Brad Sallows
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I can assure you that Democrats have also been flat faced lying CONSTANTLY. They don't have a moral advantage.
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PrairieFella
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Surely this isnt an allusion to the other set $1.00 coins with faces on the continent right? Right?What a time to be alive.
US to release special Trump silver dollar to celebrate America’s 250th
It’s extremely uncommon for US currency to feature a living person.nypost.com
However it is also pointed out that it might be against the law.
Bessent Unveils Illegal Plan to Put Trump’s Face on U.S. Coins
Heads it’s Trump, tails it’s... Trump!www.thedailybeast.com
At least ours are classy enough to have some cool boats and animals on the other side haha.
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Wow, ok here's another one @Brad Sallows. And please, honestly, tell me if I'm wrong.
Mike Johnson held a presser where he held up a placard showing health care spending ad stated:
“You can see the final total there, $192.8 billion of your hard-earned taxpayer dollars that Chuck Schumer and the Democrats want to give back to illegal aliens.”
However, if you look at the placard (who's title reads "The Democrat Continuing Resolution Spends nearly $200 Billion on Healthcare Subsidies for Illegal Immigrants and Other Non-Citizens"), only one of the line items even mentions Illegal Immigrants: Ending Enhanced FMAP for Emergency Care for Illegal Immigrants". This is only $28 Billion. Not $200 Billion. Sure, the PLACARD says this is a list for illegal immigrants and non-citizens, but they put illegal immigrants first and more importantly, Johnson's statement above attributes the entire $200 billion to illegal immigrants.
Mike Johnson held a presser where he held up a placard showing health care spending ad stated:
“You can see the final total there, $192.8 billion of your hard-earned taxpayer dollars that Chuck Schumer and the Democrats want to give back to illegal aliens.”
However, if you look at the placard (who's title reads "The Democrat Continuing Resolution Spends nearly $200 Billion on Healthcare Subsidies for Illegal Immigrants and Other Non-Citizens"), only one of the line items even mentions Illegal Immigrants: Ending Enhanced FMAP for Emergency Care for Illegal Immigrants". This is only $28 Billion. Not $200 Billion. Sure, the PLACARD says this is a list for illegal immigrants and non-citizens, but they put illegal immigrants first and more importantly, Johnson's statement above attributes the entire $200 billion to illegal immigrants.
Brad Sallows
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You may be right; I'm not going to research it; I'm not going to go hunting for lies; there's no value starting long lists of incorrect statements. They're easy to find.
To back up a bit, much of what I read comes across as ignorance rather than lies. People, including people in government, simply don't know legislative details. What typically happens is this: some staffer or other wonk digs and finds an offensive provision; it gets passed by word of mouth; probably as early as the second- or third-hand hearing it's already mangled. Some staffer/wonk on the other side does the research and produces an "Aha!", and the whole "team" uses that to evade the substance of a legitimate criticism, playing the "if this detail is wrong, everything is wrong" game.
At bottom, on this particular issue it's a fact that some people end up getting care at taxpayer expense, and some are in the country illegally. Republicans are using it as a wedge; the Democrat position on health care is approximately not-one-step-back so they end up defending everything and looking like fools also.
Every day in my reading I usually come across whatever the keynote statements of the day are by politicians on both sides. Often they're so ridiculous, on matters which are approximately common knowledge among politically-interested people, that I don't even have to go searching for such-and-such-an-Act, or other dispositive information - I recognize the false and misleading parts.
At some point at least a few decades back politicians learned that they can bullshit all they want with little or no consequence, and that most people will never learn more than the opening statements of an issue. A story can do a complete 180 and there will still be true believers who don't realize the early reports were wrong. It happens here often enough, and I see it all the time in the fragments people post of news anchor puppets and talking-point panel guests.
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An American put it this way, on YouTube,
"When I was in Australia earlier this year, I told people I was Canadian because I just didn't want to get into it."
"As insulting and disrespectful as 'stolen valour'": Canadians have their say on Americans pretending to be them while travelling abroad
A Yahoo News Canada poll on "flag-jacking" revealed passionate reactions from Canadians. While the flag remains a deep source of pride, most respondents said pretending to be Canadian abroad, mostly by Americans, is dishonest and disrespectful.
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What a time to be alive.
US to release special Trump silver dollar to celebrate America’s 250th
It’s extremely uncommon for US currency to feature a living person.
However it is also pointed out that it might be against the law.
Bessent Unveils Illegal Plan to Put Trump’s Face on U.S. Coins
Heads it’s Trump, tails it’s... Trump!
Surely this isnt an allusion to the other set $1.00 coins with faces on the continent right? Right?
At least ours are classy enough to have some cool boats and animals on the other side haha.
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So the common ground between Canada and the US will be that we both have a $1.00 coin called the "Loonie?"
daftandbarmy
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Opsec means messaging on a non secure device in public, right?
PrairieFella
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I dont think the 82nd combat dropped into the First World War lol.
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#GiftDiplomacy? #GiftSoftPower?
Non-paywall version of the source article: https://archive.is/MsGLh
HavokFour
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On the topics of bailouts. Just like his first term.
Trump says he'll use tariff revenue to bail out farmers
And and the new one... Argentina?
US Treasury announces full-scale bailout for Argentina: bond purchase, swap, and credit line - Buenos Aires Herald
Secretary Bessent stated the US is ‘ready to do what is needed to support Argentina and the Argentine people’buenosairesherald.com
A follow up to both.
Leaked texts on Scott Bessent’s phone suggest the White House got played bailing out Argentina—and U.S. soybean farmers are the casualties
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And it appears there may not be enough money to bailout the farmers.
Trump making plans to send billions in cash bailouts to farmers with taxpayer money
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Hope this happens - makes the MAGA folks and Trump look weak and petty.
www.nytimes.com
The Star of These American Air Shows Will Be … Canada?
The government shutdown has prevented a U.S. Air Force group and possibly a Navy squadron from attending signature air shows in California. Instead, a Canadian team is set to be the headliner.
Canada Will Headline the Pacific Airshow in California Because of the Shutdown
The government shutdown has prevented a U.S. Air Force group and possibly a Navy squadron from attending signature air shows in California. Instead, a Canadian team is set to be the headliner.
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Also archived here.Hope this happens - makes the MAGA folks and Trump look weak and petty.
The Star of These American Air Shows Will Be … Canada?
The government shutdown has prevented a U.S. Air Force group and possibly a Navy squadron from attending signature air shows in California. Instead, a Canadian team is set to be the headliner.
Canada Will Headline the Pacific Airshow in California Because of the Shutdown
The government shutdown has prevented a U.S. Air Force group and possibly a Navy squadron from attending signature air shows in California. Instead, a Canadian team is set to be the headliner.
A federal judge has temporarily restrained Trump’s federalization and deployment of Otegon national guard to Portland.
Non-paywall link: https://archive.is/QHjzp
The court’s decision granting the temporary restraining order is not kind to Trump’s characterization of the situation.
Non-paywall link: https://archive.is/QHjzp
The court’s decision granting the temporary restraining order is not kind to Trump’s characterization of the situation.
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I did a search and didn’t see this mentioned. If I missed it, I apologize.
Trump administration gives “Article V like” security guarantees to Hamas bankroller Qatar. Even Israel doesn’t have that.
I guess that’s what the jumbo jet bribe was for.
Trump administration gives “Article V like” security guarantees to Hamas bankroller Qatar. Even Israel doesn’t have that.
I guess that’s what the jumbo jet bribe was for.
It was a very, very well written decision. She took great care to distinguish the facts of this case from the recent Newsom II decision that was overturned on appeal.
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The key to successful lying in politics is to be consistent and somewhat believable. The Liberals here and the Dem have it down to a fine art. The CPC and GOP are rank amateurs at the lying game. Trump is neither consistent or believable and that is going to bite him in the long term.