Republicans

[Brian Peacock]

But what about all those GOP seniors in Congress?

[L'Emmerdeur]

More than half of them are millionaires, and pretty much all the rest are very well off. None of them have the same money worries as poor people in the US. Senators are guaranteed pensions after serving one term (six years), Representatives after three terms of two years each. Their health care is subsidized by the government.

What's going on now is the eternal wet-dream of Republicans--tax cuts for the rich, paid for by cutting assistance to the most vulnerable poor. It's no wonder the zombie-eyed granny starver Paul Ryan is leaving--his mission is all but accomplished.

[pErvinalia]

Seems like 42 is still ignoring inconvenient evidence.

[Joe]

Well, I doubt he knows much about that time other than the GOP spin. After all, how old was he in 1986? Eight?

[Animavore]

More Than 6,600 Wisconsin Republicans Voted for a Neo-Nazi in Last Night’s Primary

11% of the vote.
https://gritpost.com/6600-wisconsin-republicans/

[Tero]

Kids don’t care if Prez is a criminal asshole?
Is there a bright side for Trump?
How about this statistic: “Only 28% of young adults say they are absolutely certain they will vote in the 2018 election compared to 74% of seniors,” according to a study by the non-profit PRRI. If the Democrats can’t take Congress, the notion of accountability for Trump may recede farther into the distance.

[Animavore]

Wow! This is brazen. After spending the last two decades spending millions trying to negatively influence public opinion on climate change with a campaign of misinformation, which included paying off dodgy scientists to 'speak out', the oil industry are asking the government to foot the bill (billions of tax payer money) for a sea wall to protect their business from the effects of climate change. And the corrupt Republican party, who are steeped in oil lobby funding all the way to the top, and have facilitated in spreading misinformation and running a campaign of denial and rejecting the Paris Agreement signed by nearly all the rest of the World, are only too happy to oblige.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-prot ... tal-spine/

[Animavore]

[Sean Hayden]

Kids don’t care if Prez is a criminal asshole?
Is there a bright side for Trump?
How about this statistic: “Only 28% of young adults say they are absolutely certain they will vote in the 2018 election compared to 74% of seniors,” according to a study by the non-profit PRRI. If the Democrats can’t take Congress, the notion of accountability for Trump may recede farther into the distance.

Break their phones until they can prove they voted. Come on Sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile, now that you're people, you need to take a stand!

[laklak]

Easy enough to stop the young adult vote, just release some rare Pokémons on election day.

[Sean Hayden]

[Joe]

Damn, this is true love.

CHARGED WITH FRAUD, DUNCAN HUNTER THROWS HIS WIFE UNDER BUS

Facing an inventory of campaign-finance violations that would make Paul Manafort blush, the California congressman is blaming his wife.

California Rep. Duncan Hunter was only one of the four Donald Trump allies slammed by the justice system this week, and possibly the least consequential of the bunch, but according to the unsealed indictment charging him with dozens of counts of campaign-finance fraud, the allegations against him are the most eye-popping. By the diminished standards of a congressman on a government salary, Hunter’s expenses rival Paul Manafort’s lavish lifestyle of rugs and an ostrich jacket: prosecutors allege that Hunter and his wife, Margaret Hunter, used the campaign’s coffers to buy housing supplies from Costco and Target, pay tuition and dental bills for their children, fund a more than $14,000 family vacation to Italy, and spent $250 dollars to bring a pet on a flight—all while racking up personal overdraft fees totaling more than $37,000. (Hunter and his wife have pleaded not guilty.)

“This is pure politics,” Hunter protested Thursday night on Fox News, saying that the charges were filed just before his re-election, and implying that the “Democrats’ arm of law enforcement” had it out for him. But he didn’t stop with the tried-and-true talking points: “When I went away to Iraq in 2003, the first time, I gave [Margaret] power of attorney. She handled my finances throughout my entire military career, and that continued on when I got into Congress,” he told Martha MacCallum, effectively blaming his wife for the scandal. “She was also the campaign manager, so whatever she did, that’ll be looked at too, I’m sure, but I didn’t do it.”

[Sean Hayden]

hahahahaha, what a fucker!

[Seabass]

The fuckin' balls on this guy. After what the Republicans pulled with Merrick Garland...

[Animavore]

I lolled.