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Pixeloid's avatar

I fled the United Snakes long ago because bigoted, white-supremacist, so-called “Christian” nationalist Republicans had already made the US a miserable place to live and destroyed its future. Since then they have become more stupid, insane, evil, and extreme.

They’ve given me enough reasons to hate them almost as much as they hate us, and they STILL manage to find ways to become worse. Every. Single. Day.

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Khavrinen's avatar

"does he want to see undocumented people rejected from hospitals and bleeding out in the streets?"

Of course he does! Vance ( and all the rest of his ilk ) want brown people ( because they know in their hearts that ALL brown people are probably illegals ) to die in the streets. And they want film crews from Fox News to film it in 4K, and stream it 24/7, so they'll have something to get off to, after all their anti-porn bills pass.

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fair_n_hite_451's avatar

"Running Man" for old fat white dudes who couldn't run down to the corner bodega if their lives depended on it.

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Jen's Yaed Apple's avatar

Whar the press lamenting over bipartisan and how the GOP just has to compromise with the opposition party in the name of unity?

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insert_something_creative's avatar

LOL that'll be the day I know hell has frozen over. Only the Democrats have agency and are required to compromise in the name of unity.

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Snowolf100's avatar

"It’s not quite clear how Vance actually wants to see this work. Even if we were to get rid of EMTALA … does he want to see undocumented people rejected from hospitals and bleeding out in the streets? "

No he wants them to be anywhere but America, bleeding out in the prisons and in the fields of other countries.

It's done to chill people from wanting to immigrate to America, legal or not.

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R. Kevin Lindley's avatar

A bone to pick with your last sentence. There is no "their own people", except at the country club and the board of directors' meetings and the yacht owners association. The American people are not "their own people." The American people - left, right, and center - are their prey.

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PaulDietzel's avatar

As a client of VA healthcare I receive regular email communication from them keeping me aware of the many benefits available. Today I got one which really upset and which I'll excerpt for you. Keep in mind that this message was an official VA correspondence on the VA letterhead -

"As you may be aware, funding for some government agencies, including portions of the Department of Veterans Affairs, expired at midnight this morning.

President Trump opposes a lapse in appropriations, and on September 19, the House of Representatives passed, with the Trump Administration’s support, a clean continuing resolution to fund the government through November 21. Unfortunately, Democrats are blocking this Continuing Resolution in the U.S. Senate due to unrelated policy demands."

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ShrillKitty's avatar

The White House has directed several federal agencies to put out statements to that effect. It's not just your local VA.

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fair_n_hite_451's avatar

The Ministry of Propaganda in full swing.

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insert_something_creative's avatar

Fuckers.

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mfp-6s,7s,9s's avatar

none of this matters...the Rs wanted this shutdown in order to finish destroying the fed govt...the Ds should cave on the ACA issue, because 1) the Rs never will, 2) even if the Rs do eventually give in, it will be too late and everything else the fed provides with the social safety net will be DEAD

so, it's a shit sammich...save the ACA, lose everything else, or leave the fight over the ACA for another day and try to save what's left after trump and vought have burned it all to the ground by this time next week

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fair_n_hite_451's avatar

Disagree. You never win today's fight tomorrow. Yes, you may lose today's fight today if you fight ... but you are guaranteed to lose today's fight if you don't even show up. And not showing up today doesn't strengthen your position in tomorrow's fight.

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Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Robyn. There are STATE programs in some (blue) states that pick up the slack when someone without papers needs, for example, a prescription for HIV meds. In NY, that program is called ADAP. They covered a few clients' primary care visits and prescription, because the undocumented qualify for NO help from Medicaid.

They want to eliminate the subsidies for the ACA? Fine. They can give us Medicare for All, you know, what they have in those civilized countries.

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Hank Napkin's avatar

What?!?!? No Raymond Carver nod?

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beb's avatar

You mistake the idea that The Poor are the Republican's people. Only the rich are their people; the Poor are scum to be exploited.

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R. Kevin Lindley's avatar

You beat me to it.

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Hank Napkin's avatar

Self-cleaning grist for the mill, ideally!

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Land Shark 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar

Senator Chris Murphy:

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘢𝘻𝘢 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘪𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘜𝘚 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴. 𝘚𝘰 𝘶𝘮 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘶𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘸𝘦'𝘷𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺.

Go listen to the whole thing. He should be Minority Leader, not Fuck Chuckles. Moral clarity, the lack of leadership, the "centrist" messaging ... Murphy calls it all out.

https://youtu.be/x2j-ctifVug [IHIP News]

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Sherry's avatar

I just love how these people claim to be guided by the Christian principles and yet adhere to none of it.

And let’s all guess who the first ones to bitch about this will be? That’s right those good Christians, who believe that these guys would be their best hope and can’t get care because rural hospitals are closed.

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fair_n_hite_451's avatar

They are all CHINOs. Every last motherfucking one of them.

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tegrat's avatar

Also too we need to be absolutely clear that the GOP has the votes to end the shutdown (they can easily carve out the filibuster requirement to do this) and they choose not to. THEY OWN THIS COMPLETELY.

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Denise Donaldson's avatar

This is an excellent, perceptive point, tegrat, that no pundits that I've read are bringing up.

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Erisian's avatar

"The primary sticking point, of course, is that Democrats want to extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies that allow millions of Americans to afford health insurance."

Obamacare is a loser and only losers count on it for their healthcare. Those pathetic Dems need to realize that the human body is resilient and can heal itself when necessary. If you are running a high fever then take an ice bath (I had Pneumonia as a child and that's how my mother broke my temperature of 103+ degrees). Muscle or joint pain can be treated with over the counter drugs, but never ever Tylenol, or wrapping the area in aluminum foil. You have an infection then “sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants[.]” Look at all the people who have self-cured their benign, malignant or metastasized, Cancer... oh... wait...

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"According to a poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation, 77 percent of Americans support extending them, including 91 percent of Democrats, 80 percent of independents, and 63 percent of Republicans."

These are made-up stats by a RADICAL LEFTIST organization intent on making the Fulvous Fuckwad look bad.

fnord

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Goonemeritus's avatar

Democrats are just spending health dollars on illegals' to distract us from the chemtrails making all our children self identify as cats, and use litter boxes instead of bathrooms.

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Erisian's avatar

I thought the chemtrails are responsible for the growing number of people who identify as gay/lesbian/transgender.

Silly me.

fnord

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Goonemeritus's avatar

Classic mistake, that's caused by watching

PBS.

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Rooster Cogburn's avatar

The Red States are in a race to win a Darwin Award

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