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Post by tashoya on Jul 9, 2023 0:47:17 GMT -5
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Post by SSHoya on Jul 9, 2023 9:10:03 GMT -5
Shameless hypocrites, about par for the course for the cult. They opposed the infrastructure law. Now, some in the GOP court its cash. When the Biden administration awarded Alabama roughly $1.4 billion in late June to expand high-speed internet access across the state, its senior Republican senator rejoiced. “Great to see Alabama receive crucial funds to boost ongoing broadband efforts,” Sen. Tommy Tuberville wrote on Twitter, without acknowledging the money originated in a law that he — and dozens of other Republicans — had voted against. Nearly two years after Congress finalized the first in a series of measures to improve the nation’s aging infrastructure and combat climate change, some of the GOP lawmakers who originally tried to scuttle the spending are now welcoming it. They have privately courted newly available federal money to improve their local roads, bridges, pipes, ports and internet connections, and publicly celebrated when their cities and states have secured a portion of the aid. www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/07/09/gop-spending-infrastructure-ira-biden/
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Post by SSHoya on Jul 9, 2023 9:40:30 GMT -5
Hmmm. The "pro-life" cult? How's that anti-science thing working out for ya?! A “Mortality Gap” – Republicans Are Dying at a Higher Rate Than Democrats In Democratic counties, death rates dropped by 22%, whereas in Republican areas, they only fell by 11%. A slowdown in mortality improvements among white Americans residing in Republican counties between 2001 and 2019 was a major factor in the rise in the disparity in resident death rates across disease categories. A recent study shows how politics and health outcomes have become more intertwined over time. From 2001 to 2019, researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital looked at death rates and information on federal and state elections for all counties in the United States. The researchers discovered a “mortality gap,” or an increasing divergence in age-adjusted death rates in counties that had supported Democrats or Republicans in prior presidential and governor elections. In an ideal world, politics and health would be independent of each other and it wouldn’t matter whether one lives in an area that voted for one party or another,” said corresponding author Haider Warraich, MD, of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Brigham. “But that is no longer the case. From our data, we can see that the risk of premature death is higher for people living in a county that voted Republican.” scitechdaily.com/a-mortality-gap-republicans-are-dying-at-a-higher-rate-than-democrats/
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Post by tashoya on Jul 9, 2023 21:12:15 GMT -5
Shameless hypocrites, about par for the course for the cult. They opposed the infrastructure law. Now, some in the GOP court its cash. When the Biden administration awarded Alabama roughly $1.4 billion in late June to expand high-speed internet access across the state, its senior Republican senator rejoiced. “Great to see Alabama receive crucial funds to boost ongoing broadband efforts,” Sen. Tommy Tuberville wrote on Twitter, without acknowledging the money originated in a law that he — and dozens of other Republicans — had voted against. Nearly two years after Congress finalized the first in a series of measures to improve the nation’s aging infrastructure and combat climate change, some of the GOP lawmakers who originally tried to scuttle the spending are now welcoming it. They have privately courted newly available federal money to improve their local roads, bridges, pipes, ports and internet connections, and publicly celebrated when their cities and states have secured a portion of the aid. www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/07/09/gop-spending-infrastructure-ira-biden/They continue to demonstrate that they have no desire at all to actually govern but it sure is odd how they don't whine about socialism when they're on the receiving end of federal aid dollars.
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Post by tashoya on Jul 9, 2023 21:14:30 GMT -5
Hmmm. The "pro-life" cult? How's that anti-science thing working out for ya?! A “Mortality Gap” – Republicans Are Dying at a Higher Rate Than Democrats In Democratic counties, death rates dropped by 22%, whereas in Republican areas, they only fell by 11%. A slowdown in mortality improvements among white Americans residing in Republican counties between 2001 and 2019 was a major factor in the rise in the disparity in resident death rates across disease categories. A recent study shows how politics and health outcomes have become more intertwined over time. From 2001 to 2019, researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital looked at death rates and information on federal and state elections for all counties in the United States. The researchers discovered a “mortality gap,” or an increasing divergence in age-adjusted death rates in counties that had supported Democrats or Republicans in prior presidential and governor elections. In an ideal world, politics and health would be independent of each other and it wouldn’t matter whether one lives in an area that voted for one party or another,” said corresponding author Haider Warraich, MD, of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Brigham. “But that is no longer the case. From our data, we can see that the risk of premature death is higher for people living in a county that voted Republican.” scitechdaily.com/a-mortality-gap-republicans-are-dying-at-a-higher-rate-than-democrats/Dying to own the libs. Well done, folks. Freedumb at its finest.
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Post by hoyajinx on Jul 10, 2023 5:11:41 GMT -5
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Post by SSHoya on Jul 10, 2023 5:50:57 GMT -5
"Republican" Clown Caucus - Mango Maniacs!! CNN — When a band of House Freedom Caucus members met last month to strategize over how to hold GOP leadership accountable for the bipartisan debt ceiling deal, not everyone from the far-right group was invited. Around a half dozen hardliners opted to hold a secret strategy session, where they hashed out a game plan to tank a key procedural vote in retaliation for their demands being ignored in the debt limit fight, according to a source involved in the effort. The recent cracks that have emerged within the caucus – a band of roughly 40 rabble-rousers who derive much of their power from being unified against Republican leadership – are emblematic of a broader identity crisis that the eight-year-old group has been wrestling with. Initially formed to help pull the GOP legislative agenda to the right, the ultra conservative caucus quickly became a fanclub for Donald Trump, more defined by personalities than a devotion to policy. www.cnn.com/2023/07/10/politics/house-freedom-caucus-future-plans/index.html
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Post by SSHoya on Jul 10, 2023 5:57:06 GMT -5
Because "Republicans" have normalized violence in politics over the last 7 years or so? For example, who is the governor of Montana? The guy who body slammed a reporter who dared ask a question about health care. MT voters rewarded him by sending him from Congress to Governor, the first GOP governor in MT in sixteen years. Go figure. www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/reporter-warns-gianforte-not-to-mislead-voters-about-2017-assaultHELENA, Mont. (AP) — Republican Greg Gianforte won the race to become Montana’s next governor, defeating Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney in Tuesday’s election and expanding the GOP’s hold on the state following one of the most competitive gubernatorial races of the 2020 election. This was the second run at the governorship for both candidates. Gianforte lost his run against incumbent Gov. Steve Bullock in 2016. Cooney ran unsuccessfully for the seat in 2000. Gianforte is known for assaulting a reporter on the eve of a special election he won to earn a seat in the U.S. House in 2017. He was reelected to the seat in 2018. The assault incident drew praise from Trump, who endorsed Gianforte this year. apnews.com/article/technology-virus-outbreak-access-to-health-care-greg-gianforte-elections-faf04e24168444190db5e25f8010df33
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Post by SSHoya on Jul 10, 2023 8:53:06 GMT -5
Only one party/cult supports a dangerous sociopath. Less than a year into Donald Trump’s presidency, top homeland security officials were so alarmed about escalating tensions with North Korea that they held multiple meetings to prepare for a nuclear attack on American soil, according to a forthcoming book by Miles Taylor, who was a top official in the department at the time. In an excerpt of the book Blowback: A Warning to Save Democracy from the Next Trump that was shared with POLITICO, Taylor describes acute concerns in the Trump administration in 2017 after North Korean missile tests — including one while then-Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Trump at Mar-a-Lago. Trump responded to the missile tests with increasingly bellicose rhetoric. www.politico.com/news/2023/07/10/anonymous-author-trump-nuclear-meetings-00105366
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Post by Massholya on Jul 10, 2023 9:20:58 GMT -5
Wasn’t GOP. Guy had to be ANTIFA disguised as GOP guy. Because Antifa!
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Post by tashoya on Jul 10, 2023 23:16:54 GMT -5
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Post by SSHoya on Jul 11, 2023 5:49:39 GMT -5
THE DEPARTMENT OF Justice announced on Monday an indictment against Gal Luft, the Israeli-American co-head of a Maryland-based think tank, on charges related to violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). Luft, currently a fugitive from American authorities, has been touted by Republicans as a potential whistleblower in their ongoing efforts to link the Biden family to corrupt business dealings abroad. www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/gal-luft-doj-charged-unregistered-foreign-agent-1234785971/
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Post by SSHoya on Jul 11, 2023 10:36:38 GMT -5
The racist MAGA GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville refuses to agree white nationalists are racist Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) said that the definition of a “white nationalist” is a matter of “opinion” during a television interview Monday night in which he was given the opportunity to clarify remarks from this spring, when he appeared to be advocating for white nationalists to serve in the U.S. military. During the CNN interview, Tuberville repeatedly said he rejects racism but pushed back against host Kaitlan Collins when she told him that by definition white nationalists are racist because they believe their race is superior to others. Tuberville at one point in the back-and-forth characterized white nationalists as people who hold “a few probably different beliefs.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/11/tuberville-military-racists-white-nationalist/
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Post by tashoya on Jul 11, 2023 19:17:48 GMT -5
The racist MAGA GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville refuses to agree white nationalists are racist Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) said that the definition of a “white nationalist” is a matter of “opinion” during a television interview Monday night in which he was given the opportunity to clarify remarks from this spring, when he appeared to be advocating for white nationalists to serve in the U.S. military. During the CNN interview, Tuberville repeatedly said he rejects racism but pushed back against host Kaitlan Collins when she told him that by definition white nationalists are racist because they believe their race is superior to others. Tuberville at one point in the back-and-forth characterized white nationalists as people who hold “a few probably different beliefs.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/11/tuberville-military-racists-white-nationalist/Was he asked, at any point, if the sky is blue?
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Post by tashoya on Jul 11, 2023 21:54:58 GMT -5
Cult gonna keep on culting:
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Post by SSHoya on Jul 12, 2023 7:21:40 GMT -5
"Republican" morons double down on Gal Luft, fugitive from justice. Good job, morons!
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Post by hoyarooter on Jul 12, 2023 17:53:15 GMT -5
And it's Ron Johnson well out in front in the race for worst Senator, but wait, emerging from the pack with a mighty rush is Coach Tommy, and he's flying up on the outside.
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Post by tashoya on Jul 12, 2023 19:58:11 GMT -5
Agreed. Both from the violence/divisive aspect and the fact that they, apparently, found a "Republican" with a set of balls. One would think that would be huge news. What's next? They'll find one with a brain, a spine or a conscience?
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tashoya
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Post by tashoya on Jul 12, 2023 20:54:08 GMT -5
Hey, "Republicans," this is what governing looks like:
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Post by tashoya on Jul 13, 2023 19:13:15 GMT -5
This would be hilarious if it weren't so pathetic and dangerous:
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