" How much? Put an amount on your answer."

I told you who to Google. Again, I'm not doing your homework for you.

Or keep looking stupid, when the answer is as close as a link.

" The only one who weaponized the DOJ was Biden"

What a riot.

You can't point to a single indictment of Trump which you or I could do without fear of legal repercussions, despite being asked a dozen times.

Go on, do it now. Name one Trump indictment that was LAWFARE.

"How much did the EU muster"

More than America.

Of course, you have a bad track record with greater than and lesser than.

Google Steve Rattner for the charts.

"Heaven forbid we cut out any waste fraud or abuse in the Medicaid system,"

Shouldn't identifying it be the first step?

Your theory is fire, ready, aim.

" the entire EU couldn't muster a fraction of what we've given."

Republican Math is a dangerous thing.

That "fraction", kids, is roughly 5/4ths.

What news outlets are lying to you, LHT?

They can bluster all they want; the markets won't fall for Republican Accounting.

Keep in mind: all the national unrest they've caused hasn't produced 1% of the hoped-for "savings". And their plan is to borrow trillions and trillions MORE THAN THEY'RE CUTTING to give away in tax cuts, almost all to the world's wealthiest 1%.

All this crap, to give the richest people in the world more tax cuts.

No thanks.

" from pardoning them from .... something...."

Let me guess: you're one of the morons who screamed "Lawfare" when it was against Trump, but were dead silent when obvious lawfare was being committed against Hunter Biden.

Biden gave out pardons because Trump literally said he was going to weaponize the DOJ. And look at you, pretending that Liz and Hunter weren't named targets.

Have all Republicans turned into water carriers?

"So"

So?!?

Do you believe this was done due to thoughtful, intelligent choices, or morons who didn't know the difference?

He's literally trying to screw up the economy.

He must've shorted the futures.

"Eventually SS it will run out of money unless the US can get more new "contributors"."

SS is an equilibrium equation. When Reagan changed the rates, we knew there would be a surplus from that point until roughly 2010, when it would start going underwater.

At the zenith of the baby boomer's retirement, SS will only be able to pay out 70%-75% of its promises. The equation would be fixable by adding 1 point to each side (employer/employee). It's hefty, but it makes SS solvent into perpetuity, aka 75 years in actuarial terms.

After the baby boomers' retirement is over, the pressure will reduce, and the rates could be reduced as well...but, of course, won't be.

" I saw a guy standing up to himself and his country while trying to correct some of the lies Trump and Vance were telling."

That's what Bellringer hates most: a liar being called out for his lies...depending, of course, on the letter after the name.

"The losing issue"

Following Jesus' dictum regarding "the least of my brothers"...obviously.

Republicans are too busy creating and maintaining a "least" status.

" Also, real children images are uploaded"

This is why we need NIL laws.

" literally suggest the bar be lowered?"

Sorry: literally suggest the bar IS lowered?

"It would be more accurate to state that SOCTUS levels the bar for discrimination suits"

Doesn't that lower it for the straight, white woman, who used to have an infinite bar?

"Kinda like the part I put in bold."

Doesn't the part you put in bold literally suggest the bar be lowered?

"overturn a ruling by a federal appeals court that required Ames to meet a higher bar"

That would mean LOWER bar...right?

Let's see if I've got this right:

Underfund the Headstart programs.
Ignore educating the baby mamas.
Shortchange in inner city education programs.
Slash support for child care.
Treat teachers as the cure, AND the enemy.
When in doubt, blame the teachers again.
Slash school budgets, citing waste, fraud, and abuse.
Increase blame on the teachers until the sensible ones leave.

Finally, act surprised when the system doesn't work.

Coda: Use the failed system to pass billions to wealthy parents via vouchers.

Did I miss anything?

"What could possibly go wrong?"

Well, considering we're all Slim Pickens, sitting atop that A-bomb....

"So, I'm not the only one who sees an issue there?"

Ignoring trillions of debt, and the hundreds of billions of interest we pay every year???

What could possibly go wrong?

"The headline supposes a view apparently not the Court's."

It depends on the reference, doesn't it?

If it means "Lower than others" that's one thing, but "Lower than before" means something else. If the first was meant, you're right. But...

Before, the bar was, she had to be a member of a named, protected group. Now she doesn't; she can simply be the backlash to the protected group.

That lowers the bar, yes?

" change how that change is evaluated "

Republican Math is a dangerous thing, kids! Stay in school!!!

"which would assume that extending tax cuts costs $0 because they're already law."

Something the markets won't assume. Because that isn't the truth.

But watch how soon this dangerous lie BECOMES TRUTH in MAGA world. What's the over/under on how soon Hannity starts spewing this nonsense? How long till the Money Honey gets drunk enough to agree?

(I'll take the under on both.)

Pointer #1: Jump on moronic statements.

The more moronic, the more ridiculous the poster will look when, instead of admitting the obvious, they double down.

Pointer #2: If they keep digging...offer a shovel with a longer handle!

"You wouldn't know what a flex is"

Dude.

You're still back at misunderstanding basic math. I'm not sure insulting someone else's intelligence is apropos.

Hell, I'm not even sure you know what apropos means.

"I don't tell myself anything."

Not exactly the flex you think it is.