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Anonymous wrote:They are in shock, but the smarter ones are waking up to it.

I must have an IQ of 2000 and was prescient and saw what trump was going to do before he was elected the first time!

Seriously...the first time should have been the last and at that point everyone knew what he was even the slow learners. Which means they intentionally voted for hate and division.

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Anonymous wrote:Republicans do not give a shit about the country or the people. They will do and say anything to preserve the party patronage and privilege network and their place in it. This is not a new development.

+1 This is a relatively small issue but Biden’s IRS started a program for taxpayers to file directly with the IRS instead of spending money to pay TurboTax or H&R Block, and this is what the GOP has to say about it. Just absolutely bass ackwards.

Why filing taxes should require worlds of people paying $50-$150 to Intuit every year is beyond me. Definitely a win for corporate lobbying.

And, well, as for the GOP defense of their action, they are nothing if not shameless.

Anonymous wrote:Republicans do not give a shit about the country or the people. They will do and say anything to preserve the party patronage and privilege network and their place in it. This is not a new development.

+1 This is a relatively small issue but Biden’s IRS started a program for taxpayers to file directly with the IRS instead of spending money to pay TurboTax or H&R Block, and this is what the GOP has to say about it. Just absolutely bass ackwards.

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Anonymous wrote:The only thing that modern GOP cares about now is tax cuts. That’s it. There is no red line except for tax cuts.

Do you mean GOP politicians or voters? Most of the voters — middle and lower income — won’t be helped by the tax cuts.

Ah, but they don't know that! They think they benefit. Therein lies the genius.

Anonymous wrote:The only thing that modern GOP cares about now is tax cuts. That’s it. There is no red line except for tax cuts.

Do you mean GOP politicians or voters? Most of the voters — middle and lower income — won’t be helped by the tax cuts.

Anonymous wrote:The GOP is not blind. This has been a slow play for the long game of a white christian authoritarian state. They are thisclose to achieving goals set in place decades ago.

The most interesting part is the people supporting this can't afford to exist in the white christian authoritarian state and they will also find themselves in violation of all its laws and desires. Because the ones making all the changes don't actually worship at the alter of christ, they worship money.

Anonymous wrote:The GOP is not blind. This has been a slow play for the long game of a white christian authoritarian state. They are thisclose to achieving goals set in place decades ago.

This. And my fellow dems were too stupid to see it and were outplayed. We were too busy eating our own and holding dems to higher moral and competence standards. We were too busy expecting Republicans to adhere to rules and norms and to behave like civilized people instead of the soulless monsters they are. We were too busy catering to the "moderates" instead of going for real change.

We warned you. We told you. We saw it. You saw it. And yet here we are.

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Anonymous wrote:The GOP is not blind. This has been a slow play for the long game of a white christian authoritarian state. They are thisclose to achieving goals set in place decades ago.

And the racism is an extra bonus to todays GOP.

Their poorer MAGA supporters have no idea what about to hit them in the next year.

The racism is huge.

Just look at the South Sudan deportation thread on this very forum and you'll see repugnant MAGAs seriously claiming kidnapping people and sending them to be brutalized in a foreign prison is "fair" retribution for Democrats' daring to allow brown people to apply for asylum. They have a psychopathic, sadistic need to see brown people and liberals suffer for no other reason than blind hatred and racism.

Anonymous wrote:I think some of them are starting to realize this is career suicide, and the end is coming as fast as the 2026 midterms. They were horrified yesterday to hear “don’t f—- with Medicaid” from trumpet himself when that is the only other way to finance his silly Dome, gift-not-gift $$plane, and ineffective border wall. They feel sold out.

Do you have a cite for this? Would love to read more.

Anonymous wrote:The only thing that modern GOP cares about now is tax cuts. That’s it. There is no red line except for tax cuts.

Tax cuts of which many voting for them will NEVER benefit.

Anonymous wrote:The GOP is not blind. This has been a slow play for the long game of a white christian authoritarian state. They are thisclose to achieving goals set in place decades ago.

And the racism is an extra bonus to todays GOP.

Their poorer MAGA supporters have no idea what about to hit them in the next year.

Anonymous wrote:Is the GOP and everyone else that voted for Trump blind to the fact that every firing, every closure, every dismantling and every decision made thus far in this administration is done to erase some negative “history’s with Trump or personally benefit he and his family? They worried about Hillary’s emails and Obama’s middle name but are ok with the USA/world being turned upside down to the benefit on one man.

No. The GOP Congressional members do not give a tinkler's dam about anything but getting re-elected. They are trump Dubai "chocolate" consumers.

Anonymous wrote:They are in shock, but the smarter ones are waking up to it.

I must have an IQ of 2000 and was prescient and saw what trump was going to do before he was elected the first time!

Republicans do not give a shit about the country or the people. They will do and say anything to preserve the party patronage and privilege network and their place in it. This is not a new development.

I think some of them are starting to realize this is career suicide, and the end is coming as fast as the 2026 midterms. They were horrified yesterday to hear “don’t f—- with Medicaid” from trumpet himself when that is the only other way to finance his silly Dome, gift-not-gift $$plane, and ineffective border wall. They feel sold out.