#162 Soup or sausage.

Isn't making either one what legislation is all about?

Jesus on a popsicle stick... WTF are you going to actually going to go to bed, as you indicated hours ago?

#159 Oh, do tell us, Pollyanna... why would the "dems" find it hard to work with the Trump, who has publicly stated on multiple occasions that he "hates" Democrats and "cannot stand them"? His rhetoric frequently targets the Democratic party as a political opponent, often describing them as the "enemy from within" or more dangerous than foreign adversaries.

Knock us out with your infinite wisdom of "research" because you have an Internet connection and a browser.

Jump, "BJ," jump.

#157 Trillion dollar tax cuts.

Billion dollar contracts to Elon and company.

But, no, no "free stuff" from the GOPyers... right "BJ"?

#150 Of course you can't.

#137 You want "challenges you can dig into"?

WTF do you think this is?

The Algonquin Round Table?

As for "you're kill filed."

I haven't a clue what that is.

But it does sound promising.

Does it mean you no longer see my responses to your ludicrous responses... but everyone else can?

Cool.

I'd be up for that.

I ridicule you.

You fail to respond because I'm 'kill filed,' whatever that is, and can't see my response? But everyone else can?

Knock yourself out, "BJ."

Would NOT be my loss.

#142 A history of making up sh*t???

Well, you would certainly know about THAT.

Your lack of integrity is laid bare in your #116.

Or is it your lack of self-control?

#137 Personal attacks are your raison d'tre.

You are just too blind to see that, you Pollyannish, ignorant, naive and overall fool.

You're welcome, sweetheart.

Oh, and as for trolling... are you good for anything but trolling?

I certainly haven't seen it.

#131 No long-term federal welfare entitlements that don't involve work or a path toward employment?

Someone you should really meet once said (about red state welfare): "Just build and maintain our roads and leave us alone."

Conveniently, you and they completely overlook these basic facts:

Ingratitude is a Cardinal Sin.

'Tis the people in rural areas who rely more on government services (local, county, state AND federal) as the cost for the equivalent that a private service provider would be prohibitively expensive, makes their government services in some cases their only way to receive it.

Rural electrification
the TVA
Broadband nationwide (in rural areas)
Government subsidies to farmers
Government subsidies to landowners
Water
Forest management
Hospitals and health care
Roads
Police

...and more.

So, just WTF are you rambling on about "federal welfare entitlements"?

You ungrateful and ignorant "BJ"

#131 Welfare queens in their Cadillacs.

Can't you even begin to come up with some new material?

Really?

#132 GOPyers and people like the BJ post complete BS because they believe that everyone is as stupid and as gullible as THEY are.

#19 - Why has the Trump given $40,000,000,000.00 of American taxpayer money, to a country known for defaulting on previous international loans?

- When are the Epstein files going to be released?

- Why did Kristi Noem spend $172,000,000.00 of American taxpayer money for not one, but 2 Gulfstream private jets (the US Government already has a fleet of air transportation exclusively for executive- and Cabinet-level personnel)?

- Why is there a Qatari Air Force Base - Qatari, a country that's financed international terrorism - being built in Idaho in the USA?

- Why has the Trump added $2,000,000,000,000.00 (and climbing) to the nation's debt just since he took office in January, 2025?

#19 And if I were Trump ( God forbid), I'd be nervous. Because when people start using state races as a low-cost way to punch your movement in the face, they tend to keep punching.

2026 is coming.

#19 Around the time of the election, [Binance founder ChangPeng] Zhao's representatives began discussions with allies of Trump, saying they wanted to find a solution to Binance's legal troubles in the U.S. and offering a deal with a Trump family business, according to people familiar with the discussions.

Once Trump won, Binance formed a high-level task force to strike a deal with the Trumps' nascent cryptocurrency venture, World Liberty Financial, that Binance could leverage into clemency for Zhao, other people familiar with the matter said.

This spring, Binance took steps that catapulted the Trump family venture's new stablecoin product, enhancing its credibility and pushing its market capitalization up from $127 million to over $2.1 billion.

Trump granted Zhao a presidential pardon last week, likely paving the way for the world's largest crypto-trading platform to return to the U.S., from where it was banned after the company pleaded guilty in 2023 to violating anti-money-laundering rules. At the time, the government said Zhao had caused "significant harm to U.S. national security" by allowing sanctioned Iranian crypto exchanges, Russian drug-traffickers, Hamas militants and other criminal groups to move billions of dollars through the exchange.

The bottom-line (as if there is a bottom):

The pardon marks the most distinct instance yet of Trump using the powers of his office to benefit someone at the center of deals that have enriched his family.

No sh*t.

#19 A Burger King crown and a happy meal

But my favorite part of the summit is the menu they designed for Trump ... .

We've got a salad called "Reminiscing the Success Story of New York" with Trump's favorite Thousand Island dressing, which is basically Big Mac sauce.

We've got a Korean Platter of Sincerity with US Beef. We've got a "gochujang-ketchup glaze" and mini beef patties with ketchup, in case Trump can't find anything else on the menu to eat, because they know he's got the palate of a toddler.

And we've got a "Peacemaker's Dessert" that includes a gold-adorned brownie, because what else do you serve Scrooge fucking McDuck besides literal gold on a brownie.

So yes, South Korea basically gave Trump a Burger King crown and a happy meal with extra ketchup and patted him on the head and told him he's been a real good boy.

** They mocked him right out in the open while making him feel like they were kissing the ring. **

#19 $40,000,000,000.00 to Argentina:

Then there is the little issue that Trump has mandated US banks to provide Argentina another 20 billion in loans. However, thus far banks have refused unless the US government guarantees the loans.

In other words, we, the taxpayer could be on the hook for 40 billion. That madame, is highly likely since Argentina has reneged 20 times on IMF loans since the 1950s.

#128 Your entire "thesis" is self-important/self-stimulating BS coming from a position and THEN finding the rationalization for it.

See also: Gaslighting.

See also: Unwelcome.

See also: Not asked for.

See also: Internet access + a browser =/= "research."

You're welcome, Pollyanna.

And what happened to your #116...

Couldn't help yourself, could you?

No impulse control... Just like the Trump.

#126 You have made it abundantly clear what you want Democrats to do.

Yeah, they have an obligation to act in the best interest of the American people.

BUT DEMOCRATS ARE NOT IN CHARGE.

The GOPyers and Trump are.

Get THEM to start working with the minority party.

Are you fooling yourself thinking that is still possible?

Meanwhile, take your "one-sided BS/BJ" gaslighting and impotently try to sell it elsewhere.

WTF do you think I keep calling you Pollyannish?

As for asking that politicians to not just do whatever keeps their constituents happy enough to reelect them...

WTF do you think is their motivation? It used to be that people like JFK called us all to a higher calling to help make America a great country.

Reagan turned that into a punchline about "I'm here from the government and I'm here to help."

Sell that one to the people in western North Carolina who are still awaiting relief in their area... being held hostage to dog-killer Christie's "looking for fraud" excuses that are sitting on her desk.

Welcome to reality, you Pollyannaish, pathetic, naive character.

"Tis like shooting fish in a barrel.

#78 You wrote a researched summary of ACA with a detailed history if its problems?

Self-importance.

Impotent thinking.

And you asked someone here that if they find something wrong you'd like to know.

How about 100% of your self-important bullsh*t was wrong? That would be the sum of it.

Just WTF are you?

And WTF should anyone read, believe, and, most importantly, give a sh*t about your "research"?

You have an Internet connection, right?

You have a browser, correct?

Why, that makes you, strange, impotent, Pollyannaish character, so well educated.

Because you have an Internet connection and a browser.

Is that about right?

And THIS is the exact same Trump that the BJ character seems to believe that Democrats should negotiate with, vis-a-vis healthcare.

An administration that says, in open court...

Let's simplify this further: the government is arguing that once the money is spent, it can't be unspent (and that would be horrible). But the hungry can't eat tomorrow (and that's not as bad). That is the contention.

PS... thanks, Lamplighter for the wonderful HTML lesson! :-)

Twice, a Rhode Island federal judge, John J. McConnell Jr., agreed, ordering the government to draw on existing accounts to cover the gap. Twice, the administration appealed, contending that the judiciary had usurped Congress's spending power by directing the executive branch to find the money.

In a 40-page filing to the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, the administration insisted that being forced to spend money Congress has already appropriated is a graver injury than the hunger and disruption that would follow from withholding it. Friday night, the administration filed a nearly identical emergency stay request with the Supreme Court, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued a temporary pause that will remain in effect until the circuit court issues a judgment on the matter.

In plain English, the Justice Department is telling the court that it would hurt the federal government more to comply with a judge's order requiring full food stamp payments than it would hurt millions of low-income Americans to potentially starve.

Let's simplify this further: the government is arguing that once the money is spent, it can't be unspent (and that would be horrible). But the hungry can't eat tomorrow (and that's not as bad). That is the contention.

For some reason, this seems appropriate for the GOPyers in the listening audience ...

#86 Then when the f**k isn't it time for the GOPyers to s--- or get off the pot?

Why are you absolving the MAJORITY PARTY IN CONGRESS for any responsibility whatsoever? Why?

Face facts: Ever since the election a year ago, everyone from Trump on down has loved, just loved to say how the American people put them in charge of the White House, the Senate, the House, and, of course, SCOTUS.

They have made sure that everyone, including the American people, knows that they're the ones in charge. "HaHaHa, Democrats... we own you..." they sneer.

Yep. They LOL at Democrats, calling them losers. Taunting about a Vance/Rubio ticket 2028-2036. "HaHaHa" or "LOL" is their go-to line about Democrats.

It seems that the Americans got the message: Trump and the GOP own Washington DC. Not Democrats.

So, if you're just NOW claiming that the failure to solve the healthcare crisis (manufactured by the Trump) is the fault of the Democrats, and that THEY (in the minority) are responsible for fixing it, good luck.

The American people ain't buying it.

Yes, you are this idiotic... you seem unsatisfied unless you prove that over and over and over and over... again.

#120 I had to LOL at your retort. Bravo!

#118 and #119 Thank you for your excellent posts.

I simply cannot understand the unicorn-believing Pollyanna that is this BJ person.

Talk about self-importance: Who asked for his (absurd and idiotic) "post"?

It is, as you so appropriately put it, something you would expect from someone with his level of intelligence.

His insistence that Democrats HAVE to work with the Trump. The exact same Trump WHO EXCLUDED DEMOCRATS FROM A WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING.

The exact same Trump who has publicly stated on multiple occasions that he "hates" Democrats and "cannot stand them". His rhetoric frequently targets the Democratic party as a political opponent, often describing them as the "enemy from within" or more dangerous than foreign adversaries.

That's who this BJ character expects to willingly work with Democrats?

Really?

Plus, this imbecile BJ fails this basic political test:

Ever since the election a year ago, everyone from Trump on down has loved, just loved to say how the American people put them in charge of the White House, the Senate, the House, and, of course, SCOTUS.

They have made sure that everyone, including the American people, knows that they're the ones in charge. "HaHaHa, Democrats... we own you..." they sneer.

Yep. They LOL at Democrats, calling them losers. Taunting about a Vance/Rubio ticket 2028-2036. "HaHaHa" or "LOL" is their go-to line about Democrats.

It seems that the Americans got the message: Trump and the GOP own Washington DC. Not Democrats.

So, this BJ character expects DEMOCRATS to bend the knee when the GOPyers own EVERYTHING in Washington? This BJ character completely absolves them from ANY responsibility in this current situation.

Plus, this BJ character expects Democrats to work with Trump (but never Republicans) when the GOPyers have proven that they have zero integrity. See: Recission veto.

This BJ character also advocates immediately jettisoning ACA and THEN start working on a "replacement"? Again, completely ignoring the fact that the GOP has had more than 10 years to come up with their own plan. Well, a plan that isn't just "get sick and die." What does he expect people to do about healthcare if ACA is immediately discarded and a "replacement" acceptable to Congress and a presidential signature, is delivered?

6 months?

6 years?

Thanks again for your excellent retorts to the BJ character.

#102 Does anyone really care what this heartless individual has to say?