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CousinIT

(9,247 posts)
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 05:13 PM Jun 2017

While we watched Comey, Paul Ryan gutted Dodd-Frank, leaving economy vulnerable again

to the same fraud and abuse that caused the 2007-2008 economic crash.

AND the GOP Senate is getting ready - with ZERO input from health care consumers or patient advocacy groups - to RAM DonTCare (or some equally deadly version of it) through the Senate.

Know why the GOP won't do ANYTHING to stop Trump no matter WHAT he does? Because the daily Trump scandals and drama keep America distracted so the GOP can take EVERYTHING away from non-billionaires while destroying our government.

LINK: https://thinkprogress.org/dodd-frank-regulations-f50b3118945d

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While we watched Comey, Paul Ryan gutted Dodd-Frank, leaving economy vulnerable again (Original Post) CousinIT Jun 2017 OP
I think we're capable of paying attention to more than one thing at a time. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #1
it's hard and they know it barbtries Jun 2017 #5
Um-hmm. How many were watching Comey today instead of calling their Reps? CousinIT Jun 2017 #6
You might be and I might be FiveGoodMen Jun 2017 #7
also according to an email, barbtries Jun 2017 #2
Why do millions upon millions of their constituents want them to destroy America? FiveGoodMen Jun 2017 #8
Ryan can try any shit he wants, it would have to pass in the Senate, as I understand it The_Casual_Observer Jun 2017 #3
Right. It's never been about Rump, but about the Hortensis Jun 2017 #4

barbtries

(28,799 posts)
5. it's hard and they know it
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 05:20 PM
Jun 2017

they have staff. essentially, they have more than 24 hours a day to fuck up the country. and they are dedicated, energetic, stupid yet clever, and completely devoid of morals or ethics or anything close to empathy or sympathy for the less fortunate among us.

i'm having trouble keeping up. every day it's something different. health care's going down the drain. the financial monsters who caused the great recession are getting every fucked up thing back that they need to do it again. the president's giving away our forests, our national parks, our highways and bridges to private parties so they can profit from us twice, once when we pay our taxes and again when we pay the toll. the president goes on a trip and kisses the ass of the dictator who refuses to recognize the worth of women or even their humanity and beheads people for protesting his rule, then turns around and apparently deliberately shits on our democratic allies.

i know there's more. it's multiple catastrophes on a daily basis. who can keep up? and the fucking republicans are just going to town. they are evil motherfuckers.

CousinIT

(9,247 posts)
6. Um-hmm. How many were watching Comey today instead of calling their Reps?
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 05:20 PM
Jun 2017

Probably a LOT, since the Comey/Russia thing keeps people so distracted - they don't even know what their reps are up to or what votes are scheduled.

barbtries

(28,799 posts)
2. also according to an email,
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 05:14 PM
Jun 2017

McConnell is fixing to fast track the health care bill and have a vote without debate. i already called Tillis for all the good it will do. i've been thanking Burr for taking the russia investigation seriously and he's retiring, so i can't threaten him with losing next time out.

fucking republicans. why do they want to destroy this country??

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)
8. Why do millions upon millions of their constituents want them to destroy America?
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 06:45 PM
Jun 2017

Even if we get out of this immediate mess -- and I say IF -- we've got massive cleanup to do.

KKK, Nazis, plain-old racists, and evangelical 'Christians'.

Much worse than picking up after a hurricane.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
4. Right. It's never been about Rump, but about the
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 05:17 PM
Jun 2017

rest of those greedy, destructive snakes conservatives handed this country over to.

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