Republicans: continued

[Tero]

One of our 3 congressmen. Fuck drmocracy. Only the border is important.
https://www.threads.net/@aaron.rupar/po ... -i4u2en8NA

[Tero]

Young Republicans in county across from Manhattan are 100% MAGA.
Slate:

Adams’ posts oscillate between standard right-wing grievance and absurdist, almost ritualistic celebration of masculine totems: Hooters, golf, football, steak, pounding “ice-cold domestics,” and chasing Sheilas (roughly, Australian bro-speak for “ladies”). In video diatribes, Adams holds forth on disloyal RINOs and “woke” gyms and fast-food chains, his Australian accent punctuating his varying levels of disgust, outrage, and zeal. But his most singular focus is on defending the natural rights of the traditionally hyper-masculine. In February, he said a boycott of Chipotle (over pronouns, naturally) would “only end when reparations are made to the alpha male community.”

And as with the best stunts on Nathan for You, it has succeeded beyond what anyone might have predicted.

“Like me, I know that Nick appreciates the power of humor, when it comes to making a point,” Trump writes in the foreword to Alpha Kings, Adams’ new book. “Reminding young men of the importance of faith in God, hard work, sports, ambition, discipline, confidence, manners, and love of country is a very important task and Nick embraces that challenge with gusto, knowledge, and heart.”

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/202 ... icans.html

[Tero]

Our Prime Minister:
Mike Johnson describes January 6 insurrectionists as "people who were just there and happened to be walking through the building"
https://www.threads.net/@aaron.rupar/po ... 7l_aGeBOPQ

[L'Emmerdeur]

The Republican Party's unyielding devotion to its constituents (corporations, banks, wealthy citizens) really is something. How dare anybody impinge on the interest of usurers!

'Republicans Are Suing to Block Another Biden Plan to Provide Student Debt Relief'

Last summer, the Supreme Court struck down the Biden administration’s plan to wipe out more than $400 billion in student loans for about 40 million Americans. The plan would have canceled up to $10,000 in debt for low- and middle-income borrowers, and double that amount for borrowers from the poorest backgrounds. The decision responded to two cases brought by conservative groups, and came down months before loan payments were set to restart after a historic halt during the pandemic—dealing a double blow to millions of borrowers.

Now, 11 Republican-led states are at it again, with a new lawsuit aimed at killing the administration’s latest effort to lower the burden of student debt on households. On Thursday, they sued the Biden administration to undo a new income-driven repayment plan, launched in August to lower required loan payments for many borrowers.

The plan in question—called the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan—changes the formula used to calculate monthly payments, basing it on income and family size instead of just a borrower’s loan balance. The result is that for many borrowers, monthly payments are reduced. Crucially, if borrowers keep up with their required payments, any interest beyond that covered by their monthly payment stops accruing on their debt load—and after somewhere between 10 and 25 years, depending on the original loan balance, the remainder of their debt is then forgiven. Since launching less than a year ago, the only people who have had their debt forgiven through SAVE are about 150,000 borrowers who originally took out less than $12,000 in debt and have made payments on their balance for at least 10 years.

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On Saturday, [Kansas attorney general] Kobach spoke to Fox News about the lawsuit and erroneously claimed that the SAVE plan is a form of wealth transfer from those who are low-income to those who earn more—ignoring the fact that the SAVE plan factors income into monthly payments, meaning those who earn very high salaries would see little benefit.

Mother Jones isn't acknowledging the Republican narrative. Kobach is referring to the fact that those who didn't go to higher education (and therefore likely have lower than average income) don't benefit from this debt relief, which benefits to those who did go to higher education. See? Republicans do care about poor people.

[Tero]

Confusing our children. With facts.

[Svartalf]

Joe Biden declares Sunday to be Trans Visibility Day.

Republicans lose their shit.

Mary Magdalene was actually an FtM trans and Jesus was his male name

[Svartalf]

Confusing our children. With facts.
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QFT

[Tero]

Boebert somehow bubbles to top in field of losers.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4 ... allot/amp/

[Tero]

Biden jobs added number bad! Some of those jobs going to...immigrants.
https://www.threads.net/@aaron.rupar/po ... Zbl3o55Y3w

[Sean Hayden]

The economy can’t be as good as claimed. It doesn’t make sense. I’ve pointed out before that people have no savings, debt is climbing, and despite doing better than others with inflation things are still very expensive, especially where people feel it most, groceries, housing, transportation —healthcare, my family’s case ~800 a month just to carry insurance (plus another 200 a month in bills to specialists) and that’s not likely to be on the high end.

[Tero]

MTG
Marjorie Taylor Greene is out with a new conspiracy about Ukraine waging a war on Christianity.

https://www.threads.net/@shawnharrisfor ... x5ZdzXaHxQ
On Nov. 5th, we're going to kick Vladimir Putin's official surrogate out of Congress.

[Brian Peacock]

The economy can’t be as good as claimed. It doesn’t make sense. I’ve pointed out before that people have no savings, debt is climbing, and despite doing better than others with inflation things are still very expensive, especially where people feel it most, groceries, housing, transportation —healthcare, my family’s case ~800 a month just to carry insurance (plus another 200 a month in bills to specialists) and that’s not likely to be on the high end.

When the wealthy get wealthier we all feel the benefit, right?

[pErvinalia]

A rising tide lifts all boats.

[Tero]

Biden's eclipse bad. Somehow causes open border to be even more open.
https://www.threads.net/@thedailyshow/p ... aU2RDCnO7g

[Tero]

MTG:
In the lengthy message released on Tuesday, Greene accused Democrats of pursuing a “death sentence” against Donald Trump and Johnson of doing nothing to stop it.

Greene mainly took issue with Johnson’s support of a $1.2 trillion spending package that was passed to avoid a government shutdown. Greene said there was no time to add amendments, let alone reading the major legislation before a vote was called.
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/marjo ... r-johnson/