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Post by Merge on Nov 9, 2024 10:44:13 GMT
You slay me! Now that I've stopped laughing, you do realize he will have a major role in the new admin, right? He's the evil, hand-wringing mastermind behind T's plan to rid the country of "illegals", many of whom aren't. Oh ok…I didn’t realize you were part of the group helping Trump pick his cabinet members and you had inside information … My bad!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 And again, the “many of whom aren’t” won’t be deported. That’s just silly. Aren’t you also the person who swore up and down that Republicans would never oppose access to birth control? You seem like an unreliable source. apnews.com/article/contraception-senate-abortion-biden-trump-reproductive-rights-3f9e8546624a3acf8e64d1138fcb84b1
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Post by Merge on Nov 9, 2024 10:41:17 GMT
Ah, I see this thread has brought some of the MAGA trash back with it. I'm sure you ladies are feeling yourselves right now. (Of course I know people who are here without documentation. Generally speaking, I'd say to keep all of them and deport the gun-humping MAGA idiots. That would be actual common sense.) Ah, I see the party of tolerance, joy/unity, and it turns out hypocrisy and name calling has shown up. It seems your common sense isn’t common sense at all. We make no bones about being anti-fascist. Sadly, your party can’t say the same.
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Post by Merge on Nov 9, 2024 2:04:58 GMT
MY hypocrisy? You voted for a RAPIST and PREDATOR! And if his policies are so wonderful why would you care if someone wishes you would feel the effects of them? I hope you and yours get everything you deserve. Don’t cry when the leopards eat your face or those of your children. You chose this for them. When you are suffering remember what you did. I hope you and yours get everything you deserve. Don’t cry when the leopards eat your face or those of your children. You chose this for them. When you are suffering remember what you did.
Sounds like hatred to me. FWIW, I am looking forward to what Trumps policies are going to bring. I’m especially excited that RFK Jr is taking on the FDA and big pharma. I’m hopeful that this country will finally get the toxic garbage out of food and school lunches. Be sure to drink a lot of raw milk and skip any FDA-approved medical treatments in the future. For the next pandemic, you get no treatment except ivermectin. Enjoy! (BTW, when you voted for Trump, you voted to hurt people I love. People who have done nothing to you. That sounds a lot like hatred to me.)
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Post by Merge on Nov 9, 2024 1:22:29 GMT
Ah, I see this thread has brought some of the MAGA trash back with it. I'm sure you ladies are feeling yourselves right now.
(Of course I know people who are here without documentation. Generally speaking, I'd say to keep all of them and deport the gun-humping MAGA idiots. That would be actual common sense.)
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Post by Merge on Nov 8, 2024 21:30:27 GMT
He cannot deport legal immigrants, including his wife. He can revoke legal TPS status and/or denaturalize legal residents, and has said he will do both.
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Post by Merge on Nov 8, 2024 15:09:23 GMT
No matter what happens, Trumpism can’t be normalized. The Trump voters who now want to be welcomed back to social settings with open arms and full respect for their “different point of view” need to continue to be shunned and called out by people of good will.
Make them continuously aware that we don’t count people who vote to hurt us among our friends. Somebody needs to keep reminding our kids that this is not who we are. People who vote to hurt us don’t deserve space in our lives.
And to the extent we can, those of us with privilege need to work to mitigate the worst effects of Trumpism on our most vulnerable.
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Post by Merge on Nov 8, 2024 15:05:11 GMT
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Post by Merge on Nov 8, 2024 13:39:18 GMT
I am the Pea you are thinking of that was diagnosed with cancer 2 years ago. Thanks to the Healthcare Marketplace (Obamacare) I have had excellent healthcare at a very affordable price. I am very thankful for that. No, I have not been "in your face" about my political stance in the past. This is the first political thread I have ever been a part of. It is not my nature to share my political views in public. The reason I started this thread was simply to figure out why Republicans weren't speaking out. I understand now. Cindy I really want to understand - Obamacare helped you but you voted for the person who wants to dismantle it. How does that reconcile? She’s got hers, obviously. Everybody else can take a flying leap.
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Post by Merge on Nov 8, 2024 13:37:16 GMT
My sincerest hope is that everyone who voted for him will 100% unequivocally suffer under his policies. That they and their families should feel catastrophic effects and look around for who will help them. And there will be no one. This is not my usual character, but I feel so angry at those who voted to have a convicted felon, rapist, predator as the leader of our country. I hope they reap what they sow. The hypocritical hatred your party spills never ceases to amaze me. Why shouldn’t we hope the worst effects of another Trump presidency fall on those those made it happen? I swear you folks are completely unable to understand personal responsibility. Probably because your orange god has never taken responsibility for any of the harm he’s wrought. Why should my daughters and I, who didn’t vote for any of this, suffer more as a result of it than you and yours do? You wished harm on us when you placed your vote, but we're supposed to see that as just another valid opinion? You must be insane. ETA: This is spot on. www.instagram.com/reel/DCHFRO_pndK/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
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Post by Merge on Nov 8, 2024 2:23:48 GMT
I'm hoping that Biden has a bunch of stuff cooked up to do while he still has - checks notes - total presidential immunity.
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Post by Merge on Nov 8, 2024 2:17:32 GMT
Because the measure needed 60% of votes to pass. And because the Republican governor, DeSantis, used state funds to run ads against it. Florida was one of the lucky states to have abortion even on the ballot. In Arkansas, the conservative state Supreme Court blocked it from the ballot. Other states like Texas do not even have the option to put voter sponsored measures on the ballot. In Texas, the heavily gerrymandered Republican State House has control. I'm curious why you think anyone should have the right to decide what happens to someone else's body? Why should reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy be voted on in the first place? Why should it be left up to the states? Civil rights have traditionally been federal laws because reproductive freedom, bodily autonomy, the right to marry who you love and the right to not be discriminated against should not disappear when you cross state lines. Because the measure needed 60% of votes to pass. And because the Republican governor, DeSantis, used state funds to run ads against it. Florida was one of the lucky states to have abortion even on the ballot. In Arkansas, the conservative state Supreme Court blocked it from the ballot. Other states like Texas do not even have the option to put voter sponsored measures on the ballot. In Texas, the heavily gerrymandered Republican State House has control. I'm curious why you think anyone should have the right to decide what happens to someone else's body? Why should reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy be voted on in the first place? Why should it be left up to the states? Civil rights have traditionally been federal laws because reproductive freedom, bodily autonomy, the right to marry who you love and the right to not be discriminated against should not disappear when you cross state lines. Just guessing, but probably required 60% to pass. They tried to make that a law here in Ohio, but luckily it went down. Just guessing, but probably required 60% to pass. They tried to make that a law here in Ohio, but luckily it went down. Because the measure needed 60% of votes to pass. And because the Republican governor, DeSantis, used state funds to run ads against it. Florida was one of the lucky states to have abortion even on the ballot. In Arkansas, the conservative state Supreme Court blocked it from the ballot. Other states like Texas do not even have the option to put voter sponsored measures on the ballot. In Texas, the heavily gerrymandered Republican State House has control. I'm curious why you think anyone should have the right to decide what happens to someone else's body? Why should reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy be voted on in the first place? Why should it be left up to the states? Civil rights have traditionally been federal laws because reproductive freedom, bodily autonomy, the right to marry who you love and the right to not be discriminated against should not disappear when you cross state lines. Because the measure needed 60% of votes to pass. And because the Republican governor, DeSantis, used state funds to run ads against it. Florida was one of the lucky states to have abortion even on the ballot. In Arkansas, the conservative state Supreme Court blocked it from the ballot. Other states like Texas do not even have the option to put voter sponsored measures on the ballot. In Texas, the heavily gerrymandered Republican State House has control. I'm curious why you think anyone should have the right to decide what happens to someone else's body? Why should reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy be voted on in the first place? Why should it be left up to the states? Civil rights have traditionally been federal laws because reproductive freedom, bodily autonomy, the right to marry who you love and the right to not be discriminated against should not disappear when you cross state lines. Because the measure needed 60% of votes to pass. And because the Republican governor, DeSantis, used state funds to run ads against it. Florida was one of the lucky states to have abortion even on the ballot. In Arkansas, the conservative state Supreme Court blocked it from the ballot. Other states like Texas do not even have the option to put voter sponsored measures on the ballot. In Texas, the heavily gerrymandered Republican State House has control. I'm curious why you think anyone should have the right to decide what happens to someone else's body? Why should reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy be voted on in the first place? Why should it be left up to the states? Civil rights have traditionally been federal laws because reproductive freedom, bodily autonomy, the right to marry who you love and the right to not be discriminated against should not disappear when you cross state lines. Because the measure needed 60% of votes to pass. And because the Republican governor, DeSantis, used state funds to run ads against it. Florida was one of the lucky states to have abortion even on the ballot. In Arkansas, the conservative state Supreme Court blocked it from the ballot. Other states like Texas do not even have the option to put voter sponsored measures on the ballot. In Texas, the heavily gerrymandered Republican State House has control. I'm curious why you think anyone should have the right to decide what happens to someone else's body? Why should reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy be voted on in the first place? Why should it be left up to the states? Civil rights have traditionally been federal laws because reproductive freedom, bodily autonomy, the right to marry who you love and the right to not be discriminated against should not disappear when you cross state lines. I don’t know anything about funding. Asking respectfully. Did the federal government subsidize abortions? One could make the case that they don’t want the Federal government providing funds to something they find morality offensive. Let each state decide what’s best for their residents. What’s best for Utah may not be best for Kansas. . Thankfully my state mandated that you have the fundamental right to make decisions about your reproductive health care. No, it's been illegal for federal funds to subsidize abortion since 1977 (Hyde Amendment). And also, no - states should not get to decide that some of the rights I'm guaranteed by the constitution don't exist in that state. How nice for you to live where you have more rights than a corpse. Those of us who don't deserve the same federal legal protection as you. Unless you're of the opinion that slavery should also have been left to the states? Or that blue states can ignore the 2nd amendment and red states can ignore the one about search and seizure if they feel like it's best for them?
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Post by Merge on Nov 7, 2024 18:49:42 GMT
I apologize if I'm confusing you with a different pea, but weren't you diagnosed with cancer in the last year or so? If that's you, do you even realize that you now have a "pre-existing condition". Good luck with that when it comes time use your health insurance. I know I am uneducated and lack critical thinking but in 2016 he campaigned on getting rid of ACA and didn't. Why do you think he will this time? He had a nominally Democratic senate standing in his way. If the house stays Republican, there will be nothing to stop him from doing whatever he wants. What makes you think he won't get rid of the ACA?
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Post by Merge on Nov 7, 2024 18:27:05 GMT
Ah, I see now we're back to blaming the Democrats because Republicans nominated and elected Trump. As did Democrats, independents, green party, etc. The Democratic Party should have blame in who they chose and how it was ran. You can't point the finger and blame everyone else when your own party line chose not to vote for VP Harris. Nope. The Republicans bear 100% of the responsibility for Trump. He can't be in office if they don't nominate him, if they don't roll over for whatever he wants, if they don't agree to help him try to steal an election, if they don't support him in the big lie, and if they don't hand him the keys to the party. The Democrats' candidates were not perfect, but Republicans run a convicted felon/rapist/insurrectionist and somehow Democrats are to blame? Just stop with that. Nobody forced anyone to vote for that mess. Republicans won this one. But they seem to want to win AND have the Democrats say, aw, shucks, all is forgiven! That simply isn't going to happen. Republicans won this one and that will have to be enough. They will continue to have to deal with the fact that half the country thinks they're treasonous morons.
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Post by Merge on Nov 7, 2024 18:13:31 GMT
Ah, I see now we're back to blaming the Democrats because Republicans nominated and elected Trump.
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Post by Merge on Nov 7, 2024 17:42:43 GMT
Nope. There is no normalizing what has become of the Republican party. Both sides are not the same. Democrats are far from perfect, but a Republican vote in 2024 is a vote to restore straight, white, Christian America to its place as tyrant and bully atop the US socio-economic pyramid. A Republican vote in 2024 is a vote to discard any constitutional protection for people the right doesn't like. A Republican vote in 2024 is a vote to end the American experiment. And it's a vote to put a crazy man who doesn't understand tariffs in charge of our economy, expecting that in his ignorance he'll somehow improve things. Stop telling the sane half of this country that we have to work harder to "understand the perspective" of people who support what current Republicans support. The GOP and its policy arm, The Heritage Foundation, have been quite clear about their plans for the rest of us. We'd be fools not to believe them. And anyone who is still trying to "both sides" our political system is the biggest fool of all. I’m I to understand that you. Do You think by encouraging others to not to hear someone else’s opinion will is degrade their stance? Calling him a crazy, a tyrant and a bully is exactly what I was referring to. Im saying this kindly as possible. You can’t tell a tone of a post. So, I’m trying not to sound condescending. Just want to understand your stance. Are you so incapable of reading another’s person opinion that you feel the need to insult someone? Yes, I believe that both sides are equally failing us. By insulting the people for their choice is what the US coming to. Call people who have a different opinion doesn’t make them a fool. You need to understand that we truly and sincerely believe that the people you've voted for intend us and/or our loved ones harm. That's not based on conjecture - it's right there in their past actions and stated future policy goals. He is crazy. He is a tyrant. People who vote for him are fools and, to make it worse, they're fools who intend harm to me and mine. But we're supposed to nod and smile and say sure, your opinion may get my daughters killed, but I respect your right to think that way! Do you even hear yourself?
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Post by Merge on Nov 7, 2024 17:13:16 GMT
I have voted for republicans and democrats. I think it’s a good thing to have a mix of both. What irks me is the lack of acceptance from both sides. Most citizens are in capable of compromise. Sometimes you win sometimes they win. I remain open minded. This board is not. Here and in many parts of our country are people with different opinions different from your own are labeled as garbage, deplorable. Leftist are labeled power hungry, incompetent. How in the world can we live in harmony? We can even have a civil debate without feeling attacked. Where has respect for others opinion gone? How can anyone understand stand a persons opinion by degrading them personally? I’ve tried here and in real life to gain insight to why people feel a certain way only to be degraded. By both Republican and Democrats. When people, of both parties , have chosen a candidate that best represent their beliefs. It’s childish to start calling each other names. Calling an opponents supporter names diminish their credibility. We look like fools to the rest of the world. How can we understand another country’s position from their point of view when we can’t even have a civil discussion with each other? Just because you don’t agree with their position doesn’t give you the right to denigrate each other. It’s not one party who is to blame. Both parties are disgraceful and incapable of compromise. I don’t usually complain and not offer a solution. My solution is let’s evoke term limits. No one should be in a position of influence for 50 years. Our current political parties are both guilty. You can’t convince me that someone who pulls in millions of dollars by being a politician understands what the majority of voters are experiencing. Privileged politicians are incapable of giving up power. They show very little empathy to anyone who has a different idea. They make laws and then exempt them selves. I feel so aggravated that my fellow citizens are literally feel like killing themselves because of an outcome they didn’t identify with. Celebrities throw up their hands I’ll move out of the US if so and so wins. Really! Instead understanding someone else’s choice to go in a different direction, they stop their feet in a tantrum. Then we wonder why we are in the position we are in. News flash not everyone is going to share your opinion! We fought for the right to speak freely regardless of what or who you identify with. People who have resources and access to media should be held to the highest standard. They have the ability to speak to the masses. Shouldn’t they speak respectfully? Never mind the fact that Kathy Griffen held a severed head that look like Trump. We as a nation should have come out in mass to call her out on that. However She did the right to do so, having the right to is one thing expressing death to someone is not. Both parties should have expressed that was too far. Democrat supporters said he needs to be taken out. Too bad the person who attempted to kill Trump wasn’t a better shot. Some of them hold high positions in the government. They literally express that in their minds people should kill a candidate. Then we are shocked that someone would try to kill him. They admittedly said ok we need to “cool off” Only a few months later to call him a Natzi and degrade any supporter of his. I for one loved Michelle Obama said “when they go low we go high”. Why didn’t we follow her example? I was rooting for Harris to win. I prayed that with her in the highest position in our country we would see a kinder gentler leader. Why didn’t she win? I for one thought she would. In talking to friends they expressed. Maybe voters would have been more inclined to vote for her if she had more time to prepare. Maybe If she would have admitted that the current administration could have made better policies for our economy. You know take responsibility. She’s not the only one who have gotten us in this position. But admitting things could be handled better, she would have become relatable. We all make mistakes. What are we teaching our kids? When things don’t go your way move to another country? We had a school who offered kids Wednesday off to help them cope. Ok, I understand kids are affected. How about encouraging them to try to understand someone else’s opinion? Get evolved! Nope. There is no normalizing what has become of the Republican party. Both sides are not the same. Democrats are far from perfect, but a Republican vote in 2024 is a vote to restore straight, white, Christian America to its place as tyrant and bully atop the US socio-economic pyramid. A Republican vote in 2024 is a vote to discard any constitutional protection for people the right doesn't like. A Republican vote in 2024 is a vote to end the American experiment. And it's a vote to put a crazy man who doesn't understand tariffs in charge of our economy, expecting that in his ignorance he'll somehow improve things. Stop telling the sane half of this country that we have to work harder to "understand the perspective" of people who support what current Republicans support. The GOP and its policy arm, The Heritage Foundation, have been quite clear about their plans for the rest of us. We'd be fools not to believe them. And anyone who is still trying to "both sides" our political system is the biggest fool of all.
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Post by Merge on Nov 7, 2024 17:06:33 GMT
What gets me about the tariffs is this: conservatives generally oppose any increase to corporate *taxes* because they say corporations will simply raise consumer prices. Consumers will pay for those tax increases.
But the same people will turn around and insist that corporations will not pass the cost of *tariffs* on to consumers.
Make that make sense.
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Post by Merge on Nov 7, 2024 16:55:49 GMT
Speculating about what Trump will do ... well, I think it's unlikely that Trump will survive this term. He is unhealthy to begin with and, in his campaign's own words, exhausted. His cognitive decline will become more and more obvious. The people surrounding Trump are very much in favor of a national ban, and the weaker he gets mentally, the more likely he lets one of them talk him into signing such a ban.
But also, be worried about what President Vance will do. JD Vance has stated in the past that he'd like abortion to be illegal nationally, and also has mused about "a federal response" to make sure women in red states can't travel to other states to seek abortions. He'd like to make it illegal for abortion rights supporters to donate to organizations that help women seek abortions in other states.
"Let the states decide" begins to look a lot like "turn a blind eye while religious white men in red states imprison women in those states, denying them their constitutional right to travel." He couches it as "making sure blue-state billionaires respect the wishes of red-state Republican men." The rights of women in those states is not of any concern.
And still the price of bread won't have fallen.
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Post by Merge on Nov 7, 2024 15:47:53 GMT
International real estate window shopping at the moment.
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Post by Merge on Nov 7, 2024 15:44:02 GMT
Helping my young adult daughters plot their escape. The US in general and Texas specifically doesn't deserve to keep their talented, educated young women.
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Post by Merge on Nov 7, 2024 14:18:54 GMT
A coworker posted last night that boys are telling girls, "Your body, my choice" at schools "around the country." I haven't asked her where this happened yet. Some right-wing ass tweeted that yesterday and *that's* the rallying cry our young men have taken up. Please don't tell me that this election had anything to do with the economy.
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Post by Merge on Nov 6, 2024 19:46:06 GMT
We tried to talk our daughter out of being an education major and she’ll be graduating in the spring. I am going to highly suggest that she look into all of her options of what she can do. I will be surprised if they don’t come after schools right away. I think if she focuses her job search in states that value public education and fund it well, she'll be fine for several years at least. Private schools are also an option and the higher end ones in big cities do pay well. That said, once she gets about 10-15 years in, she's going to reach the point where she's maybe not so enchanted with her job any more, but she's making enough that it would be a pay cut to start over again in another career. So if she has any ideas about going to grad school for another pursuit, don't put that off too long.
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Post by Merge on Nov 6, 2024 19:41:57 GMT
So what happens if Trump is sentenced to prison in NY for his felony convictions there? And since they’re state charges he can’t give himself a pardon, right? That's correct.
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Post by Merge on Nov 6, 2024 16:35:37 GMT
We've done brisket some years, and last year DH did smoked quail on the wood pellet grill.
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Post by Merge on Nov 6, 2024 15:57:05 GMT
Parents should be worried about the threat to special education funding. It doesn’t matter that you have a child who doesn’t need special education. Your child still benefits! Without special Ed funding the classroom teacher will be further divided trying to meet the needs of all students. And honestly if your kid falls in the top middle half academically, they will not get as much attention as the teacher struggles to deal with the academic, emotional and educational needs of those who need special education services. All students benefit from special education. That may soon be gone. Also SpEd law enforcement - accommodations whether through IEP or 504 are provided through federal enforcement. The DoE does that enforcement. States like mine have routinely been sued for failing to follow federal education law, which tells me that if no one is enforcing the law, many anti-education red states will turn a blind eye to kids having their special needs ignored in public school.
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Post by Merge on Nov 6, 2024 15:52:50 GMT
So what happens if Trump is sentenced to prison in NY for his felony convictions there?
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Post by Merge on Nov 6, 2024 15:29:19 GMT
So curious to see who they'll blame when Trump's mass deportations crater the Texas, Florida, and California economies.
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Post by Merge on Nov 6, 2024 2:20:19 GMT
Why don't these damn delta-9 gummies do what they're supposed to do? Why doesn't my stupid state legalize actual cannabis? I'm not drinking at the moment and really need to find a way to chill or I won't survive this process. medicinal Marijuana card all the way. I wish. Texas has a short list of "qualified conditions" that you can get compassionate use status for. I don't have any of them. Though after 2016 and if we lose tonight, I may qualify for a PTSD diagnosis.
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Post by Merge on Nov 6, 2024 1:53:47 GMT
Why don't these damn delta-9 gummies do what they're supposed to do? Why doesn't my stupid state legalize actual cannabis? I'm not drinking at the moment and really need to find a way to chill or I won't survive this process.
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Post by Merge on Nov 6, 2024 1:48:13 GMT
None. I cannot stand listening to talking heads. I just refresh the NPR website every so often.
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