Republicans: continued

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GOP to "disarm" IRS and spend money on seniors. After Biden accused them of shutting down Medicare.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/385 ... -feud/amp/

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I'm reading some books on the 1968 Chicago convention, Vietnam war and the 70s popular trends.

it struck me how different the protest is from the left and the right. We had the truckers protesting the Covid lock downs, but other than that, the protest from the MAGA folks was at Trump rallies. There were some major events with armed Proud Boys and so on, but the majority of the events were in the safe confines of some building or outdoor event center. There was parking! Vietnam protesters did not need cars or parking.

The same restrained attitude to protest came up with the BLM protests. The black people protesting were all "looters and criminals" according to MAGA.

It's all sanitized to give a safe family type of protest for them. No thought involved, even the signs they held ups were printed by Trump.

The violence did appear but those were basically young men with nothing to do, libertarians, not the white working class that Trump captured.

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Lauren Boebert is sponsoring a bill to eliminate the Department of Education…

None of her bills got out of committee before. But maybe now.

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I don't really the know how congress would make all spending programs end in 5 years. Then renew the "good ones."

The Hill
Scott argues that his plan anticipates that Congress would quickly renew popular programs such as Medicare and Social Security — as well as defense programs — before they have a chance to sunset.

“Does he think I also intend to get rid of the U.S. Navy? Or the Border Patrol? Or air traffic control, maybe? This is the fake, gotcha BS that people hate about Washington. I’ve never advocated cutting Social Security or Medicare and never would,” Scott said.

https://thehill.com/homenews/3849304-sc ... s-jab/amp/

[JimC]

Cue Pink Floyd...

"We don't need no education..."

[Brian Peacock]

I'm reading some books on the 1968 Chicago convention, Vietnam war and the 70s popular trends.

it struck me how different the protest is from the left and the right. We had the truckers protesting the Covid lock downs, but other than that, the protest from the MAGA folks was at Trump rallies. There were some major events with armed Proud Boys and so on, but the majority of the events were in the safe confines of some building or outdoor event center. There was parking! Vietnam protesters did not need cars or parking.

The same restrained attitude to protest came up with the BLM protests. The black people protesting were all "looters and criminals" according to MAGA.

It's all sanitized to give a safe family type of protest for them. No thought involved, even the signs they held ups were printed by Trump.

The violence did appear but those were basically young men with nothing to do, libertarians, not the white working class that Trump captured.

You can't sell burgers and t-shirts at a riot.

[macdoc]

I remember Kent State only too well

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Republicans started a rumor that big businesses have scrapped diversity training of employees. Not really true. But they may start avoiding "woke" national chains.

Kristin V. Shaw
@KristinVShaw
Replying to
@laurenboebert
it’s easy to fact check before tweeting falsehoods, Ms. Boebert. Just for starters, Target’s program is still alive and well:
https://corporate.target.com/sustainabi ... -inclusion

Liberty First
@focusonliberty
Replying to
@KristinVShaw
and
@laurenboebert
Thanks for letting me know so that I can stop shopping at a racist company that promotes socialism over individual ability.

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Republicans in Ohio paid and given campaign donations. In return, train safety laws scrapped.
https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/n ... -shaw-ntsb#

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(Media bias thing, but I'll put it here). McCarthy gives Fox all Capitol to rewrite January 6th story
Exclusive: McCarthy gives Tucker Carlson access to trove of Jan. 6 riot tape
https://www.axios.com/2023/02/20/kevin- ... ot-footage
The archive was previously reported to be 14,000 hours.
Carlson last year called the attack an "outbreak of mob violence, a forgettably minor outbreak by recent standards."

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Now 41 000 hours of footage.

All the cameras and Capitol security will need to be redone. To prevent future uprising.

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Biden blamed for train derailment that Ohio and its governor caused by deregulation:

Lauren Boebert
@laurenboebert
·Biden spent five hours in Kyiv.

That’s five hours more than he spent in East Palestine.

Heather Burton
@ironburton
Replying to
@rhonda_harbison
and
@laurenboebert
It makes no sense why people want to blame Biden. This is clearly an issue of the train company and the governor. Everyone else has done everything that’s been requested. It’s a joke how politicized this has become.

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Tweets between Gaetz and general.
https://www.newsweek.com/ex-general-bla ... tid=ykz3hl
Gaetz wants to issue silver haired alert. Meant to locate a missing senior citizen (Biden.).

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Threats to America, in order of danger:
1 mexican rapists
2 fentanyl in pockets of penniles refugees
3 trans children
Right-wing groups spend millions of dollars on ads targeting transgender kids
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/03/11337419 ... ender-kids