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Robynne Limoges's avatar

GOP Senators, Democrats, anyone in a position of power needs to pick up the phone and ask Marco Rubio what the hell his State Department is rubber stamping . There’s a Russia sanctions bill sitting in the Senate with 85 votes behind it—ready to pass. And yet Rubio’s department is quietly clearing Trump’s way - during all this attention on the Republican death budget so no one will ‘notice’ - to LIFT SANCTIONS on Russian entities. YOU ARE, to a person, traitors.

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Martha Ture's avatar

Why are no Senators concerned that the president of the United States gave Iran permission to bomb a US air base in Qatar?

https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-conference-nato-summit-the-hague-netherlands-june-25-2025/

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Donald Trump 00:06:37-00:07:04 (26 sec)

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And uh, they were very nice. They gave us warning. They said we're going to shoot them. Is 1:00, OK? I said it's fine. And everybody was emptied off the base so they couldn't get hurt except for the gunners. They call them the gunners. And uh, out of 14 high end missiles that were shot at the base in Qatar, all 14, as you know, were shot down by our equipment.

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Rupert Kirkham's avatar

How come in a world of 9bn human beings there are only 30 comments on this post?

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Gail Licata's avatar

How can a commander in chief give permission for an attack on a US military installation? Does he think this is a freaking video game?

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DWWakefield's avatar

Such cleverly chosen, well written words (as always!), to describe such an ignorant, ill written fascist bill.

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Joanne Steacie's avatar

I just called my Senators to say to vote no on this horrible bill. It does nothing good, except for billionaires and prisons. Do they not care about the National debt? About this Country being Bankrupt? Its never enough for Trump. Do they think if they go along with Trump they are safe? That there won't be any more elections? BULLSHIT!. We hold elections everytime we protest and that won't be going away! The GOP might, though. Grrrr!

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pete gee's avatar

Again, a pleasure to read such writing.

Which is a shame.

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Glennz2013's avatar

These could all be rhetorical questions, but feel free to answer them if so inclined.

Since 1935 and 1965 the CONservatives have salivated like Pavlov's puppy at the sound of "let's cut the ENTITLEMENTS". Didn't any CONservative voter who was elderly, poor, middle class, uneducated, educated, any race and creed listen? I've heard that for decades!

Didn't they hear the Democrats tell them, "These CONS will gut your Healthcare, close down your rural hospitals, etc. We will strengthen them for the American people!"

I know I heard that!

It appears to me the grandma's and grandpa's, poor and under-educated who've listened to Cons and voted for Cons the last 30 years FINALLY, (emphasis, not yelling), got for what they've voted!

Oh, and brown people being rounded up and thrown into "camps", but that's another post.

I congratulate them on their pyyrhic victory and Godspeed!

Only 8.99999 billion more responses to go!

Thank you, Closer for keeping us engaged, laughing and hanging together. It's better than hanging separately.

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Jacqueline Powell's avatar

There very thought of Vance being able to vote on anything makes me feel sick

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