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susan waddington's avatar

Is there no moral compass in the Republican party? To say nothing of the Republican leadership. Exactly what are individual party members so afraid of. The numbers say that this bill is deeply unpopular amongst the citizens they are supposed to represent, so why is EVERYONE so afraid of a president who seems to operate by whim and who seems to be in some sort of mental decline. Gabe - I know you are a reporter, but this is a forum where I feel I can express myself to a larger group than my friends. Barbara's statement is an eloquent sum up of where I am, although I haven't done nearly as much as she has.

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DocOnTheRange's avatar

They are afraid because they like their jobs and have seen Republican after Republican chased out of the party for anything less than total obedience to His Majesty. It’s “survival of the loyalists,” doesn’t matter if 65% of the nation disagrees with what President Trump wants, you will be primaried out by Trump fanatics if you cross him

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Barbara Fox's avatar

I have pleaded with moderate friends and family; gone door to door; joined protestors; given money; educated myself and I am DONE . If hospitals close, if people die, if education is threatened, if more books are banned, if hardworking migrants are attacked by morons with big guts pretending to be powerful, if vaccines are denied, if healthcare and science are threatened, if climate change is ignored; if farmers lose promised grants, if Israel continues to bomb Gaza; if congressmen are so cowardly that it would make a grown woman cry, if so called religious folks carry on with their unprecedented hypocrisy p, if journalists lack the courage to tell the truth with few exceptions ……. SO BE IT…….the brave will be the outliers. All I know is I can look in the mirror and look in the faces of my grandchildren, and honor the dignity of my father and uncles who fought in WW 2 ……I will be ok…..

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DocOnTheRange's avatar

Those who live their beliefs have an inner peace that crowd pleasers never will

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Barbara Fox's avatar

I love this

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Michael Bower's avatar

I'm with you. To maintain my balance I turn away, but then turn back. I'm not capable of making sense of power politics or even fellow human's feelings and behaviors. Of course, neither was Aldous Huxley, who said "It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's life and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than 'Try to be a little kinder."

Operative word..."try". My fear that we won't survive the consequences of our in-action leads me into anger...but a bit of calm lets me be a bit more kind to myself and so I simply try . . .

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rlritt's avatar

One of the things in the bill is funding ICE by $100 billion. This will become a de facto Gestapo. Think about it. If you write something bad about Trump, the ICE agents can come to your house, force their way in without a search warrant. Ravage your house "looking for immigrants", and arrest you anyway on suspicion. You will have NO legal recourse. No trial, and no limit on incarceration even if you are a born and raised citizen. This is what our Congress voted for.

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Margaret Bryant's avatar

Trump would rather rule by decree so he won’t have to deal with Congress. This bill puts in place most of what he wants, so now he can ignore Congress for a while.

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Rosemary Ford's avatar

You have to go to the UK and meet ringwiss.

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Barbara Fox's avatar

Rosemary. He is very bright but Gabe is all the explanation I need right now.

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menehune's avatar

ALOHA...

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chrisattack's avatar

Another Christmas in July event. TAW!

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