"He wouldn't do it "

Isn't that what you said about mail-in voting?

"They are demanding confirmation from a society that doesn't really believe it."

FFS, they're merely asking for a little empathy. It's no skin off anybody's nose.

It's like having a friend who asks you call him William, instead of Will, since that's his dad, and bad memories.

And your response is, "Sure, WILL! I'll do that, WILL! No problem, WILL!"

The worst part is you think you're being cool doing it.

"I have always said gay couples desperately need protection for their relationships."

That's not what you vote for.

Republicans are desperately trying to overturn Obergefell. Your vote gets them closer.

Given control, they'd nullify gay marriages. Are you willing to admit that, or is it one of those facts you're keeping from yourself?

"I need a HIV test"

Projection? Or Confession?

I find Steinbeck's writing poetic...

"That makes me think of gay sex!"
~JS2

"I go with John Steinbeck."

Years back, a theatre producer-friend of mine had his Stage Manager fall ill, and asked if I'd take the SM's place for a production of Of Mice and Men.

In a situation like that, you hear the writing again and again and again (and again...), so strengths and weaknesses become obvious.

What struck me about Steinbeck was how his writing was an ever-tightening coil, often wrapping around itself. Poetry, really.

"No Kings' protests erupt..."

"That makes me think of d!cks in my mouth!"
~Lfthndthrds

" You'd think a guy worth about $1.5 billion could afford to summon an Uber"

At that monetary level, it's not about money. It's about not wanting someone else to know what you're up to.

"President Obama's travel budget for his family was estimated at $100 million for an 8-day trip to Africa."

I remember that well. The MOMENT I saw the figure, I knew it was a lie. Absolutely DID NOT pass the smell test.

Some folks are just gullible.

"Just because the Olympics agrees with conservative lawmakers..."

Objection, Your Honor. Facts not in evidence.

The Olympic board is just looking for the path of least resistance. The LAST thing they want is ICE showing up and arresting athletes...something Trump would certainly do if he felt disobeyed..

"I'm not certain of it, but we at least need to investigate it"

Usually referred to as a fishing expedition in polite company.

Some might screech it's LAWFARE.

"Do I know that Ilhan Omar was aware that the Quality Leering Center was defrauding the American people? I'm not certain of it, but..."
~JV Dunce

JD Vance represents all that is wrong with America's moral spine. I'll lie if I feel the need! seems to be his motto.

In a stunning admission, the Republican vice-presidential candidate, JD Vance, said he was willing "to create stories" on the campaign trail while defending his spreading false, racist rumors of pets being abducted and eaten in a town in his home state of Ohio.

I've got to agree with Johnny.

If problems #1, #2, and #3 corrected course, M4A might have a fighting chance.

His original point stands.

They left WITHOUT addressing the crisis?!? They're just going to LET IT GET WORSE???

Some "leadership".

Eff them. These -------- deserve the shellacking November will bring.

"The government didn't appoint Weiss"

"Now who's being naive, Kay?"

"The GOP votes against ACA were irrelevant because they didn't have the numbers anyway."

"Are you suggesting a president made a promise they knew was politically unrealistic but promised it anyway?"

No, I think he's suggesting it's a fraud to pretend something is near completion when neither the first public forum nor the first hearing has been had.

It's also an insult to the people who work months and months for the outcome.

Not that MAGA cares.

"Where Obamacare fell short is proof of existence of those groups. "

I would amend that to Where Obamacare fell short OF M4A is proof of existence of those groups. I think that's what you're saying, and the meaning isn't ambiguous.

M4A was taken off the table immediately, which I hated, but it was an admission they didn't want to waste time fighting an unwinnable fight.

"I'm just saying the obstacles are vast and complex."

And we haven't even TOUCHED ON the resistance campaign.

The spending will make political campaigns look like lemonade stands by comparison.

"When Biden was in office."

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

"If they think inflation is going to be ONLY 4.2%, they're nuts."

Oh, none of them think it's going to be that low. They only know that's what they're going to TELL us.

""Medicare beneficiaries generally report high satisfaction with their care, with 80-90% rating it positively."

Oh, I'll agree with that. Back before O'Care, it was the only group of people who didn't have to worry about access to health insurance.

But Medicare is still in the 70th-80th percentile compared to plans offered to health industry workers and higher-paid workers. Those folks wouldn't necessarily want to take a step down.

And that doesn't even address the equation, where the folks getting the 80-100th percentile plans are assumed to be paying the same premiums as they are now.

Not that I wouldn't like to see M4A. All I'm saying is there's a built-in resistance of at least 10 powerful groups, and most M4A advocates can't name five.

"Stocks are always risky in the short-term, but if you hold long-term, history shows you have a 100 percent chance of success"

Yeah, but like a lot of investing, timing is important. If your last 10 years were 1929-1939, how much "success" was that?

"which was an EDITORIAL decision."

a.k.a. Weiss making the decision.

"He wasn't even being 8nvestigsted"

The questioners gave him a second chance to tell the truth. He lied to them again.

Tell us again whose choice Flynn's lie was?

Ffs, did they yell at him, like they did at Zuck?