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Congress Rejected Biden's Demand for $50 Billion in Extra Spending for Medicaid Programs.
On His Own Tyrannical Authority, Biden "Authorized" $46.5 Billion of That Spending Anyway
This Saved Democracy, you know.
It just so happens the money he spent on his own authority is exactly the money currently being looted from the American taxpayer by Democrat parasite groups."Home healthcare" is that very (deliberately) exploitable form of "medical spending" that people sign up for. Like if you cook a dinner for your parents -- you can charge the taxpayers for "elder care."
The Biden administration may have failed to convince Congress to double Medicaid spending on home healthcare in 2021, but the funding increase occurred anyway.
An RCI analysis of federal data has found that spending on the program, which pays health aides and family members to act as caregivers for elderly and disabled adults, nearly doubled between 2019 and 2024, to $46.4 billion a year -- an amount nearly identical to the $50 billion per year Biden wanted. As a result, American taxpayers paid more than $217 billion for home-based care under the program during that five-year span.And whoopsie! The money was immediately stolen by Democrat constituencies.
Lacking congressional approval, policymakers simply moved the initiative out of Washington and down to the state Medicaid agencies.
They couldn't get reparations through the front door, so they snuck them in through the back door.
Although the expansion was promoted as a way to reduce reliance on more expensive nursing homes, federal data show that did not happen. Medicaid spending on nursing facilities rose by nearly $5 billion in the same five years, to $46.3 billion. In addition, the sprawling home care program has become the subject of a growing set of fraud probes and prosecutions involving the billing codes at the center of the new spending. The data suggest that the complex landscape of healthcare offers myriad ways for states and providers to access large amounts of federal funding. Promises ... The federal government put a number on the projected savings. The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation projected that for every additional dollar Medicaid spent on home care, nursing-home spending would drop by about 26 cents. Those were the figures used to make the case to Congress and to the public. Justice for Aging and the Department of Health and Human Services did not respond to requests for comment.
The battle over reparations for racial minorities in the United States has grown somewhat quiet in recent years, but it's not because proponents of it have surrendered. It's because they have already won. The list of ways in which our government redistributes wealth to minorities is long, as you'll see below, but first, it's worth paying attention to something that Democratic strategist James Carville said recently. Referring to packing the Supreme Court and making Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico states, should Democrats retake power, the cagey old Cajun said, "Don't run on it. Don't talk about it. Just do it." I posit that this is precisely what Democrats have done in regard to reparations. Take for example, marijuana legalization laws in states such as New York and Minnesota that offer loans, often forgivable, and training only to Black and Brown people, or other "special equity" groups, This is millions of tax dollars being given to people solely on the basis of their race. The excuse Democrats use is that Black and Brown people were disproportionately harmed by harsh drug laws, but obviously the vast majority have never been arrested for drug crimes. And it's not just the weed business. In Democratic enclave after Democratic enclave, these set-aside programs exist to help these "special equity" groups get a leg up in businesses like, oh, I don't know, daycare centers and hospices. In states like Minnesota and California, we have seen how this form of reparations easily falls prey to fraud. ... Even reparations studies themselves, of which there has been an endless supply and which all seem to land on needing more money for more studies, is a form of reparations. Democrats aren't even particularly shy about their use of reparations anymore. New York Mayor Zorhan Mamdani, as a candidate, defended his plan to heavily tax "wealthier and whiter," neighborhoods, by saying, "That is just a description of what we see right now. It's not driven by race. It's more of an assessment of what neighborhoods are being under-taxed versus over-taxed."More directly: Democrats have deliberately made it easy for their criminal constituents to just sign themselves up for millions in Medicaid money and then deliberately crippled all authorization and verification of the payouts. This is just handing out money is sacks to their criminal class voters.
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Posted by: GF at May 15, 2026 02:33 PM (iVUs+)
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Hola
Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 15, 2026 02:35 PM (LdBR/)
Posted by: rev the buzz at May 15, 2026 02:35 PM (et1vG)
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Cut federal spending and force states to pay for health care within their boundaries.
Posted by: mr tmz at May 15, 2026 02:35 PM (rJ48h)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 15, 2026 02:36 PM (g9Z+o)
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On His Own Tyrannical Authority, Biden "Authorized" $46.5 Billion of That Spending Anyway
'Biden'? Does he live here, too?
'Biden'? Does he live here, too?
Posted by: Joe Biden at May 15, 2026 02:36 PM (KAa/S)
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Jeebus! I dawdled around, read the content, and came in 2nd?
Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 15, 2026 02:37 PM (LdBR/)
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Hang them all.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 02:38 PM (dK+Kv)
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That don't work everywhere. I looked at this scam for my elderly father and my autistic adult son who I have guardianship over. Long story short, in North Carolina if you are a family member you aren't getting money to take care of your parent or child.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 15, 2026 02:39 PM (Vh9CX)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 02:39 PM (s9VOe)
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Zorhan Mamdani says public libraries prove public grocery stores will work.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 15, 2026 02:40 PM (Cqx++)
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His word as a Biden.
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 02:40 PM (iXqHn)
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Maybe we can get Congress to write a sternly-worded letter.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 02:40 PM (dK+Kv)
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Zorhan Mamdani says public libraries prove public grocery stores will work.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Work as what? Free range cloacas for public defecation?
Zorhan Mamdani says public libraries prove public grocery stores will work.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Work as what? Free range cloacas for public defecation?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 02:41 PM (s9VOe)
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11 Zorhan Mamdani says public libraries prove public grocery stores will work.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 15, 2026 02:40 PM (Cqx++)
Oh, is eating books when Indian Muslims do?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 15, 2026 02:40 PM (Cqx++)
Oh, is eating books when Indian Muslims do?
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 02:41 PM (iXqHn)
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But NO Kings, amirite?
Posted by: sifty boones at May 15, 2026 02:41 PM (tGvPi)
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Updated name field
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 15, 2026 02:41 PM (W5mpo)
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11 Zorhan Mamdani says public libraries prove public grocery stores will work.
Let them eat books?
Let them eat books?
Posted by: Delurker at May 15, 2026 02:41 PM (gtcuf)
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And whoopsie! The money was immediately stolen by Democrat constituencies.
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One could almost suspect that was the entire point.
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One could almost suspect that was the entire point.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 02:42 PM (Fi81e)
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>>Zorhan Mamdani says public libraries prove public grocery stores will work.
Working in the Return Department is gonna be a shitty job.
Working in the Return Department is gonna be a shitty job.
Posted by: garrett at May 15, 2026 02:42 PM (4ljtY)
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And with all that patronage in place...they couldn't win 2024.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 02:42 PM (xBVv0)
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I read the article, went to do something else, and came back to an empty comment thread.
What a noob.
What a noob.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 15, 2026 02:42 PM (XHO5P)
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"Like if you cook a dinner for your parents -- you can charge the taxpayers for "elder care."
How much could I make for feeding myself? I'm elderly.
I just had lunch, and did dishes. A living wage for that service should be at least $100. And I have a lot of imaginary friends that I feed at the same lunch.
Mo' Money, Mo' Money.
How much could I make for feeding myself? I'm elderly.
I just had lunch, and did dishes. A living wage for that service should be at least $100. And I have a lot of imaginary friends that I feed at the same lunch.
Mo' Money, Mo' Money.
Posted by: illiniwek at May 15, 2026 02:42 PM (vbXSk)
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It really makes one wonder how much Trump really won by in 2024. (and won by in 2020)
Posted by: Delurker at May 15, 2026 02:43 PM (gtcuf)
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Did Doctor Jill Biden get a check for feeding Joe his strained peas and changing his diaper?
Posted by: garrett at May 15, 2026 02:43 PM (4ljtY)
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Credentialed democrats raid the treasury through NGOs and feed their white savior complex. Minority democrats raid the treasury through rampant fraud and feed their thirst for reparations.
It's the perfect system.
It's the perfect system.
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at May 15, 2026 02:43 PM (yFLFB)
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But NO Kings, amirite?
Posted by: sifty boones at May 15, 2026 02:41 PM (tGvPi)
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But
1. the Democrats agreed with it.
2. you...SHOULD agree with it.
So, it SHOULD pass a vote, unless we're all racist.
Thus it's an optimized virtual democracy--or you're racist.
Posted by: sifty boones at May 15, 2026 02:41 PM (tGvPi)
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But
1. the Democrats agreed with it.
2. you...SHOULD agree with it.
So, it SHOULD pass a vote, unless we're all racist.
Thus it's an optimized virtual democracy--or you're racist.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 02:43 PM (Fi81e)
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It's funny that Somalian imports (descendants of slave traders) got a hold of most of the money before any of the descendants of slaves got a chance to get their hands on it. Won't they be mad when they find out!
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 15, 2026 02:44 PM (Dv3i1)
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Billions for everyone but the law-abiding citizen, they get pennies.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 15, 2026 02:44 PM (73/SM)
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Zorhan Mamdani says public libraries prove public grocery stores will work.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Work as what? Free range cloacas for public defecation?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 02:41 PM (s9VOe)
A place where you can check out your food and return it when you are done with it.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Work as what? Free range cloacas for public defecation?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 02:41 PM (s9VOe)
A place where you can check out your food and return it when you are done with it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 02:44 PM (dK+Kv)
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24 It really makes one wonder how much Trump really won by in 2024. (and won by in 2020)
Posted by: Delurker at May 15, 2026 02:43 PM (gtcuf)
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Well, he won GA in 2020 by at least 290,000 votes.
Probably more.
Posted by: Delurker at May 15, 2026 02:43 PM (gtcuf)
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Well, he won GA in 2020 by at least 290,000 votes.
Probably more.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 02:44 PM (xBVv0)
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Just keep refusing to reimburse the states that committed fraud with Biden's help until the money that was stolen is offset. Make the states prove they weren't frauds. Of course Hawaiian judges will run interference, but the Feds got lots and f lawyers
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 02:44 PM (gu0hJ)
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And here I sit paying my SBA loan every single month.
Posted by: Piper at May 15, 2026 02:44 PM (p4NUW)
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I wonder what the average payout per Democrat voter is? Like, how much would I get to vote (D)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2026 02:45 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Adriane the Not Cynical Enough Critic . . . at May 15, 2026 02:45 PM (3ZUWJ)
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If states want to fuck their local constituents, that's not my problem.
When they take on federal subsidies and funding, then we have a problem. I want them all pilloried and horse-whipped.
When they take on federal subsidies and funding, then we have a problem. I want them all pilloried and horse-whipped.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 15, 2026 02:45 PM (D1E+2)
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$46B is outrageous!! We won’t tolerate a dime more than $45B. Since we are so fiscally conservative and such.
- GOP
- GOP
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 02:45 PM (f5ZdA)
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His word as a Bidenteenage daughter shower buddy.
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 02:40 PM (iXqHn)
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Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 02:40 PM (iXqHn)
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Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 02:45 PM (Fi81e)
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We need to lop a couple fingers off those that would betray the public trust. Maybe give them the "dirty nose sign" ala The outlaw Josey Wales. Both?
Posted by: connected and litigious at May 15, 2026 02:45 PM (cS1cw)
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Or his Auto-Pen authorized it
Posted by: Skip at May 15, 2026 02:45 PM (aYs8h)
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OT: Lauren Boebert will campaign with Thomas Massie in Kentucky tomorrow and is expected to endorse him.
I wonder if he shared some of his popcorn with her in the theater?
I wonder if he shared some of his popcorn with her in the theater?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 15, 2026 02:45 PM (abIsI)
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I saw a video this morning -- from CA, I think -- where several folks who bought bottled water using their EBT cards were emptying out said bottles onto the ground so that they could turn in the empties for a cash refund. They'd buy a "plates of beans" with that, of course*.
*"Spare change to buy a plate of beans?" was a common panhandlers' line used by the "romantic street people" of Berkeley when I was in school there some years ago.
I saw a video this morning -- from CA, I think -- where several folks who bought bottled water using their EBT cards were emptying out said bottles onto the ground so that they could turn in the empties for a cash refund. They'd buy a "plates of beans" with that, of course*.
*"Spare change to buy a plate of beans?" was a common panhandlers' line used by the "romantic street people" of Berkeley when I was in school there some years ago.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 02:46 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 15, 2026 02:46 PM (qrzX6)
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As a home healthcare worker who supports a quadrupalegic friend thatives with us, I'd just like to say that many of us aren't scamming anything.
It is, in fact, cheaper to have people like us than a group home or institution assisting people like my friend.
It is, in fact, cheaper to have people like us than a group home or institution assisting people like my friend.
Posted by: 29Victor at May 15, 2026 02:46 PM (0MjtC)
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39 We need to lop a couple fingers off those that would betray the public trust. Maybe give them the "dirty nose sign" ala The outlaw Josey Wales. Both?
Posted by: connected and litigious
A benosing.
Posted by: connected and litigious
A benosing.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 15, 2026 02:46 PM (abIsI)
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Hang them all.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
cut. jib. newsletter.
Posted by: Adriane the Not Cynical Enough Critic . . . at May 15, 2026 02:45 PM (3ZUWJ)
That's it. That's the newsletter. Go forth and propagate.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
cut. jib. newsletter.
Posted by: Adriane the Not Cynical Enough Critic . . . at May 15, 2026 02:45 PM (3ZUWJ)
That's it. That's the newsletter. Go forth and propagate.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 02:46 PM (dK+Kv)
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Some revelation.
Since SCOAMF picked the stupid old commie sonofabitch as his staggering mate, the journalice have ate Biden's shit and then complimented his diet.
They knew every bit of this. And anyone unfortunate enough to need help from the government has known forever that if you are straight and white you are shit out of luck asking for help.
If you are the right color or wave the pride flag, the fuckin office drones will fill out the paperwork for you. Just sit in the lobby and let your kids scream until the drone tells you how much of my tax money you won in the diversalottery.
Since SCOAMF picked the stupid old commie sonofabitch as his staggering mate, the journalice have ate Biden's shit and then complimented his diet.
They knew every bit of this. And anyone unfortunate enough to need help from the government has known forever that if you are straight and white you are shit out of luck asking for help.
If you are the right color or wave the pride flag, the fuckin office drones will fill out the paperwork for you. Just sit in the lobby and let your kids scream until the drone tells you how much of my tax money you won in the diversalottery.
Posted by: sifty boones at May 15, 2026 02:47 PM (2OtXt)
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Thieves bring out the worst in me.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 15, 2026 02:46 PM (qrzX6)
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Bringing stuff out is what they do.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 15, 2026 02:46 PM (qrzX6)
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Bringing stuff out is what they do.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 02:47 PM (Fi81e)
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Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 02:46 PM (s9VOe)
They'll work so hard to get free stuff, but won't work hard at actual paying work.
They'll work so hard to get free stuff, but won't work hard at actual paying work.
Posted by: Delurker at May 15, 2026 02:48 PM (gtcuf)
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41 OT: Lauren Boebert will campaign with Thomas Massie in Kentucky tomorrow and is expected to endorse him.
I wonder if he shared some of his popcorn with her in the theater?
Posted by: Maj. Healey
I read it as an endorsement from Lorena Bobbit. Carry on.
I wonder if he shared some of his popcorn with her in the theater?
Posted by: Maj. Healey
I read it as an endorsement from Lorena Bobbit. Carry on.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 15, 2026 02:48 PM (Dv3i1)
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Thieves bring out the worst in me.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 15, 2026 02:46 PM (qrzX6)
These thieves are stealing from your children and grandchildren, in broad daylight, laughing at you, and daring you to do something about it.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 15, 2026 02:46 PM (qrzX6)
These thieves are stealing from your children and grandchildren, in broad daylight, laughing at you, and daring you to do something about it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 02:48 PM (dK+Kv)
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The easiest fraud to prove should be the NY home care fraud. Hochul and her friends rammed through a whole bunch of changes using out of state companies that were campaign contributors. Very blatant
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 02:48 PM (gu0hJ)
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if i can say something on his behalf, biden probably had no idea. about this or anything
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 15, 2026 02:48 PM (CWTWj)
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41 OT: Lauren Boebert will campaign with Thomas Massie in Kentucky tomorrow and is expected to endorse him.
I wonder if he shared some of his popcorn with her in the theater?
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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She got pissed off at Trump for killing a project in her district after she showed her ass on some bill by voting with Democrats. Then was seen with laughing, etc. beside the Gay Polesmoking Democrat governor of CO at a ballgame (Polis).
A Majorie Traitor Greene clone I suspect.
I wonder if he shared some of his popcorn with her in the theater?
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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She got pissed off at Trump for killing a project in her district after she showed her ass on some bill by voting with Democrats. Then was seen with laughing, etc. beside the Gay Polesmoking Democrat governor of CO at a ballgame (Polis).
A Majorie Traitor Greene clone I suspect.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 02:48 PM (E4rtv)
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Boebert and MTG were always retarded.
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 02:49 PM (f5ZdA)
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They'll work so hard to get free stuff, but won't work hard at actual paying work.
Posted by: Delurker
Paying work usually requires punctuality.
Posted by: Delurker
Paying work usually requires punctuality.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 15, 2026 02:49 PM (abIsI)
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41 OT: Lauren Boebert will campaign with Thomas Massie in Kentucky tomorrow and is expected to endorse him.
I wonder if he shared some of his popcorn with her in the theater?
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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I think she's been angling herself to be some kind of leader of the post-Trump GOP that's focused on Epstein. So, she and Massie are natural allies at this point within the Party.
I wonder if he shared some of his popcorn with her in the theater?
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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I think she's been angling herself to be some kind of leader of the post-Trump GOP that's focused on Epstein. So, she and Massie are natural allies at this point within the Party.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 02:49 PM (xBVv0)
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I've said for years that the government put the mafia out of business because they didn't want the competition.
How does it go? Identify a respected institution. Kill it. Gut it. Wear its carcass as a skin suit, while demanding respect. The Democrats took that to heart.
How does it go? Identify a respected institution. Kill it. Gut it. Wear its carcass as a skin suit, while demanding respect. The Democrats took that to heart.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at May 15, 2026 02:49 PM (QaH55)
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These thieves are stealing from your children and grandchildren, in broad daylight, laughing at you, and daring you to do something about it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 02:48 PM (dK+Kv)
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I mentioned that they were nihilists in a previous thread. Not all of it is fully conscious nihilism. Just amounts to it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 02:48 PM (dK+Kv)
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I mentioned that they were nihilists in a previous thread. Not all of it is fully conscious nihilism. Just amounts to it.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 02:50 PM (Fi81e)
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Posted by: 29Victor at May 15, 2026 02:46 PM (0MjtC)
In my opinion based on first hand experience you are the exception ( not doing it for monetary gain) . That said it is less expensive than hiring independent contractors and why I allays provided the option to family or friends to provide the necessary care.
In my opinion based on first hand experience you are the exception ( not doing it for monetary gain) . That said it is less expensive than hiring independent contractors and why I allays provided the option to family or friends to provide the necessary care.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 15, 2026 02:50 PM (qrzX6)
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I would not take it badly, if these myriad thieves and professional grifters were to die in a fire right now.
It’s better than they deserve, but I’m generous to a fault.
It’s better than they deserve, but I’m generous to a fault.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 15, 2026 02:51 PM (dBJdm)
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Every major social movement
- starts out as a cause
- devolves into a business
- ends up a racket
EVERY SINGLE ONE!
- starts out as a cause
- devolves into a business
- ends up a racket
EVERY SINGLE ONE!
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at May 15, 2026 02:51 PM (MNCvZ)
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>>>On His Own Tyrannical Authority, Biden "Authorized" $46.5 Billion of That Spending Anyway
Democrats are the BAMN Party. By Any Means Necessary, To:
Steal taxpayer's money for themselves, their family members, and powerful friends and constituents.
Grab power.
Punish political opponents.
Give national security secrets to current and possible enemies.
Steal elections.
Live large at taxpayer's expense.
Escape punishment if caught breaking the law.
Democrats are the BAMN Party. By Any Means Necessary, To:
Steal taxpayer's money for themselves, their family members, and powerful friends and constituents.
Grab power.
Punish political opponents.
Give national security secrets to current and possible enemies.
Steal elections.
Live large at taxpayer's expense.
Escape punishment if caught breaking the law.
Posted by: Gref at May 15, 2026 02:51 PM (5rh/l)
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Some good news -
@Osint613
BREAKING: Israel says it carried out a strike in Gaza targeting Hamas military chief Izz al-Din al-Haddad, described as one of the architects of the Oct. 7 attacks.
The initial indication is that he was killed, per Times of Israel.
@Osint613
BREAKING: Israel says it carried out a strike in Gaza targeting Hamas military chief Izz al-Din al-Haddad, described as one of the architects of the Oct. 7 attacks.
The initial indication is that he was killed, per Times of Israel.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 15, 2026 02:52 PM (Dv3i1)
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Out: "Capitalists would sell us the rope with which we would hang them." -- Lenin
In: "Fuck that -- the capitalists wised up to our plans, so let's just steal their money and then hang them anyway." -- Biden
In: "Fuck that -- the capitalists wised up to our plans, so let's just steal their money and then hang them anyway." -- Biden
Posted by: zombie at May 15, 2026 02:53 PM (Av6i5)
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Atheists are sloppy thinkers who just kick the can down the road. That's why Democratism is not explicit nihilism. It's not a fully realized nihilism.
It's just the background radiation of their universe.
Politics becomes divvying the spoils.
It's just the background radiation of their universe.
Politics becomes divvying the spoils.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 02:53 PM (Fi81e)
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Adam and Eve were dirty scandi ice backs. Garden of Sweden and all.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 15, 2026 02:54 PM (Kt19C)
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"Like if you cook a dinner for your parents -- you can charge the taxpayers for "elder care."
How much could I make for feeding myself? I'm elderly.
I just had lunch, and did dishes. A living wage for that service should be at least $100. And I have a lot of imaginary friends that I feed at the same lunch.
Mo' Money, Mo' Money.
Posted by: illiniwek at May 15, 2026 02:42 PM (vbXSk)
The current scam addition is a movement to get 24 billable hours per day for this instead of the current 8 or 12.
How much could I make for feeding myself? I'm elderly.
I just had lunch, and did dishes. A living wage for that service should be at least $100. And I have a lot of imaginary friends that I feed at the same lunch.
Mo' Money, Mo' Money.
Posted by: illiniwek at May 15, 2026 02:42 PM (vbXSk)
The current scam addition is a movement to get 24 billable hours per day for this instead of the current 8 or 12.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 15, 2026 02:55 PM (8avO+)
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Are we winning against the 'cashless society' push? When you allow cash, folks at least have the option to do some grey or black market side hustle and not hand 1/3 to 1/2 of that income to the fed parasites. That's probably why they'd like to outlaw cash. And even cashless, folks can sometimes just do no money trades, which the commies hate and the IRS says you are supposed to record that as income (as if anyone actually does)
Posted by: PaleRider at May 15, 2026 02:55 PM (PV+Zw)
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24 It really makes one wonder how much Trump really won by in 2024. (and won by in 2020)
Posted by: Delurker
Trump, depending on whether the actual vote switching or depression algorithm exists, got 74 million or so votes from people in 2020 (up from 63 million in 2016) that everyone agrees upon.
Biden increased Democrat ballots, not necessarily people, from 66 Million for Hillary in 2016 to 81 million in 2020. Obama got about the same in 2012 for reelection.
Given no campaigning, virulent opposition to examining ballots, voting machines, and getting testimony from the officials involved in the race, plus the massive attempt to coverup the fraud for years, means that Biden likely legitimately got around what Hillary and Obama got. About 66-67 million, maybe 70 tops. The rest was purely fraudulent mail in ballots. Kamala lost in part because general mail in ballot rule was not in place for 2024.
Posted by: Delurker
Trump, depending on whether the actual vote switching or depression algorithm exists, got 74 million or so votes from people in 2020 (up from 63 million in 2016) that everyone agrees upon.
Biden increased Democrat ballots, not necessarily people, from 66 Million for Hillary in 2016 to 81 million in 2020. Obama got about the same in 2012 for reelection.
Given no campaigning, virulent opposition to examining ballots, voting machines, and getting testimony from the officials involved in the race, plus the massive attempt to coverup the fraud for years, means that Biden likely legitimately got around what Hillary and Obama got. About 66-67 million, maybe 70 tops. The rest was purely fraudulent mail in ballots. Kamala lost in part because general mail in ballot rule was not in place for 2024.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 02:56 PM (E4rtv)
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62 Every major social movement
- starts out as a cause
- devolves into a business
- ends up a racket
EVERY SINGLE ONE!
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at May 15, 2026 02:51 PM (MNCvZ)
Code Pink was started in 2002 as an anti Iraq War group. The Iraq war has been over for 15 years. And yet, Code Oink still exists and collects money for “the cause”, which is of course funneled to Democrats.
- starts out as a cause
- devolves into a business
- ends up a racket
EVERY SINGLE ONE!
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at May 15, 2026 02:51 PM (MNCvZ)
Code Pink was started in 2002 as an anti Iraq War group. The Iraq war has been over for 15 years. And yet, Code Oink still exists and collects money for “the cause”, which is of course funneled to Democrats.
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 02:56 PM (f5ZdA)
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Posted by: paul at May 15, 2026 02:54 PM (59BGO)
I would expect you to refuse to help your parents if you don't get paid. You want me to pay for it. Fucking immoral retard.
I would expect you to refuse to help your parents if you don't get paid. You want me to pay for it. Fucking immoral retard.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 15, 2026 02:56 PM (qrzX6)
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Lol. Paul is stupid.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 15, 2026 02:56 PM (zZu0s)
74
I really doubt Biden authorized a fkin thing
Posted by: Skip at May 15, 2026 02:57 PM (Ia/+0)
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62 Every major social movement
- starts out as a cause
- devolves into a business
- ends up a racket
EVERY SINGLE ONE!
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy
You skipped the first step:
-- Knowing that every cause eventually turns into a racket, amoral pseudo-leftists generate an endless procession of feel-good social movements, for the very purpose of profiting from them later.
- starts out as a cause
- devolves into a business
- ends up a racket
EVERY SINGLE ONE!
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy
You skipped the first step:
-- Knowing that every cause eventually turns into a racket, amoral pseudo-leftists generate an endless procession of feel-good social movements, for the very purpose of profiting from them later.
Posted by: zombie at May 15, 2026 02:57 PM (Av6i5)
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And remember:
All of these billions had to be washed through agencies and NGOs first, so they could take their cut.
This is why it seemed Dems always had money to top off every campaign down to city council--they had billions of tax dollars to draw from.
How Obama, Biden and Harris could all easily raise a billion+ in campaign funds.
How they can afford to saturate the air waves every election.
All of these billions had to be washed through agencies and NGOs first, so they could take their cut.
This is why it seemed Dems always had money to top off every campaign down to city council--they had billions of tax dollars to draw from.
How Obama, Biden and Harris could all easily raise a billion+ in campaign funds.
How they can afford to saturate the air waves every election.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 15, 2026 02:57 PM (73/SM)
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Remember Cindy Sheehan? She got shuffled off once she wasn't useful anymore.
Anything for the cause, right Paul?
Anything for the cause, right Paul?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 15, 2026 02:57 PM (zZu0s)
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60 Posted by: 29Victor at May 15, 2026 02:46 PM (0MjtC)
In my opinion based on first hand experience you are the exception ( not doing it for monetary gain) . That said it is less expensive than hiring independent contractors and why I allays provided the option to family or friends to provide the necessary care.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 15, 2026 02:50 PM (qrzX6)
Everyone I have met who does my job does it out of love, but you may have had more encounters than me.
But group homes are also profit-motivated, as are in-home care businesses. In fact, my particular friend was at a group home that was warehousing him and making pretty good money off of him and four other quadruplegics (with only three staff!) when we were finally able to accommodate him in our home.
In my opinion based on first hand experience you are the exception ( not doing it for monetary gain) . That said it is less expensive than hiring independent contractors and why I allays provided the option to family or friends to provide the necessary care.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 15, 2026 02:50 PM (qrzX6)
Everyone I have met who does my job does it out of love, but you may have had more encounters than me.
But group homes are also profit-motivated, as are in-home care businesses. In fact, my particular friend was at a group home that was warehousing him and making pretty good money off of him and four other quadruplegics (with only three staff!) when we were finally able to accommodate him in our home.
Posted by: 29Victor at May 15, 2026 02:58 PM (0MjtC)
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I think she's been angling herself to be some kind of leader of the post-Trump GOP that's focused on Epstein. So, she and Massie are natural allies at this point within the Party.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I think that cause celebre is doomed. There is no there--there. And Boebert is simply not that charismatic nor particularly smart. I rate her about the same as MTG with less survival instincts than Nancy Mace.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I think that cause celebre is doomed. There is no there--there. And Boebert is simply not that charismatic nor particularly smart. I rate her about the same as MTG with less survival instincts than Nancy Mace.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 02:58 PM (E4rtv)
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Lauren Boebert 's claim to fame was back in 2019 when she confronted then candidate Beto during a town hall meeting. Beto was talking about gun control and Boebert shouted, " Hell no, you’re not!” After that the rest is history.
What happened to these people?
What happened to these people?
Posted by: redridinghood at May 15, 2026 02:59 PM (NpAcC)
81
-- Knowing that every cause eventually turns into a racket, amoral pseudo-leftists generate an endless procession of feel-good social movements, for the very purpose of profiting from them later.
Posted by: zombie at May 15, 2026 02:57 PM (Av6i5)
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Also, as legit causes of actual "social progression" become popular and take over, you have to keep ahead of the crowd, you can't just sink back into the bell curve!
Posted by: zombie at May 15, 2026 02:57 PM (Av6i5)
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Also, as legit causes of actual "social progression" become popular and take over, you have to keep ahead of the crowd, you can't just sink back into the bell curve!
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 02:59 PM (Fi81e)
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79 I think that cause celebre is doomed. There is no there--there. And Boebert is simply not that charismatic nor particularly smart. I rate her about the same as MTG with less survival instincts than Nancy Mace.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 02:58 PM (E4rtv)
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Retort:
Boobs.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 02:58 PM (E4rtv)
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Retort:
Boobs.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 02:59 PM (xBVv0)
83
Given no campaigning, virulent opposition to examining ballots, voting machines, and getting testimony from the officials involved in the race, plus the massive attempt to coverup the fraud for years, means that Biden likely legitimately got around what Hillary and Obama got. About 66-67 million, maybe 70 tops. The rest was purely fraudulent mail in ballots. Kamala lost in part because general mail in ballot rule was not in place for 2024.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 02:56 PM (E4rtv)
Even if it had been they would not be able to swing it. Even in 2020 they needed that old fashioned midnight cheating to get over the line.
Another rule of thumb is to look at the shortfall Harris got vs Biden in 2020. Not much reason for Biden loyalists to defect to Trump, but for some reason the vote was down by millions.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 02:56 PM (E4rtv)
Even if it had been they would not be able to swing it. Even in 2020 they needed that old fashioned midnight cheating to get over the line.
Another rule of thumb is to look at the shortfall Harris got vs Biden in 2020. Not much reason for Biden loyalists to defect to Trump, but for some reason the vote was down by millions.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 15, 2026 02:59 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 15, 2026 02:59 PM (HdYcL)
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So picking the fringe of "social progression" is likely "hit and miss". But a self-defined "progressive" needs that signifier--Hey! What I want is NOT that popular. So that must change. I
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 03:01 PM (Fi81e)
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Boebert, MTG and Nancy Mace. They're as bad in their own way as Jasmine Rachet.
Posted by: mr tmz at May 15, 2026 03:01 PM (rJ48h)
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Boebert always struck me as the Republicans version of AOC. Both aren't real bright but they spouted the right slogans . Boebert is imploding because Republicans get tired of critters like her (see MTG). Dems still love AOC because they're more sheep like
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 03:01 PM (gu0hJ)
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Zorhan Mamdani says public libraries prove public grocery stores will work.
Well, they prove *how* public grocery stores will work.
Well, they prove *how* public grocery stores will work.
Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2026 03:01 PM (KAa/S)
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What happened to these people?
Posted by: redridinghood at May 15, 2026 02:59 PM (NpAcC)
Nothing happened to them. They were stupid retards all along, Boebert was kinda hot and wore a gun while working as a waitress in short shorts. Oooooh come retire heroine!!! And MTG said all the right things so people ignored that she’s a literal imbecile.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 15, 2026 02:59 PM (NpAcC)
Nothing happened to them. They were stupid retards all along, Boebert was kinda hot and wore a gun while working as a waitress in short shorts. Oooooh come retire heroine!!! And MTG said all the right things so people ignored that she’s a literal imbecile.
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 03:02 PM (f5ZdA)
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84
What the Democrats do with the tax money coerced from you is none of your business.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 15, 2026 02:59 PM (HdYcL)
This!!!
What the Democrats do with the tax money coerced from you is none of your business.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 15, 2026 02:59 PM (HdYcL)
This!!!
Posted by: Costa Rica Realtors Association at May 15, 2026 03:02 PM (2WIwB)
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loans, often forgivable, and training only to Black and Brown people, or other "special equity" groups
================
Paging Harmeet Dhillon ffs.
loans, often forgivable, and training only to Black and Brown people, or other "special equity" groups
================
Paging Harmeet Dhillon ffs.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 15, 2026 03:02 PM (XJ22o)
92
Lauren Boebert 's claim to fame was back in 2019 when she confronted then candidate Beto during a town hall meeting. Beto was talking about gun control and Boebert shouted, " Hell no, you’re not!” After that the rest is history.
What happened to these people?
Posted by: redridinghood at May 15, 2026 02:59 PM (NpAcC)
ODd huffing their own farts.
What happened to these people?
Posted by: redridinghood at May 15, 2026 02:59 PM (NpAcC)
ODd huffing their own farts.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 03:02 PM (dK+Kv)
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Zorhan Mamdani says public libraries prove public grocery stores will work.
Well, they prove *how* public grocery stores will work.
Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2026 03:01 PM (KAa/S)
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"Are you done with that burger?"
Well, they prove *how* public grocery stores will work.
Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2026 03:01 PM (KAa/S)
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"Are you done with that burger?"
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 03:03 PM (Fi81e)
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74 I really doubt Biden authorized a fkin thing
Posted by: Skip at May 15, 2026 02:57 PM (Ia/+0)
Clearly not.
If and when we find out who signed all that stuff, they all need to go to prison.
Posted by: Skip at May 15, 2026 02:57 PM (Ia/+0)
Clearly not.
If and when we find out who signed all that stuff, they all need to go to prison.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 15, 2026 03:03 PM (DwqWV)
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Nothing happened to them. They were stupid retards all along, Boebert was kinda hot and wore a gun while working as a waitress in short shorts. Oooooh come retire heroine!!! And MTG said all the right things so people ignored that she’s a literal imbecile.
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 03:02 PM (f5ZdA)
That's an US problem. But we never learn.
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 03:02 PM (f5ZdA)
That's an US problem. But we never learn.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 03:04 PM (dK+Kv)
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Zorhan Mamdani says public libraries prove public grocery stores will work.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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Get yourself the grocery Andrew Carnegie and Bob's your uncle.
Zorhan Mamdani says public libraries prove public grocery stores will work.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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Get yourself the grocery Andrew Carnegie and Bob's your uncle.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 15, 2026 03:04 PM (XJ22o)
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95 That's an US problem. But we never learn.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 03:04 PM (dK+Kv)
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I never voted for Mace, and I even lived in her district.
I voted third party.
But, I also usually vote third party.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 03:04 PM (dK+Kv)
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I never voted for Mace, and I even lived in her district.
I voted third party.
But, I also usually vote third party.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 03:04 PM (xBVv0)
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91
loans, often forgivable, and training only to Black and Brown people, or other "special equity" groups
================
Paging Harmeet Dhillon ffs.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 15, 2026 03:02 PM (XJ22o)
When we were losing our house during the Obama disaster, we were told to apply for help meeting our mortgage obligation. We applied, and then the next month, they said our paperwork was incomplete, so please apply again. This went on for four months. Turns out, we are not "of color," so no programs were available to help, but they couldn't tell us that, so they just kept messing up the paperwork.
Everything about that was a scam, put in place by the Lightbringer, piss be upon him.
loans, often forgivable, and training only to Black and Brown people, or other "special equity" groups
================
Paging Harmeet Dhillon ffs.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 15, 2026 03:02 PM (XJ22o)
When we were losing our house during the Obama disaster, we were told to apply for help meeting our mortgage obligation. We applied, and then the next month, they said our paperwork was incomplete, so please apply again. This went on for four months. Turns out, we are not "of color," so no programs were available to help, but they couldn't tell us that, so they just kept messing up the paperwork.
Everything about that was a scam, put in place by the Lightbringer, piss be upon him.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 15, 2026 03:05 PM (DwqWV)
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The only scarcity in libraries is that two people cannot read the same physical book at the same time.
The solution is time.
That can't possibly apply to groceries.
That's why "Are you done with that burger?" seems to summarize key differences between how libraries and grocery stores operate.
The solution is time.
That can't possibly apply to groceries.
That's why "Are you done with that burger?" seems to summarize key differences between how libraries and grocery stores operate.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 03:05 PM (Fi81e)
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Zorhan Mamdani says public libraries prove public grocery stores will work.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
============
Get yourself the grocery Andrew Carnegie and Bob's your uncle.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 15, 2026 03:04 PM (XJ22o)
Hi, I'd like to check out How To Win Fries and Influence Paella.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
============
Get yourself the grocery Andrew Carnegie and Bob's your uncle.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 15, 2026 03:04 PM (XJ22o)
Hi, I'd like to check out How To Win Fries and Influence Paella.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 03:06 PM (dK+Kv)
101
Posted by: 29Victor at May 15, 2026 02:58 PM (0MjtC)
Businesses are for profit. I don't have a problem with that. Family in the past thought of it as a responsibility and did not expect pay. And when I took care of my mother in the last two years of her life getting paid was the last thing that crossed my mind.
My experience was regard to Workers Comp claims which provided lifetime medical for treatment arising out of the work related injury. I had many paras and quads and brain damaged claimants being taken care of by family . Unfortunately many times it became more about a paying job than it was taking care of a loved one.
Businesses are for profit. I don't have a problem with that. Family in the past thought of it as a responsibility and did not expect pay. And when I took care of my mother in the last two years of her life getting paid was the last thing that crossed my mind.
My experience was regard to Workers Comp claims which provided lifetime medical for treatment arising out of the work related injury. I had many paras and quads and brain damaged claimants being taken care of by family . Unfortunately many times it became more about a paying job than it was taking care of a loved one.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 15, 2026 03:06 PM (qrzX6)
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Zorhan Mamdani says public libraries prove public grocery stores will work.
Well, they prove *how* public grocery stores will work.
Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2026 03:01 PM (KAa/S)
So, you just borrow groceries, and then return them on time or pay a fine?
Not sure how that works, actually, because by the time they are due to be turned in, they have mostly turned to shit.
Well, they prove *how* public grocery stores will work.
Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2026 03:01 PM (KAa/S)
So, you just borrow groceries, and then return them on time or pay a fine?
Not sure how that works, actually, because by the time they are due to be turned in, they have mostly turned to shit.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 15, 2026 03:06 PM (DwqWV)
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Problem is Auto-Pen signed mostly everything, so who actually authorized it?
Posted by: Skip at May 15, 2026 03:07 PM (Ia/+0)
104
I never voted for Mace, and I even lived in her district.
I voted third party.
But, I also usually vote third party.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 03:04 PM (xBVv0)
You are not US.
I voted third party.
But, I also usually vote third party.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 03:04 PM (xBVv0)
You are not US.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 03:07 PM (dK+Kv)
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> So, you just borrow groceries, and then return them on time or pay a fine?
Not sure how that works, actually, because by the time they are due to be turned in, they have mostly turned to shit.
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Socialist recycling...
Not sure how that works, actually, because by the time they are due to be turned in, they have mostly turned to shit.
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Socialist recycling...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2026 03:07 PM (jehhT)
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104 You are not US.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 03:07 PM (dK+Kv)
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Gooble gobble?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 03:07 PM (dK+Kv)
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Gooble gobble?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 03:07 PM (xBVv0)
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Not much reason for Biden loyalists to defect to Trump, but for some reason the vote was down by millions.
Posted by: Oldcat
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That part is easy, no general mail in voting as occurred in 2020 Covid election rules. There is endemic voter fraud in all cheat by mail states and those that allow ballot harvesting/drop boxes.
Real life voter fraud in person is rare (not eligible voters voting in person less rare) but the easiest way to cheat is a) through mail in ballots, b) rigging the count after the election--discarding opponent votes, tabulating software algorithms, inserting ballots, etc.
Requires a lot fewer people in the conspiracy and plausible deniability than risking widespread fraud voting in person.
Posted by: Oldcat
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That part is easy, no general mail in voting as occurred in 2020 Covid election rules. There is endemic voter fraud in all cheat by mail states and those that allow ballot harvesting/drop boxes.
Real life voter fraud in person is rare (not eligible voters voting in person less rare) but the easiest way to cheat is a) through mail in ballots, b) rigging the count after the election--discarding opponent votes, tabulating software algorithms, inserting ballots, etc.
Requires a lot fewer people in the conspiracy and plausible deniability than risking widespread fraud voting in person.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 03:07 PM (E4rtv)
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So.
It's now after noon on a Friday.
While alcohol cannot solve all my ills, it'll provide a good start. And it's not like asparagus, broccoli, or that gawd-awful okra are going to do anything for me.
Cheers Hordemates!
It's now after noon on a Friday.
While alcohol cannot solve all my ills, it'll provide a good start. And it's not like asparagus, broccoli, or that gawd-awful okra are going to do anything for me.
Cheers Hordemates!
Posted by: Diogenes at May 15, 2026 03:07 PM (2WIwB)
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I want Mamdani to do all sorts of wacky shit. I’ll enjoy watching the city decay from a distance.
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 03:08 PM (f5ZdA)
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Whats that called when you are so stupid you think you are smart? Maybe they will change it to Mandamism in the future.
Posted by: PaleRider at May 15, 2026 03:08 PM (PV+Zw)
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So are the stinky homeless just going to hang out at the public grocery stores?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 15, 2026 03:09 PM (qrzX6)
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81 Also, as legit causes of actual "social progression" become popular and take over, you have to keep ahead of the crowd, you can't just sink back into the bell curve!
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 02:59 PM (Fi81e)
If you can't keep in front of the train, you get run over by it.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 02:59 PM (Fi81e)
If you can't keep in front of the train, you get run over by it.
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 03:09 PM (iXqHn)
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Libraries with coffee shops never let me "check out" a coffee.
Hmmmm. It's like they only lend persistent goods and no consumables.
Marx was bad at economics.
Marxists continue in this tradition.
Hmmmm. It's like they only lend persistent goods and no consumables.
Marx was bad at economics.
Marxists continue in this tradition.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 03:09 PM (Fi81e)
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I saw a video this morning -- from CA, I think -- where several folks who bought bottled water using their EBT cards were emptying out said bottles onto the ground so that they could turn in the empties for a cash refund. They'd buy a "plates of beans" with that, of course*.
*"Spare change to buy a plate of beans?" was a common panhandlers' line used by the "romantic street people" of Berkeley when I was in school there some years ago.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 02:46 PM (s9VOe)
still better than letting them buy booze with it.
*"Spare change to buy a plate of beans?" was a common panhandlers' line used by the "romantic street people" of Berkeley when I was in school there some years ago.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 02:46 PM (s9VOe)
still better than letting them buy booze with it.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 15, 2026 03:09 PM (8avO+)
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Mandamism: the phenomenon that sends businesses fleeing NYC for safter locations.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2026 03:09 PM (jehhT)
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>>>So, you just borrow groceries, and then return them on time or pay a fine?
>>>Not sure how that works, actually, because by the time they are due to be turned in, they have mostly turned to shit.
Obligatory: They'll make it up in volume.
Obligatory2: They just write it off.
>>>Not sure how that works, actually, because by the time they are due to be turned in, they have mostly turned to shit.
Obligatory: They'll make it up in volume.
Obligatory2: They just write it off.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 03:10 PM (dK+Kv)
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At a bare minimum, 30pct of any locate, state or federal budget is straight looting and corruption.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 15, 2026 03:10 PM (XV/Pl)
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So are the stinky homeless just going to hang out at the public grocery stores?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 15, 2026 03:09 PM (qrzX6)
*click*
Clean up in aisle 2, clean up in aisle 2
And 3
And 4
And 5...
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 15, 2026 03:09 PM (qrzX6)
*click*
Clean up in aisle 2, clean up in aisle 2
And 3
And 4
And 5...
Posted by: Diogenes at May 15, 2026 03:10 PM (2WIwB)
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So, you just borrow groceries, and then return them on time or pay a fine?
Not sure how that works, actually, because by the time they are due to be turned in, they have mostly turned to shit.
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"Details, details..." -- Zorhan Madmani.
Not sure how that works, actually, because by the time they are due to be turned in, they have mostly turned to shit.
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"Details, details..." -- Zorhan Madmani.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 03:10 PM (Fi81e)
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OT: I see that the UN wants a boatload of money to address colonizers and colonization.
I think we should impose a 75% income and wealth tax on Muslims, mosques, their PACs, and their supporting organizations, to help the UN. China can chip in with a 75% tax. I'm not sure what to charge the Democrats and rabid leftists.
Right now, these appear to be the only colonizers in the world, so they should pay - right?
I think we should impose a 75% income and wealth tax on Muslims, mosques, their PACs, and their supporting organizations, to help the UN. China can chip in with a 75% tax. I'm not sure what to charge the Democrats and rabid leftists.
Right now, these appear to be the only colonizers in the world, so they should pay - right?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 15, 2026 03:11 PM (qx7Zg)
121
Whats that called when you are so stupid you think you are smart? Maybe they will change it to Mandamism in the future.
Posted by: PaleRider at May 15, 2026 03:08 PM (PV+Zw)
Sophomore - wise fool. Not a coincidence it is the term for a 2nd year in college student.
Posted by: PaleRider at May 15, 2026 03:08 PM (PV+Zw)
Sophomore - wise fool. Not a coincidence it is the term for a 2nd year in college student.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 15, 2026 03:11 PM (8avO+)
122
116 Obligatory: They'll make it up in volume.
Obligatory2: They just write it off.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 03:10 PM (dK+Kv)
Obligatory 3 : They slap a hot iron to it.
Obligatory2: They just write it off.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 03:10 PM (dK+Kv)
Obligatory 3 : They slap a hot iron to it.
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 03:11 PM (iXqHn)
123
"Home healthcare" is that very (deliberately) exploitable form of "medical spending" that people sign up for. Like if you cook a dinner for your parents -- you can charge the taxpayers for "elder care."
Wise up!
95% of the home healthcare fraudsters DON'T EVEN PROVIDE ANY KIND OF CARE.
It's not just that they're billing taxpayers to overpay them to do the normal household chores they'd do anyway. It's that THEY DO JACK SHIT and still bill Medicare anyway.
It goes like this (witnessed first-hand many times):
There is a couple -- generally lowlife, unemployed/grey economy drug--taking losers.
One of them goes to a crooked doctor/psychiatrist, gets "diagnosed" as having some vague bogus mental or other murky ailment -- ADHD, Chronic fatigue Syndrome, autism spectrum, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, "my elbow hurts," the Droopsies, whatever.
With this diagnosis, this person then get classified as "disabled."
Then their partner becomes their "in-home caretaker."
So they get paid double -- the disabled person gets Social Security Disability, and the partner gets paid to "take care of them."
BUT NOTHING CHANGES. They just continue their useless lives.
Wise up!
95% of the home healthcare fraudsters DON'T EVEN PROVIDE ANY KIND OF CARE.
It's not just that they're billing taxpayers to overpay them to do the normal household chores they'd do anyway. It's that THEY DO JACK SHIT and still bill Medicare anyway.
It goes like this (witnessed first-hand many times):
There is a couple -- generally lowlife, unemployed/grey economy drug--taking losers.
One of them goes to a crooked doctor/psychiatrist, gets "diagnosed" as having some vague bogus mental or other murky ailment -- ADHD, Chronic fatigue Syndrome, autism spectrum, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, "my elbow hurts," the Droopsies, whatever.
With this diagnosis, this person then get classified as "disabled."
Then their partner becomes their "in-home caretaker."
So they get paid double -- the disabled person gets Social Security Disability, and the partner gets paid to "take care of them."
BUT NOTHING CHANGES. They just continue their useless lives.
Posted by: zombie at May 15, 2026 03:11 PM (Av6i5)
124
MTG will run for president in 2028 and grift a few million from fellow imbeciles. She’s stupid but street smart. She’ll follow the Ron Paul playbook from 2008.
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 03:12 PM (f5ZdA)
125
"I'm disabled."
-Roy
-Roy
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 03:12 PM (xBVv0)
126
118 *click*
Clean up in aisle 2, clean up in aisle 2
And 3
And 4
And 5...
Posted by: Diogenes at May 15, 2026 03:10 PM (2WIwB)
I'm just going to point out, during my very brief time working at a supermarket when I was in high school, old ladies shit in the aisles all the damned time.
Clean up in aisle 2, clean up in aisle 2
And 3
And 4
And 5...
Posted by: Diogenes at May 15, 2026 03:10 PM (2WIwB)
I'm just going to point out, during my very brief time working at a supermarket when I was in high school, old ladies shit in the aisles all the damned time.
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 03:12 PM (iXqHn)
127
The whole home health care and hospice and day care etc Sam's aren't just reparations that have basically instituted UBI without any one voting for it.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 15, 2026 03:13 PM (YZ0Fo)
128
I'm just going to point out, during my very brief time working at a supermarket when I was in high school, old ladies shit in the aisles all the damned time.
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 03:12 PM (iXqHn)
WTH?
Granny! No! Bad!
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 03:12 PM (iXqHn)
WTH?
Granny! No! Bad!
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 03:14 PM (dK+Kv)
129
And even if the groceries are free, the stores will be looted more than a Walgreens where employees are required to wear blindfolds .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 15, 2026 03:14 PM (qrzX6)
130
Real life voter fraud in person is rare (not eligible voters voting in person less rare) but the easiest way to cheat is a) through mail in ballots, b) rigging the count after the election--discarding opponent votes, tabulating software algorithms, inserting ballots, etc.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 03:07 PM (E4rtv)
it might be rare now, but it wasn't when it got Obama the win in several close states in the Midwest using students.
I think the Dems will have problems going forward as the old line tried and true methods of cheating are dying with the people who ran them and the new generation of college zealots can't run the scams.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 03:07 PM (E4rtv)
it might be rare now, but it wasn't when it got Obama the win in several close states in the Midwest using students.
I think the Dems will have problems going forward as the old line tried and true methods of cheating are dying with the people who ran them and the new generation of college zealots can't run the scams.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 15, 2026 03:14 PM (8avO+)
131
What constitutes disabled? Like if I stub my toe can I hire my wife to be my “care giver” and get some of that sweet Medicaid $$?
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 03:14 PM (f5ZdA)
132
Boebert does have a nice rack.
Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 03:14 PM (77rzZ)
133
That's an US problem. But we never learn.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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From viewing Congress critters up close (was a House staffer on the floor), they were never impressive as a group intellectually. Senators are scarcely better. A relatively few are brilliant and often resented by their leadership and their colleagues because of envy and annoyance at bringing up issues in Congress the parties and their donors want squashed.
It is best to think of them as CEOs of their own little firms--their product is legislation which donors, leadership, and staffers generally tell them what to do. So the reps and senators huff and puff around but the real action occurs among key staffers, donor networks, and leadership to provide an agenda, legislation, and coordination with the other chamber and the executive branch.
The elected officials are the front men for their organizations, not the drivers of what it produces. They are there to raise funds, grab votes, and get publicity but not to do the serious work of governing.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
=====
From viewing Congress critters up close (was a House staffer on the floor), they were never impressive as a group intellectually. Senators are scarcely better. A relatively few are brilliant and often resented by their leadership and their colleagues because of envy and annoyance at bringing up issues in Congress the parties and their donors want squashed.
It is best to think of them as CEOs of their own little firms--their product is legislation which donors, leadership, and staffers generally tell them what to do. So the reps and senators huff and puff around but the real action occurs among key staffers, donor networks, and leadership to provide an agenda, legislation, and coordination with the other chamber and the executive branch.
The elected officials are the front men for their organizations, not the drivers of what it produces. They are there to raise funds, grab votes, and get publicity but not to do the serious work of governing.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 03:14 PM (E4rtv)
134
I'm an at-home VA caregiver for Pooky, but:
I went through training
Contiuing education is constantly offered (currently in a module right now)
We have quarterly video check-ins and an annual at-home visit, and they speak to each of us separately during these check-ins
I am paid a stipend that is very small for being on the job 24/7 (I literally have to do it in my sleep sometimes)
Most importantly, I am saving the government money by keeping him at home instead of an institution, which is almost certainly where he'd be if I wasn't taking care of him
That is what at-home care *should* look like, not this fraudulent nonsense.
I went through training
Contiuing education is constantly offered (currently in a module right now)
We have quarterly video check-ins and an annual at-home visit, and they speak to each of us separately during these check-ins
I am paid a stipend that is very small for being on the job 24/7 (I literally have to do it in my sleep sometimes)
Most importantly, I am saving the government money by keeping him at home instead of an institution, which is almost certainly where he'd be if I wasn't taking care of him
That is what at-home care *should* look like, not this fraudulent nonsense.
Posted by: pookysgirl is a mom too at May 15, 2026 03:14 PM (Wt5PA)
135
Kamala lost in part because general mail in ballot rule was not in place for 2024.
Posted by: whig
===============
So what's in store for 2026 and 2028?
Kamala lost in part because general mail in ballot rule was not in place for 2024.
Posted by: whig
===============
So what's in store for 2026 and 2028?
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 15, 2026 03:14 PM (XJ22o)
136
All those dead and non existent elders. That's just Democrats taking care of their base.
Posted by: ... at May 15, 2026 03:14 PM (fkeut)
137
"It's racist to turn your nose up at brown lettuce!" -- Zorhan Madmani
The "progressive solution" : when somebody is not willing to help you out in your experiment, think of a good insult for that.
The "progressive solution" : when somebody is not willing to help you out in your experiment, think of a good insult for that.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 03:14 PM (Fi81e)
138
124 MTG will run for president in 2028 and grift a few million from fellow imbeciles. She’s stupid but street smart. She’ll follow the Ron Paul playbook from 2008.
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 03:12 PM (f5ZdA)
I thought she was moving to Costa Rica permanently?
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 03:12 PM (f5ZdA)
I thought she was moving to Costa Rica permanently?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 15, 2026 03:15 PM (qrzX6)
139
And even if the groceries are free, the stores will be looted more than a Walgreens where employees are required to wear blindfolds .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 15, 2026 03:14 PM (qrzX6)
---
Until Walgreens moves out of that city.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 15, 2026 03:14 PM (qrzX6)
---
Until Walgreens moves out of that city.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 03:16 PM (Fi81e)
140
135 So what's in store for 2026 and 2028?
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 15, 2026 03:14 PM (XJ22o)
========
Nearly two years of the DOJ suing states for voter rolls to clean them up, even fewer mail in ballots in general (minus states like CO and CA which are mail in only), and literally millions of illegals leaving the country, at least some of whom are registered to vote and just vote anyway because they think they're allowed.
And Trump won 2024 without any of that.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 15, 2026 03:14 PM (XJ22o)
========
Nearly two years of the DOJ suing states for voter rolls to clean them up, even fewer mail in ballots in general (minus states like CO and CA which are mail in only), and literally millions of illegals leaving the country, at least some of whom are registered to vote and just vote anyway because they think they're allowed.
And Trump won 2024 without any of that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 03:16 PM (xBVv0)
141
Nothing will happen.
Posted by: That Guy who says, sotto voice, "Nothing will happen." at May 15, 2026 03:16 PM (oONcb)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 15, 2026 03:16 PM (qrzX6)
143
OT: I see that the UN wants a boatload of money to address colonizers and colonization.
I think we should impose a 75% income and wealth tax on Muslims, mosques, their PACs, and their supporting organizations, to help the UN. China can chip in with a 75% tax. I'm not sure what to charge the Democrats and rabid leftists.
Right now, these appear to be the only colonizers in the world, so they should pay - right?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 15, 2026 03:11 PM (qx7Zg)
Just turn the UN out of New York City. Its time for some place like Indonesia to take over, where its 100 degrees and no A/C.
I think we should impose a 75% income and wealth tax on Muslims, mosques, their PACs, and their supporting organizations, to help the UN. China can chip in with a 75% tax. I'm not sure what to charge the Democrats and rabid leftists.
Right now, these appear to be the only colonizers in the world, so they should pay - right?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 15, 2026 03:11 PM (qx7Zg)
Just turn the UN out of New York City. Its time for some place like Indonesia to take over, where its 100 degrees and no A/C.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 15, 2026 03:16 PM (8avO+)
144
108 So.
It's now after noon on a Friday.
While alcohol cannot solve all my ills, it'll provide a good start. And it's not like asparagus, broccoli, or that gawd-awful okra are going to do anything for me.
Cheers Hordemates!
Posted by: Diogenes at
Sigh.
😊
It's now after noon on a Friday.
While alcohol cannot solve all my ills, it'll provide a good start. And it's not like asparagus, broccoli, or that gawd-awful okra are going to do anything for me.
Cheers Hordemates!
Posted by: Diogenes at
Sigh.
😊
Posted by: Piper at May 15, 2026 03:17 PM (p4NUW)
145
Just turn the UN out of New York City. Its time for some place like Indonesia to take over, where its 100 degrees and no A/C.
Posted by: Oldcat at
They can summer there and then winter in Siberia.
Posted by: Oldcat at
They can summer there and then winter in Siberia.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 15, 2026 03:17 PM (YZ0Fo)
146
138 124 MTG will run for president in 2028 and grift a few million from fellow imbeciles. She’s stupid but street smart. She’ll follow the Ron Paul playbook from 2008.
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 03:12 PM (f5ZdA)
I thought she was moving to Costa Rica permanently?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 15, 2026 03:15 PM (qrzX6)
She’s a celebrity now on the left and woke right. She’d be crazy to walk away from the money. She can spend the next 10 years doing nothing but podcasts and CNN appearances making a ton of money.
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 03:12 PM (f5ZdA)
I thought she was moving to Costa Rica permanently?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 15, 2026 03:15 PM (qrzX6)
She’s a celebrity now on the left and woke right. She’d be crazy to walk away from the money. She can spend the next 10 years doing nothing but podcasts and CNN appearances making a ton of money.
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 03:17 PM (f5ZdA)
147
it might be rare now, but it wasn't when it got Obama the win in several close states in the Midwest using students.
Those would be considered under the ineligible voter category, as I noted, less rare. My guess is more illegals, people that vote in two states, and felons are ineligible. On students as a percentage, I think it was worst in NH and a few other states that have same day voter registration and the question of eligibility stems from the inevitable loosey goosey residency requirements. I think NH finally got around to banning it for students requiring more than student ids to register.
Those would be considered under the ineligible voter category, as I noted, less rare. My guess is more illegals, people that vote in two states, and felons are ineligible. On students as a percentage, I think it was worst in NH and a few other states that have same day voter registration and the question of eligibility stems from the inevitable loosey goosey residency requirements. I think NH finally got around to banning it for students requiring more than student ids to register.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 03:18 PM (E4rtv)
148
I'm an at-home VA caregiver for Pooky, but:
I went through training
Contiuing education is constantly offered (currently in a module right now)
We have quarterly video check-ins and an annual at-home visit, and they speak to each of us separately during these check-ins
I am paid a stipend that is very small for being on the job 24/7 (I literally have to do it in my sleep sometimes)
Most importantly, I am saving the government money by keeping him at home instead of an institution, which is almost certainly where he'd be if I wasn't taking care of him
That is what at-home care *should* look like, not this fraudulent nonsense.
Posted by: pookysgirl is a mom too at May 15, 2026 03:14 PM (Wt5PA)
They use your deserved sympathy to hide their theft of everyone around them. Typical Democrat stolen valor.
I went through training
Contiuing education is constantly offered (currently in a module right now)
We have quarterly video check-ins and an annual at-home visit, and they speak to each of us separately during these check-ins
I am paid a stipend that is very small for being on the job 24/7 (I literally have to do it in my sleep sometimes)
Most importantly, I am saving the government money by keeping him at home instead of an institution, which is almost certainly where he'd be if I wasn't taking care of him
That is what at-home care *should* look like, not this fraudulent nonsense.
Posted by: pookysgirl is a mom too at May 15, 2026 03:14 PM (Wt5PA)
They use your deserved sympathy to hide their theft of everyone around them. Typical Democrat stolen valor.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 15, 2026 03:18 PM (8avO+)
149
X is getting weirder.
I go to my notifications and see random (stochastic?) posts from people I'm not stalking or I have no idea who they are...
I go to my notifications and see random (stochastic?) posts from people I'm not stalking or I have no idea who they are...
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 03:18 PM (Fi81e)
150
131 What constitutes disabled? Like if I stub my toe can I hire my wife to be my “care giver” and get some of that sweet Medicaid $$?
Posted by: Heroq
Yes.
But you don't' even need to actually stub your toe in physical reality -- you just report to the dodgy doctor that you feel that your toe hurts, and he'll diagnose you either with "Crippling Pain Syndrome (Unspecified)" or "Malingering Hypochrondria-itis," and with that piece of paper some cooperative commie bureaucrat will grant you "Disabled" status. Seriously.
Posted by: Heroq
Yes.
But you don't' even need to actually stub your toe in physical reality -- you just report to the dodgy doctor that you feel that your toe hurts, and he'll diagnose you either with "Crippling Pain Syndrome (Unspecified)" or "Malingering Hypochrondria-itis," and with that piece of paper some cooperative commie bureaucrat will grant you "Disabled" status. Seriously.
Posted by: zombie at May 15, 2026 03:18 PM (Av6i5)
151
A relatively few are brilliant and often resented by their leadership and their colleagues because of envy and annoyance at bringing up issues in Congress the parties and their donors want squashed.
___________
Ted Cruz is completely wasted in the Senate. Trump should have put him on the SC in his first term.
A relatively few are brilliant and often resented by their leadership and their colleagues because of envy and annoyance at bringing up issues in Congress the parties and their donors want squashed.
___________
Ted Cruz is completely wasted in the Senate. Trump should have put him on the SC in his first term.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 15, 2026 03:19 PM (HdYcL)
152
Just turn the UN out of New York City. Its time for some place like Indonesia to take over, where its 100 degrees and no A/C.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 15, 2026 03:16 PM (8avO+)
I'd prefer either the South Pole, or move them into a Chinesium space station, with launches only from a Chinese space port on one of their rockets.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 15, 2026 03:16 PM (8avO+)
I'd prefer either the South Pole, or move them into a Chinesium space station, with launches only from a Chinese space port on one of their rockets.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 15, 2026 03:19 PM (qx7Zg)
153
it might be rare now, but it wasn't when it got Obama the win in several close states in the Midwest using students.
Those would be considered under the ineligible voter category, as I noted, less rare. My guess is more illegals, people that vote in two states, and felons are ineligible. On students as a percentage, I think it was worst in NH and a few other states that have same day voter registration and the question of eligibility stems from the inevitable loosey goosey residency requirements. I think NH finally got around to banning it for students requiring more than student ids to register.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 03:18 PM (E4rtv)
They were shipped around in busses to vote IIRC. This was also done in urban areas in the past as well.
Those would be considered under the ineligible voter category, as I noted, less rare. My guess is more illegals, people that vote in two states, and felons are ineligible. On students as a percentage, I think it was worst in NH and a few other states that have same day voter registration and the question of eligibility stems from the inevitable loosey goosey residency requirements. I think NH finally got around to banning it for students requiring more than student ids to register.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 03:18 PM (E4rtv)
They were shipped around in busses to vote IIRC. This was also done in urban areas in the past as well.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 15, 2026 03:19 PM (8avO+)
154
Reporter: "Mr Mayor, how will you pay for these free grocery stores? Who stocks the shelves?"
Mamdani: "Free Palestine! From the river to the sea!"
Reporter: "Mr Mayor, how will you pay for these free grocery stores? Who stocks the shelves?"
Mamdani: "Free Palestine! From the river to the sea!"
Posted by: Frank Barone at May 15, 2026 03:19 PM (IifOV)
155
One of them goes to a crooked doctor/psychiatrist, gets "diagnosed"
Posted by: zombie
===============
These are the people who baffle me. What do they get for these fake diagnoses? A laugh?
One of them goes to a crooked doctor/psychiatrist, gets "diagnosed"
Posted by: zombie
===============
These are the people who baffle me. What do they get for these fake diagnoses? A laugh?
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 15, 2026 03:19 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Nancy P. (D-CA) at May 15, 2026 03:20 PM (oONcb)
157
These are the people who baffle me. What do they get for these fake diagnoses? A laugh?
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl
A kickback.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl
A kickback.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 15, 2026 03:20 PM (YZ0Fo)
158
The elected officials are the front men for their organizations, not the drivers of what it produces. They are there to raise funds, grab votes, and get publicity but not to do the serious work of governing.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 03:14 PM (E4rtv)
That's my sense from the outside, except as CEO, they are the owners' (lobbyists') retarded nephew that has been given as minimal an amount of responsibility as possible so as to occupy his time and keep him from annoying the owners.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 03:14 PM (E4rtv)
That's my sense from the outside, except as CEO, they are the owners' (lobbyists') retarded nephew that has been given as minimal an amount of responsibility as possible so as to occupy his time and keep him from annoying the owners.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 03:20 PM (dK+Kv)
159
These are the people who baffle me. What do they get for these fake diagnoses? A laugh?
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl
A kickback.
Posted by: BruceWayne
They'll charge like 150$ cash. It's the same as the docs that sign off pot cards.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl
A kickback.
Posted by: BruceWayne
They'll charge like 150$ cash. It's the same as the docs that sign off pot cards.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 15, 2026 03:21 PM (YZ0Fo)
160
134 I'm an at-home VA caregiver for Pooky, but:
I went through training
Contiuing education is constantly offered (currently in a module right now)
We have quarterly video check-ins and an annual at-home visit, and they speak to each of us separately during these check-ins
I am paid a stipend that is very small for being on the job 24/7 (I literally have to do it in my sleep sometimes)
Most importantly, I am saving the government money by keeping him at home instead of an institution, which is almost certainly where he'd be if I wasn't taking care of him
That is what at-home care *should* look like, not this fraudulent nonsense.
Posted by: pookysgirl is a mom too
What kind of non-corrupt state do you live in? In places like California, there are NONE of that requirements or checking-up.
I went through training
Contiuing education is constantly offered (currently in a module right now)
We have quarterly video check-ins and an annual at-home visit, and they speak to each of us separately during these check-ins
I am paid a stipend that is very small for being on the job 24/7 (I literally have to do it in my sleep sometimes)
Most importantly, I am saving the government money by keeping him at home instead of an institution, which is almost certainly where he'd be if I wasn't taking care of him
That is what at-home care *should* look like, not this fraudulent nonsense.
Posted by: pookysgirl is a mom too
What kind of non-corrupt state do you live in? In places like California, there are NONE of that requirements or checking-up.
Posted by: zombie at May 15, 2026 03:21 PM (Av6i5)
161
108 So.
It's now after noon on a Friday.
While alcohol cannot solve all my ills, it'll provide a good start. And it's not like asparagus, broccoli, or that gawd-awful okra are going to do anything for me.
Cheers Hordemates!
Posted by: Diogenes at
Sigh.
😊
Posted by: Piper at May 15, 2026 03:17 PM (p4NUW)
I like broccoli, raw or steamed. They are lil trees, after all.
It's now after noon on a Friday.
While alcohol cannot solve all my ills, it'll provide a good start. And it's not like asparagus, broccoli, or that gawd-awful okra are going to do anything for me.
Cheers Hordemates!
Posted by: Diogenes at
Sigh.
😊
Posted by: Piper at May 15, 2026 03:17 PM (p4NUW)
I like broccoli, raw or steamed. They are lil trees, after all.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 15, 2026 03:21 PM (8avO+)
162
Same day registration is basically just inviting fraud. I show up I say I’m John Smith register me please. I get a ballot.
Maybe in 6 months someone will do an audit and notice I’m not really John smith and I have a fake address. But my vote still counted. And I can do this at 10 precincts all day long on Election Day.
There is a more rigorous process for joining a gym.
Maybe in 6 months someone will do an audit and notice I’m not really John smith and I have a fake address. But my vote still counted. And I can do this at 10 precincts all day long on Election Day.
There is a more rigorous process for joining a gym.
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 03:21 PM (f5ZdA)
163
And Trump won 2024 without any of that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I hate to apply confidence intervals but I think in both 2020 and 2024, Trump's recorded vote is the floor of what he got, not the ceiling.
No one seriously contends that Trump was doing voter fraud, it is only contested that the Dems are doing it. Which is pretty self evident given that they act like criminals with something to hide when it is requested that the ballots get perused. Compare this with GOP run Florida in 2000 where it was out in the open regarding the punchcards and they were even given to a third party media consortium to recount again with Bush still winning under most situations.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I hate to apply confidence intervals but I think in both 2020 and 2024, Trump's recorded vote is the floor of what he got, not the ceiling.
No one seriously contends that Trump was doing voter fraud, it is only contested that the Dems are doing it. Which is pretty self evident given that they act like criminals with something to hide when it is requested that the ballots get perused. Compare this with GOP run Florida in 2000 where it was out in the open regarding the punchcards and they were even given to a third party media consortium to recount again with Bush still winning under most situations.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 03:22 PM (E4rtv)
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I need to learn more about how this works. My mom is going to be 93 next month and if I can get a stack for cooking her some leek potato soup, that would be great.
Posted by: Oglebay at May 15, 2026 03:22 PM (GPa4z)
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Free expression is not a "targeted program" under Scientific Population Management of major countries today.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 03:22 PM (Fi81e)
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Ted Cruz is completely wasted in the Senate. Trump should have put him on the SC in his first term.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 15, 2026 03:19 PM (HdYcL
Too bad Ted Cruz doesn't agree with you. But Trump agrees with you.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 15, 2026 03:19 PM (HdYcL
Too bad Ted Cruz doesn't agree with you. But Trump agrees with you.
Posted by: Emmie at May 15, 2026 03:22 PM (FMtrg)
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If you think a senator is stupid, address him as "the distinguished senator from X."
If you know a senator is stupid, address him as "the able and distinguished senator from X."
If you think a senator is stupid, address him as "the distinguished senator from X."
If you know a senator is stupid, address him as "the able and distinguished senator from X."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 15, 2026 03:23 PM (HdYcL)
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“Homehealthcare” typically for those with no health for which to care even if legit.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 15, 2026 03:23 PM (T6aVk)
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Help! I'm being robbed!
By the government.
By the government.
Posted by: wth at May 15, 2026 03:23 PM (UjdFS)
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Andrew Kolvet
@AndrewKolvet
Disgraced former FBI Director James Comey claims that the FBI is "under seige" and admits that he is still having active conversations with personnel within the FBI.
Kasie Hunt: "Do you still talk to employees at the FBI regularly?"
Comey: "I do... They're under siege."
Why is an indicted man still in contact with the very same people who could be tasked with investigating him?
https://tinyurl.com/ynyhfhwh
@AndrewKolvet
Disgraced former FBI Director James Comey claims that the FBI is "under seige" and admits that he is still having active conversations with personnel within the FBI.
Kasie Hunt: "Do you still talk to employees at the FBI regularly?"
Comey: "I do... They're under siege."
Why is an indicted man still in contact with the very same people who could be tasked with investigating him?
https://tinyurl.com/ynyhfhwh
Posted by: redridinghood at May 15, 2026 03:24 PM (NpAcC)
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163 I hate to apply confidence intervals but I think in both 2020 and 2024, Trump's recorded vote is the floor of what he got, not the ceiling.
No one seriously contends that Trump was doing voter fraud, it is only contested that the Dems are doing it. Which is pretty self evident given that they act like criminals with something to hide when it is requested that the ballots get perused. Compare this with GOP run Florida in 2000 where it was out in the open regarding the punchcards and they were even given to a third party media consortium to recount again with Bush still winning under most situations.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 03:22 PM (E4rtv)
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Well, my point really is that what Democrats can do in 2026 is probably less than what they did in 2024 based on ensuing events which was less than what they could do in 2022 because the RNC actually stopped Philadelphia from stopping their counting at 10pm election night in 2024.
No one seriously contends that Trump was doing voter fraud, it is only contested that the Dems are doing it. Which is pretty self evident given that they act like criminals with something to hide when it is requested that the ballots get perused. Compare this with GOP run Florida in 2000 where it was out in the open regarding the punchcards and they were even given to a third party media consortium to recount again with Bush still winning under most situations.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 03:22 PM (E4rtv)
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Well, my point really is that what Democrats can do in 2026 is probably less than what they did in 2024 based on ensuing events which was less than what they could do in 2022 because the RNC actually stopped Philadelphia from stopping their counting at 10pm election night in 2024.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 03:24 PM (xBVv0)
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Same day registration is basically just inviting fraud.
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 03:21 PM (f5ZdA)
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Because Democrats invite fraud.
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 03:21 PM (f5ZdA)
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Because Democrats invite fraud.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 03:24 PM (Fi81e)
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No one seriously contends that Trump was doing voter fraud, it is only contested that the Dems are doing it. Which is pretty self evident given that they act like criminals with something to hide when it is requested that the ballots get perused. Compare this with GOP run Florida in 2000 where it was out in the open regarding the punchcards and they were even given to a third party media consortium to recount again with Bush still winning under most situations.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 03:22 PM (E4rtv)
all situations. If they had even the most dubious count that gave Gore a win, the press would have run with it. Ab-so-lutely.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 03:22 PM (E4rtv)
all situations. If they had even the most dubious count that gave Gore a win, the press would have run with it. Ab-so-lutely.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 15, 2026 03:25 PM (8avO+)
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162 Same day registration is basically just inviting fraud. I show up I say I’m John Smith register me please. I get a ballot.
Maybe in 6 months someone will do an audit and notice I’m not really John smith and I have a fake address. But my vote still counted. And I can do this at 10 precincts all day long on Election Day.
There is a more rigorous process for joining a gym.
Posted by: Heroq
And that happens there. I think Michigan moved to same day registration. Minnesota has a laughable vouching system, and I think one of the Dakotas had or has same day registration.
But due to the logistics, it is far easier and safer to do mail in ballot fraud. In really safe for fraud urban or rural areas, you also get voters being paid for their vote. Long tradition of it in some places like Appalachia, rural Georgia, and of course urban areas across the US.
Maybe in 6 months someone will do an audit and notice I’m not really John smith and I have a fake address. But my vote still counted. And I can do this at 10 precincts all day long on Election Day.
There is a more rigorous process for joining a gym.
Posted by: Heroq
And that happens there. I think Michigan moved to same day registration. Minnesota has a laughable vouching system, and I think one of the Dakotas had or has same day registration.
But due to the logistics, it is far easier and safer to do mail in ballot fraud. In really safe for fraud urban or rural areas, you also get voters being paid for their vote. Long tradition of it in some places like Appalachia, rural Georgia, and of course urban areas across the US.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 03:25 PM (E4rtv)
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Why is an indicted man still in contact with the very same people who could be tasked with investigating him?
https://tinyurl.com/ynyhfhwh
Posted by: redridinghood at May 15, 2026 03:24 PM (NpAcC)
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Forget it, Red, this is DC town.
https://tinyurl.com/ynyhfhwh
Posted by: redridinghood at May 15, 2026 03:24 PM (NpAcC)
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Forget it, Red, this is DC town.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 03:25 PM (Fi81e)
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The home healthcare idea was a good one and works in a high trust society where people are moral and fair.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 15, 2026 03:25 PM (Ti1tl)
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Nearly two years of the DOJ suing states for voter rolls to clean them up
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Sorry for letting you do all the research, but how are those data requests going? I heard some states -- California for sure -- are just refusing to provide the data and are getting into a drawn-out drama of lawsuits and countersuits. And some states -- I think Oregon or Washington -- remove the dead from the rolls, wait three months, and then put them back.
Nearly two years of the DOJ suing states for voter rolls to clean them up
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Sorry for letting you do all the research, but how are those data requests going? I heard some states -- California for sure -- are just refusing to provide the data and are getting into a drawn-out drama of lawsuits and countersuits. And some states -- I think Oregon or Washington -- remove the dead from the rolls, wait three months, and then put them back.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 15, 2026 03:25 PM (XJ22o)
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Well, my point really is that what Democrats can do in 2026 is probably less than what they did in 2024 based on ensuing events which was less than what they could do in 2022 because the RNC actually stopped Philadelphia from stopping their counting at 10pm election night in 2024.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 03:24 PM (xBVv0)
Trumps RNC fights back, as we saw. They are proactively working at the state level. And they had very effective GOTV in PA that gave them the win there.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 03:24 PM (xBVv0)
Trumps RNC fights back, as we saw. They are proactively working at the state level. And they had very effective GOTV in PA that gave them the win there.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 15, 2026 03:27 PM (8avO+)
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A lot of “conservative” states allow same day registration. Montana, Idaho, Wyoming among them. GOP is run by shitheads all over .
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 03:27 PM (f5ZdA)
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The national vote totals in 2020 indicates that the registered voter turnout out was 90% or more.
That's North Korean numbers.
That's North Korean numbers.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 15, 2026 03:27 PM (qrzX6)
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177 Sorry for letting you do all the research, but how are those data requests going? I heard some states -- California for sure -- are just refusing to provide the data and are getting into a drawn-out drama of lawsuits and countersuits. And some states -- I think Oregon or Washington -- remove the dead from the rolls, wait three months, and then put them back.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 15, 2026 03:25 PM (XJ22o)
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Back and forth at this point, but the law is entirely on the administration's side. HAVA requires clean up that the states are refusing.
And yes, one of the more interesting things to watch is if DOJ is keeping an eye on batch registration adds to voter rolls that include people they've been told to remove. Most of that action will happen in the final weeks leading up to the election.
But, we do keep getting stories of, like, NC removing another 10,000 dead people from the rolls because of DOJ suits or OR taking off 800,000 from a Judicial Watch suit or Fulton County being under DNI investigation for 300,000 extra ballots that appeared out of nowhere in the middle of the night in 2020.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 15, 2026 03:25 PM (XJ22o)
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Back and forth at this point, but the law is entirely on the administration's side. HAVA requires clean up that the states are refusing.
And yes, one of the more interesting things to watch is if DOJ is keeping an eye on batch registration adds to voter rolls that include people they've been told to remove. Most of that action will happen in the final weeks leading up to the election.
But, we do keep getting stories of, like, NC removing another 10,000 dead people from the rolls because of DOJ suits or OR taking off 800,000 from a Judicial Watch suit or Fulton County being under DNI investigation for 300,000 extra ballots that appeared out of nowhere in the middle of the night in 2020.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 03:28 PM (xBVv0)
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