pawn at July 01, 2025 05:51 PM (QB+5g)

63 So I am really interested in what we actually got in this bill except making the tax cut’s permanent. Where’s all the other shit Trump promised?

Posted by: Vengeance at July 01, 2025 05:51 PM (vIl3q)

64 The Arbuckle mountains have been completely ruined.
Posted by: BruceWayne at July 01, 2025 05:46 PM (MGB5H)

It was that damned lying woman!

Posted by: Roscoe at July 01, 2025 05:51 PM (0eaVi)

65 Dominion Day. This is my first full day as a homeowner. I have a 12 pack. And pizza in the fridge.

The animals are going to get fed. Kirkland chicken with their food. Then screw the news.

" Alien" . Never seen

Maybe "Aliens." Newt was the best.
Posted by: Stateless BUT NOT HOMELESS! 77%- mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at July 01, 2025 05:50 PM (jvJvP)

Sounds like a great evening. I'll head on over.

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 01, 2025 05:51 PM (MGB5H)

66 25 So, pretty much just like every other time something was cut.
Posted by: huerfano at July 01, 2025 05:39 PM (n2swS)

Yeah, it's the same old same old we're used to.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 01, 2025 05:52 PM (uCjyK)

67 Not surprised that this big beautiful bill went sideways.

They have and will always put in pork in bills for their special interests from constituents. Bastids.

The idea that Medicaid can be obtained by illegals makes me furious. There is enough fraud with legal citizens.

From the minute their feet touch ground in DC as elected buffoons, all they do is plan for their next election and start pocketing money. In the event they lose, my understanding is they get to keep the campaign money. There may be a few who don't, but I doubt it.

Tit for tat. Pat for peen. Tar/feather/castrate. Pikes.

Now I will go forth and conquer something and be productive.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 01, 2025 05:52 PM (6PCLE)

68 Consider:
Just how much of these reports should we trust?

Like, even conservative sites crib their info from the mainstream media.

And every one, even the "good guys," are needing to hype the story for views.
Outrage gets clicks.

I'm not saying here so much as I'm saying everything is fake and gay now, so how do we know we're getting the straight dope?
We are really accelerating into a low-trust society and I don't like it one bit.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2025 05:52 PM (LbQ3Z)

69 We need more cannibals in Congress.

Posted by: Cannibals For Congress at July 01, 2025 05:52 PM (vFG9F)

70 Tax cuts and much money for border control and deportations is what I like about the bill.

Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2025 05:52 PM (PCK5/)

71 Don't pass this or any other bill. Be done with it, and no more continuing resolutions either. No more federal spending other than the minimum that law already prescribes to be more or less automatic.

Posted by: Crusader at July 01, 2025 05:52 PM (TN0g+)

72 The idea that Medicaid can be obtained by illegals makes me furious. There is enough fraud with legal citizens.

======

Schmidt from MO said that was back in.

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 01, 2025 05:52 PM (MGB5H)

73 There was some talk about what makes Trump great. I've got a few thoughts.

* He's very intelligent.
* He's very experienced.
* He knows everyone, foreign and domestic, and understands human nature.
* He very energetic.
* He's brave. He has the courage to do the right thing and isn't afraid to go toe to toe with anyone and exchange blows.
* He insures that his enemies always have the sun in their eyes.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Well, This Is Another Fine Mess You've Gotten Me Into at July 01, 2025 05:53 PM (L/fGl)

74 63 So I am really interested in what we actually got in this bill except making the tax cut’s permanent. Where’s all the other shit Trump promised?
Posted by: Vengeance at July 01, 2025 05:51 PM (vIl3q)

Yeah, well, what's really important is we hate Rand Paul and this Massey fellow for not being sufficiently on board with this spending bill.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 01, 2025 05:53 PM (uCjyK)

75 Sounds like a great evening. I'll head on over.

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 01, 2025 05:51 PM (MGB5H)

Perfect. You are more than welcome.

I'm pushing for "Teeth" whenever talk of moron movie night comes up.

Posted by: Stateless BUT NOT HOMELESS! 77%- mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at July 01, 2025 05:53 PM (jvJvP)

76 Soooo.... it's lookin like we all voted to cut Gov spending... and applauded DOGE actions to cut crap from Gov spending...

Applauded that all this 'fraud' that is now being uncovered...

But Congress just want to continue spending more money.

They really need to be hit with a Clue Bat.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 01, 2025 05:54 PM (mP0Kj)

77 STARTS construction.

And you can rest assured the far leftist bureaucrats in charge of determining what 'starts' means will accept literally putting up a sign on a vacant lot saying CONSTRUCTION ZONE.

How about this, jackasses.

If you don't FINISH the project by a specified date, you get nothing.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at July 01, 2025 05:54 PM (setIA)

78 If we can remove millions of illegals from Medicade, it has to be a win.

Posted by: Indy Bill at July 01, 2025 05:54 PM (niX3I)

79 61:Maybe "Aliens." Newt was the best.

If I recall my useless movie trivia, the actress who played Newt, that was her only role. She 'retired' from acting. Ok, her parents probably decided that the Hollywood industry was not a good place for kids. I don't know. She went on to become a teacher in California. Probably still is. Still keeps in contact with some of the actors from 'Aliens'. Sigoruny Weaver for one.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 01, 2025 05:54 PM (sAmhv)

80 Perfect. You are more than welcome.

I'm pushing for "Teeth" whenever talk of moron movie night comes up.
Posted by: Stateless BUT NOT HOMELESS! 77%- mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at July 01, 2025 05:53 PM (jvJvP)

*does backflip and snoopy dance*

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 01, 2025 05:55 PM (MGB5H)

81 The House could author a one paragraph bill that simple states that not illegal immigrant or non citizen is eligible for Medicaid or any other federal assistance. They don’t need to make it an amendment. It could be a straight up one issue bill. Make every House and senate member vote on it.

You know why they won’t do it? Yes, you do.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 01, 2025 05:55 PM (vIl3q)

82 The senate sucks hairy moose balls. I’m so tired of being screwed over by gutless, self serving cowards.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 01, 2025 05:47 PM (vIl3q)

So many of those cowards are sent there in deep-red states.

They go to DC and become establishment corruptocrats and get re-elected in perpetuity.

The blame lies in the Republican primary voter's, who are either too stupid or too lazy to do their due diligence.

Posted by: chavon at July 01, 2025 05:55 PM (r2ymA)

83 Fuck Medicaid and everyone on it. I’ve been hearing sob stories about this shitbag program since I was a kid. It’s a total scam. Why are taxpayers paying for someone else’s medical care? Pay for your own medical care or drop fucking dead.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at July 01, 2025 05:55 PM (n5P77)

84 Remember when ace would ban you for saying 'cuck?'

Pepperidge Farm remembers.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at July 01, 2025 05:56 PM (oSeBJ)

85 I'm not saying here so much as I'm saying everything is fake and gay now, so how do we know we're getting the straight dope?
We are really accelerating into a low-trust society and I don't like it one bit.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2025 05:52 PM (LbQ3Z)

Agreed, and I'm not going to spend a month reading through this bill. We know no one in Congress is going to either.

But yes, the fact that we're well on the road to being a low trust society is one of the reasons I feel as strongly as I do about immigration and our foreign policy adventures.

Hard to have a functioning society when no one knows what the fuck is going on and huge swaths of your fellow occupants / citizens don't speak your language and showed up 3 years ago. Oh, and spent their entire lives learning about how horrible and racist white people are. Which gets further reinforced when they move here. While meanwhile, we're arming people all over the world and dropping bombs wherever our deep state tells us to.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 01, 2025 05:56 PM (uCjyK)

86 First thought ... it all seems like the continued expansion of the Cloward-Piven plan to force overuse of the "benevolent system", in order to destroy "it" (America).

Posted by: illiniwek at July 01, 2025 05:57 PM (vbXSk)

87 81 You know why they won’t do it? Yes, you do.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 01, 2025 05:55 PM (vIl3q)

====

Because it's already in both versions of the bill.

Posted by: TJM's phone at July 01, 2025 05:57 PM (S+JBi)

88 No matter who wins, you lose.

Posted by: brak at July 01, 2025 05:57 PM (jGJov)

89 We need more cannibals in Congress.
Posted by: Cannibals For Congress
......

We need more Martians attacking Congress.

Posted by: wth at July 01, 2025 05:57 PM (v0R5T)

90 83 Fuck Medicaid and everyone on it. I’ve been hearing sob stories about this shitbag program since I was a kid. It’s a total scam. Why are taxpayers paying for someone else’s medical care? Pay for your own medical care or drop fucking dead.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at July 01, 2025 05:55 PM (n5P77)

Well I'm not on board with THAT either, but I get where you're coming from.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 01, 2025 05:57 PM (uCjyK)

91 Remember when ace would ban you for saying 'cuck?'

Pepperidge Farm remembers.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at July 01, 2025 05:56 PM (oSeBJ)

Now he's advertising cuck chairs on his site.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2025 05:57 PM (i24o9)

92 Here's the game the GOP is playing: the figure they can jam spending through, because they know there's no way the GOP wants to be blamed for a massive tax increase.

Though, I might add, While the GOP stalwarts may hate this bill, Democrats have turned into screeching amoebas over this bill, in that they're screaming senselessly into the void without anything which resembles rational thought.

It's really amazing how bad this bill truly is, yet, Democrats still hate it.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 01, 2025 05:58 PM (tT6L1)

93
We should have tollbooths at every port of entry.

Illegals walk up, Border Patrol tells them the toll is a million dollars a head, cash.

Posted by: four seasons at July 01, 2025 05:58 PM (3ek7K)

94 benevolent system", in order to destroy "it" (America).
Posted by: illiniwek at July 01, 2025 05:57 PM (vbXSk)

I first read that as "bayonet system". And I was intrigued.

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 01, 2025 05:58 PM (MGB5H)

95
ROFL, the Daily Mail is fat-shaming Gutfeld:
https://tinyurl.com/2yk3zkop

I hope he has fun with this.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 01, 2025 05:58 PM (w6EFb)

96 What's equally bad about the Green New Scam is that those damn windmills and solar farms are wildlife killers. I really don't like that.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2025 05:45 PM (egH3D)

They are also egregious eyesores on great vistas. The Arbuckle mountains have been completely ruined.
------------

But think of all that beautiful sweet, sweet, sweet *grift* that went into every damn one of them!

Posted by: Crusader at July 01, 2025 05:58 PM (TN0g+)

97 > What's equally bad about the Green New Scam is that those damn windmills and solar farms are wildlife killers. I really don't like that.

There's also some evidence large windmills emit low frequency sound pulses that affect people and animals for miles around. It raises stress levels and makes sleep more difficult. In twenty years, someone will do a groundbreaking study that shows all sort of health issues caused by this.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 01, 2025 05:58 PM (lIio7)

98 Dan Zaksheske @RealDanZak

BREAKING: UPenn has agreed to APOLOGIZE for allowing male Lia Thomas to compete on the women's swimming team. They will also vacate all of Thomas' "records" and restore them to the women who rightfully earned them.

X: https://bit.ly/44Ezcgh

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 01, 2025 05:58 PM (P5BPp)

99 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@AOC
JD Vance was the deciding vote to cut Medicaid across the country.
An absolute and utter betrayal of working families.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Well, This Is Another Fine Mess You've Gotten Me Into at July 01, 2025 05:45 PM (L/fGl)

Only to illegals, twunt. Illegals who - you assure me - are not currently collecting Medicaid anyway... So... what's the problem?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at July 01, 2025 05:58 PM (oSeBJ)

100 The other C word would get you in trouble too. That why I spell it with a K.

Posted by: fd at July 01, 2025 05:58 PM (vFG9F)

101 So Obamacare repeal all over again.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 01, 2025 05:59 PM (nwGCR)

102 And are we supposed to believe these Congressmen read the bill?
And also understand what it does?

Or are they regurgitating information fed to them by their almost-certain left-wing staffers?
Who were fed that info from their liberal sources ... in the media?
Who were fed that info by hard-left staffers of Democrats.

Let's be honest: Everyone in Congress is not an "expert in what this bill does" merely by virtue of their election to Congress.
They are "experts in repeating what they were told to say."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2025 05:59 PM (LbQ3Z)

103 gosh, what a surprise ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 01, 2025 05:59 PM (Z5NUn)

104
The blame lies in the Republican primary voter's, who are either too stupid or too lazy to do their due diligence.
Posted by: chavon

=============

*swallows dementia pill*

Aye.

Posted by: 90-year-old GOP Senator running for reelection at July 01, 2025 05:59 PM (egH3D)

105 Riley Gaines is doing a happy dance about now.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2025 05:59 PM (HFcKg)

106
*does backflip and snoopy dance*
Posted by: BruceWayne at July 01, 2025 05:55 PM (MGB5H)
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For some reason, I just pictured that backflip ending with a howl of pain because somehow some of your hair got caught under a hand.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 01, 2025 05:59 PM (tT6L1)

107 86 First thought ... it all seems like the continued expansion of the Cloward-Piven plan to force overuse of the "benevolent system", in order to destroy "it" (America).
Posted by: illiniwek at July 01, 2025 05:57 PM (vbXSk)

Maybe. I think it's just complete apathy on behalf of our deep state / "elite" class.

As in, they are completely apathetic (at best) about what happens to, you know, the rest of us in their pursuit of money and power.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 01, 2025 05:59 PM (uCjyK)

108 What's equally bad about the Green New Scam is that those damn windmills and solar farms are wildlife killers. I really don't like that.

There's also some evidence large windmills emit low frequency sound pulses that affect people and animals for miles around. It raises stress levels and makes sleep more difficult. In twenty years, someone will do a groundbreaking study that shows all sort of health issues caused by this.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 01, 2025 05:58 PM (lIio7)

They don't run for more than a few weeks in my experience.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2025 06:00 PM (8avO+)

109 They are also egregious eyesores on great vistas. The Arbuckle mountains have been completely ruined.
------------

But think of all that beautiful sweet, sweet, sweet *grift* that went into every damn one of them!
Posted by: Crusader at July 01, 2025 05:58 PM (TN0g

A not only that. The tiny little power they do generate goes to freaking Nebraska. 2 states away!!!

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 01, 2025 06:00 PM (MGB5H)

110 How many pages in this bill,again??? Hmm? Lots of places to hide graft.

Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2025 06:00 PM (PCK5/)

111 BREAKING: UPenn has agreed to APOLOGIZE for allowing male Lia Thomas to compete on the women's swimming team. They will also vacate all of Thomas' "records" and restore them to the women who rightfully earned them.

X: https://bit.ly/44Ezcgh

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 01, 2025 05:58 PM (P5BPp)

It's another Trumpmas miracle!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2025 06:00 PM (i24o9)

112 >>>There's also some evidence large windmills emit low frequency sound pulses that affect people and animals for miles around. It raises stress levels and makes sleep more difficult

the "hum" -- it stresses cows out and they give less milk

Posted by: brak at July 01, 2025 06:00 PM (jGJov)

113 >> What's equally bad about the Green New Scam is that those damn windmills and solar farms are wildlife killers. I really don't like that.

There's also some evidence large windmills emit low frequency sound pulses that affect people and animals for miles around. It raises stress levels and makes sleep more difficult. In twenty years, someone will do a groundbreaking study that shows all sort of health issues caused by this.

They are also destroying crop land as they deteriorate and spread forever chemicals across the landscape.

Posted by: garrett at July 01, 2025 06:01 PM (ASFuz)

114 Dems got 95% of what they anted and are still angry.

Which I kinda get. They are used to getting 100%.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 01, 2025 06:01 PM (nwGCR)

115 What's a Cuck Chair?

--------------

"When I seek comfort from and sit in the lap of my wife's bull for that evening?"

/Dame David of the French-Cucked Davidians.

Posted by: ShainS -- Digital Arsonist (former Stochastic Terrorist) at July 01, 2025 06:01 PM (GiIml)

116 BREAKING: UPenn has agreed to APOLOGIZE for allowing male Lia Thomas to compete on the women's swimming team. They will also vacate all of Thomas' "records" and restore them to the women who rightfully earned them.

X: https://bit.ly/44Ezcgh
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 01, 2025 05:58 PM (P5BPp)

——————-

Paging Simone Biles. Simone Biles, please pick up the white courtesy phone.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 01, 2025 06:01 PM (u73oe)

117 For some reason, I just pictured that backflip ending with a howl of pain because somehow some of your hair got caught under a hand.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 01, 2025 05:59 PM (tT6L1)

It's not an unreasonable thought.

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 01, 2025 06:01 PM (MGB5H)

118
We need more Martians attacking Congress.
Posted by: wth

==============

What planet do Martians come from?

Posted by: Senate-approved Ketanji Brown Jackson at July 01, 2025 06:02 PM (egH3D)

119 Remember when ace would ban you for saying 'cuck?'
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating

and, mishum would do the same if you said "c_nt".
AOS has changed with the times.

Posted by: old chick at July 01, 2025 06:02 PM (F3Dlr)

120 93
We should have tollbooths at every port of entry.

Illegals walk up, Border Patrol tells them the toll is a million dollars a head, cash.

Posted by: four seasons at July 01, 2025 05:58 PM (3ek7K)

That law is already on the books... if you invest in a company that will create or save 10 or more US Jobs, you get an EB-5 Visa.

So... mid scale Restaurant? yer in... Buy a BIG Farm with 10 employees? In... Hell... even a Car Dealership has 10 employees if you have a garage.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 01, 2025 06:02 PM (mP0Kj)

121 So I am really interested in what we actually got in this bill except making the tax cut’s permanent. Where’s all the other shit Trump promised?

Posted by: Vengeance at July 01, 2025 05:51 PM (vIl3q)

Just a few items:

$1.6 trillion in spending cuts.
Work requirement for welfare.
Funds and finishes the wall
Removes 87,000 IRS agents
Golden Dome
Keystone Pipeline
Ends taxpayer funded abortions abroad
Defunds Planned Parenthood
Eliminates federal Covid powers
Requires proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at July 01, 2025 06:02 PM (oSeBJ)

122 93
We should have tollbooths at every port of entry.

Illegals walk up, Border Patrol tells them the toll is a million dollars a head, cash.

Posted by: four seasons at July 01, 2025 05:58 PM (3ek7K)
----
Somebody's gonna have to go back and get a shitload of dimes!

Posted by: Slim Pickens at July 01, 2025 06:03 PM (5aZAZ)

123 It's really amazing how bad this bill truly is, yet, Democrats still hate it.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 01, 2025 05:58 PM (tT6L1)

The Dems loved the auto increase without discussion with bonus pork.

Once we have it if anyone sees garbage pork they should get a group together and pass a law to cut it.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2025 06:04 PM (8avO+)

124 And are we supposed to believe these Congressmen read the bill?
And also understand what it does?
-----------

The moment Nancy Pelosi uttered "You'll have to pass the bill to know whats in it" with a straight face and "our" leadership more or less went along with it was the moment civil war should have broken out in earnest. Here we are around 15 years later with the same bullshit artists pretending to represent us, when all they truly represent are the grifting they're all arm-deep in.

Posted by: Crusader at July 01, 2025 06:04 PM (TN0g+)

125 There's also some evidence large windmills emit low frequency sound pulses that affect people and animals for miles around. It raises stress levels and makes sleep more difficult. In twenty years, someone will do a groundbreaking study that shows all sort of health issues caused by this.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 01, 2025 05:58 PM (lIio7)

They don't run for more than a few weeks in my experience.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2025 06:00 PM (8avO+)

Yeah... uh... there will be no study... just like there will be no US Mia Culpa on Coved.

Remember all the 'studies' about Cancer clusters and such under Power Lines?

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 01, 2025 06:04 PM (mP0Kj)

126 That law is already on the books... if you invest in a company that will create or save 10 or more US Jobs, you get an EB-5 Visa.

So... mid scale Restaurant? yer in... Buy a BIG Farm with 10 employees? In... Hell... even a Car Dealership has 10 employees if you have a garage.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 01, 2025 06:02 PM (mP0Kj)

...EB-5's are also, as you may guess, a gigantic fraud. But they're a visa class that seems to be popular with our Chinese friends. They pool a bunch of money to build a condominium in Queens, "save or create" hundreds of jobs on paper (with their cousins construction company as the contractor, faking the numbers), then they sell the condos, cash out if they can and they're all on the path to citizenship!

Of course, the condos are built like Chinese condos, and the unsuspecting owners end up suing the shit out of the entity that built / owns the condos, but theres no money left there anyways.

It's a good scam.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 01, 2025 06:05 PM (uCjyK)

127 If I recall my useless movie trivia, the actress who played Newt, that was her only role. She 'retired' from acting. Ok, her parents probably decided that the Hollywood industry was not a good place for kids. I don't know. She went on to become a teacher in California. Probably still is. Still keeps in contact with some of the actors from 'Aliens'. Sigoruny Weaver for one.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 01, 2025 05:54 PM (sAmhv

Exactly.

Thank you. Exactly right and you saved me typing.

Thank you Puddleglum!

Posted by: Stateless BUT NOT HOMELESS! 77%- mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at July 01, 2025 06:05 PM (jvJvP)

128 spot-on, illiniwek

slightly reworked to make the perpetrators multimillionaires in the process

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 01, 2025 06:05 PM (Z5NUn)

129
There's also some evidence large windmills emit low frequency sound pulses that affect people and animals for miles around. It raises stress levels and makes sleep more difficult. In twenty years, someone will do a groundbreaking study that shows all sort of health issues caused by this.

They are also destroying crop land as they deteriorate and spread forever chemicals across the landscape.
Posted by: garrett

=================

If only there was a federal agency that looked after that sort of thing and rigorously fought it.

Oh, and here's my budget submission for an additional $1bil this year.

Posted by: Department of Interior at July 01, 2025 06:05 PM (egH3D)

130 No IronShart thread?

Posted by: Nelly at July 01, 2025 06:06 PM (cHLus)

131 Just a few items:

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at July 01, 2025 06:02

Thank you. It's a good day and I'm so thankful for PDT and his administration.

Posted by: old chick at July 01, 2025 06:06 PM (F3Dlr)

132 If I recall my useless movie trivia, the actress who played Newt, that was her only role. She 'retired' from acting. Ok, her parents probably decided that the Hollywood industry was not a good place for kids. I don't know. She went on to become a teacher in California. Probably still is. Still keeps in contact with some of the actors from 'Aliens'. Sigoruny Weaver for one.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 01, 2025 05:54 PM (sAmhv)

Talk about going from the frying pan into the fire...

Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2025 06:06 PM (8avO+)

133 That UPenn thing is bigly yuuugely yuuge.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 01, 2025 06:07 PM (nwGCR)

134 AFAIK, there are studies that show that survival and longevity rates are the same with or without Medicare.

But "it's my money, goldarnit!!"

Good luck convincing the olds that their precious Medicare isn't going to make them live longer or survive their next illness.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2025 06:07 PM (LbQ3Z)

135 Fuck Medicaid and everyone on it. I’ve been hearing sob stories about this shitbag program since I was a kid. It’s a total scam. Why are taxpayers paying for someone else’s medical care? Pay for your own medical care or drop fucking dead.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at July 01, 2025 05:55 PM (n5P77)

Well I'm not on board with THAT either, but I get where you're coming from.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 01, 2025 05:57 PM (uCjyK)

Confiscated wealth taken from one and given to another is simple theft.

Our current "system" has become so convoluted that it's too make heads or tails of it.

Posted by: chavon at July 01, 2025 06:08 PM (r2ymA)

136 The moment Nancy Pelosi uttered "You'll have to pass the bill to know whats in it" with a straight face and "our" leadership more or less went along with it was the moment civil war should have broken out in earnest. Here we are around 15 years later with the same bullshit artists pretending to represent us, when all they truly represent are the grifting they're all arm-deep in.

Posted by: Crusader at July 01, 2025 06:04 PM (TN0g+)

nothing to add to this excellent summary

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 01, 2025 06:08 PM (Z5NUn)

137 AFAIK, there are studies that show that survival and longevity rates are the same with or without Medicare.

But "it's my money, goldarnit!!"

Good luck convincing the olds that their precious Medicare isn't going to make them live longer or survive their next illness.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2025 06:07 PM (LbQ3Z)

I don't want to start the Generational War again, but the Boomers sure did set themselves (ahem, and only themselves) up well, didn't they?

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 01, 2025 06:08 PM (uCjyK)

138
and, mishum would do the same if you said "c_nt".
AOS has changed with the times.

Posted by: old chick at July 01, 2025 06:02 PM (F3Dlr)

I have actually not been allowed in places. Like banned. Work, travel, school, restaurants, bars, sports crap.

There's a word for that. Hmmm.

Posted by: Stateless BUT NOT HOMELESS! 77%- mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at July 01, 2025 06:08 PM (jvJvP)

139 126 That law is already on the books... if you invest in a company that will create or save 10 or more US Jobs, you get an EB-5 Visa.

We’re still doing the create or save job bullshit?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 01, 2025 06:08 PM (nwGCR)

140 "It's really amazing how bad this bill truly is, yet, Democrats still hate it."

Easy to understand once you realize the Democrat party is nothing but performative hate tantrums against everything Trump does.

Biden could have done this exact same bill (apparently) and Dems would be bragging about all the great stuff init. Green Energy subsidies! No spending cuts!

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 01, 2025 06:09 PM (tLLc9)

141 And the elimination of the green energy tax credits is what made Man child Musk so angry that he had to start the Trump war again.

Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2025 06:09 PM (VofaG)

142 Confiscated wealth taken from one and given to another is simple theft.

Our current "system" has become so convoluted that it's too make heads or tails of it.
Posted by: chavon at July 01, 2025 06:08 PM (r2ymA)

Yeah, but I also don't think we survive as a society if we let poor people die in the streets because they couldn't afford metformin or whatever.

The entire medical system is fucked at this point. I don't know how you unfuck it, or if it's even possible to unfuck it.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 01, 2025 06:09 PM (uCjyK)

143 Note the phrasing here in the last part:

"Changes to phase-outs of clean energy tax credits in the bill remained central to the final hours of debate among Republicans, as hard-line conservatives have called for strict, swift cuts and more centrist lawmakers pushed for extended wind-downs to avoid major market and investment disruptions."

The bias rot runs deep.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at July 01, 2025 06:10 PM (O5Ote)

144 There's also some evidence large windmills emit low frequency sound pulses that affect people and animals for miles around. It raises stress levels and makes sleep more difficult. In twenty years, someone will do a groundbreaking study that shows all sort of health issues caused by this.

-----------------

"Tilting At Trannies: Blaming Windmills for the Imaginary Great Trans Genocides of the Early 21st Century."

Posted by: ShainS -- Digital Arsonist (former Stochastic Terrorist) at July 01, 2025 06:10 PM (GiIml)

145 It's Medicaid cuts not Medicare.

Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2025 06:10 PM (VofaG)

146 I wonder what percent of the 535 elected peeps in DC can distinguish between Medicaid and Medicare. Is it over 50?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 01, 2025 06:10 PM (nwGCR)

147 "the Boomers sure did set themselves (ahem, and only themselves) up well, didn't they?"

They were originally called "The Me Generation" with good reason.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 01, 2025 06:10 PM (tLLc9)

148 Though, I might add, While the GOP stalwarts may hate this bill, Democrats have turned into screeching amoebas over this bill, in that they're screaming senselessly into the void without anything which resembles rational thought.

It's really amazing how bad this bill truly is, yet, Democrats still hate it.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 01, 2025 05:58 PM (tT6L1)

Dems hate it because Trump wants it. Even the numbers don't matter because the government can just not spend money and retire debt if they are inclined to.

Give whistleblowers a bounty if they find waste and corruption and get their backbiting working for us.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2025 06:10 PM (8avO+)

149 139 126 That law is already on the books... if you invest in a company that will create or save 10 or more US Jobs, you get an EB-5 Visa.

We’re still doing the create or save job bullshit?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 01, 2025 06:08 PM (nwGCR)

Trump actually EXPANDED the program a couple months back...

But yeah, BUY an existing business, or start one yerself... and yer in.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 01, 2025 06:11 PM (mP0Kj)

150 Add to 121:

Defines a man and a woman for federal laws
Requires ID to vote in federal elections
Makes the Trump tax cuts permanent

I'm not sure if the requirement that plaintiffs post bond for injunctions made it.

But, there's a whole lot of good in this bill.

And it's real retarded, xir, to throw that out for spending cuts that ... basically us here, are agitated about.

I keep saying, there is no majority coalition that will support spending cuts now.
Maybe soon.
But not now.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2025 06:11 PM (LbQ3Z)

151 41, of course not

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 01, 2025 06:11 PM (Z5NUn)

152 They were originally called "The Me Generation" with good reason.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 01, 2025 06:10 PM (tLLc9)

George Carlin certainly had some thoughts on the subject.

https://tinyurl.com/yhxpjfuh

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 01, 2025 06:12 PM (uCjyK)

153 There's a word for that. Hmmm.
Posted by: Stateless

This is Ace's site. It is part of his reputation and income.

There's a difference between what you say in the local coffee shop and what you say on a site that is accessible by the entire world.

Posted by: old chick at July 01, 2025 06:12 PM (F3Dlr)

154 Deep down we all knew this was the end result. Spending will never be cut. Might as well just accept it.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 01, 2025 06:12 PM (nwGCR)

155 Screw it. The dog and cat are fed. Chicken! Our first day not homeless.

Time to watch "Alien" for the first time.

And it's been such a year of loss and pain, maybe I'll get to "Promethious." Spelling....

Posted by: Stateless BUT NOT HOMELESS! 77%- mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at July 01, 2025 06:12 PM (jvJvP)

156 What I wanna know is, what Republican in a bluish district ends up winning because they inserted this bullshit into the bill?

The attack commercials are going to be exactly the same

Posted by: Maroon at July 01, 2025 06:13 PM (HS92B)

157 Jimmy Swaggart RIP

https://tinyurl.com/ywny56jv

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at July 01, 2025 06:13 PM (uqyLy)

158 And Schumer had to be a dick and even managed to change the name of the bill to the Act.

You think if it was going to be the disaster he claims he would want the name on it associated with Trump.

So it was nothing but a childish asshole move.

Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2025 06:14 PM (VofaG)

159 America's Untold Stories episode on Jimmy Swaggart

https://www.youtube.com/live/QSwYOPUSZtk

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at July 01, 2025 06:14 PM (uqyLy)

160 I'm not gonna get an ulcer over this ... If it makes the tax cuts permanent I'll take that....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 01, 2025 06:14 PM (VE6XX)

161
Maybe Schumer will grill cheeseburgers this weekend and get a bad case of Ecoli.

Posted by: four seasons at July 01, 2025 06:15 PM (3ek7K)

162 I think 10 employees is way too low. But whatever the number, making it created OR SAVED jobs is ridiculous. That is the idiocy Obama started with the stimulus bill. I saved 1M jobs. It’s impossible to prove you didn’t.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 01, 2025 06:15 PM (nwGCR)

163 Defines a man and a woman for federal laws
Requires ID to vote in federal elections
Makes the Trump tax cuts permanent

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2025 06:11 PM

Just asked Grok about this and the answer is that neither of the first two items are in the bill.

The "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (H.R. 1), passed by the Senate in June 2025, does not appear to include provisions explicitly defining a man and a woman for federal laws or requiring ID to vote in federal elections, based on available information. Here's a detailed breakdown:

Full Grok detailed answer: https://bit.ly/4l1n3b0

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 01, 2025 06:15 PM (P5BPp)

164 Just a thought...

This is just what we know about. I wonder how many more easter eggs are in there.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at July 01, 2025 06:15 PM (O5Ote)

165 141 And the elimination of the green energy tax credits is what made Man child Musk so angry that he had to start the Trump war again.
Posted by: polynikes
....................................
He's all about going to Mars. Everything revolves around that. Over on X, he's talking up China's solar power program and how they are way ahead of the USA. Because you can trust the ChiComs to provide accurate information. He's dangerously naive.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 01, 2025 06:16 PM (sAmhv)

166 So did we lose taxes on tips and overtime ?

I've been expecting the old bait 'n switch.

Posted by: jsg at July 01, 2025 06:16 PM (1l+t9)

167
I believe there are far more illegals than 1.whatever million sucking up Medicaid money.

Posted by: four seasons at July 01, 2025 06:16 PM (3ek7K)

168 153 There's a word for that. Hmmm.
Posted by: Stateless

This is Ace's site. It is part of his reputation and income.

There's a difference between what you say in the local coffee shop and what you say on a site that is accessible by the entire world.

Posted by: old chick at July 01, 2025 06:12 PM (F3Dlr

Which is why I am respectful. With occasional slips.

Have you been back here in Canada for a bit? Food prices aren't too horrible but I shop around. Housing is crazy.

Posted by: Stateless BUT NOT HOMELESS! 77%- mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at July 01, 2025 06:16 PM (jvJvP)

169 I'm not gonna get an ulcer over this ... If it makes the tax cuts permanent I'll take that....
Posted by: It's me donna at July 01, 2025 06:14 PM (VE6XX)
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Same.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 01, 2025 06:16 PM (tT6L1)

170 Are there any L.A. morons here? Apparently the 6th St bridge is infested with protesters.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 01, 2025 06:16 PM (lIio7)

171 The entire medical system is fucked at this point. I don't know how you unfuck it, or if it's even possible to unfuck it.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 01, 2025 06:09 PM (uCjyK)

--------------

The only way is via complete deregulation and going back to total laissez-faire free-market capitalism -- with respect to both healthcare providers and insurers.

Insurance for catastrophic illnesses primarily -- like auto insurance, with pretty much everything else pay-as-you-go or participation in large market groups like employers or other (civic or religious) organizations..

Posted by: ShainS -- Digital Arsonist (former Stochastic Terrorist) at July 01, 2025 06:16 PM (GiIml)

172 Biden could have done this exact same bill (apparently) and Dems would be bragging about all the great stuff init. Green Energy subsidies! No spending cuts!
---
Just how much of the outrage over the bill from the right is due to fake bullshit ginned up by the left to try and get the right to throw the baby out in a fit of anger?

'Cause there's no fucking way 90% of this bill would ever see the light of day under a Dem Senate.

But yeah, let's pretend that the continuation of bankruptcy-level spending--that has been going on near two decades now--, and the smallest part of this bill, is suddenly THE HILL to die on.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2025 06:16 PM (LbQ3Z)

173 Over on X, he's talking up China's solar power program and how they are way ahead of the USA. Because you can trust the ChiComs to provide accurate information. He's dangerously naive.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 01, 2025 06:16 PM (sAmhv)

It’s not naive. It’s a calculated lie. China’s market for EVs is massive. He has to keep the CCP happy in order to have access to it.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 01, 2025 06:17 PM (nwGCR)

174 NO taxes on tips and overtime, I meant

Posted by: jsg at July 01, 2025 06:17 PM (1l+t9)

175 Clay Travis @ClayTravis

Reminder @espn celebrated women’s athletics by praising Lia Thomas, a man, for winning a women’s college sports title. This aired on the network just two years ago. Shameful. Apologize to all sports fans for this, ESPN:

X video: https://bit.ly/3Gr35r2

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 01, 2025 06:18 PM (P5BPp)

176 Respectful?! When did that start?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2025 06:18 PM (zZu0s)

177 The Fake Republicans in the Senate Screwed Us and the Fake Republicans in the House Are Complaining They Didn't Screw Us Enough

There was never a doubt in my mind that those Reprobates would never make personal sacrificess in enacting cuts in spending. At least half the budget is fraud, corruption and grift. 80% is not even Constitutionally authorized, they just take it because we haven't stopped them.

Knowing that demons inhabit Babylon DC, I'll take the permanent tax cuts.

Screw the bogus "Principled Conservatives" who vote like Democrats - they conspired to raise my taxes AND keep the spending at maximum levels AND fail to defend the borders.

Primary those assholes and let them go play Principled Conservative in the middle of a busy street.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 01, 2025 06:18 PM (a4flb)

178 Is the House even gonna agree to this ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 01, 2025 06:18 PM (VE6XX)

179 But yeah, let's pretend that the continuation of bankruptcy-level spending--that has been going on near two decades now--, and the smallest part of this bill, is suddenly THE HILL to die on.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2025 06:16 PM (LbQ3Z)

Dude!! There are no spending cuts in this bill. The bankruptcy level spending will continue unabated. That’s the fucking problem.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 01, 2025 06:18 PM (nwGCR)

180 146 I wonder what percent of the 535 elected peeps in DC can distinguish between Medicaid and Medicare. Is it over 50?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 01, 2025 06:10 PM (nwGCR)

I wonder what percent of them know that neither of them have any constitutional justification as federal government "programs."

My guess would be 0%.

Posted by: chavon at July 01, 2025 06:18 PM (r2ymA)

181 He's all about going to Mars. Everything revolves around that. Over on X, he's talking up China's solar power program and how they are way ahead of the USA. Because you can trust the ChiComs to provide accurate information. He's dangerously naive.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 01, 2025 06:16 PM (sAmhv)

He's not naive. He's either appeasing the Chinese, or he's threatening us. "fine, I'll just take my cars and rockets and move to China if you won't give me money!"

Either way, he's an asshoe. I'm dropping this Tweet of his again in the comments to remind everyone who Elon really is:

"The reason I'm in America along with so many critical people who built SpaceX, Tesla and hundreds of other companies that made America strong is because of H1B, Take a big step back and FUCK YOURSELF in the face. I will go to war on this issue the likes of which you cannot possibly comprehend."

America is only strong due to him and other immigrants. That's how he feels about you and me. In fact, he declared war on us.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 01, 2025 06:20 PM (uCjyK)

182 NO taxes on tips and overtime, I meant
Posted by: jsg at July 01, 2025 06:17 PM (1l+t9)

It'd better be. My kid's lemonade stand is going up next weekend and despite IGTD's objections I don't think he should pay taxes on his tips.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at July 01, 2025 06:20 PM (O5Ote)

183 I'm so used to getting fucked, I just pre-lube with Vaseline anymore so it won't bleed.

Posted by: jsg at July 01, 2025 06:21 PM (1l+t9)

184 PS Several Senators have already told me they didn't know about or understand this last-minute paragraph. If that's the case they should do whatever they can to fix the situation.
_____

Find out who put it in. May whatever days they have left be lived in infamy.

Out: Tarring & Feathering
In: Drawing & Quartering

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 01, 2025 06:21 PM (Dv3i1)

185 That cuck chair link is from a Chinese furniture website. Hilarious.

Posted by: cobacoba98 at July 01, 2025 06:21 PM (IuIym)

186 Can we all just top off our ammo supplies and go John Galt?

I am tired of paying taxes to fund my own demise.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 01, 2025 06:21 PM (HlyYF)

187 I don't think the left is capable of fixing their problems

@aaronsibarium
EXCLUSIVE: Before she became the acting president of Columbia University, Claire Shipman argued that the school needed to get an "Arab on our board"—and suggested that a Jewish trustee should be removed over her pro-Israel advocacy.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 01, 2025 06:22 PM (mlg/3)

188 I don't give a FFAARD what's in the bill so long as they codify Trump's standard deduction for income tax. KISS.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 01, 2025 06:22 PM (wBaIH)

189 AFAIK, there are studies that show that survival and longevity rates are the same with or without Medicare.

Who was in the control group since Medicare is mandatory?

Posted by: toby928 at July 01, 2025 06:22 PM (xn0Ie)

190 This is on Trump, too. Is he a fake Republican, too? If this isn't on Trump, then let Trump use that VETO pen. Simple.

Posted by: My name was erased at July 01, 2025 06:22 PM (5DTn7)

191 EXCLUSIVE: Before she became the acting president of Columbia University, Claire Shipman argued that the school needed to get an "Arab on our board"—and suggested that a Jewish trustee should be removed over her pro-Israel advocacy.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 01, 2025 06:22 PM (mlg/3)

And then listened to the complete album collection of Bob Vylan

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 01, 2025 06:23 PM (nwGCR)

192 So the tone for the night is slow kissing our 1911 business end, eh?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2025 06:25 PM (zZu0s)

193 Have you been back here in Canada for a bit?
Posted by: Stateless

I visit my 93yo mom every week and see her slowly leaving this world, and me. My adult son lives in Manitoba and i see him as often as we can.
I don't mean to sound harsh toward you. I'm sorry you don't realize what a good life being born in Canada has provided.

Posted by: old chick at July 01, 2025 06:25 PM (F3Dlr)

194 The renewable energy scam ticks found the skin of GOPe Senators incredible easy to penetrate. As did too many other US Treasury-sucking parasites.

Posted by: Fake Jake Fapper at July 01, 2025 06:25 PM (aBgBM)

195 Hey! Hey! A Spades A Spade, Hands Off My Medicaid!

Hey! Hey! Don't Get Us In A Rut! Eliminate All The Greedy Rich's Tax Cuts!

Hey! Hey!

Posted by: Dirty Old Hippie Boomer Moocher Who Loves A Good Chant at July 01, 2025 06:25 PM (R/m4+)

196 meh, i'm not even agitated about this, or any of the rest of it either ... currently replacing the so-called 48-hour-rule with the new, improved, modern 168-hour-rule.

my remaining hair is my precious, i refuse to set it on fire over trivia

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 01, 2025 06:26 PM (Z5NUn)

197 ooof - off old Fapper sock

Posted by: Gref at July 01, 2025 06:26 PM (aBgBM)

198
Over on X, he's talking up China's solar power program and how they are way ahead of the USA. Because you can trust the ChiComs to provide accurate information. He's dangerously naive.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 01, 2025 06:16 PM (sAmhv)

===============

I've seen that and I want to know what he's praising. I mean, Cuba is waayyyy ahead of us on horse-driven plow power.

[not necessarily factual, just for purposes of analogy]

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2025 06:27 PM (egH3D)

199 >>>And you can rest assured the far leftist bureaucrats in charge of determining what 'starts' means will accept literally putting up a sign on a vacant lot saying CONSTRUCTION ZONE.

Is anyone going to tell him?

Posted by: Max Power at July 01, 2025 06:27 PM (q177U)

200 Yeh fact nobody can definitely say what’s in the bill is the problem. What we need is a word limit to any bill. Anything more than 1000 words and you need to break it up.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 01, 2025 06:28 PM (nwGCR)

201 183 I'm so used to getting fucked, I just pre-lube with Vaseline anymore so it won't bleed.

Posted by: jsg at July 01, 2025 06:21 PM (1l+t9

That's my last year.

Screw it. Time for "Alien". I'm excited but Canada tipsy.

Canada tipsy means we post on American websites about how much I love you all and am going to watch "Alien."

But NBC news is almost on. President Trump has such a great 10 days or so that they have to suck it.

"Alien" at 6:35pm.

The animals are fed. And Snowflake, just weighed, is about 9.4 pounds. She was outside for almost a month. I am learning to limit food without guilt.

Posted by: Stateless BUT NOT HOMELESS! 77%- mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at July 01, 2025 06:28 PM (jvJvP)

202 Speaking of China: "Humanoid robots stumble through AI-powered football match in Beijing" from flipboard.

https://tinyurl.com/937593fk

Funny at around 40 seconds.

Posted by: javems at July 01, 2025 06:28 PM (8I4hW)

203 192 So the tone for the night is slow kissing our 1911 business end, eh?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2025 06:25 PM (zZu0s)

I don't think so. We're just so used to the backstab it's easy to understand the cynicism.

Posted by: jsg at July 01, 2025 06:28 PM (1l+t9)

204 Fuck Medicaid and everyone on it. I’ve been hearing sob stories about this shitbag program since I was a kid. It’s a total scam. Why are taxpayers paying for someone else’s medical care? Pay for your own medical care or drop fucking dead.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at July 01, 2025 05:55 PM

My brother had a heart attack at work up in a bucket truck cutting trees off of power lines after a storm. His company carried him on their insurance long after it was legal to do so and when that ran out he had to go on medicaid and SS disability. Even though he wants to go back to work Social security disability will not clear him to work so he has to stay on medicaid.

When you pay taxes from your paycheck part of that goes to fund medicaid.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 01, 2025 06:28 PM (e5NfL)

205 So the tone for the night is slow kissing our 1911 business end, eh?
---------
Nah, I think its just just a lot of people who are told "we" (Republican supporters) need to take baby steps when we have 52% of the control, and meanwhile we know damn well that when THEY (Democrats) have even 50.1% of the control they do every single thing in their power to PUMMEL us.

If it weren't for Trump, the gig would be up for Rs of every stripe. But they're too stupid and too morally *filthy* to understand that.

Posted by: Crusader at July 01, 2025 06:28 PM (TN0g+)

206 It is hard for Trump to get everything in the Bill because you have all these Spineless Republicans in the House and Senate.

Posted by: Buster Hymand at July 01, 2025 06:28 PM (q/j2W)

207 China’s market for EVs is massive"

Ain't regulated markets great?

Posted by: man at July 01, 2025 06:28 PM (tubbA)

208 Democrats and RINOs: "Hey the spending in this bill is no problem whatsoever, we can always just print more money!"

Democrats and RINOs a few years from now: "Wow, inflation has come roaring back. No one could have seen that coming!"

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 01, 2025 06:29 PM (HlyYF)

209 AoSHQ guidelines

https://youtu.be/m4ZBcXlU9LI

Posted by: toby928 at July 01, 2025 06:29 PM (xn0Ie)

210 200 Yeh fact nobody can definitely say what’s in the bill is the problem. What we need is a word limit to any bill. Anything more than 1000 words and you need to break it up.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 01, 2025 06:28 PM (nwGCR)

Kind of funny how no one knows whats in the bill theyre voting on and no one can identify the names of the people who wrote the bill either.

It just shows up out of nowhere, everyone lights their hair on fire (WE MUST PASS THIS BILL!) or (WE MUST STOP THIS BILL!) then the bill passes and we get to find out what was in it years later when we've all moved on.

This is not what I was taught in civics class, nor what I learned from Schoolhouse Rock, but hey -- I guess this is how government operates now.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 01, 2025 06:30 PM (uCjyK)

211 Off topic - just received a shipment of Montecristo Espada Oscuros. Every damn part of that cigar is covered in a label. There's like .25 sq in of the actual cigar showing.

Carry on.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at July 01, 2025 06:30 PM (O5Ote)

212 go, stateless! congratulations again!

*12-er & a pizza! fistbump!*

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 01, 2025 06:30 PM (Z5NUn)

213 Well, there is a lot of snow in Maine.

Steve Guest@SteveGuest
WATCH: Maine Democrat Governor Janet Mills when asked about her alleged cocaine use and if sniffing cocaine at work a "human right":
"What the fuck."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Well, This Is Another Fine Mess You've Gotten Me Into at July 01, 2025 06:30 PM (L/fGl)

214 because you have all these Spineless Republicans in the House and Senate.
Posted by: Buster Hymand at July 01, 2025 06:28 PM (q/j2W)

I don't think they're spineless. They just do not give a shit about anyone else's priorities.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2025 06:31 PM (zZu0s)

215 185 That cuck chair link is from a Chinese furniture website. Hilarious.
Posted by: cobacoba98 at July 01, 2025 06:21 PM (IuIym)

I have a reading chair in my bedroom.... not a Cuck chair...

and I have had sex on it... with a Woman even... so I guess that makes it a...

Fuck Chair?

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 01, 2025 06:31 PM (mP0Kj)

216 158 And Schumer had to be a dick and even managed to change the name of the bill to the Act.
Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2025 06:14 PM (VofaG)

Trump should run with it and troll Schumer by calling it the Trump-Schumer Bipartisan Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at July 01, 2025 06:31 PM (eb5mD)

217 They canceked school house rock for a reason

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at July 01, 2025 06:32 PM (bXbFr)

218 "Kind of funny how no one knows whats in the bill they're voting on and no one can identify the names of the people who wrote the bill either."

uhuh, weird, innit?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 01, 2025 06:32 PM (Z5NUn)

219 Maine Democrat Governor Janet Mills when asked about her alleged cocaine use and if sniffing cocaine at work a "human right":
"What the fuck."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Well, This Is Another Fine Mess You've Gotten Me Into at July 01, 2025 06:30 PM (L/fGl)

Heh. I like her more.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2025 06:32 PM (zZu0s)

220
I don't think the left is capable of fixing their problems

@aaronsibarium
EXCLUSIVE: Before she became the acting president of Columbia University, Claire Shipman argued that the school needed to get an "Arab on our board"—and suggested that a Jewish trustee should be removed over her pro-Israel advocacy.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

============

And they need to be told this.

Them: "Okay, we'll reform."

Us: "You can't. If you could, you wouldn't need to. We're tearing you down like an Iranian centrifuge and we'll talk to whoever rebuilds you as an actual learning center."

I was thinking about this in terms of other moral revolutions. Tell slave owners they have to institute reforms that comply with Constitutional principles re individual freedom? Even after you destroy slavery in a war, they'll work around the principles with Jim Crow-ism.

The left isn't capable of fixing their problems.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2025 06:33 PM (egH3D)

221 207 China’s market for EVs is massive"

Ain't regulated markets great?

Posted by: man at July 01, 2025 06:28 PM (tubbA)

You shall buy and use EV to get to work, Comrade!
You shall not use lack of charge on EV as excuse for late to work, Comrade!

Posted by: The Red Guards Economics Committee at July 01, 2025 06:34 PM (aBgBM)

222 When you pay taxes from your paycheck part of that goes to fund medicaid.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 01, 2025 06:28 PM (e5NfL)

Medicaid was unconstitutional from the start. But I guess we gave that battle up a long time ago.

Posted by: chavon at July 01, 2025 06:35 PM (r2ymA)

223 I visit my 93yo mom every week and see her slowly leaving this world, and me. My adult son lives in Manitoba and i see him as often as we can.
I don't mean to sound harsh toward you. I'm sorry you don't realize what a good life being born in Canada has provided.

Posted by: old chick at July 01, 2025 06:2

Lol.

The morons need to see Canadians fight. For amusement.

Beautiful country. And a lot of nice people.

But near 50% taxation.

And Covid was an eye opener. It was dystopian.

My mother was in her late 80's. I was her caregiver. We were waiting on the shots. And I became skeptical. As did Mom.

I spent 2 years worrying about her health and the government denying healthcare. Couldn't go anywhere. Nephew dropped out of school.

There's nothing wrong with Canada that 25 million dead wouldn't fix. It was bad. I was surprised.

Posted by: Stateless BUT NOT HOMELESS! 77%- mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at July 01, 2025 06:35 PM (jvJvP)

224 Yes only moabing or bluing morning side heighrs will do

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at July 01, 2025 06:36 PM (bXbFr)

225 BREAKING: UPenn has agreed to APOLOGIZE for allowing male Lia Thomas to compete on the women's swimming team. They will also vacate all of Thomas' "records" and restore them to the women who rightfully earned them.

X: https://bit.ly/44Ezcgh

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 01, 2025 05:58 PM (P5BPp)

It's another Trumpmas miracle!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2025 06:00 PM (i24o9)

----------------

An apology is worthless without some punishment and atonement: how many bunker buster bombs would suffice?

/only half-joking -- UPENN Delenda Est!

Posted by: ShainS -- Digital Arsonist (former Stochastic Terrorist) at July 01, 2025 06:36 PM (v2nXy)

226 When you pay taxes from your paycheck part of that goes to fund medicaid.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 01, 2025 06:28 PM (e5NfL)

Yeah, this whole 'saving money' on Medicare? uh... it's not part of the General Fund... its supposed to be separate as it has its OWN Tax.

Medicaid? Funded by States through State Taxes.

So these 'savings'? Bullshit to make their spending more from the General Fund look better than it is.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 01, 2025 06:36 PM (mP0Kj)

227 I am assuming the Chinese 'market' for EVs is strictly dominated by domestic manufacturers.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2025 06:36 PM (zZu0s)

228 214 because you have all these Spineless Republicans in the House and Senate.
Posted by: Buster Hymand at July 01, 2025 06:28 PM (q/j2W)

I don't think they're spineless. They just do not give a shit about anyone else's priorities.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2025 06:31 PM (zZu0s)

Yeah, seriously. They certainly find their spines when they're voting for something THEY care about.

Had no problem locating the ol' spine when it came to sending unlimited money to the CIA war in Ukraine.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 01, 2025 06:37 PM (uCjyK)

229 I for one would like to see the USA go back to fee for service: the prices should be 1/5 of what we pay now. As far as Medicare goes you are forced on it: if you try to decline it, you lose your Social Security pension too! We can debate whether the Ponzi scheme called Social Security should exist another time. Right now, too many people foolishly depend on it to sustain them in their old age. It typically means a drastic reduction in your standard of living, if you were so foolish as to not scrimp and save and thoughtfully invest during your working life. Me, I invested in Apple 🍎 in the 90s when everyone thought they were goners. I also put some money in General Dynamics, based on a WSJ article I read just before they got the contract to build all those Strykers. I could pay my medical bills on my own even without Medicare. Not everyone can.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 01, 2025 06:38 PM (1paM0)

230 BBB is typical gop negotiating

Dems we want X

Reps: we’ll give 80% of X

Dems: Come on you can do better

GOP: OK how’s 98% sound?

Dems: Cool

Then Dems still run ads calling the gop Nazis.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 01, 2025 06:38 PM (nwGCR)

231 ooof - off old Fapper sock
Posted by: Gref at July 01, 2025 06:26 PM

You don't love me anymore?

Posted by: Jake at July 01, 2025 06:39 PM (g07/a)

232 "The left isn't capable of fixing their problems."

for a start, they would have to want to. not gonna happen.

we need to fix the left. one way or another.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 01, 2025 06:39 PM (Z5NUn)

233 There is a Nood.

Posted by: Stateless BUT NOT HOMELESS! 77%- mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at July 01, 2025 06:39 PM (jvJvP)

234 Social Security should exist another time. Right now, too many people foolishly depend on it to sustain them in their old age.

—

I hope fdr is rotting in hell for creating this monstrosity.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 01, 2025 06:41 PM (nwGCR)

235 and I have had sex on it... with a Woman even... so I guess that makes it a...

Fuck Chair?
Posted by: Romeo13

Need more info... what kind of sex?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 01, 2025 06:42 PM (/lPRQ)

236 >>And they need to be told this.

Them: "Okay, we'll reform."

Us: "You can't. If you could, you wouldn't need to. We're tearing you down like an Iranian centrifuge and we'll talk to whoever rebuilds you as an actual learning center."

I was thinking about this in terms of other moral revolutions. Tell slave owners they have to institute reforms that comply with Constitutional principles re individual freedom? Even after you destroy slavery in a war, they'll work around the principles with Jim Crow-ism.

The left isn't capable of fixing their problems.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2025 06:33 PM (egH3D)

They all need to enter a Leftist Twelve Steps program. Never gonna happen. They are more addicted to Leftist Dogma than any alcohol or narcotics addict.

Posted by: Gref at July 01, 2025 06:44 PM (aBgBM)

237 In re the UPENN apology: yay! Also U Penn is one of the Ivies! And yes, they are making restitution: read the article. My point is, we’re beginning to break through on the Ivies! Also, Trump is a U Penn alumnus: the Wharton School of Business is part of the U of Penn. One of the things that infuriates the Left is that Trump is a class traitor, preferring us low life types to his own class!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 01, 2025 06:45 PM (1paM0)

238 BBB is SOP for the GOP. Not sure why anyone over 35 is upset. Disappointed, sure. But, upset? We do this every time. The hard right has no balls and the soft right always threatens to take their ball and go home.
So, as we have every time since the 80's remember, vote for it because it is better than the alternative.

Posted by: ohnonotme at July 01, 2025 08:53 PM (s8WNT)

239 The Thune Chair?
See it at next SOTU.

Posted by: Beaver at July 02, 2025 12:18 AM (tCdjd)

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