" Why would vets need medicaid if they can get VA coverage?"

To get VA coverage, the vet formerly had to go to the VA facility. Congress opened it up so vets could go to their local hospital, versus ALWAYS having to travel and pay extra for lodging, eating out, etc.

"Those numbers are much closer to the point the vaccine has no statistically significant benefit weighed against the risk."

Tell us you don't understand math or medicine, without using those specific words.

You're leaving out so many salient aspects, you might as well just admit you don't know WTF you're talking about, and leave it at that.

" The gun cannot do an action. Only a person can. But you are too dense to understand that."

So the answer is to stop the person getting the gun.

Agreed? Or are you too dense to understand that?

"Elon Musk is no Werhner Von Braun"

More of a Vernon Von Braunnozen.

" Remember when they told us if we didn't take it we'd lose (our) job?"

" In the Before Times even the appearance of corrupt or unethical behavior was frowned upon."

Remember when Hillary was investigated again and again because she invested $1,000 in cattle futures, and make $100,000?

It'd be applauded if that were Melania.

And if you've noticed , when DJTJ cashes in MUCH MORE than Hunter ever dreamed of, he's praised.

"I agree it did not look great. "

I don't.

The Clinton Foundation was so transparent, after Republicans went through the records with a fine-tooth comb...

...they decided Benghazi was a better route of attack on HRC. And why??? For not sending troops immediately, to save our brave representatives!

Benghazi. Where HRC wasn't even in the military chain of command.

" WAY more transparent."

The fact the censorship, grifting, bribery, corruption, Constitution violations, and Presidential family profiteering from the office ARE ALL OUT IN THE OPEN ...

... isn't the flex you think it is.

" Another elite echo chamber pushing groupthink and calling it education."

They're the leading institution in cancer research.

They're the top-ranked school in the world.

They also have a world-renowned divinity school.

Meanwhile, you'll regurgitate any lie that pleases your ear.

" But today's left pushes censorship, centralized control, and ideological conformity"

What a riot.

Trump is threatening Harvard, renditioning foreign students if they say the wrong things, sapping enforcement agencies of the government while he changes positions on tariffs again and again, and threatening to primary any Republican who doesn't agree in lockstep with him.

That's some CLASSIC projection!

"In April 2020, trust sat at a reasonable 71.5%. Four years later in April 2024 it plummeted to 40.1%.

What's your point, that lies work???

And how the hell did you miss almost ALL of the folks who died from COVID after the vaccinations came out were unvaccinated?!?

Too much horse paste clog your brain?

"I believe people in the US are becoming sicker by the year"

That doesn't answer my direct question.

In fact, it sounds like you don't believe the statement at all, and you're just tap dancing to avoid looking like a total moron.

"Clinton, Obama, and Biden have done well too"

Not by making deals WHILE IN OFFICE.

J. Henry Christ, you folks are disingenuous hacks. Why did you leave out THE MOST IMPORTANT PART???

"It will matter then"

Not to Republicans.

Just look how every one has decided none of the Biden issues are important any more, because Trump

"Feel free to create any thread you want on those topics."

When did they stop being important issues to you?

When Biden was president, you couldn't stop screeching about censorship you couldn't identify, lawfare you couldn't specify, presidential corruption you couldn't find, and presidential offspring profiting off his dad's influence.

Now, all those actions are out in the open. I could also add Presidential EOs, which you used to hate, profligate deficit spending, and violating the constitution, which you used to be against.

Any (R)ationale?

"the Democratic Party left me long ago"

We know. They lost you the day gay marriage became legal.

"Data and history back up his argument."

You left out the salient adjectives: "cherry-picked" and "bastardized"

Tell us, do YOU believe Americans are the sickest people in the world?

Pretend it's the only question on the final exam for your degree.

"Irrelevant?"

Well, as relevant as a debate on Reagan's last years.

Meanwhile, where are your threads on corruption, bribery, censorship, and lawfare? They're all out there, right in the open.

Have these issues ceased to matter, or is there another (R)eason?

We should probably detain these ICE agents, and waterboard them until they tell us who ordered them to arrest this US citizen.

And thank God it was discovered BEFORE he was sent off to third world hell-hole.

"Tariffs also are targeted taxation"

Of buyers, not makers. US tariffs are taxes on US consumers.

"meaning some industries won't be affected by the Tax."

But all consumers will be affected by it.

"PAYGO was passed by Congress"

So if Congress doesn't eliminate it, KNOWING what will have to happen ...

Which democrats will you blame then?

"if all else fails you can blame someone and make it their fault if they don't change it"

Trump's actions, or inactions, led to this.

Your only defense is everybody in Trump's administration is TOO STUPID to know how the equation works.

As I pointed out upthread, EVERYONE seems to know this except you.

And since you've been given links and explanations you STILL don't understand, you're clearly just as stupid as you pretend they are.

"They chose not to fulfill an information request"

If there are retaliatory threats or actions, THAT'S NOT A "REQUEST".

"It's the PAYGO enforcement mechanism, not the bill itself."

If Trump wanted to end PAYGO, this was the perfect time.

The fact we still have PAYGO means Trump KNOWS this will happen.

BillJohnson,

Please reread #87 as many times as it takes to understand it.