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WinstonSmith4740

(3,412 posts)
30. What really bothers me is this.
Tue Dec 16, 2025, 03:16 PM
Dec 16

These guys KNOW what they're doing is wildly unpopular. Their constituents have been screaming at them at town hall meetings, and I'm sure in emails & phone calls. They know what will happen when the subsidies expire. They know how much this will hurt and infuriate not only Dems, but their rethug supporters. And they don't care. Holy Mike will never be able to convince anyone they really tried to find a way to extend the subsidies. They've been trying to destroy the ACA since it started...this will be their pathway.

So either there are some rethugs who have finally discovered a conscious, and are willing to give up their cushy seat in the House, but don't want their families and lives threatened by openly defying that maniac and having his crazy minions show up at their house, OR (and this is the scary part for me) they already know the fix is in, just like 2024, and they have nothing to worry about when the election rolls around...the machines are already programmed to make sure they win. Remember that somehow Trump won all the swing states. Also, remember Musk said the quiet part out loud...if it weren't for him, Trump would have lost, and both the House and Senate would be in Democratic hands. And I don't think he was referring to the financial contributions.

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Death by Republican negligence C_U_L8R Dec 16 #1
Another nail in the coffin of Johnson's speakership Jose Garcia Dec 16 #2
Yup. patphil Dec 16 #35
From Republican Rep Lawler off of MS NOW Bengus81 Dec 16 #51
What happened to dweller Dec 16 #3
That's my guess BaronChocula Dec 16 #10
Yeh I looked first dweller Dec 16 #12
There are at least 3 different discharge petitions but none have the necessary 218 signatures yet Wiz Imp Dec 16 #29
Dicks no_hypocrisy Dec 16 #4
This is about the right's unwarranted opposition to the ACA. J_William_Ryan Dec 16 #5
Obama Derangement Syndrome BaronChocula Dec 16 #15
I've been trying hard to figure out WHY they were doing this..... lastlib Dec 16 #24
That is EXACTLY the intention, and nobody has ever tried to conceal that Bluetus Dec 16 #33
You're right, but it still doesn't explain WHY--- lastlib Dec 16 #37
The ""why" is obvious Bluetus Dec 16 #40
They'll Quanto Magnus Dec 16 #43
Don't think so,people have been watching this like a hawk. They've been back since Nov 12th Bengus81 Dec 16 #49
they simply do not care Skittles Dec 16 #47
There is no way Traildogbob Dec 16 #6
Thanks to all the idiots that voted for him. mdbl Dec 16 #21
Oh, but we will hear all about how terrible their lives are because Democrats haven't fixed it yet. Volaris Dec 16 #23
Party of Death wolfie001 Dec 16 #7
That is for sure... sdfernando Dec 16 #13
Murderers. SalamanderSleeps Dec 16 #8
Mikey knows that the extensions would pass. Mblaze Dec 16 #9
Yeah, they would pass the House, but they already failed in the Senate and Trump wouldn't sign it anyway even if the Wiz Imp Dec 16 #17
If that was true a discharge petition would have been successful MichMan Dec 16 #18
It took awhile but the discharge petition has arrived. Mblaze Wednesday #54
Hey Johnson, thank you, MarineCombatEngineer Dec 16 #11
What a surprise! WestMichRad Dec 16 #14
GOP are POS Pas-de-Calais Dec 16 #16
Remember when they accused Democrats of being the DEATH PANEL Dems? We can NEVER bluestarone Dec 16 #19
The bosses of Palin paid her to say that. But it's insurance companies themselves who employ death panels. ancianita Dec 16 #38
We The People Remember...Midterms Are Coming CapnSteve Dec 16 #20
If this remains true the Ds should not fight. Instead they should be shouting that with the Rs destruction in2herbs Dec 16 #22
Everything they touch dies orangecrush Dec 16 #25
For one pre-eminent reason: Republicans do NOT know how to govern or get one damn thing done for The People. ancianita Dec 16 #26
They don't want to. We're being systemically robbed from every direction. ... littlemissmartypants Dec 16 #28
They say that because, not really knowing how to govern, they have to be TOLD by P2025 what to do. ancianita Dec 16 #36
Law degree or not if you're a psychopath it's immaterial. littlemissmartypants Wednesday #53
The GOP has just declared they're holding hands for their mass suicide. Vinca Dec 16 #27
Thanks for remembering the farmers, Vinca. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Dec 16 #31
What really bothers me is this. WinstonSmith4740 Dec 16 #30
Their plan: Bankrupt then kill Americans BigmanPigman Dec 16 #32
On a slow roll depopulation plan -- kill them by sickening them. Good thing Gov Newsom is forming a healthcare alliance ancianita Dec 16 #42
Disaster Capitalism in play; destroy the ACA so desperate people will accept a more pro-corporate solution Auggie Dec 16 #34
Next step, making health insurance madatory and Prairie_Seagull Dec 16 #39
When the ACA was passed it was mandatory with fines for not having insurance MichMan Dec 16 #41
Going down a rabbit hole, Prairie_Seagull Dec 16 #44
Further, I believe between now and the mid-terms Prairie_Seagull Dec 16 #45
I think it will be along the likes of Medicare Advantage ... Auggie Dec 16 #46
Well hell Gang of eight, how that em..."promise" work out? Bengus81 Dec 16 #48
That was in the Senate. MichMan Dec 16 #50
They must really want to lose. RandySF Dec 16 #52
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