Where are all the intelligent, patriotic Republicans?

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Anonymous wrote:If you have a son who is dyslexic how do you support a person who makes fun of people with disabilities? How do you explain that to your child?

Since all kids need emotional support, how do you explain that the current President abandoned his when they needed him the most? It lead to drug addiction, failed marriages, rehab stints etc.

Hi, I am the poster with the dyslexic son. I don’t like Donald Trump at all. But I think his policies are better than the Democrats. I think the Democrats got way to swept up in the far left and pandering to the AOCs, Bernie Sanders, and pro-Palestinian protestors. In the past five years, the woke politics, defund the police, and similar movements have (in my opinion) damaged our country - made our cities less safe and not actually helping minorities be more successful.

On disabilities and special needs, Trump’s son Barron has special needs. Trump said some insensitive things, but I’m focused more on policies than the person.

Trump plans to gut supports for special needs kids. I hope you have a good plan b and the money to pay for it. God speed.

I do have a back up plan. You can take me off your worry list. Maybe try to focus instead on why your party failed to capture the hearts and minds of the American people than to continue to tell everyone who disagrees with you that they are idiots.

I’m glad you have the $$$ for a backup plan. I’m going to worry about the children who do not, rather than wring my hands that my half of the country likes policy wonks and the other half likes entertainers. There going to be work to do to protect the vulnerable.

Instead of worrying, get a side gig delivering Door Dash and donate the money you make to schools that can help special needs kids. Actions speak louder than words.

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Anonymous wrote:Clearly people are in denial about what will happen. Some teacher just told me she’s happy that T will dismantle the Dept of Ed. Didn’t mention that her pension is likely out the window too. No thought about unintended consequences like how the loss of 4400 employees will affect the market X all the other agencies. Not to mention the teachers who will quit because they don’t want to sign loyalty pledges or die in childbirth because Texas doesn’t have enough obgyns.

We can move the Ed people to processing claims at the border. Plenty of space in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.

Very little progress would be made. They would need too many planning days, education days, and holidays for every religion and folk hero known to mankind (yes, mankind).

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Anonymous wrote:We swept the presidency and both houses of congress. Hope that brings you up to speed!

To whom much is given much is expected. Trump made a lot of promises and if he hasn't delivered on all of them within three months into his administration there will be mass exodus in the midterms. Personally, I am looking forward to his mass deportation on January 21, 2025. If you think food prices are high now just wait. Without this cheap Iabor who is going to pick the crops? American citizens do not take these mental jobs. No more cheap childcare. American women might actually have to stay home and potty train their children and clean their own toilets. Legal nannies and other domestic can up their hourly wage sky high because you no longer have illegal immigrants to perform your dirty work.

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Anonymous wrote:If you have a son who is dyslexic how do you support a person who makes fun of people with disabilities? How do you explain that to your child?

Since all kids need emotional support, how do you explain that the current President abandoned his when they needed him the most? It lead to drug addiction, failed marriages, rehab stints etc.

Hi, I am the poster with the dyslexic son. I don’t like Donald Trump at all. But I think his policies are better than the Democrats. I think the Democrats got way to swept up in the far left and pandering to the AOCs, Bernie Sanders, and pro-Palestinian protestors. In the past five years, the woke politics, defund the police, and similar movements have (in my opinion) damaged our country - made our cities less safe and not actually helping minorities be more successful.

On disabilities and special needs, Trump’s son Barron has special needs. Trump said some insensitive things, but I’m focused more on policies than the person.

Trump plans to gut supports for special needs kids. I hope you have a good plan b and the money to pay for it. God speed.

I do have a back up plan. You can take me off your worry list. Maybe try to focus instead on why your party failed to capture the hearts and minds of the American people than to continue to tell everyone who disagrees with you that they are idiots.

I’m glad you have the $$$ for a backup plan. I’m going to worry about the children who do not, rather than wring my hands that my half of the country likes policy wonks and the other half likes entertainers. There going to be work to do to protect the vulnerable.

Instead of worrying, get a side gig delivering Door Dash and donate the money you make to schools that can help special needs kids. Actions speak louder than words.

I did make donations yesterday. But I don’t need a side gig since our HHI is $1m+. But thanks for thinking of me.

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Anonymous wrote:Clearly people are in denial about what will happen. Some teacher just told me she’s happy that T will dismantle the Dept of Ed. Didn’t mention that her pension is likely out the window too. No thought about unintended consequences like how the loss of 4400 employees will affect the market X all the other agencies. Not to mention the teachers who will quit because they don’t want to sign loyalty pledges or die in childbirth because Texas doesn’t have enough obgyns.

We can move the Ed people to processing claims at the border. Plenty of space in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.

Very little progress would be made. They would need too many planning days, education days, and holidays for every religion and folk hero known to mankind (yes, mankind).

It’s sad that Trumpsters truly think this is fun and games.

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously, WHAT has happened?

There are only a handful and they warned us. The GOP is as corrupt and evil as Trump.

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When people have so much hatred towards one man, you know something isn’t right

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously, WHAT has happened?

You wrote intelligent in same sentence as Republican. That doesn't exist, didn't you know that?

No, it does. Everyone in my circle who was once a republican left the party when they embraced trumpism. Most have served in the military and they recognize a despot when they see it. They are loyal to the constitution, not a man baby who wants to shred the constitution.

Your circle sounds incredibly narrow. The vast majority of veterans I know--and I'm a vet--remain conservatives before, during, and after Trump. This remains all the more true for combat veterans.

There's a lot of talk about Trump shredding the Constitution, but the details are usually lacking. Refusing to enforce laws, spending massive amounts of money that hasn't been appropriated, halting contracts under dubious claims about public health laws, and even using the interstate commerce clause on activities that are not commerce, let alone interstate, all shred the constitution far more.

Both parties shred the Constitution by waging war with a declaration.

Agreed, as a combat Veteren with 3 decades of service and still work in the industry my circle is massive. The description PP highlights is the minority and their hyperbole is exactly why Trump will be their POTUS for the next 4 years.

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously, WHAT has happened?

You wrote intelligent in same sentence as Republican. That doesn't exist, didn't you know that?

No, it does. Everyone in my circle who was once a republican left the party when they embraced trumpism. Most have served in the military and they recognize a despot when they see it. They are loyal to the constitution, not a man baby who wants to shred the constitution.

Your circle sounds incredibly narrow. The vast majority of veterans I know--and I'm a vet--remain conservatives before, during, and after Trump. This remains all the more true for combat veterans.

There's a lot of talk about Trump shredding the Constitution, but the details are usually lacking. Refusing to enforce laws, spending massive amounts of money that hasn't been appropriated, halting contracts under dubious claims about public health laws, and even using the interstate commerce clause on activities that are not commerce, let alone interstate, all shred the constitution far more.

Both parties shred the Constitution by waging war with a declaration.

They are still conservatives. They are no longer republicans. There is nothing conservative about Trump or his agenda.

Agreed, Trump is a terrible conservative, but the vast majority of the hundreds of vets I know greatly preferred Trump to Harris. Harris' 2019-20 campaign showed her faith in progressivism. She never countered her own messaging.

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Anonymous wrote:When people have so much hatred towards one man, you know something isn’t right

They always hate the leader of the Republican party. They hated Dole. They hated W. They hated McCain. They hated Romney. No one cares that they now hate Trump because they'll hate Vance in 2028, too.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope y'all who are counting up your investment returns made sure to catch the run-up in private prison stocks too. Just think if you'd gotten in on the ground floor of the Nazi concentration camps....

From yesterday's earnings calls - you could hear the CEOs salivating over the line

Referring to a proposed Republican spending bill earlier this year that would have funded 50,000 beds in immigration detention, Hininger said that figure now “feels to be a floor, especially with Republicans now going to control both the Senate and likely the House.” He referred to press reports suggesting a “much higher level” of potential detention capacity, and said the company was working on a plan to make “every single bed that we’ve got in the enterprise” available for use. Zoley said GEO Group was “well-positioned” to scale up from its current 13,500 ICE detention beds to “over 31,000 beds.”

He separately noted that other contracts with federal, state and local governments cover 85,000 beds, and that the company could redirect those contracts toward these federal purposes. There will likely be a “scramble” for beds, he said later, “and we believe ICE will have top priority on all available beds around the country.”

Zoley also referred to the potential for “the need for some soft-sided facilities around the country” to jail “lower”-security detainees.

Responding to a question about the difference between detaining people who’ve just crossed the border, and people who are in deportation proceedings beginning in the interior of the country, Zoley emphasized that private jails would be necessary.

“I’ve been told recently [that it will take] several weeks if not a few months to detain these people and make final arrangements for their removal,” he said. GEO Group didn’t respond to questions about who “told” him that.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/private-prison-companies-call-trump-s-deportation-plans-unprecedented-opportunity/ar-AA1tHXKb

Where do you propose to put the illegals? In the tents used by the Israelis when they force Palestinians off their land before bombing them?

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Anonymous wrote:If some of you feel insulting people is wrong and doesn't achieve results why do you support trump? He insults everyone who disagrees with him and calls them names. Why are you ok with that?

Policy.

The Republicans are just so hypocritical. Trump and his cronies can insult, denigrate and lock up anyone who disagrees with them or who does not look like them with abandon and no consequences but God forbid a Democrat call it like it is about voters who have sold off our democracy to the devil for the off chance of getting a discount on eggs (which any educated economist will tell them is not happening). Why is this so hard to understand? You people suck.

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Anonymous wrote:And how do you feel about people who gain power by putting others down while pretending the biggest threat to democracy is calling out someone's poor discourse? Rather than actual threats? How do you feel about a group of people that only want to support dictators abroad who also say what they want when they want?

How I feel about them doesn’t matter. Seriously. That’s not how democracy, or any other system, works.

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously, WHAT has happened?

You wrote intelligent in same sentence as Republican. That doesn't exist, didn't you know that?

No, it does. Everyone in my circle who was once a republican left the party when they embraced trumpism. Most have served in the military and they recognize a despot when they see it. They are loyal to the constitution, not a man baby who wants to shred the constitution.

Your circle sounds incredibly narrow. The vast majority of veterans I know--and I'm a vet--remain conservatives before, during, and after Trump. This remains all the more true for combat veterans.

There's a lot of talk about Trump shredding the Constitution, but the details are usually lacking. Refusing to enforce laws, spending massive amounts of money that hasn't been appropriated, halting contracts under dubious claims about public health laws, and even using the interstate commerce clause on activities that are not commerce, let alone interstate, all shred the constitution far more.

Both parties shred the Constitution by waging war with a declaration.

They are still conservatives. They are no longer republicans. There is nothing conservative about Trump or his agenda.

Agreed, Trump is a terrible conservative, but the vast majority of the hundreds of vets I know greatly preferred Trump to Harris. Harris' 2019-20 campaign showed her faith in progressivism. She never countered her own messaging.

The vast number of vets I know recognize the danger that Trump is. I guess that’s why it was a tight race. Vets don’t break down any differently than the rest of the nation. Most I know respect Mattis and Milley and have similar educations and values.

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Anonymous wrote:Clearly people are in denial about what will happen. Some teacher just told me she’s happy that T will dismantle the Dept of Ed. Didn’t mention that her pension is likely out the window too. No thought about unintended consequences like how the loss of 4400 employees will affect the market X all the other agencies. Not to mention the teachers who will quit because they don’t want to sign loyalty pledges or die in childbirth because Texas doesn’t have enough obgyns.

We can move the Ed people to processing claims at the border. Plenty of space in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.

So you like some government? Maybe with this brilliant idea you should be on the transition team.

I don't want to be firing people all over the place. Sucks not having a job.

So you are saying that the fired Fed workers are so useless that they can't find another job? Proves that they should have been fired.