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1. lol. Ask a Republican about federal spending and they'll rant about how that "other" sliver needs to be cut

Fri Jan 16, 2026, 01:44 PM

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Greedy billionaires, through their bought and paid for Republican politicians, feed them a line about "waste, fraud, and abuse" and that's all the pretense they need to insist on zero funding for starving orphans or anything that might help black people, etc.

They love the military (not the vets so much though) projecting force and they love the police and ice breaking rules and shooting people in the face in the name of "law and order".

Yeah, I don't think they'd look at that chart and see a problem, or at least not see the same problem we see....

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Beloved DU, take a picture of this and show it to any Republican, family, friend or whoever. [View all] ancianita 14 hrs ago OP

lol. Ask a Republican about federal spending and they'll rant about how that "other" sliver needs to be cut unblock 14 hrs ago #1

Okay. But let THEM say that. Then remind them that when, not if, these forces show up, they can't say they weren't told ancianita 14 hrs ago #3

A la Hitler. GreenWave 14 hrs ago #2

When a country can't fix its problems with education and other public services, it resorts to Bev54 12 hrs ago #4

All I can say is ancianita 12 hrs ago #6

Have you seen anything of the senate hearings to confirm the two commanders ongoing now? Bev54 10 hrs ago #16

Well said. Trump is the Galtieri of North America. peppertree 11 hrs ago #9

Ugh Joinfortmill 2 hrs ago #23

Public Education. Public Health. Public Interest. Kid Berwyn 12 hrs ago #5

All 50 US states still operate public education. All blue states still run public health clinics. ancianita 12 hrs ago #7

Never give up. Kid Berwyn 11 hrs ago #10

WE THE PEOPLE! yellow dahlia 3 hrs ago #21

Looks like they want to make sure the public can be suppressed. calimary 12 hrs ago #8

Sad - but true. peppertree 11 hrs ago #11

It does. ancianita 11 hrs ago #12

Warmongering in a mirror: The U.S. at war with itself. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 11 hrs ago #13

Thankfully BumRushDaShow 11 hrs ago #14

Source of this chart erronis 11 hrs ago #15

Thanks for the more detailed info. ancianita 9 hrs ago #18

police state!! BlueWaveNeverEnd 10 hrs ago #17

AND be sure to show them this .... eppur_se_muova 7 hrs ago #19

Thanks. ancianita 23 min ago #24

Sadly, they'd probably approve. progressoid 6 hrs ago #20

Coup d'etat? Joinfortmill 2 hrs ago #22

By whom? ancianita 18 min ago #25