US Elections (& Politics) :)

[MrSurly]

No contradiction, here.

Your President said they are not sending weapons. SoW Hegseth says we believe they are helping in other ways... he did NOT say they were sending weapons.







FACTs are not "pot shots".



Assumptions are dangerous.



Name calling is infantile. "Sparky" accidentally fits, in a way, so I'll allow it.



Statements of fact are not really a 'game'.

It isn't personal~ unless you choose to make it so.

It is Left-Right, in the general sense.

Some folks express their hatred by propagating every vile post seen on X, facts-be-damned.

That doesn't mean that I will assume that you lust for Thunberg, hate personal freedoms and cry tears for Hezbollah.

I try to avoid assuming.
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[bigredfish]

I'm quite far from Left Sparky
I didnt post any "vile" posts

You're judging on a 2 posts not the last 200 or so pages.

I showed you were wrong to jump so quickly on both

You came here to give me shit. Fine., Your prerogative.

I'm not playing your game.
And it IS personal
Fuck off, you're on ignore... talk to yourself

 

[bigredfish]

Mmmmkay

 

[bigredfish]

Big difference between law and a “pledge” with no repercussions

I’m sure it will work out fine

 

[bigredfish]

 

[bigredfish]

I wasn’t in the courtroom and I’m not a certified lawyer, so there that.

But sure sounds like a precarious position

 

[bigredfish]

Given the files that came out this week (see Pandemic thread) under Rand Paul’s disclosure effort, it’s odd that the Trump administration is still supporting the jabs…

 

[bigredfish]

Rather over the top and likely very illegal if true…

Expect to see more, there are Administration officials quoted

 

[bigredfish]

Interesting take on housing

 

[bigredfish]

 

[bigredfish]

Rather over the top and likely very illegal if true…

Expect to see more, there are Administration officials quoted

This should be a Free NYT article with the details known as of now.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/business/trump-state-grants-canceled.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0FA.mV7R.YGzrOTcf8m72&smid=url-share

 

[bigredfish]

Um, ok

 

[bigredfish]

The President of the United States…

 

[bigredfish]

 

[bigredfish]

The nuclear deal document did not include the requirement for Saudi Arabia to join the Abraham Accords, but Wright and the Saudi’s knew that it was required, so it didn’t have to be written into the deal?? Really?

 

[bigredfish]

This one's too easy... I'll leave it to your own interpretations...


(*Some of the meme's in the thread are gold )

 

[bigredfish]

National Guard Signs $292M Housing Contract for Troops in Washington, D.C.​

The deal would provide 2,000 “apartment-style lodging units” for service members deployed in the city.

National Guard Signs $292M Housing Contract for Troops in Washington, D.C.

The deal would provide 2,000 “apartment-style lodging units” for service members deployed in the city.

www.notus.org

 

[bigredfish]

Anyone have a calculator?

 

[MrSurly]

The subsidies for ACA policyholders (written-in refund in order to pretend the real cost was low) were written solely by Dems and were written to END (sunset) last year. It was a common trick used to hide the true costs of premiums. It was written and voted in SOLELY by Dems and only Dems can be blamed for the end of the subsidies. Trump and the Reps didn't end them, Trump and the Reps did not raise premiums, Democrats wrote that bill. They assumed that another group of Dems would fix it later. Not a single Republican created the sunset of the subsidies, nor changed anything about the ACA. Obama's people created it, forced down it our throats and now they own it. Including the increase that that they wrote into it. People who have me on 'ignore' won't get to see this and then run to twitter to screenshot a reply... unless they lied about the ignore thing, of course.

 

[MrSurly]

The subsidies for ACA policyholders (written-in refund in order to pretend the real cost was low) were written solely by Dems and were written to END (sunset) last year. It was a common trick used to hide the true costs of premiums. It was written and voted in SOLELY by Dems and only Dems can be blamed for the end of the subsidies. Trump and the Reps didn't end them, Trump and the Reps did not raise premiums, Democrats wrote that bill. They assumed that another group of Dems would fix it later. Not a single Republican created the sunset of the subsidies, nor changed anything about the ACA. Obama's people created it, forced down it our throats and now they own it. Including the increase that that they wrote into it. People who have me on 'ignore' won't get to see this and then run to twitter to screenshot a reply... unless they lied about the ignore thing, of course.

Replying to myself to add that the Dems passed Obamacare using legislative "shenanigans" involving creating a house bill to utilize a budgetary reconciliation process to pass the bill even though, the voters did not want it.
Watch 'em squeal whenever the other side talks of reconciliation to pass the SAVE act. The Dems will pretend that THEY wouldn't ever do that!