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Trump Weird News - Ten Things That Scare Republicans

[itsmythang]

Trump's cult doesn't really care about their religion. They care about not feeling like shit every day. Not happy in their broke-ass homes, their small-town, low-wage, broke counties. They don't read books, they soak in FOX NEWS, Breitbart, News Max, OANN and all the other podcasts and online MAGA Cons that convince them they are the greatest and it's immigrants, Blacks, Liberals, who are the cause of all their woes. That is what Trump gives them. He makes them feel they are winners, even when they act like white trash.

If anything was going to be done re: getting rid of trump and the filth he brought to this country and the world in the name of Christianity, it would have already been done. Today's so-called Christians are a daily commercial for atheism.

[ir-tg-curvy-mature-feetworship]

HARRIS VOTERS VS. THOSE WHO BELIEVED TRUMP WOULD LOWER THE PRICE OF EGGS.

[narniangirl1994]

Amendment to restore felons’ voting rights on Florida November ballot

Floridians, if y'all haven't heard of this yet, there will be an amendment on your ballot this November that would restore voting rights to felons who have served their time (excluding murderers and sex offenders). This would help felons be a part of society again after prison and let their voices be heard, whereas right now they have no say in the future of their state. This will largely impact people of color..

Please look into this amendment so that you can make an informed decision when voting in November. These things matter, and all of us together can help make a difference.

Even if you're not from Florida (or even America) yourself, please help spread the word about this important amendment...

[raimagnolia]

New Plan! America Is Building the Wall!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/paul-ryan-wall-cost_us_588a0034e4b0024605fde539?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004&ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

During Barack Obama’s presidency, Ryan and McConnell carefully cultivated an image of responsible fiscal conservatism, demanding that any government spending be “offset” with cuts elsewhere in the budget. Not so this time.

Here’s a list of things Republicans opposed funding without offsets during Obama’s presidency. They include relief efforts for some of the biggest natural disasters in recent years:

- $9.7 billion in Hurricane Sandy disaster relief

- $8 billion for 9/11 first responders bill

- $1.9 billion to fight the Zika virus

- $1.1 billion to fight the opioid epidemic

- $765 million for the water emergency in Flint, Michigan

- $6.4 billion for the extension of unemployment insurance

- $10 billion for the creation of an infrastructure bank.

On Wednesday, Ryan told MSNBC’s Greta Van Susteren that taxpayers would initially pay for the construction of a “physical barrier” along the border, adding that “there are a lot of different ways of getting Mexico to contribute to doing this.”

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto says otherwise.

The actual cost of the wall is also up for debate. The $12 to $15 billion range provided by Republicans is well below other estimates. The MIT Technology Review, for example, predicted it could cost at least $27 to $40 billion when factoring in labor, materials and the wall’s height.

Edit: Also, don't let Fox News fool you. The President of Mexico is the one who cancelled the meeting, NOT Donald Trump. The current President of Mexico, and the previous President of Mexico, have BOTH been rejecting and condemning the proposed wall for over a YEAR. If you think any country on the planet will just how down to Trump's whim to build a multi billion dollar wall, with fence installments, and paved roads to the building site, and all the workers and architects involved, without a single damn thing in return, y'all must be more stupid than we thought.

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To all you Trump supporters who didn’t want tax funds going into universal healthcare, guess what your tax dollars WILL be going into? A Wall-Fence. A Wall-Fence that not even the border patrol wants… Great job.

I. CAN. NOT. TELL. YOU… How many times I told Trump supporters his was gonna happen.

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Vote ... or Don't

Vote … or Don’t

“Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.”

By   Nate Jackson   ~   

America’s Founders gave us, in the words of Benjamin Franklin, “a republic … if [we] can keep it.” The way we keep that republic is to be informed about who and what we’re voting for. As John Adams wrote, “Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.” And as Samuel…

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Why Goats Can't Vote ... Redux

Why Goats Can’t Vote … Redux

Recently I was having a conversation with our friend Hugh about voters and how so many are uninformed … should we even encourage those who haven’t taken the time to learn about the candidates, their  platforms and the issues, to go to the polls and cast a vote?  Later, as I was thinking about that conversation, I remembered a piece I wrote last spring, and thought that, with the mid-terms coming…

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